PHOENIX — A back-and-forth between Grand Canyon University and Ben Shapiro has seemingly come to an end after the conservative commentator tweeted Thursday that he will speak on campus.
In the tweet, Shapiro said he was "looking forward to" the speaking engagement at the private Christian university, but he was singing a different tune just one day prior.
The national Young America's Foundation tweeted that Shapiro's campus lecture is scheduled for April 10.
The 35-year-old editor-in-chief of conservative website The Daily Wire declined GCU's invitation Wednesday to speak on campus because of its refusal to work with the national office of the Young Americas Foundation.
The school, located in Phoenix, initially canceled Shapiro's appearance last week over concern that he was too polarizing and would cause a divide between students on campus. GCU later walked back that statement, saying that it wasn't Shapiro's ideologies that caused the cancellation but the process in which he was booked.
GCU re-invited Shapiro to speak on campus and asked the GCU chapter of YAF to organize it but said it wouldn't continue to work with the national office. Even more so, GCU offered to waive any security costs for Shapiro after he declined.
On Wednesday, the national spokesperson for YAF Spencer Brown tweeted that GCU had signed a YAF contract to book Shapiro. The tweet included a photo of a document with a signature from the YAF president, the student organization and the school.
Shapiro is known for his ultraconservative views and has been met with protestors while speaking at other colleges.
GCU has not released any information on their end confirming Shapiro's visit. The details of what happened since the school's last statement and the contract signing are unclear.
