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Jeopardy

For all of these reasons, we feel
that Food Service should not be
denied the concession for renting
refrigerators in the dormitories. A
substantial investment could very
well be jeopardized, and students
who do not want refrigerators may
be forced to pay a large share of
this cost. We do however, feel that
if the plan is adopted, prices should
not be raised or hours curtailed
until the matter of revenues is
studied further. In fact Food Services
should seriously consider lowering
its prices; with an elastic
demand, this might well bring about
an increase in business.

The University should seriously
reconsider the types of food offered
in the snack bars, if it feels that
refrigerators will bring that much
competition. Finally, there needs to
be much more student input in the
interpretation of the poll which the
Office of Institutional Analysis has
prepared for distribution to all dormitory
residents.

A lot has been said about refrigerators,
and this article has attempted
to clear up the misunderstandings
which have arisen over the
issue. I think that we can give the
administration credit for responding
to the needs of the students, if
ever so slowly, and for trying to
avoid the losses suffered by other
schools which have legalized refrigerators.