Playing It By Ear

A bass guitar, piano, banjo and mandolin sit together by the fireplace in the living room; upstairs rests an acoustic guitar and cello.



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Controlled Chaos

Nametags and collared shirts are traded for tattoos and tank tops emblazoned with blood-soaked logos of death metal bands. Lunchboxes become amplifiers, tuned to 11. Two everyday individuals become leading members of the down and dirty punk rock band, Kris Karate.


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T-shaped backpack required by theatre and dance department

Gardy Gilbert has a blackboard account and a student I.D., but unlike some of his peers, he also needs a special backpack designed to help spine alignment. Gilbert is a freshman acting option major in Ball State’s Department of Theatre and Dance. All performance majors are required to buy a BackTpack, a T-shaped backpack that features two saddle style bags on either side.





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Growing community with Grace

On a gloomy, January afternoon in the president’s office at Ball State University, first lady Grace Ferguson sat glancing at a table covered in framed family photos of herself, her husband, Ball State President Paul Ferguson, and their three children.


Junior nursing major Samantha Schwartz is motivated by her 4-year-old son, Carson, and her success in school.
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Student parents struggle to find balance

As soon as the pregnancy test turned positive, Alexis Major started crying and panicking. “The first person I wanted to call was my mom. I was crying hysterically and I thought my life was over,” she said. “I was like, I want to finish school.”


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Paintings on the Walls

For as long as he has been able to hold a pencil, junior visual communications major Eric Jones said he has been drawing.





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