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DINNER FOR 2ISH: Pasta alla Vodka

We started cooking together in the summer of 2015 and have planned and cooked a dinner every week since. Our recipes are often inspired by the New York Times’ cooking website but are adapted to fit Muncie availability and a college budget.




The Ball State men’s basketball team cheers from the sidelines as one of its teammates scores a basket in the game against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 27 in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals beat their record of highest number of points since 1989, scoring 115 to 79. DN PHOTO GRACE RAMEY

Players, students and alumni respond to men's basketball loss

Before the 2015-16 men's basketball season began, Ball State was picked to finish last in the Mid-American Conference by the MAC preseason poll. Ball State finished its season on March 23 in a 67-69 loss to Columbia in the quarterfinal match of the CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament.


BREAKDOWN: Everything you need to know about delegate allocation

Delegate allocation is a tricky thing to understand for those who don’t study politics. In a nutshell, when we vote or caucus in primaries, we are assigning delegates to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to vote for a candidate. These assignments are based on both the way we vote and the allocation laws in a state. The Democrats are pretty simple. They have proportional allocation in all states. The GOP, on the other hand, has fairly complicated options for what a state can do.



Junior outside attacker Brendan Surane waits for a serve to come over the net at the men's volleyball match against IPFW on Feb. 11 at John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State won 3-0. DN PHOTO KARA BERG

Brendan Surane wins MIVA Offensive Player of the Week

After recording 35 kills last week, junior outside attacker Brendan Surane was named Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association's offensive player of the week. Surane led the Cardinals in kills during both of the team's games against Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and the University of California Irvine. In his first match against in-state rival IPFW on March 16, Surane had 13 kills and three block assists along with five digs.