The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 08, 1978, Page Page 14, Image 14
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By Judy Sims
Editorial Pag? Editor
Inflation. It's become a fact of life in the
1 United States. It's accepted. Prices go up;
Americans merely comply with disgust.
| But is it possible the word *'inflation" has
1 become so accepted thatit has become an ex|
cusefor or a convenient way of raising prices?
i This is not to say inflation is a put-on. It is
real and legitimate, but questions still have to
be asked. It is real too important an issue to just
* accept; it directly affects every individual .
i Look around, you you ( the attentive, perspectrivew,
bright college student) ? tuition,
room, books, even the price of a Clemson ticket
: ? all up.
More closely, here, we are looking at the
price of food, campus food.
A Gamecock staff writer. Rarhnr* su?ntt
reported Sept. 1, that Claude Tisdale general
manager of Russell House cafeterias, said
rising food and labor costs were the main
reasons for a 12 percent hike in on campus food
prices.
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JL \AJ| Ul^ uiiiuiuuiii wage went up last
January and is going up angain and food prices
keep going up. But let's scale this down.
We went to a grocery store (Harrtis Teeter)
with two menues that can be ordered as the $2
specia at Russell House or Capstone cafeterias.
We tried to realistically cut things down first in
amounts and then in prices to one serving. Remember
these are estimates.
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iTicnu unc. uiiweu, a pouna, inree pieces
of dark meat ( leg an thigh) for $1.32: green
beans, $1.79 for a six-pound, five -ounce can , 18
four-ounce servings: rice (Mahatma), $.35 for a
bag of 16 one-ounce servings: bread, 24 brown
and serve rolls for $.89: tea (Lipton), 16 bags
for $.46: and dessert, a one-pound cake, 91.19
for about ten slices.
Menu two (there is a point to thisl It's coming
after all of trhese necessary formalities).
Roast beef (here we took the average of the
most and least expensive roast beef out) about
$2 a pound, the cafeterias serve 2Vz ounces per
serving: corn, $2.09 for a 6 pound 10 can which
holds 18 four-ounce servings: mashed potatoes
(Big Tate), $1.49 for a box of 40 - cup servings:
bread and tea are the same as menu
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one: soup, Campbell's potato soup, a ten and
three-quarters ounce can for $.49.
Now , we did the mathmatics for you. Here
are the prices for two single specials.
Menu one Menu two
Chicken .44 cents ^stbeef 3128 cents
Green beans. 10 Corn 11.6
Rice 2.2
Bread (2 rolls) 7.4 Bread 7.4
Tea 2.87 *ea
Pound cake 12 aoup 22
78.47 cents total 82.82 cents total
These are retail food prices. The cost of
preparing the food is not included, nor are other
costs like your time, the plates you are eating
off and extras like salt, sugar margerine and
gravy. But our estimate prices for one meal
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university dining services buys their food
wholesale).
Ted McDaniels, director of dining servicds,
seems to have a case for the increase, however.
He said, "The minimum wage is going up again
in January to $2.90, that's a 9.4 percent increase
from $2.65 also, the government has estimated
a 12 percent increase in the cost of food for this
year. Together, that's a 20 percent increase. "If
we would have gone to what we wanted to the
special would have been $2.15, but the
university and ARA , the operators of USC
cateterias, Doth said they didn't want to do that
to the students."
McDaniels said some of the cafeterias don't
make money. He named Cpstone and Top of
Carolina. "So places like Russell House and the
Gamecock snackbar have to make up their
loses. The cafeterias that don't make money
don't have enough volume. Tey are there for
tne service." McDaniels said about 7,500
specials are served aily.
How much profit does University Dining
Srvices make? McDaniels said they are
allowed 5 percent of gross sales. Last year he
said University Dining Services made $30,000
after taxes and administrative costs.
As we said earlier, inflation exists and is
accepted. Thepoint is maybe too accepted.
Which is real ? the $1.25 for overhead and
variales we haven't considered or has inflation
made it too easy to raise prices?
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1 'he new generation gap
By Edith McNeill
Gamecock Staff Writer
When rock and roll became overwhelmingly popular it had its foes;
preachers called it sinful and parents of the young who twisted to the
new sounds called it disgraceful. Like new ideas, new musical styles are
immensely unpopular with older generations. Disco music has received
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uie same caicaiis ana cnucisms. uut, ironically, its staunctiest opposition
is the people who advocated change and at one time openly
welcomed it.
Here's an imaginary conversation between two members of the 60's
youth movement railing against the new disco fad.
"Hey, man wanna come over for lunch? I got a three-finger lid last
night that is just fantastic. I'll roll us a joint," said Paid, a 31 year-old
storeowner.
His college buddy Frank, a 31 year-old insurance salesman said,
"Sure man, How's one thirty sound." "Great, " said Paul.
After lunrh anH thpir first inint Paul ooi/1 "I hicA/t Hiio i-jj
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yesterday to help me unload some stuff in the back room. Man he is a
real weirdo/' said Paul, inhaling.
"Really, what's the matter with him," said Frank.
"He's really into this disco thing," said Paul. "I caught him this
moring combing his hair and singing something about being a macho
man."
"You know these kids noW-fl-dflV3 nr<* ronllv s^rouroH nn All An. So
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dance, dance, dance," said Frank, relighting his joint. "Like I was
telling Carol the other night, they never get into any pood rallies like we
did in college or burn their draft cards or do anything v seful. They just
play strange music, buy clothes and dance."
"I know," Paul chuckled. "Their songs don't have any words to them,
not like Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. By the way, who is Donna Summers
anyway?" "Never heard of her," said Frank finishing the joint. "But
you can really tell a disco freak when you see one." "How?" asked
Paul, wide-eved. "Well." whisoerf?d Frank mpnnindfnHu
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shiny silver jackets and white suits. The guys blow dry their hair and
the chicks wear these reel high shoes with pointy heels.""Yeah, I know
about the high heels," Paul said. "My 10 year-old, Susie, told me
yesterday that she wanted a pair for her school dance. Well, like I told
her, if blue jeans and army jackets were good enough for us they're
good enough for her. So, I bought her a pair of earth shoes "Are you
kidding?" said Frank, astonished. "I didn't realize the fever grabbed
kids that young." "Yeah, I've even heard of third graders taking
dancing lessons," Paul snorted in disgust. "Wan another joint?"
"Yeah, you know I read something in the paper the other day that said
chicks who dance too much stnnri n rhnnr??? r\f Vtmrinrt L-i^o ti.li/.Ml u
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with big thighs and fiat feet," Frank stated.
"Oh my God," said Paul horrified, "Sisie is not going to any more of
those dances. I'm going to lay down the law. She can jsut stay home with
us and listen to Jefferson Airplane."
"By the way," said Frank. "Carol and I are going out to dinner this
weekend. You and Janet wanna go?""Naw, we're going to a biorhythms
class to learn how to make our own charts on Friday," said Frank.
"W/mw tUfr '--i ? - - -
Mwi o wiugumiu mcttiiiiigiui, saia iranK. He hurriedly
checked his watch. "Oh man, I've gotta be going, I've got an appointment
in a few minutes."
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