"Is she the MVP for calling in Indiana state troopers to arrest protesting students on her campus, an action that included snipers on the roof of a campus building? Is President Whitten the MVP for IU's attempt to enforce a "no-trespass" order on a group of IU faculty, grad students and alumni, which led to institutional sanctions, sanctions that were later invalidated on First Amendment grounds in a federal court?"
"Maybe Shapiro was thinking of the decision to fire the university director of student media and adviser to the Indiana Daily Student newspaper prior to declaring that the print edition could no longer print "news" and instead be limited to "event guides." (This restriction was ultimately reversed following widespread objections from students, faculty, alumni and other people who care about free speech.) I won't pretend suspense any further, because we all know what is most notable about Indiana University in this moment."
Pamela Whitten was labeled the school's "MVP" even as a series of campus controversies unfolded. The campus experienced arrests of protesting students after state troopers were called, with reports of snipers positioned on a building roof. An attempted no-trespass order targeted faculty, graduate students, and alumni and produced institutional sanctions later invalidated on First Amendment grounds. An April 2024 faculty no-confidence vote charged encroachments on academic freedom and shared governance and criticized failure to resist a state law attacking tenure. A university decision limited the student paper's content before reversing that restriction amid widespread objections.
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