The Indiana Commons

Initially conceived as being a voice for the consistent life ethic on the university campus, several of its early editors, reporters and advisors were involved in anti-abortion activism in the Indianapolis area and nationally.

Backlash from several community members led to the event being cancelled, and the story was subsequently picked up by local media[6] as well as the New York Post, Breitbart, Campus Reform[7] and others.

Through a Freedom of Information Act request, Campus Reform uncovered that IUPUI Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr. Eric Weldy called the publication "illegitimate" and requested staff members to not have any contact with the publication after the article about the bondage event was published,[8] and that the IUPUI Office of Health and Wellness had spent more than $100 on 500 feet of nylon rope and other supplies on the event.

[10] Later that month, the publication published a letter to the editor criticizing Dr. Joshua W. Brown, Indiana University Bloomington professor of psychology and neuroscience, for praying over a student in front of a crowd and claiming to have healed him of "left kidney pain" at an event sponsored by several Christian organizations at IUPUI.

In April 2024, The Collegiate Commons published on opinion column supportive of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition, which suggested that Indianapolis students should consider the benefits of unionizing as well.