The school, after pushback from the students' rights organization Freedom for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), dropped all the charges except for disruptive behavior last week, before dropping that charge as well Tuesday. Dailyda's decision to use the Trump background provoked "heated" discussions with fellow students in a group message before Dailyda left that chat. "As a public university, Stockton must tread carefully on metaphorical political rhetoric; we hope that this is not the hill Stockton wants to die on." Stockton University confirmed the investigation to Fox News and the validity of the documents that FIRE published, but said it could not comment further, citing privacy laws. One of the letters from Stockton to Dailyda posted by FIRE noted that it planned to schedule a mediation session with Dailyda now that the charges have been dropped.

Source: Fox News August 20, 2020 17:37 UTC