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The Bare Facts About Our Food Service
by Forrest Hughes
"The food's better. I like it
much better." "The food's
the same." "The quality could
be alot better." These three
views show that there are as
many opinions of Epicure's
food as there are students at
Guilford College.
Certainly there are changes.
Any new food service in a new
situation would undoubtedly
do some things differently.
According to Jim Newlin,
business manager for the
college, there were several
reasons for the switch from
Saga to Epicure. For the past
few years there had been
complaints, through different
channels, about the food
quality, lack of sensitivity on
the part of cafeteria staff,
improper sanitation, and other
problems.
Saga knew that they had to
improve or their contract
would not be renewed, and in
the space of a year,
insufficient improvement were
made. Steve Martini, Saga's
manger, was "dissatisfied"
with his position and had
applied to be transferred.
These facts combined with the
new physical surroundings of
Founders; made the time right
for the change.
Doug Neill, president of the
Student Senate, reports that
Guilford was quite anxious to
receive the Epicure account.
Doug, Jim, and other people
visited different college cafe
terias in North Carolina last
year. By far, the best reports
were for Epicure. The group
went to Salem Academy and
ate unannounced in Ron
Short's cafeteria there. They
were pleased with both the
food and Ron Short himself.
Guilford is Epicure's big
gest account and this gives us
some "leverage". With no
increase in cost to students,
the decision was made to go
with Epicure.
The president of Epicure,
Ted Young, was manager of
Guilford's cafeteria in 1970-
71. He left this position to
start Epicure. Now in their 3rd
year of operation, Epicure
serves eleven schools in North
Carolina. As a regional
service, they pride themselves
on their personal service with
the schools.
Epicure has made some
improvements in serving food
to Guilford students. One
important change was to allow
students to use their meal
cards to buy up to $1.25 worth
of food in the grill room during
certain hours. According to
Jim Newlin, Epicure made
this innovation entirely under
their own initiative. They were
told that there was a problem
with students who, for various
reasons could not eat meals
during the scheduled hours.
Therefore, you can now eat in
the grill room on your lunch
ticket between 12:30 and 2
p.m., and on your dinner
ticket between 6 and 7:30 p.m.
This is only on week-days.
Jim Newlin was asked about
the possibilities of having a
boarding plan only, without
being forced to buy your meals
at the same time. His
response was that in a school
as small as Guilford it is too
expensive to the student to
have a set-up like this, or even
a modified version. The
cafeteria plans with the
assumption that a student
actually eats only 60-70% of
the meals that are served.
This is operating in an
extremely narrow margin, and
any further tightening would
restrict the manager even
more.
Jim has the responsibility
for the physical furnishings of
the cafteria also. According to
him, the controversial parti
tions were recommended by a
campus-wide committee.
Their purpose is to remove the
barren, institutional, Barrack
like atmosphere of the old
cafeteria. They absorb sound,
hide dirty tables from eaters'
views, and can be used as
display units, although they
have yet to be utilized for this
purpose.
Their disadvantage is that
they cut up the dining room to
the extent that it is sometimes
impossible to find someone
you are looking for. Jim said
that much time and planning
went into the entire cafeteria
arrangement and that it would
take "the same input to take
them out as to put them in."
Jim expressed several times
throughout our conversation:
"Raise issues and find
answers before we condemn."
This is not a large campus and
we should be able to solve our
problems face to face. There
will soon be a Senate Food
Committee forming. You can
voice your opinion to them and
be sure of having someone
refer you to the right person, if
not do something directly.
New Accounting Professor 1
Experiences Culture Shock
by Annette Zitver Green
Although Carole Fee, the
Urban Center's Assistant
Professor of Accounting, has
lived in Greensboro for the
past seven years, coming to
Guilford College is like
stepping into a different world
for her. The world she is
leav'ng behind is the world of
business, in which she has
worked for a public accounting
firm as a Certified Public
Accountant specializing in tax
work.
Ms. Fee, who received her
B.S. in Business Administra
tion and her M.B.A. from
Auburn University, is the only
full-time woman teacher at the
Urban Center. She feels that
opportunities for women in the
C.P.A. field are rapidly
increasing. "Accounting firms
have almost gone overboard
promoting women in the last
four to five years," she
explains. She is glad to note
that more people are judging
others by the quality of their
work, rather than "who they
are." She never encountered
any unpleasant experiences in
the business world on account
of her sex. "It has really
changed since I was in college
and women were always told
they couldn't do things,"
recalls Ms. Fee.
Carole Fee, who is married
to a Greensboro businessman,
is glad to be working with the
Urban Center which she feels
"makes a tremendous contri
bution to the Greensboro
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community". She likes that it
gives people who missed
college when they were
younger, the chance to return.
She is sorry that the Urban
Center and the Main Campus
are as separated as they are
and is afraid that some people
consider the Urban Center to
be "on the other side of the
tracks." She does however,
believe that Urban Center
students may not be as well
prepared for college, having
been away from school longer
than most students.
Ms. Fee herself has been
away from an academic
atmosphere for seven years -
long enough to be feeling
readjustment pains. She came
to Guilford because she
"wanted to see what teaching
would be like", and she has
been surprised. Coming here
from the world of business has
proven to be somewhat of a
culture shock. After becoming
accustomed to a fast paced life
she finds herself challenged to
"slow down and get into the
swing of things." She has
doubts as to how well she fits
in and even worries that her
smart, businesswoman's
clothing is inappropriate.
She realizes, however, that
she has entered a new
environment and wants to
adjust to it, she does not
expect Guilford to change for
her. Ms. Fee has a feeling she
will like the life here at
Guilford. "But first," she
explains, "I'll have to learn
it."
The editors of the Guilford
ian would like to make it clear
that the newspaper is the
product of the efforts of all
persons contribute to it.
Therefore, if the news and
features seem one sided or
biased, it is up to you to
correct this. We welcome
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Guilford students, faculty and
administrators. Please let us
hear from you!
Guilford
Community
Senate
On Wednesday, September
17, the Guilford Community
Senate will hold its bi-weekly
meeting in the Senate
Meeting Room in Founders
Hall at 7;30 p.m. If there is
any student who is interested
in serving on any of the Senate
committees, they should
either contact their respective
Senators or come to the
meeting and be nominated.
Senators are:
BINFORD: Ellen Pollack
Christie Fletcher
BRYAN: Elliott Good
Louise Critz
Beth Burick
ENGLISH: Ken Feild
HOBBS:
MILNER: Jon Xagas
Levie Dixon
Gary Mendelsohn
Robert Bailey
SHORE: Donna Beck
DAY STUDENTS:
Amie Williams
Joseph Freund
Richard Shimaka
Jeff Martin