Student journalists keep college students informed. Unfortunately, universities are distancing themselves from student newspapers, exacerbating the challenges young people face in finding trustworthy information.

Purdue University recently informed its independent student newspaper, The Purdue Exponent, that the university would no longer assist in distributing print copies of the paper. Purdue also informed The Exponent that it no longer wants the Purdue name to be commercially associated with the newspaper and that Exponent staff can no longer purchase parking passes on campus.

Quint Holguin, a rising sophomore at Purdue who is part of The Exponent’s summer staff, said the announcement came as a surprise. 

“It was really shocking and honestly disheartening a little bit to see a relationship built up with Purdue kind of just go away like that,” Holguin said. “We've been with Purdue for so long, and we've established this relationship, and for them to just kind of pull the rug out from underneath us, it's........

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