Purdue Exponent stocks Bloomington newsstands after Indiana University cuts Indiana Daily Student print editions

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University halted production of Indiana Daily Student (IDS) print editions last week. The university's decision to stop funding IDS print editions came in the aftermath of the firing of Director of IU Student Media Jim Rodenbush.

Now, IU's greatest rival, Purdue University, is making headlines. Purdue's student newspaper, The Purdue Exponent, stocked IDS newsstands in Bloomington over the weekend. The Exponent's publisher, Kyle Charters, called the Exponent's stocking of IDS newsstands "Operation Clandestine Delivery" in an X post.

In that post Charters wrote "we delivered special edition Exponents to the IU campus after the University admin there canceled IDS print editions."

The front pages of the papers the Exponent delivered read "we, the student journal