Hillsdale President Larry Arnn delivered remarks at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk and announced he would award the martyred Christian activist an honorary degree.
During his remarks, Arnn recalled a time he lectured Charlie Kirk about the art of suffering in order to grow into a stronger person — remarking that though Kirk never received a college degree, he completed over 30 Hillsdale courses online just for his own self-improvement.
“We will miss him dearly. He can’t be replaced,” Arnn said. “Do you know a good thing that has being. An assassin is not a thing that has being. The assassin must give up his humanity to destroy something that has being. Charlie lives on. The assassin will die.”
“My wife who is here with me today and I have set up a scholarship in the hope that Charlie’s children will go to a good college. I have one in mind,” he said, eliciting laughter from the crowd.
“We are going to give Charlie and Erika the greatest respect a college can give – an honorary degree. Charlie, you see, has suffered enough. He has gone to the Lord. He deserves his reward.”
Charlie Kirk, 31, was gunned down while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on September 10. He is survived by his wife Erika and two children.
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