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Texas Union board member bemoans “total lack of input…”
The Save the Cactus (Austin, Texas) Facebook page has passed 20,000 members, including Texas Union faculty board member Dr. Thomas J. Garza, who posted this yesterday:
“As one of three faculty members on the Union Board, I would like to comment on the total lack of input on this decision from Board faculty. All three of us were absent during last Friday’s decision (the item was not explicit on the distributed agenda), and our voices should have been crucial to any decision. I know that at least two of us are frequent attendees to Cactus concerts — and have been for several decades. I join your voices in objecting to this hasty decision made with little input from those who actually benefit from the many joys the Cactus Cafe provides.”
Dr. Garza, an associate professor at UT’s Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, could not be reached for further comment Friday morning.
Yesterday evening the Union board’s student members released a statement that said they didn’t vote on the Cactus phaseout.
Meanwhile, here’s some interesting reading from 16 years ago, when beleagured University Unions head Andy Smith led the charge for privatization of food services in the Texas Union.
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