Free speech group says Penn State's funding cut to student newspaper suggests lack of support for free expression

A group that advocates for speech and press freedoms is criticizing Penn State University’s decision to eliminate funding for its student newspaper, The Daily Collegian, saying the cut suggests the university does not truly support free expression.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression registered its concerns in a letter to Matthew Schuyler, chairman of Penn State’s board of trustees. The foundation questioned the cut at a university that maintains two private airplanes used by administrators for personal travel and pays its football coach millions of dollars.

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