It’s good to see these people defending freedom of speech and the press.

Alex Morey reports at the FIRE blog.

Dozens of Former Wesleyan Newspaper Editors Sign Letter Defending ‘Argus,’ Free Press

More than 50 former editors of The Wesleyan Argus have signed onto an open letter expressing “deep disappointment and concern” over the decision by Wesleyan University’s student government to defund the paper over a controversial op-ed.

The former editors, whose combined presence at the paper spans nearly five decades, urge the Wesleyan Student Association (WSA) to reconsider a plan approved on October 18 that would slash Argus funding and significantly reduce its print presence on campus.

Outraged students called for a boycott and defunding of the paper after it printed Bryan Stascavage’s September 14 opinion piece criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement. Some students said it was an example of indifference to racism on campus.

The former Argus editors—including such notable names as New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, Forward Editor-in-Chief Jane Eisner, CNBC’s Michael Santoli, and New York Times-bestselling author Laura Fraser—wrote:

These cuts threaten the survival of an institution that was instrumental in shaping our collective college experience and that has, somewhat miraculously, been covering campus news without interruption since 1868. We are also disturbed by the events that led up to the proposed budget cuts and the threat they pose to free speech and freedom of the press at Wesleyan.