Upgrades and renovations of Ball State athletics facilities have been in process this school year because of donations from friends and family to the Cardinal Commitment campaign. The campaign rose $20.6 million for facility improvements for Ball State athletics across the board.
Students go to college assuming they will earn a degree that will make them employable, but for people with physical disabilities that’s not always the case. Around 18 percent of people with physical disabilities are employed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of people without disabilities, around 94 percent of people are employed.
An international piano competition will have auditions here in Muncie, one of four stops around the world and the only one in North America. Auditions for the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition will take place Nov. 13 through Nov. 15 at Sursa Hall, according to a Ball State news release.
NLI weather forecaster Caleb Saylor has you weekend weather. Clear skies expected.
More than 70 Ball State students and faculty joined at the Frog Baby fountain for a prayer vigil Nov. 12 to show support for recent incidents of racial conflict at the University of Missouri.
Downtown Muncie has always been a maze to drivers with one-way streets and alleyways. This past year things have been even more difficult because of the $3 million dollar construction project closing down parts of Walnut Street.
Tickets to see David Letterman go on sale for students Friday at 7 a.m. Students are bearing the wind and cold to get their spot. See what they have to say here!
Windy conditions will remain tomorrow and the temperatures remain cold. Storms on the way early next week.
The first group of students started camping out for tickets to see David Letterman at 10 p.m. Nov. 11, a day and a half before tickets will even be available. Letterman, one of Ball State’s most recognized alumni, is returning to campus Nov. 30 to host a discussion with filmmakers Spike Jonze and Bennett Miller. Tickets will be available starting 7 a.m. Nov. 13, and are free of charge.
The Cardinals' women's basketball team managed to sign three new prep players to national letters of intent for the 2016-17 season.
Students wishing to teach English to non-native speakers will be able to minor in the skill starting in Fall 2016. The English Department will begin offering the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) minor next year.
Former Ball State softball player and current assistant coach Jenny Gilbert signed a two-year professional contract with the Akron Racers on Nov. 3.
Hannah Schneider is a junior communications major and creative writing minor and writes 'Schneid Comments' for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
Freshmen change their majors the most, and more than 400 first-year students have switched their fields of study, Academic Major Minor Coordinator David Owens said.
Diversity and racism have been a hot topic lately, both locally and across the nation.
When Joseph Roberts hosts a particular gaming event at Bracken Library, he likes the variety of people who show.
Automobile manufacturer Audi has begun adapting virtual reality video game technology as a way to make its car design more efficient. The German car company’s engineers currently use more traditional manual controllers to manipulate virtual automobiles.
Deadpool and the Mercs for Money will be an upcoming five-issue series from Uncanny X-Men writer Cullen Bunn and artist Salva Espin.
Thanks to The Phantom Limb Project, an amputee named James will have a prosthetic arm modeled after Big Boss’--minus the flying fist capabilities it’s designed after.
The world is collectively celebrating the release of Bethesda’s long-awaited game, Fallout 4, and the numbers show it.
