Celebrations and apparent Charlie Kirk "look-alike contests" are popping up on college campuses across the country on the first anniversary of the conservative activist’s assassination, with anonymous posts and flyers advertising events tied to Georgetown University, the University of South Carolina, the University of Maine, and New York University, among others.The latest apparent event surfaced in NYU’s Yik Yak community, where an anonymous user posted an image of a flyer advertising a "KIRKAVERSARY C.KIRK LOOKALIKE CONTEST" at "WSQ Park" at 10 p.m.
Sept.10, offering a $5 prize and instructing attendees to "BYOB."The NYU post followed similar apparent contests advertised through anonymous campus social media platforms at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., and the University of South Carolina, turning what initially appeared to be an isolated controversy into a broader phenomenon surrounding the anniversary of Kirk’s killing.DEMOCRATIC STUDENT GROUP TO PROTEST CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL AT CAMPUS WHERE HE WAS KILLEDCharlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Sept.
10, 2025 in Orem, Utah, shortly before his assassination.(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept.
10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University during his "American Comeback Tour."Students at Georgetown University allegedly planned a Kirk "lookalike contest" for the anniversary of the conservative activist’s assassination, with the event drawing thousands of upvotes on Fizz, an anonymous social media platform popular with Georgetown students, according to screenshots shared with Fox News Digital from the school’s Turning Point USA chapter.Similarly, an apparent Kirk look-alike contest called "Kirkiversary" is being advertised at the University of South Carolina for Thursday.The screenshot featured an anonymous Yik Yak post circulating on social media advertising a "Charlie Kirk look-alike contest" on Greene S...