Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
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This is appalling, and I am shocked.
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Seems like the Streisand Effect is the result.
When IU announced a number of cuts to its programs (primarily in the humanities and social sciences), I thought it was primarily the short-sightedness of the state government. But these censorship actions make me afraid of the people at the top of the university administration, which is even more frightening.
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The Purdue student newspaper staff printed and delivered a solidarity edition to the IU Campus 
IMO, with the significant changes the Indiana State Ed Board is forcing on its public colleges (major and program cuts, as noted above, and looks like changes at Purdue honors college coming), students (especially OOS) should be paying attention to the impact this may have on each campus and its students.
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For perspective the Purdue IU rivalry is strong. The Purdue fans cheer “IU Sucks” at all games and even sometimes when just seeing the IU logo. This is a fantastic show is solidarity between two schools with zero love loss.
And I had to research what’s happening at honors college (new thread started).
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Update on the story:
Indiana University reversed course Thursday to once again let the “Indiana Daily Student” print special editions of the newspaper. The decision came just hours after Jim Rodenbush, the former director of the paper, who was fired because he allegedly refused to censor the paper, filed a lawsuit against the university for wrongful termination.
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I don’t know if it’s sadly (they didn’t make the right decision on their own) or fortunately (enough people with $ knew the right decision), but as reported in the article, the withdrawal of donations to the university had something to do with this change in course:
Attention from across the country has come to IU after the decision, putting pressure on the university. $1 million-plus in alumni donations were reportedly pulled from the university after the news came out, according to the IndyStar.
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