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Food Vendor Pulls out of Contract with Auraria Withdrawal Causes Delay in Move of Student Union to Tivoli, AHEC May Solicit Franchises
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Antoinette Vecchio NEWS EDITOR
Students who dine in the Student Union may have to find another place to eat as the major food vendor may be leaving campus. Negotiations between Professional Food-Service Management and Auraria Higher Education Center have reached a stalemate and both parties could not reach agreements on many Soker issues. "We couldn't come to terms on the lease agreement," said Ron Metzger, divi-
sion manager for PFM. The negotiations, Metzger said, are "finished." PFM has been operating without a permanent contract in the current Student Union since May 15, and the contract extension expired on Aug. 13. Since then, PFM has been operating on a month-to-month basis. The withdrawal of PFM from the Tivoli Student Union contract means a further delay in moving the Student Union to the Tivoli, said Kersten Keith, MSCD representative to the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board. Since Auraria no longer has a main food vendor, it may have to solicit new bids or recruit franchises. "Either way, we're obviously behind schedule," Keith said. The company, which has been with Auraria for more than J5 years, was awarded the contract for the Tivoli dining services last year and has been battling over various issues since negotiations on the lease
began . Lawrence Pande, president of PFM, said the Food Service Advisory Committee chose PFM because of the company's proposal and choice of location, which was on the second floor of the Tivoli Student Union facing the campus. "Then we got into negotiations, and the whole posture changed," he said. The committee moved most of the location to the basement, additional competition was brought in, part of the serving area was given to the bookstore, and access to the basement entrance from the parking area was cut off, Pande said. "There were so many road blocks that were put in the way that we just didn't feel the oper~tion could be successful," he said. In his experience, Pantle said negotiations are usually based on price and not on other factors. see PFM page 5