{"id":141315,"date":"2026-02-02T23:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:49:08","slug":"rule-banning-reusable-water-bottles-in-mahoney-pearson-dining-hall-repealed-after-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141315\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule banning reusable water bottles in Mahoney-Pearson dining hall repealed after one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/themiamihurricane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/byReesePutnam-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption=\"The Mahoney-Pearson dining hall, pictured above on Tuesday, April 11, is one of the two dining-hall options available for the University of Miami students. Photo Credit \/ Reese Putnam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"712\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/byReesePutnam-1068x712.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a>The Mahoney-Pearson dining hall, pictured above on Tuesday, April 11, is one of the two dining-hall options available for the University of Miami students. Photo Credit \/ Reese Putnam<\/p>\n<p>Staff in the Mahoney-Pearson dining hall were turning students away on Tuesday, Jan. 27 for attempting to bring reusable water bottles inside.<\/p>\n<p>Students trying to enter the Mahoney-Pearson dining hall reported that they were required to leave their water bottles by the entrance before gaining entry. However, students did not report the same policy being implemented at the Centennial dining hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Historically, students were able to utilize the fountains in the dining hall to fill any container, whether it\u2019s a plastic cup provided by the dining hall or a student\u2019s reusable bottle. But on Tuesday, students with bottles were being turned away at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Salles, a freshman living in Mahoney, found the rule unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t they let us [fill our water bottles]? There is no valid reason behind this \u2014 we have been doing it all along. We pay to be in the dining hall and there shouldn\u2019t be an issue with bringing in a water bottle,\u201d Salles said.<\/p>\n<p>Other students expressed concern about the environmental impacts, as many students may have to start relying on single-use plastic bottles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One student anonymously posted on YikYak, a social media platform that allows users\u2019 posts to remain anonymous, that they are \u201cgoing to protest. It is not eco conscious.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another student voiced hygiene concerns on the app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The dining hall] is the only ice machine that isn\u2019t covered in mold. If you use the [Mahoney-Pearson Residential College] ice machines. DON\u2019T,\u201d the anonymous user wrote. \u201cTake a flashlight and look up at them. They are green and f\u2014ing black\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to a student who wishes to remain anonymous, one dining hall employee saw a water bottle peeking through a student\u2019s bag. The student was then instructed to leave the bottle at the entrance or risk it being thrown out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, students reported that they were allowed to bring reusable water bottles inside again. It is unclear if this rule was ever made official or what sparked the sudden change.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mahoney-Pearson dining hall, pictured above on Tuesday, April 11, is one of the two dining-hall options available&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-141315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}