I go to Pace University. The cafeteria and preparation of all food is controlled by Lackmann Culinary Services. Their contract says they will provide all food on campus. They run the cafeterias, concession stands at games, cook for campus events and everything else I am missing. Not only does this prevent cultural organizations from getting cultural food cooked properly but Lackmann over charges for everything. Its against the rules for a club to order Dominos wings for a Super Bowl game or for the Carribbean organizations bing in their own dishes like jerk chicken.
12000 meal plans are manditory for underclassmen and 850 plans are required for upper classmen. Lackman charges abou $.31 per ounce for food such as ribs and over prices everything else. A box of mac & cheese is or a bag of peanuts is $5. Thats about 5x more than grocery stores. Even Snickers bars are over priced. Student have no choice though because the required plan is billed to your tuition regardless. Is this legal
2007-10-16 18:30:29 · 4 answers · asked by Tahj 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i mean $1,300 not 12000...but still its its high. It just seems so unfair because we have no say.The worst is for people who have jobs and off campus internships. By the time the get back to campus the cafeteria is closed. One of my friends has a medical condition and she is fighting to get out of the contract.
As for student government...its a mess. There was a seperate student committed that selected Lackmann 2 year ago but when it was all said and done they had no say in therms of the contract once they were chosen. The students chose based on promoises such as they would allown national food franchises to have a station on campus. But once students selcted them and they began talks with the university all verbal promises went out the door and Pace basically . . . screwed over all its students. But I guess from what you guys are saying...there is nothing we can do huh?
By any chance is anyone here a lawyer / paralegal or something like that?
2007-10-16 22:38:32 · update #1
Yes, it is legal. The university has a monopoly, and they contracted it to Lackmann. Many schools do this. If you don't like it, contact your student government (Associated Students or whatever it's called), since they are usually consulted by the university when negotiating contracts.
2007-10-16 19:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is legal. And sadly it is a common occurrence at universities and other campus environments.
You might want to have your school's student government try and appeal to the university to at least relax the rules for religious and cultural gatherings. That seems pretty oppressive...
2007-10-16 18:39:33 · answer #2 · answered by hiddenciti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly speaking, the University is the one with the monopoly, they have just leased the franchise to Lackmann.
Other than get the SGA to raise a stink, there is not much you can do about it.
Doc
2007-10-16 18:51:26 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it's their property. They make the rules.
2007-10-16 18:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋