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SMTD alum show
support of LEO
Students, alum
express solidarity
with lecturers facing
course load cuts
Approximently 50 University
of Michigan School of Music,
Theatre
&
Dance
alumni
have sent videos to the SMTD
administration,
voicing
their
support
for
the
Lecturers’
Employee Organization and their
non-tenure
faculty
members.
This comes after LEO accused
the SMTD of unjustifiably cutting
course loads from two non-
tenure faculty members after
the ratification of a new contract
between LEO and the University.
The new contract was ratified
in July 2018. It included salary
increases,
improved
health
benefits and job security for
nearly 1,700 non-tenure track
faculty across the University’s
three campuses.
Controversy
emerged
when
SMTD administration notified
Missy Beck, lecturer of dance,
that a course she has taught for
nine years would be taken over by
a tenured faculty member. In the
email, Anita Gonzalez, interim
chair of the Department of Dance,
told Beck her course load was
being cut to avoid paying her the
salary increase outlined in her
new contract.
“Because of the large increase
in LEO salaries the administration
would like to move as many LEO
courses as possible to tenure track
faculty,” Gonzalez wrote.
SMTD has since then denied
such claims and stated the course
load changes were results of a
review of its entire instructional
workforce, including all tenured,
tenure-track and clinical faculty,
lecturers and graduate student
instructors.
Chatime, CoCo
open on Central,
North Campuses
On Wednesday morning during
finals week, LSA junior Theresa
Pham traveled to North Campus
around 9 a.m. Pham was going to
the third day of CoCo Fresh Tea &
Juice’s soft opening — almost two
hours before the store opened its
doors.
“I think why most people tried
it or waited so long in line was
to see if it was really worth the
hype,” Pham said. “For the most
part, I think most people can
agree it was.”
CoCo
and
Chatime,
two
Taiwan-based chains specializing
in a popular drink known as
“bubble tea” or “boba,” opened in
Ann Arbor in late April. Chatime,
opened downtown on Maynard
Street, and CoCo, located on
North
Campus
on
Plymouth
Road, join Sweeting and Bubble
Island
on
South
University
Avenue, bringing the number of
bubble tea shops in Ann Arbor up
to four.
Since opening, both CoCo and
Chatime have attracted lines with
over a two-hour waiting periods
throughout
their
respective
opening weeks. According to
Business senior Connie You,
these
lines
don’t
represent
everyone who is interested in the
drinks.
“I feel like the lines would’ve
been even longer if more people
actually came in person,” You
said. “I know a lot of my friends
bought like 20 at a time for other
people.”
This demand for bubble tea in
Ann Arbor may reflect the drink’s
growing popularity around the
country. Invented in Taiwan in
the 1980’s, the original bubble tea
drink combines tea and milk with
chewy tapioca pearls, from which
“bubble” tea gets its name. As
the drink has evolved, becoming
available in an assortment of
fruity flavors and with a variety
of topping options — like grass
jelly, red beans and egg pudding
to name a few — boba has spread
beyond Asia.
Brought to the United States by
Taiwanese immigrants, bubble
tea first got its footing on the West
Coast, where it has become “an
integral part of Asian-American
culture in Los Angeles” and other
coastal cities. In recent years,
the bubble tea market has grown
significantly: Chatime sells over
100 million cups of boba a year,
and CoCo has more than 3,500
stores worldwide. From 2017
to 2023, the global bubble tea
market is forecasted to expand at
a compound annual growth rate
of 7.4 percent.
“Each location will surely find
some pre-existing bubble tea
fans, and plenty of people eager
to try something new,” Uri Bram
wrote in a Quartz article.
Boba shops join
crowded A2 pool
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