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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.
What is there to look forward to this week? Cool temps, clear skies and dry conditions!
Editor’s Note: This listicle is part of a weekly series by The Ball State Daily News summarizing five stories from around the world. All summaries are based on stories published by The Associated Press.
MUNCIE, Ind. (NewsLink) -- An investigation is underway after videos circulating on social media showed people at a large gathering near Ball State's campus.
MUNCIE Ind. (NewsLink) -- With the school year starting up, many student organizations have had to readjust their normal club activities.
Tonight: Tonight, expect cooler temperatures falling into the mid 50s overnight, with lows in the upper 40s. Clear skies are expected with light winds coming from the east at 5mph.
The three-member rock band Point North has returned with their third album Brand New Vision. Originally founded in California, the band consists of vocalist Jon Lundin, guitarist Andy Hershey, and drummer Sage Weeber, who play progressive rock. The rock genre has undergone many phases since the 90s with bands like Nirvana and All-American Rejects, and 20-plus years later, mainstream rock has evolved into something more pop-inspired, but with the same emotion that rock provides.
For decades, superheroes (and by extension, their superpowers) have been all the rage. Characters such as Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and many more possess abilities that regular people like you and me can only dream of having. Who wouldn’t want to leap tall buildings in a single bound, create and generate their own electrical fields, move objects with only their mind, or shoot laser beams out of their eyes? The possibilities are seemingly endless.
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.
Disclaimer: This review is of the Nintendo Switch version of the game.
“This digital life was not for them. Not in a mean way, they meant no offense. It’s not you; it’s them, and they needed more. They didn’t know what that ‘more’ was, but they needed it, so they went to find it, and this is that.”
The Transformers series has had a wide variety of interpretations over nearly 40 years, each iteration taking its own spin on the characters, plot, and world. Transformers: War For Cybertron: Siege is another attempt at a reboot, this time trying for a more serious tone compared to previous animated iterations. Sadly, Siege is a flawed attempt at reviving this long-running franchise. With only six episodes, the series is unable even to find its footing, leading to rushed character arcs and unresolved plots. The animation and voice acting also suffer from this lack of groundedness.
Going into the new season of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, I was feeling cautiously optimistic. I had loved the first season, but felt that its last episode went off the rails. And since that episode was the lead-in to this new season, I had no idea what to expect. However, this new season absolutely exceeded my expectations and had me feeling back at home in the Umbrella Academy universe within minutes. Much like its predecessor, this new season balances emotional honesty and a quirky, fun universe in a way that has never been done before in the superhero genre.
One week and four studio sessions was all it took for Logic — with the help of producer No I.D. — to record his seventh and final studio album, No Pressure. The album was then edited, mixed, and mastered to perfection over the course of the year that followed. On July 16, 2020, Logic single-handedly broke the internet with the announcement of his retirement on Twitter and Instagram. He posted the album cover of No Pressure with the caption, “Officially announcing my retirement with the release of ‘No Pressure’ executive produced by No I.D. July 24th… It’s been a great decade. Now it’s time to be a great father.” This post shocked his fan base — also known as the Rattpack. Comments and tweets came flooding in with overwhelming support, sadness, and love.
This year has been full of surprises but nothing quite as crazy as the surprise release of Taylor Swift’s latest album Folklore. This is Swift’s eighth album, and it’s a great one for sure. Quarantine has been good to Swift, and she reveals her full potential once again with the follow-up to Lover — which was her greatest album to date. The cover art of Folklore is perfect with its ominous black and white forestry. There is nothing like an unexpected, album drop from one of the greatest female artists of our time, and album eight shows that surprises are worth waiting for. At last, the Swifties have been saved.
Neon Trees’ six-year break has paid off with the band releasing an innovative album full of quirky fun and frenzy that makes their sound unique. 2014’s Pop Psychology was a success, but album four shines with brighter passion. The Neon Trees have always captured that sense of youth and confusion as a young adult, much like Foster the People and The 1975. Many artists with a pop background discuss being young and unsure about life through their tracks, and Neon Trees are no different; however, they are doing better with differentiating themselves. Their new album I Can Feel You Forgetting Me is both a triumph for the quirky band and a blessing in this grim year we’ve all been living through. While Pop Psychology relied on simple pop physics and dance beats, this fourth album gives its listeners a new edge to the band’s sound with a familiar message of love and marauding life as we know it.
In a campus wide letter sent out Aug. 14, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns discussed COVID-19 on campus and context to the COVID-19 dashboard.
Today: Beautiful and sunny, with a high of 76.
Though Ball State students and the business they bring to Muncie have returned, businesses in the Village are still feeling the stress of statewide quarantine mandates and the extended summer brought on by the university’s early dismissal last semester.
Editor’s Note: This listicle is part of a weekly series by The Ball State Daily News summarizing five stories from around the world. All summaries are based on stories published by The Associated Press.
