Ball State Community walks for suicide awareness
By Raymond Garcia / April 6, 2014Students and community members walked around campus Sunday to help shine light on the conversation about suicide.
Students and community members walked around campus Sunday to help shine light on the conversation about suicide.
Ball State won its home opener against Toledo 8-1 this afternoon.
On Sunday, participants will walk during the Out of the Darkness Walk hosted on campus as well as several others nationwide.
Urban planning graduate students polished their ideas to transform a six-block, downtown neighborhood into a do-it-yourself hub for local “makers.”
Gov. Mike Pence announced plans today for the next generation of highway expansion that could affect Delaware County.
As Muncie slowly fills with water, Wiley Flak and Randy Wright of the Muncie Sanitary District, carefully drive their truck through the streets to help residents. They walk past the wound-up hoses and equipment on their truck to grab two rakes and begin wading to where they assume the sidewalk is, scraping the build up out of the storm drains. Whenever Muncie gets high waters from rain, Wright and Flak wade through the knee-deep streets.
A former Cardinal died Tuesday, but his influence continues to live on campus and in his communities.Nathan Trapuzzano, a 2011 Ball State alumnus, was
A Ball State alumna will appear on Friday’s episode of “Shark Tank” to pitch her product to the millionaire and billionaire “sharks.” Courtney Turich, a 2000 Ball State graduate, and Christie Barany, her business partner, will try to sell the idea of their Monkey Mat to the self-made, multi-millionaires and billionaires on the ABC reality TV show to gain the tycoons as sponsors.
A bill debuted Wednesday in the Student Government Association Senate could ask the university to change its policy regarding teacher evaluations and grades. The resolution requests the university to stop withholding grades unless students complete their course evaluations.
Problems during this year’s Student Government Association elections can be prevented in the future if proposed changes to the elections code are adopted. On Wednesday afternoon, SGA shared a draft of changes with the elections code.
A Ball State chef received an award Wednesday for his performance in a regional cooking competition last month. Chef Cameron Griggs won the bronze medal in the 2014 Midwest Region Culinary Challenge. The event, which was March 3 at Michigan State, featured nine chefs from colleges around the Midwest.
Despite 189 students swarming campus late at night with plastic weaponry, campus safety officials say they had not received any complaints during the Urban Games League’s biannual “Humans vs. Zombies” event.The league also said it has received no complaints from the university regarding vandalism, trespassing or students mistaking the group’s harmless “blasters” as deadly weapons.
Check out weekend events on campus and around the city.
The Student Government Association passed a resolution Wednesday that encourages the university to add more security cameras in parking garages. Currently, the lots equipped with security cameras are the Scheumann Stadium parking lots and the lot west of Johnson B Complex.
An immersive learning project is more than just teaching children with autism — it’s helping students learn something about themselves.
Pick your poison Smoking Cigarettes vs. E- cigs
Some students are asking for their voice to be heard while legislators meet with university representatives today to discuss Ball State’s stance on teaching intelligent design. Jesse Sallee, a junior advertising major, said even though students may not know as much about the particulars of course content or academic freedom, they still need a voice in the debate.
When Ball State hired Tyra Perry, she had a luxury most new coaches don’t have — inheriting a team that finished 20 games above .500. Perry was named the eighth head coach in Ball State’s history when she took over for Craig Nicholson.
A recent Ball State graduate was murdered during his morning walk on the west side of Indianapolis on Tuesday morning.
