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Sean Godfrey attempts to hit the ball against Bowling Green on March 21 at Ball Diamond. Godfrey has the potential to be picked in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY

BASEBALL: 3 players honored

The Ball State baseball team had three players named to the American Baseball Coaches Association Rawlings All-Mideast Region Team.Sean Godfrey and Zach Plesac were named to the first team, while T.J.



Rep. Eric Cantor who will retire arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a meeting between President Barack Obama and House Republicans on March 13, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Cantor will resign his leadership post at the end of July 2014 after losing to David Brat from the tea party. MCT PHOTO

Big changes in GOP leadership after Cantor loss

WASHINGTON — Repudiated at the polls, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake-up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.



Ball State received eight regional Emmy awards June 7 night. Members from Sports Link, the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and others took home the awards. DN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY

Ball State wins 8 Emmys

The university took home eight regional Emmy Awards on Saturday night. Projects from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and Ball State Sports Link took home a few Emmys as well as others from the university.



Trigger warnings look to shield students from distress

As professors begin updating their course calendars and syllabuses, faculty and students at a few universities are adding trigger warnings to protect victims of violence and abuse from being forced to relive the experience in the classroom.The Associated Student Senate at the University of California Santa Barbara recently issued a resolution to mandate warning students when a class will include topics like rape, sexual assault, suicide and graphic violence.Trigger warnings are given to prevent victims of past trauma from being exposed to material that may bring up memories of the experience.


Morgan recovering after surgery following crash

TRENTON, N.J. ? Tracy Morgan was recovering Sunday, but was expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after having surgery on a broken leg suffered in a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left two others critically injured and another man dead.The 45-year-old actor and comedian, a former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” cast member, remained in critical condition but was “more responsive” Sunday after having surgery for a broken leg, said Morgan’s spokesman, Lewis Kay.Kay said that Morgan also sustained a broken femur, broken nose and several broken ribs and is expected to remain hospitalized for “several weeks.” He said that Morgan’s family is “tremendously overwhelmed and appreciative of the outpouring of love and support from his fans.”A Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto.


5 things to know (June 9)

Donations swell for Seattle campus shooting hero; 2 officers, 3 others dead in Las Vegas shooting; Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt’s president; Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors; Insanity defense a longshot for Purdue suspect