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SERIOUSLY AND ARE PROMISING A
FULL REVIEW.
REPORTER: THIS IS THE $17,000
DINING HALL TABLE THAT'S THE
SUBJECT OF SO MUCH DISCUSSION,
THE FIRST TIME UNIVERSITY
OFFICIALS HEARD ABOUT IT WAS IN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER.
>> IMMEDIATELY WE CAME OUT AND
MISTAKE.
REPORTER: HOLLOWAY COMMONS
DINING HALL AT THE CENTER OF THE
CAMPUS JUST UNDERWENT A
$10 MILLION RENOVATION, BUT THE
CUSTOM MADE TABLE WITH SPOONS,
RECYCLED METAL RAILINGS AND LED
LIGHTS HAS ITS OWN BUZZ.
>> DINING SERVICES PEOPLE WANTED
TO INCORPORATE MORE COMMUNAL
TABLE, A LITTLE LARGER, SEAT 16
PEOPLE, AND HAVE A PLACE WHERE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
REPORTER: ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORTS THE CONCEPT BUT NOT THE
COST.
$17,570, PAID FOR THROUGH THE
HOSPITALITY SERVICES BUDGET.
SOME SEE IT AS ART.
>> FOR AN ART PIECE I DON'T
MONEY.
REPORTER: OTHERS THE COST OF A
YEAR OF OF INSTATE TUITION.
>> IT'S KIND OF ANNOYING THAT A
YEAR OF COLLEGE FOR ME CAN BE A
PLACE TO SIT AT.
>> I'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD
TO PAY OFF ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE COULD FIND BETTER WAYS TO
SPEND OUR MONEY.
>> IT'S UNNECESSARY TO PAY
$18,000 FOR A TABLE.
THAT COULD BE GOING TOWARDS
OTHER THINGS.
>> OR EVEN MAKING TUITION A
LITTLE CHEAPER.
>> WE BELIEF THIS WAS AN ANOMALY
DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT