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Elizabeth Bell cultivated and led Bilingual Short Stories in Muncie City Schools. The immersive learning class gave Ball State students the opportunity to create, illustrate and publish stories with first-grade students. Elizabeth Bell, Photo Provided

Immersive learning students create bilingual short stories

There are books that linger in a person. Classic stories like “Goodnight Moon,” “The Poky Little Puppy” and “Charlotte’s Web” never grow old and continue to thrill generations of children and their parents. When Ben Barry thinks about a book that has touched him, he thinks of one that he helped create – “The Return of Michael Jordan.”






Second baseman Seth Freed attempts to get a Dayton runner out at second during the Cardinals’ game against the Flyers on March 18 at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. Paige Grider, DN File

Ball State baseball slated 3rd in MAC preseason poll

 Ball State baseball was recently picked to finish third in the Mid-American Conference preseason poll. Voted upon by the league's head coaches, Ball State received 73 votes to put it just behind Kent State (98) and Central Michigan (86). 


In this June 26, 2005 file photo, the Rev. Billy Graham speaks on stage on the third and last day of his farewell American revival in the Queens borough of New York. A spokesman said on Graham has died at his home in North Carolina at age 99. AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, Photo Courtesy 

Rev. Billy Graham dies at 99

The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday.