University Purchasing is engaging in one of America’s great debates – Pepsi or Coke.

The university’s 10-year contract with Pepsi, which excludes the sales or promotions of competitor beverages on campus, will be up this spring. ACU will decide between re-signing its contract with Pepsi or beginning a new contract with Coca-Cola, said Anthony Williams, chief business services officer.

“We’ve had conversation with both Coke and Pepsi and we are in the process now of just trying to gather data to identify which one the university will be going forward with,” Williams said.

Students have a wide variety of opinions when it comes to their beverage preferences. Some students would be in favor of keeping the contract and having Pepsi products available on campus, including Chelsea Jackson, junior elementary education major from Nocona.

“I love having Pepsi products on campus just because I’ve grown up with their drinks,” Jackson said. “Pepsi is the new water.”

Ashley Beddingfield, junior graphic design major from Nocona, took the opposite opinion.

“Pepsi is a pathetic claim to compete with Coca-Cola,” Beddingfield said. “Diet Coke rocks my socks off.”

However, many students do not have a preference when choosing between Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Jessica Salas, junior marketing major from Waco, is indifferent to the logo on her beverages.

“I really don’t have a preference of any drinks on or off campus,” Salas said. “Pepsi and Coke taste the same to me.”

Neither Pepsi nor Coke are the drinks of choice for some students, including Cody Singleton, junior business management major from Lampasas, who is not a soda drinker.

“I do not care that we have a Pepsi contract over Coke because I do not drink or prefer either one of them,” Singleton said.

ACU’s contract with Pepsi allows for the sale or promotion of any products from Pepsi Cola, on campus. The beverages that are included are all soft drinks, juices, bottled water and sports drinks. The contract’s impact on choices beyond Coke or Pepsi cause mixed emotions in some students, including Catherine Narvaez, junior sociology major from San Antonio.

“Although I like the taste of Coke over Pepsi, I do like the healthy drinks Pepsi has on campus, like Life Water and the Naked smoothies,” said Narvaez.