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Dining plan costs to rise next fall
Allie Brown
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: News
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Dining Services announced Tuesday at the Student Government House of Representatives meeting that the dining plan will rise in cost fall 2008 and representatives expressed concern about how it will affect the student body.
Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services, told representatives the cost has not yet been determined, but he thinks the new plan for on-campus residents will cost between $1,900 and $2,100. The current plans offered range from $1,400 to $1,800.
Flores said one reason for the increase is TCU will have more service workers to pay and the expenses for the building itself will have to be paid back. He said the new plan will be a carte blanche setup, allowing students unlimited access into any part of the dining hall after they swipe their cards.
The new dining hall will include a salad bar, a pizza/pasta station, a grill station, a deli station, a home station and a restaurant, Flores said.
Kirk Kindy, Dining Services committee chair, said the restaurant will have a sports bar feel with flat screens and two pool tables.
Flores said the new hall will seat about 700 people - 600 on the inside and about 150 on the patio.
Flores also said accompanying the new plan will be a certain amount of money that can be spent on other retail stores around campus. Flores said the on-campus residents will be able to choose from three pre-set retail dollar options to go with the unlimited plan.
"The whole vision is a community dining location," Flores said. "If you don't have a meal plan you can still add retail dollars."
Flores said commuters do not have to accept the unlimited meal plan. He said they can buy a package or they can pay the door price to get into the dining hall. They also have the choice of adding money to their cards, similar to the system now, but that money can only be used in the other retail outlets, not the dining hall, Flores said.
Myra Mills, a sophomore music education major, said she originally thought raising the meal plan price seemed outrageous.
Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services, told representatives the cost has not yet been determined, but he thinks the new plan for on-campus residents will cost between $1,900 and $2,100. The current plans offered range from $1,400 to $1,800.
Flores said one reason for the increase is TCU will have more service workers to pay and the expenses for the building itself will have to be paid back. He said the new plan will be a carte blanche setup, allowing students unlimited access into any part of the dining hall after they swipe their cards.
The new dining hall will include a salad bar, a pizza/pasta station, a grill station, a deli station, a home station and a restaurant, Flores said.
Kirk Kindy, Dining Services committee chair, said the restaurant will have a sports bar feel with flat screens and two pool tables.
Flores said the new hall will seat about 700 people - 600 on the inside and about 150 on the patio.
Flores also said accompanying the new plan will be a certain amount of money that can be spent on other retail stores around campus. Flores said the on-campus residents will be able to choose from three pre-set retail dollar options to go with the unlimited plan.
"The whole vision is a community dining location," Flores said. "If you don't have a meal plan you can still add retail dollars."
Flores said commuters do not have to accept the unlimited meal plan. He said they can buy a package or they can pay the door price to get into the dining hall. They also have the choice of adding money to their cards, similar to the system now, but that money can only be used in the other retail outlets, not the dining hall, Flores said.
Myra Mills, a sophomore music education major, said she originally thought raising the meal plan price seemed outrageous.
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