Word: walcott
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...houses were created as contained unified communities, according to Benjamin H. Walcott, the assistant director of Harvard Dining Services. "The House system isn't the most efficient way to feed the number of people we serve--it would be better to have four Unions--but Harvard was designed to be an experience, and the dining environment is an integral part of that experience," Walcott says...
Yale also uses the 21-meal system because of the similar set-up of their colleges, Walcott adds. Walcott says that the variable meal option would be cost-efficient at Harvard only if some of the dining halls closed. Such plans have been proposed, Walcott says, but the Corporation makes all decisions about such matters, not the Dining Service...
...meals on the spring break plan cost somewhat more on average than the school year plan--$3.75 per meal instead of $2.90--said Associate Director of Food Services Benjamin Walcott...
Approximately 300 students are expected to sign up for the meal plan, which has been offered for the past three years, Walcott said. "Typically, athletes [staying for practice and games] are on the meal plan," he said...
While students are taking their break, Food Service workers will be going to school. Harvard is sponsoring its 25th annual training session for dining hall workers from March 29 through April 2, Walcott said...