Usacfc 2009

[epeemike81]

Not in the gender(s) in which the school has a varsity team.

Including if there is no overlap in membership between the club and varsity programs.

Effectively this eliminates the Penn State Club and prevents the women in the Temple Club from participating. I don't believe there are any other schools that have both club and varsity fencing for the same gender.

-B

Brandeis has a club.

-m

[oiuyt]

Brandeis has a club.

Wasn't aware. Thanks.

edit: do they compete intercollegiately?

-B

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Here's my problem with food: I have specific dietary needs. I came from a team in which I was not the only one (vegetarians, pescetarians, extreme peanut allergies, lactose intolerance to varying degrees, and extreme curry allergies were some of the issues I had to plan around. Also, the oil lit candles at one particular place made it a no-go most of the time). People with specific dietary needs are very skeptical of buffets, as the people serving you are rarely the people who made the food, and sometimes the people that made the food aren't there anymore. Not fencing because you're in the bathroom or the hospital because someone told you a dish is safe is not something I want to see.

But I'm not the majority, I realize that. And this buffet might be friendly to those with allergies. And to be sure, eating things you haven't prepared yourself are always a risk. But I have a larger issue.

When I competed at Nationals, when did I eat? I ate Friday night (usually on the way to the hotel, as we usually had to drive for a bit, so the buffet wouln't be helpful that night). I would maybe eat a little Saturday morning at the complementary hotel breakfast, but usually not. If I wasn't fencing during lunch Saturday, and I wasn't watching friends fence, and I wasn't doing something else, I would eat a Lunabar or two. If I remembered and could fit it in. I would eat with the team that (Saturday) night. Repeat the next day- free Breakfast if any, no lunch because I couldn't fit it in, and then Dinner Sunday Night, except for the year I stayed to watch the finals, and my team went out for dinner without me, and I didn't eat at all that night because I was out of Luna bars, and no one realized I hadn't eaten at all, and the places I could get to were closed.

That means that I would be eating exactly one meal for $80. Okay, so it's a bad deal for me. Others won't be in that position, right? Well, that creates a differnt problem.

There are plenty of people who don't feel physically ill when eating "normal" food during Fencing. Plenty of people grab a slice of pizza or a hot dog from a vendor and then go back to the strip. So people will do that. But when it's a full buffet? Buffets work because you can't take food away. So people probably won't be able to grab a sandwich or hot dog and leave. That means that when they need to find a ref or a fencer to clear up a mistake on the pool sheet, it's harder. People may be late to strip. How do you know when you have enough time to go get a buffet lunch, and how far away is it? You could help this one by giving a lunch break. After all, plenty of tournaments set aside a half hour or hour for the bout committee to catch up, and the refs to eat and sit down. But then everyone who wants the food will all go at the same time, which will make the process take longer- and if a lot of people take advantage, possibly much longer.

In any case, $13 a meal, in which two are breakfast and two are lunch?? I rarely spend $13 on dinner.

I'm glad people aren't forced into a mealplan.

[epeemike81]

Wasn't aware. Thanks.

edit: do they compete intercollegiately?

-B

not to my knowledge. I only know because a clubmate of mine coaches them.

-m

[oiuyt]

I'm glad people aren't forced into a mealplan.

Yeah, there's also the option of purchasing a la carte from whatever food offerings (if any) CV has at whatever prices CV sets:

"We all want Gatorade or bottled water while we fence. That’s no problem. These items can be purchased right at the WDC. If teams would rather buy case-quantities of water, sports drink, tea or soda, the WDC can sell these as well, and at a discount. What we cannot do is hit the local Walgreen’s and schlep in cases of goodies. We’re all required to purchase our food from the venue."

-B

[Cookeit]

I tried looking at the rates on the site, and I couldn't find anything cheaper.