August 31, 2007
Source: Chicago Sun Times
Wire Service: AP
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/536451,CST-NWS-kosher31.article
MADISON, Wis. -- Heather Zucker ate mostly salad and spaghetti during the years she lived in the University of Wisconsin dorms. Sometimes, her dinner was just a bowl of ice cream.
Zucker wasn't being picky. She keeps kosher, and she said there were ''slim pickin's'' for Jewish students in the dining halls.
''It got old pretty fast,'' said Zucker, who graduated in 2005.
That's about to change. UW-Madison is opening a kosher meat kitchen in a residence hall dining room this fall. Muslims who follow Islamic dietary laws, called halal, will also be accommodated.