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By COUN SOLOWAY
Staff Writer
In its second year at UNC,
Carolina Dining Services is plan
ning a new schedule and improved
services along with a new effort
to build a better relationship with
the student body.
uIf we're not listening to the
students, then we're not doing our
job," said Bill Dux, director of
Carolina Dining Services.
According to Dux, CDS has
hired graduate student Jessica
Johnson as a student liaison to
seek out students' opinions on the
dining service and what can be
improved upon. There are also
plans for CDS restaurant manag
ers to attend dormitory meetings,
so that they can interact with the
students and get comments, sug
gestions or complaints first hand.
Dux said he also encouraged
students to fill out the comment
cards provided in the dining halls
and to give their suggestions
directly to the managers on duty,
or even to himself in his office in
Lenoir-Hall.
CDS's plans for the fall include
rearrangements in Lenoir Hall .
from restructuring the serving line
at the deli in order to speed up
service to installing new, easy-to-read
price boards above the serv
ing lines in order to eliminate
confusion at the cash register, Dux
said.
Marriott Corp., which operates
the dining service, is also conduct
ing a price comparison study of
pizza services, fast food, and other
restaurants within the Chapel Hill
area and the prices this fall will
reflect the corporation's goal of
staying competitive with its local
rivals for the patronage and cash
of the Carolina student body, Dux
said.
Other CDS plans include an
extension of hours at The Wild
Pizza in the Commons and the
possibility of a new pizza delivery
service in Chase Hall, the south
campus dining hall.
This fall, Dux said, CDS may
close its convenience store in
Craige Residence Hall, because of
a lack of patronage by the hall's
residents. The store is one of four
located within the high-rise dor-
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mitories on south campus.
CDS will continue its nutrition
program, which involves stocking
the dining halls with free pam
phlets on such subjects such as
vegetarian diets, calorie counting,
calcium deficiency and the dangers
of excessive caffeine use.
And students who live in the
residence halls will receive regular
newsletters listing upcoming
theme nights, cookouts and other
special events sponsored by the
dining service.
Marriott has already sent out
brochures to students explaining
the computerized meal card pol
icy. All students who live in
residence halls are required to buy
a $100 meal plan each semester;
Marriott offers bonus dollars for
larger meal plan amounts. At the
end of the fall semester, any
unused money on the card over
the $100 niinimum is automati
cally carried over into the spring.
The meal card brochure
includes a mail-in meal card
application. Carolina Dining Ser
vices urges students to apply for
their meal cards early to avoid the
long lines at registration. Once
they arrive on campus in the fall,
students can pick up their meal
cards in the Commons, the lower
level of Lenoir Hall.
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