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DSG Legislature supports ARAMARK 36-10 By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle
Debate was heated at the Duke Student Government meeting last night, as legislators passed a resolution endorsingAKAMARK’S management of four campus eateries and overwhelmingly rejected a resolution supporting The Chronicle’s decision to run a March 19 advertisement opposing reparations for slavery. The 36 to 10 approval of the ARAMARK resolution followed last week’s veto of similar legislation by DSG President Jordan Bazinsky. Bazinsky, a senior, said at the time that he wanted students to be better informed about ARAMARK before making a final decision. The resolution all but insures that the $7 billion Philadelphia-based food service will take over management of the Great Hall, the Oak Room, the Marketplace and Chick-fil-A. Prior to the vote, several non-DSG members expressed opposition to ARAMARK’s takeover, which they say has led to poor food quality and labor relations at other schools. “Fm not saying it’s going to fail at Duke,” said sophomore Pavithra Vasudevan. “There are larger issues regarding social responsibility. [The ARAMARK advertisement in The Chronicle] is not education. This is not information. This is propaganda.” Other students expressed concern about follow-through on promises made by Dining Services and ARAMARK and a po-
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REYNOLDA CAFETERIA, one of three main locations of food distribution at Wake Forest, is managed by ARAMARK. This food court serves Italian and Mexican food, and hosts a coffee bar, yogurt shop and Subway restaurant.
tential ARAMARK monopoly. Jason Freedman, chair of the Duke University Student Advisory Committee, defended the resolution. In addition, Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst and Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services Joe Pietrantoni answered questions at the meeting. “The risk is minimal,” Pietrantoni said. “We’re in a good position. There is no other school we even compare ourselves to.” Wulforst said ARAMARK would be forced to compete with already-privatized eateries and that Duke’s contract with the company will be terminated if the food is not satisfactory. See DSG
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Diversity lacking Movement releases new statement at highest levels By AMBIKA KUMAR The Chronicle
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By STEVEN WRIGHT The Chronicle
Despite strong calls from University President Nan Keohane and others to diversify the senior administration, recent senior-level searches have added no minorities to fill vacant posts. This semester, search committees for the deans of the Fuqua School of Business and the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences have resulted in the appointments of Caucasian males. This week, the student affairs vice presidential search committee selected no people of color among the finalists for the position. “We remain dedicated to increasing diversity at all levels, but I think Duke needs more people of color in its leadership, particularly African Americans,” said Sally Dickson, vice president for the Office of Institutional Equity. At the end of last June, the University lost two senior administrators who were black. Janet Dickerson, then-vice president for student affairs left Duke for a similar position at Princeton University. And Myma Adams, who ran OIE before Dickson, stepped down to take the position as special assistant to Executive Vice President Tallman Trask. To encourage greater consideration of minority candidates, Dickson, who is concerned about being the only minority in the senior administration, has requested that she be added to all future searches. Vice President and University Secretary Allison Haltom, who coordinates senior level administrative searches, said that this would be beneficial. “I think See BLACK ADMINISTRATORS on page 6 �
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Chronicle’s publication of an advertisement opposing reparations for slavery continued with a vigil last night, followed by a rally. The students—who call themselves the Duke Student Movement—outlined five objectives for the administration and one for The Chronicle. Dressed in black, the students held a vigil outside Cameron Indoor Stadium during the McDonald’s All-America basketball game. Later in the evening, about 75 students chanted phrases such as “D-U-K-E, you will not silence me!” and “You say free speech! We say hate speech!” A handout distributed by members of the movement indicates that although students continue to object to The Chronicle’s handling of the ad, but not the decision to run it. The group is now focusing on actions the University should take on minority issues in general. “For many of us, the central issue is Duke’s failure to create a climate where the voices of minority people are valued and supported,” the handout reads. “Inan creates stead, Duke atmosphere that alienates us, an
DUKE STUDENT MOVEMENT members protest in front of Cameron Indoor Stadium during the McDonald’s All-America basketball game atmosphere that makes black tural academic and social programstudents in particular feel they ming for the black community; th&t it establish a stable, wellhave to continually defend their supported African and Africanright to be here.” The objectives listed in the American Studies program; and statement include the following: that it implement a plan to inthat the University appoint a crease funding for minority events and organizations. task force to compile an annual reThe students also asked that port on Duke’s efforts to improve the treatment of minority students; The Chronicle publish a clarification of its advertising policy and that it actively recruit minority faculty and administrators and explain how that policy was used in its decision to run the provide reports on this initiative; that it provide a center for cul- Horowitz ad. •
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