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In order to change the system, the students group together and make a list of changes they want the university to make.

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In both 1988 and 2018, students felt their voices were not being heard, and resorted to property damage in order to make their voices heard.

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After the vandalism, the administration allows students to put up a pro-choice display. But in a matter of hours it is stolen. Witnesses have seen a man from SFL walking away from campus with parts of the display, but the students were never offically charged.

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Destruction and theft of student displays of anti-abortionists and pro-choice advocates have turned the grassy commons area of a Miami University regional school into a ground-zero in the battle between the two, highly polarized movements.

Earlier this week a display by students in favor of abortion rights saw their work stolen from the central campus grounds at Miami University Hamilton.

The theft, which is being investigated by campus police, follows an act of vandalism last week on an anti-abortion display in the same area where two student suspects were caught on video destroying the exhibit.

MORE: Caught in the act: Video captures suspects destroying anti-abortion campus display

Miami senior Amy Malott, who's a member of the local chapter of College Students for Reproductive Justice, told this news outlet Thursday she was angered after learning her group's display was stolen.

"The first display was stolen from campus property after only 24 hours of being on display," said Malott as she stood near the latest, restored exhibit, which consists of dozens of wire clothes hangers with individual, pro-abortion rights messages created by students.

"It was extremely frustrating because it was a display a lot of students and the student body were able to partake in and a lot of voices were stolen here," said Malott.

Miami University officials share her disappointment.

In an April 18 message to students and staff from Miami Interim Associate Provost and Dean of Miami's regional schools, Cathy Bishop-Clark wrote: "I am saddened by the continued theft and vandalism of free speech displays on our campus."

Those committing such acts, said Bishop-Clark, will face school punishment and perhaps criminal prosecution.

"As we have said following damage to another student display, Miami Regionals promotes and protects the right to free speech and expression. Our liberal arts education recognizes that intellectual engagement is maximized by the exchange and representation of diverse and multifaceted points of view and life experiences," she said.

The two students filmed destroying the student-sponsored, pro-life display was the latest free-speech incident that has drawn national attention to the Miami Hamilton campus.

A recent federal lawsuit settlement about a similar anti-abortion display and "trigger warnings" Miami officials tried to force students to issue about the display.

MORE: Miami pro-life display unfairly banned by school, claims lawsuit

Perry Richardson, spokesman for the 3,000-student Miami campus in Hamilton, said all the school's campuses "have always been a space for open dialogue and free exchange of ideas. In this case, we are very disappointed in the recent vandalism and theft of student displays."

MORE: Miami officials, students take stand against hate

"Our security personnel are aware of these incidents and remain vigilant in keeping the entire campus safe in addition to protecting property. And we annually notify student groups about display policies and we will try to make them more widely known," said Richardson.

In response, he said, next semester the school will offer a new course entitled "Free Speech: Crime, Campus, Cops" that will be open to students of all majors.

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Theft is latest blow in abortion battle on Miami campus

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Pro-choice display by College Students for Reproductive Justice stolen from Miami Hamilton campus.

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Miami Hamilton's Administration refuses to let any counter-protest be put up. In response, a few students decide to vandalise the display in order to make their voices heard.

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A Miami University student was captured on video Monday destroying an anti-abortion display on the school's Hamilton campus.

A video shows a Miami University Hamilton campus student trampling and tossing white crosses - representing aborted babies - in a grassy commons area in the center of the regional school's grounds.

The video was posted Tuesday online by the Media Research Center.

The filmed incident comes in the wake of a recent federal lawsuit settlement about a similar anti-abortion display and "trigger warnings" that Miami officials tried to force students to issue about the display.

MORE: Miami pro-life display unfairly banned by school, claims lawsuit

A large sign accompanies the rows of crosses on the Hamilton regional campus that reads: "Each cross represents 10 babies that die by abortion each day."

Miami University officials said two students have been investigated in connection with vandalizing the pro-life exhibit, which was authorized by school officials for display on the Hamilton campus.

"We were disappointed to learn that two of our students (Monday) were reported to have damaged the approved display of one of our student organizations," said Claire Wagner, spokeswoman for Miami University.

"The incident has been referred to the university's Office of Ethics and Conflict Resolution for investigating," she told this news outlet.

"Miami University promotes and protects the right to free speech and expression. We offer a liberal arts education that recognizes that intellectual engagement is maximized by the exchange and representation of diverse and multifaceted points of view and life experiences," Wagner said.

Zeke Cole, a senior at Miami University Hamilton, stood near the now intact display Tuesday and described the destruction of the anti-abortion symbols as "disrespectful."

"If you wanted to demonstrate against something through a display and someone wanted to silence you, you would not like it. A lot of people say they like free speech, but when they see something they don't like, they try to shut it down," Cole said.

Classmate Maranda Cornett agreed, saying "you should respect other people's viewpoints, even if you don't agree."

The incident comes after Miami University agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the anti-abortion student group "Students For Life" objecting to being ordered to issue "trigger warnings" to students about a similar display on the campus in November.

Attorneys for the student group claimed the warnings were infringements on the organization's free speech rights on the regional campus.

In February, Miami officials signed a settlement field in U.S. District Court, which among other stipulations required the university to cease such warnings. The settlement was filed with the court on March 15.

Miami officials signed off on the settlement, which included a description that the school had "failed to protect students against content and viewpoint discrimination, placed unconstitutional conditions upon student speech, subjected students to vague and overbroad speech restrictions, and violated equal protection."

MORE: Black Miami student group presents demands to school officials

According to the settlement, Miami officials agreed to alter its student policy to the following: "The University has an equal and simultaneous obligation to protect the rights and freedoms of students who do not choose to participate in a demonstration, but this obligation does not authorize the University to infringe upon the rights of students and student organizations to hold and express disparate beliefs. Similarly, the University is obligated to protect its property and to prohibit interference with scheduled activities of students, University personnel, and guests on campus."

Miami also agreed to pay $22,000 in legal fees to the national Alliance Defending Freedom group, which provided attorneys to the Students For Life group.

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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Miami student destroying anti-abortion display on campus

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Video shows Miami University Hamilton student trampling and tossing white crosses - representing aborted babies - in a commons area of the school.

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Students for Life (SFL) puts up a anti-choice display that shames people who get abortions.

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On Monday, April 9, at Miami University Hamilton, the pro-life group Students For Life erected a display depicting a group of crosses, each representing babies that are "killed by abortion every day."

The number was outdated and misleading, and no sources were cited. I assume that this data comes from a CDC study done in 2014, but doctors and scientists still have yet to come to a consensus on when a bundle of cells actually turns into a human being.

While everyone at Miami University has a right to voice their opinions via the First Amendment, this display was triggering to many students and affected their ability to perform at school. One of these students was kind enough to discuss her distress upon seeing this display with me.

"How could they shame young women trying their best to get an education? I started having panic attacks thinking about my loss and thinking of walking onto campus with big bold letters talking about 'murder' and crosses representing incorrect statistics about a woman's choice."

This student eventually chose to leave the university for the semester because of the trauma that this display brought up for her.

"I want to walk onto campus and not be afraid. I know pro-life people are not ones to put themselves in other people's shoes often, but if they step outside of shaming women, can they look at my story and feel a little ashamed?"

Last year, the Students for Life went as far as to press charges against Miami University for "violating their First Amendment right of free speech." The lawsuit was funded by the Alliance Defending Freedom, an anti-LGBT group, and cost the school more than $20,000 in a settlement. Students for Life argued that by being asked to put up trigger warnings ahead of their display, the university violated their rights.

"Trigger warnings" warn people who may be sensitive to certain subjects that upsetting content will be shown or displayed soon. Whether or not you agree with it, the choice to end a pregnancy is a hard one for anyone to make. Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (PASS) is a disorder similar to PTSD with similar side effects. People who have had abortions may suffer from anxiety, depression, numbness, flashbacks and suicidal thoughts. Abortions that have happened after a rape can be even more traumatic for people, as PTSD from the assault may be combined with PASS.

Any of these symptoms may be triggered by a display like this one, which is why we need warnings to protect our students. These choices are tough for anyone to make, and this display serves no other purpose than to shame people who are trying to make the best decisions for them and their futures. This isn't something that we need on a campus that preaches "love and honor."

Another student group on campus, College Students for Reproductive Justice, tried to set up a counter-display. The university vetoed the display and told the group that they could not put up a display until the crosses were removed. The students put up a display of coat hangers to represent how many unsafe abortions are performed yearly.

I'm not saying that the Students for Life do not have a right to put up their displays, but why is a trigger warning such a terrible thing? Clearly, this upsets many students, and the roadblocks that the opposition had to go through to make their voices heard just makes students feel more powerless and shamed.

While the display is gone for now, displays like this go up every year all over the country. It's time to start talking about how these do more harm than good and educate people on reproductive health and justice.

Students for Life at Miami Hamilton declined to comment.

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Miami Hamilton's 'Pro-Life' Display Does More Harm Than Good

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Where is the line between free speech and student detriment?

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AWS (Association of Women Students) was suspected of blame because they were protesting the beauty pageant, but no one was offically charged.

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The demands were a response to the university's lack of reporting on a student who was sexually assaulted, as well as the overall atmospher on campus after Donald Trump was elected president.

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'The Collective' a group of students make a list of ten demands of the university regarding sexual assault and interpersonal violence.

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One year into the Trump Administraion

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The issue of the Miami Student on this day is not online...hm...

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An anonymous vandal(s) vandalism Alumni Hall in response to the Miss Miami Beauty Pageant being held there.

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After 11 hours, the president argreed to meet and discuss the demands.

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After 11 hours, the president argreed to meet and discuss the demands.

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this also includes WCWS's list of demands of the university.

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The Miami Student, Vol. 115, No. 30 (Feb. 2, 1988) :: Miami Student Newspaper v2

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Women Commited to Women's Safety (WCWS) holds an 11 hour sit-in at then President Paul Pearson's office to protest sexual assault on campus.

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Ronald Regan's last year in office.