Gettysburg College’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter says someone on campus scanned and altered their event flyers for Yeonmi Park, swapping dates, locations and the QR code to mislead students and suppress attendance; the fake posters kept YAF logos and were followed by torn-down and vandalized notices across campus, leaving the chapter and its supporters demanding answers and accountability from college administrators who they say have failed to deter vandalism and deception.
Students put up flyers to promote a speech by North Korean defector Yeonmi Park, only to find copies circulating that gave the wrong time, the wrong room and even a fake calendar date designed to confuse and deter attendees. The altered flyers kept the YAF logo and Young America’s Foundation branding, creating the false impression the conservative groups endorsed positions they do not. This wasn’t a prank that stayed harmless; it was a deliberate attempt to derail free-speech activity on campus.
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Gettysburg YAF made the situation plain: “Yesterday, it was discovered that an individual on campus took one of our flyers, scanned it, digitally modified the date, time, location, and QR code, and then printed the flyer,” Gettysburg YAF told the DCNF. “From our perspective, this was done to detract from attendance at the event by purposefully deceiving viewers. On the modified flyer, the room number was changed to ‘420’ and the event time to ‘February 31st,’ a non-existing date, and that doors open at ‘5pm,’ which is false. The event is actually to take place today, February 25th in CUB 260. Doors will open at 6:30pm.”
The QR code on the doctored poster was swapped to point to a left-leaning crisis hotline organization, turning what should have been a straightforward way to RSVP into a tool of confusion. Swapping QR destinations while leaving official logos intact isn’t a little mistake; it’s deception dressed up to look legitimate. That matters on a college campus where many students get their event details solely from posted flyers and quick scans.
Photos from campus show multiple flyers torn down or damaged, a pattern that goes beyond a lone altered poster. When political disagreement becomes vandalism, the whole idea of civil discourse collapses into stunt behavior and intimidation. Conservatives on campus expect to be able to invite speakers, show materials and have their voices heard without fearing tampering or physical removal of their outreach.
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Gettysburg YAF didn’t mince words about the ideological stakes. “Gettysburg YAF believes that any kind of transgender ‘treatments’ offered by doctors is not medicine, but mutilation, and that physicians do a great disservice to their patients by affirming delusion,” the chapter informed the DCNF. For many conservative students, the issue is less about spectacle and more about principle: speech, inquiry and the right to host speakers without cancellation by sabotage.
A spokesman for Young America’s Foundation captured the tone of broader conservative frustration: “When someone can’t debate ideas on their merits, they resort to lame and childish tactics like this,” a spokesman for Young America’s Foundation told the DCNF. The remedy is obvious—encourage attendance, show up, ask questions and force debate back into the public square. That’s how ideas are tested, not by altering flyers or tearing them down.
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The chapter pointed out a practical angle administrators should already be considering: campus printers often require authentication, and print jobs can be traced back to student or staff accounts. If the fake posters were printed on campus, the college could identify the responsible account quickly and hold whoever did it to account. That’s basic policing of campus systems, not political theater.
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Students and conservative groups are calling on Gettysburg’s administration to stop treating these incidents as trivial and start protecting constitutional campus speech. If the college wants a reputation for fairness, it should investigate, identify the perpetrators and enforce conduct codes. Until then, conservative groups will keep making their case openly and urging fellow students to show up and engage, not be pushed aside by sneak tactics and vandalism.
