Free Takeout is Coming!

By Wyatt MacKenzie | October 1, 2009 at 12:31 am | News | 53 comments | |

 

As you may have read on Twitter last week, Collins has been planning to introduce green plastic containers like the other cafeterias. Well, Dean Huang just dropped me an email spilling the good part.

Through a generous gift from the Bon Appetit Management Company, we will begin issuing one free container to every CMC student who is on a board plan. Distribution will be next week in Collins. The container we selected is currently in use at Pitzer College.EcoContainer-300x225

Free containers! We go to the best school ever! Free containers!  Incidentally, since we’ll be using the same containers as Pitzer, I suspect we might be able to use them at both cafeterias (unless insidious measures are devised to stop us).  As for why Bon Appetit was so eager to give us free containers, the administration explained that Bon Appetit’s greater buying power, “circle of responsibility” philosophy, and hopes of creating a prototypical green cafeteria for their marketing plans came on like a rush of generosity.

When I shared the news with students, reactions ranged from joyous to mysterious.  Elise Viebeck ’10 described it as “lifechanging,” while Abhi Nemani ’10 warned me that “freedom isn’t free.”  Wade Vaughan ’13 said what I actually wanted to hear: “two thumbs up!”  Share your thoughts below.

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Wyatt MacKenzie, like Venus, was formed spontaneously from sea foam and emerged carrying an IBM Selectric. He is physically incapable of producing anything but the most perfect reporting imaginable and has won seven Pulitzers for his work investigating CMC cafeterias. He hopes one day to report a story so hard that it stops ethnic conflict in the third world.

 
 
 
 
  • Kale

    booooooo paying for take out was so much fun

  • Kale

    booooooo paying for take out was so much fun

  • old timer2

    Take out has inspired the introvert in all of us! I’m all for anti-social culture

  • old timer2

    Take out has inspired the introvert in all of us! I’m all for anti-social culture

  • George Washingtonius

    You are late Wyatt. Check out the Compass, trick. This is old news.

    • celestial navigation

      oh snap. the compass “scooped” the forum, therefore this article shouldn’t have been posted? please, can’t we all just get along? the Compass doesn’t “own” this story.

      also, last I heard the forum has hundreds (if not thousands) of unique hits daily. no offense, but how many read the Compass? A story on the compass even acknowledges this: “The Compass has no more than one comment on any of its posts so far this school year .” (and those that have more involve Charles C. Johnson, so they don’t really count, do they?)

      Even a story as “old” as this one already has 3. within two hours. hmm…

      but no, congrats on the scoop, Compass.

    • awed by your journalisim abili

      oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! You got a scoop! man you guys are so good at journalism that it’s totally okay for you to boast about the scoop on other people’s blogs. Bob Woodward totally did the same kind of prepubescent girl bragging and dick waving during Watergate, so it’s okay! “STFU New York Times! This is OUR STORY BITCHES! OURS!”

      Dbags.

  • George Washingtonius

    You are late Wyatt. Check out the Compass, trick. This is old news.

    • celestial navigation

      oh snap. the compass “scooped” the forum, therefore this article shouldn’t have been posted? please, can’t we all just get along? the Compass doesn’t “own” this story.

      also, last I heard the forum has hundreds (if not thousands) of unique hits daily. no offense, but how many read the Compass? A story on the compass even acknowledges this: “The Compass has no more than one comment on any of its posts so far this school year .” (and those that have more involve Charles C. Johnson, so they don’t really count, do they?)

      Even a story as “old” as this one already has 3. within two hours. hmm…

      but no, congrats on the scoop, Compass.

    • awed by your journalisim abilities

      oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh! You got a scoop! man you guys are so good at journalism that it’s totally okay for you to boast about the scoop on other people’s blogs. Bob Woodward totally did the same kind of prepubescent girl bragging and dick waving during Watergate, so it’s okay! “STFU New York Times! This is OUR STORY BITCHES! OURS!”

      Dbags.

  • Stupid Pun

    Forum probably has more readers and are getting the word out. (Although comments don’t always correspond to popularity). They should give the Compass their due for the info they had by giving them a link like the one given the twitter feed. Little courtesies do a lot for “everyone getting along.” Now if only GW Bush had understood that…

  • Stupid Pun

    Forum probably has more readers and are getting the word out. (Although comments don’t always correspond to popularity). They should give the Compass their due for the info they had by giving them a link like the one given the twitter feed. Little courtesies do a lot for “everyone getting along.” Now if only GW Bush had understood that…

  • journalistic ethics lol

    12 hours ago The Compass said “containers will be provided at cost.”

    Classy Portside.

    • Careful Reader

      “According to Franco, replacement boxes will be sold at cost.”

      So if you lose your box you don’t get another free one but aren’t SOL. Selective quotation makes me lol at your “journalistic ethics”

  • journalistic ethics lol

    12 hours ago The Compass said “containers will be provided at cost.”

    Classy Portside.

    • Careful Reader

      “According to Franco, replacement boxes will be sold at cost.”

      So if you lose your box you don’t get another free one but aren’t SOL. Selective quotation makes me lol at your “journalistic ethics”

  • monopolies

    I bet they did this to encourage students to eat at PZ and CMC and not the cafeterias ran by the other food distribution company. Smart move. They took advantage of a asinine lack of coordination between the 5Cs.

  • monopolies

    I bet they did this to encourage students to eat at PZ and CMC and not the cafeterias ran by the other food distribution company. Smart move. They took advantage of a asinine lack of coordination between the 5Cs.

  • http://Claremontportside.com/blog Nirant Gupta

    @jouranalistc ethics

    The Compass actually reported that the first box would be free and replacement boxes would be offered at cost. You stay classy

    http://claremontportside.com/blog/?p=737

  • http://Claremontportside.com/blog Nirant Gupta

    @jouranalistc ethics

    The Compass actually reported that the first box would be free and replacement boxes would be offered at cost. You stay classy

    http://claremontportside.com/blog/?p=737

  • Rationality

    I totally understand your desire not to give scoop credit to what you deem an “inferior campus publication” — and to be honest, it doesn’t really matter who broke the story first, as long as it gets reported.

    Yes, the Forum has a greater readership and can get the news out there more effectively. Nevertheless, the Port Side’s blog covered this issue more extensively with original reporting and detailed information, on which the Forum’s article merely speculates.

    For the sake of the reader, the Forum should have used this post as an outlet by which to convey ALL information to the CMC community. To do so would have required the author to link to the Compass, or at least mention that details can be found at the Compass.

    In perpetuating interpublication rivalries, the Forum is depriving the reader of key information. And as campus publications’ role is to serve as the sole outlets for the proliferation of campus news, the Forum has failed in this respect.

    I should note that I do read the Compass, and that they manage to hat tip the Forum each time coverage overlaps. I wish the other publications would reciprocate.

    • Daily Show

      This is why people don’t read newspapers anymore. We don’t care about scoops or who reported a story first, or who reported it “better”. The masses want to know the story, asap, without this aura of intellectualism. If we are interested in the story, we can google it and find out more things.

  • Rationality

    I totally understand your desire not to give scoop credit to what you deem an “inferior campus publication” — and to be honest, it doesn’t really matter who broke the story first, as long as it gets reported.

    Yes, the Forum has a greater readership and can get the news out there more effectively. Nevertheless, the Port Side’s blog covered this issue more extensively with original reporting and detailed information, on which the Forum’s article merely speculates.

    For the sake of the reader, the Forum should have used this post as an outlet by which to convey ALL information to the CMC community. To do so would have required the author to link to the Compass, or at least mention that details can be found at the Compass.

    In perpetuating interpublication rivalries, the Forum is depriving the reader of key information. And as campus publications’ role is to serve as the sole outlets for the proliferation of campus news, the Forum has failed in this respect.

    I should note that I do read the Compass, and that they manage to hat tip the Forum each time coverage overlaps. I wish the other publications would reciprocate.

    • Daily Show

      This is why people don’t read newspapers anymore. We don’t care about scoops or who reported a story first, or who reported it “better”. The masses want to know the story, asap, without this aura of intellectualism. If we are interested in the story, we can google it and find out more things.

  • http://claremontconservative.com Charles C. Johnson

    Well done on the story, Port Side. You broke it first — and everyone knows it. Ease up on the Forum, though.

    We can’t all be Woodward and Bernstein — though if some are to be believed on this site, we can be “Deep Throat.”

  • http://claremontconservative.com Charles C. Johnson

    Well done on the story, Port Side. You broke it first — and everyone knows it. Ease up on the Forum, though.

    We can’t all be Woodward and Bernstein — though if some are to be believed on this site, we can be “Deep Throat.”

  • Wyatt MacKenzie

    Reporting about takeout containers is literally the most important thing in the universe.

    • Rationality

      Note to Wyatt: I’m sorry, who posted this story?

      Your humility is super cool, though.

  • Rationality

    Note to Wyatt: I’m sorry, who posted this story?

    Your humility is super cool, though.

  • small, ugly troll

    key points to take from this discussion:

    –Portside has such limited readership that they try to take ownership of every single story that they break.
    –wyatt is not humble, and is a “trick”
    –no one knows what the Compass is
    –the forum needs to link to every other website that has, is, or will post similar information
    –friends of the Port Side will always find a way to ridicule Dubya, even if the connection is tenuous at best
    –old people will always complain about today’s “kids”
    –Charles C. Johnson believes that we can all channel our inner “deep throat”
    –hypocritical user names are fun

    oh, and what’s that? everyone is getting free plastic containers? that’s kind of cool

  • small, ugly troll

    key points to take from this discussion:

    –Portside has such limited readership that they try to take ownership of every single story that they break.
    –wyatt is not humble, and is a “trick”
    –no one knows what the Compass is
    –the forum needs to link to every other website that has, is, or will post similar information
    –friends of the Port Side will always find a way to ridicule Dubya, even if the connection is tenuous at best
    –old people will always complain about today’s “kids”
    –Charles C. Johnson believes that we can all channel our inner “deep throat”
    –hypocritical user names are fun

    oh, and what’s that? everyone is getting free plastic containers? that’s kind of cool

  • Dum dee dum…

    By the by, I’m pretty sure Mudd is getting on this bandwagon too, with the same type of container that can be used CPM style. This helps put extra pressure on Scripps to stop ordering such ridiculously oversized take-out containers, which, let’s face it, is a pretty ironic thing to see.

  • Dum dee dum…

    By the by, I’m pretty sure Mudd is getting on this bandwagon too, with the same type of container that can be used CPM style. This helps put extra pressure on Scripps to stop ordering such ridiculously oversized take-out containers, which, let’s face it, is a pretty ironic thing to see.

  • Think about it

    Tell me why The Forum wouldn’t care if the Port Side didn’t give The Forum credit for “breaking” a “big story”

    No really, tell me why they wouldn’t care. One guess.

  • Think about it

    Tell me why The Forum wouldn’t care if the Port Side didn’t give The Forum credit for “breaking” a “big story”

    No really, tell me why they wouldn’t care. One guess.

  • http://claremontportside.com Andrew Bluebond

    I just want to be clear that no one was charged to speak on the behalf of the Port Side to complain about not being cited.

    We aren’t trying to get into that kind of debate, and any person claiming to speak of behalf of the Port Side should be ignored.

    We would rather report than talking about reporting.

    • Andrew’s a control freak

      I suppose he now “authorizes” people to speak. How progressive.

      • http://claremontportside.com Andrew Bluebond

        Any person who works for the Port Side is free to speak on his or her own behalf. I could not, and would not, want to restrict anyone’s ability to express themselves.

        I was only saying that statement’s about “the Port Side” and “the Compass” should taken with a grain of salt, because no one here is speaking as the voice of the Port Side.

  • http://claremontportside.com Andrew Bluebond

    I just want to be clear that no one was charged to speak on the behalf of the Port Side to complain about not being cited.

    We aren’t trying to get into that kind of debate, and any person claiming to speak of behalf of the Port Side should be ignored.

    We would rather report than talking about reporting.

    • Andrew’s a control freak

      I suppose he now “authorizes” people to speak. How progressive.

      • http://claremontportside.com Andrew Bluebond

        Any person who works for the Port Side is free to speak on his or her own behalf. I could not, and would not, want to restrict anyone’s ability to express themselves.

        I was only saying that statement’s about “the Port Side” and “the Compass” should taken with a grain of salt, because no one here is speaking as the voice of the Port Side.

  • http://cmcforum Alex Mitchell

    All the Port Side ever talks about is plastic containers. That’s why they got the story first. When you talk about plastic containers for so long, you’re bound to come up on every plastic container story first.

    • Stag Money

      Let’s just hope the Forum gets the Pam Gann Sex Tapes first because of you, AMitch

    • Careful Reader

      When have they ever talked about plastic containers? Link?

  • Stag Money

    Let’s just hope the Forum gets the Pam Gann Sex Tapes first because of you, AMitch

  • Careful Reader

    When have they ever talked about plastic containers? Link?

  • Team Elise

    Made up quotes aren’t funny, Wyatt. REAL SHIT.

  • Team Elise

    Made up quotes aren’t funny, Wyatt. REAL SHIT.

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