May 10, 2003:
Q: Chicken Crispitos have to be the highlight of my week when they are on the menu. Summer is quickly approaching and this means no more Crispitos for anyone. I was wondering if you have a special vendor for these delicious treats or if they're hand-made and if so what is the recipe?! Any help here would make this summer that much better!
A: This is a Tyson product. Thanks for writing!

May 11, 2003:
Q: COFFEE ICE CREAM!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
A: Dining Services loves you too.

May 3, 2003:
Q: Hi, as a student at a different New England college(with a far less appealing menu), I have been wanting to write and comment on how disappointed I am in some Bates students. I am not sure if they are just too spoiled and naive to realize how good they have it, or if they are just plain ignorant of the fact that hard work is done for them to be catered to each and every day, but if they were to look around at other small colleges similar to Bates, they may soon understand. Hard work is >done by the staff at the school to bring them healthy, and tasteful choices, and I am appalled by the rude comments made by students who are supposed to be among the top students in the nation. I mean come on, you go to Bates... but maybe if half of you had even half the amount of common sense that you have intelligence, you would be a bit more ashamed of the way you present yourselves to the people who bring you your meals as well as the public. I commend the person who responds to these students, for I know I would have far less patience and tact.
A: Thanks you for writing. I will pass your kind wods on to the staff.