Tacos 4 Life comes to OBU

BY KAELIN CLAY Staff Writer

Students are raving about Ouachita’s next addition: Tacos 4 Life. The taco company is coming to campus in the fall of 2023. This change has proven to be exciting, and the smiles on faces that pass by the “coming soon” sign in the Evans Student Center show that the replacement for Sandella’s is perceived as a positive shift.

Tacos 4 Life is a philanthropic restaurant chain fighting to end world hunger. Their website describes their mission as “craft tacos for a cause.” For every taco, bowl, salad, quesadilla or order of nachos purchased, a portion of the cost is donated to a nonprofit organization that delivers meals to children.

One of the unique things about Tacos 4 Life is its connection to Ouachita. Sometimes it seems as if Ouachita can be found at every corner of the world, and in this case, it’s found in the form of tacos. Ouachita’s own graduates Ashton and Austin Samuelson co-founded the company. Sodexo marketing intern Coleman Callan provided a little more information on their backgrounds.

“Austin is a 2008 Ouachita graduate with a Bachelor of Arts