May. 19, 2008 | 2:24 am

NU in 60: May 19

Think meal-plan czar Sodexho jips you, the innocent meal-eater? Just don’t complain to the people serving you food. A starting food service worker at Sodexho at Northwestern gets $7.40 per hour, or a whole $1.10 per hour less than an average entering worker at its DePaul branch, according to the Chicago Tribune.

If you ordered your copy of the Syllabus, you can pick that up today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rock. And don’t worry if you didn’t order one, the staff will be selling them all day at the Rock, too.

LGBT? Don’t know what that stands for? This is the week to find out. There’s a themed lunch at the Allison dining hall today, and the theme is “Coming Out Over the Summer.” If you have class, you can always come out and paint the Rock tonight in support of Rainbow Week, or attend a talk on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Sexual Health and Assault at 7 p.m. The talk will be held in Kresge 2-420.

Can’t get over those days playing with the alphabet and Big Bird? Well, we can’t promise that jolly yellow giant, but Maria is coming to town. She’ll be in Tech LR3 at 6:30 p.m. courtesy of Alianza.

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  1. Nicholas Jackson said,

    May 19, 2008 @ 2:57 pm

    I think you should note that these salary numbers are probably from 2005, the year discussed in the Trib article. The current minimum wage for workers in Illinois is $7.50/hour. So, complain away.

  2. Singapore Seminars said,

    July 26, 2008 @ 1:24 pm

    At the rate the petrol prices are up, delivery charges are set to go up. More people are expected to work longer hours taking the same paycheck home or less. This is getting scary.

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