The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office says it will not file charges against 55 people arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass during protests at Indiana University’s Dunn Meadow last month.

Britt’s opinion says the board of trustees violated the law by posting notice about an allowable purpose to meet in private but then discussed other matters behind closed doors.

The actual Dunn Meadow policy — the one passed in 1969 — contains no reference to ad hoc committees or permission needed for overnight structures. What’s written on an IU website isn’t in fact a...

In an email to WFIU/WTIU News, IU trustee Vivian Winston said she had no role in creating an April statement supporting Whitten and felt she could “no longer stay silent.”

State Police chatter on the ground and from atop the Indiana Memorial Union shows that the ISP planned to arrest student organizers Bryce Greene and Aidan Khamis ahead of time.

President Pamela Whitten and Vice President for Public Safety Benjamin Hunter discussed topics they haven't addressed publicly in a listening session with the College of Arts and Sciences.

Indiana Public Media’s Ethan Sandweiss spoke with ISP superintendent Doug Carter on Monday to ask about his department’s response to protests on IU's campus.

IU paid Cooley LLP $400,000 for a “post action review”, according to a summary on the university’s procurement website. 

The university’s new expressive activity policy came into effect Thursday. Police said they’ll clear the remaining items from the meadow, and protesters said they don’t plan to stop them.

The times and locations of trustee meetings are planned three years in advance, but this gathering comes at a tumultuous moment for IU’s flagship campus.

Much of the bill went to facilities costs such as staging, equipment and staffing. Artist fees and travel arrangements made up the second highest category in IU’s breakdown. 

An IU alumnus will not face additional legal action following his arrest in Dunn Meadow on eclipse day.

The Board and General Counsel requested comments in late June and expect to receive them by July 15, just two weeks before the university plans to implement the policy.

Whitten announced IU had hired Cooley LLP at the June 14 Board of Trustees meeting. Its findings and recommendations are largely in line with the administration’s own assertions and plans.

The meetings are intended for faculty to speak directly with Whitten, in a closed-door setting, unit by unit. Many of IU's units have voted on resolutions recently calling for Whitten's removal.

It will free the university’s hand in addressing the Dunn Meadow encampment and will affect the International Graduate Workers Coalition if it decides to picket again in the fall.  

Full story: https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/iu-faculty-council-president-says-whitten-administration-should-end.php We examine the issues behind the prot...

State Police Superintendent Doug Carter “feels the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office caved to political pressure.”

The plaintiffs are two professors at Purdue University Fort Wayne. They say the new law violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Trustee Jeremy Morris teased the new policy at the June 13 Board of Trustees meeting. He told the Board it needed time to consult with stakeholders but had to act fast to get it passed before August.

Protesters gathered outside a conference room in the Indiana Memorial Union where university president Pamela Whitten was hosting a listening session.

Like Tuesday, IU security chief Benjamin Hunter told protesters they could be arrested for trespassing if they continued to chant in the hallway. Protesters challenged his assertion that their...

The chancellor will serve in the President’s Cabinet and oversee the Office of the Provost, the current leader in Bloomington.