Jason Mraz casually strolled on stage in John R. Emens Auditorium sporting a trucker hat and tucked-in collared shirt, eating a piece of bread slathered in peanut butter.
On Saturday’s Homecoming football game against Kent State University, the game was close with less than two minutes left. Ball State lined up at a 4th and five at Kent State’s 7-yard line. The Cardinals were down four with 1:38 to go, and senior quarterback Keith Wenning hit junior wide receiver Willie Snead for the go-ahead touchdown.
WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed. Aides to both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, expressed revived optimism about chances for a swift agreement — by Wednesday at the latest — that could pass both houses.
The university has emailed student employees about making changes to procedures, but an official said undergraduate students should not see a change to their pay or hours.
In 7th grade, Paige Rawl discovered a handwritten note on her locker door. The note read five words, “NO AIDS AT THIS SCHOOL.”
The partial shutdown continues into its third week, with dueling plans in the Senate and in the House to reopen the government and avert a U.S. debt default. Treasury says it will run out of money to pay its bills if Congress doesn’t increase its borrowing authority by Thursday.
The foliage lining the Briner Sports Complex has started to change, meaning that fall and conference play are here.
“Brother“ is a strong word. Usually only reserved for blood relatives and very close friends, it’s a term of endearment.
It’s not your imagination. There really is a tighter squeeze on many planes these days.
INDIANAPOLIS — A judge says prosecutors can seek sentences of life in prison without parole for two people charged in a deadly explosion that ravaged an Indianapolis neighborhood.
INDIANAPOLIS — A digital billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a Hitler-style mustache that had prompted a swirl of attention for a northeast Indiana town was taken down Tuesday.
ANDERSON, Ind. — A central Indiana jury has awarded $50,000 in damages to a woman found to be the victim of extreme bullying in high school. The Herald-Bulletin reports the six-person Madison Circuit Court jury decided in favor of the woman and her family in a civil trial after they brought a tort claim against the South Madison Community School Corp. Court documents say the then 15-year-old student arrived at Pendleton Heights High School in 2008 to find altered, sexually suggestive photos of her posted around the school northeast of Indianapolis. The woman and her family claimed schools official were negligent in their handling of the matter and didn’t offer proper counseling to the victim. The jury decided on damages Tuesday after the plaintiffs sought $80,000 and the defense countered with $40,000.
Kelly Hopkins looked at Jenna Spadafora and whispered. The two sophomores on the Ball State women’s volleyball team debated what place the team was predicted to finish in the preseason polls.
LONDON — Apple said Tuesday that Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, who used technology to drive a remarkable turnaround at her luxury fashion house, will take charge of the company’s expansion plans and retail operation. Ahrendts, who will become a senior vice president at Apple next spring, is credited with helping transform Burberry from an established if stodgy brand known for its iconic trench coats to one of the fashion world’s leading companies.
It’s easier to make a rule than to smoothly implement it. Ball State went from having almost 20 smoking sections to having absolutely no smoking on campus Aug. 1.
Having cancer has been a lesson in human interaction, and you know what? Humans are bizarre creatures.
Work hard and be entrepreneurial was the general message Soledad O’Brien sent to Ball State students Monday afternoon at a small-group, Q-and-A session.
The lights turn off and the music turns on. A Ball State sign glows red in the darkness of the Worthen Arena locker room.
Two people meet at 3 a.m. in a laundromat — they share a last name and have never met before. As the strangers talk among the whirring and clunking of the washers and dryers, they reveal dark secrets. Out of the three shows this season, director Taylor East said “Third and Oak: The Laundromat” by Marsha Norman is “the most minimal and different, definitely the oddball of the three.” Continuing the all-female Cave Theatre series, the play tells a story that focuses on the personal darkness of being alone.
NEW YORK — Warren Buffett likens it to a nuclear attack. Economists warn that government spending on programs like Social Security would plunge.
