4/27/2005: Students at CSU-Fresno started a 48 hour fast on Wednesday because they say their civil liberties have been violated. The students are concerned because undercover law enforcement officers were used to monitor an event the group held on campus and they believe the administration is lying about it.

Ruth Obel-Jorgensen says that her civil liberties have been violated and academic freedom is in jeopardy at CSUF. Obel-Jorgensen is the president of the Campus Peace and Civil Liberties Coalition. Her group held the event featuring Yourofsky on campus. The topic was veganism, which is a type of vegetarianism. Obel-Jorgensen said that her group was surprised to learn that there were undercover law enforcement officers attending the event.

See the SunMt video of today’s press conference and the start of the fast here