Despite initial predictions that renovations on the Village dining facility would be partially complete by the end of this summer, administrators now expect that the construction will not begin until next summer. Dining Services is looking to renovate the Village Dining area for several reasons.

The Village Dining area will be undergoing substantial changes to reflect an increase in the number of students eating there. The Millbrook market will be expanded to include a salad bar similar to the one on the South 40, and will also sell soups, sandwiches and coffee, and an outdoor grill will be installed outside of the Village House.

With the Village now open later hours and offering the most popular foods more often, students can satisfy their late-night snack cravings. The change, which was initiated with the beginning of the semester, initially started off slowly.

Wash. U.’s Dining Services has managed to come up with some positive news for the new semester: better hours at the Village. The stir-fry station’s hours have been extended from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and the Village Grill is open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Since the eviction of Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities from their respective Greek houses on Fraternity Row, the Office of Residential Life has taken over both House 1 and House 6 to use for upperclassmen bloc housing.