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Paul Ryan looks to make many changes

WASHINGTON - Paul Ryan traveled a perilous route to political stardom. While other lawmakers nervously whistled past trillion-dollar deficits, fearing to cut popular programs, he waded in with a machete and a smile.



KAMERA OBSCURA: Fall movie preview

"The Master" (September 21st) In director P.T. Anderson's newest film, a psychiatrist (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tries to help a man (Joaquin Phoenix) escape from a mental disease that plagues him.


DISTANT FIRST: Like music to your ears

"Hypnotic Nights" by JEFF The Brotherhood Occasionally, you find someone you know you're going to love. Something clicks and there's an immediate connection. It's love, and that's it.


WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State hopes to reload in 2012

When Steve Shondell first appeared as Ball State's women's volleyball coach, he did with a team that was picked next to last in the Mid-American Conference West Division but wound up finishing the season 24-5 with a 14-3 conference record.



Transitioning top summer trends into autumn

As daylight curtails to shorter lengths, fall tiptoes its way into season. Summer was abundant of tank tops, shorts, neon colors and sandals. However, there are crafty ways to implement fall elements into a summer wardrobe.


Studebaker East reaches home stretch of remodel

The contractor renovating Studebaker East is expected to turn the residence hall over to Ball State in September, more than five months after renovations were scheduled to be completed.