Moving on up

Off-campus students needing a ride home at night will be able to take a taxi paid for by Student Affairs until a permanent solution can be found to compensate for the elimination of the off-campus night escort. The temporary solution was reached to address concerns raised after Rice University Police Chief BillTaylor stated off-campus escorts could go only to the Graduate Apartments. Taylor said escorts were never intended to transport students to other off-campus residences. The new taxi service is available to students living within two miles of campus who are traveling from the police station home after dark. Students may use Yellow Cab, Fiesta or United taxis, must pay for the ride themselves and will then be reimbursed through the Office of Student Affairs. Options for off-campus escorts were discussed in a meeting Tues-day with Taylor, Vice President for Student Affairs Zenaido Camacho, Director of Transportation Eugen Radulescu, Student Association Presidents Jamie Lisagor and Gavin Parks and several off-campus students. The temporary plan was crafted by Lisagor, a Hanszen College senior , and Parks, a Martel College senior. Taxis will be subsidized until a permanent service is established to take the place of the off-campus escorts previously provided by night escort van driver Mimi Mokarzel. Mokarzel estimated she took an average of six students home to off-campus locations per night until RUPD ended the unofficial service Jan. 16. Sid Richardson College junior L Almagor frequently used the service last year to get to her apartment. A revised version of the current meal plan will offer students all-you-can-eat access in the colleges and serveries at a fixed price beginning in the fall. Tin 1 new unlimited-access meal plan known as the "key-to-the-kitchen" plan will replace the 19-. 15-and 11-meal plans that have been in effect the last two years. The cost per student for the new plan, which includes $50 in tetra points, is $ 1,490. Students will also be allowed continuous access to the college kitchens between meals, where continental breakfast items such as bagels, muffins, cereal, fruit and drinks will be available. Currently, Brown College is the only college on campus to offer continuous kitchen access between meals. The key-to-the-kitchen plan costs less than the current 19-and 15-meaI plans, but is $90 more than the 11-ineal plan (which does not include $50 in tetra points). "One of the criticisms from students when discussing the new fixed-rate meal plan …