More flex points, less meals says senate
MEGHANE DOWNES
Associate News Editor
Student Senate asked Notre Dame Food Services to expand meal plan options in a resolution that passed unanimously Wednesday.
The resolution called for Food Services to include a meal option with a 10-meal plan and a proportional amount of Flex Points. The resolution cited that 97 percent of students choose the Flex 14 plan and that an average student with this plan eats 9.17 meals per week.
The resolution said, "The current mean plan options neither meet student desires nor the reality of average student usage."
Sarah Bates, Pasquerilla West Hall senator, said Food Services should consider and pursue this option in order to keep with the program's mission of "being responsive to the changing needs of students."
Bates said Food Services has not provided hard information on Flex Point compensation with a Flex 10 program but the resolution would hopefully lead to negotiation.
Dave Brenner, Dillon Hall senator, said the community atmosphere the University prides itself on would not diminish because students could eat together at other campus eateries and the dining halls would not become obsolete.
The Flex 10 meal option originally appeared on Libby Bishop and Trip Foley's campaign platform when they ran for office last year.
In other Senate news:
* Senate approved an amendment, which changes the Club Coordination Council's structure and adds a performing arts division. Amy O'Connor, CCC chair, said, "We saw about 20 clubs that we could put into a new division in order to better serve them and allocate funds."
* Danielle Ledesma, Judicial Council president, updated Senate on the upcoming election and said, "Online elections will be successful if all goes as planned, but we will have paper ballots on hand."
* Senate unanimously confirmed the Election Executive Committee.
* Kaitlin Redfield, Pangborn Hall senator, was named as the new Student Senate alternate representative to Campus Life Council and replaced Blake Haan, Keenan Hall senator, who had a class conflict.
All News Stories for Thursday, January 23, 2003
