Alive Campaign hopes to raise same amount of funds as last year
By Taylor Weddle / April 11, 2015The Alive Campaign will work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to host their annual Out of the Darkness Walk April 12.
The Alive Campaign will work with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to host their annual Out of the Darkness Walk April 12.
The marketing fraternity is starting a tradition by hosting its first wing eating contest this weekend.
For the third year in a row, students from Ball State’s International Justice Mission and organizations around campus are standing at the Scramble Light to raise awareness for human trafficking. This year, they’re standing for 24 hours to represent each day a person spends in slavery, from 12 p.m.
Islamic Awareness Week concluded with a panel of Muslims answering questions and discussing their culture with students.
The "Muslims for Life" blood drive was cancelled by the Indiana Blood Center for the second semester in a row.
A new athletics tradition for students will begin in the Fall 2015 semester. The current Student Government Association executive slate had a platform point to create a Ball State “B” on the football field.
To the future vice president of Student Government Association, Gandhi is more than a figure in a history textbook. Her grandfather worked for him, promoting his regime in Southern India.
After a member of Greek life was diagnosed with breast cancer, Ball State’s Panhellenic Council decided to step up and do what they could to help.
Starting in August 2014, Ball State implemented an online education program for all incoming freshmen and transfer students called Think About It. Of the incoming freshmen in 2014, 86.7 percent completed the program, which Tom Gibson, associate vice president for student affairs, said was a good completion rate. In order to encourage students to finish the course, students receive weekly emails reminding them to take it.
Although Ball State has the highest percentage of students taking 15 or more credit hours per semester in Indiana, the four-year graduation rate is still lower than Indiana University and Purdue University’s, according to the College Board. In fall 2014, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education sponsored Fifteen to Finish Indiana, encouraging students to take at least 15 credits per semester in order to graduate on time.
For eleven years the Students Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) along with students from the biology and chemistry departments have a hosted a Science Day.
Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a four-part series on campus sexual assault for Ball State’s sexual assault awareness week. Hearing about a friend’s sexual assault is never an easy situation to be in.
Ball State announced Monday it would host three forums this month on the income tax fraud, identity theft and the Anthem data breach. The forums will host representatives from the Indiana Attorney General's Office and Anthem Inc. as well as an FBI computer science expert.
The amendment to Muncie’s human rights statutes in the city ordinance that passed at the monthly City Council meeting on the night of April 6 will go into effect April 7, something Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said is “unprecedented.”
Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson’s plan for starting construction of another new residence hall will happen—it’s just a matter of whether it lies within his “18 by ‘18” frame, said Alan Hargrave, director of housing and residence life.
Students will have the opportunity to try on and keep hijabs regardless of their religion, during the university’s Islam Awareness Week.
Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a four-part series on campus sexual assault for Ball State’s sexual assault awareness week.
If a person commits sexual assault on Ball State’s campus, they are not likely to ever sit behind bars.
Walking into the Ball State University bookstore, nothing seems out of place. Popular reads on the right, a slew of red and black gear on the left and office supplies in the back. Recently, however, the university added a new addition: Star Wars apparel.
The Sexual Threats and Oppression Prevention (STOP) team is sponsoring a week of events for sexual assault awareness. During one of the events, called "The Talk Show," students will be able to better learn the components of consensual sex, as well as what counts as sexual assault and the effects of it.
