Spring Break
Students question Trayless Tuesdays
Cameron Birch
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
"I walk in [to the dining hall] … and spend five minutes scalding my hands with the hot entrée plate while I look for a tray before I realize that it's a trayless Tuesday. … To be honest, it absolutely ruins my day," Rinaldi said.
This does not come as a surprise; LaRue said she found that opponents to the program tended to be more "vehement" in their opinions.
The opinions, Rose explained, were expected to accompany such a change. She specifically described Tulane University in New Orleans, La.
She said there was a "student uproar" from the sudden removal of trays from the University's dining facility.
Another freshman electrical engineering student, Brian Dolhansky, said, "Sodexho is being hypocritical - they throw out any unused food at the end of the day."
Despite the mixed opinions, the month of April will be a practice run for the program while the University decides if it should carry on the practice, according to LaRue.
She explained that they are looking at other alternatives to the program, such as smaller trays.
LaRue said, that the University will try to find ways to make environmental sustainability work before discussing the capital costs for a new tray system that includes purchasing new tray carriers.
Both Drexel and Sodexho have looked at other universities where tray conservation programs have worked. For example, Rose mentioned West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where an environmentally friendly mindset has been adopted by students.
"Only freshmen use trays [at West Chester University]. … I think it's a good idea, but not functional for our campus yet," Rose said.
This does not come as a surprise; LaRue said she found that opponents to the program tended to be more "vehement" in their opinions.
The opinions, Rose explained, were expected to accompany such a change. She specifically described Tulane University in New Orleans, La.
She said there was a "student uproar" from the sudden removal of trays from the University's dining facility.
Another freshman electrical engineering student, Brian Dolhansky, said, "Sodexho is being hypocritical - they throw out any unused food at the end of the day."
Despite the mixed opinions, the month of April will be a practice run for the program while the University decides if it should carry on the practice, according to LaRue.
She explained that they are looking at other alternatives to the program, such as smaller trays.
LaRue said, that the University will try to find ways to make environmental sustainability work before discussing the capital costs for a new tray system that includes purchasing new tray carriers.
Both Drexel and Sodexho have looked at other universities where tray conservation programs have worked. For example, Rose mentioned West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where an environmentally friendly mindset has been adopted by students.
"Only freshmen use trays [at West Chester University]. … I think it's a good idea, but not functional for our campus yet," Rose said.
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Tim
posted 4/23/08 @ 11:29 AM EST
I, as much as anyone, am proud of the efforts to decrease waste and at least start to think of ways to make the university "environmentally conscious. (Continued…)
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