When three masked gunmen shot and killed 12 people at a Paris newspaper, a graduate student from France said they took away the freedom of press French people have. The French motto is “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” and Laura Valandro, the graduate student, said the gunmen targeted the freedom of French people to be able to publish what they want.
The Student Government Association's executive slate is looking forward to accomplishing as many of their platform points as they can this semester. Some of those points are set to be accomplished this week. The goal to start an on campus food pantry for students has become a reality as of Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday the Cardinal Kitchen, Ball State’s new student-oriented food pantry, opened at the Multicultural Center on campus.
President Paul Ferguson is expected to give his initial vision and long-term strategy for the university in a February speech to faculty and staff.
Since President Jo Ann Gora's retirement over the summer, a number of high-level Ball State University officials have come and gone; here is a round-up of the changing faces in Ball State’s administrative structure under President Paul W.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a man who may have information about a homemade explosive that someone set off near the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP. The blast happened Tuesday outside a barber shop that's next door to the group's office, which is about an hour south of Denver.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered U.S. assistance to pursue the terrorists responsible for a "horrific shooting" at a satirical weekly newspaper that left 12 people dead.
A Ball State class is taking over a project to highlight the Civil Rights movement in Muncie after the initiative’s funding failed and its founder died.
With the low temperatures and snowy weather, students are resorting to taking the shuttles instead of walking.
Two uniformed officers walk through Woodworth’s Dining Hall toward a small group of students but instead of pulling out their handcuffs or Tasers, one of the officers pulls out his debit card, ready to pay for lunch.
This time last year, classes were canceled for the first two days of the semester due to a windchill of negative 28 degrees. A year later, the National Weather Service is predicting similar temperatures. The NWS issued a wind chill advisory for Delaware County, until 10 a.m. Jan. 7, and a warning until 10 a.m. Jan. 8, when windchill is predicted to reach 25-30 below zero.
BOSTON (AP) — Some of the prospective jurors who could decide Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s fate got their first look Monday at the young man accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, and they seemed transfixed by the sight of the shaggy-haired 21-year-old. Tsarnaev, for his part, rose to his feet and nodded, slightly and awkwardly, as he was introduced to the first group of about 200 citizens. So began what could be weeks of jury selection in the nation’s most closely watched terror trial since the Oklahoma City bombing two decades ago.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence reappointed two Ball State trustees for an additional 4-year term.
If a proposed bill by Indiana Governor Mike Pence becomes law, one Ball State student said life for Indiana families may become difficult.
Ball State’s new police chief steps into his job after he spent last semester implementing a change in the style of policing at the university.
While students were away for break, Muncie continued on. See what impact students' departure had on local businesses, how the Ball State sports teams did over winter break, and what bars are closing their doors.
Local businesses take hard hits to their revenue when students leave for Winter Break, some losing as much as two-thirds of their income.
The two top marketing and communications officer on campus have resigned. Tom Taylor, vice president of enrollment, marketing and communications, came to Ball State in 2005 to fill the then-newly created position.
Next year's room and board rates for incoming freshmen are set to increase, according to plans approved by the Ball State University board of trustees Friday.
