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Sodexho retains food contract
Students can expect Starbucks, renovated UC food court
By: Lanz Christian Banes
Issue date: 4/6/06 Section: News
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Sodexho will continue to be Webster's food service provider, announced Ted Hoef April 4 at a Student Government Association meeting.
The majority of the students who filled out evaluations during the March 8 presentations by Sodexo and Chartwells favored Sodexho, said Hoef, SGA adviser and chair of the Food Service Committee. The majority of the committee, which was in charge of evaluating the proposals, also favored Sodexho.
SGA discussed the various changes that Sodexho proposed, which includes dramatically expanding dining service in the University Center, since the new residence halls will be directly across the street from the UC. Sodexho proposed to change the Gorlok Grill into a "World of Wings," offering more than 18 different sauces, as well as a smoothie bar, Hoef said.
However, students will no longer be able to jaywalk across Edgar Road to the UC because of a 4-foot high, 900-foot long wall that was mandated by Webster Groves when Webster proposed building the new residence halls and the stoplight on Edgar Road and Garden Avenue, Hoef said.
Jazzman's Cafe will become the Emerson Cafe and will serve Starbucks coffee. It will have an expanded menu so prices can be kept lower. Students will also be able to purchase food at "Cafe a la Cart," a small food kiosk that will be put in the Sverdrup Building. Sodexho will install the kiosk with their own money, costing the university nothing, Hoef said.
SGA Elections
• Only two people turned in applications as of April 4 for the upcoming April 17 through 20 SGA elections, said John Ginsburg, SGA adviser. Applications are due April 7.
• SGA approved the language of a proposition for a $30 activity fee, called Proposition A. Ginsburg commented that, in 10 years, this is the first referendum he's seen on an SGA ballot. Only full-time, flat-fee undergraduate students will be able to vote for or against the activity fee.
Student Grant Fund
• Three representatives of student groups or organizations that had received a grant from SGA this semester made brief presentations on the conferences or events they attended with the money they were given.
• SGA approved $630 for The Journal to be used for an April 7 Missouri College Media Association Conference registration fee. The conference, which is being held in Westport, is the same conference in which The Journal won Best in State in 2005.
Other Business
• The curriculum committee approved SGA's proposal for "dead days" - days that students will have off the week before finals. SGA President Trevor Zickgraf said students will have the Friday before finals week off, beginning with a probationary academic year that starts fall 2006. The Faculty Senate still needs to approve the new policy.
The majority of the students who filled out evaluations during the March 8 presentations by Sodexo and Chartwells favored Sodexho, said Hoef, SGA adviser and chair of the Food Service Committee. The majority of the committee, which was in charge of evaluating the proposals, also favored Sodexho.
SGA discussed the various changes that Sodexho proposed, which includes dramatically expanding dining service in the University Center, since the new residence halls will be directly across the street from the UC. Sodexho proposed to change the Gorlok Grill into a "World of Wings," offering more than 18 different sauces, as well as a smoothie bar, Hoef said.
However, students will no longer be able to jaywalk across Edgar Road to the UC because of a 4-foot high, 900-foot long wall that was mandated by Webster Groves when Webster proposed building the new residence halls and the stoplight on Edgar Road and Garden Avenue, Hoef said.
Jazzman's Cafe will become the Emerson Cafe and will serve Starbucks coffee. It will have an expanded menu so prices can be kept lower. Students will also be able to purchase food at "Cafe a la Cart," a small food kiosk that will be put in the Sverdrup Building. Sodexho will install the kiosk with their own money, costing the university nothing, Hoef said.
SGA Elections
• Only two people turned in applications as of April 4 for the upcoming April 17 through 20 SGA elections, said John Ginsburg, SGA adviser. Applications are due April 7.
• SGA approved the language of a proposition for a $30 activity fee, called Proposition A. Ginsburg commented that, in 10 years, this is the first referendum he's seen on an SGA ballot. Only full-time, flat-fee undergraduate students will be able to vote for or against the activity fee.
Student Grant Fund
• Three representatives of student groups or organizations that had received a grant from SGA this semester made brief presentations on the conferences or events they attended with the money they were given.
• SGA approved $630 for The Journal to be used for an April 7 Missouri College Media Association Conference registration fee. The conference, which is being held in Westport, is the same conference in which The Journal won Best in State in 2005.
Other Business
• The curriculum committee approved SGA's proposal for "dead days" - days that students will have off the week before finals. SGA President Trevor Zickgraf said students will have the Friday before finals week off, beginning with a probationary academic year that starts fall 2006. The Faculty Senate still needs to approve the new policy.