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West University Avenue closed through October 2025
By Ball State Daily / 1 hours agoAccording to an email communication from Ball State Facilities Planning and Management, Ball State University has agreed to partially close the Westbound lane of West University Avenue between North McKinley Avenue and North Calvert Street.
Ball State holds Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony
By Jessica Bergfors / YesterdayBall State University celebrated its 201st commencement ceremony on May 3 at Worthen Arena, where thousands of guests gathered to honor the graduating class of 2025.
The discovery of a beautiful afrofuturist: Octavia E. Butler
By Amira Alquraishy / 2 days agoAward-winning essayist, journalist, and nonfiction author Lynell George gives us a glimpse into the esteemed writer Octavia E. Butler’s origins of becoming one. Going into her personal confides of her very own journals, we get a crash course into her psyche, and how she overcame the highs and lows of becoming the first African American woman to break into the science fiction genre.