The Banner, Vol. 37 No. 5 - November 3, 1992

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Volume XXXVII, Number 5
A Publication of the Students of California Baptist College
November 3, 1992
Marriott and ServiceMaster    Changes made to
Battle for Physical Plant area  Chapel program
By Chuck Walker
and Kirk Dilley
Editors
A battle between ServiceMaster
and Marriou to gain a contract for
the Physical Plant area is currently under way. The Physical
Plant area consists of: maintenance, custodial duties, and
groundskeeping.
For the last six years this job
has been handled by ServiceMaster, a company contracted by Cal
Baptist to manage these various
duties.
In July, Cal Baptist's contract
with ServiceMaster expired, and
since then ServiceMaster has
been doing the job on a month
by month basis, with no contract
"When July 1st came around,
(ServiceMaster) had no new contract proposal. We have been
continuing negotiations since
July. When the contract was up,
we asked ourselves, 'do we want
to go out for a bid," said Donald
Evans, Vice-President of Business Affairs.
Marriou offered a bid, and we
have been negotiating with both
Marriott and Service Master for
about 2 1/2 months," said Donald
Evans, Vice-President of Business Affairs.
Marriott currently provides the
food service for California Baptist
College.
There are two proposals on the
table, and part of the negotations
are centered around the evaluation
of the institution's objectives.
"My objectives are: how can
we provide for the best maintenance, custodial, and grounds for
the students and the public? Not
just looking at the bottom line
(money), but looking at the intangibles. We could still say we
don't like either proposal," said
Evans.
But, according to A.S.C.B.C.
Students participate in a newly revamped
Chapel program. (Photo by Brent Calhoun)
By Chuck Walker
Editor
The Chapel program has been a
topic of discussion at Cal Baptist
over the last several years. This
year changes have been made to
make the chapel program more
enjoyable for the students.
Some of the most common
questions are: What is Chapel
supposed to be, what is its purpose, and why is it required?
A few places where you can
find answers to your questions
about chapel are: the college catalog, the student handbook, and
the Chapel program.
"It is consistent with die purpose of a sound, liberating education for an academic community
to gather regularly for worship,
communication, fellowship, and
personal development," so says
the college catalog, student handbook, and Chapel program.
The person in charge of overseeing the Chapel program is
Vice-President of Student Life,
Dr. Dennis Sheridan.
"I would agree with the Chapel
statement. I see that Chapel
should cover four areas: worship,
fellowship, communication and
cultural," said Dr. Sheridan.
A question a lot of students
ask, is it supposed to be worship,
or just a get-together on Wednesday morning, and if so, why not
change the name?
"Chapel has been debated and
discussed over a long period of
time. Each year the Chapel committee re-studies it, keeping the
purpose in mind. Chapel is not
explicidy a worship experience.
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President Mike MacDonald, the
contract proposal has already been
voted on and decided by the Executive Council.
"I have regularly scheduled
meetings on the first Thursday of
each month with the Executive
Council (Dr. Tuck, Dr. Carleton,
Dr. Evans, Dr. Sheridan, and Dr.
Jones),"said A.S. President Mike
MacDonald.
MacDonald continued, "It's my
understanding that the contract
proposal was voted on by the Executive Council on the 29th of
October - the week before my
regularly scheduled meeting. If
this is true, it means there would
be no student input on the issue,
until a week after it was voted
on. Originally, I planned on attending the Oct 29 meeting, but
the day before, in a meeting with
President Tuck concerning the
new academic calendar, I brought
up the issue concerning the con-
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Cafeteria Controversy
By Sally Samayoa
Staff Writer
One of the biggest topics and
concerns here at Cal Baptist is the
food in the cafeteria. Many students are unhappy with the quality of the food as well as the increase in cost this year. Time and
time again students are heard
complaining about the food. It
has come to be a familiar sound
around campus. A large majority
of students agree that the food is
terrible, but at the same time
there are a few that are comfortable with the situation.
"They can't please everyone no
matter what they do, someone is
always going to complain. Personally I enjoy the food in the
cafeteria." said junior Luis Vas-
quez.
Other students disagree, they are
asking where the money they are
paying is going. Some feel that
while the cost went up, the food
quality went down.
"I realize that there is always
going to be complaints; I personally have not heard many. We
have established a suggestion box
in the cafeteria for any suggestions the students may have
about the food. Not many have
put any in. I can't fix what I am
not aware is wrong. I would appreciate students bringing them
up and putting them in the suggestion box.", said cafeteria manager, Kate Urbanowicz.
Unfortunately, no pencil or pen
has been left to aid students in
their suggestions. This may be
seen as a moot point, but it was
discussed three weeks ago between the Chairman of the Dining Hall Commitee, Mike Fin
nell, and Urbanowicz.
"I believe the cafeteria is sub-
par, and it could be better.
Maybe through the students on
the Dining Hall Commitee working with Kate, we could make it
a little more enjoyable," said Finnell of the problem.
Although there are a few changes in the cafeteria, students are
still wondering where the rest of
their money went.
"I don't think that the quality in
food is in any way better. It
seems that our money is going
towards the appearance of the cafeteria more than the food. Personally, I would rather have my
food taste better than just look
better." said Junior and LifeLine
leader Shaylene Davis.
Why the increase? Wanda
Price, who works in the registrars
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