Never underestimate the value of a Fine Arts education.  I don't have one myself, but my stepdaughter does, and I am frequently surprised by how her education has shaped her mind.  This Pierre Marchand scupture outside Simard Hall typically has a beer can in its hand.  Maybe that's why Simard's other public sculpture tend not to have hands? Like so many others who have lived through student years, I have eaten my fair share of ramen noodles.  They have always been cheaper and easier than Kraft Dinner.  For the latter you needed butter, or at least margarine, and milk.  The taste was great, but the clean up was more difficult. But with ramen noodles, you could exercise your creative prerogative a little more, adding an egg and stirring gently to ape Italian stracchiatella (egg drop) soup. You could always add chopped green onion or leftover peas and corn, or sliced pork or beef or chicken.  And you could experiment with the soup, mixing packet...