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Stephanie Wiechmann
The plaintiffs are students who protested against Ball State, mainly asking it to divest from any financial ties to Israel. The ACLU says university policies violated their First and 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, the students entered the state administration building in November 2025 wanting to talk to the university president, according to video shot by the students. The president's office was locked and they were asked to leave multiple times by school officials.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
They were allowed to write a note to the president, stayed until the building closed at 5 p.m. and left. Ball state prohibits protests and demonstrations within 50ft of most campus buildings. According to the lawsuit filings. Virtually every building on campus falls into the prohibited categories. Ball state also issued disciplinary action against the students, including a suspension for one.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
The university cited a rule that students must comply with all directives from university officials, which the ACLU says punishes students for protected expression. The lawsuits mainly ask for the court to block the 50ft rule and expunge the student's disciplinary records as a policy. State does not comment on pending litigation. I'm Stephanie Wiechmann
 in Muncie.