This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, July 9th, 2025.

In today’s newscast, WFHB News Correspondent Max Schneider provides a rundown on campus and local news over the summer. More in today’s feature report.

You’ll also hear from Katelyn Dunivan from University Players, a student-run theater group that saw their funding cut by 80% this school year – and they’re not the only ones. Find out how some of the hundreds of affected student groups are grappling with the loss coming up next in today’s newscast.

Feature Reports:

A number of student-run activities and events on the IU Bloomington campus were blindsided this school year by funding cuts. In the case of University Players, a student-run theater group, total funding was cut by 80%. Correspondent Harley Babbitt has the story of how some of these groups reacted to the cuts and how they will pivot to save their clubs in a feature report produced in partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.

In today’s feature report, WFHB News Correspondent Max Schneider provides a rundown on campus and local news over the summer. Schneider covers Indiana public colleges gutting over 400 degree programs. Also, Schneider updates you on recent moves made by Governor Mike Braun regarding the IU Board of Trustees. Lastly, the IU Police Department has become the first higher education law enforcement agency to receive accreditation as a unified organization. Correspondent Max Schneider has more.

Up next, we hear from LeRoy McQueen from Thee Vatos Supreme. McQueen will open at WFHB Past and Present: 50 Years of the Bloomington Community Radio Project, which takes place tomorrow, Thursday, July 10th at the Bluebird. That interview, produced by WFHB Correspondent Audrey Ouillette and Music Director Abby Noroozi, coming up next on the WFHB Local News.

And now, “Real Big Lies” on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on the WFHB Local News. We turn to host and producer Richard Fish for more.

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