INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against gay people. Indiana is the first state to enact such a change this year among about a dozen where such proposals have been introduced.
When the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership was founded in 2001, Cheryl Crowder said it was the committee’s goal to showcase the vacant spaces available downtown and to give downtown a better image.
Chris Taylor sent a letter on Monday to President Paul Ferguson and other administrators to address some of the concerns many in the student body have in the John R.
Ball State President Paul Ferguson talked diversity and social media with more than 150 people at a student forum today.
Critics of Chloe Anagnos say that now the story is no longer about her, but a bigger conversation about race at Ball State.
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A letter sent by student leaders to President Paul Ferguson was the catalyst for a campus-wide email sent Wednesday, addressing the selection of this year’s Johns R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award winner. The letter’s author, Student Government Association Chief of Staff Chris Taylor, along with SGA President Nick Wilkey, met Tuesday afternoon with Dean of Students Kay Bales and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Gibson to discuss the letter, which was also sent to Bales and Director of Student Life Jennifer Jones-Hall. The letter highlighted the concerns and complaints of many students.
As the first match of the intermural volleyball Championship finished up, Austin Acel, the future secretary of the Student Government Association stepped over towards his fraternity brothers and fans, encouraging them to be louder.
Retard. That’s what Ball State’s chapter of Best Buddies is trying to cover up. The display has a white a sheet with with “RETARD” painted across it.
President Ferguson is set to speak at an open forum during the Student Government Association meeting on Wednesday.
Before President Paul Ferguson’s State of the University Address, in which he spoke of Ball State as an “entrepreneurial” university, the Indiana state government had already been recognizing the university with an item of funding called “entrepreneurial college.” In 2007, the Statehouse gave Ball State the extra allocation directed to “entrepreneurial college,” for $1 million.
Charges have not been filed in the investigation of five male Village Promenade residents who overdosed on cocaine last Friday, Muncie Police Department detective said.
Over the years, Ball State has had many prominent people come speak at Spring commencement. It was recently announced that John Schnatter, or “Papa John,” as so many know him, will be the speaker for the Spring 2015 commencement.
At 10:55 a.m. March 16, students received an email from the university announcing senior journalism and telecommunications major Chloe Anagnos as the winner of the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award.
The Women and Gender Studies department will host events throughout campus as part of Women's Week 2015. The theme is titled "Sister, Cis-ter!," a spin-off of the 90s television series to unify women and call for diversity.
In about four months, Muncie police officers will add body cameras to their arsenal. Taser International, based in Arizona, will supply 90 body cameras to outfit the Muncie Police Department at a total cost of $385,392.96. The Muncie Redevelopment Commission is paying for this contract. Muncie police will seek grants to offset some of the cost.
Closed signs hang in the windows of what used to be Dill Street and The Locker Room bars. Students are seeing The Village drastically transform over the course of just a few years.
Forecasters from NewsLink Indiana and WCRD discuss ways to be prepared during Indiana's severe weather preparedness week.
Job opportunities are there for those facing unemployment in Muncie, but job retention becomes the issue at hand.
