A sophomore in zoology is aiming to change food offerings on campus through working with C-Stores to offer more organic foods and having more options for vegetarians and vegans.

Tracy Anderson has been a vegetarian for two and a half years, but has had trouble finding food options on campus since she arrived on campus.

“The first year I came the C-Stores had a couple of vegetarian things,” Anderson, who has already met with the director of campus C-Stores, said. “But when they just had stuff on the shelf not enough people bought it for the them to keep it.”

Anderson said after dealing with meager offerings this year, she decided it was time to take action.

“I used to complain about it,” she said. “Then one day I realized it’s a student campus and that I could do something.”

Anderson said when she started asking other vegetarians for their opinions, she found she wasn’t alone in her dissatisfaction with C-Store offerings.

“i came to them wondring if i was being silly,” Anderson said. “But it sounded like there were more people who had the same idea.”

Anderson said the response she received from her peers convinced her she needed to talk to the C-Stores director to find what the next step was. She said University Dining was willing to work with her, and now needs to gauge opinions from other vegetarians and vegans to determine what products the stores should keep in stock.

“I’m trying to get all vegetarians to join my Facebook group,” Anderson said. “So now I’m at the point where I’m just reaching out and getting other people involved.”

Anderson said she didn’t want any sects to feel excluded from the process, though, and said all students interested in having more organic and veggie options in C-Stores should be involved.

“I’m not trying to form a club, I’m just trying to get opinions,” Anderson said. “Dining is really good about having vegetarian options at dining halls, but we just have to get C-Stores in on it too.”

Anderson said University Dining is also looking at ways to avoid the problems it had before by making sure the campus is aware of organic and vegetarian options instead of just placing them on the shelf.

“None of the vegetarians or vegans on campus knew where they could buy veggie  food,” Anderson said. “What we’re trying to have is where one store will have the vegetable options so they can get the sales they need.”