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University creates bystander intervention app

If a student were to witness someone being sexually assaulted don’t know what to do, they can now access information through a mobile application created by the Office of Student Affairs.



Muncie RadioShack closing soon

The RadioShack on McGalliard Road will close on Feb. 26 with everything ranging from 40 to 70 percent off storewide. The store on Tillotson Ave., however, has already shut their doors.



Off the Grid

Polls conducted in 2011 at Salford University by a charity called Anxiety UK revealed that 53 percent of the 298 people who responded felt that using social media changed their behavior to some degree, and of those, 51 percent believed it was for the worse.




Live at Five 2-16

Hear what's coming up in the SGA elections campaign along with all your news, sports, weather and entertainment headlines with the WCRD News Live at Five team. Anchors Brittney Dean Garrett Lamkin Entertainment Brittney Dean Weather forecaster Evan Brosman Sports Anchor Connor Onion


Ball State hired Mark Sandy on Jan. 9 to be the athletic director. Sandy was the athletic director at Eastern Kentucky. PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHRISTOPHER ULM

Series of change brings Mark Sandy to Ball State athletic director position

Ball State hired Sandy on Jan. 9 to oversee its athletic department after his time at Eastern Kentucky. His tenure, which began on Feb. 1, ended a four-month search that followed the departure of former Ball State athletic director Bill Scholl, who took over the athletic director position at Marquette in October.


SGA slates to face off in debate

In this second round of debates, the full slates will square off against one other to convince students why they should vote for them. The last time there were three slates running for Student Government Association office was during the 2013 election season.