Couldn't they just set a record for most idiots in a Volkswagen?

... Or even a Prius? What's with college kids these days? In my day (yes, I'm using my old man voice now), we used to be serious about real issues. Like beer. The drinking age. Alcohol. Which bars carded. That sorta thing. I think there were one or two against Apartheid or something, but none of them ever skipped a meal. Or a beer. So to see college kids going on a three day hunger strike over a tuition hike is about the silliest idea I ever heard. Just ask the parents for more money. Borrow a little more at a really subsidized rate. But don't make me trip over you on the way to Mc Donalds.

I gotta tell you, though, if the Badger Herald article is correct, you can tell these are college kids doing the protesting:

Twenty-five students will protest everyday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. until Wednesday morning in the Capitol Rotunda, taking only water for nourishment.

Let's see, too hung over from the night before to eat or get out of bed at a decent hour, they stroll over to the Capitol by 10-10:30am. They'll drink designer bottled water, belly-ache about how much tuition has gone up, sleep on the steps and in the hallway, and possibly hand out their resume for a summer internship if they have any ambition (unlikely). They will leave at 4:30pm (possibly 5ish, the press release says 6pm), then head down State Street for a pita with hummous, lettuce and tomato before heading back to their homes on Mifflin to catch another nap, change, possibly shower (depending on how dedicated they are), and then head to the infamous Madison parties where they boast of their importance and sincerity and earnestness to their friends.

President of the UW Eau Claire Progressive Students Association said they added five people to their group, pushing the total number of their protesters to 27, despite not receiving as much attention from the media as they would have liked.

“The more people we get, the more news coverage, the more effective our message,” Werthmann said.

Message: we're a bunch of babies and we only feel good about ourselves when we get attention.

(One final note, shouldn't they be the "regressive, thumb-sucking Student Association"?)