Purdue University’s independent student newspaper, The Exponent, printed and distributed 3,000 copies of a special edition across Indiana University’s Bloomington campus over the weekend in support of student journalism. The front page read, “We Student Journalists Must Stand Together.” The distribution followed Indiana University’s decision to dismiss longtime media director Jim Rodenbush and suspend the print edition of the Indiana Daily Student (IDS), raising concerns about university influence on student media. “I think I learned from a bunch of different people via text about what happened at IU,” said Exponent publisher Kyle Charters. “We saw news about Jim Rodenbush being let go and the fallout from that, including the IDS being forced to suspend its print edition. It all came

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