Student president says group’s mark even was stolen from Sept. 11 monument
After a damaged display honoring the sufferers of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was earlier this month, a liberal pupil group at Gettysburg College claims it is left without answers.
The investigation into the affair was closed, according to Tyler Seeman, chairman of the personal school’s Young Americans for Freedom section, after reading it in the student magazine last week.
In a telephone interview Thursday, Seeman said a signal was stolen from their” 9/11 Not Miss Project” show less than 24 hours after they set it up Sept. 10 on the Stine Lake area of school.
He claimed that in a separate incident on the same day, another chapter members discovered a case of what appeared to be canine excrement on the display.
We do n’t know if the same person did both, according to Seeman, adding that administrators told him there is” no camera overlooking the area,” which makes it difficult to spot suspects.
According to him,” Theft and vandalism have no position at colleges and universities, and the conditions are not improved by the fact that this violence was targeted against a 9 / 11 exhibit dedicated to the survivors of the deadliest terrorist attack in American history,” he said via email.
Seeman claimed via mobile that administrators had discussions about the incidents with Editor student leaders and that they had reported the situation to school safety.
But, Seeman said he was always contacted about the research. On Wednesday, he said a crime log in The Gettysburgian reported it as” Closed ( No Known Suspects or Witnesses )”.
When contacted about the issue, the school security office sent The Fix to the university communications workplace.
” Campaign safety received notification of the event. However, there are no eye-witnesses or new details that have been revealed that will allow us to thoroughly investigate what happened, director Jamie Yates told The Fix via internet on Friday.
” If more information is available, we will definitely revisit the investigation. Of course, if this was done intentionally, it is deeply rude and does not live up to our society beliefs and anticipation”, Yates said.
Director of Student Activities Jonathan Allen even included a statement in an email sent to The Fix by Seeman in response to the incidents.
” YAF command at Gettysburg informed us that one placed a bag of dog feces within their 9/11 memorial display”, Allen wrote in the Sept. 18 speech.
” If willful, and we are looking into the situation, this act is greatly disrespectful to the memory of those lost, undermines the value of this grave memory, and is counter to the beliefs of our community”, Allen stated.
Seeman expressed sorrow that the speech did not mention the robbery of their signal.
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He added that he anticipates that university leaders did “remind the campus community of the protections and practices of freedom of expression immediately.”
Seeman did acknowledge that school administrators have historically protected conservative individuals ‘ right to free speech. He brought up a situation where leaders fought their legal status to pencil messages on the road.
Despite the issues with their new show, Seeman claimed the book “was able to reach out to and join students with this occasion who usually do not attend our meetings and initiatives.”
But, he said it’s “unfortunate that this is their first impression of what happens to formally registered, reserved, and sanctioned people features on Gettysburg College’s campus”.
He told The Fix,” The left here is very outspoken, and there are some nasty things coming out of it.”
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IMAGE: Tyler Seeman
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