Last week, I wrote an exposé on Eagle Dining, and the response I received from it was more than I could have ever anticipated. I received so much feedback from students, alumni, faculty, parents, students from other Universities, Aramark, even newscasters, and I am here to tell you that we got what we wanted.

We got Eagle Dining's attention.

After the article was released, it instantly took off! Students and parents alike were just sharing it left and right. Within in the first few hours of being live the article's view count was in the hundreds, and it was trending. It was overwhelming, and then, by the end of the day, it was in the thousands. It was insane!

Soon enough, I saw that my article sparked the creation of a petition by a fellow student, and much like the article, the petition took off, gaining hundreds of signatures within the first few hours. People wanted answers and the students of Southern Miss wanted something to be done. Parents shared the petition, alumni shared the petition, and, to my disbelief, even faculty members shared the petition.

Well, I have good news for all of you.

Eagle Dining has agreed to work with the students toward a solution.

After actually getting the chance to sit down and speak with the head of Eagle Dining, I am more than glad to inform you that our voices have been heard. We've opened their ears of Eagle Dining, and now they're listening. They have assured me that good things will come from this and that they are ready and willing to work with us to find a solution.

This coming Wednesday, there will be a "Lunch with the Director" meeting, where various student leaders, faculty members, and myself will sit down, and discuss our concerns with Eagle Dining, and they will listen. We will finally have an open forum with them, and they will have to respond.

We came together, and raised our voices, and now we are making things happen.

I am glad to have had all of the support that I did, and that I could be the voice that sparked this change for the students. But, without all of you rallying behind me, without all of your feedback, the positive and the negative, I could not have made any of this possible.

I hope you all are as proud as I am to usher in this era of change for our student body, and its future. I look forward to what is to come from this, and will do my best to keep everyone well-informed.

I am proud to say that I will be leaving Southern Miss better than I found it.

That we will be leaving Southern Miss better than we found it.