Hours after hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University occupied Hamilton Hall on the New York City campus on Tuesday, they demanded the university authorities provide food to them. Later, one of the protesters defended the demand as a "basic humanitarian aid" so that they don't die of starvation.
The reporter also asked why the university should be obligated to provide food to people who have taken over the iconic building.
"We're saying they are obligated to provide food to the students who are paying for a meal plan here," the protester responded.
Later, the reporter grilled her, saying the students had "deliberately put themselves in that position".
The protester was identified as Johannah King-Slutzky, who, according to the Post Millennial, has been a campus activist at least since 2021. She was with the Student Workers of Columbia and is a PhD student in English and Comparative Literature.
In the latest, New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night in an apparent effort to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over Hamilton Hall after a nearly two-week standoff with administrators of the Ivy League school.
Source: India Today