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The campaign by BSU students to end the university's
sponsorship contract with Taco Bell is gathering steam.
According to the BSU paper, The Arbiter:
"Two weeks ago, (Dean)  Gunderson
submitted his resignation to the BSU Planning and Facilities
Department. He said the choice stems from his moral
difficulties with the sale of the Pavilion naming rights
to a local Taco Bell franchise holding company."
See
the rest of the article," Gunderson Resigns"
(10/28) by clicking here.
Mr. Gunderson's (above, right) resignation is part
of a growing wave of support for the boycott on the
BSU campus. Student and faculty support is generating
a great deal of pressure on BSU President Robert Kustra
to justify the university's contract with Taco Bell
in light of the inhumane labor condition's in its tomato
supply chain and the fast-food giant's refusal to take
concrete, measurable steps to address those conditions.
Also, check out this strongly worded editorial from
The Arbiter, "Twenty-two days of silence,"
(11/1), which reads, in part: "In the last twenty-two
days the Faculty Senate passed a resolution (17-2) that
calls for the termination of BSU’s contractual
relationship with Taco Bell. Former U.N. commissioner
for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, implored BSU to return
Taco Bell’s money. And a coalition of student
groups have voiced strong opposition to the sale of
the Pavilion’s naming rights. And in the last
twenty-two days, what have we heard from President Robert
Kustra? Nothing." READ
MORE OF THE EDITORIAL
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