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More than anything, the hunger strike was psychologically exacting. Though the hunger strikers noted that there was a large number of students who demonstrated their support—either by showing up at the daily 1 p.m. rallies or stopping by to chat—there were also those who continually criticized the students’ actions...
After sitting outside in their makeshift camp across from Mass. Hall for most of the day, some of the protestors would return to find their inboxes flooded with messages highly critical of the hunger strike. Kyle A. Krahel ’08 said that comments discrediting the hunger strike and questioning the strikers’ motives were “mentally challenging to read...
...Food is my favorite thing in the world. Eating is my favorite pastime,” said Kelly L. Lee ’07, who had been on hunger strike for the entire nine days. “You have a habit of eating, so it was physically very draining...
There were times during the hunger strike when some of the participating students questioned whether it was the appropriate action to take...
Before the strike occurred, there were some doubts over whether the strike would have any real impact in enacting change...