A University of South Dakota Professor has been fired following comments he made on social media regarding the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. Professor Michael Hook called Kirk a “hate-spreading Nazi” in the wake of his death. The South Dakota Board of Regents fired Hook under SDBOR policy 4.4.8. Some USD students have now started a petition in the hopes of getting Hook reinstated.
In Touch 6/17/26
June 17, 2026
Grace Chipman with the Aberdeen Area Arts Council join us to talk about this weekend’s “Arts In the Park” and more…
