Following a nationwide trend, a gender gap still exists between male and female faculty in the sciences at Ball State.
Students may get in tune with the social event network that is hooking up students from seven universities in Indiana with buzz-worthy happenings.
The power of music has revivified memories thought to be long lost in senior citizens with Alzheimer’s and dementia. A Ball State professor and students are striving to bring that power to Muncie’s elderly.
More than half of Hoosiers aren’t prepared for a disaster, according to a recent Indiana Department of Homeland Security study.
A Ball State student organization is looking to bring the Christmas spirit to children in need with a little help from students.
A development that will house Dick’s Sporting Goods and four or five other businesses is expected to be completed in six months, a city official said. The project, located on the 600 block of East McGalliard Road, is one in a string of developments that could offer future opportunities for Ball State students in architecture or engineering design, said Todd Donati, president of Delaware County Commissioners. “We are not just looking into labor forces entirely,” he said.
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Late Nov. 17, tornadoes swept across the Midwest. The storms struck Kokomo, Ind. particularly hard, prompting officials to temporarily place it under a state of emergency.
An Eaton, Ind., police officer said the department is investigating the accidental firing of a gun into Neely Avenue on Friday during a search for a potential armed person in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
• Culver’s will host a ground-breaking ceremony Friday on the corner of Wheeling Avenue and McGalliard. • Dick’s Sporting Goods will be part of the multi-million dollar development being built off McGalliard. • Chick-fil-A has seen success after opening in August.
KOKOMO, Ind. — The buzz of chainsaws cut through the chill Monday as shaken Indiana residents began cleaning up from at least 11 tornadoes that carved an angry path of destruction across 12 counties, injuring dozens but miraculously sparing lives.
_David Polaski is a junior journalism and telecommunications major and writes ‘Dave’s Digs’ for the Daily News.
Pete Lembo said it perfectly following Ball State’s loss to Northern Illinois.
When the lights turn on in the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, the Ball State women’s volleyball team can’t afford to make mistakes. Not when one error could make the difference between a Mid-American Conference championship and leaving empty handed. As the pressure builds, so does the energy that seniors Jacqui Seidel and Kylee Baker play with.
Muncie’s supposed lack of tornadoes has been attributed to Indian roots and luck, but some experts explain Delaware County is no exception to twisters. Cailin Murray, an associate professor of anthropology, said she heard the myth that Chief Munsee blessed the area to keep severe weather away when she first came to Muncie. “I was very concerned about tornados coming from the Pacific Northwest,” she said.
As Ball State beat Southeast Missouri 87-83 Monday, seniors Chris Bond and Jesse Berry achieved new personal bests as they led their team to a 2-1 record on the year. Bond, who was last year’s Mid-American Conference leader in steals, scored a career-high 20 points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out an assist and as he carried his team to victory. “I was just playing throughout our offense, trying to stay in attack mode and crashing the offensive boards,” Bond said about his performance.
This men’s basketball team will go as far as the seniors carry it, head coach James Whitford has said.
She knows things are going to happen before they do. Sherita Campbell said there is no fanfare to these visions — no trumpets or angels heralding — just a matter of fact knowledge that these events she has seen must come to pass.
The Muncie Community School Board voted 4-1 tonight in favor of closing one of its two high schools. Central High School will remain open while Southside High School will become a middle school. Many members of the crowd responded with cheers to the single member of the board who voted against the proposal.
This afternoon, the Interfaith Coalition on Non-Discrimination, made up of Indiana clergy members spoke at the Indiana Statehouse against House Joint Resolution 6, which would define marriage as strictly between a man and a woman, and write that definition into the state’s constitution.
