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Food Services To Permit Sale
Of Second Semester Contracts

By ERIC SCHLESS

Students currently eating in
Contract Cafeteria may sell
their second semester
contracts, Food Services
Director Bernard C. Fontana
told First- Year Council (FYC)
members Wednesday night. He
also announced plans for a
student-faculty committee to
handle all grievances
concerning Food Services.

A student wishing to leave
the contract meal plan must
find another student to buy his
contract. The sale may be
made only between semesters,
FYC Food Services Committee
Chairman David Heinz said.

Mr. Fontana originally did
not want students to sell their
contracts to each other because
he feared that they would sell
the contracts at a lower price
or keep the money without
telling their parents, Mr. Heinz
said.

"He now feels that it is a
matter to be settled between
students and students," Mr.
Heinz said. "If the student

presently holding a contract
meal ticket can find a buyer,
then they can arrange the price
between themselves."

Taylor Putney, Chairman of
the Student Council's Food
Services Committee, said that
there are tentative plans to set
up an exchange center to put
prospective buyers and sellers
into contact with each other
through the Student Council
secretary.

The buyer and seller would
then sign a written agreement
stating the price. Both parties
would then go to Lambeth
House to fill out all forms
pertaining to what is
technically a reassignment of
the contract.

Mr. Putney also hopes that a
student-faculty committee can
be set up to hear any
complaints the students might
have regarding the Food
Services Division.

This committee would
consist of the chairmen of the
Food Services Committee of
the First Year Council, the
Student Council, and the
Association of Residential
Councils, as well as
one more member of the First
Year Council.

This would not be a new
committee, Mr. Putney said,
but a revival of an old one that
died out two years ago. "The
purpose of the committee
hopefully would be to act as a
collection point for
information.