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VOLUME 27 · ISSUE 13 · NOVEMBER 29, 2017
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FUNDRAISER IN MEMORY OF BROTHER
Students want a say in choosing food service provider Wade Tomko CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ω TRUSU expects that a Freedom of Information request to have TRU’s food service contract made public will be released Dec. 4. The FOI came as a result of TRU’s unwillingness to participate in discussions on its food service provider contract with the community. The FOI request, which was filed earlier this summer and received by the university on July 19, followed a period
JINGLING RIGHT ALONG Mr. and Mrs. Claus were joined by the WolfPack and TRU staffers in the annual Santa Claus Parade.
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of repeated delays and denials when it came to discussions between TRU’s administration and TRUSU. TRUSU met with director of ancillary services Glenn Read prior to the information request, but talks quickly broke down, according to TRUSU president Tatiana Gilbert. “We were very happy when we had this initial campaign idea and we met with Glenn in hopes that administration, the students’ union and the campus community could work together,” Gilbert said.
“Unfortunately it didn’t go as planned. In the end, he decided to not work with us and that has made things difficult.” Gilbert and the rest of the students’ union have since expressed their disappointment in the form of a letter to TRUSU members, asking students around campus to sign petitions encouraging TRU to consult with the campus community.
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