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...each dish. Three years ago, Princeton started an interactive nutritional analysis online of the dishes it serves in the Frist Campus Dining Center. Yale too has caught on to the trend. For the past seven years, Yale University Dining Services (YUDS) has provided “menu item identifiers” listing the basic nutritional information of each dish along with its ingredients. “Students wanted to know the nutritional value of what we were providing so they could make informed decisions,” explains YUDS spokeswoman Karen J. Dougherty. While these calorie counts might be accurate...
...you’ve been eating in Harvard’s dining halls for the past month, you’ve probably noticed something afoot. Food items have started to vanish. Thigh meat has replaced breast meat in chicken dishes. Wedge tomatoes have been added to substitute the cherry tomatoes. White batter products have replaced whole-grain waffle batter and pasta. In response to higher food prices, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has begun to phase out several menu items in favor of cheaper, less healthful alternatives. Given the way that HUDS’ budget is determined, its constraints...
...television show, Alo Presidente. And then he pointed the finger: "A clear example is Polar." According to local media reports, the company has undergone more than 70 inspections during the last four months by various government agencies. Polar has denied the accusations, pointing out that it doesn't produce items such as milk, chicken, meat, sugar, coffee and eggs that are regularly absent from supermarket shelves. It does, however, produce one price-controlled item: oatmeal...
...another item to the No. 1 Harvard women’s hockey team’s list of accomplishments—a perfect ECAC season. With its 4-2 win over Cornell (12-15-1, 9-11-1 ECAC) Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y., the Crimson (26-1-0, 22-0-0 ECAC) became just the second team in history, and the first in 11 years, to go unbeaten in the conference...
...Then there's the line item seeking 100,600 handguns (there are 330,000 people in the Air Force) featuring "improved ergonomic design and higher caliber effectiveness" at $1,157 a pop. The service also wants 210,000 M-4 carbines at $1,747 a clip. For years, the Air Force has complained about the Army having its own air force. Now, at long last, the Army may be able to complain about the Air Force having its own army...