Problems during this year’s Student Government Association elections can be prevented in the future if proposed changes to the elections code are adopted. On Wednesday afternoon, SGA shared a draft of changes with the elections code.
Need a cold one to wind down from a busy week of school? Check out the drink specials happening this weekend in Muncie. The Heorot SUNDAY $2.75 Guinness pints Savage’s Ale House FRIDAY $1 off select rotational beers SATURDAY $1 off Upland drafts SUNDAY $1 off Founders Brewery products Dill Street Bar and Grill FRIDAY Penny pitchers Saturday Long Island Iced Teas and Well pitchers Scotty’s Brewhouse FRIDAY $20 101-ounce Domestic table top taps $25 101-ounce Thr3e Wise Men table top taps SATURDAY $6 48-ounce Lime-A-Rita and Straw-Ber-Rita pitchers $20 101-ounce Domestic table top taps $25 101-ounce Thr3e Wise Men table top taps $6 Thr3e Wise Men bullet fills $10 Thr3e Wise Men growler fills SUNDAY $6 48-ounce Lime-A-Rita and Straw-Ber-Rita pitchers $2.50 Thr3e Wise Men pints The Locker Room FRIDAY $3 U-Calls $6 Red Bull Vodka pitchers $8 Captain pitchers $10 Redd’s buckets SATURDAY $2.50 Coronas $3 Long Island Iced Teas $3 Whiskey U-calls $3.50 Vegas Bombs $10 Domestic buckets SUNDAY $1 Locker Room pints $2 wells $5 Domestic pitcher $5 Premium mini pitcher
In 1944, Eva Kor and her family were forced out of their home and onto a train heading toward Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
A Ball State chef received an award Wednesday for his performance in a regional cooking competition last month. Chef Cameron Griggs won the bronze medal in the 2014 Midwest Region Culinary Challenge. The event, which was March 3 at Michigan State, featured nine chefs from colleges around the Midwest.
Despite 189 students swarming campus late at night with plastic weaponry, campus safety officials say they had not received any complaints during the Urban Games League’s biannual “Humans vs. Zombies” event.The league also said it has received no complaints from the university regarding vandalism, trespassing or students mistaking the group’s harmless “blasters” as deadly weapons.
Check out weekend events on campus and around the city.
The Student Government Association passed a resolution Wednesday that encourages the university to add more security cameras in parking garages. Currently, the lots equipped with security cameras are the Scheumann Stadium parking lots and the lot west of Johnson B Complex.
An immersive learning project is more than just teaching children with autism — it’s helping students learn something about themselves.
A building downtown will once again be a connection between Ball State and the community when renovations are unveiled today. At 5 p.m. during the First Thursday Gallery Walk, the Muncie Makes Lab’s grand opening will show artwork, such as napkin sketches, from a few Ball State students in the College of Architecture and Planning.
Some students are asking for their voice to be heard while legislators meet with university representatives today to discuss Ball State’s stance on teaching intelligent design. Jesse Sallee, a junior advertising major, said even though students may not know as much about the particulars of course content or academic freedom, they still need a voice in the debate.
Approaching the final weeks of the season, the Ball State men’s tennis team travels west to take on conference opponent Chicago State today. It’s just the second of five conference matches of the regular season.
The Cardinals’ match up with Northern Kentucky on Wednesday came to an abrupt end when rain and lightning forced the game to be called in the seventh inning. NCAA rules state that if a game is prematurely stopped due to weather and at least five innings have been played, then the score will resort back to what it was after the last completed full inning.
When Ball State hired Tyra Perry, she had a luxury most new coaches don’t have — inheriting a team that finished 20 games above .500. Perry was named the eighth head coach in Ball State’s history when she took over for Craig Nicholson.
A recent Ball State graduate was murdered during his morning walk on the west side of Indianapolis on Tuesday morning.
Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler took to Twitter this evening to show his disappointment that the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Indiana’s petition for federal aid. “FEMA SHOULD BE ASHAMED,” he tweeted at 5:58 p.m. Muncie requested aid for the snow shelters, plowing and emergency services used. “I’m extremely disappointed,” Tyler said to the Daily News.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Fort Hood said Wednesday that a shooting happened at the Texas Army base and that injuries have been reported.The base confirmed the shooting in a brief statement posted online Wednesday.
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says it’s disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision striking down overall campaign contribution limits.
The Muncie Makes Lab will have its grand opening at 5 p.m. for the First Thursday Gallery Walk. Muncie Makes, located downtown at 628 S. Walnut St., will show artwork, such as napkin sketches, from a few Ball State students from the College of Architecture and Planning.
