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After the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at a Utah campus event on Wednesday, conservative students at Boston University (BU) are calling on university leaders to protect them from violence or intimidation.

BU College Republicans Vice President Philip Wohltorf, who also works as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts State Senate, told Fox News Digital that Kirk’s death has left conservative students shaken.

"Universities are supposed to be marketplaces of ideas. If speakers or conservatives now have to worry about being shot or facing violence, then this marketplace closes," Wohltorf said.

The group sent a letter Thursday to BU President Melissa Gilliam asking the university to hold accountabl

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