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...Although Coca-Cola soda fountains are a familiar sight in Annenberg and House dining halls at Harvard, the administration and students here have largely been quiet about the company’s alleged human rights and environmental violations. According to Jami Snyder, the communications coordinator for the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), HUDS currently has three contracts with Coca-Cola—for bottled soda, fountain syrup, and Odwalla juices, respectively. These contracts only supply HUDS, and do not apply to the other schools of the University, she said. Snyder refused to specify how much HUDS spends on Coke products...
Students at the University of Michigan looking for a quick caffeine-fix may no longer count on always having a Coca-Cola after the university suspended its purchases of Coke products...
Allegations that Coca-Cola has been complicit in human rights and environmental abuses in Colombia and India, respectively, prompted the decision, which will soon leave students without Coca-Cola in campus vending machines and cafeterias. An investigation by an arm of the university had earlier determined that the soft drink company may have violated various standards that Michigan expects vendors to uphold...
Michigan joins at least nine other universities, including New York University, that have also ended their contracts with Coca-Cola over the accusations, according to the Associated Press...
...positive step, since Shannon, as a career diplomat, is less polarizing. Even Shannon's staunch anti-left predecessor, Roger Noriega, concedes that U.S. officials now "will be trying to avoid confrontation" with Bolivia's Morales. They don't have to sit down and chew coca with him, but maybe they could all share some Coca-Cola...