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By nature, Valentine’s Day is characterized by fat, winged babies sporting projectile weapons and the most anatomical misrepresentation of a heart someone could conceive. And on top of that, it’s celebrating a martyr’s execution.
The Cup will host an album launch at 7 p.m. for Bird of Paradise’s new album, “Temples.” The launch performance will be accompanied by artwork from the Glue & Scissors Society depicting the themes within the album.
New Year’s resolutions can pile up quick and forgotten about like clueless relatives’ unwanted Christmas presents. According to a usa.gov poll, losing weight is the top resolution made by Americans every year.
While technology can lure people into being couch potatoes, it also can be a great friend to have when getting active.
Anna Ortiz is a junior journalism major and writes ‘Common Nonsense’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Anna at aeortiz@bsu.edu.
Anna Ortiz is a junior journalism major and writes ‘Common Nonsense’ for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Anna at aeortiz@bsu.edu.
The text message alert popped up on Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler’s phone. He read the words “alleged gunman,” and began to worry, as several students, professors and parents did Friday evening when they became aware that there might danger.
Sitting underneath his desk in the darkness, Dan Tracy listened to every noise outside of his office in the Health and Physical Activity Building.
Five days after she completed military police officer training in 2007, Jessica Robinson was notified her unit would deploy to Kuwait.
For fans of comedian Jim Gaffigan, John R. Emens Auditorium hosted a scavenger hunt this week where people had a chance to win a pair of free tickets every day. Today was the last day of the hunt and the winning voucher was found at Shafer Tower.
Party orchestrators: the people behind the speakers Anna Ortiz | features editor features@bsudailynews.com
Men, step away from the overused pirate costume. Ladies, steer clear of the perpetual trap of being the stereotypical “sexy fill-in-the-blank.” Sequined devil horns aside, here’s the best of 2013’s costumes, from Ball State trademarks to meth cooks. These easy and low-cost DIY costumes will get you some kudos for not raiding Wal-Mart in a last ditch effort.
“Sometimes have fangs and venomous bite,” labels the two lone screen-door cabinets in the Cooper Physical Science Building.
Everyone in one shape or form has seen the campus through John Huffer’s eyes. His photos stretch across field sidelines and embellish Ball State’s arenas and stadiums. The images he spent his life taking loom on highway billboards and scroll across the university website. They sit framed on university walls and are printed in glossy pamphlets. Huffer, Ball State photo services coordinator, died Thursday at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital — the same hospital he was born in 54 years ago. Huffer was in the hospital after having a heart attack earlier in the week. He is survived by his wife and his two daughters, Ball State student Jordan Huffer, 25, and Emily Huffer, 22. John Huffer, a Ball State alumnus in photojournalism, worked for 30 years at Ball State and received many awards and recognition for his work. “His photos will be a big part of the university’s history,” Rich Maloney, Ball State baseball head coach, said. “But he was a fan, too. He will leave a legacy, not many people have been able to share the university’s history like he has. John has encompassed a 30-year part of history, from the old football stadium to a new face. He has seen the campus change, new coaches come in.” A winding line of people wove through the Alumni Center into a packed room where attendees lined the walls and filled the chairs for the memorial service Monday. Jo Ann Gora, university president; Tom Taylor, vice president of enrollment, marketing, and communications; Bill Scholl, director of intercollegiate athletics; and Jordan Huffer spoke at the service. “… This is a great university because of people like John who do, every day, their best work,” Gora said. “He truly made a difference in the lives of the people he worked with.” Friends reminisced, whether about his dangerous encounter with a tennis ball at a match where he “took one for the team” or being detained at the Canadian border because of his Hot Wheels cars collection. Don Rogers, Ball State image specialist, was by his side when the two men were detained for a drug search at the Canadian border. They had gone to Canada to collect rare Hot Wheels and had several bags full of tiny cars crammed in the back of the car. “The lady at the border said, ‘Do you expect me to believe two grown men drove from Indiana to get toy cars?’” Rogers said. “She slapped a big form on our wind shield, and we stopped next to the drug sniffing dog, armed officers and cars getting taken apart.” Rogers said he still has to face the fact John Huffer is gone. “You just expect him to be there,” Rogers said. “We knew he had health problems, but he always came back. We called him ‘The Energizer Bunny’ … We never thought he wouldn’t come back.” During the memorial, the words “good friend,” “caring,” “dedicated” and “loving” constantly came up. Maloney said he was a “gentle giant,” a tireless worker and a passionate fan. “John is a wonderful human being,” Maloney said. “He is gracious and generous. He supported our program financially and through his work. Seeing John — it was a breath of fresh air.” The two would greet each other on the diamond at the baseball games. John Huffer would say, “Coach, I like your team. Go get ‘em,” each time. “That’s how I’ll always remember John,” Maloney said. On Saturday, Jordan Huffer walked among the crowds at Scheumann Stadium as Ball State played against Toledo during Family Weekend. This was the first game she had been to without seeing her father snapping photos on the sidelines. “Usually, the first thing I do when shooting a game is think, ‘I have to find Dad to tell him I’m here,’” she said. “I loved shooting with him, it was like we were colleagues.” She said she always wanted to be like her father, which led her to photography. John and Jordan Huffer were on the sidelines, camera in hand, for almost every type of sporting event on campus. When trying to get the same shot, the father and daughter would bump cameras and he would shoo her out of the way. Jordan Huffer said she and her dad will always share a special bond. During one of the first shoots together, they were both covering a volleyball game and using rapid shutter on their cameras to catch the action. “I noticed we were both clicking at the same time,” she said. “It’s weird, but I felt a very strong connection.” As a sophomore photojournalism major and a photographer for The Ball State Daily News, Jordan Huffer has followed her dad’s path. Before his surgery, she told her father he was her hero, that she loved him and how proud she was of him. As she followed him into the hospital hallway to the operating room, she kept saying, “I’ll see you in a few hours.” He replied, “I’ll see you soon.” Before the football game’s start Saturday, there was a small memorial service dedicated to John Huffer. His best photos flashed across the screens, one of which had a picture of Jordan Huffer. At the end, she listened to her dad’s voice as a video played of him working in his studio for a photo shoot, echoing his well-known line, “One more time.” “It was hard to hear his voice again,” she said. After the football game memorial, Jordan Huffer left early to get her bearings. She stopped to look at her dad’s athletic photos covering the outside of the stadium, and she said she knew as long as she is here, she is surrounded by his passion, his life’s work. “I’m looking at something he created,” she said. “I know I will always see it. I will see it at this university.” Editor’s note: Jordan Huffer is a chief photographer for The Ball State Daily News.
John Huffer, Ball State photo services coordinator, died Thursday after a heart attack earlier in the week. He was 54.
For some students, the words “family” and “weekend” just don’t go together. Family means family members and a game of “Scrabble” while weekend at college means pounding music, shots and a hangover the next morning.
Architecture students and faculty envisioned themselves thousands of years into the past, in the remote outskirts of the Middle East — they brought back an ancient structure from the sands of time.
Apple. BlackBerry. Samsung. When picking out a phone, some students might as well be searching for a new appendage. Whether rustling in a purse, snug in a pocket or gripped in a hand, for many of us, phones have become an extension of ourselves.
Seven MIT researchers in 1996 engaged in a technological experiment where they straddled the threshold of man and machine. They put radio-transmitters in their backpacks, wired their jackets in circuitry, kept keyboards in their pockets and wore glasses that mimicked a computer monitor. Constantly linked to the virtual world, they called themselves “cyborgs.”
The inside of Be Here Now was alive with the throbbing beats of music from a lone jukebox in the corner, but the real entertainment was in the backyard. Local band Apathy Wizards lit up the stage, while fire twirlers performed during this year’s Muncie MusicFest.
