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Guard Marcus Posley goes in for the Ball State layup. DN PHOTO EMMA FLYNN

GREAT START

Ball State’s 78-51 season-opening win on Sunday showed the team has some physical gifts. 


A portion of Harvey Cedars, on the bay side of Long Beach Island on the New Jersey shore, is under water after Sandy blew across the New Jersey barrier islands. Sandy has largely dissipated and families prepare to deal with the aftermath. MCT PHOTO

LOOKING FOR HOME

The Cramers do not know how much damage their home sustained. Because the island and its infrastructure were devastated, they are looking for a long-term rental.



PARTY IN 'COLOR'

Two-thousand-five-hundred students attended Life in Color wearing white in anticipation of being sprayed by gallons of neon paint.


James Helton plays “Dusk (The Hour Glass)” as part of Pianopalooza III presented Sunday night in Sursa Hall. Proceeds from Pianopalooza benefited victims of Hurricane Sandy. Piano faculty members Helton, Lori Rhoden, Ray Kilburn and Robert Palmer performed. DN PHOTO JOANTHAN MIKSANEK

MUSIC FOR SANDY

As the effects of Superstorm Sandy continue to unravel, many music teachers in the Northeast have lost their homes, studios and instruments.



SWALLOWED IN THE SEA

Ball Bearings Magazine managing editor Lauren Hardy tells the story of her summer on the west coast. 


PHOTO BY Lauren Hughes

MEET BILL SCHOLL

Moving from a small, private university drenched in tradition to a still-evolving, large, state university was not an easy decision for BSU's new athletic director.


Elder Jared Knotts, back center, poses with another missionary and Rio de Janeiro locals. Knotts is on a mission trip in Rio de Janeiro with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. PHOTO COURTESY OF JARED KNOTTS

YEAR OF SERVICE

Root beer is one of the main topics featured in most of Jared Knotts’letters he sends home. That and his longing for Pizza Hut and Twitter.