Indiana University alum Mark Wert has given steadily to his alma mater since he graduated in 1985 on a full-ride scholarship. However, when he read about university decisions restricting the rights of its student publication, he had had enough.

Wert took a letter he received from the IU Foundation soliciting year-end donations, wrote "Remove me from the mailing list" and mailed it back.

Wert, a retired Cincinnati Enquirer journalist, is among alumni who are questioning whether it is worth donating to IU after officials there made several controversial decisions about the student-run Indiana Daily Student.

The university sparked national outrage after it fired student media director Jim Rodenbush and ordered the 158-year-old publication to cease printing its newspapers . This was a

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