Canteendebate

KSU Canteen Referendum

By unewseditor

  • KSU begins boycott of Sodexo canteen

    Facebook Group on the Boycott

  • Sodexo moves canteen to Prince Hall during Wardroom renovations

  • KSU sells fair trade coffee out of their office

  • KSU calls boycott a success

    After meeting with administation and Soxedo, the boycott is called off. Also, Dr. Leavitt gives KSU canteen green light to design business plan.

  • KSU establishes business plan and sends it to adminstration

    Meetings with the administration would continue for the next 6 weeks, discussing the details of the business plan.

  • KSU in Conversation

    Facebook page for KSU event
    <p>Open meeting to discuss the proposed canteen</p>

  • KSU assembles legal documents

    During the last week of class (Dec. 5-9), legal documents about the canteen were bounced back and forth between the KSU and lawyers.

  • Emergency Council Meeting

    The KSU call an emergency council meeting to discuss the referendum so the ball can get rolling in January. 15 members vote on the referendum question and mistakenly leave in the collection of a $14 levy for the 2011-2012 school year - something which becomes the reason for a second referendum.

  • KSU holds public debate on canteen referendum

    UNews story on public debate

  • Voting on canteen referendum

    UNews story on vote

  • Results of referendum embargoed

    UNews story on embargoKSU Chair Dave Etherington decides not to release results due to "procedural error."

  • Voting on canteen referendum continues

  • Council meeting to discuss validity of referendum

    UNews story on council meeting
    <p>Referendum results void because students were misled by impossibility of collecting $14 levy this year.</p>

  • KSU holds another public debate on new referendum

    Facebook page for second referendum

  • Re-vote on canteen referendum

  • Re-vote on canteen referendum continues