Gothamist: NYU: Adios, Odwalla!

Phil

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:15:10 -0500

deng, yeah actually the amount of military aid that the US government sends to Colombia is second only to the Middle-East (Israel, Egypt). Check out these related declassified documents: Paramilitaries as Proxies War in Colombia

Planet Earth

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:13:30 -0500

Dear Deng, Your sarcasm only highlights your ignorance. Better luck next time. Love, Planet Earth

deng

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:41:31 -0500

yeah, I'm sure Coca-Cola bosses ordered and approved the killings and kidnappins. In fact, I just heard that George W. Bush was part of this conspiracy! Bush and Coca-Cola execs are personally part of the Coca-Cola death squads targeting local union bosses! Micheal Moore has confirmed this!!

m

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:47:11 -0500

barq's root beer's song was "barq's root beer has bite! now it's available in your areeeaaa" guess that area didn't include nyu

pugsley

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:27:55 -0500

oh, the drama.

NYU grad employee on strike

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:29:05 -0500

Props to NYU for showing its glimmer of a social conscience. Now stop union busting on your own effin' campus, you bastards!

Joe

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:28:53 -0500

Odwalla is garbage juice anyways! There is very little juice in those "natural" drinks in the first place. (I believe the last time I checked, the common % for most of their drinks was only 17% juice!) The rest is sugar and other crap. To hell with them.

Peter

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:16:47 -0500

It's coke people, not the Catholic church! Such stone throwing. :D It's not easy to learn you're a cog in the big mean wheel, but that's just how the world operates.

Peter

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 11:12:07 -0500

I am fascinated at how ethics get in the way. Anti-globalization is the new alternative religion. I used to think the same way until I took a year long saunter to Beijing. Personal pragmatism was the name of the game. Give me my joice and my coke!

Will

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:54:08 -0500

Get over it. Coca-Cola is widely available and often cheaper outside of dining halls. If NYU students experience trouble buying Coca-Cola products, they should try leaving their dorm for once.

sp

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:51:18 -0500

"this only punishes the students who can't get cola anymore." LMFAO!!!

jake

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:25:58 -0500

i don't think all companies are evil-- but coke has been accused of working with local bottling corps in colombia who murder and kidnap union leaders-- that's not the sort of company that most universities are going to want to support. and they aren't asking for coke to even change company policies-- just to agree to an independent investigation of labor practices. seems like a fairly reasonable demand.

deng

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:19:50 -0500

well, who cares about NYU's policy. Frankly, this left-wing policy is ridiculous and this only punishes the students who can't get cola anymore. maybe NYU should ban all products (after all, companies are EVIL).

was at UCSC, now at NYU

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:07:59 -0500

Odwalla, created by two undergraduates at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was bought out by Coca-Cola in 2001. What a sad sad day that was: The Kresge Co-op (UCSC's on-campus student-run food co-op and the first store to stock Odwalla!) dropped it immediately; the creators came back to their alma mater to try an convince the co-op to keep it stocked. To no avail. Anyway.