The university’s Board of Trustees held its end-of-semester meetings on Dec. 18, covering topics ranging from this year’s Campus Fire and Safety Report to a 12 percent increase in applications to Ball State from this time last year.
Although Ball State faculty is split fairly evenly along gender lines, there is one level where women are vastly underrepresented — full professorship. Women currently make up just 25 percent of professors at the full professorship level, which is a tenured professor who usually serves at leadership positions within departments.
Governor Mike Pence encouraged the fourth-grade class at Longfellow Elementary School in Muncie to not let anything come between them and their dreams.
A week ago, the president of the University of Missouri stepped down after weeks of protests sparked debate about the administration’s handling of racially-charged incidents.
After a long night spent bar hopping in The Village, it’s too dangerous to drive home or to stumble through Muncie streets. That’s where David Fletcher, a driver for rideshare service Uber, comes in.
President Barack Obama has unveiled an online scorecard to help prospective college students compare universities based on information like average student loan debt, potential earning power and costs to students.
Two Ball State graduates will be opening their third technology repair shop next week in an effort to expand their burgeoning business.
Because of Muncie’s outdated sewage system, when flood waters flow into the White River — and people’s yards and streets — it is often contaminated with raw sewage. Twice in as many weeks Muncie residents have been issued flash flood warnings by the National Weather Service, leading to backed up water and a backed up sewer system which carries rain water and sewage in the same piping, the same as it has for 130 years, said Rick Conrad, director of bureau of water quality of the city of Muncie.
Second only to his family, Bill Bryant loved Ball State. After graduating in 1986 with a degree in telecommunications, he returned to spend 26 more years teaching and promoting the university. The University Media Services Production Manager spent his time at Ball State not only leading students and faculty in creating video products for the university, but also working to enhance the lives of everyone he interacted with, said Alan Gordon, director of university media services.
The National Forensics Association has decided to host its National Tournament at Ball State after pulling the event from campus when state legislators passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act last March. The 2016 event will bring around 1,200 students and faculty members from across the country to campus and rake in anywhere between $1 and $2 million for the Muncie community, Director of Individual Events, Mary Moore, said.
Body Language Tattoo is scheduled to open at the end of July above The Cup in the Village. Co-owner Tom Crawford focuses on piercings, while the other co-owner Bill Wilburn focuses on tattoos. DN PHOTO CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS
The Fashion Design Society hosted their Annual Fashion Show on March 20 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom. DN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY
Indiana is currently the only state that allows restaurants and bars to sell alcohol, but prohibits carryout from any establishment. Due to this Blue Law, places like Muncie Liquors cannot operate on Sundays. DN FILE PHOTO CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS
More than 30 students have participated in the Lunch with a Cop program. The program is to help form a partnership with the student body and police. DN PHOTO CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS
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State police stop cars on New York Ave. near campus looking for drunk drivers. The checkpoint was part of the state's Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that ends after Labor Day weekend. DN PHOTO CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS
