NEWS BRIEFS
EMU raises food prices
to offset increased costs,
higher minimum wage
Prices are rising, whether it's for tu
ition or textbooks, and this fall stu
dents can also expect to pay an extra 3
percent for certain food items offered
by the EMU Food Service.
The food service operates Great
ful Bread, The Buzz Coffeehouse
and Erb Essentials in the EMU, as
well as three other satellite coffee
shops around campus.
Director of EMU Food Services
John Costello said two factors fueling
the increase are the anticipation of an
increased minimum wage in January
2004 and an increase in the price the
EMU pays for products.
"We try to keep our prices pretty
much in line with just those factors,"
he said.
Minimum wage will rise from
$6.90 to $7.05 next year, which
means the food service will increase
the wages of all 90 employees, most
of who are students, Costello said.
He added that he thinks the logic of
increasing wages is ironic because
while students will be making more
money, prices tend to increase at the
same time.
Although the cost of ingredients
for food items such as sandwiches is
rising, coffee prices will remain the
same due to better contracts with dis
tributors that offer lower prices.
Senior Yousef Al-Rahmani, an em
ployee at The Buzz, said he doesn't ex
pect the higher prices to hurt business.
"We expect an increase because we
have new management and new cof
fee," he said.
— Chelsea Duncan
Blackboard upgrade
provokes interest
The launch of Blackboard 6, the
latest version of the online course fa
cilitator, is causing quite a buzz
around campus.
Coordinator of Academic Educa
tion J.Q. Johnson said he received
around 20 extra telephone calls a
day last week from students and fac
ulty who had questions or com
ments about the new features and
services it offers.
Blackboard 6 provides faculty with
improved services such as a more effi
cient grade book that makes keeping
track of grades easier, Johnson said.
The main difference for students is
the new login process. Students will
now use the same passwords as their
University e-mail accounts for their
Blackboard accounts.
The upgrade began this summer
and will continue this fall. Johnson
said the service is now available for
all courses to use, which was one of
the main goals of the upgrade.
Besides one student who called to
complain that his class wasn't using
Blackboard, Johnson said most of the
calls have been questions on usage
and expressions of interest.
"So far we haven't seen any diffi
culty adjusting to the upgrade,"
he said.
More information on new features
and usage can be found at
http://blackboard.uoregon.edu.
— Chelsea Duncan
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