You might have wondered why several students where dressed in black and/or refusing to eat this past Monday. It was the National Fast for Humane Science. The fast was organized in hopes of gaining a more humane, environmentally friendly, scientifically accurate methodology of teaching. Among the demands of the fasters were a written choice policy to animal use, reallocation of at least 10 percent of animal use funds towards alternatives, and full disclosure of numbers of animals, species, and costs associated with animal experimentation on campus.

At a university such as Penn State, animal experimentation, and subsequent exploitation runs rampant. These fasting students, many of the members of Alliance for Animal Rights, would gladly abate eating for a day or two if they know it will spare the lives of a multitude of helpless, loving animals. Animal research has often proven inaccurate and misleading. These students brought to light the plight of animals by wearing black and by infringing on their own rights by having not eaten on Feb. 11.