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Smoke billows from the coal plant on Ball State

Last light fades in Ball State’s obsolete coal boilers

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.



Cathy Whaley name interim program manager for health education center

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 to request $4M to demolish abandoned homes

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.


Cardinal Cash looks to expand on and off campus

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.



Weekend bar crawl

Looking to save some cash on drinks? Check out the specials that are happening this weekend in Muncie. The Heorot FRIDAY $9 Flying Cloud Stout pitchers SUNDAY $2.75 Guinness pints Savage’s Ale House FRIDAY $1 off specialty and seasonal draft beers of Savage’s choice SATURDAY $1 off Guinness, Upland and Woodchuck pints SUNDAY $1 off Founders Brewery products Scotty’s Brewhouse FRIDAY $20 101-ounce Domestic tabletop taps $25 101-ounce Thr3e Wise Men tabletop 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 Corona $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 Dill Street FRIDAY Penny pitchers SATURDAY Long Island Iced Teas and Well pitchers


Despite priority scheduling and the ability to live in DeHority Coplex, about one-third of honors students drop the program by the time they graduate. DeHority Complex is a Living-Learning Community dedicated to honors students. DN PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY

One-third of students drop honors by graduation time

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.


Drew Bogs

Teachers College complete after $16.9M renovation

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.


Coach Rich Maloney high-fives T.J. Weir as he rounds third after his home run. DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK

BASEBALL: Team prepares for home schedule

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.



An open environment

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.



Ukrainian Col. Igor Bedzay gives instructions to his soldiers in Crimea, Ukraine on Monday, March 17, 2014. (Sergei L. Loiko/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

MOSCOW (AP) — With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting a past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests. While his actions were met with cheers in Crimea and Russia, Ukraine’s new government called Putin a threat to the whole world, and U.S.


Head coach Brady Sallee talks to the women

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Ball State embraces second consecutive WNIT berth

After a week of leading his team in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee is taking a backseat. Ball State earned a berth in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament after a loss to Akron in the MAC Championship. It’s a national tournament that forces players to compete against unfamiliar opponents and at a high pace.


Junior outside attacker Matt Sutherland high-fives his teammates after getting a point in the match against Belmont Abbey on March 7 at Worthen Arena. Sutherland has had a total of 78 kills this season. DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State’s Matt Sutherland uses alternative training to improve on court

Hidden underneath a reserved personality is a driven mind. When Ball State outside attacker Matt Sutherland came to college, head men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton didn’t know how to help Sutherland come out of his shell. Walton turned to Sutherland’s club coach for guidance. “You need let him go and let him know you have confidence in him,” the club coach told Walton.