Student Union President Herbie Rosen '12 sent out a survey in a Jan. 19 email to the student body in order to gather student opinion about potential changes to the hours at Einstein Bros. Bagels as part of the Senate Ad-Hoc Dining Committee efforts to address hours at the dining location.

This initiative follows Dining Services' decision last semester to extend the hours of the Provisions on Demand Market from midnight until 2 a.m. on Sunday mornings because of Union efforts.

"[The Student Union is] hoping to look into similar changes for Einstein's Bros. Bagels in the Shapiro Campus Center," wrote Rosen.

In the email, Rosen included a link to an eight-question survey that asked questions concerning weekend hours at Einstein's. Students were asked how often they visit Einstein's compared to how often they visit other dining locations and if they believe the current hours are sufficient. In addition, the survey asked which days students would prefer an extension of hours and whether or not they would make purchases at Einstein's if those extensions are made.

"Throughout the year, we have been hearing from our constituents that the current Einstein's hours on weekends are inconvenient for them," wrote Senator for the Class of 2014 Ricky Rosen in an email to the Justice. "And so the survey is a way of evaluating just what percentage of the student body supports this initiative." Ricky Rosen worked on extending P.O.D. Market hours with the committee last semester.

As of press time, the survey is still open, so the committee does not yet have the final count of student responses, but Herbie Rosen wrote that the committee wants to "continue [their] momentum" from their success with extending P.O.D. Market hours.

The decision to extend P.O.D. Market hours was made after a series of trials were conducted last November. The hours were extended until 2 a.m. on Sunday mornings for three consecutive weeks. According to Herbie Rosen as reported in a Dec. 13, 2011 Justice article, the amount of transactions during the final night, 151, was the most realistic number and was enough to support a permanent extension of hours at the P.O.D. Market.

"We are following the same steps that enabled us to push through the [P.O.D. Market] hours extension for this semester," wrote Ricky Rosen. "[A]nd we believe that with the amount of student support that we have behind this initiative, we can get this thing done."

—Sam Mintz contributed reporting.