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SG debates divestment resolution By Samantha Ketterer @sam_kett
Students debated a Student Government resolution that would support divestment of the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) from corporations that supporters said facilitate in the oppression of the Palestinian people. The legislation, introduced Tuesday, states that UTIMCO’s investments in these corporations violate University values. The legislation asks UTIMCO
to divest from five specific companies in which UTIMCO holds shares: Alstom, Cemex, HewlettPackard, Procter & Gamble, and United Technologies. “UTS continues to hold securities in — and thereby profits from — companies which have an active role in the human rights abuse and institutionalized structural violence perpetrated against the Palestinian people, consequently making it a complicit third party,” the legislation states. Collin Poirot, Plan II and communication studies senior
and an author of the document, said the investments directly affect students despite the overseas distance of Palestine and Israel. “This resolution has direct implications for a number of UT students,” Poirot said. “These companies that our tuition dollars are supporting are directly responsible for the persecution and oppression of family members of UT students.” Rebecca Hanai, an advertising junior who spoke in opposition to the legislation, said the
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System Vice Chancellor Reyes set to step down @joshwillis35
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Collin Poirot, Plan II and communications studies senior, voices his opinion of the divestment legislation.
Campus dining gets a taste of local foods By Marisa Charpentier @marisacharp21
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Heaps of brisket, chickenfried portobello mushrooms, cowboy beans, cornbread, and macaroni and cheese filled Kinsolving and J2 dining halls Thursday for Homegrown Local. The Division of Housing and Food Service hosted the event, during which dining halls showcased locally grown, organic and sustainable food. Guests listened to a live bluegrass band while eating a Texas-themed meal, most of which was grown within state borders. Since 2009, DHFS has worked to increase the amount of local food served on campus. The University allocates $8 million to DFHS for food each year. DHFS sustainability coordinator Hunter Mangrum said DHFS has increased the amount of money spent on these foods
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Rodolfo Lujan, display cook at the Division of Housing and Food Service, inspects brisket Thursday afternoon. The brisket, although not locally raised, was served during the Homegrown Local event, which highlighted Texas food, at Kinsolving Dining Hall.
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Last week, a UT System executive vice chancellor announced he will step down from his position. Pedro Reyes, UT System executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, will step down once a replacement is found, according to a statement released Thursday. Reyes joined the UT System in 2003 after being a faculty member at UT-Austin since 1991. Aside from some special projects with the UT System, Reyes will return to the UT College of Education to teach full-time, according to the statement. UT President William Powers Jr. said Reyes’ move is not surprising, considering he, himself, is planning to teach after he steps down from his position as president in June. “I think it’s quite typical of administrators to come back to teaching — that’s what I’m going to do,” Powers said. Wanda Mercer, associate vice chancellor of student affairs, said she knows Reyes well after working with him for the past five years. “What I really appreciate is his dedication to students, his commitment to UT and his work ethic,” Mercer said. “There is no one that works harder than Pedro Reyes. I come in every day early to do morning workout, and he’s there by seven in the morning and seldom leaves before six.”
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CITY
DHFS removes recalled products on campus Univeristy area gets Amazon Prime Now By Vinnesh Kovelamudi @trippyvinnie3
Blue Bell Ice Cream and Sabra have issued recalls for many of their products because of a possible contamination with Listeria Monocytogens, a food bacterium. The Division of Housing and Food Service said it removed all possibly contaminated food items from campus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium commonly known as listeria. Common symptoms of listeriosis include fever and muscle aches, headaches, stiff necks, confusion, loss of balance and possible intestinal problems. University Health Services medical director David Vander Straten said students should not become worried
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if they recently ate any Blue Bell or Sabra products. “Students might have listeria, but if [they] don’t have any symptoms, there’s no need to worry about it,” Straten said. All Blue Bell products have been recalled from the main markets on campus, including Jester City Market and Cypress Café, according
to DHFS food service director Rene Rodriguez. The CDC encourages individuals to check the code date on the bottom of Blue Bell ice creams in order to find out where the ice cream was produced. If the code date ends in an S, T, O, P, Q or R, the CDC recommends placing the ice cream in a sealed plastic bag and
throwing it away. Sabra hummus products remain in markets on campus because the recall did not include any of the products in the University’s inventory. “At no point were any of the affected hummus products stocked in Housing
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Amazon Prime customers in West Campus can now have items delivered to them in one hour, thanks to the expansion of Prime Now to several Austin zip codes. Prime Now, a service accessible to Amazon Prime users, delivers items such as laundry detergent, grocery items and electronics to customers in two hours for free and in one hour for $7.99. The new, fast-paced delivery system has been in progress for a long time, according to Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Cheeseman. “Since day one, we have been building the infrastructure to support superfast delivery,” Cheeseman said in an email. “This is our fastest delivery
method yet and is fueled by Amazon’s growing network of fulfillment centers.” Amazon introduced Prime Now in Dallas before it came to certain Austin zip codes, including central and north Austin, and the program plans to expand to more areas in Austin over time. Kevin Gwen, biology freshman and Amazon Prime user, said when he first heard that he could order items and get them delivered within one hour, he thought it was a joke, but said he plans on putting the service to good use. “It should be really exciting because I think I can just get whatever I need in an hour, which is good, especially being a college student,” Gwen said. “The
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