This Week in Wire History
Dining Dilemmas
Sarah Monast '08
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: News
March 28, 1985
Every Wheaton student has experienced it: the panicked self-pat down; the sudden dread that washes over you while anxiously rummaging through every bag, jean pocket and jacket cranny; the clogging of the ever-growing line into the dining halls for the "golden ticket" of I.D. cards. But the Wheaton meal plan has not always been as simple and flexible as it is today. In the spring of 1985, college administrators discussed refurbishing the campus meal plan, researching plans implemented by institutions in the surrounding areas.
A new meal plan is in sight! Recently, the Health and Food Services Committee and the Residential Living Committee have been researching various colleges to find a meal plan that can be adapted to Wheaton. We have come up with three plans that could every easily work at Wheaton. They are Plan A, modeled after Trinity College, which offers flexibility to choose 19, 14, or 10 meals a week. Plan B, which is modeled after Wesleyan, allows a choice of 17, 12, and 9 set meals a week. ... The final plan, Plan C, offers total flexibility but also requires strict monitoring on the part of the student. It is modeled after UVM which uses a point system. A student would buy a set number of points at the beginning of the semester, usually figured out by how many meals they will eat per week. Each time you take a meal, the price is deducted from your account - almost like a debit card. You would have the option to purchase more points if you were to use them before the end of the semester. These three plans differ in degree of flexibility but any of the three can be adapted to our needs with little difficulty.
Starting this week, a petition to gain student support to show the administration we, the students, want a new meal plan, will be going around the dorms via your Dorm Senators and Res. Life Reps. The petition is to gain support. The above plans are just suggestions and will be adapted to meet our needs… Let's get 100-percent student support!
- Wheaton News?Correspondent
Every Wheaton student has experienced it: the panicked self-pat down; the sudden dread that washes over you while anxiously rummaging through every bag, jean pocket and jacket cranny; the clogging of the ever-growing line into the dining halls for the "golden ticket" of I.D. cards. But the Wheaton meal plan has not always been as simple and flexible as it is today. In the spring of 1985, college administrators discussed refurbishing the campus meal plan, researching plans implemented by institutions in the surrounding areas.
A new meal plan is in sight! Recently, the Health and Food Services Committee and the Residential Living Committee have been researching various colleges to find a meal plan that can be adapted to Wheaton. We have come up with three plans that could every easily work at Wheaton. They are Plan A, modeled after Trinity College, which offers flexibility to choose 19, 14, or 10 meals a week. Plan B, which is modeled after Wesleyan, allows a choice of 17, 12, and 9 set meals a week. ... The final plan, Plan C, offers total flexibility but also requires strict monitoring on the part of the student. It is modeled after UVM which uses a point system. A student would buy a set number of points at the beginning of the semester, usually figured out by how many meals they will eat per week. Each time you take a meal, the price is deducted from your account - almost like a debit card. You would have the option to purchase more points if you were to use them before the end of the semester. These three plans differ in degree of flexibility but any of the three can be adapted to our needs with little difficulty.
Starting this week, a petition to gain student support to show the administration we, the students, want a new meal plan, will be going around the dorms via your Dorm Senators and Res. Life Reps. The petition is to gain support. The above plans are just suggestions and will be adapted to meet our needs… Let's get 100-percent student support!
- Wheaton News?Correspondent
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