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Swarthmore Students Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Fraternities

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The strikers are also demanding accountability for how they say protesters were treated during a demonstration at the office of the college’s president.

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Frustrated by the administration’s response to their protests, students at Swarthmore College started a hunger strike in hopes of getting fraternities permanently banned from campus.

Five students began their strike at 11 a.m.

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