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Princeton Students on Hunger Strike for Palestine Complain School Officials Not Monitoring Their Health

Princeton Students on Hunger Strike for Palestine Complain School Officials Not Monitoring Their Health

“[They’re] not monitoring our health. They are not keeping track of our vitals. They are not at all taking care of us.”

Student protesters at Princeton University who have embarked upon a hunger strike for Palestine are angry that the school is not obeying their demands that the school is not monitoring their health, and even claim that the school is forcing them to do this.

In short, it’s a total clown show.

The College Fix reports:

Princeton anti-Israel hunger strikers: University ‘forced’ us to do this

Seventeen Princeton students began a hunger strike last Friday until the university agreed to meet with them to discuss divestment from Israel and the dropping of charges against students who had occupied a campus building.

According to The Daily Princetonianstudent Sameer Riaz said he believed he and his comrades “were forced into” their hunger strike by school officials.

Areeq Hasan, another hunger striker, said all those participating are “very well-supported” — unlike “political prisoners who are in Palestine.”

David Chmielewski said the strikers’ demands were “not that intense” as activists only wanted a meeting (along with the dismissal of criminal/disciplinary charges against the aforementioned occupiers).

He added if Princeton “want[s] to let us starve, then they’re welcome to do that.”

According to the Daily Princetonian, a meeting with school President Christopher Eisgruber went nowhere:

Students claim meeting with Eisgruber was unproductive, hunger strike will continue

A group of students, faculty, alumni, and postdocs met with University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, Dean of the Graduate School Rodney Priestley, and Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs Amaney Jamal on Monday at 11:30 a.m. to discuss the demands of the ongoing sit-in on Cannon Green.

The students’ demands, which have been public since the beginning of the sit-in on April 25, include divestment from Israeli companies and American military funding, an academic boycott of Israeli universities, the cultivation of ties with Palestinian academic institutions, and the creation of a center for Palestinian studies with scholarships for people displaced from Gaza.

Multiple students present at the meeting told the Daily Princetonian that Eisgruber declined to meet any of their demands.

“We simply presented these demands and Eisgruber gave us nothing,” Emanuelle Sippy ’25, one of the students present at the meeting, said during a speech on Cannon Green at around 2:30 p.m.

It’s hard to believe no one is taking these people seriously, isn’t it?

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Amateurs. Bobby Sands and Co. showed it’s more effective to starve yourselves one at a time rather than all at once.

CommoChief | May 9, 2024 at 9:12 am

‘The University is not monitoring our health’….WTF weirdo? You are choosing to occupy a public space for your hunger strike. You are not in a custodial situation, the Univ is not under any duty to assist you in your temper tantrum. Nor is the Univ under a duty to ‘monitor the health’ of adults engaged in voluntary actions outside immediate self harm. If y’all feel weak, tired, fatigued…..depart the area and seek medical attention otherwise STFU and deal.

    Crawford in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 9:16 am

    We need to build mental institutions, and people who threaten self-harm like starvation should be put in them.

    Virginia42 in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 9:32 am

    I think some of them could go awhile before noticing any problems from starving.

      JackinSilverSpring in reply to Virginia42. | May 9, 2024 at 10:24 am

      Especially the person holding the speaker, and the guy on the drum (?) In the background.

      AF_Chief_Master_Sgt in reply to Virginia42. | May 9, 2024 at 12:09 pm

      Fat body in the last video could probably make it 2 or 3 years before any issues arise.

        drsamherman in reply to AF_Chief_Master_Sgt. | May 9, 2024 at 9:27 pm

        I am thinking the portly bullhorn maiden probably will have mommy and daddy pay for Ozempic for a few months so she can lose some weight fast and go on social media to tell her friends how much she “suffered” for “the cause”, all while Door Dash delivered her Vegan Pizzas and Diet Double White Chocolate Mochas to her.

    GWB in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 9:58 am

    The Breaking911 tweet has the video where she makes the point that the university claimed it was monitoring their vitals, and she says they’re lying. That doesn’t cut much into the stupidity, though. (And I haven’t seen anything that would support her statements.)

      CommoChief in reply to GWB. | May 9, 2024 at 3:30 pm

      Not quite. The weirdo protestor does ALLEGE that the Univ is not ‘monitoring our vitals’ and then alleged the Univ is ‘lying’ about this….however the weirdo protestor is conflating ‘monitor our vitals’ with what the Univ supposedly claimed ‘monitor the health’. The univ sent info pamphlets and someone to eyeball them up close and probably has other observation ongoing. As long as these weirdo protesters are taking fluids they are not in danger of starvation for several more weeks. If they they are sensitive to sunlight or are at elevated risk of heat injury the decision to begin an outdoor protest in late Spring is on them not the Univ. I feel very confident that if these weirdo protesters begin to face plant the Univ will provide immediate medical aid.

      Unless the Univ specifically claimed it was monitoring vital signs of those weirdo protesters then any failure to do that specific thing isn’t a lie.

        artichoke in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 6:11 pm

        They should be ambulanced to the nearest full service hospital (hopefully miles away from campus) and billed for the ride, if they need medical attention. After all Princeton does not have a medical school and probably is not equipped to deal with much.

        They really do embarrass the university by getting weak and sick in the middle of campus, and if this goes much longer the university could declare a curfew and force them to evacuate their public location at say 8pm every day, back to their dorms or off campus.

          CommoChief in reply to artichoke. | May 9, 2024 at 7:13 pm

          I would be inclined to leave them be so Lang as they ain’t blocking access or using sound amplification. Put a video camera on them so Campus security has a live feed. Send someone over ‘morning, noon and night’ to ask if they gonna leave or want medical attention. Direct them to the University clinic offer them a ride or help them arrange an ambulance to carry them to a hospital.

        GWB in reply to CommoChief. | May 10, 2024 at 8:15 am

        Hence my statement that I haven’t seen anything that would support her claims.

      Obie1 in reply to GWB. | May 10, 2024 at 7:54 am

      Maybe she’s confusing victuals with vitals.

    DaveGinOly in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 11:15 am

    And what is the university to do, force feed-them? Wouldn’t they complain that’s a violation of their right to protest in the manner they see fit? What else can the university do for people who are starving and refusing to eat?

    OTOH, the university could just see to it they received a steady stream of pizza deliveries. The eating will be left up to the students – no force-feeding involved.

      GWB in reply to DaveGinOly. | May 9, 2024 at 11:59 am

      That might be a great move for a counter-protest. Some alum holding back their donations from the school, and, instead, sending pizzas every day.

      jqusnr in reply to DaveGinOly. | May 10, 2024 at 1:46 pm

      we. had a couple of inmates in close custody prison … said they were on a hunger strike for some reason … said ok .. off to seg you go. medical came in once a day checked them
      we opened the food slot 3 x a
      day put their meal there
      after 2 hours picked it up and noted if they had eaten or not.
      I of course being the sensitive soul that I am walked by several times a day after heating up my dinner which was often lasagna and garlic bread. letting them smell it …. commenting on how good it was … and walking away
      they were eating after 5 days
      they always had access to fresh water 24/7.
      they turned off the commode
      to see they had some how eaten something.

      we left them there for a month.
      but they were eating after 5 days.

    Hodge in reply to CommoChief. | May 9, 2024 at 12:22 pm

    Random thought… aren’t almost all college students over 18?

    In the State Of New Jersey, that’s legally adulthood. The school should no be obligated to stand in loco parentis regarding any health or medical decisions made by students.

We need a way to legally strip people of their adulthood.

Halcyon Daze | May 9, 2024 at 9:24 am

Critical thought is not a prerequisite for activism.

“[They’re] not monitoring our health.”

From the pictures it looks like most of them are members in good standing of Meal Team 6.

I think a hunger strike will help reduce dangerously high cholesterol and A1C levels for those fat-bodies.
Their goal should be a zero reading.

Leftists have a definite fetish for holding people hostage and mistreating them – even if they have to do it to themselves.

At what point can we officially call it a nihilistic death cult?

    AF_Chief_Master_Sgt in reply to Recovering Lutheran. | May 9, 2024 at 12:12 pm

    That point has long passed.

    artichoke in reply to Recovering Lutheran. | May 9, 2024 at 6:16 pm

    That would require us to do something about it. Nah, let them starve if they want, hopefully out of public view. And if they decide to eat, food is easily available to pretty much anyone in this country.

    But I won’t spare them the embarrassment of having to climb down all on their own.

Meanwhile in China, third graders are being taught to disassemble 9mm weapons blindfolded.

    Personally, I wouldn’t teach them that until maybe 6th grade. In third grade, it’s enough for them to learn to range in their rifle.

      GWB in reply to irv. | May 9, 2024 at 12:00 pm

      Honestly, in third grade they should be learning crewed weapons. It teaches teamwork and takes advantage of their greater agility while not being hampered by their lesser strength.

1. No one is required to monitor your health as an adult. That’s your responsibility.
2. If there are minors participating, then I’d say you’re guilty of child abuse.
3. We are all confident you’re moderately healthy with your ability to yell through your megaphone and be a jerk. It’s not a guarantee you won’t stroke out, but neither are your vitals.

Here’s to hoping! L’chaim!

    Ghostrider in reply to GWB. | May 9, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    But, but, but…Princeton professors told these students that they were entitled to stuff because everyone has a right to peacefully protest. No?

destroycommunism | May 9, 2024 at 9:55 am

ahahahahaa

they are soooo fulll of sh

they dont have to eat for months

Top photo.
The incel in the middle.

Isn’t he the “cleric” leading a group of students in a Mecca-styled prayer event video from last week?

Apparently the Princeton Socialist Student Union dumped the monthly Flying Spaghetti Monster parade and now worship and service a moon rock.

Terror supporters should be annihilated

    GWB in reply to rduke007. | May 9, 2024 at 10:06 am

    Twitchy has a report about a Republican offering a bill to send arrested Hamas supporters to Gaza. BWAHAHAHAHA!

Like anyone is supposed to give a frack about those retards…

ChrisPeters | May 9, 2024 at 10:14 am

Let them die.

They are OBESE. Let them fast. It will help them.

Fat_Freddys_Cat | May 9, 2024 at 10:41 am

I’m kinda curious about one thing: how do we know they’re actually fasting? Is anybody watching them to ensure they’re not just eating on the sly?

    henrybowman in reply to Fat_Freddys_Cat. | May 9, 2024 at 10:58 am

    We have eyes on all the big food smugglers: Orville Redenbacher, Little Debbie, and the notorious Jolly Rancher.

    (No one is buying that you got that fat on gluten-free kale.)

    I was thinking that too. I would bet (if I had any money) that most of them are only pretending to fast. The moment they think no one is looking, they sneak out to the nearest fast food place, while complaining to each other about the trauma they have endured for the cause.

      Flatworm in reply to irv. | May 9, 2024 at 11:51 am

      If “My 600lb Life” has taught me anything, it’s that some people can take in 4,000 calories a day, while somehow convincing themselves they’ve consumed nothing but spring water.

      henrybowman in reply to irv. | May 9, 2024 at 11:54 am

      It might be fun to harass them by phoning in to have pizzas delivered.

    stevewhitemd in reply to Fat_Freddys_Cat. | May 9, 2024 at 11:29 am

    They may be fasting overnight: 10 pm to 6 am.

    Then again, they may have a mini-fridge hidden in the tents…

      Or, other way around – fasting during daylight, then snacking in their tents at night.

      drsamherman in reply to stevewhitemd. | May 9, 2024 at 9:23 pm

      I am thinking the portly bullhorn maiden probably will have mommy and daddy pay for Ozempic for a few months so she can lose some weight fast and go on social media to tell her friends how much she “suffered” for “the cause”, all while Door Dash delivered her Vegan Pizzas and Diet Double White Chocolate Mochas to her.

henrybowman | May 9, 2024 at 10:53 am

To paraphrase the ’80s “inspirational” office poster: Your failure to eat does not constitute an emergency on my part.

This whole attitude of “it’s your job to keep me safe, new Mommy” is beyond tiresome.

E Howard Hunt | May 9, 2024 at 11:15 am

Those fat pigs on a hunger strike? Have they zero self awareness? Then they complain that they are hungry after one missed snack break.

I’d like to setup a barbeque doing chicken and steaks downwind

The Gentle Grizzly | May 9, 2024 at 11:53 am

“[They’re] not monitoring our health. They are not keeping track of our vitals. They are not at all taking care of us.”

These are children whose parents never taught them a single solitary thing about self-reliance and responsibility.

    AF_Chief_Master_Sgt in reply to The Gentle Grizzly. | May 9, 2024 at 12:18 pm

    And yet, our generation of latch key kids learned to cook at 7 years of age, were able to survive broken bones and lacerations while playing pretend Army in the woods (with BB guns), rode our bikes from sun up to sundown while skipping lunch, not wearing helmets and knee pads

Soooo . . . this is the caliber of students Princeton accepts.

I guess it kind of makes sense. DEI requires the admission of a certain percentage of dumbasses.

You mean 24 monitoring of vitals doesn’t fall under the student health plan, maybe Obamacare covers it.
Maybe if they checked into the psych ward it would be an acceptable outcome.

I could never understand the purpose of a hunger strike. Why should I care if you starve yourself, it’s no skin off of my nose,…on second thought, why not just hold your breath like a petulant 2 year old, that gives quicker results

😂😂🤡🤡😂😂👍👍🤡🤡 oh my God the Ivy League is full of idiots!!! These kids look like fat messes! This story and all the comments are hilarious!!

    artichoke in reply to kshea. | May 9, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    This is partly the result of test-optional admissions for several years. They’re loaded on kids who might not be able to get into their state flagship U.

Antifundamentalist | May 9, 2024 at 12:19 pm

I am of the firm opinion that if an adult (who has not been legally deemed incompetent to make their own decisions) chooses to go on a hunger strike, that adult should be ignored completely and allowed to starve to death according to their stated wishes. When they are dead, they should be buried without fanfare.

    Buried? Why?
    Shouldn’t their suffering help reduce the suffering, say, of those poor wild wolves in Colorado that are being forced to eat cows? Toss ’em in the woods.

      artichoke in reply to GWB. | May 9, 2024 at 6:21 pm

      Then they rot and attract attention, and flies. No the whole thing is annoying, and I don’t think the university has to allow them to create and endless show in a public part of campus. Free speech does not require it.

      I must say Eisgruber has improved, from his days a couple years ago of commencement addresses where he demanded that graduates go into left activism. The world has changed.

AF_Chief_Master_Sgt | May 9, 2024 at 12:21 pm

These are the kids who would lie on the floor in the store, having a temper tantrum because they didn’t get what they wanted.

20 years later…

RepublicanRJL | May 9, 2024 at 12:30 pm

I would set up a George Foreman grill in front of them with Bubba Burgers with a sign that said

FREE LUNCH FOR THOSE ADMITTING STARVING WOULDN’T HELP A DAMN TO THE CAUSE

thalesofmiletus | May 9, 2024 at 1:12 pm

Demanding health care from the very people you’re hunger-striking against is the new definition of chutzpah.

The suspected male fellow is wearing an incel codpiece and flood-pants with black socks.

It’s the not so subtle “I’m a self-declared genius-nerd outfit” with an extra helping of Asperger’s sauce.

BigRosieGreenbaum | May 9, 2024 at 4:29 pm

I think the culinary school could hold a “food in” and set up grills and outdoor ovens, then get to cookin and bakin. Let’s see how long those fatties last. Ha, even the skinnies will succumb to the power of the grill! All hail charcoal! Bonus points for making them some challah French toast, yum.

Ghostrider | May 9, 2024 at 4:55 pm

How much do you want to wager that Traitor Joe Biden will soon announce he is sending in humanitarian relief to Princeton?

This reminds me of the child who has killed both of his parents and claims for mercy because he is now an orphan.

nordic prince | May 9, 2024 at 9:22 pm

Never knew Princetonians were so stupid.

RickTheBear | May 10, 2024 at 8:13 am

Some day, if they work very diligently, they might be smart enough to be morons.

Old Soldier | May 10, 2024 at 11:37 am

Never thought I would write this: ‘What would Tywin Lannister do?”

midge.hammer | May 14, 2024 at 2:50 pm

I’d seal you inside, gas you, and then forcibly remove you, placing you in a J6 gulag situation until we could try you, and collect remuneration of our expenses. There would be falling down stairs, wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Count your blessings.