A hunger strike by student activists at Purdue University is in its 24th day. The hunger strike was undertaken in November after a year long campaign by the Purdue Organization for Labor Equality (POLE) to get the university to sign on to the Designated Supplier Program (DSP). Activists are demanding that Purdue sign-on to the Designated Supplier Program as a way of addressing the fact that clothing bearing the Purdue University logo is made in sweatshops. The university has failed to act on the issue, despite activists presenting research from an independent monitoring agency called the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) and hosting lectures by workers describing conditions at factories, both of which have made it abundantly clear that Purdue's apparel is made in sweatshops. The hunger strike was launched after a multi-faceted campaign involving meetings with administrators, rallies, and a sit-in were unsuccessful in getting the university's support for the DSP. After being on hunger strike for over two weeks, the group finally got a meeting with university president Martin Jischke. Despite the fact that five hunger strikers have been hospitalized, the university has not made a decision in support of the DSP. The hunger strike garnered considerable media coverage and has received statements of solidarity from student and labor organizations around the country, including Grand Valley State University (GVSU). The Designated Supplier Program (DSP) stipulates that clothing bearing a university logo must be made in factories where workers have a democratic union or free to form one, where workers can bargain toward a living wage, and where Purdue's Code of Conduct is followed. As one of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) national campaigns, thirty-one universities, including West Michigan's Grand Valley State University (GVSU), have signed onto the DSP.