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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Signs protesting against Aramark, one of NYU's current dining service providers, are placed on the floor of Bobst Library atrium since Monday. (Photo by Tony Wu)

IEC Continues 40-Hour Sit-In at Bobst

Meghna Maharishi, Deputy News Editor December 5, 2018
Since 8 a.m. on Monday morning, the IEC has occupied Bobst for almost 40 hours to protest NYU’s dining services.
Chartwells, a division of Compass Group, will replace Aramark as NYU's dining service provider starting this summer. Recently, Aramark revamped Third North Courtyard Cafe (pictured above) to Harvest Table in its attempts to continue its contract. (Photo by Tony Wu)

Rebuking Aramark, Students Pressure NYU Dining Services

SGA passed a resolution to boycott food service providers such as Aramark, Compass Group USA and AVI Foodsystems because of their relationships with prisons, although all three companies expressed interest in submitting a proposal to NYU’s bidding process.
Meghna Maharishi, Deputy News Editor November 5, 2018
SGA passed a resolution to boycott food service providers such as Aramark, Compass Group USA and AVI Foodsystems because of their relationships with prisons, although all three companies expressed interest in submitting a proposal to NYU’s bidding process.