New system lowers dining hall prices By Taryn Gerhardt can buy fruit and vegetables in-season. This means cheaper prices, less inventory Staff Writer and less waste. The money previously While inflation is driving prices up used for the large inventory is now around the nation, WSU dining hall prices invested. are down for the second time this school Aubert said the virtually empty main year. storerooms and freezers now hold only Dining hall price setting is done twice a enough food to last eight days (for the year. In late November, average overall whole university), or about $140,000 in prices were down 2.6 percent. The most inventory. recent price-setting lowered prices an Dining hall prices are set on a cost-plus average of 7 percent. system. Before the 7 percent price Lower prices are possible because of the decrease, UDS charged the cost of the new C-Board Menu Management com- product plus 15 percent. With the recent puter system University Dining Services decrease, the price of all items is cost plus implemented in the last two years. The 10 percent. system allows UDS to control inventory. Aubert said he doesn't expect to see and can project the exact cost of making a prices drop again. "Prices are about product. where we want them to be," he said. "I don't understand how people man- One consideration UDS takes into aged without a menu management sys- account when looking at prices is the tern," said Harry Aubert, director of WSU administrative service fee. UDS. "It's like having an assistant man- Every revenue-producing entity on cam- ager for everything." Aubert said the sys- pus is required to pay an administrative tem is 99 percent accurate in figuring service fee of 5.25 percent of gross yearly costs and amounts of ingredients needed sales to operate on campus. This charge for a recipe. pays for such items as fire trucks for the ,. It' s very planful now." he said. fire department. For the fiscal year of "Next year,. we can be even more effi- 1990-1991, the administrative service for cient. Waste is at a minimum - probably UDS charge amounted to $1.088,122. one percent or less." Another factor affecting dining hall Before the new system was imple- prices is the cash operations in the CUB. mented, UDS would pack its three main Dining Services in the CUB are not break- storerooms with food for the year in July. ing even. The CUB does not use the new Before JUly 1988. the main storerooms menu management system, but Aubert Staff photo by Darren Wellington held approximately $750,000 of inventory said he hopes to implement it in the next Don Shannon, a junior in Anthropology, practiced throwing wooden- at the start of the school year. Fruits and year and a half. tipped spears with a throwing board Monday afternoon. The throw- vegetables were purchased out of season UDS uses residence hall contracts to ing board is a wooden instrument invented approximately 20,000 and meat was stored in the freezers for the partially subsidize CUB dining services, years ago which, when hooked to the end of the spear, increases vear. distance and accuracy. UDS now buys products as needed and See PRICES on page 8 --------------------------------------~ Costs prevent historic building repair Vice praVDa! a the last round barns left in Washington, but . By Barbara LaBoe ant Architects to study the different restora- needs major repairs on both the roof and inte- tion options. Kelly said. Staff Writer rior. Cousins said. Editor's note: This is the second ill a tll'O- "We need a new roof, then we will repaint II apPoin.ted part series. it and renovate the inside," she said. "One The ~urrent cbUirman Of Being declared a national historic landmark of the reasons it is so expensive is that we There's a lot of things to wSU's anthropol part- is only half the battle in maintaining and pre- are only allowed to use material that is simi- 'ment riext serving a building or landmark. lar to the original materials used, and the consider when wm becom vice:" provost'"i for, academic Deterioration. costs and regulations can cedar shingles are expensive." Cousins said. renovating ... actually slow down and hinder owners who affaIrs according to a ,Mos~ While there may be federal funds available - Orden Lantz are trying to save their buildings. While reno- to help Cousins fix the barn. finding those cowlJ'.QUman Daily News vating any building can be expensive. there funds is yet another hassle owners face. ry published Monday. are more considerations when working on a . 'I've been told there are some possibilities The building originally had cedar shingles, ~offref Gamble, 49, the anthropology s historic building, said Lezlie Kelly. WSU's for federal funds. but so far I haven't had and was one of the few shingle buildings -depirtment' for '.10 interior designer. time to research that," Cousins said. A fund built in the Inland Northwest. These shingles bead ars, was one The Leon~rd Barn in Clarkston is in disre- can be expensive and may not meet current of four finalli'st.s tonne has been established to try to raise the- He' wjll replace mt pair, not because of lack of care from its money. fire codes, said Al Bryant of Durante and Bryant. owners, but because it is such an expensive WSU's Stevens Hall faces a similar prob- Provost Jo Ann Asher n and ¢arii project to replace the roof. "We originally lem - the type of roofing material that is An alternative to the wooded shingles has Tb i~ 1uly thought it would cost $10,000. but now it is been found, but the synthetic shingle is also $8 .. 12 pPCetll 1'1\oro approved for renovation is more expensive than Thcmpson currently looking closer to $15.000 or $20,000 to than other conventional roofing materials, rather expensive, Bryant said. talce~r home. replace the roof," said Peggy Cousins. owner said Dana Johnson. Stevens Hall treasurer. While there are regulations on what can or 'l11Q of the bam. Because of the problems historic guidelines will return to The barn was built in 1917 and is one of can cause, WSU has hired Durante and Bry- See BUILDINGS on page 8 Apparel. cbafldisfng and, Int~!ioJ J)esign as -chair- woman. The vice. ptovl)"$t po~jtionwas vacated Ron fJopkinsJ who wen Cali.., fornia 'in July New radiation safety worker welcomed become Sari' Di Universi1y'.s vice pte Eckberg leaves his position as acting for academic affai~. By Alun Johns of Health Physicists in 1986 and recertified manager of the environmental protection in 1990. The vic' t Staff Writer division at the University of California at Eckberg's experience includes work at demic aff The associate vice provost for research Davis to join the WSU staff. Radiation Management Corp. of Philadel- tantto Provost announced a new appointment to the WSU Rayburn said he was very pleased to have phia, Penn .• and at the Radiological Health George. Gamble. \Vilt radiation safety office. secured the services of a qualified and expe- Branch of the California' State Department sel\f WSU to the Hi Steven ECkberg, a certified health physi- rienced health physicist despite the short of Health Services. Edut:ation n cist. was appointed assistant director of the supply of such professionals. Rayburn commended the search commit- Board and be t: I WSU radiation safety office, said associate Eckberg received a bachelor's degree in tee for its success in attracting Eckberg to personnel, planning, and bud· vice provost William Rayburn. zoology and a master's degree in environ- WSU. gets for the university. The appointment is effective July 1 and mental health from the University of Minne- Radiation safety director Leonard Porter Gamble has been a mem- will bring the university radiation safety sota. acted as chairman of the committee that of the WSU faculty since staff to full strength. Rayburn said. He was certified by the American Board selected Eckberg. 6. ,. 2 The Evergreen Tuesday, May 5,1992 WSU, Pullman, Wash. Subpar student housing a statewide problem a Council of Presidents report on return was possible on increased priated to you by the Legislature a shortage of student housing. By Dawn Boswell housing. investment in higher education in to build a library, you have to "At some period in time, if Staff Writer WSL made three recommenda- the form of increased financial build a library. If you don't build we decide or if we find out or Editor's note: This is second in a tions in the memo, the first being aid. He said the investment a library, then you don't get the determine that we are going to two-part series that financial aid be increased in would be in the future of Wash- money." need additional family housing, Apparently WSU isn't the only order to offset increases in stu- ington and the payoff would out- The second item in the WSL we'll have to consider the financ- place with a housing problem, dent housing costs. weigh the investment. memo recommends a task force ing - whether or not we pay judging by the interest paid to "This would provide universi- The congressional district has to maintain communication with cash, bond it, or we borrow the housing from the Washington ties with the incentive, by raising enlarged by one-half million in private landlords regarding prices money," he said. Student Lobby. rents, to construct additional the past 10 years, but higher edu- and standards for public institu- Nelson said a shortage of "A captive audience of stu- housing and/or give students in cation has declined, he said.