They were better prepared than weekend glampers in the Catskills.
Plastic bags filled with supplies that appear to have been destined for Columbia’s anti-Israel encampments recently lined the curb for trash pickup outside the Morningside Heights campus, images shared by recycling advocate Anna Sacks showed .
Among the miscellaneous items intended to fuel the protests were Costco-sized boxes of protein bars, instant noodles and dozens of unopened emergency blankets and ponchos.
Other still usable items intended to support the weeks-long protests, including flashlights, chargers and tent stakes, were also discovered in the Broadway pileup, Sacks said.
“They were more stocked than a Boy Scout troop at the Jamboree, even though the principles of the Scout Oath ‘thrifty, brave, clean and respectful’ appear to have been lost on this losing patrol, the council’s minority leader said municipal, Joe Borelli, about the demonstrators.
After police arrested protesters who had seized historic Hamilton Hall and those in the encampment on April 30, university staff swept the once-occupied campus lawn, of all remaining tents and supplies.
Camp-related food and equipment had been interspersed with dozens of other bags and carts, which were overflowing with clothes, linens and pantry items that students had abandoned during their frantic dorm moves .
In addition to a luxury Sferra comforter that costs more than $1,000, Ivy League students have somehow parted ways with a Tiffany necklace, a Gucci ring and even a “A nice $50 bill,” Sacks said.
Other luxury products the students had thrown out included a $128 Pat McGrath eyeshadow palette, a $13 chocolate bar from Tuck Shop and a Juicy Couture denim jacket with its tag still on.
“The university administration is setting students up for failure and setting themselves up to create a system of waste,” the trash-digging influencer said of the university’s policy, which requires students to empty their dorm within 24 hours of their final exams.
“I would like to see the administration take these issues seriously, take sustainability seriously.”
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