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Friday, March 14, 2008 Posted at 23:38
Daily Cougar story features SFT slamming Khator
Check it out here.
As usual the Cougar mangled the facts a bit but at least they pointed out that Khator is not meeting with students.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 Posted at 23:28
Website Updates
Hello Fair Traders! As you'll notice, a new face has been given to the website. Along with this refurnishing, there have been updates made to the *News page, Newsletter functionality (It actually works now.), and the Contact form; and we finally have a search feature! Huzzah! Please, subscribe to our newsletter email list for monthly updates, or drop us a happy hello by using our Contact page form.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Posted at 23:28
FairTrade Introduction PowerPoint
This PowerPoint was presented to the UH staff council committee in late January 2008 as an introduction to the "multifaceted revolution" that is the FairTrade movement. The PowerPoint was originally crafted by Tim O'Brien and later modified by Aaron Alexander. You might find some of its contents helpful.
Download: ft-presentation-updated-1-29-08.ppt
Monday, March 10, 2008 Posted at 23:28
Our editorial tells the real story of library Starbucks
Read the editorial here.
Ross, Trey Pharis and Markos Mendoza co-authored an editorial that gives the lowdown on the V.P. of Student Affairs Elwyn Lee and Faculty Senate pres. Joe Kotarba subverting the democratic process on the fair trade bill and how our fees are paying for a corporation's coffee shop. The main points, our tuition money pays so that Aramark gets 95% of the profit and there is no democracy or student input on the campus thanks to folks like Lee and Kotarba.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Posted at 14:45
The six foot corporate welfare coffee cup
Check the story out here.
We delivered a six foot coffee cup to Pres. Khator showing how Aramark will get 95% of the profits of the Starbucks that will be paid for by student fees. The Daily Cougar managed to leave all this information out of the story. Read our posts to see the real story.