The Pitt News
The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | october 26,2016 | Volume 107 | Issue 27
Qdoba renovates, reopens Maria Hurtado Staff Writer
About two months after Qdoba closed due to a miscalculated leap, the restaurant reopened Monday with a new interior, new promotions and new cleverly-themed tacos. Qdoba had been closed since August when a Pitt student got stuck between Bruegger’s Bagels and Qdoba after attempting to jump between the two buildings. Police reports said the student was trying to impress a girl when he made the leap and got wedged between the buildings for about four hours. In order to remove the student, paramedics and fire rescue had to knock out Qdoba’s interior wall. The student had a broken ankle from the incident, but Qdoba shut down for almost three months as it completed interior repairs. Back at it on Monday as the dinner rush was in full swing, the line wrapped around tables and chairs. As customers waited, they chatted about the changes within the restaurant and admired a tapestry of the hole hanging on the wall. The kitchen staff worked quickly, pounding out orders one right after the other. The restaurant has rolled with — and is trying to profit from — its months-long closure.
Market Central served up African cuisine for Pitt’s International Week. Julia Zhu STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students waste 1,145 pounds of food daily Wesley Hood Staff Writer
On average, almost a grand piano’s weight of food goes to waste each day at Market Central. In an effort to be more sustainable in the future, Sodexo released the final results of its food waste audit Monday — which included data from The Perch on upper campus — showing that about 237,000 pounds of food go to waste See Qdoba on page 8 each academic year at campus’ largest eatery.
“That’s the equivalent of 68 midsize sedans worth of food being wasted,” said Chelsea Huddleston, Sodexo’s sustainability intern. About 25,715 pounds of edible food — not including inedible scraps such as bones — go to waste at The Perch in Sutherland Hall every year. About 1,094 students eat at The Perch each day, and Market serves approximately 6,000 students in one day. For a more detailed breakdown of student waste, see page 2.
The Perch’s audit, which was its second this year, took place Oct. 8 following another report in the spring of 2016 that showed 214.97 pounds of food waste per day. The initial audit from spring of 2016 took place over two days, while Sodexo conducted this year’s over the course of a single day. The new results showed a slight reduction in food waste from the prior semester. At The Perch, the previous audit showed students wasted See Market Audit on page 2