The all-purpose Columbia University hunger strike
You can never really have a moonbat convergence focused on just one issue or objective. Organize a protest against the war in Iraq–and you’ll get Mumia abu Jamal worshipers, Truthers, Darfur saviors, and open-borders reconquistadores. Intellectual incoherence starts early. Check out the hunger strike now under way at Columbia University.
Five students are foregoing nourishment and camping on the south lawn of the main Morningside Heights campus. Ostensibly, it’s in response to the unsolved mystery of the noose-hanging at the university’s teachers’ college nearly a month ago. Never mind that the investigation is still underway and no suspects have been named. They’ve larded up their grievances with complaints about a campus expansion plan, Lee Bollinger’s treatment of Iranian nutjob Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and a push for more funding of pet p.c. departments.
The presumption of white guilt infuses the hunger strikers’ demands :
We demand a Core Curriculum that is inclusive not only of the canon of Western European thought, but that seeks to build a deep understanding of the multicultural society that we live in and the power relations that constitute it.
We demand a sustainable expansion that does not displace 5,000 people and bulldoze a neighborhood in Harlem, one of the most important communities in the United States.
We demand an administration that is responsive to institutional racism, supports its students, and proactively works to create a climate in which nooses and swastikas are not the order of the day.
We demand support and autonomy for the Ethnic Studies program, which is crucial to a critical intellectual experience in a progressive university.
Until now, our demands have been ignored. Now we strike. Students are launching a HUNGER STRIKE to transform our university. We need YOU to make this a success.
If nothing else, parents paying exorbitant amounts of money to send their kids to Columbia can rest assured they are being taught well the rhetoric of entitlement and self-absorption:
From the center of Butler Lawn. Day one gone. The evening of day two is approaching. The hunger strikers have slept their first night, outside and subsisting solely on water, electrolytes and the love of friends and adherents to the demands. We have had a number of questions over the past two days, and we write this letter to begin to answer some of those questions, and continue the conversation around these issues.
The question that most frequently arises is, “How are you feeling?” All of us are in different states but on the whole, there are the hunger pains, a slight light headedness and fatigue. All of us however are out and about, attending our classes and taking exams, talking with those who approach our tent. Also interacting with those who last night attended the first of the nightly vigils in support. Today again there was a rally at the sundial, and statements were shared in solidarity. These showings have been crucial for the other thing we are feeling is the cold of being outside, and it is the growing strength of the movement that keeps us warm.
Another question we often get is, “What do you need?” So many have kindly offered blankets, sleeping bags, tea and other material needs. We have appreciated every offer, and feel that our material needs are being well looked to. One level of support that can be extended is providing inspiration for us to continue – think art, music, good conversation, does anyone have a boombox?
Does anyone have a boombox?
It’s the new “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!”
***Update: Stealing this from commenter Delosworld…New Columbia moonbat rallying cry: “Don’t Feed Me, Bro!”***
More:
Because our cause is multi-faceted, our demands call for change on all levels and ask for a spectrum of responsibility:
• a more systematic response to hate crimes from Public Safety
• a more collaborative expansion effort from the administration
• a revision of the Core that encourages critical engagement with issues of racism and colonialism
• more resources and support for the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER), the Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS), and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA).
Gimme, gimme, gimme.
The editorial board of the Columbia Spectator student publication attempts to distance itself from the desperate, unfocused grievance-mongers, but concludes that the administration should capitulate anyway:
…the broadness and impracticality of some of the strike’s demands do not give the University a free pass to ignore the issues at hand. In particular, Columbia should consider reforming the major cultures requirement by including a course in a seminar format that focuses on the issues of racialization and colonialism. Such a change ought to be accompanied by overall reforms to the Core Curriculum to make it more inclusive and representative of “non-Western” viewpoints. Likewise, the Office of Multicultural Affairs is severely understaffed—something the University should acknowledge and make moves towards addressing. Most importantly, Columbia should recognize that a decision to stop eating is a desperate act. It must work with the strikers to give students voices enough weight that future generations of Columbians don’t feel they have to stop eating to be heard.
Parting words via the NYSun tell you all you need to know about these melodramatic publicity-seekers:
Two sophomores at Barnard College and three Columbia students last ate Tuesday evening and said they would not break their fast until the school committed to a core curriculum that includes a seminar addressing issues of “racialization and colonialism,” among their other demands.
“I’m already hungry,” a senior at Columbia, Bryan Mercer, 22, said yesterday, less than 24 hours into the strike.
Oh, not to worry. If this hunger strike is anything like Cindy Sheehan’s last fast, they’ll all be gaining weight.
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ArmoredCav, I think it would do more harm than good. Best you save your energy for more important matters.
Unless… if they pass out you can leave them where they fall. And when they come to they’d be in the middle of nowhere, awww nevermind.
Sorry Bear – I couldn’t help it – since I’m one who is typo challenged most of the time.
Make that “there”.
So thousands of students would, in these idiots’ opinion, have to suffer even more PC shoved down their throat because these five, yes FIVE students demand things be the way they want? I’m getting so sick of this crap. Ok, lets have six students go on a hunger strike to demand the administration ignore the five already on hunger strike. easy.
Oh, and if they want to study these topics so much, then they can, they are already available, it’s just they aren’t part of their degree requirements.. funny how it’s not THAT important all the sudden.. self-centered idiots.
Says ArmoredCAV back to whiny punk: “STFU!!!” (Or, I guess you should have thought about the second and third order consequences of your plan…)
Regards,
#84 Bear 1909: I just wish I had your literary eloquence. Pout Pout!!
I don’t get this much attention at my annual doctors wellness check up!
This is too funny.
#105 – we all do!
thiry,
I’m old, but I am not that old! I am sure that I have enough left to run them into the sand. Leaving them would be my second fantasy but we just wouldn’t do that. Maybe let them think so for a bit because we are a bunch of fascist jerks. You know how the military is. Iym knot evun edgucaytd, uhm, I meen, Iym stoopid. (Disregard sound of jack-boots in background…)
Did any of you see the King of the Hill where a cult used protein-deficency to ensare Luann and Peggy into working as slaves? Hank set up a BBQ (propane-fired of course) and lured all the women to their freedom. Once they ate the burgers their heads cleared up and Hank was able to free all the women. It was hysterical. If only we could cure liberalism and see them come to their senses just by making them eat a burger.
I still wonder why the ACLU haven’t tried to shut him down. The shows always seem to start out with him looking old-fashioned and stupid, but his ethics and morals always come out as the right course to have followed.
Conservative Rus- “tissues” is such a big “issue” for the Moon Loons- i got jumped while teaching a class to 300 “learners” one time for calling them “Kleenex”.
And I was summarily told by a young woman with piercings on every piece of facial flesh (cleverly circumventing her burgeoning facial hair) that i should say “tissues” in order to “reclaim” the identity of a “cultural tool” that is so useful, from the corporate culture of greed and waste.
“But I need lots of them because I have a very serious mucosa infestation, my dear young radical. So I am feeling both greedy- if not needy- and, well, I can’t seem to do anything about the waste issue.”
She became so enraged she threw her backpack off the back of her chair and stood up with her fist raised “Hey Hey Ho Ho Corporate Supremacy Has to GO!”
I called security. You know, the cultural tools with guns, handcuffs and pepper spray.
When it comes to tissues, ya baby, I got issues.
ajmontana said:
tre said:
I’d bring my propane BBQ and join you if it weren’t for the fact that:
1. I’m on the far side of the country;
2. I don’t have the time as am gainfully employed producing tangible goods and services (a concept these nitwit protesters probably have no experience with).
Schweggie said:
Nothing but inches off my expanding equator.
Dude, thanks. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I type with my tongue stickin out the side of my mouth. It works!!!!
Import a legion of carnies directly to the protest site. Mission: start a brawl over the free pizza.
Carnie Power, baby!
Or we could just call out the local chapter of Raider fans.
ArmoredCav love the sense of humor. Stay safe!
Nope, nope, nope. I’m not going to pay attention to a hunger striker. Code Pink has raised the bar.
Hunger strikes are passe, very 20th Cenutry. I’m not going to listen to any of the students until they start waterboarding each other.
Hey CAV, how long you been in?
Bear1909, yet another winner.
You mean you weren’t kidding, that actually happened? No way. Yes way. Wayne’s world – party time.
Liberals provide so much comic relief…
can we hire a terrorist to deliver the pizza?
I got to thinking about why these kids would do the fast. They don’t have a clue about any of their demands, issues etc. I came to the conclusion that it’s all about attention.
I, on the other hand rely on blog entries for my attention. Usually don’t get much.
As for Bear, I started out understanding less than 1/2 of what he says. I am now understanding most. Either he is dumbing down or I am getting smarter.
As for the Bbq idea, I just got a call from my butcher and the steer is ready to be picked up. I’ll spend the rest of the day vaccume sealing it for the fallout shelter. I put a sign on the hatch that says “No lib-tards allowed” he he.
My tongue is usually in my cheek.
30 #118
Yes it did. I was ultimately fired from that University. (Howard Dean was governor of the state at the time. He mocked me publically on a radio show he dj’d once a week. Lamest idiot in politics.)
Not for that incident but for a culmination of other political reasons that involved teaching students to influence change efforts from the “inside”.
I and others weaned the most “radical students” from the politics of protest and helped them learn how to use the power of the pen, the tools of debate, and methods of persuasion that didn’t involve emitting saliva.
Change began to happen on all fronts.
Scared some trustees. I was the biggest duck in the puddle. So….
I got the boot and settled out of court. They sealed my personnel file and I agreed never to name the university publically for 30 years.
That was in 1995.
I have a million stories.
The corruption of the “not-for-profit” Left is insatiable.
Sorry I missed the party.
Can I add? Make them pink (as in code pink) and hang them on cloths lines, bushes and trees.
Instead of a “hunger strike,” why don’t they just hold their breath until they turn blue? That would be just as effective — and a helluva lot more fun to watch!
Let the wee ones striking at Columbia that somewhere there is a Bear about to devour a hot croissant with black forest ham (can i say black?) and gruyere cheese (sp?) from Bel Forno here in Berkeley.
Mmmmmm. “Heavens! Their tasty!”
I fully support moonbat hunger strikes. May their carbon footprints all drop to zero.
Bear,
18 more years to go…
My hats is off to ya. Some teachers/professors wouldn’t have even bothered. Thanks!
*Imagines AJ salivating because of Bears last post
are you kidding I’m in a full sweat.
Hopefully, these children (and their tantrum) will be ignored until they just give up and slink away. Of course, I guess they could actually starve to death, but I rather doubt that they intend to go that far. They’re just a bunch of attention whores…
SWJ
For some reason I got kicked off and my answer didn’t post… Been in the army a loooonnnnggg time. I could have retired a year ago, but for a 4-year break to attend school and do periodic hunger strikes. Current total: 18, with 5 years infantry and 13 armor, with some CAV thrown in. Currently, Armored Cavalry!
Regards,
I hope they starve to death in the name of Moonbattery.
Image: Bear1909 floating upside down as breakfast begins to work it’s magic.
oh ya. another day in the life of the republic.
#133 Is that the “Bear Flag Republic”?
I think as followers of Christ, we should reject racism where it stands.
PDColeman said:
Yes! Yes! This is exactly what it’s about. I like the phraseology.
Unless they are getting paid for the attention they are getting, I’m afraid they are merely “attention sluts”
bear,
african american forest ham does have a ring to it…
Kinda catchy…
Southernboy, not everyone is a follower of Christ. What do we do with them? Are they free to be racists?
The point you ask? No one here is advocating racism. Perhaps when you post next, you’ll try to stay on topic or better yet, not post.
Got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
Nobody is free to be a racist on His watch.
If they are attention whores, do you think they demand to be paid in dollars or other currency?
Okay, if this is a “Progressive” university rather than an educational institution that makes it a political organization. That would mean no more taxpayer subsidies right? So let them be political and cut them off at the wallet. And people are paying for this willingly? Scary! Why not just release the tape? Oh yeah, easier to hang an innocent! Fake but accurate is more important than the truth. We would not want to hold anyone accountable for their actions after all … I mean, unless they are conservative.
Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.
By the way, were was that Gisele link again?
I want to know if any of these “students” are receiving federal funds for their “educations.” If so, I’d like my money back please.
The new hunger strike motto could be “Don’t ignore me, Bro!”
Who gives a rat’s behind. Let them go hungry. I don’t think any of them have the fortitude to hold out, if they don’t get what they are whining for.
I’m surprised they didn’t ask for Ward Churchill to be named head of the department.
Must be the lack of food that has confused their minds.
Agreed!
These leftist twinkies better hope the support of and soldarity with their multicultural community continues while they sleep in a tent on the grounds in Morningside, or they’ll get mugged and beaten.
Heh.
Men to Barry F. . I’m interested in how these students got to school. Are they “racist’ benefactors of the “racist” system (AKA have parents who can afford it), or did they get a free ride or help from the system that supposedly oppresses them?
You know, back in the day, unwashed hippies were so much more coherent in their demands. “Get out of Vietnam!” “U.S. Out of Latin America!” “Divest from South Africa!”
Now it’s, what?
We demand an administration that is responsive to institutional racism that does not displace 5,000 people but that seeks to build a deep understanding of the multicultural society and proactively works to create a climate that is inclusive not only of the canon of Western European thought but also autonomy for the Ethnic Studies program more collaborative revision of the Core that encourages hate crimes with issues of racism and colonialism because our cause is multi-faceted which is crucial to a critical intellectual experience.
Gawd in Himmel. Is it 5 o’clock yet?
MM, If you’re gonna do a t-shirt with don’t feed me bro on it, you definitely need Ms. Anorexia(not) Cindy Sheehan on the front.
feebie, they probably have S-Chip.
Lan #146,
Columbia has $5.94 Billion in it’s endowment. Last year it received an 18+% return on that money. If they have 23,000 students, that’s a bit over $47,000 per student. If they are getting Federal money, “Why?” is a big question.
Maybe they need more security cams…
Are classes no longer part of a college education at Columbia? I mean, seriously. . .don’t these kids have classes to go to?
I know it’ll be hard to verify, what with ample chance for them to snack out of sight of cameras and such. . .but anyone want to start a pool? I give it 3 days.
“We demand support and autonomy for the Ethnic Studies Department”
What’s THAT supposed to mean. . .that the department would be beholden to the education guidelines. . . .or that it wouldn’t be part of the evil colonialist empire of the USA?!?
Gotta love students’ ability to come up with nebulous/meaningless demands.
Yaeh, let’s talk about the University of Illinois campus expansion that destroyed a neighborhood … little Italy, (they saved the Jane Adams Hull house building) and Maxwell Street (from the John Lee Hooker and Aretha Franklin portion of the Blue Brothers movie). Sad as hell (actually the Littel Italy neighborhood loss was devistating) but decades later the city really is the better for it.
I have only one demand, and I will eat steak, veal, dolphin, and Chilean Sea Bass till I get it: forced showers for all moonbats!
LMAO!
Amen to that!
I’m thinking fresh bread or garlic bread upwind of them. Or fresh Cinnabons.
There has to be a cheap pizza joint somewhere near Columbia—at $5 a pizza, Little C*****s would hit the spot!
Fiendishly eating my pizzzaaa!
GSP
That’s some mighty fine eatin’…
Jim, maybe something Teriaki?
Since Columbia is on the Upper West Side, I recommend a stop at Barney Greengrass for pickled lox and herring, smoked sturgeon, whitefish and carp, and baked salmon. 90 years of turning omega-3 fatty acids into gourmet treats.
Your average college student on a hunger strike used to get a lot of mileage out of holding his breath until he turned blue.
This is why you spank your kids.
lmao Prime.
So true…
Hunger strike? Why don’t they make a real commitment….hold their breath and stamp their feet? The ‘other cultures’ that you grovel before are in fact anti-cultures: models of ignorance, illiteracy, poverty, ineptitude, retrograde human devolution, and all-around wretchedness. God, these waffles are delicious.
Did they get their Pizza’s?
Anyone find out how they are doing today? Did they get their iced coffees with ice cream and Jamba Juices? They must be famished. I say someone get out there with some Krispy Kremes stat. Save them from the horrors of their own makings
For a liberal, that’s all that matters. Feelings. I think Barbara Streisand, ironically, pretty much covers it in her signature song: FEELINGS: “Feelings, nothing more than feelings.”
Ann Coulter’s new book is correctly titled: _If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans_.
For the liberal, it’s nothing more than feelings. For conservatives, it’s about rational thought.
Yes, but how does that make you FEEL?