Student Government Calls for Switch to In-House Dining
Isabella Grosso | The PhoenixLoyola s student government is advocating for a switch from Aramark, the company that handles food service on Loyola s campuses, to in-house dining.
Published April 14, 2021 7:11 a.m. CT
Aramark Loyola’s food provider and a multi-billion-dollar corporation has had numerous racism allegations, food sanitation issues and questions about their involvement in the prison system through the years. For all these reasons, the Student Government of Loyola Chicago (SGLC) has called on Loyola to pull from this massive corporation and move to a private in-house dining system, according to student government leaders.
Our Streets LUC demonstrates outside the campus of Loyola University Chicago on Aug. 22. The group has been fighting for the school to cut ties with the Chicago Police Department, among other reforms. (Courtesy of Our Streets LUC)
During the summer of 2020, millions of people across the country joined protests against racism and police violence, leading The New York Times to suggest in June that Black Lives Matter was perhaps the largest social movement in U.S. history.
At Catholic colleges across the U.S., students, faculty and staff have also called for their institutions to confront racism, by cutting ties with local police departments and reforming or divesting from their campus security forces.