Threat of death
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A graduate student from Columbia University gained widespread attention on the internet by warning the media that protesters faced the serious threat of death or severe illness if they were not provided with food and water by authorities.
Food access
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When questioned about Columbia University’s responsibility to ensure food access for students occupying Hamilton Hall, the student informed reporters about the situation saying, “First of all, we’re saying that they’re obligated to provide food to students who pay for a meal plan here,”
Johannah King-Slutzky
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According to the National Review, the individual identified as Johannah King-Slutzky is said to be an instructor and a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University.
Obligation
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“I guess it’s ultimately a question of what kind of community and obligation Columbia feels it has to its students,” King-Slutzky said. “Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill, even if they disagree with you?”
Humanitarian aid
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She continued: “If the answer is no then you should allow basic — I mean, it’s crazy to say since we’re on an Ivy League campus — but this is like, basic humanitarian aid we’re asking for, like could people please have a glass of water?”
Demanding
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“Columbia students who took over a campus building are demanding food and water as part of their basic human rights,” Outkick founder Clay Travis wrote. “Really.”
Nicholas Christakis
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“These are not the remarks, let alone the arguments, of a serious person,” Yale professor Nicholas Christakis wrote. “This is the way someone who has never been challenged to defend her views with facts and reason speaks. This is someone who thinks she is winning the battle of ideas simply by articulating her desires. Someone her university has not taught.”
Revolutionary
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“Every good revolutionary knows you have to pack snacks,” liberal commentator Joanne Carducci wrote on X.
Grubhub
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“That this ends with ‘but the Grubhub’ might be the greatest commentary on the times we live in,” Carducci added.
Communist
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“Her entire bio on Columbia’s website is about viewing everything through a lens of Marxism,” conservative commentator and show host Liz Wheeler wrote. “She’s a literal communist whining for someone to bring her her lunch box.”
Food and water
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A reporter inquired about the student’s requests regarding the provision of food and water. “It seems like you’re saying, ‘we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food,’” the reporter said.
Basic humanitarian aid
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“No one’s asking them to bring anything,” she responded. “We’re asking them to not stop us from bringing basic humanitarian aid.”
Hamilton Hall
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The New York Police Department removed protesters from Hamilton Hall on Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday night, at approximately 11 p.m. Eastern Time, almost a full day after students had occupied the building.
