Historic diaries give students, community a look into 19th-century life
Muncie residents and Ball State students took a trip through time and visited the lives of past community members.
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Muncie residents and Ball State students took a trip through time and visited the lives of past community members.
A 25-year-old man robbed a Marathon station on the westside of Muncie early Thursday morning because he was facing eviction and needed rent money, police said.
UPDATE
University Police Department is hoping to partner with different organizations around campus to create a multicultural approach to community policing.
Worthen Arena will be undergoing a $6.4 million expansion next year. The project will add two NCAA regulation-size courts for basketball and volleyball teams to use, team meeting rooms and study rooms, said Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story said Deon Young was arrested in connection to a previous shooting incident near the Village Pantry on Aug. 28. Muncie Police Department Sgt. Brent Brown confirmed that Young was not related to that incident.
In the past, when a crime or emergency occurred on campus, the university alert system has been met with criticism from some students.
Now more than ever, companies are looking to employ people who have a college degree, but just as the demand for the degree is high, so is the percentage of adults who go to college and don't finish.
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.pictures { float:right; width:430px; margin-left:25px; font-size:13px; line-height:17px; margin-right:0 } .hrr { display:none } @media screen and (max-width: 700px) { .pictures { float:right; width:320px; margin-left:25px; font-size:13px; line-height:16px } } @media screen and (max-width: 600px) { .pictures { float:right; width:270px; margin-left:25px; font-size:13px; line-height:16px } } @media screen and (max-width: 500px) { .pictures { float:none; width:100%; margin-right:0; margin-left:0; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:14px } .hrr { display:block } } According to a berkeley.edu, classroom diversity is an important part of early childhood development, and children who make friends with others of another race tend to be more socially well-adjusted and academically ambitious. A new study led by researching from New York University showed that children entering adolescence are less likely to maintain cross-racial friendships as they become older. Third-grade teacher Patti Weber projects images of constellations and planets from her iPad on a SMART Board during class at Providence Spring Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C., on June 5, 2012. TNS PHOTO
Ball State opened the Robert G. Hunt Center for Construction Management in April. The 2,500-square-foot center is located inside of the Applied Technology Building. has opened a center to help prepare construction students for a future in a rapidly expanding field. Samantha Brammer // DN
The first week six weeks of fall semester is known as the "Red Zone" because college students are at the greatest risk of victimization. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in 5 women, and 1 in 16 men, are sexually assaulted during their time in college. DN ILLUSTRATION MAUREEN LANGLEY
The longest-running and best-attended gaming convention in the world will soon be attracting hundreds to downtown Indianapolis.
A few months ago, more than a million high school seniors across the country committed to attend college. But is immediately going to school the best thing to do after high school graduation?
After 50 years of service as the barber for Ball State University, Benny Benefiel has retired, and now a new crew is taking over the L.A. Pittenger Student Center’s barber shop.
Since its launch in fall 2014, one major Muncie project has changed its name and is continuing to grow exponentially.
Delaware County will display its bison sculpture as part of Indiana’s Bison-tennial Public Art Project today.