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Caroline Hand, associate director of bands, looks on as Ball State football played Indiana University in Lucas Oil Stadium, Aug. 31, 2019. The band practices three times a week. Eric Pritchett, DN

Charting her own course

Three days a week, the sound of trumpets honking, drums clashing and color flags whipping through the air echoes through campus from the lawn outside Worthen Arena as Ball State’s Pride of Mid-America Marching Band practices. 



President Donald Trump speaks during an Armed Forces welcome ceremony for the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

5 national stories of the week

Updates surrounding Trump’s impeachment inquiry including Rudy Giuliani being subpoenaed by the House and the president seeking foreign help on the origins of the Russia investigation, Forever 21 filing for bankruptcy, California letting NCAA players sign endorsement deals and the Supreme Court hearing on job discrimination against transgender people make up this week’s five national stories. 


Hot start to the week

Potentially record-breaking heat continues through the first half of the week, but how long will it last?