Winslow renovated for late-night consumption options

    Murray State Dining Services now offers Winslow pizza for pick up and a new Winslow setting for more comfort.
    This year’s improvements included renovations to Winslow Dining Hall, new food products and the brand new Winslow-to-go pizza.
    “College students just love their pizza,” Richard Fritz, director of Dining Services, said. “Now we’re providing another service to get our kids more of their favorite meal.”
    Until 9 p.m. the Winslow pizza oven is used to make personal pan pizzas. Fritz said though Winslow sells as many as 300 personal pan pizzas a night, there is still a demand for more.
    Starting this semester, students can buy 16-inch (extra large) cheese or pepperoni pizzas Sunday through Thursday with their meal plan.
    The demand for a vegetarian pizza is currently under consideration.
    Alex Green, sophomore from Mayfield, Ky., is a senator from the College of Health Science and Human Services. He said the plan is to offer more toppings and combinations of toppings as demand grows.
    Nearly 50 percent of Murray State students have meal plans, but six out of 10 students did not know it was being offered, said Fritz. This unawareness manifested in the lack of initial orders. Fritz said there were between 20 and 30 orders the first week.
    From Sunday through Thursday, students can call 809-3492 from 9 - 11 p.m. and order an extra large pizza for carry out.
    After dialing the extension, students must provide their M number, and payment for the pizza will be deducted from their meal account.
    “The cheese pizzas are just five bucks and the pepperoni are only six dollars,” Fritz said.
    According to their respective Web sites, a 16-inch Papa John’s cheese pizza is $12.58 and the pepperoni is just over $14, while a 16-inch pepperoni from Dominos is well over $15.
    Fritz said Murray State Dining is not attempting to compete with commercial pizza industries, but are trying to add greater degrees of value to Murray State meal plans.
    Students can pick up their pizza at the front door of Winslow fifteen minutes after the order is placed.
    But pizzas to go are not the only new additions to Winslow Dining Hall.
    After summer renovations, a large part of Winslow Dining Hall is now carpeted and there are booths for a more comfortable dine-in experience.
    Mason Johnson, junior from Henderson, Ky., said he noticed the new carpet and booths in Winslow dining hall.
    “It really gives Winslow more of a restaurant appeal,” Johnson said.
    Fritz said it is not uncommon for Winslow dining hall to have more than 700 students for dinner. Due to overcrowding, Winslow moved its deli line to what used to be storage space, making room for two hot food lines, instead of one.
    “I like how they have two lines,” Johnson said. “It makes things more convenient when dealing with time.”    Green said changes to dining services are always done with student interests in mind.
    According to Green, Murray State is hiring a third party company to reviewing every dining venue on campus to see what, if any, improvements can be made.
    Contact Borum at david.borum@murraystate.edu

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