{"id":544300,"date":"2021-05-28T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544300"},"modified":"2021-05-28T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:36:07","slug":"university-of-arkansas-dropped-10k-on-virtual-drag-show-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-arkansas-dropped-10k-on-virtual-drag-show-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"University Of Arkansas Dropped $10K On Virtual Drag Show For Students"},"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\">22<\/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-arkansas-dropped-10k-on-virtual-drag-show-for-students%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=544300&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/University-of-Arkansas.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The University of Arkansas shelled out over $10,000 for a 60-minute Zoom drag performance for students.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=17429\"><span>Campus Reform<\/span><\/a><span>, the school spent a total of $11,050 for a \u201cvirtual drag show\u201d that only 38 students attended. The event was hosted by the school\u2019s University Programs and featured six local drag artists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A copy of the school\u2019s contract shows that the school paid $10,000 to one drag performer alone, Jaida Essence Hall, who is best known for winning season 12 of RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race. The additional $1,050 was given to drag queen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/taylormadisonmonroe\/?hl=en\"><span>Jeremy Stuthard<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The university\u2019s Assistant Director of Strategic Communications Rebecca Morrison told Campus Reform that the funding came directly from student fees.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Campus Reform reported:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><i><span>The dance portion of the show lasted less than an hour and included a wide range of performance styles. Performer Nikita Kakes danced to \u201cHush Hush\u201d by The Pussycat Dolls, while Maddy Morphosis sang to a puppet during her performance of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d from the Disney classic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The show ended with a lip sync battle between multiple students where Jaida Essence Hall urged them to \u201cchange into something really cute,\u201d put on a wig or put on handcuffs. The winner was given a prize. The contract reveals that this prize was provided by the university.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The University of Arkansas has a history of paying large sums of money to political figureheads and left-wing culture icons. In February, the school paid <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=17091&amp;_gl=1*1a97126*_ga*ODc0MTU3OTk1LjE2MjA2MDczMjc.*_ga_52173W50DL*MTYyMjIxOTEyMS41LjAuMTYyMjIxOTEyMS42MA..\"><span>$20,000<\/span><\/a><span> for self-proclaimed communist Angela Davis to speak for 90 minutes. Approximately 30 minutes of the speech was a question-and-answer session.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The $20,000 bill for Davis came from the student activity fee as well. The university\u2019s \u201cDistinguished Lectures Committee,\u201d which is led by students, brought Davis to campus. The committee claims that it brings&nbsp;\u201cdynamic and pertinent speakers \u2026 to the University of Arkansas campus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other universities have approved drag show events for students including Texas A&amp;M University, the University of South Carolina, and MiraCosta College in California. At Texas A&amp;M, a student group hosted a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=14387\"><span>drag queen competition<\/span><\/a><span> featuring RuPaul Drag Race\u2019s Monique Hart. The event was hosted by several student groups as well as the school\u2019s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Resource Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the University of South Carolina, students competed for the title of best amateur drag queen \u201cMs. Gaymecock Pageant.\u201d According to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=5983\"><span>Facebook event page<\/span><\/a><span> for the show, students were encouraged to bring $1 bills to the \u201cGarden of Eden-themed show.\u201d Contestants were judged based on the amount of money they raised.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One professor took it so far as to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=10227\"><span>offer extra credit<\/span><\/a><span> for an Anthropology class if students attended an on-campus LGBT talk featuring a drag show. The presentation featured 11 speakers that were slated to address \u201chetero-normative sexual education, the importance of a Pride center on campus, internalized homophobia, and much more.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following the presentation, MiraCosta College advertised that \u201centertainment will be provided in the form of drag performances, dance sets, and other types of artistic expression.\u201d&nbsp;<\/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>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Arkansas shelled out over $10,000 for a 60-minute Zoom drag performance for students.\u00a0According to Campus Reform, the school spent a total of $11,050 for a \u201cvirtual drag &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313407,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/University-of-Arkansas.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"University Of Arkansas Dropped $10K On Virtual Drag Show For Students","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/University-of-Arkansas.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"University Of Arkansas Dropped $10K On Virtual Drag Show For Students","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544300","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=544300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}