Johannah King-Slutzky, a graduate student in Marxist studies, demanded the university divest from Israel. She then complained that Columbia was not delivering food to the building her group was occupying.

‘We’re saying that [Columbia is] obligated to provide food to students who have paid for a meal plan here,’ she told a news conference. ‘Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill, even if they disagree with you?… I mean, it’s crazy to say because we are 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?’