{"id":492207,"date":"2021-05-10T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492207"},"modified":"2021-05-10T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:06:29","slug":"university-of-iowa-college-republicans-temporarily-suspended-for-chalking-outside-without-face-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-iowa-college-republicans-temporarily-suspended-for-chalking-outside-without-face-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Iowa College Republicans Temporarily Suspended For Chalking Outside Without Face Masks"},"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\">26<\/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%2Funiversity-of-iowa-college-republicans-temporarily-suspended-for-chalking-outside-without-face-masks%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=492207&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><span>The University of Iowa\u2019s College Republicans were temporarily suspended for chalking outside on campus without face masks on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the evening of May 4, the College Republicans congregated outside to \u201cchalk\u201d slogans on the university\u2019s sidewalks. The student organization \u2014 following university protocols \u2014 wrote slogans such as \u201cUnborn Lives Matter,\u201d \u201cJesus Loves You,\u201d and \u201cBlue Lives Matter,\u201d among others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_220484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220484\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1-300x225.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_220485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220485\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt2-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt2-433x576.jpg 433w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt2.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_220486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220486\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt3-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt3-433x576.jpg 433w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt3.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The next morning, the university\u2019s Office of Student Accountability emailed College Republican President Makenzie Jones informing her that the club had been placed on an \u201cinterim suspension\u201d following reports that club members were not masked outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Office of Student Accountability is in the process of investigating allegations that your organization violated University Student Organization regulations,\u201d the email reads. \u201cIt has been reported that the College Republicans \u2026 hosted an event on the Pentacrest at which attendees and organization members did not follow University of Iowa policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic \u2026 Due to the gravity of the report, effective immediately, I am issuing an interim suspension of all operations and activities of College Republicans pending the outcome of the investigation into the aforementioned incident.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jones was informed that she must schedule a meeting with Angela Ibrahim-Olin, the school\u2019s assistant dean and director of student accountability, before May 10. According to communication records obtained by The Daily Wire, on May 5, Ibrahim-Olin and Jones spoke on the phone and the club\u2019s interim suspension was rescinded shortly after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kwwl.com\/2021\/05\/05\/university-responding-after-students-erase-college-republicans-chalk-writing\/\"><span>KWWL News<\/span><\/a><span>, the university retracted its suspension after it realized students were following updated CDC guidance that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\"><span>vaccinated people can remove masks outdoors<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the meantime, liberal student activists wasted no time desecrating the College Republican\u2019s chalking. Micah Broekemeier, a member of College Republicans, told The Daily Wire that he saw students scuffing out the American flag and throwing water on the chalk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_220482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220482\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-432x576.jpg 432w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_220483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220483\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-432x576.jpg 432w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Destroyed-Pt1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>A member of the university\u2019s student government also encouraged friends to join her in removing the chalk. The student government member claims to have called on maintenance to remove the chalk, though she was denied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHey UIowa friends! I called maintenance this [morning] about washing off the chalk on the Pentacrest and they legally can\u2019t regardless of the messaging so if anyone would like to join me in personally washing it off [direct message] me.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a separate Instagram story, the student government member tagged four friends, one of whom The Daily Wire confirmed is also a member of the student government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following the resurgence of Black Lives Matter, student activists vandalized school property with spray paint and profane slogans such as \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d \u201cF**k the police,\u201d \u201cBlack power,\u201d and \u201cACAB,\u201d which stands for \u201cAll Cops Are Bastards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_220478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220478\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt1-225x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt1-433x576.jpg 433w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt1.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_220479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220479\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-220479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt2-139x300.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt2-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt2-266x576.jpg 266w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/Graffiti-Pt2.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-220479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via University of Iowa College Republicans<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>According to the university, students are breaking policy if they message with any product that is not water-soluble or chalk on a surface other than the sidewalk. Student activists received no pushback from the university following the breach of policy in the name of Black Lives Matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Iowa\u2019s College Republicans were temporarily suspended for chalking outside on campus without face masks on.\u00a0On the evening of May 4, the College Republicans congregated outside to \u201cchalk\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277669,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1-300x225.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"University of Iowa College Republicans Temporarily Suspended For Chalking Outside Without Face Masks","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chalking-Pt1-300x225.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"University of Iowa College Republicans Temporarily Suspended For Chalking Outside Without Face Masks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492207","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}