Public universities like
@thisisUIC
must educate their staff about the First Amendment and ensure they’re clear when accusing students of policy violations — especially when shutting down expressive events.

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Video published by the Young America's Foundation shows a UIC school official telling students to dismantle an anti-Marxist display on Che Guevara that was

CHICAGO • Published October 18, 2022 12:25pm EDT

Chicago college shuts down anti-Marxism display, threatens conservative students with disciplinary action

The students had set up a table for 'No More Che Day,' educating peers on the Marxist revolutionary's history

By Emma Colton | Fox News

A University of llinois Chicago official was seen on video demanding an anti-Marxist display set-up by conservative students be removed from a sidewalk at the public university.

"There’s a difference between public property and state property," an official at the college, identified by the Young America’s Foundation as associate director of UIC’s Center for Student involvement, Vance Pierce, said in the video. "Public property is anybody can set up outside on the sidewalk, there’s no issue. But inside, we do have some policies that we’re trying to share with you."

Chapter members of the Young Americans for Freedom had established a table on a sidewalk on Oct. 10 for a YAF-sponsored event called "No More Che Day," YAF reported. The Young America’s Foundation has sponsored "No More Che Day" on the anniversary of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara’s death at college campuses across the country for years to educate students about his "vicious campaigns to impose Communism on countries throughout Latin America."

YAF said the students were handing out literature regarding Guevara’s history at a table set up outside. ... The college students are heard pushing back on the school official’s claims, saying a sidewalk is public property. Pierce told the students that they could set up "across the street" and "do whatever," arguing that where they were located is "indoor of the circle of buildings" and "not just opened to anybody." ... He is also heard telling the students that if they don’t pack up, he could file a complaint with the dean of students office. The students in the video are heard saying they would dismantle the table and leave.

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