August 26, 2016

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Duke Dining named best in nation

ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH YEAR, ISSUE 3

LIFE WITH WEST UNION

Samantha Neal The Chronicle Duke Dining has received a boost in national ranking as the West Union is slated to open 12 new eateries on campus. Duke Dining was recently ranked first in a list for best college food by restaurant review website The Daily Meal, rising from ninth place two years ago and fifth last year. The jump coincides with the reopening of the West Union, which has been closed since July 2013. “They’ve worked so hard over the past few years to improve the dining program,” said Rick Johnson, associate vice president of student affairs for Housing, Dining and Residence Life. “They’re trying to get better all the time and some of that is being recognized by the rating agencies.” The building does not contain any typical soda fountains and instead offers flavored water, iced tea and carbonated water. Brian Taylor, Trinity ‘16 and a current master’s student in the Nicholas School of the See DINING on Page 9

Han Kang | The Chronicle West Union served lunch beginning Monday as part of a soft opening but will be open for full hours Aug. 29.

Opinion:

A vital campus revitalization West Union vs. The Loop Jackson Prince The Chronicle Duke University isn’t what it used to be, and that’s fantastic for us. The Duke University that welcomes its wide-eyed incoming freshman, its antsy transfer students hoping that they’ve landed in the right spot, its returners rededicating to another semester of work and play, its professors and laborers seeking something—anything—new, is not the deconstructed Duke University of 2016, a campus which lay in pieces on

the ground. Rather, it is a campus revitalized; the Duke crane is no longer its focal point, nor its microcosm. Today, it is a renovated football stadium. A reopened and ever-exquisite chapel. An idyllic— and quiet—Kilgo Quad. A wellness center and basketball cathedral almost complete, both on-track to finish when expected, and a victory for Title IX with the emergence of a softball program and its very own field. A bridge, a Bryan Center without an Au Bon Pain and,

See REVITALIZE on Page 12

Claire Ballentine The Chronicle Duke’s campus has been eagerly anticipating the opening of the West Union, but are its eateries really that different from other campus options? To compare the West Union with another popular campus eatery The Loop, The Chronicle held a taste test in its office. Participants were assistant news editor Samantha Neal and two non-staff members—junior Bonnie St. Charles and sophomore Analese Bridges. All participants were blindfolded and then

given a sample of three classic college dishes—pizza, pasta and cheeseburgers— one from a West Union eatery, Il Forno Italian Kitchen for the pizza and pasta and The Farmstead for the burgers, and one from The Loop. The three had to guess which location each food item came from and then share their thoughts on it. Here’s what they had to say: Pizza Round 1 - The Loop Samantha: It has a lot of toppings. See WEST VS LOOP on Page 10

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