EMU Board to firm up plans for Food Court
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
The EMU Hoard of Directors
on Thursday Mill firm up its
plans to introduce a food con
sortium into the Skylight Refec
tory by early next year.
This month's meeting of cur
rent and recently elected lx>ard
members in the EMU has been
scheduled for the purpose of re
affirming the board's request
for proposal (KEP) prior to ask
ing potential contractors to bid
on the Food Court project
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The RKP. drawn up by the
l>uard in early April, and which
has been forwarded to the State
Department of General Services
for review, calls for a ”... prime
contractor who will recruit a
minimum of five vendors to oc
cupy the Skylight (iafe. ven
dors who will provide a diverse
array of food choices at a rea
sonable price,"
Specifically, the RFP requires
that "the contractor shall pro
vide a food court, with a diver
sity of vendors, and will ensure
a wide variety of menu sell* -
lion, including vegetarian alter
natives, ethnic alternatives,
and natural food alternatives."
The original RFP drawn up
by last year's KMU board drew
fire from some current mem
bers who said the request limit
ed bidding on the project to
only fast food corporations and
made it virtually impossible for
small, more diverse businesses
to participate.
The board received a bill
from flari's |r earlier this year
to build a fast food restaurant
in the Skylight, although morn
tiers rejected it in favor of a
food consortium
According to EMU Director
Adel I McMillan, the State Pur
chasing Division is now in liti
gation with (Ctrl's |r over the
factors surrounding the rejec
tion of the bid.
After the rejection, a special
Skylight Food Alternatives
Committee drew up a new list
of requirements to better attract
the consortium style court and
incorporated those require
merits into the existing RFP.
McMillan said the RFP had
been sent to the State Depart
ment of General Services near
the end of April for review and
"probably won't get back to us
before the end of the quarter."
At that point, the board will
review the request once again
and make any changes it feels
are necessary before the bids
open in late September. McMil
lan said. Each bid proposal will
then be evaluated and an award
recommendation will Iw made
by the board to the Department
of General Services for the final
selection of the contractor.
According to the RFP, “The
successful contractor will be se
lected on the basis of the most
competitive offer considering
the services to lx- rendered, the
quality of the proposal, and the
revenue sharing program."
The contract will require the
selected bidder to manage the
facilities until June 14. 1992.
In addition to general man
agement and construction of
the food court, the prime con
tractor is required by the RFP to
provide all required insurance
and to cover garbage, utility
and other incidental costs of
operation.
The contractor must also ad
here to more stringent Univer
sity affirmative action policies
that are designed to restrict bias
based on sexual orientation.
Contracted vendors also will
not be allowed to use any poly
styrene products.
Students recognized for service
By Polly Campbell
Emerald Reporter
Jnhnna Harms, Mary Bacon,
and Kimberly Albers are the
winners of the first annual Gen
eral Motors Spirit Award given
to university students who
have displayed outstanding
volunteer service in their com
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"This award is designed for
hardworking people who do
not always get-recognition, or
the big shot academic awards,”
said recipient Mary Bacon, a
math major who has volun
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University math department.
Bacon was also a member of the
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Council.
For award winner Johnna
Harms, community seems to
play a large role in her life.
She has worked with the
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ing telephones to organizing
telethons. Harms was also a
volunteer for the March of
Dimes telethon, raised money
for the fame Community Col
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teered for Special Olympics.
"1 volunteer for things be
cause I enjoy it." said Harms, a
junior pre-journal ism major.
The CM Spirit Award, a pro
gram implemented in various
colleges and universities
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throughout the nation, is an ac
knowledgement of outstanding
volunteer service and is given
out at the end of each term,
said Gobi Nair. physical educa
tion peer adviser and member
of the Spirit Awards selection
committee.
Because the award was just
developed this year, the selec
tion process started slowly and
the awards were not given until
this term. Nair said.
lie said that candidates for
the award filled out extensive
applications that asked them to
list volunteer services they had
done and how many hours
were put into each activity.
Nair said the participants
were judged according to the
amount they contributed and
the areas in which they had
volunteered.
The award winners will each
receive three shares of General
Motors stock and a certificate of
recognition at an awards cere
mony and reception to be held
Thursday. 4:00 p.m., in the
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge.
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