SGA probes ARAMARK, student relationship
The contract with ARAMARK, the company that provides all on-campus dining services, is still unsigned and will remain that way until student issues are addressed.
At the Student Government Association meeting Monday, a resolution was discussed by Senate Leader Bryan Beach, Grand Ledge junior, and House Leader Jon Seyferth, Muskegon senior, co-authors of the resolution.
They asked that campus buildings be allowed to serve non-ARAMARK goods and the removal of the ARAMARK policy that bans outside food from entering campus facilities.
SGA will vote on the resolution at the general board meeting Jan. 28.
“I asked that SGA not pass this resolution because it did not accurately present information that we have about ARAMARK,” said Sen. Steve Latour, Berkley senior. “I encouraged members to wait for the student services committee to present a resolution that contains all the information we are gathering from meetings with ARAMARK.”
Members of SGA, Residence Hall Assembly and university officials met with the five heads of the ARAMARK operations on campus, as well as the regional director of ARAMARK on Friday so student concerns could be shared, Latour said.
“Following that meeting we asked ARAMARK to give us until Friday to gather more opinions and compile the student feedback,” he said. “After that, we will set up another meeting with them.
“We are interested in seeing a few desired outcomes,” Latour said. “If that happens, we can eventually request the board to approve the contract.”
Any comments regarding ARAMARK services, including catering, Blimpies, football concessions, the Down Under Food Court and dining services can be e-mailed to Latour at uschief2016@yahoo.com.
In other news:
• A resolution was presented to support the Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation in their efforts in the Water Rights case. MCWC is attempting to stop more than 210 million gallons of water from being pumped out of Lake Michigan each year for use in bottled water.
The resolution will be voted on at the general board meeting Jan. 28.
• Candidates for committee chairs were selected and approved by the senate. The students holding the position are:
Gaylord junior Angela Davis, diversity chair; Mount Pleasant sophomore Matt Young and Macomb sophomore Jason James, public relations co-chairs; Allenton junior Amanda Dobbyn, programming chair; Casnovia sophomore Dennis Louck, conferences chair; Latour, student services chair; Battle Creek sophomore Charlie Wray, legislative affairs chair; Clinton Twp. junior Nicole Wright, academic affairs chair; and Mount Pleasant junior Andrea Gierak, social chair.
• At 8 p.m. today in the Lake Michigan Room of the Bovee University Center, an Academic Affairs forum will take place where students can discuss any academic issues to SGA members.
• An all day Legislative Affairs conference will take place Feb. 16 in the BUC Rotunda.
• The Board of Trustees facilities committee decided to change the type of roof to be installed on the new residence halls to reduce costs.
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