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Business 8 Wednesday, March 26, 1986 New restaurant brings Coney Island hot dogs to USC By MARIA FRATUS Business editor USC students can take a break from delivered pizzas by ordering Coney Island hot dogs, as the restaurant's slogan says, "straight from the streets of New York." Coney Island Dogs, located in the Arcade Mall on the corner of Main and Washington streets, sells and delivers the same hot dogs sold on street carts in New York City, according to David Bctts, founder and owner of the month-old restaurant. i "My supplier supplies the carts in New York," Betts said. "People from New York can't believe they are really getting New York food." i luiiTw iivn iwirv^ia liavt challenged the restaurant's claim, but after tasting the hot dog, have agreed it is genuine, according to Betts. "They have to take one bite and know we are bringing in the real thing," he said. "It's sufficiently uniaue and striking to people's taste buds." Coney Island Dogs started in 1983 as a three-wheel Cushman scooter in which a vendor cooked mwwww ~ Mill CONVEX ineres a value in b where yo your mea Studying, partying, when you yourself v Domino's QUALITY IPs nice t< inside a C box you'll finest ingi pizza topi pay more find a higl FREE DE If s what v and it me nothing e service. r? : d !; 4 I ! A J E~ k... limited df and sold the hot dogs on the ; streets of Columbia. But aftei*six j months it closed because the vehi- i cle was having problems, Betts < said. "People loved the food, but 1 it was inefficient. We abandoned : the idea of cooking on wheels." v rviivw inv.li, nas a uiai for the hot dog, we just had to i figure out how to market them," Betts said. In December 1985, he decided to open a restaurant and i deliver in the Columbia area. I I The three-wheel cart is still 1 driven around for advertising I purposes, Betts said. "Students < will be seeing a lot more of it." Coney Island Dogs delivers < within two blocks of the < restaurant during the day and to ! USC in the evenings, according ' to Betts. "We have been received 1 very well downtown." 1 Although most students only know Coney Island Dogs as an I evening hot dog delivery service, ! they open at 8 a.m. for breakfast < with bagels and cream cheese, Betts said. I Other New York items on the ] menu include a hot sausage dog, ; DOMINO'S PIZZA DELIVERS 1LI| mm HENCE. GUARANTEED. great deal of We insure good serv eing able to stay Your pizza is deliver u are and have you in 30 minutes or Is delivered. it's ready for carry-oi relaxing, even If not. we'll take $3.C are made easier the price! i cater to vith pizza from We're the #1 choice Pizza across America. Whe time for real value Domino's Pizza 3 know that Delivers' Free. >omino's Pizza find only the Serving Univ. of 8* redients and Cmrollnm A Surrout Dings You can Armm: , but you won't gy tZ'i her quality pizza hOvO I O I 1124 Devine St iLIVERY. ve're famous for Hours: ans you pay 11AM-2AM Sun-Thui xtra for great 11AM-3AM Fri. & Sat. IIU Al CD Receive a 12" supert B 8a Ih C II cheese pizza with any r;r|p ONE topping and TWi rlin 16 oz non-returnable T1 film bottles of Coke* for I WU $6,991 > f* nni (Tax included!) b.iJa! Not valid with any oth j|t Our 12". 8 slice pizza serves 2 3 persons (livery areas Drivers f.arry under %/0 01986 Domino s Pi//A. rw^ V* [ in bSt'j10 Palm DEIJVEF Dim FREE. an all-American dog, pastrami and salami sandwiches, marinated coleslaw and Lindcy's cheesecake, which is "the real New York cheesecake," Bctts said. Even their specially blended mustard is brought in from New York, Bctts said. Betts is trying to make arangements to get the New York ?un, which is smaller. But Decause of shipping costs and imited freezer space, he hasn't found an economical way to aet ind keep the buns here. Coney Island Dogs is Jecorated to maintain the uniqueness of the restaurant, Betts aid. "It's very cute. It's done up n gold and red colors." Betts ilso created a trashcan that esembles a pushcart. Thf* nrirpc r\f ' iiv pnvvj v/1 ins, aiui UU53 aic between $1.30 and $1.60, and the sandwiches are about $3.00, ac:ording to Betts. "This is fixing to be the next boom in the fast food industry," Betts said. "I hope to open several in Columbia." I 1 I 11. ; i ? ice. 3d to I less or jt in 10. ' 0 OFF 1 I in it's 1 < I I tuth idlna rs. 1 I o I I I a I I or | I I I I | I in J Inc III) V a N <7> S 'S IS . *wk wbksbttti wEihmkkbmmbm Ginny Gorbor, an employee of Coney Island Dogs, serves two Columbia Service pi papers for foreign c By RONI BEA KAYNE Staff writer A new typing service in Columbia specializes in checking manuscripts for foreign graduate students. The private business was established in January to help foreign students by proofreading their graduate work for proper English grammar, said Bill Storrer, a freelance writer with a Ph.D. from Harvard who runs the service from his West Columbia home. Although the computer-printed papers meet the standards of USC's graduate studies programs, there is concern over whpth^r fhp finich^H nrnH.mt ic the student's own work, according to Storrer. 4'Only with a computer' can you get spellchecking. We get a printed list of words that are wrong, but we don't make any spelling changes until the writer agrees to the change. This helps them write better the next time," Storrer said. Professors arc happier because students do the work correctly the first time. Bernard Nzo-Nguty, director of USC's International Exchange Program, said any program that helps foreign students as a group is worthwhile. "If the Writing Lab in the university is ethical, so is this. If any student feels his writing abilities are not satisfactory, he has the right to take advantage af a program that gives feedback," Nzo-Nguty said. Both foreign and American students encounter language difficulties, according to Nzo-Nguty. "It is all part of the process of learning and creating better writers." James Murphy, director of the office of interna lonai services, said writers always want to have heir work proofread. "We need to have access to educated writers of the language to make suggesions and have input before papers are handed in. \s long as the writing task is not delegated to soISCS8 If yoifve been l<x>king for just ("up, stop bv Granger Owimis. ^ C what you need. Plaids and solic are all available in a variety of si Fine clothing for gentlemen is Come see us and find out why. Granger ^ 1307 Main Street [~ r ~nm J I ""WW J JOSEPH GARNETTrrt* Gamecock of the rsstarnunt't New York hot dogs. oofreads. tvoes - # - I I jraduate students meonc else, the service is legitimate," he said. "With the new computer software, more and more tools are becoming available for students. First spell-checking, then the next logical step seems to be grammar checking. We already have mindware, software for organizing thoughts," Murphy said. Several nrnfp??nr< hr*vi/#?v;??r col/i r. w. vr, ..v v > VI , JUIU I I IV, ^ 1 1 1 I 1 1 VS. students should use campus facilities instead of commercial operations. "I don't think the service is necessary. It would be better to get help inside the university through preparation and practice in writing," said David Claybrook, director of graduate studies in Biology. Claybrook admits science and math programs are more concerned with communication of scicntific concepts than sentence construction. He said faculty members should evaluate each student's command of the English language and direct students with problems to language services on campus. Irma Makarainen, a foreign exchange student from Finland, said she does not have language deficiencies, but if she had any problems, she would go to the Writing Center. She uses the computer service at the Business Administration building for her papers. Nazih Mrad, a math graduate student from Tunisia caiH lif* ujnnlH lil/? hnln u:- :A , ... f.uuiu 11 ui. n\.i^> jyuimi^, mi iucct?> and theories into a readable form. "Some professors make corrections and some just make suggestions to 'brush up the English' or 'look at grammar.' If you don't use the right sentences, the reader might be misled," Mrad said. Storrer's typing service charges $2 to $3 per page, depending on the finished quality of the paper. The service includes home delivery. For more informa tion call 796-8028. Ip J T. Donate Blood. + T* . O ;r?^ ? VSrl I >(?j I the right touch to wear to The A silk sport coat might be just J is, 1(K)% silks and silk blends ibtle shadings. a tradition at Granger Owings. fet (?hiinrrtf 252-6714 k