UNH scream, for ice cream

By Keeley Smith

Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2009

It's hot, summer's in full swing, and you're meandering through downtown Durham looking for a cool treat. Durham has a number of well-known ice cream businesses, each with a distinct flavor and attitude. Here is a look at what the town has to offer in terms of ice cream at the beginning and end of the school year, as well as the summer months:

Kaleidascoop Only a year old, Kaleidascoop was the brain child of Durham Marketplace (DUMP) owner Chuck Cressey. It has quickly become a favorite among local Durham residents and students. "When I think of getting ice cream, I think of going to Kaleidascoop," UNH Sophomore Brad Turner said. Kaleidascoop's hut sits in the Mill Plaza parking lot, a rectangular box attached to the DUMP, surrounded by a ring of flower pots and benches. Customers wait in line at the window (open until 10 p.m.) for scoops of Massachusetts-based Richardson's ice cream and frozen yogurt in flavors ranging from Kahlua Brownie to Cookie Dough, to Sugar-Free Black Raspberry. Prices range from a generously portioned $1.95 "kiddie" size (two large scoops) to a $3.75 large. Four types of smoothies round out the menu, with the fresh fruit coming from the DUMP's own produce section. And for the complete Kaleidascoop experience, don't forget to try the New England Maple Madness Sundae, topped by pure maple syrup, nuts, and blueberries.

UNH Dairy Bar Durham's landmark Dairy Bar and train station is well-known for its giant portions of Blake's Ice Cream in its spot next to the Whittemore Center. After undergoing an extensive renovation and management shift to UNH Dining and Hospitality services, the Dairy Bar is looking to be back to serving ice cream and meals starting in late July or early August. "We want this to be a community destination, not just a campus one," UNH Director of Dining John Plodzik said. "We want to attract a new niche - especially people who want to eat healthy," he said. The Dairy Bar will continue offering flavors of Blake's ice cream (based in Manchester, NH) while adding Columbo frozen yogurt (the same brand that students have unlimited access to in the dining halls) and Doriti Gelato and Sorbet (based in Brentwood, NH). Dining Services has worked with nutritionists to create healthy portion concepts, though they will continue to be labeled as ranging from kiddie to large, in cone or cups. An important change will be the regularity of its schedule - ice cream will be available all day, from the opening at 6:30 a.m. to its closing at 8 p.m. The new Dairy Bar is adding bagels from Durham favorite The Bagelry and has made sustainability a top priority, with organic uniforms and ice cream containers. Plodzik hopes people will make the trip to the far end of Main Street for the taste of history it offers as Durham's old train station. "People who come here can eat an entire dinner and get ice cream as a dessert," Plodzik said. "They'll come and get more than just a meal and ice cream- they can come and experience a piece of history."

Breaking New Grounds Although it's known mostly for its home-brewed coffee and tea, Breaking New Grounds keeps a supply of gelato throughout the warmer months. The batches are made by owner Todd Govoni in the back room of the Durham branch, located right on Main Street in the heart of the downtown and shipped to its sister location in Portsmouth. According to BNG worker and UNH junior Emily Adamcyc, gelato is less fattening than ice cream, since it is made from whole milk, rather than cream. "They whip more air into it than ice cream to give it a richer taste," she said. Portions here are noticeably smaller than the other places. A small, which is a comparatively tiny scoop in a small dish, costs $2.32, while the medium and large come in at $3.24 and $4.17, respectively. Adamcyc said the most popular flavors were donnatella, which consists of a mix of chocolate and hazelnut flavors, cookie dough, and chocolate chip. BNG also has three flavors of smoothies on the menu in addition to their vast collection of coffee and tea (iced or hot), cookies, and pastries. Take your pick and enjoy while people watching at the tables right on Main Street.

Stat's Place Stat's is legendary among UNHers for its late-night ice cream and cheesy fry deliveries. The tiny restaurant off of Madbury Road stays open until 11 p.m. and offers traditional greasy college fare in addition to its Richardson's ice cream and frozen yogurt selections. A small dish (two large scoops) comes in at $2.25, while a large costs $2.95. Sundaes are $3.75, and the toppings come in at 50 cents each. Pair a side of French Fries ($2.25 for a small) with an extra thick Frappe ($3.00) and you'll be good to go.

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It is time the faculity sucked it up like the rest of us on campus. This year staff over $40,000 received no raise, faculity received 5.5%. Take the 1.5% and be happy.
Do You remember why you became a professor? I hope, to pass your knowledge on to the next generation.
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Faculty members need a wake-up call

I don't think it's fair to compare UNH to UMass (Amherst, I assume) and UConn. Both those schools are considerably larger than UNH — 26,000 and 20,000 undergrads, respectively — while the other schools mentioned are closer to UNH's size, give or take 3,000 students. Massachusetts and Connecticut are also feeling the effects of the recession slightly more than NH is. I realize that UNH commonly uses those schools as comparators, but those two are just on a different level than our school.
There are two other things I'm going to look up before I decide how I feel about this.
First, how does the average UNH professor's salary compare to to other universities? It's probably in line with other schools, but if it's significantly lower, shouldn't UNH profs get that too?
As some have said, if the pay is lower here, professors can quit and go to other schools — if they can find an open position somewhere else. But, if a professor leaves, the school will be left in the position of trying to attract a new teacher with lower-than-average salaries. Enact the raises and UNH remains competitive in keeping and hiring the best professors.
Second, what percentage of UNH's budget goes toward paying the professors? Again, this could be that the professors are asking the university to dedicate an equal amount to paying educators at UNH as they are paid at other schools. If UNH only dedicates 15% of the budget to prof pay and the other schools all dedicate 20%, why shouldn't that be changed? Not to sound Beck-ian, but I don't know and that's something that should be looked at.
Neither of those questions deal with the larger problem of education funding from the state, which I think was something like 2 percent (and that's for all schools, not just colleges). California students staged huge protests yesterday because fee hikes raised they amount they pay per year for school to around $11,000. Meanwhile, that's close to what UNH students have been paying for tuition alone for years, and it continues to rise. If Governor Lynch and our state reps don't start working to increase education funding in the state, all the groups involved, students, professors and administration, need to start showing the kind of outrage that California showed yesterday.

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The whiny, lazy, faculty all need to get fired. I haven't seen a more wanna-be-entitled bunch anywhere I have worked. They don't deserve any raises, but instead a pay cut. The rest of the staff had a mandatory salary freeze that will last probably 2 years at least. Faculty also get the bonus of cheaper benefits than the rest of the staff. To top it off they are whiners and complainers about anything not in their contract or if they feel the least bit slighted by the administration. They got out of taking mandatory sexual-harrassment training that everyone else on staff had to take, since somehow their union filed a grievance with the administration that it wasn't required in their contract. The entire training was online and took less than an hour but that's too much for those slackers.
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Yet their greed continues unchecked! Ugh!
Good riddance!

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How quickly things change.
Just last week, when editorializing about a group of campus perverts, the attitude of the editors was: "we also don’t think it’s any of our business to judge an organization just because their activities are a shock to our system." Seven days ago we were advised to "shackle our judgment" and told that the campus S&M crowd "deserves respect." Now, a mere week later, when the same editorial board concludes that the UNH faculty union's collective bargaining position is "shocking," what do the editors do? Take their own advice and "shackle their judgment?" Offer respect to the faculty? Conclude that the negotiations are none of their business?
No, none of these. Instead, the hypocritical editors tell "whining" and "greedy" faculty they are lucky to have a job, and should be satisfied with whatever the administration considers to be a fair offer -- because, presumably, the administration ALWAYS tells the truth about university finances, and ALWAYS treats the employees of the university fairly.
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Oh, and you spelled "principal" incorrectly.

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