A hunger strike by some Yale University graduate students is sure to make their fellow snowflakes proud.
“Eight members of the graduate student union Local 33 began an indefinite, collective fast in front of University President Peter Salovey’s home on Tuesday in an effort to persuade Yale to begin collective bargaining,” the Yale Daily News reported.
These @Yale students need to get real jobs. Ridiculous. https://t.co/pTD0w9Wnwx
— Kearnival ??? (@GiggleTa) April 27, 2017
“Yale wants to make us wait and wait and wait … until we give up and go away. We have committed ourselves to waiting without eating.” Local 33 Chair Aaron Greenberg said at the rally in New Haven, Conn.
There was one small distinction with the hunger protest, however.
Yale Grad Students Go on ‘Symbolic’ Hunger Strike Where They’re Allowed to Eat https://t.co/6Iq5ccOoU0 via @HashtagGriswold pic.twitter.com/rJZmbUPkj7
— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 27, 2017
A former Yale student tweeted a copy of a pamphlet explaining that the hunger strike was “symbolic” and participants could leave when they could no longer continue.
Update: the Yale grad student union is holding a *symbolic* hunger strike (they eat when hungry) Still inspirational https://t.co/vWIHUjiHrF pic.twitter.com/oGdSbn752h
— Dimitri Halikias (@DHalikias) April 26, 2017
@DHalikias @AlanMCole Oh, the sacrifice!
— Chris Jeter (@ChrisJeter) April 26, 2017
Doctoral students at the Ivy League school currently receive annual stipends of $30,000 or more, free health care and fully paid tuition – which is nearly $40,000 a year, according to Yale News.
“Over six years, the total cost of support equals nearly $375,000 for a single Ph.D. student,” Yale News reported.
The symbolic hunger strike by eight members of the graduate student union was meant to pressure officials to negotiate for union recognition.
A video posted by Local 33 painted a dramatic picture of the importance of the fast, quoting people like co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, Maria Elena Durazo.
University spokesman Tom Conroy told Yale Daily News that the union bargaining request was premature and the hunger strike was “unwarranted by the circumstances.”
“The University cannot compel anyone to refrain from this activity, but strongly urges that students not put their health at risk or encourage others to do so,” Conroy said.
But being allowed to leave a hunger strike when hungry seems not to pose much of a great health risk. Social media found plenty to say about the effort, mocking the “sacrifice” of the Yale graduate students on Twitter.
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Wanna shed those pesky extra pounds? Try the Yale Student Hunger Strike diet! All you have to do is not eat until you’re hungry.
— tired (@vampirehive) April 27, 2017
@DailyCaller We’re having a hunger strike, but we’re still going to eat so take that! Sounds like a well thought out protest.
— Katherine (@katsmith1991) April 27, 2017
@DHalikias Yale Grad Students prepare for their hunger strike. pic.twitter.com/Pr7qo04L1F
— It’s Only Words (@itsonlywords) April 26, 2017
@LifeZette Why not just join the Yale student hunger strike, they seem to be on to a winner.
— Ben Jarmin (@BroadAndWall) April 27, 2017
@molratty Princeton, not to be outdone by Yale, to hold symbolic hunger strike at Ruth’s Chris Steak House.
— Michael Frisbie (@ItzJustMichael) April 26, 2017
Yale Grad Students Go On Hunger Strike But They’re Allowed To Eat When Hungry https://t.co/U5nTtVruxH pic.twitter.com/omNRNcSQ5W
— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 27, 2017
@FreeBeacon Cool, I’ll join them in spirit just as soon as I finish this French Dip sandwich at Arby’s.
— Louisiana Taxpayer (@jbnv) April 27, 2017
I’m holding a symbolic hunger strike right now.
I’m also eating ravioli because I’m hungry and it’s past lunch time.#Yale #Strike
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) April 26, 2017
The only thing dumber than a Yale grad student union hunger strike is a symbolic Yale grad student union hunger strike https://t.co/3KkVpZqlnJ
— daniella greenbaum (@DGreenbaum) April 26, 2017
Gandhi: strike by staying hungry
Yale Local 33: strike until you’re hungry— (((David Byron (@dcbyron) April 27, 2017
I’m a vegetarian. But I also eat chicken, beef, and pork. https://t.co/8vOHbddK1y
— Ian Tuttle (@iptuttle) April 26, 2017
@blakehounshell @jaketapper Yale’s symbolic hunger strike is my diet plan! When hungry, eat.
— Richard Lester (@theuglypauper) April 27, 2017
Dear Yale, just because you think everyone is laughing at you doesn’t mean they aren’t.https://t.co/QjCl6qyIqx
— ItIsGoodToBeQueen (@redandright) April 27, 2017
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