(Hobie, we need a Rolling Eye emoticon cus that would sure fit here :-)

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Emory University President James Wagner will not allow an act of pro-Trump political advocacy to go unscrutinized: the administration will review security footage in hopes of identifying the person or persons who committed the heinous act of scribbling "Trump 2016" in chalk all over campus.

The messages horrified many students on campus, who complained to Wagner's office that they felt intimidated and unsafe. In response, Wagner tepidly endorsed the perpetrator's free speech rights while making every effort to assuage the offended students' fears.

But that's not the end of the story: Wagner also announced that he would review security footage in hopes of identifying the perpetrators and subjecting them to the "conduct violation process," according to The Emory Wheel. If the perpetrators are not students, trespassing charges will be filed.

Emory is a private university, and it has the right to set whatever policies on expression and chalking it wants. The Wheel reported that students who wish to write messages on sidewalks must obtain prior approval from the administration, and there are certain limitations on the exact places where chalking is allowed. Photos of the "Trump 2016" messages suggest to me that these policies were violated—some appeared in places where rain could not easily wash them away.

It's true that Trump's vile campaign has moved straight past the bounds of rhetoric into actual acts of violence, but chalk drawings on a college campus are not instances of such acts.

And here's Singal:

A college using security-camera footage to track down and possibly punish students who expressed political speech? The only way to fairly describe that is, well, the only way to fairly describe the spectacle of a Trump rally delivered to a deliriously cheering crowd: extremely creepy, and a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.