Jonathan butler mizzou biography

          Jonathan Butler, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, went on a hunger strike earlier this week in order to get UM System....

          2015–2016 University of Missouri protests

          Series of student protests

          2015 University of Missouri protests

          Student photojournalist Tim Tai in a confrontation with assistant director of Greek life Janna Basler.

          On November 3, student Jonathan Butler launched a hunger strike, vowing not to eat until the president resigned.

        1. On November 3, student Jonathan Butler launched a hunger strike, vowing not to eat until the president resigned.
        2. Jonathan Butler, a graduate student at MU, made the decision to go on a hunger strike a couple of days after the Homecoming Parade.
        3. Jonathan Butler, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, went on a hunger strike earlier this week in order to get UM System.
        4. Among others who had been protesting was Jonathan Butler, who had been hunger striking for a week, the original 11 members of the group.
        5. Jonathan Butler, the graduate student whose hunger strike was at the center of the Missouri protests, called out school-system president Tim.
        6. Tai's attempt to photograph a tented encampment became a major incident in the protests.

          Location

          Columbia, Missouri

          Methods

          Payton Head, student government president
          Jonathan Butler, hunger striker[1]

          In 2015, a series of protests at the University of Missouri related to race, workplace benefits, and leadership resulted in the resignations of the president of the University of Missouri System and the chancellor of the flagship Columbia campus.

          The moves came after a series of events that included a hunger strike by a student and a boycott by the football team. The movement was primarily led by a student group named Concerned Student 1950, referencing the first year black students were allowed to enroll in the university.

          The movement a