The Cafeteria A Quick Overview of How it Works

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The Cafeteria A Quick Overview of How it Works
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The Cafeteria Schedule

• Monday- Saturday
• Breakfast 800am-900am
• Lunch 1130am-200pm
• Dinner 500pm-700pm
• Sunday
• Brunch 1100am-100pm
• Dinner 500pm-600pm

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Payment Methods

• Students and faculty are able to pay two
  different ways
• Pre-paid plans
• Pay as you eat plan

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Problems with current options

• Unfortunately,  the cafeteria's hours do not
  take into account the fact that it is extremely
  difficult to reach the cafeteria, choose food,
  pay and get back to class within the
  ten-to-fifteen minute time currently allotted
  between classes, especially for the students who
  have a pre-paid plan.

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Student Example

• Consider a student who has one class on lower
  campus that runs from 4-515,  another class that
  begins at 530 and ends at 645, and a third
  class that begins at 700 and ends at 815. 
  Unless that student is Superman, he or she will
  find it impossible to make it to the cafeteria,
  pay, eat, and return promptly to their next
  class.

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Attempts to address the problem

• A student with a meal conflict because of class,
  is currently able to request a meal to be put
  aside for them. 
• The Grill is open during off hour times until
  900 pm selling products for cash only.

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Problems with the attemptfor pre-paid students.

• The problem with a Meal Conflict meal is that
  the food is usually cold and has a left over
  feeling.
• pre-paid students feel as though they deserve a
  fresh meal because of the amount of money that
  they have pre-paid.
• With the recent tuition raise in attempts to be
  competitive with other universities we should
  also become competitive in areas such as the
  cafeteria and its functions.

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Student solutions

• Extend meal times beyond 700 pm.
• Keep grill open until 900 pm free of charge
  for  prepaid students.
• Follow the lead of other universities
  implementing a system in which pre-paid students
  can get a meal at any time during the day.