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Via bon appetit and WUSTL dining:

Washington University Dining Services' Chefs Innovatively Replace Slicers

 First-class chefs at Washington University are going the extra mile to swap slicer tomatoes with grape tomatoes and other flavorsome options. Only two menu items campus wide have been removed due to the shift to grape tomatoes - the caprese salad and the caprese sandwich. Chefs have been working behind the scenes to craft tasty and nutritious alternatives for other menu items and will continue to perfect these new creations.  

Check out some of the house-made options featured at dining locations around campus: 

• Chef Gary's sweet and sour spiced chutney at your burger and sandwich stations
• Spinach and red peppers as new additions to your sandwiches
• Tomato-free salsas using a variety of chiles to balance flavors
• Delicious
• grape tomato salsas
• Grape tomatoes at salad bars

Other updates include: 

2) Thanksgiving Day Buffet 11am-2pm @ Ursa’s. Here’s the link to the menu: http://diningservices.wustl.edu/pdf/Thanksgiving%20Day%20Menu%2009_Ursas.pdf

3) Don’t Forget: Magical Mondays featuring Gabe the Magician @ Ibby’s – starts at 7pm every Monday!

4) Want to stay in the loop with changes, new offerings and special events in dining? Follow us on Twitter:http://twitter.com/WUSTLdining

5) Rotisserie Chicken now available on Webfood. Order yours today: http://diningservices.wustl.edu/webfood.asp 

Homelessness Awareness Week 2009
11.14 - 11.22

Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual nationwide event dedicated to fighting hunger and homelessness both nationally and internationally. How does the experience of homelessness affect one’s life?  What can be done to address this issue?  Social justice groups across campus have joined forces this week to put on a plethora of events exploring the issues at hand.

Press Release via Bon Appetit:

Earlier this year Bon Appétit became the first food service company in the country to sign an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), which represents thousands of workers who pick tomatoes in Florida. The agreement creates a code of conduct for Florida tomato growers in an effort to improve wages and working conditions for the workers.  Bon Appétit pledged to serve only tomatoes grown on farms owned by those who would agree to sign the code of conduct. The code requires that workers be paid a fair minimum wage, that a process be established for workers to pursue complaints without fear of retribution, that worker safety processes be improved, and that third party monitoring be implemented to insure that the code of conduct is followed.

Alderman Farms, a commercial tomato grower located in Boynton Beach, Florida, became the first company to sign the code of conduct. As the tomato harvest begins this month in Florida, Alderman Farms is the only grower that will supply tomatoes to Bon Appetit’s Washington University account.  The company grows primarily grape tomatoes, meaning that other varieties of tomatoes will not be available on the Washington University campus for the next few months.

Senate will be voting on a resolution sponsored by Senator Jake Laperruque and Senior Class President Fernando Cutz condemning the racial discrimination that occurred during the Senior Class trip, and advocating for the Washington University community to take this opportunity to engage in productive discussion regarding racial discrimination and profiling.  

Please come to the Senate meeting tomorrow night in the B-School room 113 if you are interested in more information.

Senators Jake Laperruque and Matt Aiken, as well as Speaker of the Senate Chase Sackett, will also be conducting an investigation into racial profiling at Washington University.  Contact senate@su.wustl.edu for more info.

SU UPDATE:  October 20th 2009

1.Wireless Internet Survey
2.St. Louis Symphony
3.Stay Safe with Emergency Notification information
4.Campus Programming Council Applications

1.Wireless Internet Survey

Please take this survey about your wireless internet experiences on campus: http://studentvoice.com/washstl/studentinternetservices09

2. Pack the Powell

Ever had a chance to hear a world-class symphony?  Now, you do - and for free!  This Thursday, October 22, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will perform the "A Child of Our Time" for Wash U. students only!  Transportation is available.  For additional information, visit the Center for the Study of Ethics' Web site:http://humanvalues.wustl.edu/index.htm

When: Thursday from 6-9 p.m.
Where: Powell Symphony Hall
Who: You AND 2,688 of your closest WU friends!

Exercise your musical ear; marvel at the concert hall; and represent Wash U. with pride and enthusiasm! Let's Pack the Powell!


3. Emergency Notification System Testing

Washington University will test its emergency notification system, WUSTLAlerts, at approximately 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21.

The WUSTLAlerts test will take place unless there is the potential for severe weather that day or some other emergency is occurring at that time.

For the test, WUSTLAlerts will send e-mails to @wustl.edu addresses, text messages to cell phones and voice messages to campus phones. E-mails will come from WUSTLAlerts@wustl.edu; text messages will come from 89361; and campus phone calls will come from 935-9000. Please respond as quickly as possible per the instructions.

4. Campus Programming Applications

Campus Programming Council (CPC) is a large-scale social programming student group responsible for comedy events, weekly Happy Hours, and various other campus-wide programs.  Comedians we have brought in years past include Bob Saget, Mitch Hedberg, Jim Gaffigan, BJ Novak, and Brian Regan.  Weekly Happy Hours are Thursdays in the Gargoyle or Bowles Plaza, and provide food, drinks and programming to all undergrads.  Past special events have included petting zoos, hypnotists, and magicians. 

If you are interested please email Jeremy Carlson, at jcarlson@wustl.edu. for an application.  Applications are due Friday, October 23rd.

Check out the WU/FUSED fan page on  Facebook.  You can follow WU/FUSED progress on our page and find out more ways to get involved.

What is WU/FUSED? 

WU/FUSED is a group of undergraduate students that believe that Wash U should more accurately reflect the socioeconomic diversity of the nation, that students should be more aware and conscientious regarding the issue, and that we should inspire students at Wash U to address the foundational problems of poverty and educational inequity in their lives after graduation. 

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 The Link is an online platform where all student groups and campus departments can organize, manage and promote their events in a centralized location.

Students can log in to The Link to manage their own personal calendar and the student groups they are members of. All space reservations will be handled through The Link instead of event services. Student group executive members will also be able to send invitations to their general body members.

Students can access it by logging into The Link website with their WUSTL Key by going to thelink.wustl.edu

To find out more information about how to use The Link a tutorial will be going up on the SU website soon.  If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact Morgan DeBaun at pr@wustl.edu

The Freshman Class Council Presidential Debate is scheduled for tomorrow night at 6:00pm. It will consist of the five candidates running for FCC President being asked questions by Nate on the background, ideas, and goals of the five candidates and their slates. There will also be 20 minutes at the end where the Vice President of Programming, Nate Ferguson, will ask questions fielded from the audience. The debate will be streamed live, linked through the Election Center at www.su.wustl.edu/elections where students can also find written statements from all the candidates. See you there! 


The event will take place on September 13th in Mudd Multipurpose Room at 6:00 p.m.