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Find your home at The Haven!

It’s that time of year again where students are on a time-crunch looking for others to sublease their apartments, and apartment complexes are looking for students to fill the vacancies. But… where do you start? What apartment complex should you check out first? That’s an easy answer— start (and end) your search with The Haven!



Ball State's Will Baker hits the ball during the game against Dayton March 18, 2018, at Ball Diamond at First Merchant’s Ballpark Complex. The hit ended up being a foul ball. Briana Hale, DN

Early offense, pitching give Ball State Baseball first home win

First pitch: home run. Junior Aaron Simpson led off the home half of Ball State’s (9-8, 0-0 MAC) Friday matchup with Purdue Fort Wayne (4-11, 0-0 Summit) in style. With the wind blowing out to center field, Simpson got the ball in the air and let Mother Nature do the rest.



Michael Jackson is depicted in a sketch by Mona Shafer Edwards during his 2005 child molestation trial in Santa Maria, Calif. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Sharp Around the Edges: Abandoning neverland

When I was eight, people called me weird for liking Michael Jackson. I would dance around the house to songs like “Beat It,” “Bad,” “Billie Jean” and “Smooth Criminal” blasting through the earphones on my iPod Shuffle.


History of: Captain Marvel

Carol Danvers has been a part of more teams than Wolverine and is even dubbed “Marvel’s mightiest Avenger.” But how did this powerful being known as Captain Marvel come to be? 



Esports, Etc! S1E2: Behind the scenes with the Cardinal Esports Executive Staff

Hello, and welcome back to episode two of Esports, Etc! In this episode, we take a slight break from the talk of gaming to bring you conversations with the executive roster of Ball State University's Cardinal Esports organization. We do a small interview with each member to figure out what their role in the organization is and get to learn a little bit about what they like and do outside of the organization.