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On 20 September 2016, a college-themed publication called Campus Reform published a story reporting that administrators at Ramapo College (a small public institution in New Jersey) had forced students to change the patriotic theme of a barbecue event because it was deemed offensive. As proof, Campus Reform published e-mails reportedly obtained from members of campus organizations who were involved with the event. The e-mails, however, don't provide any definitive details as to where the purported directive came from, or why it was made: However, when Rivera was questioned about how the American theme was considered offensive and where the concerns came from, she was unsure of who made the statement and why it was made: According to the college, the Campus Reform article was inaccurate. Ramapo officials posted on the school's Facebook page that the incident was the result of a misunderstanding, and that a request from officials was regarding the marketing appeal of the event. They also said the event went forward as planned and was not cancelled: The predictably inflammatory angle of oversensitive and politically-correct college students shunning a patriotic theme for an event has been shared widely on political web sites, but the e-mails provided don't prove that students were pressured by college to administrators to either change the theme or be forced cancel the event. If the e-mails obtained by Campus Reform are legitimate, however, they do seem to show that at least one student involved with planning the event believed that to be the case.
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