Grad students: Purdue police check-in ahead of trustees meeting was ‘intimidation’

Purdue police chief says the visit to a Lafayette coffeehouse was standard, though grad students making posters say it felt like something more. Plus, the early tally on primary election voting

Dave Bangert

Apr 23, 2023

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GRAD STUDENTS QUESTION PURDUE POLICE VISIT TO COFFEEHOUSE AS THEY MADE POSTERS AHEAD OF DELIVERING PETITIONS TO TRUSTEES

This scene at a Lafayette coffeehouse, posted last week by graduate students who have been pressing Purdue for better pay and working conditions, came with lingering accusations of intimidation on – and off – campus.

In pictures posted by students, Purdue University Police Department officers came to the Eleventh House, a coffeehouse that shares space on Fourth Street in Lafayette with The Spot Tavern, as groups gathered to make signs ahead of delivering a petition to university trustees.

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