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Quick Hit: Columbia University Students Go on Hunger Strike |
| Published: November 9, 2007, 10:08 am |
| Tags: politics |
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I was hanging out at my old stomping grounds yesterday (I went to Barnard College, the all-women's school of Columbia University) and discovered a feisty little encampment of hunger strikers on the college lawn. I thought it was especially interesting given the characterization of our generation in mainstream media as totally apolitical and self-focused. I would have to argue that starving yourself in solidarity with those in the surrounding community who are being displaced by your university is the opposite of selfish. Check out the full write up at HuffPo. [ Full article ] |
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