Flyers and other items celebrating and mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk have circulated on college campuses this week, prompting anger, concern and frustration among some students.

One of the most prominent posters popping up shows a cartoon image of Kirk with blood squirting out of his neck and the words “Debate This.” The image is in reference to the fact that the conservative icon was shot and killed by a bullet to the neck last week while debating students at Utah Valley University.

“These are everywhere at University of Louisville…where I’m scheduled to speak in three weeks. May God have mercy on our nation,” posted Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins on X.

In another example, a party invitation circulated among some leftwing Denison University students mocking Kirk’s murder, calling it “post-birth abortion” and mixing in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack as well. The image was spread via text message and other online formats, according to a student who provided the image to The Fix on the condition of anonymity.

The flyer advertised a party in campus housing, “making light of tragedies that should never be trivialized,” the student said.

“The timing and theme are tied to ‘D-Day,’ a long-standing Denison tradition where students celebrate the weekend in a way closely associated with campus culture. To be clear, this is not an officially sanctioned Denison event, but rather students acting as though the university is a place where behavior like this is permissible. To me, it reflects the broader climate that has been created at the school,” the student said.

“The fact that it was clearly celebratory of the Charlie Kirk assassination was egregious in itself, but to bring in and mock 9/11 brought the flyer to a level of disrespect and grossness I did not expect to see tolerated on any university’s campus, especially in an apartment provided by the school.”

In response to a request for comment by The College Fix, a Denison spokesman stated: “Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Based on our review to date, we have no record of a registered party at that time or with that theme on our campus.”

“Regardless of the circumstances, any celebration of political violence is abhorrent and wholly antithetical to Denison’s values. Glorifying or excusing violence against those with opposing views undermines democratic life and the ethos of civic — and civil — engagement and pluralism that universities exist to foster,” he said via email.

The Denison student told The Fix he believes “regardless of whether the party did happen, the flyer is a clear example of the type of rhetoric students are allowed to have on campus with no accountability.”

In another example, at Brooklyn Law School, a memorial statement honoring Charlie Kirk was vandalized.

“I created the tribute flyers for Charlie Kirk as an expression of mourning and respect,” law student Blaise Bayno told The College Fix. “… My intent was not to provoke or divide, but to mark his passing in a way that was peaceful, reflective, and in line with my belief that every human life and legacy deserves acknowledgment.”

“When I learned that one of my flyers had been vandalized, effectively altered to suggest that Mr. Kirk was in hell, I felt deeply disheartened,” she said. “The defacement wasn’t just about disagreeing with him — it turned what was meant as a sincere gesture into something mocking and cruel.”

“That act of vandalism was not only disrespectful to the memory of the person I was honoring, but also to the principles of free expression and open dialogue that academic communities, especially law schools, are supposed to uphold.”

“…The vandalism of my flyer may seem small, but it reflects a troubling refusal to allow even peaceful gestures of mourning when they do not align with someone else’s worldview,” Bayno added. “To me, this only underscores the importance of protecting expression — especially when it is non-offensive, non-threatening, and rooted in genuine sentiment.”

Fellow law school student Joe Silverstein, a former contributor to The College Fix, said in an email he reached out to the dean to request the school issue a statement about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but officials declined to do so.

They did, however, offer to set up a meeting with students “to discuss the political climate on campus and ways to change the fact that conservatives are afraid to express their views in class and law-school related settings,” he said.

“Americans must start speaking up now,” Silverstein said. “A major reason people feel free to celebrate murder is because of the radical ideas that have dominated academia for decades.”

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