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Why did President Ferguson leave?

President Paul W. Ferguson's original contract, which he signed in Summer 2014, sheds some light on the circumstances of his resignation, giving evidence that the Board of Trustees may have terminated him without cause.



Students started meeting for the Gallifreyan Anthropology Club to channel their love of "Doctor Who," Drew Hayden started the club as a high school student and continued it college. PHOTO COURTESY OF GALLIFREYAN ANTHROPOLOGY CLUB FACEBOOK

Students connect over shared love for 'Doctor Who'

Drew Hayden adores science fiction: the complexity of the worlds portrayed in it, the way it can be used to satirize life. But more specifically, Hayden loves “Doctor Who,” the famed British television series about a cheeky, time traveling alien.



Ball State is working to get college dropouts back in school because about 22 percent of Indiana's adults have attended college, but didn't complete their degrees, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. Other Indiana universities and colleges are also wanting to bring them back. DN FILE PHOTO SAMANTHA BRAMMER

'Back to Ball State' program helps college dropouts return to school

Ball State is pushing to get college dropouts back in school. More than 750,000 Indiana residents — 22 percent of the state’s working-age adults — have attended some college but quit before completing their degrees, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.



PODNAR'S PARTY: What's that smell?

It all started on Jan. 8, when my boyfriend and I returned to Muncie from Winter Break. That’s when Kevin, my boyfriend, told me he noticed a weird smell in his apartment but he couldn’t place it.