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Posted on 09/08/2026 12:03:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
Whitman College, located in Walla Walla, Washington, promises every student on its campus "freedom of expression and association." Unless, it seems, they are Republican.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), when members of the Whitman Republican Club applied to become a college-affiliated student organization, "they had every reason to expect approval through the same review process as any other group."
After all, ideological groups such as Climate Justice Coalition and Planned Parenthood Generation Action have a formal affiliation.
The student senate, however, unanimously rejected their application. 25-0.
Per FIRE:
Was it something they had done? Was it something they forgot? No, the record points somewhere else: It was what they believed.
Immediately before the vote, members of the Associated Students of Whitman College’s Senate grilled the club’s representatives about their political views rather than limiting their questions to the club’s organization, constitution, or eligibility. Instead of using viewpoint-neutral criteria, senators asked probing, ideological questions like, “On the 2024 republican party platform subsection 18, what is your club’s take? Will you call the republican party out for things like this?” and “President Trump has made life hard for all international students. When you don’t get affiliated, what is your plan?”
At the end of the discussion, one senator made their objection remarkably explicit: “You can name yourselves whatever you want, but the language of your constitution is in direct contrast to our own constitution. I would suggest that you scrub the title and make a debate club.”
The senators didn’t identify any problem with the group’s application or reason it would not be eligible for recognition. Despite “creating equal and inclusive opportunities” in the ASWC’s own mission, they told the students to scrap their plans, scrub their name, and make their mission more palatable to the senators reviewing it.
FIRE notes it is "viewpoint discrimination, pure and simple."
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Assuming (a) no taxpayer money is involved and (b) they disclose that being woke is a condition of admission, they should be able to do anything they want. They can be the Hillsdale College of the left, as far as I would be concerned. BUT, big but, if they receive taxpayer money and if they claim to have academic freedom, they should be held accountable.
Sue!
Assuming (a) no taxpayer money is involved and (b) they disclose that being woke is a condition of admission, they should be able to do anything they want. They can be the Hillsdale College of the left, as far as I would be concerned. BUT, big but, if they receive taxpayer money and if they claim to have academic freedom, they should be held accountable.
Whitman College is a private School.
*Miss You, Rush! Every day!
Whitman college receives federal fund through student aid programs And research grants
The Leader of the Republican club should post the names of these 25 Senate members on Social Media, and any other sites that might get the attention of Business leaders. The can be the arbiters if these tyrants bring anything to their businesses / organizations should they be hired.
> The student senate, however, unanimously rejected their application. 25-0. <
Everything old is new again. This kinda reminds me of the unanimous votes in Stalin’s old Supreme Soviet. Never any dissent. Everyone followed the party line.
Of course Stalin would have quickly executed any dissenting voters. That kept the votes unanimous. Here, most Whitman students just would have shunned any dissenters.
That probably kept the vote unanimous here.
They still must obey the first amendment. They receive federal funding through student aide.
Almost all liberals/socialists suffer from some degree of paranoia. If you dox these intolerant students aggressively, it will affect them. It will force them to reflect and become accountable.
The 1st Amendment doesn’t govern the conduct of private parties. This whackodoodle leftist college can no more be compelled to recognize a Republican club than Notre Dame or Liberty University could be compelled to recognize a Satanic club.
Student government is for losers.
Nothing says “Our Democracy” like canceling your political opponents.
The far left.
How true.
The leftists are pure unadulterated wickedness.
As I recall, a character in the comic strip Pogo liked to make fun of the name of Walla Walla, Washington.
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