UAlbany veteran hero going on hunger strike

By on March 24, 2011 in The internet

They said a hero could save us, and UAlbany student Chris Schewe (now known as Shoenice22) is not gonna stand here and wait.

Schewe left an emotional YouTube commentary in reaction to President George Philip canceling Fountain Day, at some points holding back tears from his beautiful blue eyes as he talked about his “humarian” accomplishments.

He offers a thoughtful solution to the problem and compares the post Kegs and Eggs chaos to Desert Storm POW camps and living in trenches.

This dude has done it all — ranging from storing Kuwaiti children in his tractor trailer and feeding them Dintymore Stew to being a Rolling Stones security guard. Now he is a full-time UAlbany student looking to save Fountain Day.

Schewe claims he will be shackling himself to the UAlbany main fountain on Saturday and going on a hunger strike. His demands? President Philip must reinstate Fountain Day and Glenn Beck must come film Fountain Day, “the sober way.”

Pour one out for our bro Schewe this weekend.

Meanwhile, in the student ghetto, Chicken Joe’s is worried that more bros might be going on hunger strikes.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/ktnlo Katie Anello

    He interrupted everyone yesterday doing work quietly in the library to make this announcement. I thought it was a joke…

    • http://keepalbanyboring.com andrew f

      oh man, do go on

  • http://twitter.com/KevinMarshall Kevin Marshall

    Mahat-Bro Gandhi

    • http://keepalbanyboring.com andrew f

      “compassion, is more than chaining a bro, to a fountain”
      -mlk jr

      • http://twitter.com/KevinMarshall Kevin Marshall

        “First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Social Democrat. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Bros, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Bro.

        Then they came for Fountain Day, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me.”

  • http://twitter.com/theBibliotheek the.bibliotheek

    how many feet of chain does it take to chain a bro to the carillon?

  • http://www.afutilemistake.com/ ned

    While I understand (sorta) the motivation for this type of civil disobedience, doesn’t it seem a bit (or a lot) misguided?

    • http://keepalbanyboring.com andrew f

      mostly, actually, completely!

  • guest

    I respect him as a veteran but before you hail him as the one to save fountain day, look at his other videos. Videos where he talks about how stoned he is, videos where he eats glue tampons and raw eggs. His face book is about bong hits as well. Not good media wise. He claims to be chained there now, is it true?

  • guest

    I see the headlines now, and like I said, I respect his sacrifice to the country but he is scary. “tampons eating, bong hitting, glue eating stoner ualbany student chains himself to the fountain until glen beck apologizes and fountain day is returned.” Stay away from him,he looks certifiable.

    Once again I mean no disrespect for him as a veteran but this will only bring more shame on ualbany.

  • Earl

    Looks like someone is already chained to the fountain. Any pics or videos yet?

    • guest

      PPlease look at the videos on his you tube and someone get him out of there before the media hears about it and he embarrasses the school more.

      • http://twitter.com/patrickavella Patrick Avella

        It is not safe to have this guy in public. The military gave this guy a GUN?

      • http://twitter.com/_1134 Abraham Hmiel

        too late. Apparently there are TV cameras there now. The admins & campus police have formed a huddle.

  • http://twitter.com/patrickavella Patrick Avella

    I hope they throw this guy out of the school. He’s almost as much of an embarrassment as the Kegs and Eggs idiots. UAlbany is a solid institution with solid curriculum and high standards, but it’s losers like these that are getting the face time. These people do not represent our beloved University.

    • http://twitter.com/_1134 Abraham Hmiel

      I can’t help but wonder if this 41-year-old man, a veteran and the married father of a child and a step-child, is aware of the thematic content of his actions in the light of what’s happened two weeks ago up to today. Although he definitely deserves respect for his service I feel like it’s only a matter of time until UAlbany officials / MSM find the other videos of him and like you said, gets face time and thus creating more embarrassment.

      Compare/contrast to face-time received (none) for myself and 6 other students from the College of Nanoscale Science / Physics Dept. who presented cutting edge research to the 2011 APS conference in Dallas, TX for noteworthy advancements in graphene spin lifetimes, graphene fabrication, spins in semiconductors, adsorption kinetics on nanowires, and more, all with potential colossal future impact. Meanwhile, 1400 miles away, someone almost twice my age becomes a public spectacle.

      If he weren’t a vet, would he deserve our collective patience? The question begs an answer… should we really be so quick to go one way or another on this? Again, examine the currents in the thematic content of these events and let’s try to concentrate on the positives.

      • http://twitter.com/patrickavella Patrick Avella

        Well said, and thank you for your excellent academic representation of higher learning at SUNY Albany. It’s people like you who are unfairly eclipsed by drunken party kids, mentally unstable war veterans, and varsity basket ball players with C averages. You are an example of what’s right. I hope someday we’ll hear about your adventures in the News as well.

  • http://twitter.com/_1134 Abraham Hmiel

    Goddamnit, this made the headline of the daily Times Union news email blast.

    • guest

      Even if I was for protesting the cancellation of fountain day (very.against the protests) I would still be disgusted. He is out for number one and to jumpstart his “comedy” career. He also admitted to.getting high before chaining himself

  • guest

    He’s gone now, to return tomorrow with food and a sign. It’s shameless self promotion of his “comedy” at the expense of a university. Wish I was kidding but I am not. What a creep