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Vol. 73 No. 7
Cafeteria Works to Clear Up Problems
by Susan Nelson
The Guilford administration
and Marriott food services are
making a cooperative effort to
improve sanitation in the
cafeteria, after the dining
facilities received a grade "B"
rating from the health
department earlier this fall.
Although the grade has
recently been raised, the college
administration and the catering
service are continuing to
improve lines of communication
in order to deal with sanitation
and management problems.
The cafeteria, which is
inspected every six to eight
weeks, received its "B" rating
just before Labor Day. Tim
Tyree, director of the food
service at Guilford, cited two
main factors for the lower rating:
1) the walk-in refrigerator (which
is used to store the majority of
Residence Halls
to be Inspected
Over Break
by Laurel Nesbitt
The Residential Life staff
will be conducting a health and
safety inspection of the
residence halls once students
have cleared out of their rooms
for fall break. The aim of the
inspection is what its name
implies - - health and safety.
What the R.A.'s will be
checking for are items hazardous
to health or fire safety. As is
stated in the Student Handbook,
open-coil appliances such as hot
plates, toasters, and heaters are
prohibited, as are extension
cords. No animals other than
fish may be kept as pets.
These things will not be
confiscated if found in the
rooms, but a note will be left for
the residents which states that
something in their possession
Was found to be a problem, and
that this is a matter that should
be taken up with the R.A. upon
his or her return to campus.
Also, R.A.'s will be
checking to make sure that all
lofts are registered, meet the loft
construction policies, and are
constructed as were proposed in
the loft proposals given to the
Residential Life staff. Students
will be fined for unregistered
lofts. Students in Milner and
GUILFORDIAN
perishable food products) was
not cool enough, and
2) the water in the dishwasher
was not hot enough to properly
sterilize the dishware.
While the health department
did find some weaknesses in the
cafeteria, it was in no danger of
being closed.
"Obviously, if there had
been an eminent health hazard,
we wouldn't be operating," said
Tyree. "A 'B' grade shows that
there are problems, but there is
no great danger."
Tyree added that a "B" grade
is common when there are
problems which can escalate into
health hazards, but that a lower
grade is more of a warning to
improve the present equipment
or sanitation processes.
The Guilford administration
and cafeteria staff took the
warning to heart. For several
BLnford who are found to have
removed their bedboards will
also be fined.
During the inspections,
R.A.'s will be unplugging all
appliances except refrigerators,
They will ensure that the trash
has been emptied and that all
perishable foods have been
removed. They will lock the
windows and doors, pull the
shades, and, of course, check to
make sure that the rooms have
not reached a level of filth that
may be health-hazardous.
In addition, they will be
spraying for bugs and roaches
around the floorboards and in
other areas of the rooms that are
popular with bugs. Things that
students normally keep on the
floor (particularly on the floor in
the closet) should be moved
temporarily perhaps to their desk
tops or beds, so that the
spraying may be done quickly
and easily and without hitting
any personal belongings.
The purpose of the
inspections is, very practically,
to make sure that no student's
room has the potential to start
an epidemic or to burn down the
residence hall. They are to be
less a matter of "search and
seizure," than of "unplugging
and debugging."
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Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C.
days, students were served on
paper products to avoid any
health problems which might
have arisen from the ailing
dishwasher, and renovations of
the walk-in refrigerator were
initiated.
As a result, the cafeteria was
reinspected and the grade updated
to an "A".
"Since a lot of the
improvements took some time,
and there was no serious threat
to students, we waited to have
her [the health inspector] come
back," said Tyree, "so what she
saw was significant progress.
She would have come back
sooner and on her own if the
problems were dangerous."
In reference to the need for
cooperation from the Guilford
administration, Tyree said he was
hesitant to blame any one party,
but noted that some of the
cafeteria's sanitation problems
stem from poor, outdated
equipment and physical plant
problems.
Richard Coe, Guilford's
business manager, said that the
troubles with the dishwasher
came as a surprise to him. "We
thought we'd fixed that problem
years ago," said Coe.
Coe was referring to the fact
Why Move Off Campus?
Students Give Varying Reasons
by Alexandra Duckworth
"I wanted to have my own
place," said Kristin Jay-
Childress, a senior day student
who moved off campus last fall.
Her view is shared by 345 other
students who have decided to
leave Guilford's residence halls
in favor of apartments or houses
this year.
Of the entire student body,
28.3% live off campus; 80% of
the senior class do not pay to
live in on-campus housing.
The strings pulling these
people away from residential hall
life have certain common
threads: more freedom, less
noise, better facilities.
Jay-Childress, who lives
with a roommate in a 2-
bedroom,l-bath apartment in
Friendly Hills, said that she
moved "because I didn't like
dorm life. I was unimpressed
with the activites on campus. I
wanted to have my own place
where I could cook and not have
to worry about other people
coming around." For her, otf-
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Tim Tyree Director of Food Services photo by Eric Buck
that three years earlier the
college spent approximately
$15,000 on repairs for the
machine - - improvements the
manufacturers claimed would last
four to five years. He also noted
that the walk-in refrigerator now
has new shelving, a cool-air
compressor, and plastic door
strips for added insulation.
"From our side," said Coe,
"we're concerned with the
mechanical problems and
Marriott's responsibility is with
clean-up."
campus life is "being able to
keep my own hours without
worrying about the loud room
down the hall."
John Sylvester, a senior
accounting major residing in
Bent Tree apartments, said, "I
didn't have any privacy when I
lived on campus," while Lisa
Bogar, a junior who lives in a
house on New Garden Road,
echoes his desire for more space.
"I mainly moved off campus
because I felt cramped on campus
and I needed more places to
study," she said.
"I also just prefer houses,"
she continued. "I feel like I'm
more out in the real world, and
not so isolated."
Diana Ward drives ten miles
to and from her apartment in
Kerncrsville. About her decision
to move off campus last spring
she said, "I moved off campus
because I was dissatisfied with
the housing service. I lived in
the Lodge and this house was in
terrible condition. We had a
broken toilet scat for a month
and a half.
October 10, 1988
Both Tyree and Coe said
that the communication and
cooperation process between
Guilford and Marriott was being
improved. The college
maintenance department and the
catering service are holding
weekly meetings to begin
deciding how to better deal with
the problems. Also, outside
plumbers, electricians and
painters are being enlisted to
handle plans for long-term
(cont'd, on p. 3)
"I like the freedom of living
off campus. I have more space
... and my own bathroom --
which doesn't have a broken
toilet seat," she said.
Ward cited the quality of
cafeteria food as another reason
for her decision to move into an
apartment. "I was dissatisfied
with the cafeteria," she said.
"They don't have a sufficient
program for vegetarians like
me."
The full-meal plan to which
all on-campus students are forced
to subscribe is a prevalent theme
among the factors that lead
people to leave the college's
residential community. Dylia
Sasso, a senior from Costa Rica,
said that she rented her
apartment in The Village
"mainly because of the food in
the cafeteria. I wanted to be able
to select what I can eat and not
have to stick to what they
have."
Most day students think that
the expenses involved in living
off campus do not exceed those
(cont'd, on p. 5)