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YO QUIERO TACO BELL?

Taco Bell, which has dished out burritos and other fast food at Campus Corner for a decade, pulled out of its location Oct. 29 after ASUCLA’s Board of Directors voted not to renew its food service contract. A majority of the board voted against the contract because of a labor dispute in the tomato fields in Florida. For the past three years, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has been demanding that the Taco Bell chain, which buys 45 million pounds of tomatoes from Florida and other locations, pressure its suppliers to stop the alleged exploitation of farm workers. “The resolution not to review the Taco Bell contract is symbolic of ASUCLA’s long-standing tradition of social responsibility,” according to a statement by the student-run, nonprofit organization. Since ASUCLA is barred by contractual agreement from selling taco products at Campus Corner for a year, it opened a new taco eatery in the Cooperage on the A-Level of Ackerman in place of the Sub Station. The Sub Station opened in the old Taco Bell location Nov. 1.

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

UCLA seeks to honor undergraduate faculty from all departments and divisions who are using technology to enrich and deepen students’ educational experiences in innovative ways. The Faculty Committee on Educational Technology is seeking nominees for the 2005 Brian P. Copenhaver Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology. Senate and non-Senate faculty are eligible for nomination. Any member of the UCLA community may make a nomination. The award aims to foster an exchange of ideas and bring together a community of faculty who want to explore creative uses of technology in teaching. Deadline for submission is Dec. 10. To submit a nomination, go to www.college.ucla.edu/edtech/bpcawardcall.htm. Details about the award and interviews with past recipients and nominees are available there.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

After two years of planning and construction, Fleet and Transit Services opened a new transit facility that provides employees with an improved work environment and expands the department’s capacity for vehicle maintenance, repairs and fueling. On Oct. 26, the department held an open house at the facility, located at Kinross and Veteran avenues next to Lot 36. On site is a new modular building that houses a customer reception area, offices, a communi-
cations/dispatch unit, as well as an employee break room. Employees now have a conference room for meetings and training sessions and dressing rooms with lockers. Also added was another maintenance bay for buses and other vehicles. A CNG fueling station for the buses will be installed by the year’s end. “This makes Transit a truly full-service operation serving the campus community,” said Fleet and Transit Services General Manager Sherry Lewis.