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3 Subcomiuttees Study Campus Food Service What colle are bein W1 Lieutenant Captain 2nd Lieut As a woman ROTC student, 4-year prograrr you'll compete for your corn- fied to compete mission on the same footing as college scholar the men in your class, cover the rem There are 2-year, 3-year, years she has a and 4-year scholarship pro- tion is covered. grams available. A young ...textbook cos womanenrolledin theAFROTC ...plus $100 a Contact: Dept Flinn Univ Colu Put it all together i BY BRENDA EASTERLING of The Gamecock staff Three subcommittees were set up July 28 by a presidential ad visory committee to study ways to improve campus food service by the beginning of the fall semester. Since food services have become a part of Student Affairs, an in vestigation has begun to determine whether or not ARA is serving students. Preliminary reports indicating dissatisfaction with the present operation of food services have been filed by the Committee to Study the Reorganization of Food Services and the Cafeteria Committee. The subcommittees have been ge wot g pmn th. Ist Lieutenant Br gadier General snant- Major is also quali for an AFROTC hip which will ance, tax-free. aining 2 or 3 A woman's s a cadet. Tui- nitely in the Ai *..all fees paid pinning cerem ts reimbursed highlight of her month allow- ence. artment of Aerospace SI Hall of South Carolina mbia , S.C. 29208 1n Air Force I designed in an attempt to en courage students to eat on campus more often and to eat at various campus facilities. Two of the subcommittees consist of both staff and student members. Wh!Ae one subcommittee studies the function of the Russell House cafeteria, the other examines ways to increase the popularity of other campus cafeterias. The third subcommittee is composed entirely of students. It is seeking an idealistic approach to student food service needs. Food service at the Russell House is being considered apart from other services on campus because "it supports just about everything else" in the food system, said James B. Campbell. nen place is defi r Force and our >ny will be the college experi udies TOTC. vice president of Student Affairs. The Russell House sub committee is working with ARA to improve the cafeteria as a whole. A second subcommittee is looking at why the Russell House cafeteria has the majority of business. It is studying ways to channel some of this business to other facilities on campus. One way to spread business, committee members say, would be to "designate a certain area to serve a particular need." An example would be to change the South Area cafeteria into a pizza parlor and to set the Capstone cafeteria up as a steak house. The third subcommittee is trying to find out what students want most from campus food services. Campbell said the committee is seeking out students' concerns without attaching any strings. The committee to Study the Reorganization of Food Services was formed in April. It met bi weekly for a month to obtain background information on student food services. Presenting material and ideas at those meetings were represen tatives of Auxiliary Services, ARA, the University Union and the Cafeteria Committee. As a result, the committee issued immediate and long-term recommendations for the improvement of campus food services. Cited in the report was the amount of diversity in the profit and loss statements of separate dining facilities. The report states, "The facilities range from generating a resonable income to a marginal operation, to losing in come. The justifications for losing operations is founded in part by providing service to students and staff." State law requires University food services to operate on a break even basis. The report says, "This stipulation looms as a crucial factor in considering the reorganization of food services and must enter into any plans for changing the food service at the University." The committee plans to bring in representatives of other food services to determine if another company can serve students better than ARA. Steve Hill, SGA president, said he is dissatisfied with ARA's performance. He said ARA is doing an especially poor job in the Gamecock Room. "They should be doing what students want," Hill said. "If ARA shapes 'up and starts putting out good quality food service, that's fine. But we are going to bring in such companies as Hardee's, McDonald's and Shakey's to get their suggestions. We'll also check out the possibility of using multiple vending machines." The committee has recom mended a delay in plans to renovate the Gamecock Room until it has completed a study of the total food service operation. It has also asked for increased com munications between Director of Dining Services Don Hottel and Russell 'louse Director Robert Todd. The committee suggests such functions as "special dinners" be expanded and held regularly. It also desires to be involved in any contract renewal by the University with ARA. One long-range goal of the committee is to do a complete survey this fall of students needs and interests in regard to food services artti to study what legal stipulations must be followed in regard to those services. The committee also plans to consult other institutional food service operations in regard to what they could offer the University.