Imtery Eases Student Process Subway on Meal Plan?

Men^s basketball 7-4, heading into conference play.,,page 20 Volume 68 • N um ber 12 The Student Newspaper of Drexel University January 15,1993 Drexel alum nus dies in stabbing R ob Blasi employee’s car. He went outside Minnella, a co-woricer and friend. N ews Editor with three other bartenders to find “He was always the one guy that Saturday morning, Dec. 19, out exactly what Mouse was try v/as always in charge. He was a Nicholas Pipino, a Drexel alum ing to sell. very giving individual.” nus and employee of Cav Mouse didn’t have stereo Bpino had a great love of the anaugh’s, died of a stab wound. equipment; what he did have outdoors and liked to take trips. Pipino was tending bar Friday were sunglasses. The four bar He authored the article “The evening, Dec. 18. After closing, tenders tried to remove him. Tour,” which appears on page 20 at about 2:00 a.m., a homeless Mouse lunged at Pipino and then of the 1992 Lexerd. man with a street name of took off running. “It has always seemed to me “Mouse” pounded on a window Pipino said, “Mouse stabbed that my pace was too swift,” to attract ttie attention of the me,” and collapsed. Two bar writes Pipino. “Or was it the pace employees who were counting tenders pursued Mouse and even of the people around me?” their tips. Mouse announced that tually caught up with him. They According to Minnella, Pipino he had stereo equipment for sale. let him go when Mouse threat had plans to sail around the world Mouse wasn’t a stranger to the ened them with a gun. with 10 or so friends and attend employees at Cavanaugh’s. In the Pipino was rushed to the hos law school after his girlf^riend, past, he had been permitted to pital. After five hours of surgery Katie Lucisano, graduated from work at Cavanaugh’s when extra to repair an artery in his stomach Drexel. help was needed as a goodwill early Saturday morning, Nicholas “He was a carefree person, but gesture to keep him off the Pipmo died. he cared a lot about his friends,” streets. That is, until he was Mouse was apprehended by said Rob Desmond, a Sigma Pi caught stealing a waitress’ pock- police later that morning and brother and good friend of etbook as he was leaving the bar awaits his arraignment on Jan. Pipino. “There’s really no expla Nicholas Pipino *92 as an undergraduate T h e L exemd one evening. 2 1 . nation for it,” said Deônd. (left) stands posed with one of his fraternity brothers. The area around Cavanaugh’s Pipino was a member of Sigma Pi will be co-hosting a was one of the places where Drexel’s class of 1992 and a memorial service for Pipino with Mouse begged for change from brother of Drexel’s chapter of the employees of Cavanaugh’s on iMtery eases student passersby; customers complained Sigma Pi national fraternity. Jan. 24, at 6:00 p.m. in the several times on separate occa Pipino held a full-time job in Newman Center at the comer of sions about his presence. Maryland; he worked as a bar 32nd & Chesmut Streets. process Nick was concerned that the tender at Cavanaugh’s on week A memorial fund-raising buf .about tie i|icovent pf equipment Mouse was trying to ends for extra money. fet dinner will be held at ^Jj^S^D FtO R^ waittng in line loir lidurs. To sell came from his or another “He was a leader,” said Mike Cavanaugh’s afterwards. J[!êxers Parking O ffice bas aqcimioîte im pîîuiB ^ a new issit^' spictally Subway on meal plan? Idea is ‘on the table’ pfogr^tn designed* tojeptace tTVe^-: M ichael John Lebeedzinski has had three meetings with rep night convenience to the stu _________ . _ Ed-Op Editor resentatives of Drexel Dining dents on the meal plan. If^yeiffs. B i P R . v p i t ; The long-awaited Pizza Hut, Services and ARA, Drexel’s This would also serve to whose completion was held up food service contractor. replace late night pizza delivery, slices tlie sliidei^ts due to the strike, opened this Doelp stated that Drexel and which was provided in the past i$ fespQiis^ to lii^ . up earlier m i4 Thursday in the past location of ARA both like the idea of by Pete’s Arena. 100(1 ^students efttiire v<^ ffv the Dragon's Eten. regaol^ lIl^Mwitg incd# Senior mechanical engineer vetiieii^ of 4ii I i U > l r ing student Jaines Pangerc said in the o ii^ ,^ ^ ji ^ vece^ve. d rd f. ap|piîieationi. that the personal pan pizzas are for^petm lts. Th^ a “the best” ......................" Diningc Services is now W l 9 m ^ expioring the possibility of i^tyôciem ploye^. ' ai^ng Subway m d Taco Bell to O n e Miidettt siîafK itsône p t o c e s s 4 likkly becam e a the meal plan, according to •fll^^ddressed stû B ^ post-; ^ io tis circle im ti^tiî>oiiti> Business Manager Peter Doelp. cai^ ^ the parlchig office vêre ^H cations wei« behii Ken Faykes, owner of the tlie fi?st day o f class- distribiited at m id u ig h r the^ Subway located at 65 North ^ i ^ i h e test,day. ca tiie ninth Bight J^f^re tlie^ rch asi 34th Street said in a telephone w «ek of Mê terin. A t that i ■■ ■ >!&' '■ '.■ interview that his Subway store point, student iê^tatiV ie« At this p(Hnt and al% sev had ^‘outstanding prospects” of p le t îîoxim atîly 375 posV* eral complaints it became being added to the current meal cards and they Jure m ailed to apparent that something need^ plan by Fall 1993. t h t ; a d ^ | g s s e e s w ■'■ -M «d to be dpne- The {^«rking Temple University students Subway may succeed where Us predecessor, The *>«« StanmiETiuuKLE T he ^M ents th^n i!»)me iil^ Committ!i:e proposed a Idttery can use their meal cards at sev Porch restaurant faUed, and become the newest member of the meal plan. the f^w ]cing,O f^ce betw een systemi^îch had long eral on and off campus restau Faykes stated that representa the end of th« 10th w eek of opposed as too difficujit to rants, including Skolnicks, Pizza adding Subway to the present tives from ARA and Drexel classes and ^ of finals ad^Sistr«(^. Howevef. Jfost Hut, a Chinese restaurant, snack meal plan, and are working cited budget and enrollment week ^nd |ii«rth«#e ^ i^ piêpkred a report which pce^ bars, the Sure Thing, and even toward a financial arrangement problems as reasons why garage ^parking permH^ w i^ a sonied dke systetu in much the the University store. that is agreeable to Drexel, Subway could not be added to liii^^^^ne a sMi^ same form as ii Is now andê A representative from ARA, and Subway. Faykes stat dieiit; f l i t sv^tchov^ began. Temple explained that Temple ed that he believed the holdup is the meal plan at the present then bicomes v ^ d at the start Part of the reason for the offers two types of meal plans, a “dollar and cents” issue. tune. He believes that IDrexel is of th| next terin and the huge demand for parking in but only students who are on the Faykes ran a two week sur very positive about making the process repeats it^lf. the garage is its low rate. With declining balance type meal vey of all customers entering addition, and added that ARA plans can use their meal cards at Subway after 7:00 p.m., when was very cooperative in the A c^rdiitg t o p»^yi^ i o s u }i;a|fi tickets costing approxi- the cafeteria bad closed. negotiations. P aikiiftiq^ ^ m atiff $1^20 ]^r month and the commercial facilities. coiheifirst sefy^*’ began its other local parking garages University of Pennsylvania Approximately 65 percent of meal plans provide students the customers stated they were escalôa to iiieoiivenience having average rates of $5 per I n t h is is s u e . .. wheii|Drexei began selling day, the Drexel rate of $106 with an all-you-can-eat style on the meal plan, and would like parking permits ôn the first every three months is ridicu plan, which can be used at any to be able to purchase food at Ed-Op Pagjes ...page 6 day of classes. lously low. of the five cafeterias around Subway as part of their meal Th^ sale was icheduled to The lottery system should campus, according to Lisala plan. Campus........**page 9 beginUt 7:30 a.m. and stu have been in place for the win Beatty, a dining services Subway franchise owners pay dents^ would often line up ter term, with postcards being employee. royalties to the parent corpora Datcbook....,„,.,piige 10 tion on each item sold. In addi hoursi before to ensure that accepted throughout the fall Two years ago, the Porch Entertainment...page 11 they would receive permits. term, but was delayed because restaurant occupied the space tion to this, Faykes promised to Security staff would be of the strike by 50 mainte- now held by Subway.

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