Tag Archives: News at Indiana University

IU Faces Legal Challenges Over Free Speech Violations

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:48 — 9.4MB)Subscribe: RSSA federal judge ruled that IU’s expressive activity policy violates the First Amendment. WFHB News Correspondent Paige Zuckerman sits down with Dominic Coletti, the Program Officer for FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative to discuss more. That interview is coming up next on the WFHB Local News.  

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FIRE Brings Attention to Free Speech at IU During Big 10 Championship

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:35 — 13.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana Hoosiers beat Ohio State in the Big 10 Championship game on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Flying above the stadium was a plane flying a banner saying, “Indiana University hates free speech.” The flyover banner was a part of a campaign by the Foundation for …

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Indiana’s Own Dana Black Comments on IU Dismantling DEI

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:04 — 13.9MB)Subscribe: RSSIn May of this year, Indiana University closed its office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, citing the need to ensure compliance with state and federal laws. In today’s feature report, WFHB Correspondent Catherine Terwilliger speaks with Political Strategist Dana Black about the implications of IU ending its DEI program …

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IU Orders Palestine Solidarity Committee to Suspend Activities Pending Investigation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:48 — 12.1MB)Subscribe: RSSIndiana University has ordered the Palestine Solidarity Committee to cease and desist all activities while under investigation for allegedly violating student code. In today’s feature report, WFHB News Correspondent Ella Cummings speaks with Bryce Greene, co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Committee and organizer with the IU Divestment Coalition. Greene …

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Learn By Doing: Motion Picture Production at IU

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:00 — 5.7MB)Subscribe: RSSStudies show that experiential learning is the most engaging and effective way to learn. Experiential means hands-on training actually DOING the thing you’re trying to learn – pretty much what we do here with volunteers and interns in the WFHB newsroom. On the campus of Indiana University, correspondent Ryan …

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Indiana University Introduces New “Expressive Activity” Policy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:41 — 31.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Indiana University Board of Trustees voted 6-3 in support of a new expressive activity policy which goes into effect today. The policy bans camping, limits hours of expressive activity from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and requires that structures be approved by the university at least 10 days …

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WFHB Local News – January 29th, 2024

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:00 — 41.3MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, January 29th, 2024. Later in the program, dozens came out to protest IU’s cancellation of Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby outside the Eskenazi Art Museum on Friday. More in today’s feature report. That’s Raquel Anderson from El Centro Comunal with some examples …

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WFHB Local News – July 26th, 2021

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:59 — 41.2MB)Subscribe: RSSThis is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 26th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB Assistant News Director Jake Jacobson interviews Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton, in today’s edition of a Few Minutes with the Mayor. More coming up in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up …

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