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...draconian disciplinary body. A day before, University Hall announced a new “Dowling Committee,” the famous group that formed the Undergraduate Council and reformed student-faculty committees 25 years ago, to recommend changes regarding student governance. A week before that, Ted A. Mayer, the executive director of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), held a public forum and opened a blog to address the concerns of students over menu changes...
...administrator who has shown the greatest regard for students is, ironically, the only one who has faced as much vitriol as Pilbeam: HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer. Mayer has been the target of student complaints because of HUDS’s menu changes following this winter’s massive increases in food costs...
...rather than hide in his office across the street from Pinocchio’s, plotting his defense strategy when drunk students might send Molotov cocktails through his window on a Saturday night, Mayer has met with individual students, held a public forum, and, best of all, started a blog—harvarddining.blogspot.com—to explain menu changes and address students’ concerns on a daily basis...
...revisions to the College’s disciplinary structure, but University Hall’s lack of accountability should not be justified because of the complexity of the issues that it faces. As rumors and calls-to-arms swirled on House lists a few weeks ago about menu changes, Mayer figured that transparency and communication were necessary. Mayer said that HUDS aims to provide food that is “the most acceptable to the greatest number of students,” while also balancing needs of specific individuals and supporting House life. These goals necessitate communication with...
During a question-and-answer session after the presentation, students asked Meyer about everything from the new dining hall televisions (“There’s no real appeal to me, personally. I’m not watching Saturday Night Live on it,” Mayer said) to the varying availability of spoons in House dining halls...