ager to get their lunch, cafete­ Eria customers animatedly an­ nounce their orders to lunchroom line workers, in this case Mr. Ralph Johnson. Choosing between Chili Nachos and several other choices, from left, Alexis Mitchell, Sheila Carrasco, Tai Duncan, Matthew Shelton, James Cheung, Edwin Reed-Sanchez and Julie Epstein hurry to get their favorite food fast. Although concern has been expressed that many U-Mighers leave school for lunch, the cafete­ ria already is serving about as many customers as it can handle in a lunch period. Pboloby Ari Himmel 2,8 More on Hazing What's your 3,8,9 More 'Perspectives ' 6-7 A Gay Situation Report 10 fg~~ The Amazing Andy • a in the caf.? MY FAV- 0 RITE food's the c h I I I Cafeteria 'problems' prove pluses nachos because they make Student Council plan to work with cafeteria man­job, said U. of C. Nutritionist Marjorie Sutton. my whole Quality still high,agers to attract more students to eat at school. "Federal guidelines state a third of recommended day run smoothly. "When you see a lot of High School studentsdaily not allowances should be provided at each meal The tuna prices stay low buying lunch at the cafeteria and going off campusserved at school," said Mrs. Sutton, who analyzed a sandwiches are also pretty tasty. instead because they say the cafeteria costs too -Max Mearshelmer, senior By RichardSiegler cafeteria menu as well as the more than 30 en trees, much and isn't good enough," said Senior Pat 12sandwichestypes and salads and several soups I LIKE the As.H>dare Editor of candy the Spann, Communications Committee student from the menu. "The cafeteria does this while hav­ most. I ike thec hanging ofthe seasons, questions cochairperson,"you wantto correct the situation. ing a much broader selection than other large quan­ know It's aboutth e cafeteria'sq ualityan d pricesap pear We asked the political reps from each grade made In a to draft tity cookery operations. factory so I Lat U·High regularly. Bul Midwayin vestiga· a plan to lower prices and improve food quality.""The cafeteria managers are don't have tions through the years have found quality highBut and attracting more U-Highers to eat at school to worry prices already low. doing a goodo bj but should try "TI1e ca'.eter1·a about any could result in the cafeteria being overwhelmed,to lean away from fried foods as I.I of the This time the Communications Committee andmanagers said. Studentsalready can wait up to 20 a staple of the menu. I would like cafeteria's minutes at the to see them taking soda and cockroaches sneaking their way PRICE COMPARISON OF SELECT managers are In. -Sara Stewart, }unlor Price in$ beginning of candy off and putting in milk and ITEMS FROM THE CAFETERIA, I SUPPOSEI 6 lunch in a line fruit or salad in their places on doing a good prefer the MEDICI AND UNIVERSITY MARKET. which cannot the meal plan." bottled wa­ process more Though a variety of healthy fruit job." ter. It's SIi relatively students than cups, salads and sandwiches have - Mr 5 s. Marjorie Sutton Che a p it already been made available, Ms. Chen l!. of C. nutritionist compared does. said U-Highers prefer Mexican to the out­ rageously Two hun­ dishes such as nachos and burritos and tendto expensive 4 dred people enjoy fried foods. juices and the taste Is generally already buy Cutting prices may not be possible because the nice. -lshan Bhabha, sopharnMI lunch in the cafeteria does not make a lot of money. I LIKE the cafeteria daily, "We have never been able to pull much of a profit chocolate 3 chip muf­ estimated Caf­ at Lab so we try to concentrate on onotsing l any fins the eteria Man­ money, rather than on how much we make," said b e s t . ager Joanna University Foods Service Owner Richard Mott, a They're 2 good and Chen. An­ Lower School parent. since I other 75 dine "We can't pull a profit because as part of our role k n o w at area restau- in the Lab community we provide lunches to some they're not rants, owners of the kids onsc holarship." made In the cal, I'm not suspicious about what's In them. -Rebecca estimate. The As for prices, the average cafeteria bill$4, isthe Nichols, freshman rest bring average restaurant bill$6, a Midway check shows. I USUALLY lunch. If the Communications Committee and Stu­ get only Soda . T k C C d Item Quality wise, dent Council succeed in wooing students to the ginger ale Pey,~za hips ur Burger an y from the (slice) Sandwich & Fries the cafeteria is cafeteria, the school will have to make cafeteria doing a good (continued next page) because I Graphicby. ex7.amiar bring my lunch from Caf supervision falters, chaos continues home. Some - By Vikas Singllal If supervisorso tok their responsibility more seri- "I was trained to teach, not supervise," said one times , though, I'll get their soup. Cream of Potato Is my favorite. Witor-in-Chid ously, cafeteria workersy, sa the cafeteria wouldn't teacher. "Administrators recommend I help stu- -Ms . SharonHouslnger, teadlar ity the poorcafeteria workers. After dealing be such a disaster during lunch. dents in the cafbut I get distracted. They've never with Middle Schoolers, they serve more than"The place I FIND It is just so crowded," explained Cafete- spelled out what we as supervisors are supposed more cost P200 U-Highers who cut in line, some pocket­ria Manager Joanna Chen,"that kids just put things to do, either. Now I hear they're blaming theft and effective ing food and sneaking out while others force theirin their pockets and nobody notices. Especially chaos on us. The school should hire permanent not to eat way in through the exit. In the caf­ during lunch time when the supervisors don't people to help organize the caf." eteria. But Asan answer for the cafeteria's chaos, thec shool show. We've tried to increase the number of serv- Supervision, administrators say, is also a way to when I do requires teacherso t supervise the cafeteria one ers but more labor is very expensive." bring students and teachers closer. eat there, I get soup. period a week. Some teachers, however,y babysitting sa U- Highers ''I'd hope," said Principal Hanna Goldschmidt, The soups But over a one week periodast month,l the Mid­ in the cafeteriashould notbe part of their job require-"that teachers and students would talk more casu- are good way found seven of the 41 teachers missed theirments. Helping with schoolo rkw, they sayis and my favorite's the Cream of , more im- ally in the cafeteria. I would like to treatteachers as Potato . -Ms. Valerie Hcmis, staff assigned periods. Others arrived late and left. earlyportantthan makingstuden ts throwawa y trash. professiona lsand expect them to fulfill their "duties. Tatkof the town HAZING ISN'T a major problem, contended U­ Highers at the first Town Hall assembly Oct. 15 in Lower Sunny Gym opened by Journalism Teacher Wayne Brasier (large photo). But fac­ ulty members such as Biology Teacher Dan West ( inset) felt whatever hazingdid ex­ ist qualified as mean and unnecessary. Though many seniors, such as Sara Shirrell and Pat Spann, and a few juniors such as Chesa Boudin (top) stepped up to the mike, only a few brave freshmen dared speak. The all-school discus­ sion (minus sopho­ mores, who were on Re­ treat) was the first of three planned for this year as part of the new Wednesday assembly program. Caf'problems' prove pluses (continued fromjrollt page) cafeteria faster," aid Principal Hannah changes. The fac ilities a presently arranged Goldschmidt."If we are goingto have more stu­ and the cafeteria staff qrnnot accomodate dents eating in the cafeteria, we will need to find more customers. ways of keeping more food ready to be dished out 'We'll work with the cafeteria's operators to seefaster." what we can do to get people in and out of the (See editorial, page 8.) 2 news Honor code, course evaluations, ·}llgh M!.d.wu!J CJTI«!Sdau. Nouernher -1-. 1997 mascot top Council agenda BvJx: Fischel "Right now we have finished a rough draft of the evaluation form," said S.C. Vice President Kurt nviting suggestions from U-Highers and look­Scott, senior. "We will send it to a committee of ing at other high school and university honorEnglish Teacher Laura Lantinga, Science Teacher Icodes, Student Council(S.C) hopes to com­ Sharon Housinger and Computer Chairperson Alan 01 plete a honor code for U-High this quarter. S.C.Haskell for changes. When they are done, they will Treasurer Pat Spann, senior, coordinating the ef­send itto the administration for changes and they fort, said a code would enable the student bodywill to give it back to S.C. assume responsibility for its own behavior. "I think teachers will be receptive to thebe­ idea Proposed lastyear by Pat, classmate Garron Segalcause it will give them a chance to change their and Marc Hoffman,'97, to the Communications curriculum or teaching style tofit studentbetter needs." Committee, the honor code and student course S.C.introduced a banner picturing a new mascot evaluations have been adopted as S.C. projects.at last Wednesday's assembly. Then U-Highers S.C. members hope to present a prepared codevoted on whether they wanted the Council to pur­ to U-Highers during a Wednesday assembly, withchase a a mascot costume and a large banner for secret ballot vote to follow later that week.be­ PatSunny Gym.