Students share experiences of undercooked meat, bugs, bolts and food poisoning from dining halls. BY ERICA MUNISAR, NEWS EDITOR According to Mason Dining, their mission statement is as follows. “Mason Dining is committed to bringing you the excellence and value…
Southside replaces Ike’s as 24-hour dining hall on campus BY BRAD BYRNE, STAFF WRITER As Mason students come back from winter break, the spring 2020 semester brings about new changes to the university. This semester a new initiative goes into…
Move over JMU and VT BY OWEN FERGUSON, SCRIBE If you’ve ever lived on campus or eaten in the dining halls at Mason, you know the food all too well. If we’re being honest, it’s pretty great, not to mention the…
This story was originally published in the Feb. 9 issue of Fourth Estate. The President’s Park Greenhouse will start harvesting food for Ike’s dining hall this spring. “We have an arrangement with Sodexo where they have committed to $20,000 a…
UPDATE (as of 9/4): On Thursday (9/4), Mason Dining announced that Southside and Pilot House will both resume weekend operations. Pilot House will be closed this weekend to purchase food and train staff. It will reopen on Tuesday, Sep. 9. Read our…
Beginning this fall, Mason Dining is reducing their reliance on Mason IDs, which had previously given students access to Mason’s gyms, housing and dining. This summer, all incoming freshman with meal plans will have their eyes scanned, specifically their irises,…