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Source: The Wesleyan Argus Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Byline: By Kathleen Salmon and Megan Doughty Students and dining workers met with members of the Wesleyan Student Assembly (WSA) on Sunday to discuss a new resolution regarding dining on campus. The new plan gives freshmen 19 meals per week, as opposed to the current maximum of 14, limits off-campus points to weekends and weeknights after 8 p.m. and stipulates that any restaurant accepting them be unionized. The previously presented WSA resolution was reviewed and put to a vote. It incorporates input from campus dining workers and received 764 student signatures of support. A dining committee composed of students, workers and administrators will approve future off-campus restaurant candidates after they are pre-approved by the WSA. The assembly voted 31 to zero in favor of the resolution, with two abstentions. A second resolution, promoted by USLAC, was explained but not voted on. Members of USLAC billed their plan as a compromise between food quality concerns and workers’ rights. The resolution, which was backed by 522 student signatures, argues that improved food on campus will negate the need for points use off campus. The motion has been tabled indefinitely in favor of the WSA resolution. Wesleyan University's student governing body. For questions regarding the website and its content, please email our webmaster. |