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Ball State’s athletic department will offer Ball State University Dance Marathon $10,000 if they can get 10,000 students to next home game Nov. 6.

Ball State Dance Marathon mobilizes to bring 10,000 students to next week’s game

By Staff Reports / October 30, 2013

With a week to go, Ball State Dance Marathon has mobilized social media fliers and more to get 10,000 students to the football game against Central Michigan University. The athletic department will give the group $10,000 if they can get 10,000 students to the Wednesday game. Zach Brown, BSUDM director of media relations, said he still thinks the group will achieve its goal. “It’s definitely surfacing,” he said.

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Muncie moves trick-or-treating to Friday

By Staff Reports / October 29, 2013

Trick-or-treating in Muncie will be pushed back to Friday due to possible hazardous weather Thursday. Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler and Steve Stewart, Muncie police chief, announced this afternoon that trick-or-treaters can go hunting for candy from 5-8 p.m.

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Indiana University joins gay marriage ban fight

By The Associated Press / October 29, 2013

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has joined a bipartisan campaign fighting a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages. The university announced Monday it was joining Freedom Indiana, a coalition that includes Eli Lilly & Co., Cummins Inc. and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. IU President Michael McRobbie says the amendment would turn some prospective employees away from Indiana and increase the state’s challenges remaining economically competitive. The General Assembly approved the proposed ban in 2011, but the current Legislature would need to approve it again before it would go to voters in a statewide referendum.

Jerry Sandusky, the man who was convicted of 45 criminal counts of sexual abuse, leaves a hearing earlier in the year. Penn State will pay out settlements to 26 young men that will total $59.7 million. MCT PHOTO
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Penn State: 26 people get $59.7M over Sandusky

By The Associated Press / October 29, 2013

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State said Monday it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a man once revered as a university icon who is now serving what is effectively a life prison sentence.

Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora talks to the media about her resignation on Oct. 28 at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center music lounge. Gora's replacement will likely be handled by a private search within the next eight months. DN PHOTO COREY OHELNKAMP
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Gora speaks about retirement, future

By Emma Kate Fittes / October 28, 2013

The search for the next Ball State president is in its infant stages but it will most likely be a closed one, President of the Board of Trustees Hollis Hughes said. Hughes said the board hasn’t had much time to begin preparing for the search and will likely know more at their monthly meeting in December. Gora said she was a part of a closed search when she was hired by Ball State in 2004 and it allows the best pool of candidates.

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora waves to the crowd during the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 12. Gora announced in an email she will retire in June, 2014. DN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY
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Plan to replace President Gora unclear

By Sam Hoyt / October 28, 2013

The process for finding a new university president is still unknown. The Board of Trustees has not announced its plans for hiring a president following the announcement of Jo Ann Gora’s retirement in June 2014.

Cardinal United's presidential candidate Zeyne Guzeldereli, vice presidential candidate Alexa Gates, secretary candidate Fayeann Hurley and treasurer candidate Brandon Pope present their platform points to senators. Two members of the slate's campaign staff are accused of running an anonymous Twitter account that cyber bullied a senator.
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Ball State Information Security Operations teaches students importance of cyber security

October 28, 2013

National Cyber Security Awareness Month is mobilizing information technology experts across the country, but cyber safety is ultimately the responsibility of anybody who touches a keyboard. Deb Howell, assistant director of Ball State information security operations, said students and others need to avoid phishing scams and other common hacking efforts and not depend on others to protect them. “Someone always assumes that someone else is taking care of it,” she said. Hacking victims have included Twitter and some of the country’s other best-known social network companies, as well as units of government including the state courts office in Washington state last fall. In that Washington court case, as many as a million driver’s license numbers and 160,000 Social Security numbers were exposed, according to The Associated Press. “Our country will, for example, at some point, face a major cyber event that will have a serious effect on our lives, our economy and the everyday functioning of our society,” Janet Napolitano, former secretary of Homeland Security, said in August. National Cyber Security Awareness Month is intended to alert computer users to the threat of online attacks and provide advice on how to avoid them. At Ball State, the university reached out to students at Late Nite on Saturday.

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora was among the crowd at the Festival on the Green on June 08. Gora, one of the university
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A look at President Gora's legacy

By Steven Williams and Emma Kate Fittes / October 28, 2013

Jo Ann Gora’s first days as Ball State president in 2004 weren’t without challenges. The search committee that hired Gora faced complaints from faculty and students about the methods of the search, including the decision not to release any names of the finalists during the process — a first for the university. Jayson Manship, Student Government Association president at the time, criticized student representation on the search committee in a statement during the search.

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora was among the crowd at the Festival on the Green on June 08. Gora, one of the university
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Ball State President Gora's top projects, awards

By Emma Kate Fittes / October 27, 2013

Since becoming president of Ball State in May 2004, Jo Ann Gora has won multiple awards and has been involved in five large projects, including two strategic plans and two capital campaigns. According to the university, during her 10 years as president, campus has seen $520 million of construction and renovations, some of which are ongoing. PROJECTS Education Redefined Strategic Plan In 2007 Gora launched the first strategic plan, Education Redefined.

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