NPR reporter imparts cultural lessons on Ball State
March 3, 2010Daniel Zwerdling's travels have taken him all over the world and have taught him a few lessons about cultural differences.
Daniel Zwerdling's travels have taken him all over the world and have taught him a few lessons about cultural differences.
Both women and men will be celebrating the start of Women's History Month tonight with singing, dancing and works of art.The second annual Celebrate Women in the Arts event, sponsored by the Multicultural Center, will be at 7 p.m. in Pruis Hall.
Three Ball State University computer labs are being turned in to testing labs for the rest of this week due to a high demand from students taking midterms.
The CHIRP TV crew disccuss the resignation of Ball State women's volleyball coach Dave Boos.
One of the things I still have yet to fully understand about the Obama administration is why its opening fight, outside of the stimulus, had to be on health care. I would've thought, and still do, that it would be better to get a big issue through that had broad popular support.
I spend a lot of time watching the stock market. Whereas a lot of people watch ESPN, I watch CNBC. My home page is Google Finance. At any given time, I could spit out a short lecture on what's happening in the markets and what the effect on stocks will be. Am I always right? Hardly, but I do try to learn every day.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.
The Muncie Historic Preservation and Rehabilitation Commission plans to start improvements on the Muncie Civic Theatre in early June. The process is expected to be completed as soon as possible, while there is good weather.
Being a princess for the Indy 500 Festival in Indianapolis means more than just attending events and parading in May.
We live in a culture infested with fabrication, one where people manipulate the idea of authenticity to garner attention and celebrity. It's little wonder so many are disinclined to believe something categorically outrageous as real. Enter Lady Gaga.
After serving 10 years as the vice president of finance for the Indianapolis Colts, Kurt Humphrey has kept family in perspective.
Ball State University prides itself as a diverse campus. On its Web site's home page, half the photos include students or faculty members from an ethnic minority.
Ball State University second baseman Kolbrin Vitek was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week on Tuesday.
The struggle to be assimilated into the classroom setting and mainstream society was the main point of the film "Including Samuel," shown Monday in Bracken Library to start off Disability Awareness Week.
Two scholarships have been created to help Ball State University students next semester.
After lettering for two years at Ball State, Kyleigh Jones was forced to quit the sport she loves this year due to Crohn's disease. Now, Jones is a student coach with the Cardinals.
Of course the 18-and-over nights at the Madhatter and Mugly's have become popular. When you aren't 21 yet, bars and their colorful specials produce feelings of longing and curiosity. It's why fake IDs can be a big problem. But with only $5 standing in the way of getting in those bars, many students have taken the bait.
Award-winning National Public Radio reporter Daniel Zwerdling will speak at 7 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room about his work in broadcast reporting.
