Approximately 150 students gathered in a circle at Founders Plaza – by Capen Hall – Monday as a woman shouted extremist religious beliefs.
University Police said no police report was filed, but an officer walked away with the woman.
Ethan Wipperman, a freshman biochemistry major, heard the final 15 minutes of the woman’s speech. He said she told the students “you’re all slaves” – the phrase was also written in chalk on a wall outside of the Student Union.
She wore a camouflage shirt, a dark khaki skirt, a black baseball hat and held a tripod stand with a camera, recording herself and the crowd as she shouted at the students surrounding her. Students filmed her on cellphones, some even getting within inches of her face.
The woman called herself a missionary and proclaimed that she will be traveling to Finland and London soon.
Wipperman said one student responded to the woman by shouting: “legalize gay marijuana,” eliciting laughter from the crowd.
The woman was led away by University Police but could be heard telling the officer she “could have gone on longer.”
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