Subway to open soon in Underground
Amanda Wheeler
STARR WRITER
All is quiet in the Under
ground. Soon, however, a Subway will
be installed.
No, this is not an attempt to im
prove Guilford College transportation
unless, of course, you plan to hitch a
ride on a ham and cheese.
In reality, the popular hoagie
chain will open for business on campus.
Plans to renovate the Under
ground have been in the works since
spring when Sodexho-Marriot an
nounced it had no intentions of further
operating it.
"We couldn't have [the Under
ground] empty," said Dawn Watkins,
Associate Dean for Community Activi
ties. "You can't just let a whole portion
of your student center die."
Watkins worked with various
other administrators over the summer
to secure the future of the Underground.
By late June, however, arrangements
with both Quizno's Classic Subs and
Papa John's Pizza had failed.
Watkins then began consulting
with Chris Bullin, manager of Subway
on West Market Street. After much de
liberation, the final contracts were
signed in the beginning of August. "We
finally came to a point," Watkins stated,
Cadre to continue despite rumors
Angela Rioux
STAFF WRITER
Any rumors of the Cadre Pro
gram being discontinued are just
that, rumors.
"No final
decisions have
been made yet
on the pro
gram," said As
sistant to the
Chief Financial
Officer Jackie
Ostasiewski.
"There are just
recommenda
tions being
made by the
Strategic Plan
ning Task
Force to be pre
sented at the
September 21-
23 meeting of
the Board of
Trustees."
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"when everyone said, 'Okay. This is a good
agreement. This will work.'"
Subway and Guilford College have
projected opening day for September 15th.
As part of their agreement with
Guilford, Subway has agreed to a con
tracted minimum operation hours of six
o'clock to midnight Monday through Sat
urday, which could be extended based on
student demand. Subway has also agreed
to hire primarily student workers, a stipu
lation in their contract with the college
that Watkins enthusiastically supported.
Watkins hopes both these steps will pro
impact programs like Cadre have
on the college, but no formal deci
sions have yet been made to discon
tinue any of them.
In 1997, Cadre was formed
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mote business and restore the social
draw of the Underground.
"Most people have been thrilled,"
Watkins said of student reaction. As a
part of the decision-making process this
summer, Watkins and other Student Life
workers sought student input and opin
ion. "I don't feel like the decision was
made in isolation," Watkins remarked.
In addition, Guilford's student gov
ernment has been asking for a new res
taurant in the Underground for a num
ber of years.
Ari Betof, a junior on campus this
the school. The students are paid
minimum wage for a 30-hour work
week. '
If the program was cut at all
"the students would react ex
tremely negatively," said junior
Ari Betof, a participant in the
Cadre program. "And students
would wonder why the school
would get rid of such a great pro
gram."
Ostasiewski explained the
situation. "The Cadre Program is
not in serious jeopardy," she said.
"The Strategic Planning Task
Force is looking at every program,
from CCE, summer school, as well
with the hope
of helping both
the college it
self and the stu
dents it serves.
The school
needed work to
be done on the
campus and
was looking for
a way to use
the resources it
already had on
its campus: stu
dents.
Students
are invited to
stay on campus
with free room
and board, and
have the option
to take up to
two classes of-
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summer working as a CHAOS Team
Leader and Avanti Coordinator, was one
of the many students -- who Betof felt con
stituted "a good representation of the stu
dent bod/' - to consult with Watkins this
summer. "[Watkins] got a lot of feedback
from us repeatedly," Betof noted. "The de
cision adhered well to the core ideals of
the Quaker process."
Watkins, however, acknowledged
the possibility of a negative student reac
tion. "One of the things I was worried
about," she said, "[was] are there going to
be people who say we don't want more cor
porate presence on campus? I am sure
there are going to be some folks who are
not happy about [Subway]."
Kristina Millhiser, a sophomore at
Guilford, is one such person. "I am upset
that I could not voice my opinion," she
said. "I think the big reason we were not
told about [Subway] is because they were
afraid bookstore-related protests would
arise again. I think they are probably
right."
Watkins emphasized the fact that
the outsourcing of the Underground' is
nothing new; Sodexho-Marriot is an out
side corporation.
A Subway is coming, good news for
those people who think it is "the way a
sandwich should be." Some people won
der, though, if the Subway decision ad
heres with the way this college should be..
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as the Cadre Program." They are
looking to see what impact each has
on the school's revenues and expen
ditures, and whether the impact is
negative or positive.
Those programs are financed
through the operations cost of the
school and the Task Force is look
ing for a way to save that money In
September, it will give its report to
the Board of Trustees for evaluation
and then some programs may be
studied further.
As for the rumors about the
Cadre Program, there hve been no
final decisions made on it or any
other program at school.
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