Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Dining Hall Experience

The video I watched was called problems with the Clemson dining halls. The video was of Schilletter and Harcombe, the two dining halls in Clemson. The argument was how even though the dining halls are nice, they still have many problems. They said in the video that the positive side of the dining halls are that they have friendly staff. Also, they said the food is generally pretty good, and the cleanliness of the dining halls are usually good. They said that the negative parts of the dining halls are that they have bad hours. They emphasized how it is inconvenient that Schilletter is not open on the weekends, causing students that live by the horseshoe to have to walk all the way across campus to eat. Another point that was made was that when the dining halls get really busy, the staff cuts corners and doesn't do their job to the fullest. They leave food on the ground and dont clean the dishes all the way. Part of the video was the student walking through the dining hall and showing the ground when it was busy. There was almost food everywhere on the ground, which proved the student's argument.
The argument was that their are a lot of problems with the dining halls. I felt that the video clearly showed a good argument, however I felt that the title should have been "the positive sides of dining halls of Clemson." I felt that their counter-argument was better and had more points than their argument. It seemed as though they had a lot more positive things to say then they did about negative things.
The video was intended for two different audiences. I felt as though it was intended for the students so they could learn more about the dining halls and learn what is bad and good about them. But I also felt that it was for the staff of the dining halls so they know what to do better in the eyes of students.
One thing I did like about the video was how they interviewed other students to get some outside opinions. This showed that more than just the students doing the project had the same opinions. Some of the students had different opinions. Some said the food was bad all the time, while others said it was so bad to the point where all they ate was waffles and peanut butter. Some students gave their opinion on which dining hall was better and why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyakVf_bYTE

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