The location itself will be open the same hours as before.
"As far as the coffee goes, we're just changing the policies from having coffee all day to starting at 4 p.m.," Tanaka Mhambi '11, the One Wheelock manager, said.
The availability of flavors will not be changed and coffee will still be free, Mhambi said.
Duggan said the new limit on serving hours will enable the space to afford staying open. One Wheelock is given $17,000 each year by the Collis Governing Board, and spent $14,000 on coffee from November to June, according to Duggan, who is also the adviser of the Collis Governing Board.
"There was a nice atmosphere mid-morning," Duggan said. "Students would come in and get their free coffee and take some time before class, which was nice."
The new serving hours will hopefully allow One Wheelock to continue to offer free coffee for the rest of the year, which would not have been the case if it had continued to spend money at the previous rate, he said.
"It's a great service, but we just need to trim it back a little bit," Duggan said.
Duggan and Mhambi both stressed the surprising expenses of running One Wheelock.
"It is 40 to 80 cents a cup, depending on the cup," Mhambi said.
One Wheelock serves approximately 35,000 cups a year. On top of the base expense of buying coffee and tea, someone must be paid to clean the mugs, according to Mhambi.
"It doesn't seem like a lot of money, but it adds up," Duggan said. "I'm amazed at the quantity."
Another expense of running One Wheelock is the loss of mugs, according to Duggan.
"We lost most of our original mugs," he said.
The mugs had to be replaced and as more mugs are lost, One Wheelock must continue to purchase new ones, depleting their budget, according to Duggan.
Although the serving hours are being limited, One Wheelock's original purpose of being a social space endures, he added. Students can still eat lunch in One Wheelock even though it is not serving coffee in the early afternoon, Duggan said.
"One Wheelock is not so much an end to itself, but more so a general move towards bringing more interesting social options to students from the Collis Governing Board," Mhambi said. "There's a real dedication to finding new ways to serve students."
One Wheelock, which replaced the Lone Pine Tavern, opened in November 2009.
