College students love inexpensive food, which makes food on campus one of the most popular activities during the week of Veishea.

There are enough food items this year for you to try a new one each day, whether it’s at the Central Campus Cookout, the food stands or at Taste of Veishea. Whatever time of day you have a hankering for some food, there is a Veishea solution anytime from lunch, dinner or a midnight snack.

Central Campus Cookout is a full week of food for any student or faculty for only five dollars. Buy a button and you have lunch everyday for the whole week of Veishea.

Monday will be Jimmy John’s sandwiches and chips with an Otis Spunkmeyer cookie.

Tuesday is brats from the ISU Meat Laboratory, fruit and Blue Bunny ice cream.

Wednesday will be pork burgers and Texas Roadhouse rolls with cinnamon butter.

On Thursday, Hickory Park is bringing its famous Saucy Southerners to campus with chips and Coldstone ice cream.

Friday’s meal is still not announced other than the hot dogs and designer cupcakes.

Central Campus Cookout will be open at the same time everyday, which is from 11a.m. until 2p.m. Buttons are usually sold in the MU, keep your eye out for announcements of when they will be available.

Also during the day during Veishea you will find food stands around campus. These are set up by various student organizations. There will be six different student food stands selling even more food for students and faculty to eat.

What each group does with the proceeds depends on the organization, but most groups either use it as a fundraiser or philanthropy while others simply want to get their name out on campus.

If you have a craving for something fresh off the grill, check out Alpha Gamma Ro, Block and Bridal, Farm Op or ASABE. If your sweet tooth kicks in after lunch, stop by the Food Science club table for some fudge or Dance Marathon’s table for a cupcake. NAMA will have cheese curds for a midday snack and Ag Business club will have ham, donuts and walking tacos.

Once classes are over for the week and your weekend is beginning one fun thing to do at night is enjoy the Taste of Veishea. On both Friday and Saturday night there will be what looks like a carnival rolled onto Union Drive near Lake Laverne. These food stands will have your traditional fair foods such as funnel cakes and many deep fried foods like Snickers or Oreos. There will also be burritos, tacos and nachos if you want a Mexican food fix late at night. Some fan favorites that will be there include fish ‘n chips, steak ‘n pita and turkey legs.

Since you will already be on campus or near campus celebrating Veishea with friends, you may as well go get some breakfast at midnight. For a small price both Friday and Saturday night there will be a midnight pancake breakfast for those night owls lasting from midnight to 3 a.m.

If you will be at the Veishea LIVE concerts, make sure to grab a slice of pizza or a drink outside the concert gates to keep you full while you dance and sing along to all the great music.

The Veishea food chairs Lizzy Gerdis and Matt Kerns recommend all the campus food as a highlight of your Veishea activities. When asked about how they choose what food to have at Veishea, Gerdis said the chairs for the Central Campus Cookout will choose based on local places and variety along with staying in their budget, which is based off of the button sales. The student organizations tables are usually the same from year to year, only straying slightly of what food they decide to sell.