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DANIEL DEMPSTER | MUSTANG NE WS PLU$ DOLL A DOLL A BILL S
| The new meal plan, effective next year, will cost approximately $100 more per quarter, but students will be able to use their credits at any dining facility on campus.
Revised freshman dining plan eliminates meal credits Jessica Nguyen For the 2015-16 school year, incoming freshmen will be adopting a newly revised dining plan, which excludes the use of weekly meal credits. Instead, meal plans will only consist of Plu$ Dollars. “We’ve added a couple of more locations where you can use the meal plan credit, but we were just seeing so frequently that students seem to want less of the meal credits and more of the dollars,” Cal Poly Corporation (CPC) Interim Executive Director Lorlie Leetham said. On average, one meal goes unused each week per student. The modified dining plan will prevent potential meals from going
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to waste. “It’s all about flexibility and being able to eat anywhere as opposed to being limited to hav(ing) to use meal plan credits,” Leetham said. The meal plan cost breakdown consists of the declining balance of Plu$ Dollars, Week of Welcome (WOW) program meals and base operating expenses for the all-youcare-to-eat facilities. The base operating expense acts as an overhead payment to support the cost to operate an all-you-careto-eat such as 19 Metro Station. This allows those on a meal plan to dine at this type of venue at a discount entry price of $4.50.
“Part of what students pay for when they buy a dining plan is to have a dining program on campus,” Leetham said. “We opted to go with only the cost needed to support an all-you-care facility.” Incoming freshmen will not get to choose from a variety of dining plans like in years past. On a quarterly basis, those living in residence halls and apartments will have approximately $1,300 and $1,000 to spend, respectively.
see DINING, pg 3.
Sexual assault action plan submitted for review Olivia Proffit On Feb. 1, student leaders in Cal Poly greek life submitted the Students Taking Action Toward University Safety plan (STATUS) to administration who will edit the plan and return it to greek leaders by next Friday, Feb. 13. Safer center had the opportunity to share its input on the document by overseeing the writing process and making some grammatical changes. Safer Coordinator Christina Kaviani said while she thought the plan was a step in the right
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direction, she wanted more of a hands-on role in the process. “I think it’s a great first attempt and they worked really hard on it,” she said. “If Safer helped create it, I think there would be some changes.” After three sexual assaults connected to greek life occurred this year, sororities and fraternities were put on social probation until they could create an action plan. Since then, greek life has created STATUS — a comprehensive document that addresses greek life’s plan for culture change. If
the plan is approved, fraternities and sororities will be taken off social probation. “I think it’s going to come down to how much the chapters want to change it,” Interfraternity Council President and kinesiology senior Alex Horncliff said. “A plan is just a plan; a board is just a board; I’m just a president. It’s when the chapters take ownership of it is when it’s really going to become a culture change.”
see PLAN, pg 3.
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COLLABORATION | Greek leaders worked with Safer officers on the plan, which was sent in for review.
Anyone can ‘Run for Music’ this Saturday Karen Garcia @CPMustangArts
National Honorary Band Fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi will host the annual “Run for Music,” a 5k and 10k race aimed to fundraise for Cal Poly music programs, at 10 a.m. on Feb. 7. The race will begin in the University Union Plaza and continue through campus. Cal Poly chapter, Iota Pi, supports musical organizations on campus, including the marching band, wind ensemble and wind orchestra. The run will not only raise funds for these organizations but also for the Spring Chamber Concert Series.
see RUN, pg 4.
AIDAN THURLING | COURTESY PHOTO FOR A MUSICAL CAUSE | Kappa Kappa Psi member and computer engineering senior Nic Greer participated in last year’s Run for Music to raise money for Cal Poly music programs.
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see RUN, pg 4.