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(04/15/21 8:02pm)
Ball State Esports recently opened their new competition and broadcast facility in the Robert Bell building. Take a look around as Director of Esports Dan Marino shows Blake Chapman what new technology can be found inside and how it will be utilized by athletes and students in the future. Producer: Blake ChapmanCamera: Jacob HaleVideo Editor: Blake Chapman
(04/15/21 2:00pm)
Sitting on her dorm room’s beige carpet, freshman psychology major Maiya Garcia spends her mornings using her teal pliers and black wire cutters to hand-assemble earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings for her jewelry business, Maiya Makes Jewelry.
(04/08/21 2:00pm)
Because of this semester’s adjusted school calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students weren’t able to travel home for their typical week-long spring break from classes. While the university has held two study days so far, students were encouraged to stay on campus to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
(03/25/21 4:00pm)
Last semester, Colleen Dyra, freshman elementary education major, would move her bean bag to the other side of her dorm room at Studebaker West Thursday nights at 6:30.
(02/18/21 5:00pm)
Matt Mullins said he discovered film literature through “a series of happy accidents.”
(02/18/21 3:00pm)
As students open the front door to their residence hall, letting the cold winter air rush in behind them, they walk past the front desk, scan their ID and head up to the warmth of their dorm.
(01/28/21 3:00pm)
Looking out their windows this winter, students can only see bare tree branches, brown grass and frosted fall leaves. To bring warmth into their homes again, some students may want to buy indoor houseplants for their dorm, apartment or house. Consider the tips below to help you take care of your new plant babies to ensure they stay green and cheery all semester long.
(01/21/21 3:00pm)
After spending nearly two months at home due to an adjusted fall and spring academic calendar in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students may be feeling unmotivated to pick up their pencils and open their textbooks again as they’ve returned to Ball State’s campus this semester. As you’re adjusting back to academic life after a month-long winter break, consider these tips to help you regain your energy and focus on your schoolwork to start off the semester on the right foot.
(12/09/20 5:10pm)
Throughout the fall semester, sophomore music education major Aiden Cangany brought his trombone, music stand and sheet music to Ball State’s parking garages for a wide, open area to practice.
(11/24/20 8:00pm)
In the David Owsley Museum of Art’s (DOMA) galleries, Lillian McClung, a senior ceramics and art history major, and Robert LaFrance, director of the DOMA, set up Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics, the pattern glaze matching the pattern of Perle Fine’s painting “Impact” hung on the wall.
(11/19/20 5:00pm)
Editor's note: “On the Clock” is a Ball State Daily News series profiling Ball State students and their on-campus jobs. If you have any suggestions as to who we should feature next, send an email to features@bsudailynews.com.An hour before the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) opens to the public, senior art history and studio art major Marie Dickison arrives to flip on all the museum’s lights across its galleries.
(11/19/20 3:00pm)
As someone who’s been writing for as long as she can remember, Mia Marrero, senior creative writing major, said one of her biggest challenges when writing is trying not to think about others’ opinions.
(10/28/20 4:00pm)
When Sheli Plummer was a Ball State undergraduate, she enjoyed coaching swimming, so she wanted to become a physical education teacher at a school with a pool. However, her goals changed when she took her first scuba class at Ball State.
(10/15/20 5:00pm)
Ashlyn Marcum, senior nursing major, said one of her favorite memories from tutoring involved a “Jeopardy!” game she created to help her students prepare for their first exam.
(10/08/20 2:00pm)
Many nights, Siara Sandwith can be found descending a flight of stairs to the basement of Cooper Science Building to finish her experiments in her 12-by-24-foot, 65-degree lab.
(10/03/20 5:00pm)
EM | One coordinator Chin Ting Chan plays the accordion during a performance of "Stretched Together", an electroacoustic ensemble by Michael Pounds. The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.(Left to right) Freshman music media production major Luke Dudley plays the synthesizer with fellow freshman music media production major Quincy Carr. The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Kellyn Harrison.Freshman music media production major Luke Dudley performs on Michael Pounds' electroacoustic composition "Stretched Together," which was written in 2018. The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.(Left to right) Freshman music media production major Luke Dudley plays the synthesizer with fellow freshman music media production major Quincy Carr. The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Kellyn Harrison.Freshman music media production major Luke Dudley plays synthesizer on "Stretched Together". The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Kellyn Harrison.Professor of Music Theory and Composition Michael Pounds plays the electric bass on "Stretched Together." The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.Professor of Music Theory and Composition Michael Pounds plays the electric bass and live electronics for "Stretched Together", a song that he composed. The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Kellyn Harrison.The EM | One Electronic Music Concert was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.Students, alumni, and faculty performed at the The EM | One Electronic Music Concert, which was a showcase of experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Kellyn Harrison.The EM concert series showcases music made using loudspeaker playback, instrumental performers, or interactive computer performance systems. The EM | One Electronic Music Showcase displays experimental electronic music by professors, alumni, and students that performed on Sep. 30, 2020 in Sursa Hall. Photo by Annie Bastian.
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(09/16/20 4:06pm)
For Mel Isenbarger, a senior physics and astronomy major, one of the first constellations she learned to locate and identity was Cassiopeia. It remains her favorite constellation, she said, because it reminds her of late-night summertime bonfires and watching meteor showers with her family.
(08/28/20 4:00pm)
by Brandon Carson
Debuting in 2013 with a self-titled EP, Glass Animals stormed onto the scene with the song “Black Mambo,” a quirky indie-pop song about being outmatched by someone. Hailing from Oxford, England, the band grew quite an audience with their hip-hop inspired beats and fun, sexy melodies. The band released their first full-length album ZABA in 2014, which featured more or less the same sounds from their EP with more realized songwriting. Their creativity continued to shine with the release of How to Be a Human Being in 2016. The album is a light concept of stories that people had told front man Dave Bayley on tour. Overall, it wasn’t too different from ZABA, but with songs like “Youth,” “Season 2 Episode 3,” and the beautiful closer, “Agnes,” the vocals became just another instrument and made the songs even more powerful. Their new album, Dreamland, unfortunately falls flat and continues to milk the same sounds that gave them success. Don’t get me wrong, as with their two past records, there are quite a few good songs. However, the concept is inconsistent musically and some songs are so by-the-numbers for Glass Animals that they come off as filler. That being said, there are a number of notable tracks that stand out and save the album.
The Glass Animals standard
With Dreamland, Glass Animals have fully realized their sound and what works for their audience. While that’s great for the band, it takes a toll on the music and flow of the album. The fantastic opener, “Dreamland,” sets the tone for the concept of 90s and youth nostalgia with its wavy use of synths and chill atmosphere. While the vocals are basic for Glass Animals, the production is dreamier and more lo-fi than it has been previously. But as soon as “Tangerine” starts, it’s clear that that change was a façade. The hip-hop inspired beat and catchy vocal melodies make it feel like the band doesn’t want to create something out-of-the-box and would rather stick to what they know. “Hot Sugar” continues this trend with yet another hip-hop inspired beat featuring repetitive vocals and a catchy melody.
“Space Ghost Coast to Coast” feels like it could have been the change of pace the album needed with its more fun but chill sound. However, it is too short and repetitive to go anywhere new, making it feel like a standard song for them. Fortunately, their 2019 single “Tokyo Drifting” saves the flow of the album, creating a nice change of pace musically and featuring a great verse from Denzel Curry. Even the lyrical content is different on this song, providing a very braggadocious attitude in contrast to the usual sad boy attitude. The album picks up from here and gets a whole lot better. However, Dreamland is 16 songs long, and it is still peppered with average songs that fill up the space (I’m looking at you “Heat Waves”). None of the songs are bad per se, but nothing about them stands out much, making them a little forgettable.
When it’s good, it’s amazing
Even though Dreamland feels like an average Glass Animals album at times, when there are good songs, there are quality songs. “Melon and the Coconut” finally brings back the dreamy vibe of the opener and tells the humorous story of a melon and coconut breaking up. The instrumentals are new to the ears, bringing a much-needed change for the album. “Your Love (Déjà Vu)” keeps the fire lit with an exciting and suave song that has the best production on the album. It offers the catchy vocal melodies of old while also taking more chances musically that really pay off. “It’s All So Incredibly Loud” pushes the envelope and delivers both musically and lyrically. Even the subject matter for the song is interesting; it’s about the three seconds after someone tells another person something that they didn’t want to hear, and how the silence after is “incredibly loud.” The closer, “Helium,” is a fantastic closer with interesting production choices, a variety of musical shifts, and the dreamy vibe from the opener that rounds out the album well. While the album is plagued by mediocre tracks, these songs provide just enough quality and change to keep the mediocrity from completely infecting the album.
Interludes that lead to nowhere
One particularly confusing choice in the album comes in the form of its various interludes. There are interludes scattered across the record with similar titles called, “((home movies: <insert individual title here>)).” With four in total, two are very short one liners from Bayley’s home movies as a child. While the concept, reinforced by the childhood quality of the interludes makes sense, it doesn’t really go anywhere, as the songs themselves don’t do much to make the album’s concept known. The other two, however, are longer and create more of a connection with the songs, while keeping the choice to use audio from home movies. Overall, the interludes seem disconnected from the album and easily skippable.
Top Tracks:
It’s All So Incredibly Loud
Melon and the Coconut
Your Love (Déjà Vu)
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(04/24/20 2:00pm)
Freshman theater creations major Paloma Sutter said she was devastated to hear she could not perform in “House of Bernarda Alba” as she had planned.
(04/06/20 7:00pm)
As she sat in the audience watching the Russian Ballet Company as a kid put on their performance of The Nutcracker in Indianapolis, Kelly DeLisle, a senior stage management major, knew that theater was for her.