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Show THE FORUM - SEPTEMBER 1 1 Beyond Campus 4, 2013 Save money, be a student Local businesses serve up discounts to students with ID Alicia Rogers Staff Reporter For a caffeine kick, a mocha latte at Sugar House Coffee will start at about $3.10. If Bon Appetit doesnt sound great for lunch, buttered noodles and a drink from Noodles 8c Co. will cost about $6.20. And after a long day of classes and studying, a late night snack at TCBY lift tickets. Discounts definitely make a big difference for me, says Laurenjean Rice, a senior It studying communication. shows that our local community supports Westminster and that makes me want to give my patronage back to them as much as possible. The concierge desk, in the might hit the spot, costing North end of the Shaw Student about $3.69. Those numbers add up fast Center, acts as the hub for all over the course of the school current discounts and deals. Alexandra Consolver, conespecially on a students year desk employee and junior budget. Westminster College cierge has worked up some discounts studying aviation management, with local businesses to keep said that its about stopping by students wallets a little bit their desk. Its actually coming up and thicker. making that connection, she Free Crazy Bread with evsaid. ery purchase at Little Caesars, Possibly new on tap for a drink at Noodles 8c Co. or this year is partnering with loFirehouse Subs and varied disdiscounts at Hampton Inn (near cal concert venues to offer the University of Utah) and counted tickets for students. Extended Stay America (near They are currently working with United Concerts to get tickets The Draw) are available to stufor The Lumineers upcoming dents. Bed Bath 8c Beyond ofshow, hopefully saving students fers different discounts to students throughout the year and roughly $15 by not having to Costa Vida offers daily student pay convenience or credit fees. We look at it as though discounted meals. A valid Westminster stu- were an integral part of the Salt dent ID is all thats needed to Lake Community, says Coral Azarian, concierge desk superenjoy these discounts. Even visor and graduate assistant for better, these are just the fixed discounts student involvement and leaddeals. Limited-tim- e are offered throughout the ership in the Dean of Students Office. We would like to partyear and include a little bit of ner and create more business everything SLC has to offer: and more economic viability in food, clothes, art performances, our local area, because that in sporting events, concerts and turn helps our community. The concierge desk also has one employee in common with the Student Activities Commission, Clara Jane Hallar, SAC director of programming. Hallar and the SAC President, Brandon J. Lloyd, consistendy work with local businesses while planning student events. Each new business contact opens up the possibility for another student discount. Students arent the only ones that benefit from these partnerships. These discounts provide a way for students to show school spirit while buy- r "YZi . ; v'Tf I E; ' l3m t ' 1 Photo by Alicia Rogers For beer and pizza. Salt Lake Pizza & Pasta offers a 20 student discount. ing local. Its good to know that were creating avenues for Westminster students to engage and shop with local businesses at lower prices, Lloyd said. Teresa Nelson, Red Moose of the family-ru- n Coffee Company, said Sugar House is a community that runs on support and she loves their co-ow- ner relationship with Westminster. I was a substitute teacher and I have kids that go to college, Nelson said. I know how money is for students, and how important it is for them to be able to have a place that they can come and study. The relationships built between students and local businesses can extend past the four years at Westminster. Its amazing, some of the kids who have graduated from Home of the Woo Girl Juice, Sugar House Coffee gives college bring their parents in to meet me, Nelson said. To get updates on current student discounts or make a suggestion for a new discount, stop by the concierge desk or like the Westminster College Campus Concierge page on Facebook. a 10 student discount. off 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 0 20 20 1 off at Red Moose Coffee off at Whispers Cafe off at Sugar House Coffee off at TCBY off at Ann Taylor Loft off at Salt Lake Pizza & Pasta off at Blue Boutique GREEN bike sharing program offers students a ride The GREENbike program has self-ser-ve hubs located throughout the ctiy. Anders Sigourney Staff Reporter Westminster students have a new, green option of traveling the city with the GREENbike program. This is a new public transportation program funded by the city and private sponsors. The purpose of the program is to get the local community out exercising while also cutting back on the amount of emissions put into the environment. Ben Bolte, the director of GREENbike, talked about how the program works, what the plans for the future are, how we can make these plans hap pen and about the actual bikes themselves. Bolte the bikes are a part ofTrek bicycle companys line, which are being share used for multiple-cit- y programs around the world. The B -- cycle is a cruiser style internal bike with a hub giving the riders a smooth B-Cy- cle eed ride while also giving them efficient pedaling power. The bikes have a built in basket on the handle bars giving the rider storage space for whatever they are trying to carry along for the ride. The bikes require low maintenance, which is perfect due to them getting a fair amount of use. Symmer Andrews, an employee at Squatters Brew Pub said that she uses the program frequendy. One of the docking stations is located in front of Squatters, making it convenient for her to use them to commute back and forth from work She also uses the GREENbikes on the weekend as a way to get around to the downtown bars and restaurants. Ryan Gandolfo, a University of Utah student who lives in the middle of downtown, frequently uses the GREENbikes to get to and from his apartment and the UTA trax station. I think this new program is just what the city needed it makes getting around so much easier for anyone without a car, Gandolfo said. SLC is not the only city to have this type of program. Boston, San Francisco and New York are a few other cities that have adopted this idea. With the popularity and rapid success of the GREENbike program, there is possibility that it could continue growing to become a significant form of public transportation all over SLC and the surrounding areas. To learn more about the GREEN bike program visit greenbikeslc.org. The website includes interactive maps showing where each docking station is, information about how many bikes and open spaces are available at each station at that moment and a price list. 4 |