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Director of Engineering, Construction and Operations, Jim Lowe said that the carpeting near Jamba Juice needed replacing. The resulting renovation caused a odor that some students found unpleasant. DN PHOTO DANIELLE GRADY

Students question Atrium's odor

If you’ve walked into the north entrance of the Atrium, you might have echoed the concerns of several students and thought, “What is that smell?”


Assistant English professor Brett Blackwell plays Detective inspector Lestrade at the honors murder mystery party. 
DN PHOTO KELSEY DICKESON

Students solve murder mystery at Honors House

It was a cold and windy night at the Ball Honors House Tuesday as groups of students filed up to its stately, red door only to be greeted with disturbing news: a murder had occurred on the university owned grounds.



Paintings on the Walls

For as long as he has been able to hold a pencil, junior visual communications major Eric Jones said he has been drawing.



Faculty Council committee submits report, new contract faculty titles proposed

Ball State contract faculty could see new titles and the possibility for promotion under a proposal. At last Thursday's Faculty Council a committee charged with reviewing and researching tenure, tenure-track and contract faculty titles found that the university needed to address how the faculty and professional personnel handbook defined and described its contract faculty.


Junior Marcin Niemczewski serves the ball during the game against Penn State on Jan. 16 at Worthen Arena. DN PHOTO ALAINA JAYE HALSEY

Patience pays off for Polish player

When Polish native Marcin Niemczewski arrived at Ball State as a freshman in 2012, he found himself buried on the men's volleyball team's depth chart behind senior outside attackers Jamion Hartley and Greg Herceg.  Niemczewski learned the meaning of hard work and leadership from the duo, who combined for 532 of the Cardinals' 1,222 kills that season. "[Marcin] was watching these two guys play his position who were everything that we would want a college men's volleyball player to be," head coach Joel Walton said.


Ball State names new treasurer, vice president

Bernie Hannon is now Ball State's new vice president for business affairs and treasurer. President Paul Ferguson announced the appointment of Hannon, the associate vice president for business affairs, as the new vice president today in an email to the university.