GRAPHIC: 2014 FIFA World Cup basics
By Ross May / June 13, 2014Despite the protests and controversy surrounding this year’s World Cup in Brazil, the tournament started Thursday.
Despite the protests and controversy surrounding this year’s World Cup in Brazil, the tournament started Thursday.
The Ball State police officer arrested Wednesday has offered his resignation.
American fans decked out in red, white and blue watched their team’s lone public training session in Brazil, cheering and seeking autographs.Jurgen Klinsmann maintains they shouldn’t expect the U.S. to lift soccer’s top trophy for the first time July 13, even if that stance upsets some.
WASHINGTON — Repudiated at the polls, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake-up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.
The jaws aren’t dropping at E3.Traditionally, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is the place where video game publishers reveal their biggest and boldest creations.
Two Ball State students and one alumna will compete for the title of Miss Indiana. Students Chloe Anagnos and Megan Thwaites will compete with alumna Courtney Jurick.
Ball State pitcher Zach Plesac continues to be honored for his first collegiate season. On Monday, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Plesac to its Freshman All-America First Team.
Check out events in and around campus for the weekend of June 12 through June 15.
The university took home eight regional Emmy Awards on Saturday night. Projects from the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and Ball State Sports Link took home a few Emmys as well as others from the university.
A Ball State study found 95 percent of university presidents oppose concealed handguns on campus with 91 percent citing accidental shootings of students as the primary concern for their opposition.
Forgetting a charger at home is one less thing to worry about.
As professors begin updating their course calendars and syllabuses, faculty and students at a few universities are adding trigger warnings to protect victims of violence and abuse from being forced to relive the experience in the classroom.The Associated Student Senate at the University of California Santa Barbara recently issued a resolution to mandate warning students when a class will include topics like rape, sexual assault, suicide and graphic violence.Trigger warnings are given to prevent victims of past trauma from being exposed to material that may bring up memories of the experience.
TROUTDALE, Ore. — A gunman shot and killed a student today at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, shortly after classes started. The gunman was found dead as police arrived, authorities said.
Unless someone previously knew Zach Plesac, they probably wouldn’t guess he had just finished his freshman season on the Ball State baseball team.
For the first time since 2011, the Ball State baseball team had a player selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.
TRENTON, N.J. ? Tracy Morgan was recovering Sunday, but was expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after having surgery on a broken leg suffered in a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left two others critically injured and another man dead.The 45-year-old actor and comedian, a former “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” cast member, remained in critical condition but was “more responsive” Sunday after having surgery for a broken leg, said Morgan’s spokesman, Lewis Kay.Kay said that Morgan also sustained a broken femur, broken nose and several broken ribs and is expected to remain hospitalized for “several weeks.” He said that Morgan’s family is “tremendously overwhelmed and appreciative of the outpouring of love and support from his fans.”A Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto.
The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will host Festival on the Green 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Donations swell for Seattle campus shooting hero; 2 officers, 3 others dead in Las Vegas shooting; Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt’s president; Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors; Insanity defense a longshot for Purdue suspect
For her decade of service, Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored President Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award.“I can’t think of anybody more deserving,” Tyler said.The outgoing Ball State president received a plaque for the highest award the mayor can give a citizen in a small ceremony Friday morning in City Hall.Gora was honored for “her caring of the citizens of Muncie ... her wisdom and council and her unselfish leadership to her community,” according to the inscription on the plaque.Tyler said the plans to give Gora the award began not too long ago.“I just started thinking about it a [few] weeks ago,” Tyler said.
Many medics, injured “victims” and ambulances came to campus Saturday for an emergency drill, but one element wasn’t on hand — preparation for the type of “active shooter” events that have devastated college campuses.
