For professors who don’t get to leave campus during the day, lunchtime can be a drag.

Without options such as food service offered to students, many professors find themselves munching on the same thing day after day.

Nancy Coinman, associate professor of anthropology, said she eats most of her lunches at her desk in her office.

“I eat the same boring food that I bring from home every day,” she said. “If I am really lucky, I get to go to the Memorial Union and grab something for lunch. That’s the highlight of my week then.”

Carol Chapelle, professor of English and linguistics, and David Wilson, professor of mechanical engineering, find themselves in the same position as Coinman.

Wilson said he varies from eating in the mechanical engineering lunchroom, the Hub or his office. Once in awhile, he goes out to eat.

Chapelle takes care of her e-mail over the lunch hour. She said she wouldn’t mind going outside when the weather permits, but that is where all the smokers go.

Some professors on campus like to eat their lunches in the Memorial Union on a regular basis.

Although the price can add up, Wayne Osborn, assistant professor of history, Howard Levine, distinguished professor of mathematics, and Edward Pollak and Richard Groeneveld, professors of statistics, agreed the Pine Room in the Memorial Union is the closest thing the ISU campus has to a faculty lounge.

Pollak said he and his colleagues eat at the MU often, but he thinks the university needs a place for professors to eat their lunches and mingle with other professors.

“One thing lacking here is a communal intellectual life, where professors can meet professors from other departments and talk about the things of general interest,” Pollak said. “Perhaps many people aren’t interested in that, but I still think it would be nice. Something like that can’t be forced, though.”

Kirsten Rafferty, temporary instructor of political science, is another faculty member who spends her lunch hour in front of the computer.

Rafferty said even if there were a “faculty club,” she still would spend the majority of her lunch time in her office.

“I am usually at my computer because I need to be getting work done,” Rafferty said. “I would probably use a facility of that nature on occasion, but it wouldn’t change my lunch habits.”