Despite accusations of apathy, col
lege students are actively involved in
Imvcotts, protests and consciousness
raising events. Some student group*
have organized boycotts against
Coca-Cola and Domino's Pizza
Others have s|>oken out against boy
cotts.
Coca-Cola's presence in South
Africa and the Domino's owner's con
tributions to Operation Rescue have
spurred many students to action on
both sides of the issues.
Students!
Domino’s
Student group* at IVilane U.,
including * chapter of the
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to that cause (pro-hfe)."
Valiulis, however, said she
go to the parent company, indi
rectly supporting Monaghan’s
“The money that they make
goes to him, allowing him to
donate more money,” said
Valiulis. Mlt was his right to
AiMt« that money; it is our
right to aay we wont support you
anymore. *
Other students at *Mane don't
atom to be affected by the boycott
Sophomore Amanda Phillip*
said she doesn’t behove the dona
tion will have any bearing on
where ah* will buy pine.
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except when Fm ordering wth my
pro-choice, feminist roommate.1’
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Students protest Coke sales
At U. Of Mass
By Nathan Krystall
■ The Collegian
U of Massachusetts. Amherst
A petition drive to have Coca-Cola
vending machines removed from the l
of Massachusetts liegan last spring
The dnve was prompted by student
opposition to the company's continued
investment in South Africa, said the
organizer, Christine Robinson.
Robinson kicked off the drive with an
information table in t he Union to tell stu
dents about Coke’s involvement in South
Africa, and has since collected 2,000 sig
natures supporting the ban
“Don't drink Coke because if you do,
you're drinking the blood of a dead Soutii
African,” Robinson told a student
putting money into a campus Coke
machine
South Africa's apartheid system legal
izes segregation, allowing the country’s
■I million whites to politically and eco
nomicallv dominate 22 million Blacks,
she said.
"The> don't treat blacks as if they were
human.”
The Coca-Cola company agreed in
198b to divest in South Af rica to encour
age the end of apartheid, but actually
only relocated its syrup plants to
Swaziland, a country that is economical
Hampshire College
Although Hampshire divested from
South Africa in 1978 and t'oke machines
have been removed from campus, Coke
products are still served in Hampshire’s
dining hall Hampshire student Marcus
Hong said, "We’re still in the process of
getting them to remove Coke ’’ The
Dining Commons is owned by the
Marriott Corporation. Ray Sheen, The
Amherst Student, Amherst College
ly dependent on South Africa, Robinson
said.
She claims the company's 15 bottling
plants were sold to independent owners
who buy their syrup from the Swaziland
based plants, rendering the move use
less since neither the government nor
Coke sales were effected
Michigan State
Associated Students of MSI' voted to
support a campus-wide boycott of Coke
products in February 1989 ASMSl'
member Rocky Beckett said, "The boy
cott is not just against Coke We are ask
ing students to focus on Coke simply
because they don't buy IRM computers
every day." Leslie Garner and Joan
Patterson, The State Wlvs, Michigan
State U.
AT AMHERST
By Ray Sheen
■ The Amherst Student
Amherst College
Last spring, the Black Student Union
and Coalition for a Free South Africa
initiated a campaign to educate stu
dents about South Africa to obtain a pos
itive response to a referendum on the
serving of Coca-Cola products by the
Dining Service
The campaign follows activities to ban
Coke products from Hampshire. Mount
Holyoke and Smith College.
Manolo Espinosa, an Amherst stu
dent, is working with BSU to bring lec
turers to campus, including, possibly, a
representative from the Coca-Cola
Company Espinosa said the meeting
with a Coke representative may be
impossible as Coke representatives
have been verbally abused during visits
to other campuses.
According to Espinosa, the boycott is
a consolidated effort by colleges around
the nation.
Francis Crowe, Western
Massachusetts representative of the
American Friends Service Committee's
national campaign to boycott Coke, said
a boycott of the product is a signal for
the other 300 American companies in
South Africa to pull out
Smith College
No soft drinks are served at meals, but
both Coke and non-Coke products can
be purchased from vending machines
Head of Dining Services Paul Garvey
said that "not a tremendous volume” of
Coke is sold Although student
Kathleen Kienholz is organizing a bc>>
cott, no referendum is planned Ra\
Sheen, The Amherst Student, Amherst
College
For Domino’s boycott
Domino’s officials say Tom Monaghan's activities and con
tributions are personal, but evidence shows that he has com
mitted bot h staff and funds to his right-wing agenda
In addition to his company’s contributions to Operation
Rescue, Detroit Free Dress reported in July that a Domino’s
CEO and coordinator of Operation Rescue spent three days a
week blocking health clinics, on company time, with his boss'
approval.
Additionally, Michigan Department of Civil Rights said
Domino’s has four pending complaints for racial injustice
against employees
Domino’s refusal to serve predominantly black neighbor
hoods has led to a boycott by black churches
Monaghan also founded an elite sub-unit of the Word of God,
which has a chapel in the headquarters where employees are
encouraged to worship.
Also occupying Domino's corporate office is the campaign
headquarters for Word of God member running for Ann Arbor
City Council.
Think about where your money goes before you spend it at
Domino's. Danalvnn Kecer, columnist. The Daily Texan. Iof
Texas. Austin
A debate has begun on campus centering on whether a social
ly-conscious group has a right to dictate what should be bought
at Connecticut College.
1 he misdirected boycott of Domino's hurts everyone but Mr
Monaghan, and there should be no boycott
I he logic behind an anti-boycott is simple. Each franchise
owner pays a fixed amount to the main company, whether or
not business is bad. However, Mr Monaghan will continue to
support whatever groups he wants to, and the managers and
employees of each Domino's franchise will l>e hurt
These people probably do not have Operation Rescue and its
impact on the question of abortion on the top of their priority
list I assume they are more concerned with having enough
money to feed their families.
Some adamant boycott supporters say that working for
Domino’s tacitly supports anti-abortionist tactics.
Mr. Monaghan will survive this boycott. However, 1 am not
so sure about the rest of the Domino’s team So, when deciding
on how best to protest Mr. Monaghan, take a hard look at who
is going to be hurt If its the innocent workers, then please,
look somewhere else. Ed Kama, columnist. The College Voice.
Connecticut College