This "Wild Lily" student movement, as it was dubbed, was first launched by Taida students, later linking up with other schools. Students went on hunger strikes and conducted sit-in protests, demanding dissolution of the parliament, elimination of the "temporary provisions" of the Constitution, the convening of a national affairs conference, and the setting of a timetable for political and economic reform.
這場「野百合學運」，最早由台大學生發起，而後串聯到各大學，學生以絕食、靜坐抗議的方式，訴求「解散國民大會、廢除臨時條款、召開國是會議、擬定政經改革時間表」。