Head coach Bill Richards watched a match between his players and IPFW on Wednesday afternoon. Richards has been the head coach of the tennis team for 36 seasons. DN PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER
SPORTS

Bill Richards receives NCAA Bob Frederick Sportsmanship Award

On Wednesday, head coach of Ball State's men's tennis team Bill Richards was announced as the recipient of the NCAA's Bob Frederick Sportsmanship Award for the 2014-2015 season. The Frederick award was created in 2009 in honor of the late Bob Frederick who served as the Kansas and Illinois State athletic director.


DN PHOTO REAGAN ALLEN
NEWS

Dorms host trick-or-treating activities

On the night of Oct. 28, children from the Muncie community got to experience trick-or-treating in Park, DeHority, Woodworth, Noyer and Studebaker East and West Halls.



Dancers perform in Laura Mansur's senior piece entitled Nostalgic Era on Oct. 28 in the Ball Gymnasium.
NEWS

Pioneering dance majors create choreography showcase

Ball State’s senior dance majors are a small group—just five in number. They’ve shimmied their way through four years of practicums, dance history and ballet classes—the first in their program to do so. Now, they’re preparing for the annual Senior Choreography Seminar from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.


NEWS

History of Halloween

Halloween is known for dressing up in fun costumes and going out trick or treating each year. But how did Halloween actually start?




At a journalism Professional-in-Residence panel discussion Oct. 27, four students spoke about their experience with cultural stereotypes after moving to America or studying abroad. DN PHOTO ALLIE KIRKMAN
NEWS

International panel discusses cultural stereotypes

Although students are surrounded by cultural diversity everyday, many do not care to learn and explore differences and would rather find cultural stereotypes to be true, according to students in the audience at a journalism panel. 


DN illustration Stacie Kammerling.
NEWS

Ball State professor invents monster spray

The thought of monsters hiding under the bed has plagued children for generations — enough to inspire films like “Monsters, Inc.” and “Little Monsters.” One Ball State professor is known for creating a possible solution to the things that go “bump in the night.”





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