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Volume CXXXII, Number 1 |
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Dining Services spices up meal plan, drops Domino's
ANN SULLIVAN
STAFF WRITER
Domino's Pizza lovers may be disappointed with some of the new changes made by Dining Services this year. However, this policy change may be tempered by a new option to board plans-a late night snack. The Domino's Pizza option offered in past years through the polar points program allowed students to order from the pizza delivery service and have the cost deducted directly from their polar account, but this in turn diverted too much money away from the dining program, restricting it from exploring new ideas to benefit students.
One fresh idea is an additional meal served from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. at Thorne Dining Hall. This meal will be charged to the student's board plan at the rate of a breakfast. Mary Kennedy, director of dining services, described the meal as having "all of the cereals that are out there, bagels, breads, toast, peanut butter, fruit, desserts, and we'll rotate some kind of evening special [such as] nachos and cheese or vegetable platters or fruits and dips." When asked if there was going to be a more direct substitute to fill the discontinuation of the popular Domino's plan, Kennedy said that "if the [demand for pizza delivery] ever got brisk enough that we could support it and get staffing for it we may be able to do that."
This late night snack is only a trial program for the first semester and was sparked by a survey that the student government conducted last year. Jason Hafler '03, the student government president, said the results showed a high demand for late night food service. When commenting on the absence of polar points for Domino's, he noted that "you can't get rid of a service, you need something else."
The outcome of the changes in the meal plan is up to the students. First-year Virginia Greenbaum commented that "the late night snack could potentially be a good idea but I would prefer if Domino's was still available." For more information or questions about board plans, please contact dining services at x3211.