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Muncie Central moves away from zero-tolerance policy

An increase of fights at Muncie Central High School prompted administrators to make some changes. The school district moved away from the old zero-tolerance policy, which stated any student involved in a fight was arrested and suspended.



Active Minds is hosting their second annual Stress Less Week from December 7 to 11. The campaign is working to highlight social and emotional benefits of laughter and how to incorporate it into your daily life. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ACTIVE MINDS

Active Minds aims to relieve pre-finals stress

Active Minds is working to make finals week a little less stressful for students.  From December 7 to 11, Active Minds is hosting their second annual Stress Less Week, an awareness campaign where students can participate in stress relief activities to relieve anxiety about final exams and the end of the semester. The theme of Stress Less Week is “Laugh More.” The campaign highlights the social and emotional benefits of laughter and how to incorporate more laughter into daily life.



Police secure the Student Recreation and Wellness Center after a report of an armed assailant in the rec center. DN PHOTO COREY OHLENKAMP

University gets more training than Muncie officers

They patrol what amounts to a small city, but there’s nothing small about the long hours of training that campus police have to complete in order to carry their badges – requirements that often exceed those in the surrounding city of Muncie.



The Game Awards 2015 results

On December 3, 2015, the second annual Game Awards were held in Los Angeles. Produced by Geoff Keighley, who formerly produced the Spike Video Game Awards, the awards are a celebration of some of the best things the industry has to offer.


CHECKPOINT: Leatherface Massacres Them

Farm 51 is bringing real life Nuclear zones to virtual reality, Samauri Jack is making a comeback, and Mortal Kombat gets some new characters. Hosts: Conner Nolan & Aidan Kearney Camera: Michael Robb Teleprompter: Dalton Martin Editing: Michael Robb Music: Lex Bravary Graphics: Meghan Duffy, Lauren Lucas, & Sam Noble Producer: Michael Robb


'Mortal Kombat X' DLC characters leak before The Game Awards

Initially planned to premiere at The Game Awards later tonight, Warner Bros Studios accidentally jumped the gun on releasing the official trailer for the new Kombat Pack for Mortal Kombat X. Since the publication of this article, the video has since been made private, but that hasn’t stopped NeoGAF members from posting the trailer on separate accounts and spreading screenshots.     The new characters announced are Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series, the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise, Tri-borg (a hybrid character of cyborg characters Cyrax, Sektor and Smoke) and the drunken fist master himself Bo Rai Cho. Nothing else has been leaked other than the characters and a 2016 release date. Source: NeoGAF