{"id":9861,"date":"2018-04-16T05:05:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=9861"},"modified":"2018-04-16T07:16:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:16:05","slug":"uh-manoa-speaker-talks-of-bias-vs-conservatives-on-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/16\/uh-manoa-speaker-talks-of-bias-vs-conservatives-on-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"UH M\u0101noa Speaker Talks of Bias Vs. Conservatives on Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Mark Ladao<\/a> | Staff Writer<\/h5>\n

Hannah Scherlacher, the program manager for the Campus Reform<\/a>, the news arm of the the conservative non-profit Leadership Institute<\/a>, gave a speech at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa\u2019s Campus Center on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Her speech, which started around 1 p.m., lasted about half an hour. Hundreds of students walked by, and up to around 30 or so people were stopped and listening at any one time.<\/p>\n

Scherlacher spoke mostly about biases against conservative and libertarian views on college campuses around the nation, which she said can be seen on a student, instructor and systematic level, describing \u201cbully tactics\u201d used against conservatives that include character assassination, intimidation, academic penalties and fear mongering.<\/p>\n

Scherlacher condemned several liberal ideas on campus. These include punishing those who fail to use or address pronoun preferences in classroom settings, the idea that microaggressions can be lethal and “the concerted effort to feminize men.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIf men are robbed of their identity as protectors and providers in society, then they\u2019re left out on the cold, wondering, \u2018Who am I? What role do I have in society?\u2019” she said.<\/p>\n

Scherlacher was concerned about socialism gaining popularity among students in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cI encourage students who support socialism and communism to take field trip \u2026 to Cuba or Venezuela and see the true effects of socialism,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She also compared the customer service of the DMV or post office, which are government-run, to private businesses like Amazon and Google, to warn listeners that a socialist America would be poorly run.
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She implicitly defended other conservative ideas but said the Leadership Institute\u2019s goals were non-partisan and were not meant to endorse any candidate or legislative measure.<\/p>\n

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With speakers and in the middle of a busy Campus Center, Hannah Scherlacher’s speech caught the ears of many, even if they were just passing by. (Photo by Mark Ladao)<\/p><\/div>\n

Scherlacher is a proponent of President Donald Trump but said she disagreed with much of what he has done or said, defending a conservative philosophy rather than any one individual.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur end goal is not to see conservatives dominate the political arena on college campuses,\u201d she said. \u201cOur goal is to create an environment where all voices are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of Scherlacher\u2019s speech was not specific to Hawai\u02bbi , but she pointed out a 2017 blog post<\/a> by Piper Harron, an associate professor in Mathematics at UH M\u0101noa, in which Harron asked for cis white men in higher education to resign their power and to have universities stop hiring cis white men until a balance in people of different colors and genders is met.<\/p>\n

Nick Ochs, a journalism student at UH M\u0101noa and head of the Proud Boys chapter in O\u02bbahu and Young Americans for Freedom on campus, contacted the Leadership Institute, which brought Scherlacher to Hawai\u02bbi. Scherlacher also spoke at Brigham Young University and Hawai\u02bbi Pacific University.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started YAF at UH M\u0101noa with the specific intention of bringing conservative speakers, and [Scherlacher\u2019s] the first one I\u2019ve secured,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are more coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ochs\u2019 goals start where Scherlacher\u2019s and the Leadership Institute’s ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy entire intention with this is to form a network of young conservatives in the state of Hawai\u02bbi and flip it red [conservative],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Both Scherlacher and Ochs noted the troubles of advertising leading up to the speech. Ochs said that he had been putting up hundreds of flyers around campus for weeks, but most were quickly removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the average life of my flyer is about 3 hours, but it depends where it is,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they don\u2019t see it in a forgotten corner of the school, it\u2019d still be up. But if it\u2019s on a bulletin board or anywhere actually visible, it gets torn down, usually within minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roughly 10 people in Scherlacher\u2019s audience appeared to support her message, occasionally clapping their hands, wearing the black polos indicative of the Proud Boys or sporting red “Make America Great Again” hats used in Trump’s 2016 campaign; most filtered through quietly, only staying a few minutes. But Ochs considered the speech a success.<\/p>\n

“I thought it was fantastic,” he said.<\/p>\n

Campus security was present throughout the speech, but Sarah Rice, the community programs manager for the Department of Public Safety at UH M\u0101noa, said that security is present \u201cif there\u2019s any speech deemed controversial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rice also said some of those in the department just came to watch because they were curious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mark Ladao | Staff Writer Hannah Scherlacher, the program manager for the Campus Reform, the news arm of the the conservative non-profit Leadership Institute, gave a speech at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa\u2019s Campus Center on Friday afternoon. Her speech, which started around 1 p.m., lasted about half an hour. Hundreds of students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":9865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"

By Mark Ladao<\/a> | Staff Writer<\/h5>

Hannah Scherlacher, the program manager for the Campus Reform<\/a>, the news arm of the a conservative non-profit Leadership Institute<\/a>, gave a speech at the University of Hawai\u02bbi at Manoa\u2019s Campus Center on Friday afternoon.<\/p>

Her speech, which started around 1 p.m., lasted about half an hour. Hundreds of students walked by, and up to around 30 or so people were stopped and listening at any one time.<\/p>

Scherlacher spoke mostly about biases against conservative and libertarian views on college campuses around the nation, which she said can be seen on a student, instructor and systematic level, describing \u201cbully tactics\u201d used against conservatives that include character assassination, intimidation, academic penalties and fear mongering.<\/p>

Scherlacher condemned several liberal ideas on campus. These include punishing those who fail to use or address pronoun preferences in classroom settings, the idea that microaggressions can be lethal and \"the concerted effort to feminize men.\"<\/p>

She said, \u201cIf men are robbed of their identity as protectors and providers in society, then they\u2019re left out on the cold, wondering, \u2018Who am I? What role do I have in society?\u2019<\/p>

Scherlacher was concerned about socialism gaining popularity among students in the United States, saying, \u201cI encourage students who support socialism and communism to take field trip\u2026 to Cuba or Venezuela and see the true effects of socialism.\u201d<\/p>

She also compared the customer service the DMV or post-office, which are government-run, to private businesses like Amazon and Google, to warn listeners of what would become of a socialist America.<\/p>

She also implicitly defended other conservative ideas but said the Leadership Institute\u2019s goals were non-partisan and were not meant to endorse any candidate or legislative measure. Scherlacher also said she and the Leadership Institute did not agree with the far-right ideas.<\/p>

Scherlacher is a proponent of President Trump but said she disagreed with much of what he has done or said, defending a conservative philosophy rather than any one individual.<\/p>

\u201cOur end goal is not to see conservatives dominate the political arena on college campuses,\u201d she said. \u201cOur goal is to create an environment where all voices are protected.\u201d<\/p>

Much of Scherlacher\u2019s speech was not specific to Hawai\u02bbi , but she pointed out a 2017 blog post<\/a> by Piper Harron, an associate professor in Mathematics at UH M\u0101noa, in which Harron asked for cis white men in higher education to resign their power and to have universities stop hiring cis white men until there a balance in people of different colors and genders is met.<\/p>

Nick Ochs, a journalism student at UH M\u0101noa and head of the Proud Boys chapter in O\u2019ahu and Young Americans for Freedom on campus, contacted the Leadership Institute, which brought Scherlacher to Hawai\u02bbi . Scherlacher spoke at Brigham Young University and Hawai\u02bbi Pacific University.<\/p>

\u201cI started YAF at UH M\u0101noa with the specific intention of bringing conservative speakers, and [Scherlacher\u2019s] the first one I\u2019ve secured,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are more coming.\u201d<\/p>

Ochs\u2019 goals start where Scherlacher\u2019s and the Leadership Institute's ends.<\/p>

\u201cMy entire intention with this is to form a network of young conservatives in the state of Hawai\u02bbi and flip it red,\u201d he said.<\/p>

Both Scherlacher and Ochs noted the troubles of advertising leading up to the speech. Ochs said that he had been putting up hundreds of flyers around campus for weeks, but most were quickly removed.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019d say the average life of my flyer is about three hours, but it depends where it is,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they don\u2019t see them in a forgotten corner of the school, it\u2019d still be up. But if it\u2019s on a bulletin board or anywhere actually visible, it gets torn down, usually within minutes.\u201d<\/p>

Roughly ten people in the Scherlacher\u2019s audience appeared to support her message; most filtered quietly, only staying a few minutes. But Ochs considered the speech a success.<\/p>

Capus security was present throughout the speech, but Sarah Rice, the Community Programs Manager for the Department of Public Safety at UH M\u0101noa, said that security is present \u201cif there\u2019s any speech controversial.\u201d<\/p>

Rice also said some of those in the department just came to watch because they were curious.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}