Bug-arena
23 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
When any one hears about our university they imagine that it provides the best services to its students specially a year after getting the international accreditation, for the competing curriculum that our beloved university offers. what many people don’t know is that God’s various creatures have started sharing these services with the students. These creatures started building its own colony in the nests of our university. These creatures share with us students chairs, the university furniture, the corridors, even the food cooked in the university. If you didn’t guess what these creatures are, then I will save you the headache and tell you. It’s a diverse range of Bugs cocktail that insecticide are made for but seems that they don’t match the universities animal right policies, since we can still see those creatures dancing among the classrooms curtains like a professional ballet dancer performing a theoretical show. And I don’t think this dance party is going to be over unless immediate necessary procedures are taken.
The Human and Bugs war is as old as eternity, though I still have a glimpse of hope in me that begs the university administration to take the right procedures –quickly- regarding this dilemma. Because I am tired of playing hide and seek with the cockroaches and bugs in the university. So I decided to talk with the administration to solve this problem. I expected that they have received complains but not started working on them yet. But after talking to Dr. Patricia Robinson, and the Campus Physical Development Office, we discovered that they haven’t received any complain regarding this matter. Which lead us to the root of the problem “The Student Silence.”
I talked to girls who constantly see bugs and cockroaches in the university. And other who encountered a hair in the food, and another who saw a bug in the steamed vegetables, and other complain about Abella company. But I discovered that what stands between us and the elimination of problems in the university is the silence of the students themselves. If any of you says now that she and her friend have complained but nothing changed, then I should tell you that in any association in the world there should be enough complains filed before actions are taken. Therefore I want to ask all the student that if you notice anything wrong you should reach out to the highest authority in that area to complain about the situation.
I was very close to losing hope in the cleanliness of food that is cooked in the university, although we are the generation expected to light the future of this country, so how will we do it if our learning years are filled with food poisoning events. Regarding this issue we spoke to Dua’a Almehri, the vice president of the students council, to know about the procedures taken regarding the sanitation of food offered by the Abella Company to university students. She responded that the council received complains in their My Voice campaign last semester about the quality of food presented in the university. As a result after taking the right steps by the student council it is determined to start a “Food Committee”. The committee will consist of a representative from Abella, group of faculty, staff, and students. Their responsibility will be to check the food to assure the hygiene status, and the quality of it, in order to insure the safety of students and provide the best services. This committee will officially start operating during this semester.
Ms. Dua’a have spoken to the Public Relations representative from Abella Company Mr. Zyad about the hygiene and inspection regarding the food presented to students. He responded that they have received complain from the students about encountering a hair in their meal, while he proved that through the process of preparing food and serving it all the employees are obliged to wear disposal hats. Therefore –and to insure cleanness of food- they are going to be strict about covering the food. Concerning this they are about to change the front glass to be able to cover the entire buffet so nothing from the surrounding area falls in or effects the quality of food. Mr. Zyad also said that they welcome any suggestions from the students in order to develop their services to the better.
