From the last reports that I’ve heard, there are now 18 students from Harvard who are on hunger strike (no food, only basic drinks) in protest of the starvation of Terri Schiavo. Although it is difficult for students from Cornell, as they are now on spring-break, with their parents looking after them, besides myself there are two members of CCFL (The Cornell Coalition for Life) who following the example of their comrades in Harvard, have gone on hunger strike. Students from Cornell University are doing a slightly different version of the strike, they’ve decided not even to drink basic liquids, but only plain water. Another student from Cornell, although at home she can’t go on hunger strike yet, has pledged to join us when she comes back to campus Friday evening, if Terri has not been started to be fed yet.

The Corner has a copy of the original letter that the Harvard students signed, and The Cornell Coalition For Life blog has a small post about their strike here. The Harvard Crimson published an article about the Harvard students strike.