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The Rice Thresher
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by Laura Derr thresher staff
The Student Center cafeteria will be open from 9 p.m. until midnight Monday through Thursday in addition to its usual hours, 7 a.m.3 p.m. on weekdays. The convenience store will remain open until 2 a.m. Monday through Thursday, but the Subway counter inside will now close at 9 p.m. Sammy's will serve premade Subway sandwiches and party platters during late night hours. In response to student requests to bring back Sammy's Late Night, former Assistant Director of Food Operations Matt Morgan met with the college presidents Sept. 21 to discuss the issue. Morgan's last day at Rice was Sept. 22. He left for a job in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. "Subway sales aren't as robust from 10 to 2 as we thought it would be," Morgan said. At the meeting, he and the college presidents decided it would be best to reopen Sammy's Late Night. "Even prior to having the meeting, that was my suggestion," Morgan said. "To me, it was an obvious, quick solution to satisfy the students." Angel Thomas, cash operations manager for Sammy's and Subway, said she received some e-mail messages from complaining about lack of food options at night. "Late Night used to be really busy as a hangout," Thomas said. "There haven't been a lot of people hanging out there [at Subway]." Some students support the switch back to Sammy's Late Night. However, other students have expressed a preference for Subway. "I like Subway better than Sammy's," Baker College junior Allie King said. "But it is nice to have a place to sit at Sammy's, so I don't care either way." Sammy's Chef Cresencio "Chencho" Salgado said the food served at Late Night will have options similar to last year's but will also be more like restaurant service. He said he plans to have more vegetarian options, specialty pizzas and Mexican food. He is also considering adding a soup and salad bar. "What the students want is what we do," he said. Subway had to close when Sammy's Late Night opens because of limited staffing, Thomas said. "[Rice's Subway franchise] has taken a lot more people [to staff] than a normal Subway," she said. "We didn't think it would be busy enough to keep both options open." At the meeting between Morgan and the presidents, an idea surfaced that might allow Sammy's Late Night to count as a meal for students with meal plans. If hot breakfast were eliminated at four of the colleges, enough money might be saved to fund this fourth meal. "I think the ideal situation would be to do that, provided it didn't have a negative impact on the staff," Morgan said. Ditman said the idea requires more consideration. "It would need to start next semester or next year, and it would definitely impact the price of the meal plan," he said.
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