Campus Lacks Food Service for Summer Bulletin Will Become

The Trian: Vol. 70, No. 32 The Student Newspaper ofDrexel University June 30,1995 Papadakis era Campus lacks food begins Aug. 1 service for summer An early start will have new Drexel president After July 3 , Penn will offer temporary meal Hackney. focus on enrollment and fundraising. plans to interested Drexel students. Previously, Student Life was hoping to work out a summer An^ Dang discuss marketing strategies to Anh Dang As a result, the Division for contract with Aramark to con News Editor enhance enrollment and an eval News Editor Student Life offered makeshift tinue providing food services. In just over a month, the uation of the Physical Education A rude awakening welcomed meals for the first week of this That also proved be too costly, name “Papadakis” should sound Athletic Center. some students back to campus term at Grab-n-Go, and will said Hackney. a little less foreign. Tackling decade-long enroll when they found out the offer none afterward. Students The Penn plan, which offers On August 1, Dr. Constantine ment declines and starting an University will not provide a who want to be on a meal plan several options, will start on July Papadakis, engineering dean at aggressive fundraising campaign food service program during for the rest of the summer will 5 for Drexel students, who will University of Cincinnati, will will be among Papadakis’ first summer term. be arranged to be on plans pay the same price as Penn stu become Drexel’s 11 th president. priorities as president. Besides The Handschumacher Dining offered by the University of dents. Interested students should Papadakis vi^as on campus working closely with Vice Facility had been shut down Pennsylvania at its facilities. contact the Creese Information June 26-27 to learn “who’s who President for Enrollment because the current food service This summer plan alternative Desk for additional information. and how things work at Drexel.” Management Don Dickason and provider, Aramark, will leave was decided after pursuing sev Other University groups, such as Included in his itinerary was a Senior Vice President for July 3, and a replacement was eral other avenues, said Vice campus conferences and fresh- senior management meeting to see PAPADAKIS on page 2 not found in time. Provost for Student Life Diana see FOOD SERVICE on page 2 Commencement upsets attendees Kristi Ciliano Drexel student after seeing how C om ics E d ito r rowdy the students were.” Drexel’s 108th commence On June 18, the Philadelphia ment was supposed to honor Civic Center was filled with students’ achievements. Instead, Drexel graduating seniors enthu it was more like an example of siastic about completing their students’ misachievements. designated degrees. The excite “The general behavior of the ment and noise started at the students was unacceptable and beginning of the ceremony and certainly insulting to University did not end. guests, especially [feature speak One graduate said, “It was an er, Unisys chairman and chief embarrassment the way the executive officer James A.] see GRADUATION on page 3 Unruh and other studertt speak ers,” stated College of Arts and Sciences Dean Thomas Canavan. In This Issue This opinion was shared by a large majority of Drexel admin Ed-Op.......... ,page6 istrators, students and parents Datebook................. 9 who felt this year’s commence MELANY HUNT/r/w Triangle ment had gotten out of hand. Comics................... 10 The Drexel class of 1995 graduates June 18 at the Civic Center. Said one current undergraduate, Classifieds..............12 “I was embarrassed to be a Entertainment....... 16 Bulletin will become shopping complex Anh Dang In addition to Caldor and Modell, News Editor which have signed the lease agreements, One Drexel Plaza, better known as the four supermarkets are negotiating with former Bulletin building, is being sold for the developer, Metro Development $12.5 million to a real estate development Corporation and Jeffrey M. Brown firm, which is turning it to a shopping Associates, for leases. The building has complex headed by a Caldor and a Modell about 100,000 square feet of office space sporting goods store. and about 300,000 square feet for retail Bought by Drexel at a Federal Deposit use. Insurance Corporation auction for $7 According to Landau, the University million in January of 1994, the University has received over $600,000 up front, and will make a $5.5 million profit from the the deal is to be completed in the fall. deal. The money will go back to the Landau said the proposed shopping com University endowment, said Vice plex will add convenience to Drexel’s President for Finance and Admmistration campus, since currently there isn’t a near Bert Landau. by general shopping area. The 6.2-acre property includes the Landau said Drexel tried to no avail to 555,000-square-foot Bulletin building, a find “commercial tenants” to rent the CoreStates branch office and two paring building, which has the benefit of being lots on the corner of Market and JFK. across from 30th Street Station. Under During the past year and a half, Drexel’s management, Philadelphia CoreStates has paid rent to Drexel, while Newspapers Inc. and the School District KRISTIN LAINQ/7^0 Triangle the parking lots have been operated by the of Philadelphia had contemplated leasing University until the deal is complete. the building. The Bulletin building will soon become a shopping center. 2 * The Triangle«June 30,1995 Aramark eyes new contract FOOD SERVICE from page 1 Corporation and Canteen Corporation. man orientations, will need to go- According to Hackney “The outside the University for cater University desires the successful ing services. This v^ll not violate bidder to implement other ele union contracts, said Hackney. ments of a modern campus food Drexel was service program, notified of including a food Aramark’s inten Competing court comprised tion to end its of brand name contract on April against Aramark food outlets, 3, and on May 3 for the contract carts and/or Aramark officially trucks to pro decided to leave are Gardner vide convenient due to substantial Merchant Food service for the remote campus operating losses. NOAH ADDIS/77)e Triangle The two-month Services, Wood locations; quali The newly renovated Barnes and Noble bookstore reorganized its merchandise to notification was ty catering and Dining Services, make shopping easier for Drexel students. in accordance to concession ser Aramark’s con Marriott vices for break tract with Drexel. Corporation and out meetings, Aramark is sporting events, among the bid Canteen parent/student ders who will be orientations and on campus be Corporation. convenience tween July 10 and stores.” Dean Canavan won’t 13 to present their campus food A final decision on a new food service programs. contract, Hackney said, will be Competing against Aramark made before Sept. 1, and she for the contract arc Gardner expects to have a campus food Merchant Food Services, Wood program installed by the start of be interim provost Dining Services, Marriott the fall term. PAPADAKISfrom page 1 which was searching for a new left to become president of provost. Now that the search is Clarkson University. Clarification Institutional Advancement completed, he said he could Dean of the College Arts and Barbara Spiro, Papadakis said he afford to leave his current Sciences Thomas Canavan was June 9: In the article “Brawl Interrupts Jam,” Charlie Rot>erts was mistakenly refenred to as a friend of Chris Marshall. The two had never met prior to the will personally be involved in the employer earlier. previously appointed by altercation. recruitment efforts. At Drexel, a provost is also Pennoni and approved by the Another priority for needed. Papadakis said the Board of Trustees as interim Papadakis is work on strategic University is starting an “imme- provost, but after Papadakis’ planning. He has asked CEO first senior management meeting Chuck Pennoni to chair the Tackling decade- on June 26, Canavan will not The Trian^B Standing Committee to review take the position but will remain and update the University’s long enrollment at his post as arts and sciences 32nd a CheMnut Straoto • PMIatMphla. PA 19104 Strategic Plan, which was dean. Voica: (215) 895-2585 • Fax: (2i5) 695-5935 approved by the Board of declines and Papadakis said that in order Trustees in January of 1993. starting an for Canavan to be interim According to Papadakis, provost, another interim would EditorinI strategic planning will start firom aggressive be needed to take over his cur Editor-in-Chief John Gruber the faculty in September. He will fundraising rent position. The decision was Managing Editor Patricia O’Brien ask all 25 University depart agreed upon by Canavan and Production Manager Nick DiFranco ments to decide what’s best for campaign will be Pennoni, said Papadakis. Production Manager Larry Rosenzweig the future of Drexel. among Papadakis* “It is my desire to build a per News Editor AnhDang His August 1 starting date is sonal relation with deans,” said Ed-Op Editor Jonathan Poet three months ahead of his previ- first priorities as Papadakis. “I want to deal with Entertainment Editor BradWible ously announced date. president ‘real’ deans. ... We don’t want Comics Editor Kristi Ciliano Papadakis explained, “The earli too many interim positions.” Photo Editor Noah Addis er I start, the better off [Drexel] Papadakis is working with will be.” Initially, he chose to diate search” for someone to Pennoni and the Faculty Senate Business & Administration start on Nov. 1 to give time to replace the former Senior Vice steering committee to appoint a Business Manager A Gina Di Vincenzo complete his ongoing tasks at President for Academic Affairs search committee to find a per Classifieds Manager ▲ Kristi Ciliano the University of Cincinnati, and Provost Dennis Brown, who manent provost.

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