In contrast to Union-goers, those who eat atQuincy House seem to waste relatively little food.

Tommy B. Mercier, productions supervisor atQuincy House, said that his house wasted the leastfood this week.

"The students are starting to pay attention andread the board," he said. "I think they take alittle bit of everything, but not a lot. It'sbetter that way."

Other early results pertain to the varyingamounts of waste at the different meals.

The lowest amount of food waste has beendetermined to take place at breakfast, with lunchand dinner boasting results that are at leasttwice as high.

"There is very little food waste at breakfastpartly because students who go to breakfast gothere with a mission to eat," McNitt said.

Higher participation at lunch and dinner andheavier food contribute to the greater amounts ofmeasured waste.

Students have responded with mixed feelingsabout the results of the audit and the generalidea of weighing food left uneaten.

Many students have given an obligatory glancein the direction of the trademark carrots andproceeded to pile their plates high with breads,brownies, and whatever food happens to strike theindividual fancy.

Said John R. Connolly '96, "I know zero aboutit, I'm pro-waste, and I'm totally unaffected bythis audit."

The Currier resident said he was not surprisedby the Union results.

"We all knew the freshmen were the leastresponsible of the Harvard students."

But a majority of students interviewedyesterday said they have taken the time to readthe audit posters and are making an attempt totake one less dessert and force down that lastpiece of chicken