I emailed a secretary in the weddings department directly. She replied almost immediately and said the people who gave the interviews didn't realize that the date they have to give their decisions to casting by is 10/31 but the date casting will contact the applicants by is 11/28.
So she definitely made it sound like the decisions for that department are already in to casting, now its just up to casting to contact us. Neither she nor I mentioned anything about internships being on "hold" or cut back.
I know contacting her did not make me look bad (especially if their decisions are already in), she was really nice and prompt with her response.
So maybe not every department had to go through changes for this semester and we will be contacted by 11/28 just like we were originally supposed to be...