The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/dining-hall/page/2/)
Tina Andrews, who has greeted students with a smile as she swipes them into Risley Dining Hall every day for the past three years, id leaving her role at Risley to work in facilities on West Campus.
Over 15 million Americans have food allergies. One-third of them are allergic to more than one major allergen: peanut, tree nut, milk, soy, shellfish, eggs, wheat and gluten. There are over 500 members of the Cornell community who adhere to a gluten-free diet, according to Michele Lefebvre, Cornell’s director of nutrition management. Each year in the U.S., 200,000 people require emergency medical care for an allergic reaction to food. Commendably, Cornell has an allergen-free dining hall, a single-use rule for dining hall plates, separate service utensils for each item and labeling of major allergens for each menu item.
Unpopular opinion: I adore the food at Cornell Dining and still retain a meal plan with them as a senior. As a result, I’ve spent quite a bit of time at the various dining halls across campus and I’m noticing the increasing plethora of people on their phones while eating, usually alone. It seems to be a wider phenomenon. Even my dad does it too now at home — and recently I called him out for it. “You’re using a phone after I took a five hour-long bus trip to see you?
The room gets crowded during peak times, which is “typically about 15-20 minutes after the top of the hour,” Troy Buchanan, Central Campus Dining Manager, told The Sun.
School officials have recommended that people all over campus campus must continue to consider how they can limit their water usage.