Thanks to International Education Week, students have generated plenty of talk about raising hunger awareness.

Sure, many students complain about hunger.

Ever since the university changed class times around, allowing classes to run straight through the cafeteria’s lunch hour on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, some students have had no other choice but to skip lunch because it just doesn’t fit in their schedules.

It’s also fairly obvious how many students dislike cafeteria food. Especially for those who are used to mom’s home-cooked meals, Philly cheesesteak day can come as quite a shock, no matter how many times it comes every semester.

Most students at Baker come from a background where hungry means missing a single meal or eating a little later than usual.

However, thanks to some volunteers on campus, students now might have a fleeting glimmer of what hungry really means.

Hungry means living in a society where it's hard to find enough food to go around. <br/>Hungry means missing a meal, not because class was in the way but because people have no way to get food.Hungry means missing a meal, not because class was in the way but because people have no way to get food.
Hungry means missing a meal, not because class was in the way but because people have no way to get food.

Hungry is more than that little pit in your stomach. Hungry is wishing that it had only been a few hours, not days, since the last time you ate.

It may be difficult to imagine walking through the streets of Baldwin City, but poverty affects millions of people across the globe.

The small economic crisis the country currently is experiencing may seem like the end of the world to most Americans.

It may even mean buying cheaper, less tasty food for the time being. But how many have missed a week’s worth of food because they couldn’t afford it?

So those who feel a pang every now and again, stop and remember a little complaining never hurt anyone but neither did missing one meal.