{"id":2657591,"date":"2026-09-10T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-students-at-the-university-where-charlie-kirk-was-murdered-fume-over-memorial-event\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:27:35","slug":"dem-students-at-the-university-where-charlie-kirk-was-murdered-fume-over-memorial-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-students-at-the-university-where-charlie-kirk-was-murdered-fume-over-memorial-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Students at the University Where Charlie Kirk Was Murdered Fume Over Memorial Event"},"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%2Fdem-students-at-the-university-where-charlie-kirk-was-murdered-fume-over-memorial-event%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=2657591&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 student group at Utah Valley University plans too protest Turning Point USA\u2019s event commemorating Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination on campus after its first anniversary. The memorial event, called &#8220;Freedom Built to Last Memorial,&#8221; is scheduled for Thursday evening, with notable speakers including Glenn Beck and Frank Turek. UVU\u2019s president decided to close the campus to all classes that day but allowed the event to proceed, a decision opposed by some students who have organized a protest and expressed concerns that the event promotes far-right politics and racist ideologies associated with Kirk. They argue that hosting the event compromises the university&#8217;s neutrality and negatively impacts marginalized communities. Turning Point USA\u2019s posts emphasize Kirk\u2019s faith and his legacy, framing the event as a tribute to his life and work. tensions are high surrounding the university\u2019s decision to permit the event and to close the campus, with protests seeking to oppose its political implications.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic student group at Utah Valley University plans to protest Turning Point USA\u2019s event on campus Thursday night on the first anniversary of founder Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination there.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/tpusa.com\/live\/tpusa-honors-charlie-kirk-one-year-later-with-a-night-of-remembrance-at-the-uccu-center-on-the-campus-of-utah-valley-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from Turning Point USA, the \u201cFreedom Built to Last Memorial\u201d will take place at 6:30 p.m. local time at Utah Valley University in Orem.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers will include radio talk show host Glenn Beck, who has been a regular at TPUSA\u2019s AmericaFest in recent years. Beck\u2019s daughter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/I8qA4FE43vE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just feet away<\/a> from Kirk last September when he was shot.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Christian author and apologist Frank Turek, who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nShch2bljgY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> was also with Kirk<\/a> during the assassination, will be speaking.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqD55JKOND\">pic.twitter.com\/gqD55JKOND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPUSA\/status\/2097912139965247553?\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/education\/2026\/09\/08\/turning-point-usa-plans-charlie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Salt Lake Tribune<\/a> reported that UVU President Jon Anderson decided to close the campus to all classes on Thursday as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turning-point-usa-return-scene-charlie-kirks-assassination-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TPUSA<\/a> hosts its event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an institution, it\u2019s important that we stay apolitical, that we don\u2019t jump in the fray,\u201d he said. \u201cAny entity could\u2019ve used that space, and they chose to have that day. And we allowed them to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the outlet reported that \u201cUVU\u2019s Students for a Democratic Society club opposes the memorial and has planned a protest for 6:15 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1RrkAO6y1BkYjj96cgfgp0R3frcyTpWYE63OVPYzQPnI\/edit?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open letter<\/a> to the university\u2019s administration, signed by over 600 people, \u201cWe, students of UVU, strongly condemn the decision to hand over our campus to TPUSA on September 10. As we approach the anniversary of this tragic event, it should be made clear that many of us will be further negatively affected by allowing TPUSA to occupy our campus on that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy closing the campus for the entire day \u2018to provide time and space\u2019 and ing all students with details about the far-right political event hosted at our UCCU Center, President Anderson has aligned himself with the interests of Charlie Kirk\u2019s openly racist and antagonistic organization, which intends to use a narrative of victimhood to provide cover for its campaign to advance chauvinistic and divisive ideas within our university,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One year after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college campus, the organization he built is returning to the place where he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Valley University has canceled classes today as Turning Point USA gathers on campus for \u201cFreedom Built to Last,\u201d a memorial\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bm4SnU1YsN\">pic.twitter.com\/bm4SnU1YsN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2097997393522282637?\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The students argued that the TPUSA event will promote Kirk\u2019s politics and \u201cis not in line with an atmosphere of \u2018care and consideration.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remember Charlie Kirk as someone who represented the opposite of consideration,\u201d the letter added.<\/p>\n<p>The group pointed to his views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tyler-robinsons-transgender-lover-given-immunity-statement-prosecutors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgenderism<\/a> and his sentiments about George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two examples demonstrate that Kirk was an enemy to marginalized communities that call UVU home, and that his legacy should not be perpetuated on UVU\u2019s campus,\u201d Students for a Democratic Society said.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Thursday\u2019s memorial, TPUSA posted on X, \u201cFor the people who knew and loved Charlie, September 10 will never simply be an anniversary. It is the day our lives were changed forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we also remember Charlie for how he lived. Charlie\u2019s faith was at the center of who he was. He believed deeply in God and trusted that his life was guided by a meaningful purpose. Charlie\u2019s faith in Christ was his armor, which no assassin could overcome. He believed in life everlasting, and it was this unshakable faith that gave him a courage that was impossible to miss,\u201d the post continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">September 10, 2025, changed America\u2019s history forever.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, our founder, our leader, and our friend, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated while doing what he had devoted his life to: standing before young Americans and challenging them to think, to speak, and to have the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4ZClQx9u0\">pic.twitter.com\/d4ZClQx9u0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TPUSA\/status\/2098018682064830734?\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was willing to walk into difficult rooms, have uncomfortable conversations, and stand firmly for what he believed because he wanted others to know the hope and truth he had in Jesus. 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