Changes to SAT look to better predict college success
• Changes to SAT made to increase college success predictability. • Test takers will no longer be penalized for incorrect answers. • The writing portion is now optional.
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• Changes to SAT made to increase college success predictability. • Test takers will no longer be penalized for incorrect answers. • The writing portion is now optional.
• Breach at IU leaves many students’ private information public. • Ball State takes many precautions to prevent data loss. • Director of information services says he is not worried by IU incident.
• Ball State spends less per degree than Purdue and Indiana universities.
• Ball State has issued 11 smoking citations. • The cold has attributed to at least one student’s disregard of the ban. • Gene Burton, director of public safety and University Police Department chief of police, said he expects traffic complaints on Petty Avenue to pick up when the weather turns warm again.
Last year, Ball State University Dance Marathon raised almost $200,000 for Riley Children’s Foundation. For the BSUDM president, raising this much money and awareness has become her life.
Hoosiers in poverty attempting to get assistance could face a few extra conditions before getting state aid.
• Students with children say Ball State has lack of services and advertisement for them on campus. • Ball State offers day care services for $200 weekly, without discount for students. • Other Indiana universities offer several day cares and counseling services.
When students leave their hometowns to come to college each year, it can often mean leaving their romantic relationship behind.
Ball State news media students moved into the new Unified Media Lab this weekend.
• Some students turn to plasma donations as a quick way to get money.
• LGBT student leader recalls experience living on campus. • Roommates may cause issues for LGT students. • University says it treats all student concerns equally.
• Professors look at different options for making up snow days. • One professor offers a trip to the museum instead of a lecture. • Theatre department forced to work around rehearsals when making up lost time.
“Drunkorexia” is a trend of dieting or eating less to lower one’s tolerance to alcohol.
• Fire alarms have evacuated residence halls 30 times this academic year. • No alarms have been caused by fires needing to be extinguished. • Students question efficacy of fire drills and false alarms. Fire alarms have caused students to evacuate campus residence halls 30 times since the beginning of the 2013-14 academic year.
Ball State’s recent rankings for online courses show a disparity between resources and engagement in a classroom and learning on a computer.
Crashing noises and then eight seconds of silence ended Sara Pecina’s final conversation with her boyfriend.
The expected rise in temperature and rain could lead to minor flooding in Muncie this weekend.
• University students often complain about lack of days off for weather • Ball State officials say it is based on confusion, K-12 schools operate differently than colleges • Universities stay open due to investment in education
Maintenance personnel repaired DeHority Complex’s broken radiator this morning, after negative temperatures caused it to break yesterday.
• Amnesty International, a sexual assault awareness group, hosted a demonstration on Wednesday.