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Active Minds is hosting their second annual Stress Less Week from December 7 to 11. The campaign is working to highlight social and emotional benefits of laughter and how to incorporate it into your daily life. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ACTIVE MINDS

Active Minds aims to relieve pre-finals stress

By Sabrina Childers / December 7, 2015

Active Minds is working to make finals week a little less stressful for students.  From December 7 to 11, Active Minds is hosting their second annual Stress Less Week, an awareness campaign where students can participate in stress relief activities to relieve anxiety about final exams and the end of the semester. The theme of Stress Less Week is “Laugh More.” The campaign highlights the social and emotional benefits of laughter and how to incorporate more laughter into daily life.

Police secure the Student Recreation and Wellness Center after a report of an armed assailant in the rec center. DN PHOTO COREY OHLENKAMP
NEWS

University gets more training than Muncie officers

By Casey Smith / December 7, 2015

They patrol what amounts to a small city, but there’s nothing small about the long hours of training that campus police have to complete in order to carry their badges – requirements that often exceed those in the surrounding city of Muncie.

Ashton Pauley, 12, stirs kettle corn in a big pot at the Minnetrista Enchanted Luminaria Walk on Dec. 4. Ashton was helping his great uncle and grandpa out at the event to raise money to buy children with disabilities tricycles. DN PHOTO MICHELLE KAUFMAN
NEWS

Kettle corn fundraiser helps benefit kids at Luminaria Walk

December 5, 2015

The Enchanted Luminaria Walk at Minnetrista wasn't all pretty lights and magic. In addition to the mansion tours and carriage rides at the walk, the Muncie chapter of AMBUCS made kettle corn to raise money to buy children with disabilities tricycles to fit their needs.

Sophomore guard Frannie Frazier attempts to make a basket in the game against Ohio Valley at Worthen Arena on Dec. 3 DN PHOTO ALLYE CLAYTON
SPORTS

Bench play improves for Ball State women's basketball

By Colin Grylls / December 4, 2015

Bench play has began to contribute more for the women's basketball team. The Cardinals have averaged 25.5 points off the bench in the last four games, compared to scoring 7 total in the first two. After Ball State’s 94-45 victory over Ohio Valley University, head coach Brady Sallee said the Cardinals bench has improved since the start of the season. “Here over the last three or four games, [the bench] has started to turn that corner," Sallee said. "I think they’re getting comfortable in their role. I think they’re understanding what we need from them in the game.” At least four bench players have played 10 or more minutes in three of the last four games.

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