Senate members deliberate
By Tina Hong | December 1, 1999Representatives from Dining Services and the Faculty Senate met Nov. 18 to discuss the state of the Garden Room dining facility, which opened last fall to help foster the Faculty Senate "intellectual community" initiative. Robert Grainger, Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee chair, said the meeting's participants focused on thinking of new ways to revitalize the Garden Room rather than whether to close it. "The meeting wasn't to decide the ultimate fate of the Garden Room - it was more of a serious look at how we stand," Grainger said. Dining Services Director Edward Gutauskas said he discussed "what might be done differently to reduce costs." "The Faculty Senate [has] a real interest in it staying open," Gutauskas said. Faculty Senate Chairman David T.