Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The controversial groups Chick-fil-A was supporting have not been supported by the company in two years.
Saying he fully expected to request Chick-fil-A to leave campus following the Student Senate vote in November, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey President Herman J. Saatkamp announced the food chain would remain on campus at the Student Senate meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 29, in the college Board of Trustees meeting room. Saatkamp, along with members of the Student Senate, changed their minds after discovering that Chick-fil-A no longer made contributions to five questionable organizations, including he Family Research Council, which reportedly lobbied against a resolution that would denounce Uganda’s so-called “Kill the Gays” bill. In fact, further investigation showed that Chick-fil-A has not donated to that group since 2010. “They were…
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The decision was made with the support of the president of the Student Senate, which voted to ask the food chain to leave in November.
Leaders of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Student Senate support a decision by the college to allow Chick-fil-A to remain on campus despite a 14-10 senate vote in favor of asking the food chain to leave, the college announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 29. According to college officials, the decision was made following a series of conversations and teleconferences between leaders of the Student Senate, including President A.J. Vervoort and Vice President David Lamando; College President Herman J. Saatkamp; Faculty Senate President Michael Frank; Chick-fil-A leaders; and Campus Pride, a national non-profit group representing student leaders and groups advocating for safer college environments for GLBTQ students. It was Campus Pride …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Senate voted 14-10, with two abstensions. The resolution now goes before President Herman J. Saatkamp.
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Student Senate will ask the college president to consider dismissing Chick-fil-A from its campus. The 27-member Senate voted 14-10, with two abstensions, to send a letter of resolution to Stockton College President Herman J. Saatkamp asking Chick-fil-A to leave campus. The Senate needed 14 votes for approval. Senate President AJ Vervoort abstains unless his vote is needed to break a tie. According to Vervoort, the letter of resolution will be sent to Saatkamp on Monday morning, Nov. 26. It will then be up to Saatkamp if he wants to look into breaking the 10-year contract with the chicken franchise that has weathered a storm of controversy since comments made by its president over the summer. The …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The senate may ask the school to ask the restaurant to leave campus.
Following controversial anti-gay marriage remarks from Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy over the summer and the controversy over whether the company supported Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill, the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Student Senate is considering the possibility of ending the school’s relationship with the company. The Student Senate will vote on whether Chick-fil-A should remain on campus when it meets next Tuesday, Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m. in the Board of Trustees room in the College Campus Center, Student Senate Vice President David Lamando said. There are 27 members of the Senate, and 14 votes are needed for approval. Senate President AJ Vervoort abstains unless his vote is needed to break a tie. If the Senate votes in favor …
Samantha Siang
1:54 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The information was there two years ago if it was important to the student body then? Gee, I wonder what changed way back then and now? Typical waste of time indeed! The old expression of "things aren't always what that seem, " would be appropiate here. Get your facts together BEFORE you start stirring the pot in the future kiddies. more ›