PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN BELL
Food service employee Brian Besong paying attention to health and safety standards.
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Food Services gets clean bill of health
Reports are positive after September’s Health Department inspection of Calvin’s Food Services. With the addition of the Spoelhof Coffee Shop this year, there are five branches of Food Services on Campus: Knollcrest Dining Hall, Commons Dining Hall, Johnny’s, the Fish House, and the aforementioned coffee shop. Together, they were given a total of 14 violations, only five of which were critical. This is a significant improvement since inspections two years ago, when 27 critical violations were found.
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Problems taint opening of buildings
Although the DeVos Communication Center building and Calvin's Crossing overpass were opened and in use on the first day of school this year, their opening was not without some problems, a few of which are still being resolved. Many students have observed that although the new buildings are open, there still seem to be construction projects going on. Chief among the issues with the opening of the new buildings were small construction items that weren’t completed. Problems include buckling carpet and tile not adhering in the bridge.
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Bush codifies U.S./Iraq policy
Likening the United States’ situation with Iraq to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President George W. Bush spoke in Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday, outlining his case for possible military action against Iraq and Saddam Hussein if they do not agree to disarmament. The speech was especially significant in its timing. It was one year to the day that Bush had ordered military strikes against Afghanistan in response to the Sept. 11 attacks on American soil. This is also a critical moment in the national debate as Congress is expected to approve a resolution allowing military action while the United Nations Security Council is supposedly coming to a final decision in dealing with the situation.
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Women's soccer 5-2 over K-Zoo
Tuesday was one of those crisp fall days that God created specifically with playing soccer in mind, and the Calvin women’s soccer team took advantage of the beautiful weather to inflict a 5-2 loss on visiting Kalamazoo College. Beautiful weather and solid soccer came together for the league-ranked number two Lady Knights, who claimed a victory over the number five ranked Hornets. The game outcome seemed predictable from the get-go and the Calvin women played well and raised their league record to 5-1-1 while Kalamazoo’s dropped to 3-4. The team, while winning, continued to struggle with consistency problems.
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