20 percent by 2020: Where are we now?
In the fall of 2014, President Roger Casey and Beth Gerl, vice president of student affairs and dean of students at the time, signed the Real Food Challenge during the…
Sodexo
AVI Foodsystems, Inc. announced as College’s new dining services provider
AVI Foodsystems, Inc. will be McDaniel College’s new dining services provider starting Jan. 6, 2019. The decision, delivered to the campus community in a Dec. 3 email, was made after a student-staff…
Search for dining services provider down to 4, including Sodexo
The search for a dining services provider is down to four finalists. Sodexo — the college’s current provider — along with Parkhurst Dining, AVI Foodsystems, and Aladdin Food Management Services, have…
Process for new campus dining services provider has begun
Six vendors visited campus on Aug. 31 to learn about the College and begin the process to submit proposals for all campus dining services. “The plan is to have a…
College issues statement on ‘Englar Dining issue’
The McDaniel College administration released a ‘Response to Englar Dining issue’ memo to all undergraduate students Wednesday night, one day after a Facebook post published by a student demanding change…
McDaniel Dining Part Four: Reusable Container Program?
All students struggle with packed schedules at some point or another, causing their diets to be neglected. This has brought up the prospect of implementing a reusable container program among…
McDaniel Dining Part Three: Serving the McDaniel Community
McDaniel Dining Services is a project by Sodexo, a large multinational corporation headquartered in France. Students are often critical of the company for allegedly not taking the interests of McDaniel into consideration,…
McDaniel Dining Part Two: Transparency and Suggestions
Undoubtedly, Sodexo frequently falls under the fire of criticisms, but how does McDaniel Dining Service process these and try to be transparent? According to the General Manager of McDaniel Dining Services,…
Staying Healthy through McDaniel’s Dining Services
Maintaining a healthy balance between academics, social life, and maybe even a job isn’t easy. Finding time to squeeze in a call to our mothers, or perhaps watch last night’s…
Sodexo Workers Vote in Favor of Union
As many members of the McDaniel community have heard, there have been efforts among Sodexo workers on campus to join a workers union. These efforts culminated in the Nov. 5…
Underrepresented and Disrespected: The Larger Issue with the New Meal Plan
It’s undeniable that the student body is quite incensed by the recent changes to the meal plan, and, given the stipulations involved, they have every right to be. The changes,…
Glar to Host First-Ever ‘Peasant Night’
[Disclaimer: This article was originally published for April Fools’ Day, and it should not be interpreted as factual reporting.] This coming May, Englar Dining Hall will be hosting its first-ever…
Real Food Challenge: Striving to Improve Student Dining
The Real Food Challenge is currently being run by the Progressive Student Union, in a concentrated effort to improve the dining services provided by Sodexo. The Real Food Challenge,…
McDaniel’s New Addition
Vocelli Pizza’s new location in Klitzberg Pavilion opened on Thursday Sept. 12. The grand opening featured free slices of pizza, sandwiches and cookies. The grand opening at nine o’clock attracted…
Real Food Challenge Aims to Change Food at McDaniel
It is easy to eat mindlessly. Especially in the context of a college cafeteria, where a new, steaming tray of food appears just as the one before it is depleted,…
“Glar” Maintains No Involvement in Spread of McPlague
As students at McDaniel secluded themselves in their rooms in attempts to recover from or avoid the recent outbreak of gastroenteritis (also known as stomach flu, coined as “the McPlague”…
McDaniel Prepares for Hurricane Sandy
McDaniel administrators are working together to prepare the college in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to bring heavy rain and winds to the Mid-Atlantic early…
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…
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…
New convenience store to replace Budapest Cafe; Green Terrace no longer open for service
By now, most members of the McDaniel community have realized that the Budapest Cafe is gone. Blocked off with paper-covered glass doors, what lies within has been a mystery –…