While food is considered one of life’s simplest pleasures, it has the potential to go beyond simplicity. Each meal allows us to connect with others and escape life’s hurdles for a minute. Each dish has a unique identity in its flavors, textures and cultural influences, which combine to create harmony. However, for university students, food’s potential often stays simple.
For this “Weekly Frame,” staff photographers Marissa Ding and Fin Liu capture more than just the simplicity of dishes that university students consume — they give a glimpse into the diet, details and emotions of the collegiate dining experience.
Ethan Thai
Photo Editor

Kimchi fried rice that I ordered from Postmates while studying for a midterm at night. (Marissa Ding / Daily Trojan)
NOTE: duplicate the box below as many times as you need for the amount of pictures in the weekly frame minus the first (cover) image, which is above.

Pasta contemplation / (Fin Liu / Daily Trojan)

Close-ups of some fresh slices of Triple Beam Pizza. (Marissa Ding / Daily Trojan)

The cereal stash on top of our fridge. (Marissa Ding / Daily Trojan)

Seaweed packets from H Mart that have become a favorite snack. (Marissa Ding / Daily Trojan)

I went to a fellow student’s exhibition at the Roski Graduate Fine Arts Building and they had Triple Beam Pizza for visitors to enjoy. (Marissa Ding / Daily Trojan)

Wrapped in pita (Fin Liu / Daily Trojan)

Mediterranean food (Fin Liu / Daily Trojan)
