STRIKE SUSPENDED WHILE FOCUS SHIFTS TO TAPEWORM

BY LEXA PREAUX HOSTING A TAPEWORM PARTY

After five days of a passionate strike, Rutgers' unions came to a decision to suspend the strike following further negotiations. This decision has been met with substantial backlash and disapproval, from faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and the like. The main criticism many are focusing on is persistent poor conditions for faculty members and graduate students especially, even with changes made after negotiations. The public opinion has been made clear: suspending the strike was a decision made far too early, and is quite possibly a large mistake. When union leaders and administrators finally spoke out in a series of emails, however, criticisms were hushed. A problem unrelated to the strike has only grown over the weeks: The issue of tapeworm infections at the university.

As The Medium previously reported, the CDC has been investigating a highly suspicious -andpotentiallydangerous-number of cases of tapeworms affecting faculty and students. The numbers are plainly unprecedented, and the investigation seeks a root of the problem and for solutions for those suffering from the parasite. With protesters, negotiators, and President Jonathan Holloway himself falling ill due to having tapeworms, this suspension

Next Week: The Medium To Interview Lil Nas X's Tapeworm of the strike is meant to serve as a “cease fire, while many of us are preoccupied by doctors appointments or aiding in the CDC’s investigation,” one union leader reported. It was President Holloway who proposed this “cease fire,” stating, “I was friends with my tapeworm at first. We had lovely discussions about film, literature, and how much we hate workers rights, but the way this little guy has sucked the life and nutrients from me has become too

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