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Snow takes over campus

Facilities Planning and Management tries to prepare for the winter weather season each year, but preparing for Tuesday's storm was near impossible, associate director for Landscape and Environment Management Mike Planton said.


Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced

The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical


Students earn money through plasma donations

According to BioLife spokesman Gerry Hertzler, the majority of donors come from within a seven-mile radius of the center and range between 20 and 35 years old. Depending on the location, students make up between 15 to 60 percent of a center's donor base.



Indiana student studying in Egypt decides to stay

An Indiana University student who was one of three taking a semester-long course in Egypt said he plans to remain in the Middle Eastern nation through the end of the year despite a classmate's recent arrest during protests, a school official said Monday.


Stress workshops offered in time for semester's end

The Ball State Counseling Center and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center are hosting two stress management workshops designed to keep students sane during the last few weeks of the semester and throughout the year.



Return of the Blue Loop

As a means for students to travel through snow, the Blue Loop normally starts running after Winter Break, but this year it began taking students around campus before the end of Fall Semester.


Correction: Blue Loop graphic

The shuttle no longer stops at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center or the intersection of West Neely Avenue and North New York Avenue. Instead, it stops in front of Studebaker West Complex.



Gingrich: I'm not perfect, yet better than Romney

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich acknowledged Monday that he isn't the perfect candidate but contends he's "a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anybody else."


Ball State announces move to stem tuition costs

INDIANAPOLIS — Ball State University said Tuesday it will offer $500 scholarships to students on track to graduate within four years and take other steps that could save some students as much as $10,000 over the course of their college careers — making it Indiana's latest state school to respond to legislative calls to reduce student costs.


In Egypt, ultra-Islamists make election debut

Egypt's first parliamentary elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak brought the political debut of a potentially powerful new player on the scene, the ultraconservative Islamist movement known as the Salafis.


Muncie gets first snowfall

Snow and rain has started to fall around campus, with 4 inches of snow expected by tomorrow due to a winter storm headed into Indiana this afternoon.


MEN'S BASKETBALL: Choices to be made in lineup

Only four games into the season, one thing is certain about Ball State. Coach Billy Taylor will continue to use a full rotation of players until he finds the best fit for the Cardinals' starting lineup.

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