Posted on 04/01/2016 7:17:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
•Students took to Twitter to express their outrage and concern after 'Trump 2016' appeared written in chalk on their campus.
•Staff of the school removed the chalking because it had not been pre-approved with the school.
The University of Kansas is investigating pro-Donald Trump chalk that appeared on campus sidewalks Tuesday morning.
KU students took to Twitter this week to express their outrage over the political speech, saying they are troubled that some of their classmates are Trump supporters, and even comparing the chalk messages to the confederate flag.
The university said that they would have allowed students to chalk had they applied for approval, but allegedly had staff remove the unapproved chalking the day it was discovered.
Former student senator Shegufta Huma, however, argued that approval from the University is less important than the message itself, tweeting a photo of one chalking with the caption, “Is this the post-racial paradise folks pretend exists?”
“The issue isn't whether a student chalked or if it was approved,” Huma tweeted later. “The issue is folks in the KU vicinity support a racist, sexist demagogue.”
Nor were the students mollified when the KU News service pointed out that the chalking may have been done by someone from outside the school community.
“@KUnews does it matter? The presence of support is on campus, and that's enough,” KU student Brittany Bodenheimer tweeted in reply. “Almost more concerning if it wasn't a Jayhawk.”
Some didn’t like the University’s response to Huma, who was one of the first to complain about the chalk on Twitter. Rock Chalk Invisible Hawks, the group behind last semester’s on-campus protests, which included the harassment of a charity fundraiser, tweeted that KU should have denounced the “Trump propaganda,” and instead was “defensive.” They also suggested in a separate tweet that KU should “intervene.”
Bodenheimer tweeted that KU “plays down student concerns” and just pretends to listen.
The University does have a clearly-stated policy requiring prior approval for chalking, saying that “all other chalking is subject to immediate removal and the individuals or groups responsible may be charged the cost of cleanup.”
This comes just a week after a similar incident occurred at Emory University, which caused the school’s student government to allocate funds to help support students traumatized by the chalk.
LOL, good one!
Thanks very much.
Alka Selzer or Vodka before viewing?
Bkmrk.
From now on the “chalkers” should add a micro aggression safety zone box in their drawings.
The future of our country is truly doomed if students like this are going to be in charge some day...This election is our last chance to stem the tide of evil that is washing over us.
Very nice!
I LOVE #thechalkening on Twitter.
The brain washing looks complete on all these campuses.
Decades ago this would have been an April fools joke...now its reality.
Vodka! Mostly because you will be fighting the urge to yell at your Computer Monitor. But just sit back and absorb How these Students React.
I feel a little less naive after watching.
Back in the ancient days when I was in school, we had 6 graders that had more courage and more common sense than what out universities have today....
I would LOVE to see some ‘crackuhs’, as myself, make a mocking vid.
Vodka it shall be!
Watching my favorite TV series right now: Blue Bloods.
This was from a Journalist who refused to be kicked out of a Public Meeting because they told him too. So there was push-back:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NTXnUMpGs
Heh!
“This comes just a week after a similar incident occurred at Emory University, which caused the school’s student government to allocate funds to help support students traumatized by the chalk.”
Oh, those poor, poor traumatized students!
What are they going to do in the real world, if some chalk campaign slogan frightens them?
Awesome! Tom Selleck!
You kick back are enjoy your Favorite T.V. Show. You've earned it.
I am going to find Sarah's Speech today, have you seen it yet?
(HUGS!!)
I just looked at all the pics on #thechalkening on twitter, some really good stuff on there! I saw that Dan, the guy on Trumps campaign, tweeted he will show the pics to Trump on their way to Wisconsin tomorrow. Trump has 6 rallies lined up between now and Monday night.
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