When was the last time you took a gander at the Brown Dining Services webpage? Most likely it was early freshman year when some kind-hearted upperclassman revealed to you that your 3 meal per-day plan was far inferior to Flex 460… it sounded like something halfway between Trimspa and P90X, so naturally you referred to the website to make sure it was real. If you remember the site, it resembled a cross between a GeoCities page and one of those random science-for-kids websites you would visit in grade school. Fortunately, BuDS has given itself an extreme makeover (web edition), which has improved both its aesthetics and functionality. Three reasons why the new site is better after the jump.

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Yeah, Brown finally finished the redesign of its website. Those you who voted for the winning results, good for you! Now if only they would let us vote on how to redesign Banner…

Today’s Morning Mail had a submission about Brown’s plans for a new website. The message provided a link to a survey about three possible templates for the new Brown website. As we all know, the current one is a bit…drab. It’s pretty outdated to say the least, and not very exciting.

Brown finally realized there were serious problems with the site, and the new templates are completely different from the current site.

To check them out and to give your input, go to the survey here. As they say in the message, it really doesn’t take more than 10 minutes, so give it a shot.