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Quote of the Day “I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” - General George Patton New York college offers room service by Jim Fitzgerald The Associated Press PURCHASE, N.Y. - Tara Eliason was hungry, but didn’t want to leave her dorm. It was noon the day before spring break at Man hattanville College and “everything’s due today,” the junior economics major said. “If I go to the cafeteria, I won’t get it all done.” Heather Singleton, on the other hand, had plenty of time to walk to the cafeteria; she just didn’t feel like going. The sopho more’s classes were finished and she was nil in ner pajamas ai mncnume, watching Jenny Jones • on TV. “I thought it’d be cool to have a meal deliv ered,” she said. Consider it done. Manhattanville, a pri vate college just north of New York City that costs $26,000 a year, has room service — just like a hotel. The difference is that the student, unlike a hotel guest, can’t call every day. But up to three times a semester, dorm res idents can call the day before, order an entree, two side dishes and a beverage, and request a delivery time. It works for breakfast (7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.), lunch (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and dinner (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.). There’s no added cost. Such hotel-like service is still rare on the nation’s campus es, but experts say it’s likely to spread as colleges compete for students. “Before long, we’ll be seeing a dorm concieige,” said Ray Mulligan, regional vice president for Flik International Corp., which provides Manhattanville’s food service. Two weeks ago, Assistant Catering Director Alma Mojica knocked on the door of Eliason’s dorm room, with its “Rugrats” bedspread and “Dawson’s Creek” poster. She carried an insulated red bag over her shoulder. Inside was a cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato, waffle fries and a bottle of Slice —just what Eliason ordered. The buiger was hot, the soda cold. There was a container of ketchup, a fork, a spoon, a straw and napkins. “This is great,” said the 20-year-old from New York City, eating at her desk, maintaining her 3.8 grade point average. Meanwhile, a turkey-and-bacon club sandwich, a green sal ad ^nd fries, plus a Pepsi, had been delivered to Singleton’s room, with its Three Stooges-Clint Eastwood motif. The 19-year-old from Honolulu, who also has a 3.8 average, was delighted. “It’s nice once in a while to be able to eat in bed,” she said. “I’m a long way from home. It’s not like I can pop in on Mom and get pampered.” Mojica said she has averaged five or six deliveries a day - “maybe 15 when it rains” - since the program began two months ago. “The first was a guy with an injured foot,” she remembered. “Sometimes they’re studying hard, sometimes not. But we don’t ask them why they want it delivered.” College President Richard Berman said room service fits in with his “student-driven” policies, which have helped double the enrollment to 1,300 since he took over five years ago. “We keep the library open until 4 a.m. We keep the finan cial aid office open on Saturdays,” he said. “If students are hap pier, our retention is better, and if our retention is better, our recruitment will be better.” “Room service sounds a little absurd, probably, but there are times when kids just are studying or don’t feel well. If they were in any other setting somebody would bring them a meal or they would order Chinese in.” Flik is part of the global Compass Group, which also in cludes Chartwell’s, another company that caters to schools. Mulligan said the University of Miami, Southwest Texas State University and a few others among the 250 schools served Room Service seepages lests can help people understand personalities by Keita Alston Staff Writer All of us have probably gotten a forwarded e-mail message from a friend saying we should take a personality test. But what do these tests measure, and are they accurate enough to identify your lifestyle? Many psychologists say that these tests measure the five funda mental dimensions of personality extroversion, agreeableness, con scientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience. Since the 1980s, personality psychologists have found this Five Factor Mod el to be an effective tool for identifying personality attributes. The model is the most useful for describing personality and for understanding problems associated with personality disorders such as schizophrenia. Personality disorders are chronic mental disor ders that affect a person’s ability to function in everyday activities. They can affect one’s work, family and social life. Most personality tests are free. Some can be taken at the Ca reer Center, and many are accessible on the Web. There are many kinds of personality tests - some fun, some strange. Some tests can measure whether people are extroverts or introverts. Matt Boiteau, a psychology junior who has taken personality tests, said, “Some of the questions were ambiguous or had too many right answers. They were too close in meaning.” Other tests can measure emotional intelligence quotient (E-IQ). Psychology freshman Konasha Murphy took one of those. “It had very simple questions that weren’t hard to answer,” she said. Some tests measure whether you are a freak or a geek. Frank Helies, a marine science sophomore, took the “Are You a Freak?” personality test on the Internet. He said, “It showed me that I was a freak. [However,] I thought that the test was pretty boring because it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know already.” Some of the choices on the test were, “It is better to break rules than always to conform with an impersonal society,” and “I would rather be just like everyone else than be called a ‘freak.’” Some personality tests post the results of everyone’s test for com parison. The questions often cover your personal life, friends and family. David Michael Hix, associate director of the Career Center, said one assessment is not better than another. Personality see page 2 Campus Notes Fourth Prayer Breakfast planned for Thursday The fourth annual President’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in the Russell House Ballroom. Through sharing, music and prayer, fac ulty, students and staff representing many major religions will offer their faith/spir itual stories. ' Gamecock Club plans spring cookout The Student Gamecock Club will hold its spring baseball cookout for mem bers after the game April 1. RSVP Mick Crawford at 777-7784. Carolina Chambers season finale show The Carolina Chamber Players will per form with the Miro String Quartet at 3 p.m. Sun at the S.C. State Museum’s au ditorium. Tickets are available at thi door for $10. For more information and season tickets, call 376-0071. , Professional Rescuer CPR to be offered Health and Wellness Programs will of fer an American Red Cross CPR class for the Professional Rescuer from 5 to 8 p.m. April 7 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 8 in the Blatt P.E. Center. To register, call 777-6518. The registration deadline is April 5. Second City National Tour Company coming The Second City National Touring Com- ^ pany, a comedy company, will have a show at 8 p.m. April 12 in the Russell House Ballroom. 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