Anyone who eats regularly at the Eagle’s Nest will notice that prices are different this year.

Brian Carter, manager of the Eagle’s Nest, said the changes were to make things easier for students to get to their $6.50 meal swipe because many were finding it difficult to keep track of how much they were spending.

“In order to ease the concern of the swipe, we decided to round the nearest quarter,” Carter said. “When we made the decision to do that, we weren’t sure how it was going to go initially but it seems like it’s been good so far.”

In previous years, the Nest abided by the traditional way of pricing by ending a price with a nine, such as a sandwich for $3.99 or a drink for $1.79.

This year, the decision was made to change the prices in order for students to monitor their meal swipes and know just how much they have left on their swipe when they order food.

An example of the changes in price would be that juice drinks now go from $3.79 to $3.75, a 12-inch pizza goes to $6.50, and Gatorades from $1.89 to $2.

“We’ve had a few complaints, but it was mostly over confusion with the labeling,” Carter said. “Other than that, the response has been overwhelmingly positive.”

In addition to these changes, there were also several others made to, as Carter put it, “enhance the way service was carried out.”

The Tapingo service now includes new printers around each food preparation station to allow both customers to order their food and for the servers to better keep track of orders. There are also changes in the menu on each station to help with alleviating confusion over what was ordered by whom.

According to Carter, the new system is not all set in stone though.

“We’re taking note of all the feedback and comments that come in to also assist in making Tapingo more appealing to use for students,” Carter said. “Anything that would encourage them to use that more than going through the lines.”

In addition to the changing of the prices, new menu items have been added. The pizza now has a woodfire crust rather than a traditional frozen one and also higher quality tomato sauce than previous.

New fish sandwiches are offered now, along with fried bologna sandwiches that are a different combination at breakfast and lunch.

The breakfast sandwich includes a fried egg, American cheese and sauteed onions while the lunch sandwich has smoked gouda and cheddar cheese with sauteed onions.

Fried pierogis are now offered as well.

For other sandwiches, customers can now choose to add sauteed mushrooms, onions, and jalapeños for a small upcharge to their meal.

Carter said that the reaction from students has been mostly positive, though not without a few exceptions.

“I don’t really like all the price changes but they’re ok, I guess,” sophomore Chandler Minnard said. “It’s just different having to adjust to a new paying system.”

Others were more indifferent in their responses.

“I think it crossed my mind once but after that, I haven’t noticed,” fourth-year junior Erich Burger said.

Burger was surprised to find out that his favorite meal: hot wings, went down from $8.50 to $8.

He said that if the changes had been a bit more dramatic then maybe it would have been more noticeable.

In the meantime, Carter hopes that they continue to get feedback about what students think and that it may lead to more changes in the future.

“We’re completely open on any feedback students may have on what to include in the Eagles’ Nest or what can be improved about it,” Carter said.