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.
To Soledad O’Brien, there is nothing worse than having the opportunity to do something and not taking action.
Nation and world headline news for Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Men paid a quarter more than women for a cupcake to represent the difference a woman earns for every dollar a man earns at Amnesty International BSU’s event Monday. “Generally, women make about 75-77 percent of what men make in the workforce,” Natalie Abell, an Amnesty International member, said.
For the students who may have done a double take and wondered if they just saw Jason Mraz, they were probably right.
About one sixth of the seats in John R. Emens Auditorium are still available for Jason Mraz’s performance tonight.
Ball State’s smoking policy is the strictest for Indiana public universities with on-campus residences, next to IUPUI, and student smokers are not the only ones complaining.
A kill was sent over the net, directly at Ball State’s Nikki Box.
Despite the muffled shouts and sirens of the volleyball game outside, Ball Gymnasium Room 125 was tranquil. Traditional Chinese guzheng music played off tai chi instructor Junhong Xu’s phone through a small, round speaker. Students stood scattered around the dance room, facing the wall-sized mirror on one side.
The Ball State field hockey team is in the second half of the regular season with a 5-6 record. On the season, one freshman leads in goals.
Scott McCloud spoke about his years at DC Comics and venturing into his own comic book creations Monday night at the Art and Journalism Building.
