Ball State to take out line of credit from First Merchants
By Grace McCormick / May 1, 2020Ball State's Board of Trustees approved the university to take out its first line of credit to prepare for financial uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ball State's Board of Trustees approved the university to take out its first line of credit to prepare for financial uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced his plans Tuesday to begin large-scale COVID-19 testing across Indiana. OptumServe Federal Health Services will be opening testing sites across the state in the next seven days.
The president urging schools to reopen before summer, the first completely mail-in primary in Ohio, the Supreme Court holding arguments by telephone, a new opportunity for House Democrats to force former a former White House counsel to testify before Congress and easing restrictions in rural United States make up this week’s five national stories.
Rumors about the North Korean leader’s health, nations seeking to reopen their economies amid the pandemic, the fourth Israeli airstrike in Syria in less than a month, effects of the oil price crash in the Middle East and uncertainty surrounding the Olympic Games make up this week’s five international stories.
At midnight May 8, parking in the Emens Parking structure will no longer be permitted and will be closed permanently in preparation for demolition, according to a campus-wide email from the university's facilities planning and management.
As a byproduct of the stay-at-home order in Indiana, universities, including Ball State, are using less energy due to classes being moved online, said David Chandler Thomas, assistant professor of economics.
Three Ball State students will be studying abroad during the 2020-21 academic year as recipients of Fulbright scholarships, a program sponsored by the U.S. State Department to increase mutual understanding between people in the United States and other countries.
While the Earth’s climate has been changing throughout history, most of the current warming trend has a greater than 95 percent probability to be the result of human activity since the mid-20th century, according to NASA’s Global Climate Change website.
Following Ball State's decision to postpone the spring commencement ceremonies, President Geoffrey Mearns suggested two alternatives for holding the ceremonies based on suggestions received from a campus-wide survey.
New York City’s cemetery keeping up with the death toll from the virus, families suing the helicopter company that killed Kobe Bryant, the president’s tweet on suspending immigration, oil prices going negative and the $450 billion virus aid make up this week’s five national stories.
Canada’s deadliest mass shooting, child sex abuse by religious clerics in Pakistan, protests against Israel’s prime minister, Google and Facebook to pay for news content in Australia and North Korea’s questionable zero virus claim make up this week’s five international stories.
Stores in Texas can soon begin selling merchandise with curbside service, and hospitals can resume nonessential surgeries. In Florida, people are returning to a few beaches and parks. And protesters are clamoring for more.
Protesters gathered along the street outside the state mansion of Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb Saturday in Indianapolis, demanding him to restart the economy, believing he overreached his power in implementing the stay-at-home order in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, Ball State president Geoffrey Mearns updated the university community on its plans for the summer and fall 2020 semesters in an email Friday.
Visitors observing, admiring and reflecting on a piece of art — evoking a sense of satisfaction in the artist — is one of many things that has to be done virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The following is a list of facts about the COVID-19 pandemic based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Drew Shermeta, a social studies teacher at Muncie Central High School (MCHS), said he is impressed the seniors have found time to balance work and school.
Ball State’s Students Government Association (SGA) swore in the executive slate members of the Bold slate Wednesday at their weekly virtual senate meeting via the WebEx online video conference platform.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an executive order Wednesday to allow pharmacy students who have completed their course work to apply for temporary licenses to fight the spread of COVID-19, according to a press release.
Storms in the Southeast, detained immigrants seeking protection during the pandemic, the president’s pick losing the Wisconsin court race, cities and counties that could be left out from the $2.2 trillion stimulus package and the president’s new panel for reopening the economy make up this week’s five national stories.
