IOWA CITY — Shortly after U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Thursday called for the University of Iowa to name is new legislative-imposed Center for Intellectual Freedom after slain conservative-activist Charlie Kirk, Board of Regents President Sherry Bates issued a statement on the subject.

“The creation of civic and intellectual freedom centers on our campuses underscores our commitment to ensuring universities remain places of safe, respectful and open dialogue,” Bates said. “These centers will provide scholarship and discussion regarding our great nation and the constitutional principles on which it was founded.”

Bates didn’t address Miller-Meeks’ proposed “lasting tribute” in the form of the “Charlie Kirk Center for Intellectual Freedom … that would inspire generations of Iowans

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