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ACACIA BLOOD DRIVE
OCT 30
Regency Suite-City Union
By Molly Adams
Staff Reporter
University Food Services and local
restaurants are following the growing
trend toward healthier eating habits,
officials say.
Criticism from students has prompt
ed reduction of the amount of fried
foods that are served in university
housing, and local restaurants are
featuring menu items more acceptable
to nutrition-wise customers.
According to Douglas Rix, assistant
director of Housing Food Service stu
dents are becoming more aware of the
need for variety in their daily menus
and want the chance to select health
ful foods. He said food service em
ployees have tried to remove several
fried foods from the menu.
"We're cutting down on frying and
featuring more baked foods and casse
roles," he said.
Rix said students' complaints about
food service partly stem from the frus
tration and boredom of eating in the
same place all the time.
"Students, especially freshmen, of
ten suffer because they're not used to
the impersonal institutional environ
ment of a larger food service, so much
of the criticism stems from these feel
ings and is not directly related to the
food itself," he said. '
Kathleen Lehr, registered dietician
at the University Health Center, said
she also is seeing a trend in student's
nutrition awareness.
"I see a difference each year in the
number of students who come in to see
me, and I've seen more students in the
last five years," she said.
Although Lehr didn't have records
available about the number of students
she sees, she said she has a full
schedule.
Rix said students who express a
need for personalized diets are referred
to Lehr because food service cannot
offer individualized meal plans.
"In a large food service like this, the
primary concern is economics, and
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from there we try to offer as nutrition- are focusing on better nutrition, and
ally balanced meals as possible," Rix our trends in sales reflect that," said
said. Darlene Knudson, owner-manager of
Rix said it is important for students Pontillos Pizzeria, which serves pizza
to adopt healthy eating habits now and sandwiches. Knudson said they
because habits they form now most have whole wheat buns and have sold
likely will be the same 30 years from more tuna, turkey and vegetarian hoa-
now. gies than in the past.
Local restaurants also are switching Valentino's will have a reduced calo-
to healthier foods. rie option on its buffet beginning Fri-
Bridge's Restaurant has foods that day. Patty Vaughan, marketing direc-
are low in salt and fat and contain no tor, said the Litestyle menu will be
sugar, said manager Grady Hamm. available in their Lincoln restaurants
"Our whole mission as a restaurant only,
is to offer more healthfully prepared The Litestyle menu features a low
food that is fresh and low in calories," calorie pizza sauce for pastas, two low
he said. calorie salads and a low-calorie pizza
"We're very much aware that people made with a whole wheat crust.
Police Report
O Two incidents of vandalism were
reported to UNL police Monday. A win
dow was reported broken at the Kappa
Sigma Fraternity house, 519 N. 16th St.,
and a car windshield was reported
broken in Parking Area 12 near 21st
and Vine streets.
O Two bicycles were reported stolen
Monday. One bike worth about $100
was reported stolen from a bike rack
near Sandoz Hall, and a mountain bike
was reported stolen from Love Library.
O Other thefts reported to UNL
police include a backpack and con
tents from Abel-Sandoz food service
area and a wallet from the Coliseum.
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