IU Indianapolis students held a protest on Tuesday evening in support of IU Bloomington’s student paper The Indiana Daily Student. Multimedia Editor Piper Bailey and Assistant News Editor Ollie Fitzgerald highlight the event.
“Unmute IU”
“‘This is our right to have our voices heard, and you don’t need to be afraid.’”
EDITORIAL: Statement in support of the Indiana Daily Student
“A threat to students’ free expression anywhere is a threat to students’ free expression everywhere.”
‘What free speech means’: Censorship in children’s literature
“‘When you’re banning books — oftentimes these books feature characters of color or LGBTQ+ characters — when kids do not see themselves in what they’re reading, then they feel less comfortable with their own identities.’”
The looming threat of censorship
“Butler, like many other colleges and universities, has a responsibility to protect the freedoms of its students, including the freedom to speak freely.”
TikTok’s 14-hour ban: How it happened and what it means
“Do I think that banning speech is a first resort or is the right way to go? No, I think it should usually be a last resort.”
Read banned books: Book bans and America’s descent towards increased censorship
Censorship is growing increasingly prevalent as more and more books are banned throughout America, and this is a major issue.
“Your degree is worthless:” The danger of neglecting the arts and humanities
The arts and humanities are the backbone of our society, but these fields have recently been getting neglected.
The dangers of neglecting critical thinking while reading literature
When engaging with literary texts, it is crucial to think critically and with nuance, but why is this so? What is the importance of critical thinking when it comes to reading?
Giving a damn: the zing of curse words in class
Columnist Madeleine Lucchetti discusses expertly-placed zingers as the most satisfying linguistic experiences in life when in class.