{"id":1952232,"date":"2023-06-20T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asu-fires-2-faculty-for-organizing-event-with-conservatives-charlie-kirk-robert-kiyosaki-and-dennis-prager\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T17:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:57:32","slug":"asu-fires-2-faculty-for-organizing-event-with-conservatives-charlie-kirk-robert-kiyosaki-and-dennis-prager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asu-fires-2-faculty-for-organizing-event-with-conservatives-charlie-kirk-robert-kiyosaki-and-dennis-prager\/","title":{"rendered":"ASU dismisses 2 faculty for arranging event with Conservative figures Kirk, Kiyosaki, and Prager."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fasu-fires-2-faculty-for-organizing-event-with-conservatives-charlie-kirk-robert-kiyosaki-and-dennis-prager%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=1952232&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of the Gammage Auditorium on the campus of Arizona State University (ASU). (Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>2:32 PM \u2013 Tuesday, June 20, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University (ASU) recently dismissed two faculty members for planning an event earlier this year featuring notable Conservative speakers Charlie Kirk, Dennis Prager, and Robert Kiyosaki.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More than 37 members of the Barrett Honors College\u2019s majority far-left faculty organized a petition in February against the event featuring \u201cRich Dad Poor Dad\u201d author Robert Kiyosaki, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, best-selling author and PragerU founder Dennis Prager, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Barrett Honors College Dean Tara Williams then began limiting marketing for the \u201cHealth, Wealth, and Happiness\u201d event, which included the Conservative speakers, while also pushing an opposing event planned by other Barrett Faculty members led by Professor April Miller.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI do not think that the decision to host these speakers at ASU\u2019s premier venue is in congruence with Barrett\u2019s principles as an institution,\u201d said Irina Levin, an ASU faculty affiliate who opposed the event.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the letter and petition signed by 37 out of 47, they claimed that the speakers were controversial commentators who stood for white nationalism, bigotry, anti-intellectualism, and anti-democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also cited the George Soros-funded organization Media Matters and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneylands-snow-white-ride-sparks-leftist-outrage-over-lack-of-consent-in-cartoon-kiss\/\" title=\"Disneyland\u2019s \u2018Snow White\u2019 Ride Sparks Leftist Outrage Over \u2018Lack Of Consent\u2019 In Cartoon Kiss\">left-wing outlets<\/a> as its sources.<\/p>\n<p>Professor April Miller, who seemed to be the driving force behind the firing of the faculty members and attempted cancellation of the event, issued the letter and petition to students and other staff, expressing her displeasure and accusing the speakers and school\u2019s event organizers of \u201cspreading hateful rhetoric that is harmful to many marginalized communities, anti-public education platforms, and health\/medical disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also tweeted her frustrations regarding the event in February.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your college sells its soul to the &#8220;highest&#8221; bidder, this is the result.  What an outrageous embarrassment.  Money over ethics, donors before students. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZ5chZ5cyG\">https:\/\/t.co\/iZ5chZ5cyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MiAprilD\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@moustique33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moustique33\/status\/1620921725998493696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ann Atkinson, executive director of the T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development at ASU\u2019s Barrett Honors College, recounted ASU\u2019s decision to terminate her \u201cfor organizing an event featuring Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager\u201d in an op-ed headlined \u201cI Paid for Free Speech at Arizona State.\u201d Ann added, \u201cThe message to students was clear: nuance is impossible in the presence of \u2018wrongthink\u2019; the offender must either comply or face sweeping castigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event also resulted in the firing of ASU Gammage Theater\u2019s events operations manager, Lin Blake, who informed Ann that she had been \u201cberated by ASU Gammage leadership for coordinating an event that did not align with the values of ASU Gammage.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI thought that Arizona State University, my alma mater and employer, was different from other schools when it came to free speech. In 2011, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression awarded ASU a green light rating for its written policies on freedom of expression. The university happily complied when FIRE suggested it adopt the Chicago Principles and protect the \u2018free, robust, and uninhibited sharing of ideas among all members of the University\u2019s community.\u2019 The ASU Barrett Honors College has even been home to heterodox initiatives like the T.W. Lewis Center for Personal Development, where I served as executive director for the last two years,\u201d Atkinson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite ASU\u2019s majority faculty rejection and threats, as well as the possible worry of violent radical leftist students on campus, Atkinson reported that the event was a \u201cresounding success,\u201d with 1,500 individuals attending in person and 24,000 watched online.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cmany students told me they were intimidated by professors into not attending,\u201d\u00a0Ann said. She also explained how many students voiced to her that they were worried to be seen at the event and begged that the cameras not face the crowd for fear of academic repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Prager claimed that he even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-clinesmith-altered-an-email-in-the-trump-russia-probe-to-keep-it-going-he-just-received-probation\/\" title=\"Kevin Clinesmith Altered An Email In The Trump-Russia Probe To Keep It Going. He Just Received Probation.\">received death threats<\/a> as a result of his participation in the event, \u201cforcing municipal and campus police to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asu-fires-2-faculty-for-organizing-event-with-conservatives-charlie-kirk-robert-kiyosaki-and-dennis-prager\/\" title=\"ASU dismisses 2 faculty for arranging event with Conservative figures Kirk, Kiyosaki, and Prager.\">enact extensive security measures<\/a>,\u201d Atkinson claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The opposing signers criticized ASU for \u201cplatforming and legitimizing\u201d Conservative\u00a0ideas, referring to\u00a0Prager and Kirk as \u201cwhite nationalist provocateurs\u201d whose remarks will \u201cundermine the value of democratic dialogue by marginalizing the school\u2019s most vulnerable students.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING\ud83d\udea8 ASU disbands Lewis Center after an event with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DennisPrager?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DennisPrager<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@charliekirk11<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4gRZs367si\">pic.twitter.com\/4gRZs367si<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luke Mosiman (@Luke_Mosiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Luke_Mosiman\/status\/1670967889330081792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Clay Robinson, an ASU alumnus, also blasted the university for opposing free speech on campus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSay what you want about the event itself, but to fire an employee (for doing their job) and to dismantle an entire center because of a mildly controversial event? Unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arizona State University is the same university where students demonstrated against the Nation of Israel in the past, advocating for a Palestinian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Another contentious incident at ASU occurred when a number of students staged a near-violent protest against Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s admission. Students carrying \u201cDeath to America\u201d signs attempted to break into ASU President Michael Crow\u2019s office building. <\/p>\n<p>ASU Police had to keep building doors shut as teachers huddled in their own offices for safety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ARIZONA: ASU socialists proudly holding \u201cDEATH 2 AMERICA\u201d signs to protest Kyle Rittenhouse attending online classes at the university even though he is no longer enrolled at the school <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hVaVtphHwz\">pic.twitter.com\/hVaVtphHwz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewHLive\/status\/1466190920500465666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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