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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A University of Missouri graduate student who endured a week-long hunger strike to protest the administration's handling of racial issues has joined celebrating demonstrators on the Columbia campus.
Jonathan Butler tweeted that he was ending his hunger strike after university system President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday.
Butler, whose hunger strike began Nov. 2, appeared weak and unsteady as two people helped him past a human chain and into a sea of celebrants. Many broke into dance at seeing him.
Black student groups have complained for months about the administration's handling of racial issues, including slurs that have been directed at minority students. They got a boost over the weekend when 30 black football players said they wouldn't take part in team activities until Wolfe was gone.
© Associated Press
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