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Timothy O’Brien sent a letter to the editor of the Houston Chronicle, correcting a few errors he found in the article. The Houston Chronicle also published Tim O’Brien’s letter to the editor in reply to their article which be found here.
UH SFT makes the daily paper. The Houston Chronicle published a story on us. Check it out here.
UH Students for Fair Trade further their escalation tactics against UH interim president Dr. John Rudley during a UH football game where he makes an appearance.
Ross Barnard and Timothy O’Brien hosted KPFT’s Open Journal show on September 26. Guests were Anthony Marek from Transfair USA and Kevin Lacobie, board member of 10,000 villages and co-owner of Te House of Tea.
Download the full radio show here: UH SFT on KPFT (1h 1m)
University of Houston Students for Fair Trade members Ross Barnard and Timothy O’Brien shut down president John Rudley’s speech to the faculty senate on Wednesday afternoon September 20. They rolled into the room with a large banner that read “Rudley ignores student concerns,” “Students for Fair Trade.”
The Students for Fair Trade were angered by the administration’s actions ignoring the bill the Student Government had passed last spring. The bill required an all fair trade coffee vendor to be installed in the 24 hour study lounge in the M.D. Anderson library. Public information requests revealed that the University signed a contract with Starbucks and didn’t even put the contract out to bid. Starbucks will not sell only fair trade coffee.
