Ball State is asking students and staff what makes them proud to be a part of Ball State — and what they would like to change.
About a year after a student-developed application was first made, it is being put to the test on study abroad trips. The Traveler, a free Android app, enables users to track and add descriptions to where they took photos. The app was developed by Kyle Parker, senior software engineer for Developing Technologies. The Traveler is a digital sketchbook and trip journal, Parker said, built and designed with students in mind. As students travel, the app uses Google Maps to follow their path, showing them where they were at any point in the day.
Ball State has been tying up loose ends on the field in preparation for the conference opener.
The shopping cart rattles as TV dinners and frozen foods — distinguishable only by the picture printed on the plastic bags — are tossed in with a metallic thump. The massive grocery store freezers’ frost-covered doors aren’t too chatty.
Josh Shaffer is an art major and draws “Strange Gods” for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Josh at jashaffer@bsu.edu.
Voting is now open for Homecoming royalty.
Police say at least 12 people have died in shootings at a heavily guarded military facility in the heart of the U.S. capital.
Two officials say police are looking into the possibility of a second shooter at the Washington Navy Yard where several people were killed.
As Suicide Prevention week came to a close, members of Ball State's Alive Campaign reflected on the week's activities and future events
An investigation by the United Nations says there is "convincing evidence" of chemical weapons being used against civilians.
Seven MIT researchers in 1996 engaged in a technological experiment where they straddled the threshold of man and machine. They put radio-transmitters in their backpacks, wired their jackets in circuitry, kept keyboards in their pockets and wore glasses that mimicked a computer monitor. Constantly linked to the virtual world, they called themselves “cyborgs.”
In the span of 24 hours, Ball State women’s volleyball doubled its season win total.
The East Central Neighborhood Association hosted Muncie’s 37th Annual Old Washington Street Festival and Historic Homes Tour this weekend.
It took 109 game minutes, 45 lightning-delay minutes and a mid-game site change to decide anything between Ball State and Air Force.
An organization promoting intelligent design is asking that Ball State review four professors teaching honors science courses.
For the first two games of the season, Keith Wenning had been the model of consistency for Ball State. The senior quarterback had thrown five touchdowns and no interceptions.
When graduate assistants step into the role of teaching, they often have to deal with a lack of experience.
After opening up the 2013 season with third place at the IPFW invitational last week, the Ball State cross country team had seven of its nine runners post career-best times at the Mel Brodt Invitational hosted by Bowling Green on Friday.
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The inside of Be Here Now was alive with the throbbing beats of music from a lone jukebox in the corner, but the real entertainment was in the backyard. Local band Apathy Wizards lit up the stage, while fire twirlers performed during this year’s Muncie MusicFest.
