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Gonzaga University ‘Declines’ Shapiro Speaking Event, Frustrating Students

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On Wednesday, Young America’s Foundation reported that Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit university located in Spokane, Washington, “declined” a speaking event by Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro on their campus. The students had hoped to hear Shapiro speak in the spring of 2019, but Gonzaga’s Dean of Student Life sent an email to students that said Shapiro speaking would violate a portion of the school’s event policy.

The university’s policy states that permission to invite a guest speaker or to host an event for the public on campus may be denied altogether if:

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