Victory: UW Oshkosh Students Stop KFC From Coming to Campus! April 30, 2009
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Well, they did it!
As we reported last week, when students at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh found out that their school was considering adding a KFC location to the campus, they were horrified. Even worse, according to students, the deal was "about 95% complete".
Never one to back down from a challenge, a coalition of students and faculty began working together, petitioning for five hours a day, for four days straight, to gather nearly 500 petition signatures against KFC. Yesterday was the final meeting with the administration before they voted on the issue. The students presented their stack of petition signatures, and outlined why KFC would be a terrible choice for both the environment and for animals.
The result? The administrators voted overwhelmingly not to allow a KFC on campus, choosing instead to go with a popular Chinese food restaurant with tons of vegan options!
In recognition of their hard work, peta2 is presenting "Compassionate College Student" Awards to everyone that helped make this happen. They took on one of the world's most notorious animal abusers—and won!
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wow, that's awesome. :]
congrats to the UW oshkosh students that made this happen!
wooohoooo! congrats, college kiddos :]
Posted by: dia at April 30, 2009 12:13 PMi love this!
im from wisconsin so when i read this i was so happy to see that kfc is hated by us "farmers" too.
ha
=]. GOOD JOB PEOPLE!
Posted by: erika at April 30, 2009 2:06 PMwow im rly happy wih them that it call a true heroe yay anti-kfc
Posted by: michelle at May 1, 2009 7:51 PMCongratulations, all! Now, let's see what we can do about the local off campus KFC restaurant. Please join me for a victory celebration/protest, at noon, tomorrow, in front of that restaurant:
Host: Steve Barney
Date: Saturday May 2, 2009
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Repeats: This event repeats every month on the first Saturday.
Location: KFC Restaurant
Street: 1805 Jackson St. (corner of Jackson and Murdock)
City/State/Zip: Oshkosh, WI
Notes: Please join me for this month's First Saturday KFC protest, in Oshkosh.
TY,
Steve Barney
Oshkosh, WI
BTW, PETA's formal complaint with the FTC about KFC's false animal welfare claims was the game-changer, at UW-Oshkosh. Please read the formal complaint, and visit the blog to see how you can help:
Formal Complaint
blog.peta.org/archives/KFC%20FTC.PDF
The PETA Files: PETA Files FTC Complaint Against KFC
blog.peta.org/archives/2009/04/peta_files_ftc.php
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this is awesome.
Posted by: Anne at April 30, 2009 9:31 AMmy dad's not exactly fond of me being vegetarian for over 2 years
he went to uw oskosh and has a very sentimental feeling about that place,
im going to show this article to him and see what he thinks about my personal choice to end cruelty, the same way his favortie college has decided to
yay oshkosh! maybe i will go there now!