‘Glad I Graduated’: Students Pissed Over HUB Chick-Fil-A’s Planned Closure

Penn State students’ already-difficult semester got even harder Wednesday morning when the university announced the HUB’s Chick-fil-A will close later this spring.

Although it’ll be replaced by an equally intriguing fast-casual chicken joint, Slim Chickens, students were understandably bummed (and kinda pissed) over the announcement. Naturally, some headed to Twitter to shout into the internet.

Glad I graduated when I did. https://t.co/E05mCDrdB8
— Tom Williams (@Tom_Ford10) March 17, 2021

WTF https://t.co/5VZcNqZbZ4
— reid goldstein (@reid_goldstein) March 17, 2021

That SUCKS https://t.co/CVRitQxE1Y
— David B. Friedman (@DavidBenjaminF) March 17, 2021

“Sir, the traffic on North Atherton is finally tolerable.”
“We can fix that”: https://t.co/HG5wXkOVGu
— arein (@arein412) March 17, 2021

this is my villain origin story https://t.co/CVqtZPWt4v
— ally (@allykkennedy) March 17, 2021

Don’t text. https://t.co/WRYp7WCDm0
— Dana June (@DanaNunemacher) March 17, 2021

I haven’t been this upset about a change in University Park/State College since they banned smoking from the Gaff. https://t.co/mVLZ8dat3a
— breis gordan (@breis_music) March 17, 2021

That’s like half the food line in the HUB. Wow.
— Joshua Pake (@PiratePake) March 17, 2021

This better mean a Chick fil a down town or I am transferring https://t.co/0NKa2UVt9S
— cam (@camvinson7) March 17, 2021

Slim Chickens is fire.. it won’t disappoint
— Colin McLaughlin (@34_colin) March 17, 2021

the fact that I'm not even a student anymore and I'm upset about this https://t.co/WcRUrz3Ian
— Alexandra Rae (@nittanyalex) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/hayleeq8/status/1372206681413857282

https://t.co/nCHLWshbSs pic.twitter.com/LcdjSA2RdH
— Owen Abbey (@theowenabbey) March 17, 2021

Ate there at least twice a week during college. I had no shame https://t.co/009d3MzVHI
— Jason (@MantisToboggan5) March 17, 2021

Still, some folks said they won’t miss the HUB’s Chick-fil-A that much.

Devastating. The HUB Chick-fil-A is where I first learned how overrated Chick-fil-A is. https://t.co/T0vVUEh2HE
— Donnie Collins (@PennStateTT) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/1606bassett/status/1372210190725083139

I’ve eaten at chik fil a twice – both times at the Hub. Both times, I got sick. Never again. And this was before I found out they have trash values. I won’t support bigoted chicken. PS: it’s not even that good.
— Tamara (@tamtampsu) March 17, 2021

Slim Chickens is fire.. it won’t disappoint
— Colin McLaughlin (@34_colin) March 17, 2021

Could students plan a vigil for the Chick-fil-A before it fades into the void by the end of the semester? That Taco Bell one was pretty cool, eh?

This vigil is going to be ten times better then the Taco Bell one
— Dale Ostrander (@Dale_O_) March 17, 2021

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Matt proudly served as Onward State’s managing editor for two years until graduating from Penn State in May 2022. Now, he’s off in the real world doing real things. Send him an email ([email protected]) or follow him on Twitter (@mattdisanto_) to stay in touch.

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