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THE CLUSTER, APRIL 7, IMP-PAGE 5
Food Committee
By CONNIE DEAN
As chairperson of the Food Com
mittee. I have come to one conclu
sion. No one will ever be complete
ly satisfied with the cafeteria food.
And why should they be when the
food committee constantly strives
to make things better? The problem
is that we all have different com
plaints and comments. Some
students say that Epicure needs
more food variety. They feel as
though we have the same entrees
over and' over, while others say
Epicure has too much food varie
ty. Afterall. they have Shrimp
Etoufee and Turkey tettrazini, how
much more variety can you get?
Still others complain that they are
paying for missed meals. For ex
ample, a student is on a 20-meal
plan but only eats approximately 10
meals each week. Is this fair?
Students that eat a salad for lunch
everyday feel that they are paying
too much. It has been suggested
that the Food Committee look into
an a-la-carte open cafeteria pro
gram in which each item would be
individually priced. The a-la-cartc
open cafeteria would have the food
that students wanted at a reasonable
price because they would be com
peting with surrounding fast food
chains.
Well, the Food Committee
decided to look into the feasibility
of an a-la-carte open cafeteria food
program and we discovered several
advantages and disadvantages. The
advantages include a menu of food
entrees that the students like (only
the best-selling items would be of
fered). There would be no more
complaints about paying for miss
ed meals because you would pay
only for what you eat. Some
students see this as being more fair.
Big eaters pay more and little eaters
pay less. There would also be less
food waste. Another advantage is
that the cafeteria would be open to
anyone and would be open all day
thereby fostering the goal of a true
Speaks:
gathering place for students,
teachers, etc.
Some disadvantages include a
problem with students on financial
aid. Some students $100 a quarter
in the cafeteria while others could
spend $500 a quarter. The problem
deals with how much money finan
cial aid can allocate for food ex
penses, if any. Parents would have
the concern that their children may
run out of money for food half way
through the quarter. Afterall, if we
had an open cafeteria, we would
have food credit cards and unfor
tunately some people do not know
how to be responsible managers of
money.
In trying to find a food plan that
will satisfy everyon’s.concerns, we
have come up with several other
food program options.
These programs as well as the a-
la-cane food plan will be introduc
ed and discussed in a forum in foe
Co-op Monday, April 10th at 7:00
p.m. But in order to make changes.
Director of Educational Center named
Mercer President R. Kirby
Godsey has announced the appoint
ment of Beverly Clark McDonald
of Columbia, MD, as director of
the new Educational Opportunities
Center at Mercer University.
The Center, which has
a $224,000 first-YfSr gn from
of Education
in Middle
and assist
secon-
x locations
Griffin,
the U.S.
to establish a
Georgia to
adults with
dary education,
in Macon, Perr;
Thomaston and Eastman. The ad
ministrative headquarters, with
McDonald’s offices, are located on
Mercer University College campus
in Forsyth. The Center expects to
serve approximately 2,000 adults in
Middle Georgia. Additional fun
ding for the three-year program is
expected.
McDonald was principal of Du
pont Park School (Kindergarten
through 12th grade) in Washington.
D.C., from 1985-1988. Prior to
that she was assistant director of
Allegheny East Conference in Pine
Forge, PA. where she assisted in
directing the conference K-12
system of education in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Earlier she was director of the
Special Services Program at
University College, The Ohio State
University, and was a consultant
with the Ohio Department Educa
tion, Division of Equal Education
Opportunities.
She received the B.S. degree in
elementary education at Columbia
Union College in Washington.
D.C., and earned the M.Ed. degree
in learning disabilities at the
University of Miami in Coral
Gables. FL, where she also did
doctoral work in reading and
special education. “
McDonald has served as an
evaluator of Title IH Programs at
Mary Holmes College in West
Point, MS. and at Kentucky State
University in Frankfort, KY. She
is a member of the National
Association of Elementary School
Principals and the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum
Development.
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on options
we need student input, so please at
tend the forum and then on Thurs
day. April 13th make your voice
count in the food survey.
Remember, only by making your
opinion heard can we make change.
Jazz and Poetry
Continued from page 4
specialty in American Literature.
Kelly will moderate a panel discus
sion on Jazz and Poetry at Macon
College on Friday, April 14, at
11:00.
Afro-Jazz Sextet, a local jazz
group led by Dr. Wilfred Stroud,
president of the Jazz Association of
Macon. This group will play in
Connell Student Center at Mercer
Yusef Komunyakaa
on Saturday, April 15, at 11:00
a.m.
“Duke and Other Legends,”
an exhibit of photographs of jazz
musicians, will be on display at the
Harriet Tubman Museum from
April 12 until April 26.
Mercer University Jazz Ensem
ble will perform at Mercer on
Thursday, April 13, at 9:00 p.m.
Additionally, three newly obtain
ed videos will be shown in CSC
336^at 12:00 noon on Wednesday.
April 12, and at 1:30 Friday. April
14. Langston Hughes: The Dream
Keeper, Give My Poor Heart Ease,
featuring interviews and perfor
mances by B.B. King and others,
and Blues Maker, which presents
Fred McDowell, who plays, sings,
and talks about his version of the
blues, the Mississippi country
blues.
All events are free and open to
the public.
English professor
Continued from page 1
Theodore Roethke, 1987, and
Language of Liberation: The Social
Text Contemporary American
Poetry, Columbia University
Press, which will be out in May.
“It explores the historical diver
sity of Contemporary American
Poetry, providing close readings of
seven major figures.'’ Kalaidjian
said of his new book. "In par
ticular, it inestigate poetry and
dialogue with the discourses of
American consumer society and the
anti-war, feminist, and black
aesthetic movements dating from
the 50's to the end of the Reagan
era."
Since coming to Mercer in 1983,
Kaliadjian has received three post
doctoral grams from the NEH, as
well as an Andrew Mellon Foun
dation Summer Fellowship at
Vanderbilt. In addition, in 1986 he
was a Fellow at the School of
Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth
College.
He was one of the major writers
of the College of Liberal Arts’
$600,000 NEH Challenge Grant.
He is currently Chair of the Col
lege Library Committee and faculty
advisor for both the Dulcimer and
Sigma Tau Delta, National English
Honor Society.
Editorships Availably
Applications for
Cluster
Cauldron
Dulicimer
Applications are
available at T’s
Corner and the
Student Activities
Office
Deadline: April 14th
