Ball State sexual assault numbers double even with under reporting
By Kara Berg / April 6, 2015If a person commits sexual assault on Ball State’s campus, they are not likely to ever sit behind bars.
If a person commits sexual assault on Ball State’s campus, they are not likely to ever sit behind bars.
Regarding "Letter to the Editor: State should place sexual orientation protection under civil rights law" (4/2/15) To the Ball State University Democrats :
The Ball State men's volleyball team dropped its fifth straight match Saturday, falling to IPFW in a three-set sweep. Senior Shane Witmer and junior Marcin Niemczewski returned to the court for Ball State, combining for 15 of the Cardinals' 27 kills on the match. With the loss, the Cardinals fall to 12-14 on the season - 5-9 in conference - and have dropped from the national rankings. After its victory against Princeton on March 18, Ball State sat in fifth place in the MIVA with a 12-9 record. Since, the Cardinals have been swept four times and have only managed to win two of 17 sets.
Monte Hitchcock visited what’s now called Kirk’s Bike Shop for the first time as a 9-year-old. Kirk’s has been around since 1865, the same year Muncie was founded. It’s changed names, locations and owners, but Muncie residents like Hitchcock have always been able to enjoy it.
Walking into the Ball State University bookstore, nothing seems out of place. Popular reads on the right, a slew of red and black gear on the left and office supplies in the back. Recently, however, the university added a new addition: Star Wars apparel.
The Sexual Threats and Oppression Prevention (STOP) team is sponsoring a week of events for sexual assault awareness. During one of the events, called "The Talk Show," students will be able to better learn the components of consensual sex, as well as what counts as sexual assault and the effects of it.
So when Trey Moses, the Eagles’ senior basketball star, asked Ellie Meredith, a freshman with down syndrome, to prom, it may have surprised some. But the two “best friends” spend time together every day.
No one can stand still at a Wednesday evening Zumba class in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. That’s not uncommon for an exercise class based on dance movements, but there is something different about the course—the gender of the instructor.
Ball State students are creating a new energy plan designed to save the school energy and money while running the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchard Greenhouse on campus.
The university will tear up and redo Riverside Avenue this summer as they install new geothermal piping.
The Ball State softball team rallied in game one, and run-ruled Buffalo in game two of Saturday's doubleheader to earn the sweep and improve to 16-18 on the season.
April is sexual assault awareness month, and Ball State is sponsoring its own week to promote awareness on sexual assault from April 3 to April 10.
Giuliana Rancic addresses criticism, France continues efforts to rid the fashion world of anorexic models
The Ball State softball team suffered its second consecutive loss on Friday, as Kent State earned a 7-3 win at the Softball Field at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
We talk "Deadpool" getting an R rating, Super Smash Bros taking character suggestions, and Binding of Isaac coming to the Wii U and 3DS.
Trey Moses is as genuine as they come. Before asking Ellie Meredith to prom, the Eastern High School basketball star Trey Moses asked her parents for permission.
Elizabeth Bolinger sat on one side of the long and narrow Student Center meeting room. She faced a row of different hair colors: red, blue, blue, purple and blue. Bowling’s hair, long and carefully curled, was an unmistakable natural brown.
Jason Puhr and Mackenzie Klahr
Viewers approaching Eric Lawler’s exhibit Thursday at Muncie Makes Lab could have been easily overwhelmed by his display of rich colors filling geometric shapes and broken patterns.
