INDIANAPOLIS — A bipartisan group of Indiana mayors, including those of some of the state’s largest cities, announced their opposition Tuesday to placing Indiana’s ban on gay marriage in the state constitution.
Ball State graduates fare worse in salary after graduation than Indiana University, Purdue University and the state average, according to a recent report. The Indiana Commission on Higher Education’s “Return on Investment” was produced with the intention of helping Hoosiers make informed decisions about college and their choice of majors. The state’s average salary five years after graduation is $44,730, though Ball State’s is $41,496.
Today, students dressed in 1918 attire will quote famous women’s suffrage speeches, looking to draw parallels to a movement aimed at sexual assault education and action.
INDIANAPOLIS — Supporters of ending Indiana’s longtime ban on Sunday retail alcohol sales are hoping a change in leadership of a key legislative committee has improved their chances of success. That change is the appointment of Republican Rep.
Instead of scouring Muncie bookstores and online prices, the university will automatically bill students for e-textbooks for some courses. In the spring, Ball State will formally adopt an e-textbook program, called the Courseload eContent Readiness Program, which places the e-textbook on students’ Blackboards.
INDIANAPOLIS — One of three men who were with an Indiana University student when she disappeared in 2011 was dismissed Monday from a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for her death. Michael Beth offered 20-year-old Lauren Spierer a place to sleep after his roommate, Corey Rossman, brought her intoxicated to their apartment, U.S.
Hawaii has issued 40 licenses for same-sex marriages in the first hours since the state began allowing the unions.
YONKERS, N.Y. — A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or brake trouble was unclear, he said. Asked why the train was going so fast, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said, “That’s the question we need to answer.”
NEW YORK — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay. The actions are intended to build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or about $15,000 a year for a full-time employee.
More students are staying in Indiana after graduating, which may be a reason for a drop in unemployment, a Ball State economist said. Michael Hicks, director of Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research, released a report saying Indiana is recovering from the recession better than the national job market. The state unemployment rate dropped from 8.4 percent in July to 7.5 percent in October, in part to the growth in the manufacturing industry.
There were bound to be an abundance of learning curves for the Ball State men’s basketball team, with a first-year head coach coupled with a slew of freshmen. Sitting at 2-4 and a last second shot away from being 3-3, the Cardinals had a lot to point to as foundations for success.
With about a month remaining until the start of the men’s volleyball regular season, two Ball State players have set high expectations. Middle attackers Matt Leske and Kevin Owens were named second-team preseason All-American by Off The Block/Springback.
The Blue Loop started Monday to give students off-campus a ride during the winter. The bus runs every 10 minutes from 7:40 a.m.
When a poster boy for the London 2012 Olympics came out Monday, people rushed to dictate his sexual orientation.
Late at night, in the dips and peaks of Ohio’s Mad River Mountain, the snow is freshly groomed and the slopes are open and uncrowded. The 300-foot vertical drop is covered in feather-light powder and for the taking.
The color blue and Batman fascinate 7-year-old Luke Tyler. He loves ocean animals, particularly the anglerfish seen on “Finding Nemo.” He has his mother’s dark brown eyes and skin like a porcelain doll. He doesn’t understand his “space,” but he is quick to apologize to anyone he accidentally bumps into.
Jamill Smith has been known as the local player at Ball State throughout his career. He also happens to be the smallest on the team, but that didn’t stop him from coming up big in the 55-14 win over Miami on Friday.
It seems inconsequential: hot or not? As students sign up for next semester’s classes, they can choose their preferences based on the review site RateMyProfessors.com when they assess one of 1,565 Ball State faculty members with profiles on the site.
A nonprofit that promotes downtown Indianapolis has apologized to a youth group whose hot cocoa and cookie sale was shut down in a sweep of unauthorized food vendors.
Ball State will join the fight against HIV and AIDS by observing World AIDS Day today. In 1988, World AIDS Day became the first global health day and is observed Dec.
