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Freshman outside hitter Mackenzie Kitchel plays during the game on Tuesday evening. DN PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER

Kitchel named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week

After the best statistical weekend in her career, redshirt junior outside attacker, Mackenzie Kitchel was awarded with the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career.



Students clad in costumes partied in the Student Center Friday Oct. 25, 2013. DN FILE PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY

Get scared: Four haunted attractions in Muncie, Anderson

Students looking to get scared this week for Halloween have a number of choices both on and off campus. Here are four spots around Ball State and Delaware County that are perfect for a haunted night out with friends. 



Street Fighter V roster data mine reveals possible new characters

With the second Street Fighter V Beta officially underway for PC and PlayStation 4, NeoGAF hasn't wasted anytime data mining the game in search for content that has yet to be officially announced. Series veteran Dhalsim and two unnamed new characters were uncovered in the code, which all but confirms their appearance on the final roster due to the fact that these characters have story illustration introductions already coded into the main game.



Netflix streaming Star Wars: The Force Awakens only in Canada

Starting in 2016, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be streaming on Netflix in Canada only. The reason for it not streaming it in the United States or anywhere else is because of the premium cable channel Starz, who has a deal with Disney to play their movies until the end of 2015, which includes Star Wars: The Force Awakens Netflix has a deal between Disney to stream their movies in the U.S., but that does not begin until 2016.


Netflix releases 'Jessica Jones' trailer

After months of sneak peak pictures of the cast, Netflix finally released the full trailer for the superhero series Jessica Jones. The trailer shows nothing but dark days ahead for Jones, which isn’t surprising since it’s the same creators who collaborated on Netflix’s hit show Daredevil. The show’s setting will take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the same one as the movies like The Avengers and Thor. Krysten Ritter is the leading lady as she is Jessica Jones, who is just trying to put her life back together in Hell's Kitchen.