Josh Metzel led a successful campaign at Colorado School of Mines to end the mandatory meal plan. After gathering 504 signatures and negotiating with the administration over contractual obligations, the board voted to make the meal plan voluntary on May 3, 2024. This was a pivotal victory in grassroots activism by hitting the wallet of a public college. Then, only a short time later, the school decided to backpedal and reinstate the policy reviving the fight as a second attempt to abolish mandated meal plans.