By Toni Caushi
BU News Service
Students against hate speech holding signs to protest Ben Shapiro’s visit at Boston University (Marsh Plaza).Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Students against hate speech holding signs to protest Ben Shapiro’s visit at Boston University Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Chance Charley of Students for Justice in Palestine leading chants at Marsh Plaza on Boston University Campus, Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protester holding sign during the sit-in of Students Against Hate Speech on Boston University Campus. Boston Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Chance Charley of Students for Justice in Palestine leading chants at Marsh Plaza on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
The sit-in against Ben Shapiro’s visit held in front of Marsh Plaza’s Free at Last sculpture inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Boston, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Chance Charley of Students for Justice in Palestine leading chants at Marsh Plaza on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Chance Charley of Students for Justice in Palestine leading chants at Marsh Plaza on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protester speaking in front of crowd at Marsh Plaza during the sit-in against Ben Shapiro’s visit to Boston University, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Students against hate speech holding signs to protest Ben Shapiro’s visit at Boston University, Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protester holding sign in front of a Boston University College Republicans member during the sit-in against Ben Shapiro’s visit, Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protester holding sign in front of Boston University College Republicans during the sit-in protest against Ben Shapiro’s visit to Boston University. Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/BU News Service 
Boston University College Republicans held a coffee stand on Marsh Plaza adjacent to the anti-Shapiro sit-in on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protester holding sign during the sit-in of Students Against Hate Speech on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 10/28/2019 
Protester holding sign during the sit-in of Students Against Hate Speech during the sit-in against Ben Shapiro’s visit to Boston University, 1Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
Protesters holding signs during the sit-in of Students Against Hate Speech on Boston University Campus, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/ BU News Service 
A student protesting Boston University’s decision to put $13,000 in security fees for Ben Shapiro’s visit, Boston, Marsh Plaza, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/BU News Service 
The sit-in against Ben Shapiro’s visit to Boston University held in front of Marsh Plaza’s Free at Last sculpture, Oct. 28, 2019. Photo by Toni Caushi/BU News Service
Ben Shapiro’s visit on Nov. 13 visit to Boston University has stirred up the sociopolitical climate among some groups of students in the past two months. As a prominent conservative columnist and writer since the early age of 17, Shapiro is often met with considerable protest by many campuses that hold mainly left-winged principles. This is the case for Boston University, where many groups like Students Against Hate Speech and Students for Justice in Palestine, rallied on Monday, Oct. 28, at Marsh Plaza on Boston University Campus with intent to prevent Shapiro from speaking on campus and “spreading hate speech.”
