Volume 1, Issue 17 - July 18, 1979

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- July 18, 1979 漏Volume 1, Issue 17.

Aurarfa Board ''really stupid''

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UCD snatkbar 路closure raises ire By Frank Mullen

c 6 UCD snackbar: not just quick snacks

"Terrible," "unfair," and "stupid" were some of the words used by University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) students when they learned of the planned closing of the UCD East Classroom (Tower Building) snackbar. On July 3 the Auraria Board of Directors decided to close the snackbar as of August 17. The snack bar, a popular eatery and gathering place for UCD students and faculty~ incurred a $15,000 deficit last year. The snackbar had been subsidized by revenue from the Mercantile restaurant and vending machine sales, but new Auraria policies prevent such subsidies in the future. The snackbar will be closed in the fall semester and the Auraia staff will try to develop some sort of facility for UCD students. "It's (the closing) just terrible," said UCD student Cindy Muller. ''The food was decent and the people were so nice ... I think the (Auraria) Board is really stupid for closing it. All they care about is numbers on paper and to hell with the students.'' Dan, a UCD student who uses the snackbar frequently, agreed.

"Let me guess," he said. "They are going to put in (vending) machines that are overpriced and never work. It's really unfair." Three state employees who work in the snack bar said the food service had been in debt for several years. The service is managed by a local firm with Auraria as "landlord." The employees said the state will relocate them off-campus when the snackbar closes. 路 The employees said the snackbar does a very good business during the regular semester with "lines of customers reaching out the door'' and the seating area so crowded ''its ahnost impossible ro sit down during the day." Even with the large volume of business, snackbar employees said the facility still had trouble reaching its overhead costs. "It's just that when you have to pay three state employees and pay so much per square foot for Janitor fees its really hard to make ends nieet," Sherry Morales, food service supervisor said. " We have to pay the maintenance costs to Auraria even when we are not in operation." Food service worker Jeri Trujillo said the inability to meet continued on page 3


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