The Lotus Alternative Pain Center hosted its second annual LotusFest with a couple goals in mind: to give back to the community and to inform the community about wellness services in and around Muncie.
LotusFest is a wellness fair which will be from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 4 at the Lotus Yoga Studio. All proceeds from the event will be donated to A Better Way, which provides a variety of services, including those for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Academic honors keep rolling in for the Cardinals, with eight softball players and nine track and field athletes being named Academic All-MAC this week.
After graduating from Ball State in May with an English degree, Gus Goggin just became a business owner. On June 4, he opened Muncie's first Jack's Donuts chain.
When Blake Buell began taking videos of his college experience during his freshman year, he never expected they would turn into a mash-up shared more than 2,000 times.
Muncie’s newest park, Cornerstone Park, will soon host classes that are normally held inside Cornerstone Center for the Arts. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was June 2 with Mayor Dennis Tyler, local artists and community members in attendance.
Each year, the Mid-American Conference awards two athletes, one male and one female, from the graduating classes of each of its member institutions the Medal of Excellence. This year, Ball State was represented by junior baseball player Alex Call and junior women's basketball player Shelby Merder.
Yet again, it’s allergy season, which can leave some feeling miserable. Allergies affect as many as 30 percent of adults and 40 percent of children, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA).
Tara Terra, a group of college students and graduates who come from the University of Illinois in Champaign – Urbana, will be performing June 4 at Be Here Now along with Hotbed and Victoria Armstrong.
Search "adult coloring books" on Amazon and you'll see 101 pages of results — with several books of the first several pages boasting a "best seller" badge. According to Forbes, coloring books targeted toward adults have existed since the 1960s, but in the last two years, sales have skyrocketed.
Junior right fielder Alex Call was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year after finishing at or near the top of the conference in most offensive categories.
Ball State baseball (32-26, 15-9 MAC) finished on top of the Mid-American Conference West Division for the second time in three seasons, but was bounced from the MAC Tournament after dropping its first two games.
Student-athletes have to find the balance between the field and the classroom, and this spring 273 of Ball State's 411 student-athletes had a semester GPA of 3.0 or better, according to a ballstatesports.com press release. One hundred fifty-two student-athletes also qualified for the Dean's List with a 3.5 or better GPA, and 37 posted a perfect 4.0.
Saving money in general is not easy, but trying to save while worried about future debt from student loans has some Ball State students feeling stressed out this summer.
Today's Birthday (06/01/16). Good things come to your house this year. Plan some fun with your partner for late summer to launch a two-year passionate phase.
Drive-in movie If you don’t mind a little drive, catch a drive-in movie at the 13-24 drive-in in Wabash.
Wearable fitness trackers, such as the popular Fitbit, aren't always accurate, as a Ball State study found. But since earlier this year, the Fitbit company has been facing a lawsuit due to these inaccuracies.
Writing a book was never on Heather Chastain’s list of goals. But that doesn’t mean she never did it —the Ball State alumna just published her first children’s book, “Caroline Girls.”
After 18 years of being "a no-kill shelter," Muncie’s Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) will be expanding in an effort to help more animals and their owners receive services and the care they need to live healthy lives. ARF is expanding to offer low-cost veterinary services through a new spin-off clinic called ARF’s PAW (promoting animal wellness), which is expected to open in late August.
Memorial Day honors those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originating following the Civil War, Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971, according to History.com. For many, Memorial Day also unofficially marks the beginning of summer. Here are some events for those wishing to observe the holiday.
