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UPD investigates shots fired at suspect

The University Police Department is investigating a case where shots were fired at a suspect following a car chase on Tillotson Avenue on Sept. 2. 



It's greek to me: rituals remain

During sorority recruitment last week, 315 women became a part of Ball State greek life, an 11 percent increase from last year's membership. Despite being one of the strongest recruitments in Ball State history, only 10 percent of Ball State students are involved in a sorority or fraternity.


Why we serve

Wearing her flak jacket with rifle in hand, 18-year-old April Krowel sat in the back of a humvee in Al Kut, Iraq in 2003; her job was to search the rooftops of the dusty Iraqi homes and businesses for snipers. 


Back to music

Despite threatening weather conditions, the "Back 2 School" shows this weekend at Village Green Records proved to be successful, as bands played to a packed lawn both nights.


Purdue aviation program remains wary of FAA rule

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Federal rules that will require more flight hours to become an airline pilot are raising concerns among collegiate flight schools, whose officials worry that new requirements could force graduates to spend thousands of dollars to increase their airtime.



SGA extends nominations deadline

Despite a strong interest in the Student Government Association informational meeting last week, there were not enough applications to fill all of the open seats. In response to this, SGA has extended nominations until tomorrow.


Finance seminar offers career tips for students

Campus leaders in the finance department offered words of encouragement for finance students who are unsure about what to do after graduation and where to find a job.


VIDEO: 'Back 2 School' show

Village Green Records hosted its annual "Back 2 School" event featuring local favorites such as Support the Troopz and bands from the surrounding area.



Looking back and ahead, America remembers 9/11

NEW YORK — Determined never to forget but perhaps ready to move on, the nation gently handed Sept. 11 over to history Sunday and etched its memory on a new generation. 


Central Indiana soldier killed in Afghanistan bombing

SPENCER, Ind. — A 19-year-old soldier from central Indiana who enlisted in the Army last year with his brother was killed in an Afghanistan bombing just weeks after spending time back home recovering from a concussion he suffered in another bombing.


Indiana marks 9/11 with climbs, monument dedication

FISHERS, Ind. — Indiana residents marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with prayers, touching fragments of beams recovered from the World Trade Center and by climbing stairs like the firefighters who went up the doomed towers that day.



Daniels' latest of many governors' tomes

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels offers a pretty dim view of the politician author in the introduction to his latest book, even though many of his fellow scribes are his colleagues in statehouses across the nation..


9/11 memorial plaza in NYC opens to public

NEW YORK — The plot of land known for a decade as "the pile," ''the pit" and "ground zero" opened to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001, transformed into a memorial consisting of two serene reflecting pools ringed by the chiseled-in-bronze names of the nearly 3,000 souls lost.


FOOTBALL: No. 22 South Florida routs Ball State

It was just the start of a game Ball State would rather forget, as No. 22 South Florida rolled to a 37-7 rout Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium in front of 45,113 fans.


9/11 remembered in worldwide ceremonies

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Ten years on from the day the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed so much for so many people, the world's leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.