​Bizzare. I do not understand some people.
I'm curious to see what happens with the Seahawks on Sunday.

Click the link for the video. ​
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28952/

History professor rips down campus 9/11 ‘Never Forget’ posters (VIDEO)
William Nardi - Roger Williams University
<http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/author/william-nardi/> September 9, 2016
[image: posterremoval]

*UPDATED*

Conservative students attending a community college in Southern California
say campus leaders worked to cancel their Sept. 11 memorial, and what’s
more, a history professor tore down their “Never Forget” remembrance
posters.

The students, who attend Saddleback College and are members of the Young
Americans for Freedom group, filmed on Thursday history Professor Margot
Lovett <https://www.saddleback.edu/mlovett> tear down posters with images
showing various terrorists acts and the words “Never Forget.”

Lovett, chair of the history department, told the students they did not
have permission to hang them, the video shows
<http://www.yaf.org/news/video-professor-tears-down-911-memorial-posters/>.

The actions of Lovett, who in 2001 endorsed
<http://www.ocweekly.com/news/lovett-or-leave-it-6388500> a statement
blaming U.S. imperialism for the 9/11 attacks, came after campus leaders
used bureaucratic red tape to try to shut down the conservative students’
previously approved Sept. 11 memorial.

Kyle Chiu, a 21-year-old junior and the Young Americans for Freedom
chapter’s vice chair, told *The College Fix* campus leaders refused to
grant their club active status because officials want to change some parts
of the group’s bylaws. With that, he said, a previously approved 9/11
memorial slated for Sept. 8 was canceled
<http://www.yaf.org/news/saddleback-college-blocks-yaf-chapters-9-11-memorial/>
.

“The funny thing is that these are the exact same documents we submitted
last year with no problem at all,” Chiu said. “This technically keeps us
from active status, thus giving the Student Development Office what they
feel is justification for canceling our event. An event the same office
approved a couple weeks before.”

“Due to the cancellation of the 9/11 Never Forget Project, all of the
reservations for equipment, space on campus, as well as official
notifications to campus groups were forfeited,” he added.

[image: neverforget]Undeterred, the students went ahead on Thursday to mark
the anniversary of the terrorist attacks. As they placed American flags in
the ground for each person killed on Sept. 11, Lovett came by and tore down
their posters. (*Poster image, YAF
<http://www.yaf.org/news/video-professor-tears-down-911-memorial-posters/>*)

Saddleback officials did not respond to repeated phone calls and emails
Wednesday and Thursday from *The College Fix* seeking comment. Lovett also
could not be reached for comment.

Chiu said despite Lovett tearing down their posters, they inserted all
their flags in the ground to mark the anniversary, and the flags remained up
<https://www.facebook.com/YAFsaddleback/> all day.

Ultimately, he said, he is disappointed by his school leaders.

“I honestly felt like Saddleback was better than this. I am very
disappointed that we cannot come together as a higher learning
establishment to remember the lives that were lost on 9/11,” Chiu said. “It
breaks my heart to see such petty reasoning as to why we can’t honor fallen
Americans.”

*Editor’s note:* *On Friday, after the article was published, Saddleback
College officials released a statement on the matter:*

Saddleback College supports student clubs and their right to organize and
exercise their freedom of speech. At the beginning of each academic year,
in order to organize meetings and hold events, student clubs must go
through an activation process that includes an orientation, the
establishment of a club constitution and by-laws, and the appointment of a
faculty adviser.

Young Americans for Freedom contacted the college’s student development
office before fall semester classes began to state their intention to plan
an event commemorating 9/11. The director made clear that the students
would have to complete the club activation process before the event could
be approved. As of today the students have not completed the requirements
to form a club.

On September 8th, the students posted stickers and flyers on several campus
buildings, which is a violation of South Orange County Community College
District policy. The students also did this without first seeking approval
from college administration. However, flyers that were posted by the
students in the free speech areas on campus have not been removed by
college personnel.

The director of student life has reached out to the students and invited
them to meet and discuss the steps that can be taken to work
collaboratively with the college in the future and in accordance with
college and district policies and procedures.

*MORE: Students taught most U.S. terrorists ‘conservative’ white men
(VIDEO) <http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/25808/>*

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