OVER THE EDGE September 12-26, 2007 Cafeteria Revamp Reveals New Choices Healthy gluten-free choices and unhealthy fast-food Coyote Jack’s choices Tver CLARKE, Propuciion CoorpINAToR Students line up at the cafeteria, Friday TyLer CLARKE PropucTion CoorpiNnAToR UNBC’s cafeteria has seen a few chan- ges since last semester, and now offers both fast-food choices, and healthier choices, at a slightly higher price. Their old prices were in place for a few Sad Feceration of Find out more. : , years and have become outdated. They’ve seen a 30 per cent increase in most wholesale prices, and had to match them in order to be profitable. Executive chef Rodney Mansbridge said that they wanted to make some changes and improvements when implementing these price-changes in order to justify them to stu- dents. The younger students, he said tend to pick more healthy choices, while the older generation, such as professors and mature stu- dents, tend to eat more unhealthily, choosing fast food options. They’re meeting both these demands. “We give fresh healthier choices... It’s more clean looking and healthy,” Mansbridge said. They have a bunch of new gluten-free items, including tortilla breakfast wraps, quesidillas, veggie hot dogs and burgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, among other things. Mansbridge said “the price of the gluten free choices is higher because of the price of rice,” which has gone up recently. Of vegetables and fruits, they get many from B.C., mainly the Fraser Valley, though by the end of October B.C. tends to export most of their goods so they have to start getting them from California and Washington. - The most noticeable change to the cafeteria is the Coyote Jack’s fast food menu, offering generic fast food choices available at Mc- Donalds, Wendy’s, or Burger King, includ- ing hamburger, french fries, and a pop, at a slightly higher price than these other chains. . This is to help students and faculty eat during times of great time constraints. “We’re making it so it’s a little quicker but with faster choices,” Mansbridge said. Today's post-secon students need more than ninimum wage job. ig BC persist proposed changes to our em don't add up. Students wort - access to the skills and knowledge they need to get ahead because the government's Campus 2020 Plan fails to fix the key problems of line and access. Our students deserve better. Their lon it. 99 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION BETTER FUNDING. BETTER FUTURES. ampbell to i FPSE post-Secondary Educators ., www. takeaction.fpse.ca , WWE In order to-help students cope with the loss of the Wintergarden pub, the cafeteria is offer- ing pub nights every Tuesday and Thursday until 9 p.m., staying open for an hour longer than usual. They offer beer, but for the time being it’s only in bottle. In keeping with the pub theme they’re serving wings, steak, and other things. They’re even working on getting a beer vending machine. In order to meet the student demand for the cafeteria after the Wintergarden closed they’ve hired four new staff, though they have room for an additional six. They’re currently hiring students, so it’d be best those of you who will be starving as soon as your student loans run out go out and apply. Mansbridge said they quite easily work around students’ schedules. The Wintergarden should return some time in the coming months, in a new form which hasn’t yet been finalized. Food services are also looking into creating something in the new Teaching and Learning building, though these plans have also not been finalized. Construction in the cafeteria this last week has been minimal, with a few changes to its basic look, including painting a wall, mov- ing the access gate, installing a grab and go fridge, and removing some cabinets. The con- _ struction should be completed sometime this week.