	ACCORDING TO A 2016 REPORT BY THE NATIONAL STUDENT
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER & HOMELESSESS...AROUND 1 IN
5 STUDENTS AT FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES ARE FOOD INSECURE.
	BUT NOW -- U-W-MADISON HAS TAKEN A SMALL STEP TOWARDS
ALLEVIATING THAT ISSUE...IT JUST STARTED ACCEPTING
FOOD STAMPS ON CAMPUS.	
	CHRIS GOTHNER EXPLAINS.
(((CHRIS GOTHNER//Twitter: @cgothner, "UW-Madison
students who rely on food stamps now have a way to
use them on campus...inside gordon commons.  ")))
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "Can you buy
sushi? Do you buy caviar? ")))
	BROOKE EVANS HAS HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD
STAMPS...	
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "The answer
is barely, really not at all")))
	BEFORE GRADUATING THIS MAY...EVANS WAS WELL-KNOWN
ON AND OFF CAMPUS FOR HER ACTIVISM FOR FELLOW STUDENTS
 FACING POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS...
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "There were
so many places on this campus I couldn't go.")))
	ONE OF THE THINGS SHE FOUGHT FOR...GETTING U-W TO
ACCEPT FOOD STAMPS.
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "I began this
project in 2013, when I
was a dropout from the university.")))
	NOW...HAVING EARNED HER DEGREE...SHE'S SPENDING TIME
OUT WEST...
	SO SHE HASN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT GOAL COME
TO FRUITION IN PERSON...
	ALONGSIDE STUDENT I-D CARDS AND OTHER TRADITIONAL
FORMS OF PAYMENT...U-W'S FLAMINGO RUN CONVENIENCE
STORE...IS NOW ACCEPTING FOOD STAMPS...OR SNAP.
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "I don't think
I envisioned it ever happening in my time as a student.")))
(((BRENDON DYBDAHL//UNIVERSITY HOUSING, "We hope that
it offers a little bit more of a typical experience
for students so they don't feel different than other
students..")))
BEFORE...THERE WEREN'T MANY OFF CAMPUS OPTIONS.
	NOW, STUDENTS WITH SNAP BENEFITS CAN NOW BUY THE
SAME FEDERALLY QUALIFIED FOOD ITEMS AT FLAMINGO RUN
THAT THEY CAN AT A GROCERY STORE.
(((BRENDON DYBDAHL//UNIVERSITY HOUSING, "Things like
cereal would qualify, things like hot prepared food
wouldn't qualify...")))
	UNIVERSITY HOUSING SPOKESPERSON BRENDON DYBDAHL SAYS
THE SCHOOL HOPES TO BRING SNAP TO MORE STORES.
(((BRENDON DYBDAHL//UNIVERSITY HOUSING, "Right now
we've had about 6 transactions so far roughly in the
two weeks roughly that we've been accepting those
payments. We're evaluating how it goes and we're looking
to hopefully expand to
other convenience store locations."))
	AND AS FOR LOYAL BADGER... BROOKE EVANS...SHE SAYS
SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK...TO SEE THE
RESULTS FIRST HAND.
(((BROOKE EVANS//UW-MADISON GRADUATE, "I'm quite excited
to return as an alum and use my SNAP that I've used
in my college career to make it.")))
	AT U-W MADISON CHRIS GOTHNER WISC NEWS 3. 
	DYBDAHL SAYS HE EXPECTS FOOD STAMP USE TO GROW AS
WORD GETS OUT TO STUDENTS.
	HE SAYS IF FEDERAL REGULATIONS EXPAND TO ALLOW FOOD
STAMPS TO BE USED FOR PREPARED FOOD -- U-W MADISON
WILL CONSIDER ACCEPTING THEM IN ITS DINING HALLS.
