TheYear-End Review
Vol. 40, Issue 10
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Monday, April 29, 2002
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Finally! What we have all been waiting for...
By Ashleigh Radford
Editor-in-Chcif
Are you tired of the same
old food boring food the caf
eteria serves night and day?
The same “hot and healthy”
meals that are hardly good,
the same hot dogs, French
fries, freezer burnt ice cream,
and veggies for dinner that
are left over from lunch that
day? How often do you walk
in the Caf and you think to
your self “Do I have enough
money to go to Taco Bell or
Wendy’s?” Well, starting this
fall you can start saving your
money because finally Meth
odist College has teamed up
with Sodexho to completely
renovate the cafeteria for
everyone’s enjoyment next
year.
Starting in May, every
thing from the buffet
counters and the food dishes
to the TVs and the window
blinds will be removed from
the cafeteria. Cooks will “re
learn” to cook, new food
preparation systems will be
installed, new tables and
chairs will be bought, and the
food presentation will be im
proved. “Everything you see
today you will not be able to
recognize in August. We are
having a complete
“makeover” of our dining
service,” Dean George Blanc
said.
Sodexho, the company
who runs the cafeteria ser
vice, has agreed to provide
the $475,000 that is neces
sary to completely renovate
the cafeteria in exchange for
a contract that assures an
other ten years of service.
Last renovated in 1993, the
cafeteria is in desperate need
of a new, more modem look.
Since the campus is grow
ing as far as residential stu
dents and residence halls, the
capacity of the new cafeteria
will grow too. The capacity
will rise from 325 students
to 387 students. There will be
new bar-style seating to en
joy, an alcove for semi-pri-
vate dining for clubs and or
ganizations, as well as new
tables and chairs.
Finally, what you all have
been waiting for, what is in
cluded in this wonderful
deal? Well, we will have a
new center island for a
“Theme Cuisine.” Students
will be able to enjoy a per
sonalized dinner cooked
to order. A new pizza or
dering station will be
available with personal
pan pizzas and pizza by
the slice. A new grill will
be installed; beverages
will be attainable through
two new beverage sta
tions. There will be a spe
cialty bar, a new dessert
bar, breakfast bar, salad
bar, and a new bar for the
traditional hot meals.
The cafeteria is taking
on a completely different
look and atmosphere. The
colors will be the wonder-
ful green and gold to
show our pride of course.
Renovations will kick off
around May 20"’ and will end
sometime at the end of July.
During the summer months,
the Lions Den will be open
for breakfast, lunch, and din
ner. Seating will be available
in the Den and out in the
common area of the Bems
Center. After over a year of
planning, researching, and vis
its to other schools such as
Wingate, Pembroke, and Pres
byterian College, what all the
students have been waiting for
is finally happening. “The caf
eteria will t^e on a more indi
vidualized and personalized
theme,” Blanc said
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The Cafeteria as it is now Photo hv Ashleigh Radford
The Methodist College Community
would like to send out a big
THANK YOU for everyone who
participated in Show You Care Day!
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Team w'ork on Show You Care Day! Alison Rosiek and Kristen Manzo.
2002-2005 Student
Government Association
President- Mike Brown
Secretary- Neilani Siatini
Treasurer- Roman Trudnenko
Cliief Justice- Celena Jackson
Senators- Oluwaseyi Akerele
John Benazzi
Erica Dryden
Jody Dulin
Cary Futcii
Amanda Hathaway
Amanda Ormandy
Oleg Otten
Kleida Pani
Michael Porter
Ashleigh Radford
Dylan Reed
Danielle Smith
Sora Standley
Christian Swift
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