The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 14, 1985- Page 3 Overcrowding troubles Michigan Union eateries ,' By THOMAS HRACH Now more than a year and a half old, the Michigan Union Grill has boomed as the center for student study and fast food needs. But complaints of slow ser- vice, overcrowding, and a high student employee turnover rate trouble the A MUG.. Chris Harrison, an LSA senior, said he comes to the MUG to study or eat an average of four times per week and likes the MUG except for its over- crowding problems. "THE MUG is a great idea for the University," said Harrison, "but many times especially at dinner it's hard to find a seat." "I like the variety (of the MUG) because it gives several choices," said Elizabeth Dherty, an LSA junior. "But one time it was so crowded that I had to sit with people I didn't know." AHan Brown, administrator of the food operations at the Union, reported that the MUG averages 75,000 to 100,000 patrons per month. Frank Cianciola, " the Union director, said that the MUG in recent weeks has served over 5,000 customers on the average weekday. THE SIX stores and dining area opened in the summr of 1983 on the ground floor of the Union as part of the $4.6 million renovation plan for the building. Brown said he hopes to alleviate Photo by KATE O'LEARY some of the overcrowding problems by Doily Pincreasing the table space for the peak study eat and socialize, it can be hard periods around final exams. Another difficulty the MUG is facing is complaints about slow service and inefficiency. Because the MUG is run Med. school interest down with only two full-time professionals, the Union has hired 250 part-time student employees to run the operation on a day-to-day basis. "WE'RE currently exploring alternatives to speeding up service at the counter," said Cianciola, "but student employment has always been our priority." Cianciola feels that a priority of the Union is to move students up into management positions instead of sim- ply hiring professionals to run the stores. Cianciola also said he em- phasizes student managers interacting with the customers in the dining area. Brown, who does all the hiring of part-time students at the MUG, said that though there never has been a shortage of applications the difficulty comes in choosing students who will take the job seriously and stay on the job more than a few weeks. "MY JOB is to separate the people who think they want to work and those who really need to work," said Brown. "The situation is totally unique in that we only hire students who are currently attending class." Brown admitted that he has fired a few students for poor performance, but the biggest problem is students who decide the MUG is not the place for them. According to Charles Nelson, one of the full-time managers at the MUG, the operation went through 500 - 700 employees last year. Students normally begin working at minimum wage performing the service functions of the six stores and monitoring the dining area. Though the MUG's popularity has steadily increased over the past year and a half, Cianciola did not predict a financial windfall for the Union. If in- deed the food service operations move into the black, Cianciola said the profits will contribute to the general overhead of the building. Cianciola said he hopes the MUG will finish at the break-even point by the end of the University's fiscal year on June 30. This year officials at the Union raised the prices of most of the food at the MUG for the first time since the MUG opened. Yet Nelson, who spent several years previous working at commercial fast food restaurants, said the prices at the MUG are still "competitive to slightly cheaper" than at other local eateries. .. '4 There's hardly a chair to spare at the MUG during lunchtime. Between those who' to find a place to sit. HAPPENINGS Highlight Vatzlav, a political satire play by Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek con- tinues at Performance Network. The play begins at 8 p.m., with student discounts on tickets. Performance Network is located at 408 W. Washington Street. Films AAFC-Faster Pussycat... Kill! Kill!, 7 & 10:15 p.m., Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, 8:30 p.m., Aud. A, Angell. Alt. Act.-A Very Curious Girl, 7 p.m., Aud. B, Angell. Cinema Guild-Triumph of the Will, 7 p.m., The Great Dictator, 9 p.m., Nat. Sci. Building. Performances Michigan Union Cultural Program-Valentine song program with Joan Morris' class in Vocal American Popular Songs. Special guest Percy "Mr. Bones" Danforth, 12:15 p.m.,Pendleton Room, Union. School of Music-Jazz band, Lou Smith, conductor, 8 p.m., Rackham Lec- ture Hall, Rackham Building. Washtenaw Comm. College's Music department-"Grupo Espana," Flamenco dancing, music, and song, 8 p.m., College Theater, Liberal Arts and Sciences building, Washtenaw Community College. Ark-Children's concert with Sharon. Lois, and Bram, 7 p.m., Ark. Speakers Museum of Anthropology-Richard Ford, "The Zuni II Legal Case," noon, 2009 Museums Building. Computing Center-Forrest Hartman, "Intro to Pattern Matching, Part II: Using Pattern Matching," 12:10 p.m., room 165, Business Ad- ministration Building. Chemistry department-Ki-Gook, "The Raman-Active Longitudinal Acoustic Mode Studies of Polymer Morphology," 4 p.m., room 1200, Chemistry Building. English Language and Literature/Rackham Graduate School/School of Music-Enoch Brater, "Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's Late Style in the Theater," 4 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackham Building. Economics department-D. Gordon, "Africa's Economic Crisis and the World Bank,".12:30 p.m., room 340U, Lorch Hall. Rackham Graduate School/Pharmacy/Warner-lambert/Parke-Davis-T. iDelia, "Pyrimidine Annelation Reactions," 4 p.m., room 3554, CC Little building. Japanese Studies-Susan Long, "Roles, Careers, and Femininity in Biomedicine: Physicians and Nurses in Japan," noon, Lane Hall Commons, Lane Hall. Political Science department/LSA/Law School-Judge Ruth Ginsburg, "Evolving Law in the United States on the Changing Roles of Women and Men," 8 p.m., room 120, Hutchins-Hall, open forum, 3 p.m., room 250, Hut- chins Hall, Law Quad. Research on Social Org.-Aldon Morris, "Tactical Innovations in the Civil Rights Movements: Examination of Misconceptions," 12:10 p.m., room 4051, LSA Building. Student Pugwash-Alexander Yanov, "The Soviet Union's Approach at the Bargaining Table," 7 p.m., Kuenzel Room, Union. Museum of Zoology-Robert Trivers, "Progress Since 1971 in the Study of Reciprocal Altruism," 4 p.m., MLB 4. Opthalmology/Psychiatry/Physiology/Bio-Engineering-Richard Abrams, "Saccadic Eye Movements Preparation," 12:15 p.m., room 2055, Mental Health Research Institute. Meetings Center for Eating Disorders-Support group, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, State and Washtenaw Road. Psychiatry-Anxiety disordershsupport group, 7:30 p.m., 3rd floor Con- ference Room, Children's Psych. Hospital. Medical Center Bible Study-12:30 p.m., Chapel, 8th floor, Main Hospital. Baptist Student Union-Bible study, 7 p.m., Room D, Michigan League. AGAPE Christian Fellowship-Bible study, 6:30 p.m., S. Quad Minority Lounge. Intervaristy Christian Fellowship-7 p.m., Michigan League. Regents' Meeting-1 p.m., Regents' Room, Fleming Administration Building. Miscellaneous Communications department-Careers in Communication: Michael Mc- Donald, Vice President of J. Walter Thompson Advertising Company; Warren Anderson, National Sales Manager for WDIV, Channel 4; Claudia Caos, Travel Editor from the Detroit News; and Jerree Martin, Assistant Stockholder Relations Manager for Ford Motor Company, 4 p.m., Pendleton Room, Union. Residential College-Isabel Bradburn, slide lecture presentation about Pigmy Groups in the Ituri of Zaire, 7:30 p.m., room 126, East Quad. Scottish Country Dancers-Beginners,.7 p.m., intermeds, 8 p.m., Forest Hills Community Center, 2351 Shadowood. Michigan League-International night, Italy, 5 p.m., Cafeteria, Michigan League. Museum of Art-Art Break with Thomas Gainsborough, "British Master- (Continued from Page 1) of visits in exchange for a flat fee from the employer. But Davis warned that these changes in the workplace would probably not translate into more iobs. "I think they ("for-profit" clinics) are going to have an effect on the medical job market," Davis said. "But that af- Sudarkasa vies for presidency (Continued from Page 1) community question (her) commit- ment to resolving the challenges for minority recruitment." Linzie said in a written statement that he encouraged Sudarkasa's per- sonal advancement and was concerned that not enough money or staff is provided by the University for Sudarkasa's office to effectively work toward improving minority enrollment. "THE UNIVERSITY'S commitment to the Black Action Movement goal of 10 percent Black student enrollment is jeopardized by the conflicting signals emerging from the administration's of- fices," Linzie wrote. "One has to wonder whether the ab- sence of a budget and staff are factors1 in her applying for the job" in Florida, Linzie continued. "That's a totally irresponsible and uninformed remark," said Billy Frye, University vice president for academic affairs. "She's never expressed any dissatisfaction with me. She's not leaving because of anything about us." "CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS get offers all the time," said Frye. "We'd be in a sad state if we didn't. It shouldn't be construed as any dissatisfaction. 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