Indiana University orders student paper to stop printing.

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18. Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?

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Jess Calarco
‪@jessicacalarco.com‬

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?

Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Indiana University banned its student newspaper from printing just days before homecoming weekend — after firing the paper’s advisor when he refused to censor critical coverage.

That would be bad enough on its own, but FIRE is taking this one personally, as the Indiana Daily Student reported this hostile campaign was due in part to its coverage of FIRE’s ranking Indiana University as the worst public university for free speech.

You read that right. The school’s response to the news that they are bad at free speech … is to censor the news. It’s ironic — and not just in the Alanis Morissette sense — that these actions will likely push its overall ranking even lower next year. At least we can’t fault them for consistency.
ALT
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?

Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.

— Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) 2025-10-25T13:05:42.452Z

Jess Calarco
‪@jessicacalarco.com‬

Here's the full story, from the screenshot above:

https://www.thefire.org/news/what-hell-going-indiana-university

What the hell is going on at Indiana University?
Indiana University just banned its student paper for reporting its awful free speech ranking. You literally can’t make this up.
www.thefire.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM

Here's the full story, from the screenshot above:
www.thefire.org/news/what-he...

— Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) 2025-10-25T13:05:42.453Z