Oh the humanity


iconDoes 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.

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."

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.


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What a lightweight.

Posted by: Brent at June 17, 2004 11:17 AM

That'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 AM

I've gone longer without food while flying coach.

Posted by: Michael at June 17, 2004 1:09 PM

Give 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 PM

shit, 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 PM

I go to school with him, he is a little girl.

Posted by: J at July 22, 2004 1:57 PM

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