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SGA PRESIDENT TWEETS DEROGATORY REMARKS Student Government Association president Malachi Randolph responded Tuesday night to racially insensitive comments posted on his Twitter account. Three tweets posted around noon Tuesday featured derogatory comments about Chinese people. Randolph issued a statement in an email confirming he was responsible for the tweets. “Today, I made insensitive comments through a social media account. I understand my words were hurtful. My actions in no way re-
flect the Student Government Association, and I vow to use better judgment in the future,” he said. The SGA executive board released a statement regarding Randolph’s actions. “The Student Government Association was disappointed to learn of the comments made by our president earlier today. The Executive Board prides itself on the diversity of its board and the coalition of voters that trusted in our ability to serve. President Malachi Randolph has worked
tirelessly to build relationships tweets from sga president with diverse groups from all over campus. We are working to ensure our executive slate is sensitive to all groups and the constituents we serve,” the board said in an email. The tweets were removed later in the day followed by a tweet saying, “At this point, what I need is support. From God. From friends. I make so many mistakes, but God is merciful.” – staff reports NewsLink Indiana contributed to this story
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Garmong Construction begins excavation for the foundations of the parking garage in the Village on Sept. 3. After the parking garage is finished, construction on the new Village Square can begin.
construction to begin on village parking garage A Garmong Construction truck parked on the Cardinal Square site signifies progression for the Village Square parking garage, the first phase of the Village redevelopment project. “It’s coming up next week. We’re getting our permit today and we’re going to start foundations here shortly,” said Zacree Sheese, superintendent at Garmong Construction. Now that city contractors have finished preparing the ground at the site, excavation for the foundation has begun. “Right now we’re looking at finalizing our [subcontractors], but the biggest thing is the concrete and the pre-cast,” Sheese said.
– Staff Reports
N-word ruling for woman in New York
Nonprofit organization owner sued after tirade using slur, jury awards $30,000 in case
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The cooking equipment lines the inside of the Puerta’s food truck. The Puerta’s team retrofitted a SWAT vehicle for their mobile culinary endeavorp.m. Monday through Friday.
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trucks will not come on campus
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Kourtney Cooper chief reporter krcooper2@bsu.edu
ince Slop on Top first rolled in, the fascination with food trucks in Muncie has been on the rise — going along with the trend seen across the nation. According to IBISWorld, a national research business, food trucks are now a billion dollar industry. Since 2008, the food truck industry has grown by 8.4 percent and there are an estimated 30,810 food trucks in the nation. Indianapolis has a total of 61 food trucks listed on the city’s official visitor’s site, and the booming trend is rolling to outskirt cities like Muncie. New technology is a main reason for the growing food truck industry, making it easier for owners to operate their mobile restaurants.
Food safety cited as reason for ban on mobile meal
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Lauren Chapman staff reporter lechapman@bsu.edu
Food trucks, one of the newest trends to hit Muncie, won’t be on campus anytime soon. “There is no place on campus where we would permit food trucks operated by outside vendors to park and serve food,” said Joan Todd, executive director of public relations, in an email. “It is very challenging to keep food trucks up to the food safety code requirements.” Campus policy specifically aims to reduce the risk of liability by insuring that all food and beverages sold and provided on university property must be supplied by Ball State Dining or catering services, she said. Puerta’s Mexican Food and Catering, Slop on Top and Carter’s Nearly World Famous Hotdogs are all available in the Village and monitored by the Delaware County Health Department.
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| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A New York jury has awarded $30,000 in punitive damages to a woman who sued her ex-boss and his nonprofit jobs organization after he unleashed an N-word tirade at her last year. Brandi Johnson said she was happy after the Manhattan federal jury concluded Tuesday that Rob Carmona must pay $25,000 and his organization Strive East Harlem another $5,000. Those awards are in addition to $250,000 in compensatory damages that the jury awarded Johnson last week. Carmona wiped his eyes with a towel and appeared emotional as he testified Tuesday. He said he learned his lesson that he must communicate differently than in the past. Johnson’s defense attorney accused him of crying “ghost tears” and urged jurors to award additional damages to show him that “calling somebody the N-word is a very serious thing.” The case against Carmona and the employment agency he founded, STRIVE East Harlem, hinged on the what some see as a complex double standard surrounding the N-word: It’s a degrading slur when uttered by whites but can be used at times with impunity among blacks. But 38-year-old Johnson told jurors that being black didn’t make it any less hurtful when Carmona repeatedly targeted her with the slur during a March 2012 tirade about inappropriate workplace attire and unprofessional behavior. Johnson, who taped the remarks after her complaints about his verbal abuse were disregarded, said she fled to the restroom and cried for 45 minutes. “I was offended. I was hurt. I felt degraded. I felt disrespected. I was embarrassed,” Johnson testified. In closing arguments, Johnson’s attorney Marjorie M. Sharpe said Carmona’s use of the word was intended to offend “and any evidence that defendants put forth to the contrary is simply ridiculous.”
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The Rolling Luau, serves Costa Rican recipes and Hawaiian barbecue. Champs uses vegetables from her garden and raises her own pigs.
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Food trucks, or mobile food establishments, have to be well inspected as a result of their temporary nature, said Josh Williams, Delaware County Health Department administrator. “Mobile food establishments have to go through a certain protocol,” he said. “We inspect them the first time that they operate, and then sporadically when they’re on public property.” The health department visited Puerta’s new truck three times in the past three months. However, there is no set number of times the food trucks have to be inspected, and factors like complaints could cause them to be inspected more often. “The mobile food establishments are inspected more often than retail because their setup is so temporary,” Williams said. All food trucks are held to the same standards as retail food establishments, such as waste water disposal, type of sink and sanitation. Williams said food trucks, like other restaurants, are inspected and regulated on the county level.
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