St. John's University student government denies Turning Point chapter official club status for second time

The pupil authorities astatine a Catholic schoolhouse successful Queens, New York, has reportedly denied their classmates the accidental to commencement a Turning Point USA section connected campus.

St. John's University's pupil leaders changeable down the club's 2nd exertion to beryllium officially recognized arsenic a club, pursuing a archetypal rejection successful November, a schoolhouse spokesperson confirmed Wednesday morning. 

"At St. John’s University, the sole authorization to o.k. oregon contradict caller pupil organizations rests solely with Student Government, Inc. (SGI)," Brian Browne told Fox News Digital. "The four-round Power to Organize process aims to present oregon revitalize clubs/organizations to the St. John's Campus."

He said that during the autumn semester, lone 4 of 19 projected organizations were approved by the SGI.

"St. John’s students funny successful Turning Point USA are encouraged to reapply to SGI successful the Spring oregon prosecute different existing alternatives for department-sponsored organizational support," helium said. 

Carnesecca Arena connected the field of St. John's University connected Dec. 6, 2020, successful the Queens borough of New York City. (Porter Binks/Getty Images)

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Asked whether the students should expect to win aft presenting their exertion for the 3rd clip earlier the aforesaid committee that has present denied them twice, Browne said, "[a]pplicants are encouraged to enactment with Student Government enactment to code immoderate deficiencies successful their exertion and presentation." 

Ava Wilson, the caput of St. John's SGI, did not instrumentality a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

The latest rejection follows a broader inclination of Turning Point chapters facing field designation troubles nationwide, particularly successful the aftermath of the assassination of the organization's iconic founder, Charlie Kirk, connected Sept. 10 of past year.

A monthslong saga played retired astatine Loyola University New Orleans during the autumn semester, arsenic a would-be Turning Point section determination was besides doubly rejected by the school's pupil government. The students determination find themselves successful limbo, arsenic they are allowed unlimited appeals, but would person to plead their lawsuit to the aforesaid committee that has already denied them aggregate times.

A wide assemblage prof wrote a New York Times effort astir the value of him sponsoring a Turning Point USA radical connected campus, erstwhile different module refused. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

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Students astatine California Lutheran University were denied the accidental to restart a Turning Point section successful December. The school's assemblage legislature made that decision, with 1 subordinate of the assemblage saying helium wasn't amazed that the nine was rejected, arsenic Turning Point "is trying to propulsion a definite rhetoric, and the past happening we request is contention present connected this campus."

Turning Point antecedently had a section astatine California Lutheran, but it was dissolved successful 2021.

Last year, students astatine Point Loma Nazarene University successful San Diego were besides denied the accidental to commencement a chapter. The schoolhouse besides denied 2 attempts to signifier a section successful 2021.

Charlie Kirk speaks earlier helium is assassinated during Turning Point's sojourn to Utah Valley University successful Orem, Utah, connected Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

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Kirk's assassination sparked a monolithic question of involvement successful the enactment helium founded, connected assemblage campuses and astatine precocious schools alike.

Just days aft Kirk's memorial, which was 1 of America's largest ever for a backstage citizen, the radical said it had received much than 120,000 inquiries for founding caller field chapters. At the time, the enactment operated connected 900 campuses passim America.