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Diversity - everywhere except Santa Clara University
At Santa Clara University, offended leftists are doing all they can to keep conservatives off campus.
Turning Point USA advertises itself as a group promoting âfiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.â Some Santa Clara students went before the schoolâs student senate to apply to start their own chapter on campus. A small group of students made their pitch, and then students and faculty at the school delivered speeches opposing the group.
In the end, the senate rejected the proposal, saying the group would make students feel âunsafe.â
âIt was a lot of repetitive stuff,â Caleb Aleva, one of the Turning Points USA activists, told The Daily Caller. âA lot of them are lying about being afraid or they are genuinely in fear because of this false sense of danger promulgated by the media that anyone who is vaguely conservative is a Nazi or a white supremacist,â he said.
David Warne, one of the student senators at Santa Clara, told The Daily Caller that the group was compared to the alt-right in a presentation. âThe order of the presentation goes like this: White Nationalistsâ>Alt-Rightâ>Identity Evropaâ>Richard Spencerâ>Milo Yiannopoulosâ>Turning Point USA,â Warne wrote. Identity Evropa recently appeared on campus, but Warne said no one believes the posters were put up by students.
A few of Turning Pointâs 350 chapters around the country have helped co-host Milo events, but the group a a whole doesnât associate with him. The groupâs events at college campuses havenât led to major demonstrations or to outbreaks of violence.
Turning Point USA spokesman Matt Lamb contacted Santa Claraâs assistant director of student organizations to find out why the group was rejected. He told The Daily Caller that the assistant director âtold the club to re-apply next quarter.â He then added that âshe also said that one reason the student senate likely rejected us was because of the âmoodâ after the last election.â
The group was voted down by a margin of 16-10, and the next step for them is to appeal the decision to the judicial branch of the student senate or wait until the next quarter.
Santa Clara University Bans Conservative Group, Saying It Makes Liberal Students Feel âUnsafeâ
Diversity - everywhere except Santa Clara University
At Santa Clara University, offended leftists are doing all they can to keep conservatives off campus.
Turning Point USA advertises itself as a group promoting âfiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.â Some Santa Clara students went before the schoolâs student senate to apply to start their own chapter on campus. A small group of students made their pitch, and then students and faculty at the school delivered speeches opposing the group.
In the end, the senate rejected the proposal, saying the group would make students feel âunsafe.â
âIt was a lot of repetitive stuff,â Caleb Aleva, one of the Turning Points USA activists, told The Daily Caller. âA lot of them are lying about being afraid or they are genuinely in fear because of this false sense of danger promulgated by the media that anyone who is vaguely conservative is a Nazi or a white supremacist,â he said.
David Warne, one of the student senators at Santa Clara, told The Daily Caller that the group was compared to the alt-right in a presentation. âThe order of the presentation goes like this: White Nationalistsâ>Alt-Rightâ>Identity Evropaâ>Richard Spencerâ>Milo Yiannopoulosâ>Turning Point USA,â Warne wrote. Identity Evropa recently appeared on campus, but Warne said no one believes the posters were put up by students.
A few of Turning Pointâs 350 chapters around the country have helped co-host Milo events, but the group a a whole doesnât associate with him. The groupâs events at college campuses havenât led to major demonstrations or to outbreaks of violence.
Turning Point USA spokesman Matt Lamb contacted Santa Claraâs assistant director of student organizations to find out why the group was rejected. He told The Daily Caller that the assistant director âtold the club to re-apply next quarter.â He then added that âshe also said that one reason the student senate likely rejected us was because of the âmoodâ after the last election.â
The group was voted down by a margin of 16-10, and the next step for them is to appeal the decision to the judicial branch of the student senate or wait until the next quarter.
Santa Clara University Bans Conservative Group, Saying It Makes Liberal Students Feel âUnsafeâ