| Audrey Dighans editor in chief |

The Univeristy Club or “U-Club,” opened its doors to Pittsburg State University on Wednesday, Aug. 12, for a soft opening.
Students, faculty and staff on campus had a chance to get a feel and taste of the renovated space and try the club’s two new dining options: Einstein Bros. Bagels and Wholly Habaneros.
“We’ve been slammed a couple of times,” said Michaela Ingle, sophomore in elementary education and student employee for Sodexo, Pitt State’s food service provider, at Einstein’s.
This is Ingle’s first year working with Sodexo. She is just one of more than 20 employees taken on by the company this past month to fill the various positions across campus dedicated to providing hungry Gorillas with full stomachs.
The U-Club featured two eateries before the renovation of the Overman Student Center advanced to the lower level of the building, but the addition of larger spaces for Einstein’s and Wholly Habaneros also meant an increase in demand for full and part-time employees, positions which were filled by students.
“It was cool to be in here (the building) before all the other students come back from summer,” Ingle said.
She added that her favorite menu item at Einstein’s, aside from the bagels, are the sugar co0kies with icing and recommends people to try them.
Ingle was not the only one excited to be back in the student center and downstairs in the U-club.
“Our roommate told us we needed to check it out,” said Will Brouwer, junior in justice studies.
He and another roommate, Tray Copenhaver, both tried Wholly Habaneros, the restaurant that replaced Ultimate Baja as the on-campus Mexican eatery.
“This is a lot better than I thought,” Brouwer said. “I don’t even even know what I thought the U-club would be like, but it’s great.”
Copenhaver added there is plenty of seating, lighting and space.
“It’s not as clustered as it used to be,” he said.
Einstein’s Bagels is open from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 5 p.m. on Fridays.
Wholly Habanero’s opens at 10:30 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and closes at 5 p.m. on Fridays.