New napkin dispensers to the rescue
Emily Rabson
Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: News
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One of the newest changes to the dining services at the College is the implementation of napkin dispensers in the Garden Room and General's Quarters. Prior to these change, tables held stacks of napkins in plastic containers. Although these napkins were easy to see and useful for students if they were consuming large amounts of food, members of the College believed that napkin dispensers would benefit the students and the environment.
Adrian Shanker '09, President of EnAcT, explains, "The napkin dispensers serve two main purposes. The first one is sanitation. It is unsanitary when people take a large amount of napkins and then put some back after they have already touched them. The second," Shanker adds, "is that the napkin dispensers conserve the amount of napkins being wasted. Since you can only take one napkin at a time, less unused napkins will be thrown away."
When asked how this decision was made, Shanker responded that, "The discussion spurred during a trip sponsored by Sodexho and organized with the Seegers' Union Committee of Student Council, to Lehigh University and Ursinus College to taste their food and look at the dining aesthetics."
Sodexho is the largest food and dining facilities management in North America. More than one hundred and twenty thousand people work there and it serves over six thousand corporations, including schools, colleges, health care and military sites.
"Ursinus College has the same napkin dispensers that we have now bought," Shanker clarifies. "[Upon learning about this] I encouraged Glenn Gerchman, [Director of Student Union and Campus Events] to look into the napkin dispensers as a way to increase our environmental sustainability on campus."
Student reactions vary on this new change. Melissa Dropkin '07 says that, "It seems like a good idea. It also seems cleaner since the students probably won't touch napkins and put them back."
Danielle Scala ''08 also speaks favorably about this. "At first I thought, 'Don't fix what's not broken,'" she explains. "But since they're more sanitary and environmentally friendly, it seems like a good change to me."
Adrian Shanker '09, President of EnAcT, explains, "The napkin dispensers serve two main purposes. The first one is sanitation. It is unsanitary when people take a large amount of napkins and then put some back after they have already touched them. The second," Shanker adds, "is that the napkin dispensers conserve the amount of napkins being wasted. Since you can only take one napkin at a time, less unused napkins will be thrown away."
When asked how this decision was made, Shanker responded that, "The discussion spurred during a trip sponsored by Sodexho and organized with the Seegers' Union Committee of Student Council, to Lehigh University and Ursinus College to taste their food and look at the dining aesthetics."
Sodexho is the largest food and dining facilities management in North America. More than one hundred and twenty thousand people work there and it serves over six thousand corporations, including schools, colleges, health care and military sites.
"Ursinus College has the same napkin dispensers that we have now bought," Shanker clarifies. "[Upon learning about this] I encouraged Glenn Gerchman, [Director of Student Union and Campus Events] to look into the napkin dispensers as a way to increase our environmental sustainability on campus."
Student reactions vary on this new change. Melissa Dropkin '07 says that, "It seems like a good idea. It also seems cleaner since the students probably won't touch napkins and put them back."
Danielle Scala ''08 also speaks favorably about this. "At first I thought, 'Don't fix what's not broken,'" she explains. "But since they're more sanitary and environmentally friendly, it seems like a good change to me."