Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Library cafe lowers prices after criticism

Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, December 3, 2007

Although the Thain Family Cafe in Bass Library has gone out of its way to avoid becoming another Machine City in aesthetic and atmosphere, it is now learning a lesson from its less trendy predecessor — cheaper is better.

During Friday’s library dedication ceremony, when the former Bass Library Cafe acquired its new name, University President Richard Levin announced he is exercising his “presidential prerogative” to cut the prices of all sizes of coffee, so that a small cup will cost exactly $1. Sandwich prices have also been reduced by about $1.

The move comes in response...

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