Wisconsin College Faculty Refuse to Advise Conservative Club as Students Face Threats and Nazi Comparisons

Here are the facts: Conservative students at Beloit College in Wisconsin are being systematically prevented from exercising their right to free association on campus, while simultaneously facing a coordinated harassment campaign that the administration initially refused to address. This is not complicated. This is viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple.

Jocelyn Jordan and her fellow students began the process of establishing a Turning Point USA chapter on October 1, following all required procedures, including the search for a faculty advisor. The result? Every single faculty member they approached refused to help, including the dean of students. Let that sink in. Not one faculty member at this institution was willing to advise a conservative student organization.

The excuse offered to these students was particularly revealing. Jordan reports being told to establish a group without the Turning Point name attached. Translation: your conservative views are acceptable only if you hide them. This is the essence of ideological coercion masquerading as administrative guidance.

But the situation deteriorates further. A student government member allegedly informed the group that even if they secured a faculty advisor, they still would not be permitted to establish a Turning Point chapter. This represents a fundamental violation of these students’ First Amendment rights. Public universities cannot engage in viewpoint discrimination, and while Beloit College is private, it claims to uphold principles of free expression and intellectual diversity.

The harassment these students endured exposes the toxic environment that exists on many college campuses today. After promoting their prospective club on social media in mid-October, Jordan and her classmates became targets of a vicious campaign. Harassers posted disturbing imagery on the group’s Instagram page, labeling these students as Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, and White supremacists. The accusations are as predictable as they are baseless, representing the left’s standard playbook when confronted with conservative organizing.

When the harassment escalated to outright threats, the administration’s response was instructive. Initially, college officials claimed they could do nothing because they could not identify the harassers. This is bureaucratic stonewalling at its finest. The inability to immediately identify perpetrators does not absolve an institution of its responsibility to investigate and protect students.

Only after Jordan filed a police report did the college take meaningful action, eventually banning one of the primary harassers from campus. This individual was an alumnus working in food service at the college, making identification considerably less challenging than administrators initially suggested. The three-and-a-half-week delay in addressing credible threats against students is inexcusable.

Jordan’s statement captures the fundamental problem: “As a student, I should feel comfortable coming to campus no matter what beliefs I have, no matter what I identify as, no matter who I want to be. And, at this moment, I don’t feel comfortable.”

The irony is palpable. Colleges and universities constantly proclaim their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. They establish elaborate bureaucracies dedicated to making students feel safe and welcome. Yet when conservative students face actual harassment and institutional obstruction, these same administrators suddenly discover the limits of their protective instincts.

This pattern repeats across American campuses. Conservative students and organizations face disproportionate scrutiny, administrative roadblocks, and outright hostility. Meanwhile, progressive organizations receive institutional support and protection. The double standard is not subtle.

Beloit College must answer straightforward questions: Why will no faculty member advise this organization? What specific policy prevents a Turning Point USA chapter from forming? Why did it take nearly a month to address credible threats against students?

The answers will reveal whether Beloit College is committed to genuine intellectual diversity or merely pays lip service to principles it abandons when politically inconvenient. Based on the evidence thus far, the prognosis is not encouraging.

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