By Stacey Hartman, Trojan Tempo Staff Writer

The students of Troy High School have not seen soda in the cafeteria since the 2009-2010 school year. Six years later, due to the fact that they have been approved for meeting the USDA “Smart Snack” list for beverages, diet sodas have made their grand return.

As of now for the price of just $1.75 students can purchase either a Diet Dr. Pepper, Diet Mountain Dew, and Diet Pepsi during breakfast and lunch. Besides the approval, why are we bringing these drinks back to Troy High School after so long?

“We’ve had to take so much away from the students over the years, so we decided to bring these back to give the students what they want. Besides, if we don’t sell it here most of them just purchase it some place else and bring it in with them to school,” said Sharon Babcock, Director of Food Services.

The students at THS were a little surprised at the news of being able to now purchase diet soda when they go through the lines, there are some varied opinions on the subject.

“I’m glad they’re bringing it back into the cafeteria, I feel like we are slowly getting more things that the students have been used to getting outside of school,” said Kaylee Heiser, a sophomore who enjoys Diet Pepsi.

“I don’t even drink soda, so it doesn’t really matter to me if we have it here or not,” said Megan Kavalauskas, a sophomore who would much rather drink water or juice over the diet sodas.

With only a couple weeks remaining in the school year, pop into the cafeteria and get yourself a diet soda to enjoy, THS.

Stacey Hartman is a sophomore Trojan Tempo staff writer who enjoys an ice cold Diet Dr. Pepper.