{"id":1122240,"date":"2021-12-15T15:59:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122240"},"modified":"2021-12-15T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:59:20","slug":"a-university-student-posted-flyers-advertising-matt-walshs-speech-he-now-faces-suspension-or-expulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-university-student-posted-flyers-advertising-matt-walshs-speech-he-now-faces-suspension-or-expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"A University Student Posted Flyers Advertising Matt Walsh\u2019s Speech. He Now Faces Suspension Or Expulsion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-university-student-posted-flyers-advertising-matt-walshs-speech-he-now-faces-suspension-or-expulsion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1122240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A St. Louis University (SLU) student who put up flyers advertising an upcoming lecture from The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh is facing suspension or expulsion, even though he says he put the flyers up off campus.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/st-louis-university-student-faces-suspension-or-expulsion-for-advertising-matt-walsh-lecture\">reported<\/a> that James Dowling \u201cwas notified last week he would be subjected to a disciplinary hearing for refusing to stop posting flyers at an off-campus location advertising Walsh\u2019s lecture and for allegedly being \u2018confrontational\u2019 and \u2018disrespectful\u2019 to school administrators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Examiner was able to review Dowling\u2019s pre-hearing, which occurred over Zoom. The outlet noted that assistant director for the Office of Student Responsibility and Community Standards William Bowey told the student that putting up the flyers and the way he handled the situation with university officials could possibly violate the school\u2019s code of conduct and that if he was found responsible, he faces suspension or expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>More from the Examiner:<\/p>\n<p><em>On the day of the event, Dowling posted flyers advertising the event at a location he says was off school grounds. He says a pair of school administrators approached him and demanded he take down the flyers, prompting an animated discussion that lasted almost half an hour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the Zoom meeting and in a letter sent to Dowling, the university accused him of being \u201callegedly confrontational, disrespectful\u201d and that he \u201cfailed to comply with reasonable requests made by the staff in accordance with their duties.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>During the Zoom pre-hearing, Dowling repeatedly tried to tell Bowey the incident took place off campus property and therefore outside the purview of school discipline. The administrator replied, \u201cThat would be a matter for the hearing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Walsh was originally scheduled to speak at SLU on December 1, but like many conservative speakers, he and the Young America\u2019s Foundation (YAF), an organization that helps students find conservative speakers to speak at their campus, faced trouble trying to allow Walsh to speak. Ultimately, the lecture was rescheduled twice and finally held off campus because university officials reportedly refused to allow Walsh a venue for his speech.<\/p>\n<p>YAF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaf.org\/news\/slu-threatens-to-expel-conservative-student-for-hanging-up-matt-walsh-event-flyers-off-campus\/\">reported<\/a> that administrators specifically \u201ctook issue with the school and organization\u2019s names being used on flyers for the event\u201d that Dowling had hung up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince removing every poster was not feasible nor fair, Dowling, wanting to remain in the school\u2019s good graces, offered to cross out the names with a sharpie. This was not good enough for them, despite not having any jurisdiction over the off-campus location,\u201d YAF wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Dowling told the organization that he called the city to make sure the area where the event was held did not belong to the university, and was told it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the encounter, there was no doubt in my mind that the administrators were both outside of their realm of control and acting out of personal political bias,\u201d Dowling told YAF. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I\u2019m under investigation for this ordeal. I think SLU should be investing their time into investigating their bully administrators instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the encounter reportedly shows the university administrators acting \u201chostile\u201d toward Dowling and YAF employees.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A St. Louis University (SLU) student who put up flyers advertising an upcoming lecture from The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh is facing suspension or expulsion, even though he says he put the flyers up off campus.The Washington Examiner reported that James Dowling \u201cwas notified last week he would be subjected to a disciplinary hearing for refusing to stop posting flyers at an off-campus location advertising Walsh\u2019s lecture and for allegedly being \u2018confrontational\u2019 and \u2018disrespectful\u2019 to school administrators.\u201dThe Examiner was able to review Dowling\u2019s pre-hearing, which occurred over Zoom. The outlet noted that assistant director for the Office of Student Responsibility and Community Standards William Bowey told the student that putting up the flyers and the way he handled the situation with university officials could possibly violate the school\u2019s code of conduct and that if he was found responsible, he faces suspension or expulsion.More from the Examiner:On the day of the event, Dowling posted flyers advertising the event at a location he says was off school grounds. He says a pair of school administrators approached him and demanded he take down the flyers, prompting an animated discussion that lasted almost half an hour.In the Zoom meeting and in a letter sent to Dowling, the university accused him of being \u201callegedly confrontational, disrespectful\u201d and that he \u201cfailed to comply with reasonable requests made by the staff in accordance with their duties.\u201dDuring the Zoom pre-hearing, Dowling repeatedly tried to tell Bowey the incident took place off campus property and therefore outside the purview of school discipline. The administrator replied, \u201cThat would be a matter for the hearing.\u201dWalsh was originally scheduled to speak at SLU on December 1, but like many conservative speakers, he and the Young America\u2019s Foundation (YAF), an organization that helps students find conservative speakers to speak at their campus, faced trouble trying to allow Walsh to speak. Ultimately, the lecture was rescheduled twice and finally held off campus because university officials reportedly refused to allow Walsh a venue for his speech.YAF reported that administrators specifically \u201ctook issue with the school and organization\u2019s names being used on flyers for the event\u201d that Dowling had hung up.\u201cSince removing every poster was not feasible nor fair, Dowling, wanting to remain in the school\u2019s good graces, offered to cross out the names with a sharpie. This was not good enough for them, despite not having any jurisdiction over the off-campus location,\u201d YAF wrote.Dowling told the organization that he called the city to make sure the area where the event was held did not belong to the university, and was told it didn\u2019t.\u201cDuring the encounter, there was no doubt in my mind that the administrators were both outside of their realm of control and acting out of personal political bias,\u201d Dowling told YAF. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I\u2019m under investigation for this ordeal. I think SLU should be investing their time into investigating their bully administrators instead.\u201dVideo footage of the encounter reportedly shows the university administrators acting \u201chostile\u201d toward Dowling and YAF employees.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1122240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1122240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1122240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1122240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1122240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1122240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}