{"id":11369,"date":"2011-11-16T10:54:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T10:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=20275"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:35","slug":"occupy-albron-battling-bad-catering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2011\/11\/16\/occupy-albron-battling-bad-catering\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Albron: battling bad catering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new and enormously popular Facebook movement has emerged the past weekend: Occupy Albron. It\u2019s already liked by more than 800 people, and the number continues to grow. Created by three German second-year IBA students,\u00a0this page aims to unify students in order to improve the rather unsatisfactory Albron Catering on campus. EM talked to Bennet , Philipp and Moritz, about the major success and the future goals of their initiative.<\/p>\n

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Moritz: \u2018It all started last week, when we discussed ethics in class. We used the university catering as an example, as we thought it was unmoral to rip off students in order to make profit.\u2019<\/p>\n

Last Friday in the library, Philipp came up with the idea of \u2018Occupy Albron\u2019. <\/p>\n

However, some people misunderstand the meaning of \u2018Occupy\u2019. Moritz: \u2018We don\u2019t target the difference between rich and poor, we just want to improve the university catering.\u2019<\/p>\n

A plate of spaghetti<\/b><\/p>\n

So what do these three IBA students want to achieve with their Facebook page?<\/p>\n

Philipp explains: \u2018We want to provide people with a platform, so we can bundle the power of students to change the catering service on campus.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bennet adds to this that they don\u2019t ask for anything fancy, just a basic student meal for a decent price, like spaghetti Bolognese. <\/p>\n

Moritz mentions that compared to other student cafeterias, Albron is very expensive: \u2018The average price of a meal at EUR is about \u20ac6,-, I\u2019d say. At the Utrecht University, you get a meal for only \u20ac2 to \u20ac3.\u2019<\/p>\n

Philipp: \u2018The University should give students the opportunity to buy good food for a decent price. How do they expect us to study well if we don\u2019t have proper food?\u2019<\/p>\n

Not just our idea, it\u2019s everybody\u2019s idea<\/b><\/p>\n

All three are amazed by the support they have gained over the past few days.<\/p>\n

Moritz says his flat mates mocked him when he told them they were aiming for about 800 supporters. However, the amount of Facebook likes has already exceeded this number, and the initiative is also backed by the EUR staff, who are spreading the idea among their colleagues.<\/p>\n

Bennet: \u2018From this you can see how important it is to people, it\u2019s not just our idea, it\u2019s everyone\u2019s idea, and we\u2019re just the ones who started the page.\u2019 <\/p>\n

If you want to help these guys reach their goal, you can first of all like the Occupy Albron Facebook page.<\/a> Secondly, they ask you not to buy Albron food if you\u2019re not satisfied with the service they offer. Moritz: \u2018The sports cafeteria is a pretty good alternative, if you want a proper warm meal.\u2019 If you want to get actively involved in Occupy Albron, you can send an e-mail to a.albron@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Immediate action<\/b><\/p>\n

So what does Albron do with this criticism? Michelle Belgrave from EFB, who is responsible for the Albron catering service, explains that they take this issue very seriously: \u2018We just had a meeting with the organizers of Occupy Albron, and we are arranging a student panel to improve our service. We\u2019ve taken action immediately in order to satisfy the students.\u2019 IS<\/b><\/p>\n

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