Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, August 22, 1995                   TAG: 9508230016
SECTION: WELCOME STUDENTS                    PAGE: WS-22   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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VIRGINIA TECH FUN FACTS

Pounds of bacon eaten in an average morning: 160.

Number of heads of lettuce eaten per week: 5,500.

Pounds of rice cooked each day for Owens Food Court, the university's 9-booth food court: 150.

Largest dining hall on any U.S. campus save the military academies: Tech's Dietrick Dining Hall.

Number of plates washed per week in all of the culinary services: 93,000.

Dozens of doughnuts made in campus bakery every week: 400.

Pounds of Froot Loops eaten during 94/95 school year: 2,000.

Annual welcome back picnic on the Sunday before classes start: Serves 2,800.