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Indiana University fired student newspaper advisor Jim Rodenbush after he refused to block news stories from the Indiana Daily Student’s homecoming edition.

The university also eliminated all print editions of the award-winning paper.

Advocates, alumni and Mark Cuban have criticized the move, raising questions about censorship and student journalists’ 1st Amendment rights at public universities.

Tension between Indiana University and its student newspaper flared last week with the elimination of the outlet’s print editions and the firing of a faculty advisor who refused an order to keep news stories out of a homecoming edition.

Administrators may have been hoping to minimize dist

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