IU officials warned students and faculty ahead of a candlelight vigil protesting new speech restrictions at the Sample Gates late last night.
Citing a new expressive activity policy on campus, the officials asked the attendees to move their gathering onto a city sidewalk. They refused to comply, and the event took place as planned, ending early Monday morning.
The late-night gathering was the third in as many weeks — held in protest of the new policy restricting “expressive activity” to daytime hours. The policy is a response to an antiwar encampment in Dunn Meadow in the spring.
Guy Loftman — who led protests at IU against the Vietnam war — led the vigil. As he spoke, pro-Palestinian activists used chalk to write the names of hundreds of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the ongoing war in Gaza.
Speakers said more than a dozen students and faculty members were being investigated for participating in the first two vigils.
IU officials observing last night’s event declined interview requests.
The university is being sued by the ACLU of Indiana over its speech policy.
