The doctor will see you now

Cold and flu season is in full swing, but few Ball State University students take advantage of free flu shots and student health insurance plans, said Kent Bullis, director and physician for the Amelia T. Wood Student Health Center. Although students make their way into the Health Center for treatment, they don't take advantage of flu shots as much as they should, Bullis said.



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Classes fill needed credits

Courses worth one to two credit hours are ideal for the students who need only a few credits to graduate or to fill their schedule, but they might not be as easy as students think, Tony Mahon, associate chair of the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science, said.


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Academic fraternity receives awards

The academic Gamma Iota Sigma fraternity was awarded with three awards at the Gamma Iota Sigma International Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. during Winter Break. Gamma Iota Sigma Advisor Dana Kerr said the university had won the Chapter Management Award, Membership Development and Public Relations Award.


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New job is hectic for former employee

In his first two days as the athletics director at Lambuth University, Ken Brown said he was extremely busy looking for a new football coach. Brown said he talked to Ball State University football coach Brady Hoke about possible candidates, including some from the Cardinals' staff.


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OUR VIEW: Hold on

The Ball State University Athletic Department is losing employees right and left - and something needs to be done about it. The department doesn't seem to be a popular place, and the university hasn't seen a department lose so many employees in such a short amount of time since the admissions department lost eight people in Fall 2006.



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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Cardinals ready for MAC play

After finishing the non-conference season 4-9, the Ball State University women's basketball team is almost an exact opposite of its 9-2 record at this time last year. Assistant head coach and acting head coach Lisa McDonald said the answer to the team's start has shown in practice.


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SOCCER: BSU coach to leave for Cincinnati

Soccer coach Michelle Salmon will leave Ball State University to become the women's soccer coach at the University of Cincinnati, sources close to both teams confirmed Tuesday. Assistant coach Abby Richter will be the interim head coach until a decision is made about Salmon's replacement, Lindsay Martin, a senior on Ball State's team last season, said.


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Floods kill 3 in state, miss Muncie

Muncie residents can expect sunnier weather today after other parts of Indiana had heavy rainfalls and deadly floods, according to the National Weather Service. The rain Muncie experienced Tuesday left the city far dryer than other parts of the state, as the total was recorded at .



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Judge change granted for contest case

Delaware Circuit Court 5 Judge Wayne Lennington said he granted Republican Party Attorney David Brooks' request for a change of judge to preside over the petition for election contest case. Lennington selected a panel of three judges, from which each attorney can remove one, he said.


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Birthing clinic continues stork search

For two months a wooden bird's leg out front of a Muncie birthing clinic has been without the rest of its body. Barb Bechtel, certified nurse and midwife for Expectations Women's Health & Birthing Center, said the center is thinking about reaching out to Ball State University for help.


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North Hall's design shows similarities to Park

The vacant lots north of Studebaker Complex where houses once stood is about to be occupied by construction equipment once Ball State University breaks ground for its next residence hall this summer. Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities planning and management, said preliminary designs for North Hall are about 75 percent complete.



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Fraternity receives review

Members of the Ball State University chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity underwent a national fraternity membership review on Saturday. Cara Luyster, assistant director of student life, said the review was deemed necessary by the national fraternity after two of the chapter's members, Dustin Koch and James Finn, were arrested after being found in possession of stolen property.


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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Stovall named MAC Player of the Week

Ball State University guard Peyton Stovall was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Monday. Stovall earned the honor after scoring a career-high 37 points in the Cardinals' first win of the season against IPFW on Dec. 31, along with nine rebounds and a career-high five steals.


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Compliance director to leave Ball State

Another member of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is leaving Ball State University. Kyle Brennan, the director of athletics compliance and eligibility, is leaving Ball State for the University of Utah. "Kyle's done some good things," Collins said.


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Ball State plans another test for text alert system

Following the Fall Semester, the emergency text alert system has about 5,000 members signed up for the service, Director of University Communications Kevin Burke said. At the text alert system's last testing, about 4,000 messages were sent in 17 minutes. Another test is planned, Burke said, but it is not yet scheduled.


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Estate gift to fund MCOB scholarships

Miller College of Business plans to use a $1 million gift to attract more freshmen. Rod Davis, interim dean of MCOB, said the Michael L. and Jacqueline J. Johnston Family Scholarship Fund donated the money to the college last fall. The money will be invested with a five percent return, Davis said, and the $50,000 MCOB receives from it next year will go toward scholarships for incoming freshmen.


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Atrium gets $10,000 makeover

The Atrium has a new look for Spring Semester as it changed one food eatery, moved another and updated a third during Winter Break. Ball State University students and faculty who eat at the food court will see Asian Creations changed to Atrium Creations. Where Asian Creations once had a build-your-own meal area, Caliente Mexican Cuisine, an eatery that once was a vending booth near the Ball State Bookstore, now resides.


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Around the MAC

Akron Two Akron football players will play in senior all-star games during the next two weeks. Wide receiver Jabari Arthur was selected to play in the Hula Bowl Saturday in Hawaii and defensive lineman Nate Robinson will play in the East West Shrine Game Jan.




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