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The band Fun. performs at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Fun. took song of the year with “We are Young.” MCT PHOTO

Talk about having Fun. at the Grammy Awards

Fun. won two major awards midway through the Sunday night’s Grammys, winning song of the year for the transcendent anthem “We Are Young” and best new artist. 



Christian Myles, a freshman telecommunications and theatre major, takes a smoke break in the LaFollette and Johnson Hall smoking section. The Smoke Free Ball State task force discussed Dec. 4 to broaden the smoking ban on campus. DN PHOTO EMMA FLYNN

BSU should consider all angles of ban

If you’re not a smoker at Ball State, it can be easy to forget just how many people frequent the designated areas across campus. 


Delay on gay marriage debate not a sign of victory

INDIANAPOLIS— Punting on gay marriage was probably the best move Senate President Pro Tem David Long and House Speaker Brian Bosma could have taken on an issue that might otherwise have shoved aside debate on workforce development and education spending, but it hardly clears the field of the issue.




Republicans scramble for the center on immigration

LITTLETON, Colo.  — It was little surprise when freshman Republican Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants. After all, the Marine Corps veteran had just won the seat in Congress formerly held by firebrand Rep. Tom Tancredo, who had pushed the GOP to take a harsher stance against illegal immigration.