From Fox News: A student at a Christian university in California said her Turning Point USA chapter was barred from being recognized as an official chapter, which the school explained is its official policy for “political advocacy initiatives.”
Sadie Burnett is in her third year at Vanguard University, a small private school in Costa Mesa, California. She is the president of the school’s Turning Point USA chapter, which is presently unrecognized by the school.
Burnett said that she has met with the school administration, trying to come to an arrangement that would allow Turning Point to operate. She said she’s been shut down repeatedly.
The school made an official decision to stop accepting political clubs, and instead funnel any political activism or events through a process that involves the administration.
“Since 2023, we’ve had a lively and very active presence on campus,” Burnett told Fox News Digital. “We’ve hosted several events, we were able to rush at club rush. We had students very enthusiastic about our presence being there. It was even something that made us stand out as a Christian university, was the fact that Turning Point was practiced, and it was not only practiced, but it was also celebrated.”
“We received an email over the summer stating that the school was taking a new direction with student organizations,” Burnett said. “They’re going completely apolitical, giving this idea that Christians do not necessarily belong in politics, which is interesting because they do have a political science department, which I’m a part of.”
One X user commented on the university’s stance, saying, “This is my alma-mater (2021). I have had nothing but good to say about my experience at this university. […] So to see them now blocking the very students they once supported? Unbelievable.”
Vanguard University denied a @TPUSA chapter. A CHRISTIAN university.
This is my alma-mater (2021). I have had nothing but good to say about my experience at this university.
Actually, I thank God often for ending up there.
It’s where professors believed in me, pushed me, and… pic.twitter.com/DHB9STqnyD
— Sophia Lorey (@SophiaSLorey) December 3, 2025
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