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 Princetonian, student 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.”
Princeton University students—who are voluntarily participating in a self-imposed hunger strike—are “literally shaking and immunocompromised” because the University is ignoring their demands.
Did they…not expect to be hungry? pic.twitter.com/GZqTrNbpu4
— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 8, 2024
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?
Princeton hunger striker complains the administration is "not monitoring our health. They are not keeping track of our vitals. They are not at all taking care of us."
"We will continue to starve until they meet our demands." 🤡pic.twitter.com/fn8TSnV239
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 7, 2024
Princeton student announces she is on HUNGER STRIKE for Palestine.
The woman reads a list of demands for her ‘solidarity fast’ and vows to starve until the university caves to her demands. pic.twitter.com/rkpemxJU9h
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 6, 2024
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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.
In 1965-1966 Angus Barbieri fasted for 385 days.
I’ll be amazed if these punks survive 72 hours if they have never fasted before.
I had to look that one up.
‘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.
We need to build mental institutions, and people who threaten self-harm like starvation should be put in them.
Hey, their body, their choice!
I think some of them could go awhile before noticing any problems from starving.
Especially the person holding the speaker, and the guy on the drum (?) In the background.
Fat body in the last video could probably make it 2 or 3 years before any issues arise.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.
Hence my statement that I haven’t seen anything that would support her claims.
Maybe she’s confusing victuals with vitals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Which leads to the old question, do infants have as much fun in the infantry as adults do in adultery?
keyboard spit – I need an emoji or something for that….
STOLEN!
If only these students could meet with the Jedi Master to voice their demands, he might say,
“Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they.” “You must unlearn what you have learned.”
-Yoda
The question becomes, “Who wants to become responsible for them?”
Not me!
we already have that
its called
the welfare state ……….it takes a village etc etc
alll the power
no responsibility
Hell no, I don’t want them to have the right for others to take care of them. Let them learn or not learn the adult way. They might be stupid adults, but they are adults.
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.
monkey pox.
“Leave no morsel behind.”
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.
that woman holding the megaphone in the picture sure could use fewer calories
Those are what we used to refer to as “thunder thighs”.
She used to be 120 pounds but she trained hard for this event.
She was 120 in 4 th grade.
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?
That point has long passed.
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.
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!
But, but, but…Princeton professors told these students that they were entitled to stuff because everyone has a right to peacefully protest. No?
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
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…
Let them die.
In fact, it might be best to pray for it.
They are OBESE. Let them fast. It will help them.
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?
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.)
And Betty Crocker, and some parts of the south, the infamous Laura Lynn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUHJOmQwo2A
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.
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.
It might be fun to harass them by phoning in to have pizzas delivered.
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.
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.
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.
Those fat pigs on a hunger strike? Have they zero self awareness? Then they complain that they are hungry after one missed snack break.
Yeah. But their snack break entails 6,350 calories. But it is balanced by a diet caffeine free coke
I’d like to setup a barbeque doing chicken and steaks downwind
Upwind, please.
These are children whose parents never taught them a single solitary thing about self-reliance and responsibility.
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.
Yeah but it shouldn’t be 100 percent.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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…
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
Okay, I’m in. Starving won’t help one damn bit. Now please shoot over a burger.
Sorry I said shoot/s
Cook burgers on the grill, in front of them, with a sign saying “Burgers for Israel”.
Lamb burgers….
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.
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.
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.
Never knew Princetonians were so stupid.
Some day, if they work very diligently, they might be smart enough to be morons.
Never thought I would write this: ‘What would Tywin Lannister do?”
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.