A conservative campus group at a private college in Pennsylvania claims a student was caught on video removing its promotional materials. The footage was recorded by a member of the group.
The Gettysburg College chapter of the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) had invited conservative author and orator Vince Ellison for a talk on November 20. In anticipation of the event, the group had placed advertisements throughout the campus.
Tyler Seeman, the chairman of the Gettysburg College YAF, stated that students who disagree with conservative views often remove the group’s flyers—a trend he notes occurs each semester when the group hosts events. This incident, however, was captured on video.
“Each semester, we host a lecture on campus by inviting a speaker from YAF’s roster to discuss their area of expertise,” Seeman shared with Fox News Digital.
In the video, a student is seen tearing down a YAF flyer from a wall at Gettysburg College in mid-November 2025. The image was provided courtesy of Nicholas Alverson.
The footage shows a YAF member ascending a staircase after noticing a student removing flyers, quickly moving to confront the individual in question.
“You having fun?” the YAF member asks.
“Yeah,” the student quickly replies.
“You know that’s against college policy, right?” the YAF member asks.
“OK,” the student says, before falling silent.
The YAF member then chastised the student for not making it out of the building before being caught red-handed.
“We’ve got more of those [flyers] in the stairwell, you wanna go get those too?” the YAF member asks.
“I don’t know,” the student replies.
The YAF member then escorts the alleged perpetrator out of the building.
Promotional flyers for an Young America’s Foundation event with conservative author Vince Ellison were torn to shreds at Gettysburg College in mid-November 2025. (Courtesy: Connor Felo)
He said that every semester, the group posts flyers to advertise its event, like all campus groups do.
“Every semester, students on campus tear our flyers down because we’re the only conservative 501(c)(3) on campus that actually hosts campus lectures,” Seeman said. “So, some students feel, I would presume, that our views and our speakers’ statements are contrary or dangerous to their own perspectives and their own worldview.”
Seeman characterized the school as “apathetic” toward the chapter’s plight. He said that on one occasion, the school sent out an email to some students condemning the behavior of YAF’s opponents, but on another occasion, school administrators declined a request to admonish bad actors.
“Removing flyers posted in accordance with our posting policy is a violation of our community standards,” Gettysburg College spokesperson Jamie White told Fox News Digital. “Students in violation of this policy are subject to sanctions by the College.”
A student at Gettysburg College was confronted by a YAF member after tearing the group’s promotional flyers off the wall in mid-November, the chapter said. (Courtesy: NIcholas Alverson)
“While federal law prohibits us from answering questions about specific student cases, I can say it would be highly unusual for such behavior not to be sanctioned,” White said.
Seeman shared a message to those on campus who oppose YAF’s views.
“Instead of tearing down flyers, show up to our events and ask questions, because we want to have that dialogue,” he said.
“At the end of the day, that’s just going to get everyone in the room thinking about these issues, and we’d rather have as many people thinking about these issues and talking about these issues as possible, rather than just tearing down flyers and trying to silence other people’s speech, because that’s not constructive.”
YAF is no stranger to left-wing targeting on campus.
Their chapter at the University of Iowa was subject to a table-flipping incident last month.
Gettysburg College campus taken on May 5, 2013. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A criminal complaint against a student named Justin Calhoon says he flipped a YAF table on campus on Oct. 27. He was arrested on Oct. 31 and charged with disorderly conduct, fifth-degree criminal mischief and third-degree harassment, according to arrest records.
Calhoon was later accused of flipping a Turning Point USA table on campus, and was arrested again.
