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Elizabethtown College
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Elizabethtown College: TPUSA Chapter Sanctioned for ‘Fraudulent’ Statement in Online Fundraiser
March 22, 2022
In fall 2021, members of the Elizabethtown College Turning Point USA chapter planned to attend a national TPUSA conference. Etown sanctioned the chapter for an assertedly “fraudulent” statement that group members made in an online fundraiser based on their objectively reasonable interpretation of college policy, namely that the college was unwilling to fund the trip…. Read more
Elizabethtown College: Conservative Student Group Denied Permission to Host Speaker Opposed to Critical Race Theory
November 22, 2021
In August 2021, Elizabethtown College’s Turning Point USA student chapter invited political commentator Joe Basrawi to speak at an event. Basrawi chose critical race theory as the topic of his talk. After TPUSA advertised the event on social media, an administrator objected to the flyer’s description of the event (“Critical Hate Theory”) and informed the… Read more
Elizabethtown College: Students Excluded from College-Sponsored Event on Basis of Race
October 12, 2021
As part of its “Forum on White Supremacy and Global Colonization,” Elizabethtown College scheduled a three-part event, “Mediocre + Multimedia Content,” in October and November 2021. The college limited attendance at the event to “participants who identify as individuals of color.” FIRE wrote to the college on October 11, calling on the administration to remove… Read more
Trend of racially segregated campus events is putting institutions on dangerous legal ground
April 22, 2022
With nearly 60 years having passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans have the right to expect racial segregation — at least of the “official” variety — to be a thing of the past on our nation’s college campuses. Yet along with others, FIRE has noticed a recent pattern of events that explicitly… Read more
Elizabethtown College’s hot streak of student rights violations continues with targeting of TPUSA chapter
March 22, 2022
In just six months, Elizabethtown College has achieved a trifecta of student rights violations. Having already hosted an unlawful racially segregated event and infringed a student group’s freedom of speech via viewpoint-based denial of a guest speaker request, the college has now denied that same group due process (and again burdened its expressive freedom) by… Read more
Elizabethtown College bars TPUSA chapter from hosting speaker opposed to critical race theory
November 23, 2021
Discrimination. Censorship. Elizabethtown College is quickly gaining a reputation for disregarding student rights. FIRE recently covered the college’s hosting of a racially segregated event. Now add to the college’s missteps its refusal to approve a student group’s guest speaker because of the speaker’s political views. On Oct. 5, FIRE wrote privately to Etown, calling on… Read more
[UPDATED] No, Elizabethtown College, your racially segregated event is not okay.
October 12, 2021
UPDATE (October 21, 2021): Apparently content with its decision to endorse racial discrimination, Elizabethtown College ignored FIRE’s letter calling on the institution to desegregate an event in its discussion series on white supremacy. The next session of the event is scheduled for this evening. We hope the administration will come to its senses and stop… Read more