Congress has given its final approval to a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for people in need and subsidies for farmers. Ending years of political battles, the Senate on Tuesday sent the measure to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it. The Senate passed the bill 68-32. House Republicans had hoped to trim the bill’s costs, pointing to a booming agriculture sector in recent years and saying the now $80 billion-a-year food stamp program has spiraled out of control.
PARIS — With a hoist from two bailiffs, Rwanda’s former intelligence chief was placed in a courtroom wheelchair Tuesday — and France opened its first trial over the African country’s genocide. The trial of Pascal Simbikangwa, 54, may not reveal much new about the systematic killing of ethnic Tutsis and Hutu moderates by radical Hutus in 1994. Books on the genocide have been written, rivers of tears shed and documentary films made. A U.N. war crimes tribunal and other courts have already sent dozens to prison — some for life.
Walkability, sustainability and preservation will be guiding principles for Ball State’s future. After feedback from open forum sessions and hundreds of online suggestions, the steering committee released the master plan’s guiding principles. The plan is now in the third of five stages, which is idea generation, said Gregory Graham, director of facilities planning.
Ball State has gone to Chris Bond in late-game situations. At the end of regulation and overtime against Northern Illinois, senior forward Chris Bond was the player for Ball State with a chance to score.
Members of the Ball State men’s basketball program walked off Worthen Arena’s hardwood floor with their fists clenched in the air and their heads high Jan.
Ball State and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities have canceled classes until noon Wednesday and Burris Laboratory School is closed.
Ball State men’s volleyball players Marcin Niemczewski and David Ryan Vander Meer won weekly awards for their efforts against IPFW, according to an email from Jessica Souto, media relations assistant director. Niemczewski was named the AVCA player of the week.
Students a part of BSU at the Games left from Indianapolis this morning to begin their weeklong coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Arrests for sex trafficking in Indianapolis have increased in the years after the city hosted the 2012 Super Bowl. The preparation for the event allowed the Indiana Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans Task Force, in conjunction with other anti-human trafficking organizations, to provide appropriate training and resources to law enforcement and other parties for identifying and helping victims of human trafficking.
Indiana’s unemployment is higher than the national average, but several factors are leading to a better job market. A Ball State economist said one in 11 jobs nationwide are created in Indiana. But the state unemployment rate is at its lowest point since October 2008, according to data from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Several of Ball State’s conservation groups came together Monday night to join a nationwide protest against the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The U.S. State Department released its report Friday about the pipeline, a proposed construction project to drill oil through Canada and the U.S.
INDIANAPOLIS — A $75 million federal grant to demolish thousands of blighted houses will make a “small dent” in the number of abandoned properties plaguing Indiana, state officials said Monday. Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann and housing leaders said knocking down blighted and abandoned homes will help maintain property values and reduce crime.
1. Report: U.S. abortion rate at lowest since 1973 NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. abortion rate declined to its lowest level since 1973, and the number of abortions fell by 13 percent between 2008 and 2011, according to the latest national survey of abortion providers conducted by a prominent research institute. The Guttmacher Institute, which supports legal access to abortion, said in a report being issued Monday that there were about 1.06 million abortions in 2011 — down from about 1.2 million in 2008.
• Ball State ran out of salt to combat ice on campus and asked students and faculty to be careful on campus. • The shortage came a day before another winter storm warning for Central Indiana. • Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities, said the shortage came from a lack of materials, not a lack of funds. As Central Indiana prepares for more extreme snowfall, Ball State announced it is running low on salt used to clear roadways and sidewalks. The university sent an email to students Monday warning them to take extra precaution while walking or driving on campus because facilities personnel will not be able to treat all areas of campus.
The clanging of metal against metal and the rubbery squeaks of Chuck Taylor sneakers filled the room as students dueled, shuffling back and forth and brandishing their weapons.
Holding a vinyl album of Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic,” Pete Lansinger remembers first hearing it in the passenger seat of his brother’s ’97 Chevrolet Corsica when he was 13 or 14.
At the beginning of the season, the Ball State men’s basketball team exhibited youth, experience and variety in its roster. Cardinals head coach James Whitford would commonly use a rotation that consisted of four freshmen, Zavier Turner, Franko House, Mark Alstork, Quinten Payne, and sophomore Bo Calhoun as they started off 2-2. “That’s the team you’re going to see all season,” Whitford said.
_David Polaski is a junior journalism and telecommunications major and writes ‘Dave’s Digs’ for the Daily News.
The most terrifying aspect of study abroad is knowing it’s time to make friends all over again, an act that gets harder with age.It’s even harder in a foreign language.
