Order a pizza, win some money

By By Rachel Parker

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Students who spend a lot of money ordering pizza could have a shot at a $1,500 prize toward tuition and books.

Domino’s Pizza has started a contest this spring for students in residence halls, in which students are allowed to use both their Beak ‘Em Bucks and KU Cuisine meal plans.

Battle of the Dorms is a competition that will award $1,500 to the student who orders the most Domino’s Pizza during the semester. The student must live in one the residence halls.

Casey Myers, general manager at Domino’s, 832 Iowa St., said the residence hall with the most orders would receive a plaque or certificate, and the floor with the most orders would get a pizza party at the end of the semester. The resident assistant of the student who wins will also receive $500 for tuition and books.

Myers spoke to RAs about the contest early in the semester, and table tents were set up in Mrs. E’s to inform students about the competition.

Alison Henning, Denver freshman, said she ordered pizza almost every other day early in the semester.

Henning said that because she was such a frequent caller, Domino’s knew her voice and her room number. She said that when she was debating whether to order, the contest came to mind as a reinforcement.

Becky Losey, Roeland Park freshman, and Amber Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said they got food fatigue from residence hall dining services. Losey said she thought it was convenient to order food using her KUID because she rarely carried cash. The two were skeptical of the competition.

“I would just order a lot of pizza and not win,” said Losey, McCollum Hall resident.

Stewart, Oliver Hall resident, said she had ordered Domino’s a few times but that she would rather use her money for other things than the contest.

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