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Eat a late-night snack, and then enter a raffle

Friday, February 05, 2010 || Michelle Merlin

With the Village now open later hours and offering the most popular foods more often, students can satisfy their late-night snack cravings. The change, which was initiated with the beginning of the semester, initially started off slowly.

New Village hours are mmm-mmm good

Monday, February 01, 2010 || Staff Editorial

Wash. U.’s Dining Services has managed to come up with some positive news for the new semester: better hours at the Village. The stir-fry station’s hours have been extended from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and the Village Grill is open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings.

WebFood program catches on and develops further

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 || Lauren Olens

More changes are on the way for South 40 dining as the test run for WebFood begins on the 40 this week.

Like it or not, students had no say on tomato ban

Friday, December 04, 2009 || Staff Editorial

Two weeks ago, Bon Appétit announced that it would stop serving tomato wedges and slices on campus. This policy change was enacted due to an agreement that Bon Appétit’s national management signed with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which represents tomato pickers in Florida.

VIDEO: Students respond to tomato absence

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 || Dennis Sweeney

Bon Appétit, the food provider for most of Washington University’s campus, recently announced that it would no longer serve tomato slices or wedges on campus in order to assure higher wages and better conditions for workers who pick tomatoes in Florida. Bon Appétit—which imports tomatoes from Florida during the winter—signed an agreement with the Coalition [...]

Students to start campus kitchen for needy

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 || Hillary Black

The Washington University student group Feed St. Louis is scheduled to kick off a new campus kitchen on January 30.

Hold the tomato

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 || Eve Samborn

I, like many Wash. U. students, was initially horrified when I first heard that Bon Appétit had decided to stop selling tomatoes for several months.

I say tomato,​ you say toma-No

Friday, November 20, 2009 || Richard Jesse Markel

The University’s catering service has been duped by the latest incarnation of the classic “sweatshop” argument. Labor conditions activists, who classically gave Nike grief about how they make shoes, have shifted their gaze toward farmers. Our food service company, Bon Appétit, has been tricked into supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their so-called “fair food” campaign.

Tomato slices slashed from campus dining menu in winter

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 || Perry Stein

BLTs at Wash. U. have just dropped the T. Effective this past Monday, Bon Appétit—the subcontractor that provides catering for Dining Services—no longer serves tomato slices or wedges on campus.

Students say awareness of homeless lacking in University

Monday, November 16, 2009 || Lauren Olens

Students leading Homelessness Awareness Week (HAW) aim this week to promote awareness of issues of homelessness in the community that some students feel are not addressed enough on campus.

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