Ravenwood - 06/17/04 06:15 AM
Does anyone else think this is too funny?
After 50 hours, University of Maryland student Aaron Kraus believes he's met his goal: bringing public attention to the issue of the state's college tuition hikes.50 hours?? This guy skips 6 whole meals and he has the nerve to call it a hunger strike. In contrast, Ghandi's hunger strike lasted 21 days.The 21-year-old senior publicly broke his 50-hour hunger strike at the state capital when he bit into a roast beef hoagie at noon.
"I thought this would be a perfect metaphor for higher education in Maryland," Kraus said of his hunger strike in an earlier interview. "We're trying to get legislators thinking about how this impacts our generation."
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What a lightweight.
Posted by: Brent at June 17, 2004 11:17 AMThat's probably the result of having a short attention span. I guess he stopped his medication as well as his food.
Rich
Posted by: Rich at June 17, 2004 11:57 AMI've gone longer without food while flying coach.
Posted by: Michael at June 17, 2004 1:09 PMGive me enough beer, and I can go a week or more without eating or sobering up.
Posted by: Ravenwood at June 17, 2004 1:14 PMshit, when I was a younger man, I DID go MUCH longer than that without food.... granted, much like you Steve, I was getting a steady diet of liquids, but that wasn't even a hunger strike... it was a ploy for attention.
Posted by: Jim S at June 17, 2004 3:23 PMI go to school with him, he is a little girl.
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