Boston University (BU) must provide better security for conservative students in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, College Republicans from the university wrote in a Sept. 10 letter to the institution’s president, Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam.
Kirk, a prominent conservative commentator, was killed on Sept. 10 while engaging in a debate session at Utah Valley University.
BU College Republicans wrote that the assassination “shocked the nation and struck at the principle [Kirk] championed most: free speech, the cornerstone of any democracy.”
They said that conservative students studying at BU have long been marginalized and silenced through social intimidation, hostility, and academic penalties….