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Aspiring for Higher Education New Bon Appétit Policies Dining services company implements new animal welfare reforms Matt Rupel
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Fidelis Udahemuka S.J., the Special Assistant to President Michael Engh S.J., is here learning how to run a University in hope of starting a Jesuit University in East Africa, modeled after Santa Clara. Udahemuka earned an MBA at Santa Clara, and Masters degrees from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
Udahemuka shadows Father Engh to learn university ways Elizabeth Ambriz-Mendez Associate Reporter
Fidelis Udahemuka S.J., is the Special Assistant to President Michael Engh S.J., but by 2014 he hopes to be contributing what he’s learned to help start a new university in eastern Africa. Udahemuka, 45, came from the Society of Jesuits Eastern Africa province where a team of over 200 Jesuits has committed to building an institution for higher education. By shadowing Engh, as well as university executives, Fidelis hopes to gain the dayto-day administrative skills necessary in order to help start a university. Udahemuka holds degrees in philosophy and humanities, business administration,
an MBA from Santa Clara as well as Masters degrees in divinity and Christian social ethics from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. A key part to Udahemuka’s passion for education is a sincere desire to help make a change in people’s lives, in addition to experiences he had while becoming a Jesuit. From a young age, Udahemuka was drawn towards becoming a priest. Pastoral work involved attending to the needs of all people, even those least cared for in society. His understanding of priesthood was one of service; however at the end of his high school education, Udahemuka had plans to study law. To him, the law meant dealing with issues of social justice, which was another strong calling that resonated with him. While waiting for his first year of college to begin, Udahemuka accompanied a friend to visit local Jesuits. After this visit he was invited for a Come and See, which is a conference where young men learn more about the Jesuit vocation and participate in different activities. The Come and See made
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Udahemuka realize that becoming a Jesuit would give him room to develop, serve and actualize his dreams. “I didn’t know much about the Jesuits. It was, I don’t want to say accidental, but God had his own way of finding me and I am happy,” said Udahemuka. He found the Jesuit lifestyle made sense to his interests because they were priests who were dealing with spiritual matters but were also involved in issues of social justice and education. During his period of formation Udahemuka taught primary school mathematics, Swahili and geography at Kangemi slum in Kenya for six months. A particular experience with resonating impact was when he saw how students whom the school had termed “slow learners” were mocked and marginalized by everyone. He committed to tutoring these “slow learners” and in the final exam, five of these children had the best scores in the entire class. “As a Jesuit that experience really made See JESUIT, Page 4
At least now when you order the prime rib special in Benson, you know that Bessie had enough room to stretch out. Bon Appétit Management Company recently announced a set of reformed welfare policies for farm animals, as well higher standards for ensuring that individual farmers stick to these standards. Santa Clara’s ethics-driven students are especially excited about the new position of the company. The changes that Bon Appétit is implementing will be rolled out by 2015, but they won’t affect the contract between the food service company and the university, according to Jane Barrantes, the assistant vice president of Auxiliary Services. The current contract lasts until 2019, and no amendments have been planned for the contract. Bon Appétit, which operates more than 400 cafés for corporations, universities, museums and specialty venues in 31 states, included four stipulations in its reform that the company hopes will represent its dedication to safe and responsible food. The company is now requiring that all pork it serves — currently 3 million pounds annually — be produced without gestation crate confinement systems, instead using higher-welfare group housing systems. They have also announced that they will be switching all of its pre-cracked (liquid) eggs — currently 11 million eggs annually — from hens confined in barren battery cages to hens living in cage-free farms, as it already does for shell eggs. The new policies also call to entirely eliminate foie gras (livers of force-fed ducks) and veal from calves confined in crates from Bon Appétit’s menus. Finally, Bon Appétit announced that it will be ramping up efforts to seek out the most responsible meat, poultry and egg producers by employing farms that have received at least one of the four highest animal-welfare certifications. Bob Lubecky, the general manager of Dining Services at Santa Clara, doesn’t expect the new policies for humane food treatment to cause any inflation of food prices at Santa Clara, a point of contention for many budget-minded students at Santa Clara. “Is our pricing more expensive than Safeway? Yes it is, because we’re cooking from scratch. We have product that is raised humanely,” said LuSee MEAT, Page 3
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