IU to Resume Printing Student Paper After Censorship Controversy

IU to Resume Printing Student Paper After Censorship Controversy

Indiana University officials are walking back plans to suspend print publication of the student newspaper following faculty and alumni outrage over a censorship controversy last month.

Student newspaper ban in Indiana: How free is our press?

On Oct. 14, Indiana University (IU)’s student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student (IDS), halted printing indefinitely. This cancellation was a reaction to the IU faculty director of student media, Jim Rodenbush, being fired after refusing to censor student news coverage.  Last year, IU announced the student newspaper would be scaling back from weekly editions to “seven special editions per semester” due to financial strains on IU’s media progra…