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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Is saving money worth the distaste of the dining hall? | Editorial

Editors February 21, 2024
Sure, there are alternatives to the dining hall through dining points and off-campus grocery stores and restaurants in Boston, but their prices are disincentivizing and add more financial burden.
GSU Food Service Manager James Whitehead Jr. celebrates 45 years with Boston University dining in October. Whitehead started at BU in the Warren dining hall as a dishwasher in 1978. PHOTO COURTESY OF LAUREL O’KEEFE

James Whitehead Jr. celebrates 45 years of achievement as food service manager at GSU

Eli Pekelny November 30, 2023
This October, GSU food service manager James Whitehead Jr. celebrated 45 years of service with BU Dining. 
reusable containers

First two weeks of to-go containers at GSU receives mixed feedback

Caterina Tomassini February 17, 2023
“Choose to Reuse” program at GSU, which features reusable to-go containers, has received mixed reviews since its launch on Feb. 1.
Data Science Building

Saxbys to move into the new Center for Computing and Data Sciences this upcoming Spring

Sangmin Song October 27, 2022
B-corp coffee company Saxbys has partnered with Boston University Dining to open a new cafe on the first floor of the Center for Computing and Data Sciences opening Spring 2023.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | DFP Staff

BU and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, dining plans | EDITORIAL

Editors September 23, 2022
One unanimous complaint unites Boston University's student population: the call for more dining plan options. 
East to West: Nov. 8, 2021

East to West: Nov. 8, 2021

Veronica Thompson November 8, 2021

It’s registration season! Today on East to West, we cover students with dietary restrictions commenting on BU dining options, students commenting on President Biden’s first year, WBUR Cityspace...

student buying produce at sustainability festival

Annual Sustainability Festival opens conversations about environmentalism

Seamus Webster September 24, 2021
BU Sustainability held its annual Sustainability Festival on Marsh Plaza Thursday to spread awareness and information about sustainability.
marciano commons dining hall

Students express dissatisfaction with BU dining plans, noting increased prices for same number of meal swipes

Phil London September 22, 2021
250 Dining Plan increased $370 in cost for the 2021-2022 year for the same number of meal swipes.
the market in the george sherman union

Students experience outages on Grubhub’s Campus Dining

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 17, 2021
Grubhub Campus Dining at Boston University has suffered technical issues throughout the Spring semester, including an outage last week.
Boston University removed household seating in dining halls last week, meaning students must now sit at one-person tables. CAROLYN MOONEY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Household tables removed from BU dining halls

Tanisha Bhat February 17, 2021
Household seating options were meant for students to sit down and dine with members in their specific “household” — such as roommates and floormates. The change in seating availability comes during a general downward trend in COVID-19 cases on campus in recent weeks.
Students ordering from Late Nite Café at Warren Towers have experienced long wait times this semester. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Diners experience extended wait times at Warren Late Nite

Juncheng Quan February 12, 2021
Students ordering from the Late Nite Café at Warren Towers have reported increasingly long wait times for their food to be prepared this semester — far longer than in the Fall.
Boston University students have found that dining hall menu items often change unexpectedly before they arrive to pick up food. ANH NGUYEN/ DFP FILE

Changes to the dining hall menu affect students meals, plans

Tanisha Bhat February 12, 2021
Boston University dining hall menus often unexpectedly change before meal services, which students say has caused them inconveniences with their number of meal swipes, dietary restrictions and overall expectations.
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