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Students Split on Cafeteria Revamp
Positive Reviews Focus on Modern Design, Additional Options By Caroline Metell
News Writer
With a new school year comes new renovations to the University of Tampa campus. One is the new allyou-can-eat Ultimate Dining cafeteria in Vaughn Center. Equipped with not only new tables, chairs, plates and utensils; Ultimate Dining now has 10 stations that guests can choose from when deciding what to eat. Some were kept the same such as Classics and International, but a few new stations are PastAmore and Balanced Way. PastAmore has self-serve and cooked-to-order pasta, with multiple sauces to choose from. Balanced Way has healthy alternatives to the Classics menu, with dairy-free foods and meals fit for a vegetarian. The Deluxe Grill now serves steak daily as well as grilled chicken, the usual burgers, grilled cheese and fries. Senior psychology major Krista Harty enjoys the upgraded menu. “I think it’s a lot better than it was. I like the salad bar, it has more options than before.” The staff can now cook for more students at a time at International, with round, hot stone blocks that can fit four to five pans each. Food can also be cooked directly on them. Junior accounting major Nikki Mandl says the new look of the cafeteria is a
Lauren McKeown said. “The beams are right where you’re supposed to be walking. We have too many people for such a small area.” Maybe it’s just because students are still becoming accustomed to the new space. “I think everyone isn’t used to it, you don’t know where everything is,” Mandl said. Walmsley added, “It’s kind of crowded and there aren’t enough drink machines. But I like the booth seating.” The new booths can be found spread out among the cafeteria in the back corner near Vaughn courtyard, along the wall by PastAmore and also next to the dish carousel. Mandl says it provides a more intimate dining experience. “It’s a good place for a cheap date, or business transactions.” With the new setup is another change that may please or disappoint students: the dessert area, Sweet Shop, over by the cereal section. “I like how the dessert isn’t right Samantha Battersby/ The Minaret by the exit so it can’t tease me on my Students are conflicted with the cafeteria renovations. Some enjoy the many options, while others feel crowded. way out,” Walmsley said. Though the new renovations to the UT cafeteria are either pleasing or positive change. “I think it’s very more seating for students.” disappointing, they’re changes that we’ll picturesque and modern-looking. It’s hip But with that seating seems to come all have to get used to. in the architecture and styles.” less room, since the cafeteria is still the Junior exercise science major Matt Walmsley agrees. “It’s a nice upgrade. It suits the Tampa Metro style, and it has
same size as it was before. “It’s not the most functional setup,” junior mathematics/education major
Caroline Metell can be reached at caroline.metell@spartans.ut.edu
WUTT Switches from Class to Club, Expands Weekly Lineup By MIA GLATTER News Editor
It appears that due to the new age of instantaneous communication, radio will soon be a lost art. At The University of Tampa however, radio is still alive and well. Jan-Michael Archer the general manager of WUTT is optimistic about what the station has to offer UT students this year. “With the diversity of shows any student on campus can find something that appeals to them,” he said. “If not, they can come in and be a DJ and the payout for being a DJ is phenomenal, especially if you’re in the com and broadcasting field.” This year, the participants of WUTT are a club instead of a class, which Archer says offers them more freedom in regards to programming. Their lineup includes such shows as “Sex in the Dark” and “The Hump-Day Heroes” which is hosted by Alvaro Gabaldon on Wednesdays from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. “I would describe my show as being a
very eclectic mix of music and talk radio,” Gabaldon said. “Most of the stuff I play tends to be indie rock/alternative, but every now and then we’ll play techno, chiptune, rap, 80’s disco, 50’s doo wop and live acoustic covers ourselves.” Archer attributes the variety of programming they are able to broadcast to the size of UT. “We’re such a small school and that gives us the freedom to do pretty much whatever we want as far as programming. We’ve got tons of sports talk shows and [strictly] music shows and ranting shows,” he said. The WUTT radio station has been on the air since 1946 and lost its FM status in the 60s. Originally called UBS (United Broadcast system), the station was founded by Professor Ray A. McGillivray to integrate the study of radio into the broadcast curriculum. In 1962, the station moved to 580 AM because they were unable to raise enough money to keep their FM status. The station went down in
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UT’s radio station WUTT revamped programming after switching from a class to a club.
1965 but was reopened in 1988. Adjunct Professor Valerie Ingram Hinkley changed the name to WUTT in 2005.
The WUTT radio station can be heard
See WUTT, page 4
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