How can campus services help you survive the McVirus?
Whether you’re sick or have an affected friend or roommate, there’s no need to feel helpless in the next few days. Several offices on campus have created emergency procedures in…
Glar
Glarocalypse: The Early Stages
Day 1, 0430 hrs: The plague has hit McDaniel (by plague we mean food poisoning, or similar). Popular opinion has narrowed the cause down to three possible sources: 1) McDaniel…
Faulty Dishwashing Machine in Glar Slowly Improving
With the incorporation of many new “themed meals” in Glar this semester, it seems food services forgot to include “Backyard BBQ” in the lineup. While no such event actually exists,…
The Animal Welfare Club in Support of Meatless Monday
Dear McDaniel Students, Faculty, and Staff, The Animal Welfare Club has recently planned Meatless Monday with the dining hall. The first night took place on November 5th. It has come…
Meatless Mondays a Massive Mistake
What if I told you that I had a new idea for a dinner theme at Glar, one where we took all of the soda and replaced it with water…
Meatless Mondays: Yay or Nay?
Spencer Fothergill: Junior “I didn’t go to glar when I heard about meatless Monday. I think it is absolutely crazy. The fact that we pay the amount of money we…
Grubs in the Grub? Student Finds Worm in Salad; Administration Responds
Controversy enveloped the McDaniel campus last week following Jason Stein’s letter to the Free Press about the quality of food in Englar Dining Hall. Stein, who currently serves as vice…
A Statement from Dean Gerl
Editor’s Note: Beth Gerl, Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs at McDaniel College, has sent The Free Press the following statement regarding Jason Stein’s letter to the editor on Englar…
Bringing new meaning to the word ‘Glarbage’
If you haven’t heard the usual adages about how similar Sodexo’s offerings in Englar Dining Hall are to prison food (we’re just one tier away…), hopefully my experience should give…
Waste in GLAR
Did you notice the student waste sign in GLAR before spring break? If not, you probably don’t eat in GLAR or are too busy to notice giant signs. Either way,…
Hungover Glar
For most of us, we arrive to Glar on Saturday and Sunday morning caked in remains of last night’s makeup smelling of smoke and stale beer. As much as we…
New Ways to Pay: Meal Exchanges in Dining Facilities
This semester, the Pub and Green Terrace are offering Meal Exchange options at all hours of operation. This is a change from previous years in which, with the exception of…
Dorm Food Esstentials
Last summer, I turned to my mom at a cookout, mouth half full, and tried to clearly enunciate the thought that had just taken hold of me. “Mom,” I stated,…
Top 5 Places to Study
1. Anywhere in the Library! It’s the weekend and your roommate has had his friends over all day playing XBOX. You have a big exam for your Introduction to Sociology…
60 Seconds: “After the honeymoon period, what do you think about the new Glar now?”
“I like it a lot. I think it’s a lot brighter and a lot more inviting, and [they] spent a lot of money here. I like being in an…
60 Seconds: “What do you think of Glar on opening night?”
Shelby Parentaeu: “I think the changes are baller.” Kim Moran: “ I think it looks awesome. It looks much classier& bigger.” …
Warm Weather Brings Fresh Changes to Glar
Administrative adjustments by President Roger Casey have placed Beth Gerl, Dean of Student Affairs, in charge of food services beginning after spring break. She is more than enthusiastic to be…
Glar renovations are under way
Ben Grant Staff Reporter The Forum/ Dining Porch, the Green Terrace, the Pub. In case you hadn’t heard, Englar Dining Hall (Glar) is being renovated and those are now the…
Swanky Glarbage
Taking out the Glarbage
If there is one thing that really burns my toast, it’s being forced to dine on sub-par food every single day for four months. I grew up in a home…