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Heartland Film Festival: ‘When Jeff Tried to Save the World’ is a high score for indie filmmaking

‘When Jeff Tried to Save the World’ is a fascinating character study set  against a backdrop of faded neon and gutter-balls. The cinematography  and set design is humble, yet charming, and the ensemble cast absolutely  knocks it out of the park. Despite being rooted heavily in a nostalgia  (of sorts) for the bowling alley of yesteryear, this film couldn’t be  more relevant for our generation and the one before it. No matter how  many quarters this one eats, Jeff is worth the price to play. 




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Horror films like 'Halloween' only come once a decade or so

David Green’s 2018 Halloween remedies this in the simplest way possible: by pretending everything after the original Halloween movie doesn’t exist, and you know what? I wish that were true, because the 2018 Halloween is the perfect sequel to the original.


Junior Michael Makris swings at the ball on hole 11 during the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational on April 14 at the Delaware Country Club. Makris lead the Cardinals 69 and 71 in his first two rounds. Kaiti Sullivan, DN File

Bronnenberg set to lead Men's Golf at Muskies Classic

After placing sixth at the Chatham Hills Collegiate, Ball State Men’s Golf will participate in the Muskies Classic taking place Oct. 22 and 23 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tournament will be the last one of the fall season for the Cardinals.