Editorial: Support for Indiana Daily Student and Journalism
The Indiana Daily Student is facing opposition from its own university, Indiana University, which has restricted its ability to publish news stories in its homecoming print edition.
The university had already reduced the number of print editions, mainly focusing on special themes. On the 14th, the Director of Student Media, Jim Rodenbush, was fired for refusing to comply with the university's order. Shortly after, the university decided to cut print entirely for the Indiana Daily Student.
In a show of solidarity, Purdue University's student paper, The Exponent, printed 3,000 copies of a special edition featuring editorials from the Indiana Daily Student and distributed them on IU's campus.
Student media plays a vital role in campus communities.
Student media is essential to campus communities.
Author's summary: University restricts student newspaper.