He says: Sodexho hasn’t done enough to conform to his new religious diet, and he doubts that they’re sincere in trying to accommodate him. He also doesn’t believe he should be forced to buy a meal plan at all. His hunger strike will continue until he is let out of his meal plan.

Sodexho says: It’s met his demands, and was ready to work with him to prepare a tailored diet plan — and that’s when he became uncooperative and decided to stop eating in protest. The University is prepared to withdraw him from his studies if campus medical and counseling services recommend it.