Any student who has ventured to Tulane’s campus to dine would agree that the grass is indeed greener on the other side. The university boasts six dining venues-including the Lavin-Bernick Center, which houses at least three big-name fast food chains.

Frankly, it makes Loyola’s offerings seem abysmal in comparison.

So when a semester of beta tests culminated in an agreement with Tulane to make Wolfbucks, Wavebucks, Greenbucks and Pelican Plan points interchangeable across campuses, students tired of smoothies and Brazilian wraps rejoiced. But as students started heading to Tulane en masse for lunch, they would quickly realize that they couldn’t have their cake (or Quizno’s sub) and eat it, too.

It turns out that Wolfbucks aren’t even valid between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. -which is, incidentally, lunchtime. Tulane students are able to use their university’s currency on Loyola’s campus with no time restrictions, while the people on our side of Freret Street are afforded a relatively small window of time to take advantage of the offer.

The time limit may have been implemented to help avoid a lunchtime rush over on Tulane’s side. While it may be true that the influx of Loyola students may crowd Tulane’s venues, the fact that Tulane students now have Loyola as an option might actually mitigate crowds on both campuses. Plus, with Tulane’s array of options and the like, it’s likely that the crowds will diffuse across the campus.

In order for this agreement to be mutually beneficial, Tulane needs to grant Loyola students the same luxuries Loyola grants theirs. It makes no sense to restrict Wolfbuck usage to after lunchtime, when most students are in class or eating dinner in their homes, dorms or somewhere away from campus.

Being able to use Wolfbucks during lunch is especially important, since on-campus food options are still lacking. Sandella’s still offers the same selection of wraps and microwaved pasta dishes, and the C-Store’s all-organic facelift has only made everything more expensive.

As if our less-than-good sports record and unspoken bar rivalries with the neighboring university weren’t bad enough, the restrictions on this cross-campus dining initiative make Tulane an even less amicable environment for our students. Although we’re grateful that both sides listened to our requests and granted our wishes, more realistic dining hours isn’t an unreasonable request for the shapers of this policy. This plan was supposed to widen our options, but it’s instead causing a wave of difficulty.