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University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP The rP ospector Special Collections Department 1-27-2011 The rP ospector, January 27, 2011 UTEP Student Publications Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/prospector Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Comments: This file is rather large, with many images, so it may take a few minutes to download. Please be patient. Recommended Citation UTEP Student Publications, "The rP ospector, January 27, 2011" (2011). The Prospector. Paper 21. http://digitalcommons.utep.edu/prospector/21 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections Department at DigitalCommons@UTEP. It has been accepted for inclusion in The rP ospector by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UTEP. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The University of Texas at El Paso · January 27, 2011 UTEP MAKES COMEBACK Miners hold off Green Wave, 69-65 SPORTS • 9 theassayer of student opinion THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Plays at the Union Cinema Jan. 28 and 29 prospectorOne free copy per student www.utepprospector.com ENT • 7 Food services Local UTEP lacks veggie options City sued over vendor ban DIANA AMARO / The Prospector Matt Miller, executive director and attorney at law for the Institute for Justice Texas Chapter, speaks at a press conference Jan. 26 outside the United States District Courthouse regard- ing a lawsuit recently brought against the city. BY MATTHEW MUNDEN The Prospector Outside the United States District Court Jan. 26, Attorney Matt Miller, from the Institute for Justice Texas Chapter, announced that the city of El Paso was being sued. “I’m here this morning to vindicate these (vend- ers),” Miller said. “We’re challenging two restrictions that El Paso recently put in place that essentially turned the city of El Paso into a no vending zone.” Th e two restrictions that El Paso put into eff ect banned food trucks from vending within 1,000 feet GREG CASTILLO / The Prospector of restaurants, grocers and convenience stores. It also Vegetarian and vegan students are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of healthier options on campus. outlawed food trucks from remaining stopped in one location, meaning that the trucks have to remain mo- BY NICOLE CHÁVEZ Chopsticks, for instance, all dishes can be bile and customers must fl ag the trucks down. MULTIMEDIA made with fried or steamed tofu, he said. “We’re asking a federal judge for nothing more than The Prospector to declare these laws unconstitutional,” Miller said. Visit The Prospector’s “We have these options, but those are not For vegetarian or vegan students, the lack of online multimedia in the menu or advertised, people need to re- Th e Institute for Justice, a pro-bono law fi rm ran by menu options has created a problem that has section for a podcast, quest them,” Cruz said. donations, represents people whose rights have come under attack. Th is includes areas having to do with not been addressed for years. Andrea Benitez, video and map on Adriana Ruiz, Food Services unit market- the lack of healthy school choices, property rights, free speech and eco- senior health promotion major, feels that it’s ing specialist, said there is a misconception on options on campus. nomic liberties. even more complicated for vegan students to campus that vegetarian options are just salads fi nd a place to eat at UTEP. Sodexho. UTEP and the University of Texas when the reality is that venues like Simply to “I guess if to work is a crime, “Th ere are not many options on campus, I Pan American are the only universities in Go off er items like hummus wraps and the always have to leave and go to get some food Texas whose dining or food services are not hummus and pita plate. I am a criminal.” somewhere else,” Benitez said. “I know there is a big push on campus for operated by this company. - Maria Robledo, El Paso resident While vegetarian students are craving an increase in vegetarian and vegan options, healthy options at UTEP, other universities From a group of 44 universities, which have we are trying to satisfy all the students’ needs,” “We are defending these people because their right operated by Sodexho have been named as the food services contracts with Sodexho, UTEP Ruiz said. for living has come under attack,” said Bob Ewing, “Most Vegan-Friendly College in America.” is one of the three that does not off er or have Sodexho’s future plans include off ering veg- assistant director of communications at the Institute Every year PETA2, a youth-based arm of many vegetarian items. etarian catering items like vegetable lasagna for Justice. “(We) are representing these vendors free the animal rights group People for the Ethical Having a reduced amount of food options is once a week at the retails location on the sec- of charge and are looking for no monetary damages Treatment of Animals, takes a look at univer- discouraging for vegetarian students. ond fl oor of the Union Building East. from the city of El Paso. We just want to give the sities’ food services to fi nd the “Most Vegan- “It’s frustrating, you have to eat the same When comparing UTEP with other uni- plaintiff s a chance to make a living.” Friendly College in America.” Th rough an (food) over and over,” said Miranda Smith, versities around the country, Ruiz said even According to Miller, these regulations negatively online voting process, college students help creative writing graduate student. “When though there is a long way to go, UTEP is aff ect people who have done nothing wrong. PETA2 choose which institutions off er better there are so little options and none of them working on improving the student eating “Th ese laws hurt these people of El Paso that have quality and a variety of vegetarian or vegan very good, I stopped looking forward to eat- experience. lived here for a collected 55 years,” Miller said. “Th ey options. “We are taking baby steps, we can defi nitely abide by traffi c safety regulations. ey Th abide by food In 2010, the winner was Northwestern Uni- ing. Eating is part of the college experience, get there and provide a wider variety of op- and health regulations. Up until 2009, they did not versity, whose dining services are managed and sometimes I feel that the university does not care about students like me.” tions, but for that we really need the vegan have any issue with the city, but since then the city and operated by Sodexho, the company that has ran an aggressive campaign to try to run these Humberto Cruz, senior political science and vegetarian community to send us their also operates UTEP’s food services. people out of town.” Most universities in the UT system have major and vegan, found there are some eat- comments, call or send us an email,” Ruiz said. contracts with Aramark, the counterpart of ing options that retailers do not promote. At Nicole Chávez may be reached at [email protected]. see SUED on page 5 You Deserve It! Become our Fan 1700 Curie, Suite 2400, El Paso, TX 79902 | xÎÎUÎ{È£ÊÊÊ schustereyecenter.com Optional 0% financing on bilateral procedures with no previous eye surgery. PAGE 2 Send your questions, commentsents January 27, 2011 and complaints to the editoror aatt editor-in-chief [email protected] perspectivesAaron Martinez, 747-7477 Editorial The Prospector wants you! The Prospector is looking for cor- Obama: ʻWin the futureʼ respondents (sports, entertainment and news) for fall 2010. If interested, For the fi rst time since inaugura- ting billions of taxpayer dollars that where the country was headed. For please apply at The Prospectorʼs offi ce, tion day, President Barack Obama go to big oil companies. instance, the President alluded to Union Building East, Room 105 or visit united our county and gave hope and Obama’s plan for a cleaner, more ef- spending money on the education inspiration to millions of Americans. fi cient and environmentally responsi- system and the expansion of mass www.utepprospector.com. According to Reuters, almost 43 ble nation is not only timely, but also transportation in the country, but million Americans watched the his- desperately needed. At the rate our then dropped a bombshell by intro- toric address Tuesday night and al- nation uses non-renewable resources, ducing a $400 billion freeze on an- though the country remains politi- we won’t be able to support our chil- nual domestic spending. He admitted Pitch a story to The Prospector cally divided, for more than an hour it dren and their children in genera- that annual domestic spending only seemed that American people fi nally tions to come if something isn’t done comprises about 12 percent of the na- Story idea: came together. about our oil addiction. tional budget, but that cut will be felt During his message, President At another point in the speech, it still. Cutting any program that helps was clear that Obama was disappoint- individuals in this nation sounds like Obama was not only speaking to Description: members of the Congress, but to the ed with the outcome of the DREAM a bad idea, but bringing spending un- American people. act, which would have allowed many der control has to begin somewhere. One of the most exciting points of UTEP students who were Mexican- Th e lack of promises fulfi lled dur- born but American-educated to stay ing Obama’s fi rst years in offi ce and the entire speech was Obama’s plans in the states aft er achieving a de- the Republican’s (backed by the Tea for the nation concerning renewable gree.