Indiana University

A lawyer with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, who's representing the co-editors of the Indiana Daily Student, sent a letter to IU administrators accusing them of violating the students' First Amendment rights.

From WFYI: After IU cut all student newspaper IDS printings, Purdue students made a free press edition and distributed 3000 copies across Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. The headline reads, “We Student Journalists Must Stand Together.”

From WFIU/WTIU: Editors at the Indiana Daily Student said Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush refused to tell students to remove news from an upcoming special print edition.

On Monday, Gov. Mike Braun removed all three IU trustees elected by alumni and replaced two of them with polarizing and well-known conservatives Jim Bopp and Sage Steele.

All seven Indiana public colleges and universities, and some private institutions, are guaranteeing automatic acceptance for students who earn a new type of high school diploma.

Former Indiana University men’s basketball doctor Brad Bomba Sr. is being accused by a former player of inappropriate physical exams that appears to fit the definition of sexual assault.

In the lawsuit, Speech First claims IU violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, because the university has a “vague” and “overbroad” bias incident reporting system. The group named President Pamela Whitten, the Board of Trustees and several IU leaders on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campus.

Abdulkader Sinno, associate professor of political science and middle eastern studies, was suspended in December after the committee hosted an event without an approved room request. Sinno was the club’s advisor. Several IU faculty and the AAUP spoke against the suspension, saying the severe punishment violated university and campus policy.

Banks asked that his office be briefed on the number antisemitic incidents since Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel. He also requested information on meetings with IU antisemitism task forces and if student-led pro-Palestine protests led to harassment reports or illegal acts.