On Campus - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 16:29 - 3 Comments
Enjoy (?) Coca-Cola at NYU
It is widely known that NYU students have an affinity for coke. Ahem.
Coca-Cola is currently in the midst of a three year ban on the New York University campus — a largely symbolic gesture considering the only thing any outsider knows about our school is that we don’t have a campus. But for those boycotting bodegas and Duane Reade yet still craving that Classic red, the day is coming to reconsider the sale of Coca-Cola products at dining halls and in vending machines school-wide.
Officially, Coke has met all of the terms of the initial ban, requiring a change of language to the resolution lest it become completely irrelevant. A Political Union and Review resolution failed by an 11-14 vote in early December, but the time has come again to yell and scream until we’re all red in the face and, um, need a soda. Continue…
On Campus - Wednesday, December 3, 2008 11:23 - 13 Comments
Debate Points to End of Coke Ban
Yes, I know that I can just walk a measly five minutes to Space Market and grab a Coke, but let me be bitter (and a lazy ass) for a moment. I’m a diehard Coke person. I refuse to drink Pepsi. Why drink anything of lesser quality when I can buy Coke for an equal price, and it’s infinitely better? (Not to mention the excellent commercials.) So I attended last night’s debate about the continuation of NYU’s three year long Coke ban, hosted by the Political Union and Review @ NYU, not expecting any of my opinions to be changed. I thought the ban was stupid and pointless, and frankly, should never have been implemented in the first place. Continue…
