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Needs to exlain what it is in the first bit, not give the trivia of the name's origins.
'''The Chalkening''' is a play on the word The Awakening, a horror movie. The Chalkening came about after [[Emory University]] students complained of chalk writings on campus that promoted [[Donald Trump]]; Trump 2016, Make America Great, Build The Wall, etc. Students told their Dean about feeling scared, and deeply hurt that these chalk messenges appeared.
'''The Chalkening''' is a campaign launched by [[Donald Trump]] supporters on college campuses that involves writing pro-Trump messages in chalk on campus facilities (a common way to spread messages and announcements at many colleges). The term is a play on ''The Awakening,'' a popular horror movie.
The story went viral. Now photos online show campuses across the country with support for Trump in chalk.
The campaign began after students at [[Emory University]] students complained of chalk writings on campus that promoted [[Donald Trump]], including such innocuous slogans as "Trump 2016," and "Make America Great," and the somewhat controversial "Build The Wall," a reference to Trump's campaign promise to build a wall along the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border and force Mexico to pay for it. Students told Emory's dean that the messages frightened them scared; after the story went viral, campus activists campuses across the country began to express thewir support for Trump in chalk.
[[Category:2016 presidential election]]
[[Category:2016 presidential election]]
[[Category: Politics]]
[[Category: Politics]]