UVU student group protests possible Charlie Kirk memorial on campus

OREM, Utah — As a Utah Valley University committee works to commemorate the late Charlie Kirk, students gathered in the campus courtyard Tuesday to voice their opposition to a physical memorial.

The protest was organized by the group "UVU Students for a Democratic Society," who argue that a monument to Kirk could be a divisive and political move made by the school.

“We’re out here because we want to protest any sort of Charlie Kirk memorial. We don’t want his likeness on campus; we don’t want his likeness sort of immortalized," said Collin Grannis, a student at the protest.

Protesters expressed concerns that a physical monument could become a target for vandalism.

“For one thing, it’s going to get vandalized — there’s no way it’s not. And it’s going to re-traumatize a bunch of people,”