Monday, July 14, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 13 UNION UNDERGROUND Pizza Hut Express to replace Magic Wok Empty Union space was to be filled by Domino's Pizza By TREVOR CALERO Daily StaffReporter Almost every day last school year, Subway's lunch rush would form the oft-ignored businesses with Panda Express and Domino's Pizza. But after a few complicated weeks, the space in the Union pre- viously occupied by Magic Wok and scheduled to open in the fall as a Domino's Pizza will be the new home of Pizza Hut Express. Because of the limited space that would have been available for the new Domino's, Dave Cesarini - current owner of multiple Dom- ino's franchises throughout Ann Arbor - said it would not be in the company's best interest to go ahead with plans for the Union. "The configuration made it restrictive to make a fresh product efficiently," he said. "It would com- promise the quality that Domino's stands for." When the Domino's Pizza corpo- rate headquarters warned that the space was too small, Cesarini said he decided to abandon the plans. Erika Fraenkel, member of the Michigan Union Board of Represen- tatives and chair of the Michigan Union's student board, expressed disappointment in not being able to work with Domino's but said there were no hard feelings. After being thrown a curveball from Domino's, MUBR members were left in disarray with the fall semester fast approaching and no pizza joint planned for the Union. "We've always had a pizza option," Fraenkel said. "We wanted See PIZZA HUT, Page 8 a line weaving through the base- ment of the Michigan Union. But less than a handful of peo- ple chose to take their meals at Magic Wok or Villa Pizza. The Union was set to replace A.s Unicrstyof lichi *ts Alumn, We've been sipporting the UM Comunity since 1939... Car RepaIor * Cowpet tVe P 'rizes * FR1FV TA ,backz to campus * "Fa wLU owve M - 30 uears Promess ona ProAutoTechs.com - - Technicians 734.665.9707 The Driving Force in Auto Repair" Barnes & Noble at the University of Michigan Central Campus' Full Service Grocery SerIingAnn Arbor Since1970 r VILLAGE .,, CORNER Corner of S. University & S. Forest 991"81" www."illagecorner.com Daily 9am-lam Fri/Sat 9am-2am 530 S. State Street phone# 734.995.8877 www.umichigan.bncollege.com bksumichiganunion@bncollege.com Order Your Textbooks Online Today www.whywaitforbooks.com 9 I 2 i ° .:. . 5 0:C