Aramark Accused of Animal Mistreatment
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NEWS CONGRESSIONAL Q&AS OPINION WORKPLACE WOES 3 Candidates discuss what Facebook’s new feature may issues matter most to students 5 harm professional environments Vol. 95, No. 11 Thursday, November 3, 2016 breezejmu.org Capturing the shot Alumni create documentary about wheelchair basketball team By JOEY SCULLY One player they focused on was The Breeze Orlando Carrillo, who suffered a spinal cord injury after being shot Tucked away in the Shenandoah years earlier in Venezuela. Mountains, Shaina Allen and “Within two years of being shot her partner and producer, Mike he turned his life around and now Esposito, work tirelessly on their is on his way to a new opportunity new documentary “The Rebound.” with a full college scholarship at the The documentary centers on the University of Texas at Arlington,” Miami Heat Wheels, a wheelchair Allen said. “He was just this shining basketball team. light of positivity. The coaches told “From a very young age, we are him it would probably take three or separated in our classes, told not four years to get to the point where to point, not to stare, not to ask he could play in college. He had questions, but those questions, done it in a year and a half or two as difficult as they are, are key years.” to understanding each other,” As Allen and Esposito continued Esposito, a JMU alumnus (’10), said. to film, they also learned how Esposito met the coach of the important it is to fight stigmas that basketball team by chance at a dog surround people with disabilities. park in Miami. After getting to know “With a story like this, our eyes the coach, Esposito realized that really opened up to a perspective he and Allen, a JMU alumna (’10), we never had before,” Allen said. could help advertise the team by Allen graduated with a degree creating a promotional video. in media arts and design while “I was happy to do it … just to do Esposito graduated from the something on my own was exciting business school with a degree in for me,” Allen said. “I went out marketing. Allen was a member having no expectations as to what of Students Helping Honduras wheelchair basketball was.” and led a trip through JMU’s One of Allen’s most vivid alternative spring break program, memories is from the first time she while Esposito played on the club filmed the team on the court. lacrosse team. “These guys were rough,” Allen “These experiences really helped said. “They were falling all over the me be the change I wanted to see court. They were yelling at each in the world, JMU’s motto,” Allen other and fighting. It was just like said. “All of my experiences there regular, able-bodied stand-up helped lead me to this path of basketball. I think my eyes opened documentary filmmaking with a to how competitive and how gritty social impact undertone to it.” the sport was.” COURTESY OF SHAINA ALLEN It wasn’t until the end of After filming for a while, the their time at JMU that Allen and JMU alumni Shaina Allen and Mike Esposito filmed the Miami Heat Wheels, a wheelchair basketball team based in Florida, in their film ‘The Rebound.’ duo realized they had too much Esposito actually met during a footage for just a promotional video sets to make something happen?’” Esposito said. “Maybe this isn’t just a study abroad trip to the Philippines. and wanted to do something more. promo video, maybe this could be something bigger. Let’s keep learning.” “We asked ourselves, ‘How can we use our limited resources and skill The duo continued filming the team and gathering the players’ stories. see REBOUND, page 8 COURTESY OF TRAE SALE A DISTANT Aramark accused of HOPE A senior serves children in Guatemala animal mistreatment LIFE | 7 By MAKENA RAFFERTY-LEWIS The Breeze No sunlight, a strong smell of ammonia and thousands of feces-covered chickens are just a few of the images painted by The Humane League, a nonprofit that began a new boycott campaign against Aramark to address its grievances. “The environment for these birds is hell: very dirty, very filthy and they are standing in waste all day,” Taylor Ford, corporate campaigns manager at The Humane League, said about broiler chickens used by Aramark. Aramark is contracted with JMU Dining Services as well as other local universities like the University of Virginia. According to the National Chicken Council, a “broiler chicken” is an industry term for a chicken that is farmed for meat. The Humane League’s broiler campaign against Aramark food services, called “Agony at Aramark,” was launched on Sept. 27 citing four points it feels need to be changed. The campaign specifically addresses the living conditions for chickens at farms contracted with Aramark. JMU received a letter from The Humane League on Sept. 27 chastising Aramark for not taking any measures to protect chickens. ALEXIS MILLER / THE BREEZE see BOYCOTT, page 12 The Humane League urges Aramark to end animal cruelty. Offer extended until Nov. 30! *APR=Annual Percentage Rate. Federally Insured by NCUA. Equal Opportunity Lender. Membership eligibility qualifications apply. All local residents can bank us. 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