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October 2008
BY JOSHUA ENRIQUEZ
Staff Writer
The Mill Café (The Mill for
short) is more or less a buffet in
which any one can stuff his or her
stomach full of pizza, pasta, or
whatever special the cooks made
that day. There are a variety of
food stations available such as the
deli, grill, pizza, demo, entrée,
beverages, and a salad bar. All
one has to do is go up to a station
and simply place an order and
voila, the food is ready! “Students
that go to The Mill usually tend to
go to a different station each
day,” says Teresa Diller, an em-
ployee who has been with The
Mill for five and a half years.
According to a recent poll of
several students, students and
Submitted by Joshua Enriquez
times, The Mill becomes ex-
tremely busy, placing tons of
stress on its employees who are
on the register and the grill.
Both the students and -adults
who wo 2 at The Mill seem to
have 1 loing their jobs. Accord-
ing to shman Jenna Panosetti,
“There rery ‘good communica-
tion betwen the students and the
adults.” Other employees have
also stated that working at The
Mill requires good teamwork and
communication -skills: with one
another which is something they
enjoy. -
For Mont Alto Hall residents
and commuters that go to The
Mill to eat they consider the loca-
tion to be pretty much in the cen-
ter of the campus; however, the
students who live in Penn Gates
say that there should be some-
thing like The Mill a bit closer to
where they reside. Freshman
Adriana Santamaria says that,
“It’s a great place to eat breakfast,
lunch and dinner and enjoy your-
self with friends and the food.”
Freshman Takema Fuller says, “I
like the atmosphere of The Mill
and the fact that it stays open kind
of late at night on [weeknights].”
With such good: comments
aside, there are other students that
do critize The Mill. Some stu-
have more healthy options. Also,
some believe that the prices
should be cheaper or they should
get a larger amount of food. An-
other criticism heard is that the
portions should be consistently
the same.
As one can see, not everyone
is content with The Mill’s food,
especially not Freshman Sean
Cooper. “I don’t like the lack of
food selection. I don’t like how
long you have to wait for your
food at the grill. And I don’t like
how they have bad cell phone ser-
vice in there.”
Of course, Curt Wengert, one
Food Services, will disagree with
anyone who criticizes The Mill.
He’s been with The Mill for over
ten years. He says, “working with.
young adults provides a very dy-
namic group to work with and it’s
a lot of fun.” He also states, “We
try to keep it fair compared to
other establishments. We’re look-
ing to give a good product out
there.”
‘Due to his knowledge ac-
up till December 4 of this year so
you can get a refund if you think
you're going to have too much
money in the Spring semester.
work, Wengert shared some help-
ful information. He explained that
there are two types of meal plans:
the A-la Board plan (mandatory
for residential students) which
provides a 65% discount on all
the foods they make in-house and
a 10% on packaged foods. The
other plan is called Lion Cash,
which resembles a debit card
where you get a 10% discount
with that as well. Commuting
students can choose either plan
that they would like.
For those students who do not
know which meal plan that they
should have, here’s some advice
from Wengert. When giving ad-
vice about meal plans, Wengert
states, “First of all, it depends on
your eating habits. You should get
a bigger plan than you need be-
cause the remaining balance at the
end of the Fall semester gets
transferred to the Spring semester.
It would be a good idea to lower
your meal plan which you can do
or by going to the Food and Ser-
vices office located in The Mill.”
Wengert adds,
“Remember, whatever
money is leftover at the
end of the spring Semes-
ter will NOT be refunded
back to you.”
All in all, The Mill is a place
where any one can come to enjoy
a good meal. “Our goal is to be a
place where you can come and
have fun. To relax, to take a break
from all of the stress from the
academics, and to hang out with
your friends.” Wengert follows
this himself because from time to
time, one can see him all over the
place socializing with students.