Probably because, you know, they were really freaking hungry
With the blessings of ceremonial dancers, a group of UC Berkeley students ended a 10-day hunger strike Wednesday while negotiators met with the chancellor over the status of illegal immigrants and student demonstrators.
Because when your really need the stupid, Berkley is a great place to go.
About 20 hunger strikers, mostly students, had camped out in front of the school’s administration building since May 3. Their initial protest target was Arizona’s new immigration law, which requires police to stop and question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.
The demonstration ended in a display of Berkeley multiculturalism.
One protester blessed his cohorts’ corn cobs, for their connection to Mother Earth. Four dancers dressed as cornstalks, including one of the strikers, twirled and gestured ceremonially to a percussion beat.
Fifteen strikers then munched on the corn, to the cheers of about 150 supporters. A 16th student, Alejandro Lara-Briseño, who was too weak to stand but told the crowd he would continue fasting until he visits a sister in Arizona next Thursday and gets her approval.
Heh heh.
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau agreed to meet with the students, and to denounce the Arizona law, which the SF Chronicle lies about (shocker. I wonder if the writer has actually read it?), but, has refused to declare UC Berkley a sanctuary school. Also, he has refused to dismiss charges against students who vandalized buildings last year.
This is what we get from left wing schools and people: demonstrations in support of criminals.
It would be too cheesy to describe these morons as corny.
I was wondering if someone would go there :)