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YOUR TURN: Ball State should have moved commencement inside

It should have been such a proud moment for my girlfriend and her family on May 8 during Ball State's commencement ceremony. However, the weather and the university keeping the event outside prevented that perfect moment.



Dalai Lama in Indianapolis talks about challenges, compassion

He teaches the world about compassion, tolerance, kindness and happiness, and over his many lifetimes — according to Tibetan Buddhists — Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, has reached secular and non-secular people alike with his gentle words.


Indiana guitarist resembles rock legend Hendrix

Bassist Billy Cox found a glimpse of hope in the Midwest. Cox, the last living original band member to play with Hendrix, stumbled upon a little-known Indiana axe slinger—a guitarist whose sound is eerily similar to Hendrix's.



Muncie Community Schools to hold public hearing

Muncie Community Schools will hold public hearings to share a report and recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Task Force, a group doing a strategic study for Muncie Community Schools.


First semester of book rentals a success

Now that the books are returned and students are finished with Spring Semester classes, local bookstores that offered textbook rentals like TIS found the first semester with the program to be successful.



New education leader aims to close achievement gap

Indiana's efforts to draw good teachers to classrooms as school districts face financial problems and pressure to perform could boil down to appealing to values, a state education official says.