“We emailed several Media School administrators Monday, asking them for more clarity behind the order and requesting they rescind their directive.

Instead of a clear response, they fired a faculty member.”

For additional info, see:
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Talk about saying the quiet part out loud...

"“How do we frame that, you know, in a way that's not seen as censorship?” Ron McFall, assistant dean of strategy and administration at the Media School, asked in that meeting."

"Ahead of our Oct 16th edition... the Media School directed us to print no news in the paper, an order blatantly in defiance of our editorial independence and Charter... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

“An Oct. 7 email ... from the Media School administration [specified] that the IDS's print publication should solely focus on a special theme, such as homecoming or fall sports, and contain "no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage.”” WOW.

And here's a link to a letter from the IDS editors about the firing of the student newspaper director.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

By reporting on how the new trustees have changed policies in ways that take power away from faculty and push more power to university administrators. 4/

And so much more...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

By reporting on the governor's dismissal of Indiana University's elected Trustees, who he then replaced with his own appointees. 3/

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

By reporting on the Indiana University faculty's overwhelming no-confidence vote in the (still serving) university president. 2/

www.idsnews.com/article/2024...

It doesn't surprise me that Indiana University is going after the student newspaper. The IDS has played a key role in holding the university administration accountable.

Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/

specials.idsnews.com/steve-sander...

My college killed the physical print newspaper a few years after I graduated and deleted the entire online archive while trying to convince the paper’s alumni that the latter is just something media orgs do all the time.

FREE THE IDS

Here's a link to the full story
www.indystar.com/story/news/e...

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

Plant-based protein powders tested as having the highest levels of lead. It is unclear if this is from the soil or from the manufacturing process. Also, the 1994 deregulation of supplements both created the modern industry and leaves us all at risk.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

If you’re a parent of a child with a disability, you’re worried about how your family will be impacted by SpecEd Department of Education layoffs and you want to talk to a journalist about it, please DM, email (sluterman at 19thnews dot org) or Signal (slooterman.18).

And the danger of that wealth is amplified by the power we've allllowed it to buy.

Power to influence elections.
Power to mold institutions.
Power to move markets.
Power to manipulate media.
Power to punish anyone who tries to challenge or question their power.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

🚨After being tased and beaten by ICE, a man dies in a Chicago hospital. Date and location in following post. These are the horrors of 2025 and we cannot look away. 1/2