Comments on: Seven dining lessons from seven years of ‘new’ ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Commons /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: George Conklin /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-236112 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:38:09 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-236112 Way back, when I entered ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ (class of 1953) I was surprised and disappointed to discover that Sunday evening ‘dinner / supper’ was saltine crackers with a cheese dressing and single small strip of bacon. We were unaware that the limited budget provided to Ms. Cross (manager) dictated the minimal expenditures. Someone dubbed the meal s*** on a shingle. The famous ‘food riot’ with police and all was in the future.

]]> By: Cheryl Lacey /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-235606 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:31:39 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-235606 In reply to David Bicknell.

David,

We do indeed! We traded the mountains for the ocean when we came back to Maine but our hearts are still split between the two locations!

Cheryl

]]> By: Cheryl Lacey /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-235605 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:30:04 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-235605 In reply to Anonymus ’67.

Gone are the days of mystery meat!

]]> By: David Bicknell /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-234585 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:55:30 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-234585 Cheryl, We have common roots in Middlebury it seems, I was last class to graduate in the old high school, now being demolished to provide entrance to Middlebury College.
I graduated ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, 1961

]]> By: Jane Reilly /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-231532 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:34:58 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-231532 Hey Cheryl – you haven’t changed a bit since preschool days here in Middlebury, VT

]]> By: Anonymus '67 /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-231524 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:17:14 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-231524 Is there a station for that ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ staple, mystery meat?

]]> By: Bill K. Jack '08 /news/2015/10/21/seven-dining-lessons-from-seven-years-of-new-bates-commons/#comment-231477 Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:22:08 +0000 /news/?p=97413#comment-231477 A fun article to read, especially considering I was one of those students back in the mid-2000s who participated in some of those discussions about what the new dining experience should entail. During my time there it was fun to partake in other ways as well with helping get some inside perspective on what the new dining hall would be. Although it opened late into my senior year, and I’ll still hold onto the many great memories made in the old commons, it definitely was a very cool to be the first senior class to experience the new facility. Go ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½! -Bill K. Jack ’08

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