For Jessica McAteer, the new ban on all food and drink except water in classrooms left her with few options.

With three classes in a row in Willard Building and the rain outside, she said, there was no place to eat between classes.

"I actually did eat in class," she said. "I felt really bad."

McAteer (senior- biobehavioral health) sneaked in a sandwich -- and washed it down with a drink from one of the free water bottles that were handed out to promote the ban -- in class before the professor arrived.

Amanda Baier (senior-advertising) said her professors did not enforce the ban, but they did ask students to put their food out of sight.

Charles Lumpkins, a history professor, said he didn't know about the ban during his first period class and told students that food and drink were allowed.

"I picked up the Collegian after my first class and said 'Uh oh, I did a no-no,' " he said.

He said he will inform students of his mistake the next time the class meets. He said he thought the classrooms were generally cleaner yesterday, but newspapers left on the floor are often a bigger problem than food trash.

Mona Ayers, a janitorial services employee who was handing out water bottles, said her table had handed out more than 600 bottle by 3 p.m. yesterday. She said a lot of students took water bottles without staying to learn about the ban.

Among those who did stay to learn about it, "a couple were not happy; most were very nice," she said.

Ayers added that she thought that boys were more willing to commit to keeping the ban than girls.

Facility coordinator Robert Myrick and Judicial Affairs Director Joseph Puzycki did not return calls by press time yesterday.

Lucas Ledbetter, a University of Michigan student enrolled for the semester as a non-degree student at Penn State, said the policy was different from his home school, where food and drink are allowed in classes.

"I guess I didn't feel as at home or relaxed," he said.

However, there are some signs that students are adapting to the ban. McAteer said she tried to clean up better after her before-class sandwich, and she will try to avoid eating in class in the future.

"It is a policy -- I want to abide by that," she said.