But despite the day’s focus on labor, it was the issue of food that seemed foremost on the minds of undergraduates. Due to the closure of all residential dining halls, students received rebate checks for five days of their meal plan in their mailboxes.

The checks for first–year students, who receive close the maximum meal plans, were about $90, as opposed to the $170 originally reported.

Some students said they felt these rebate checks were insufficient.

“It really makes me angry that the amount of money we received from Yale wouldn’t even be enough to buy three meals a day in the dining halls for five days if you didn’t go to Yale,” said first-year Sarah Marberg.

The Yale College Council has arranged to operate complimentary shuttles every 20 minutes to Shaw’s supermarket. Shaw’s has also agreed to set up two Yale Express lines and to accept rebate checks as payment for food. They will give change in cash.

Local restaurants should see increased business over the next few days due to the closures. One restaurant, MexiCali, opened for business last Friday—just in time to capitalize on the strike.

College masters are trying to alleviate the difficulty of going out for food by holding study breaks. Most masters plan to provide food for their students at breaks like this throughout the week.

—Staff writer Stephen M. Marks can be reached at marks@fas.harvard.edu.