NEWS

Actors prepare for 'My Fair Lady'

A red curtain is pulled across the black hard floor as the actors practice their vocal warmupss. Meanwhile, downstairs a group of theater students trained as makeup artists prepare to gloss the actors. This completes a fraction of the process involved in preparations for a theater production.



NEWS

SCENE SELECTION: Film explores ways we consume violence in media

I can't say I generally watch films that engage the viewer the way "Funny Games" does. It isn't a film about happy endings, story, character or even morals. The movie follows a family on vacation who are targeted by serial killers, and it looks into the way the media treat violence.


NEWS

Theatre contest showcases local talent

Despite the slow economy and high travel costs, a group of local theaters will gather at the Muncie Civic Theatre on Saturday for the annual Indiana Community Theatre League competition. Even though the show is limited this year, Grubbs said the ICTL is a "wonderful festival." He said last year's event attracted more than 250 people.








NEWS

Congress gives college aid a boost

WASHINGTON — More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid that Congress passed Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.


NEWS

THE BOGEYMAN: Can't be an expert at everything

I was arguing with an economist the other day about the relative merits of global warming. He was challenging data on the grounds that it was incomplete. I sent him a whole list of data sources and pointed out that he could resolve his claim by examining the data itself.



NEWS

Students design official BSU fashion pieces

Students from Ball State University's department of fashion design worked to have a design for Ball State's official neck tie, scarf, pocket square and scarf after receiving the request from President Jo Ann Gora.




SPORTS

MEN'S TENNIS: Pavia garners weekly MAC award

Pavia has also excelled as the Cardinals' No. 1 singles player; he defeated Butler University's Ben Raynauld in a barnburner, 6-7 (5), 6-4 (14-12), Saturday at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. In all this season, Pavia is 11-2 at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.



NEWS

LIVE VIDEO: Bobblecast

In this week's episode of the comedy-news podcast, assistant photo editor Sam Householder and chief photographer Bobby Ellis discuss weird arrests in Muncie, the health care bill passing and Dog the Bounty Hunter's appearance at the Muncie Mall.




NEWS

Faculty celebrates friendship, roots of jazz

 Frank Puzzullo has more than his fair share of experience in the world of jazz music. He has appeared with a number of different performers throughout his life, including Woody Herman, Ray Brown, James Moody and Art Pepper. He played alongside Ray Brown at Lu and Charlie's, a famous New Orleans jazz club. He has even recorded an album of his own original music titled "Coaches Choice," an album through ARTCO Records.


NEWS

More than a month

 Jean Amman was just beginning her career in education and administration at Ball State University 26 years ago. While just getting her foot in the door, she remembers hearing stories of colleagues and peers who had experienced discrimination and gone unnoticed in the workforce simply because they were woman. Amman said through her leadership at AAUW, she hopes to give a voice to those women who never were allowed to speak out about their experiences, while also teaching women of today's generation to use their voices as an effective tool.

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