Several hundred people gathered at the University of New Hampshire Wednesday night to remember and celebrate slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk.

The vigil was part religious service, part patriotic rally. It also attracted many UNH students who described themselves as conservative and said they were often uncomfortable expressing their politics in what they felt to be an overwhelmingly liberal environment. For them, the gathering offered what they called a rare chance to voice conservative views on campus.

Panayiota Papantonakis, who helped make posters memorializing Kirk for the event, said the shooting brought her closer to fellow right-leaning UNH students and encouraged them to take more action.

“We started a Turning Point chapter here at UNH. We already had one, but it wasn't r

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