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ROSALIND HARVEY News Editor
USC students no longer need to
ask, "Are we going to get a Chick-FilA?"
The answer is "Yes!"
According to Richard Wertz, the
director of business affairs, USC's
dining committee and the State of
South Carolina unanimously voted on
a five-year contract with Marriott, over
the vendor Aramark.
Wertz said the selection process
was difficult because both vendors had
the capability to meet the university's
needs.
"Aramark had a very nice proposal,
but Marriott had more to offer to USC,"
Wertz said.
Marriott's contract proposal included
adding Chick-Fil-A to the Carolina
Grill and a Starbuck's coffee in the
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By the beginning of the fall
semester, Marriott says they will have
Chick-Fil-A up and running.
Marriott also has promised to add
something new to each dining facility
across campus.
For example, Fast Break in the
Law School and Coliseum will have
Chick-Fil-A and Pizza Hut added to
their menu, Baker Street will have a
larger selection of aalada and Sidewalk
Cafe will be changing its service format
to a "grab tt sd" concent to beta students
save time.
Wertz said Marriott has agreed to
buy an estimated $500,000 worth of
new equipment that will be installed
in many of the dining facilities across
campus.
USC rememb
STAFF REPORTS
'Hie life and works of University of Soi
professor and poet James Dickey are ca
poignant exmniuon in uaus Aiumm mil c
through Sept. 5.
aA Hunger for the World: James Dicke
highlights the distinguished career of th<
in-residence, who died Jan. 19 at age 73.
taught English at the university since 1
The exhibition features a series of dra
and white photographs by USC media ai
Gene Crediford, as well as numerous
Dickey's poetry and prose, with inscrip
closest friends.
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designed to benefit both
students and the university."
Other issues Marriott has
focused on is its five-year "
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use their designated number
of meals (160 or 185) during
the semester at their leisure,
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averages out to around 10
meals a week and the 185 plan is
around 12 meals a week.
Marriott will also be adding an
incentive program to students who
have a meal plan. Freshmen students
with meal plans will be given a $20
bonus added to a cash card that can
be redeemed at all dining facilities.
Marriott will also be offering a Take
vou Professor to Lunch" concept that
will allow students to buy lunch for
their professors at a low cost, Wertz
said.
The new five-year contract also
includes incentives for the university.
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Marriott has agreed to donate money
to the Carolinian Scholars Scholarship
fund and to the School of Hotel,
Restaurant and Tourism
Administration.
According to Wertz, Marriott also
will donate money to Student
Government in hopes to start a
scholarship fund.
Marriott's financial obligation to
USC includes 10 percent of the gross
sales to be placed back into the
university. Wertz said the estimated
$1 million from Marriott's sales will
be used for housing and other campus
facilities.
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Students won't see a big change in
meal plan costs. Wertz said there will
be an estimated 3 percent increase
across the board. This increase would
have been necessary whether or not
Marriott's bid proposal or AramarkV
proposal was accepted.
The new improvements will be seen
in the fall semester. However, according
to Wertz, Marriott will be making
constant improvements over the next
five years.
'The contract has both long term
and short term plans," Wertz said. "For
example, we are still looking to add
more name-brand concepts."
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Board
hikes
tuition
KRLSTDj RICHARDSOIV
AsstNews Editor
The USC Board of Trustees
approved a $498 million budget for the
1997-98 school year June 24 that
includes small tuition increases for
South Carolina students at seven of
its eight campuses, including USCColumbia.
"We are still a state that has
underfunded higher education," USC
President John M. Palms said. "We
have tried to make up for that lack of
funding of about $1,400 a student by
a modest tuition increase year in and
year out We are not proud of that high
tuition, but we do not want to sacrifice
quality."
John Finan, from the Division of
Business and Finance, presented the
budget to the board of trustees, calling
it the "good news budget for the
University of South Carolina."
Undergraduate students will see
the cost of attending USC-Columbia
increase by 2.1 percent in the fall.
General tuition will increase 1.9
percent for full-time students, and
students will see a $6 increase in health
and activity fees for a total increase in
student tuition costs of approximately
$36 per student. Under the plan, a
South Carolina undergraduate's tuition
will be $1,717, or $3,434 per year, up
from $3,362 for the 1996-97 school year.
"Student health fees will increase
by $3.75 per semester because of the
deficit we are running in the health
center," Finan said. "University activity
fees will increase by $2 per semester
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mainiy uecuuse ui me increase in
minimum wage going up 24 percent
in the last year."
Graduate students will see their
tuition increase by 2.6 percent to $1,862
per semester. Non-resident
undergraduate tuition will increase
3.1 percent to $4,420, and non-resident
graduate tuition will go up d.b percent
to $3,817 per semester.
"Our university is making
tremendous progress in attracting
better students, higher research
rankings, investments in technology
and facilities and overall administrative
efficiency," Chairman William Hubbard
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