"In the United States of America, no one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the wrong opinion," Conor Fitzpatrick, an attorney representing the plaintiffs, said in a news release. "Free speech isn't a privilege the government hands out. Under our Constitution it is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child."
"I had been that overwhelmed undergraduate in real life, trying to keep up with demanding economics classes at Stanford University, while simultaneously dancing during a 46-week season as a member of San Francisco's corps de ballet."
The hunger strike began May 12 with 15 students, faculty and staff pledging to stop eating until the university meets a list of demands, including calling for Stanford to divest from companies linked to Israel's war in Gaza.
The traditional form of Japanese drumming, known as taiko, has existed for thousands of years and is used in religious ceremonies, wars and entertainment.
Mark Davis, a microbiology and immunology professor at Stanford, emphasized that the current flu vaccine has shown effectiveness rates between 20% and 80%, mainly due to immunity being largely directed towards a single strain. He indicated this limitation poses a significant challenge as various flu strains circulate annually, thus necessitating innovative approaches to enhance vaccine efficacy across many more variants.
