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October is Fair Trade Month! Fusce facilisis. Praesent convallis, nibh iaculis fringilla euismod, sem magna iaculis mauris, sed interdum ante orci consequat.
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
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.
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.
“Student Performance: A Library Starbucks Cart will make the Library more appealing to many students, this may result in more students studying in the Library, thus increasing the University G.P.A. Higher Grade Point Averages will help enhance the University’s image and increase the caliber of new students.”
—General Assumptions Regarding the University of Houston Library
The big question is: Does the administration still hold to this reasoning? I think this document has gone relatively unnoticed on this website. Maybe you should check it out.
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.
