Beads will once again litter downtown Muncie to transform Walnut Street into a version of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street.
The university extended football head coach Pete Lembo’s contract and he received a raise. The Ball State Board of Trustees voted Wednesday night to approve a personnel report that named Lembo as associate athletic director.
HOUSTON (AP) — A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the United States illegally was uncovered just outside Houston on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. The suspected stash house was found during a search for a 24-year-old woman and her two children: a 7-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy who were reported missing by relatives late Tuesday after a man failed to meet them at an undisclosed location on the city’s north side, said John Cannon, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department. Many of the people in home that authorities said appeared to be part of a human smuggling operation were dressed only in undergarments and they were sitting in filthy conditions and surrounded by trash bags full of old clothing, Cannon said.
The Army private who was tried and convicted as Bradley Edward Manning for leaking United States secrets to WikiLeaks is petitioning a Kansas court for a name change to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. Leavenworth County District Court has scheduled an April 23 hearing on the request, according to a Leavenworth Times legal notice sent Wednesday to The Associated Press by a spokesman at Fort Leavenworth, where Manning is serving a 35-year sentence. The petition was filed Jan. 27 and published March 1 after it was submitted by Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs of Providence, R.I.
Less than 24 hours before EPA regulations would require drastic changes to Ball State’s coal boilers, they went dark. The university burned the final lump of its coal reserves Wednesday night as the project moves to rely solely on natural gas and geothermal energy to create steam to warm buildings both on campus and at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.
The Building Better Communities’ health education center named its temporary program manager. Cathy Whaley, a Muncie native, will serve as the interim program manager of the Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center. According to the Ball State website, NEI-AHEC works with the quality of health care by improving the supply and distribution of health care professionals. It also gives health career opportunities to students and underrepresented minorities with an emphasis on working in areas with limited providers.
Muncie will seek $4 million in federal funding and community partners for the removal of vacant houses. Federal funds will be used to demolition abandoned and blighted properties. The money comes from the United States Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund created in 2010, which will give more than $7.6 billion in aid to homeowners who live in states particularly affected by the economic crises.
As of this year, students can use their Cardinal Cash to purchase concessions at some athletic venues, but the process to expand the use of Cardinal Cash is still ongoing. This academic year, Cardinal Cash was expanded to the concession stands by Scheumann Stadium’s student section and to aisle 16 of Worthen Arena.
It was supposed to be a new start. She had just moved to Tennessee. But already, her new start had gone up in flames. Ball State alumna Brittany Doseck arrived at her apartment Feb.
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Every year, freshmen are drawn into the honors program for its many perks, but the benefits aren’t enough to keep all of them in the program. Though honors students get priority scheduling and are permitted to live in DeHority Complex, approximately one-third of all honors students drop the program, said James Ruebel, dean of the Honors College.
Ball State revealed the nearly $17 million renovation of Teachers College on Wednesday. In the Teachers College Lecture Hall room 121, more than 125 people celebrated the official completion of construction. Representatives from the university, President Jo Ann Gora, Rep. Sue Errington and Rep. Greg Beumer attended the ribbon cutting ceremony, which was followed by a tour of the renovated building.
Twenty-one games into the season, the Ball State baseball team has yet to play a home game. Its first chance to play at Ball Diamond will come this weekend as the Cardinals open conference play with a three-game set against the Bowling Green Falcons.
It was announced Monday that Ball State will take on Northwestern in the first round of the 2014 Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
An exhausted Matt Sutherland took a deep breath after being asked how he felt. “Tired,” he said.
It took two months for a club volleyball player to share his sexual orientation with teammates his freshman year. Austin Acel, a sophomore professional sales and French major, said he would suppress his usual energetic personality on the court.
The Higher Learning Commission reaccredited Ball State, the Board of Trustees announced Wednesday. With higher education accreditation, Ball State’s programs and degrees are recognized by the state.
The nearly $17 million renovation to the Teachers College will officially open at a ceremony today. President Jo Ann Gora and John Jacobson, dean of the Teachers College, with the Board of Trustees will cut the ribbon at today’s ceremony at 3 p.m.
The 2014 In Print Festival began Tuesday as authors read excerpts from their works to students and faculty. The English department hosted event is in its ninth year to showcase authors whose first book was published in the past year.
