Tips for standby flying

In the past, standby flights were a cheap option for flyers who did not book a ticket in advance and hoped to get an inexpensive flight. Now, customers who have a ticket are given the option to stand by for an earlier flight on the day of their departure.



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A Spring Break trip with one tank of gas

Road trips aren't about piling into dad's oak-paneled station wagon, strapping a kayak to the roof and rolling Griswald-style across America anymore. As a college student, limitations can be a hitch, but a road trip on one tank of gas can be the ticket to an unconventional, inexpensive get-away. 


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OUR VIEW: Almost there

It's three days until Spring Break — and Provost Terry King won't let us forget it.



NEWS

1 killed, 4 wounded in school shooting in Ohio

CHARDON, Ohio — A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, wounding five students, one of whom later died, authorities said. A suspect — believed to be a student — was arrested a short distance away.


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Romney, Santorum snipe on eve of Michigan primary

  LIVONIA, Mich. — On the eve of a Michigan showdown, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped insults Monday in a struggle for the Republican presidential nomination growing so long and heated that party officials fretted openly it could harm prospects for winning the White House this fall.


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Annual Self Injury and Suicide Awareness Week events begin today

After a Ball State student committed suicide in December, Student Government Association member Alyssa France and Mark Mossner of the Alive Campaign said they knew that they wanted to make this year's Self-Injury and Suicide Awareness Week bigger than last year.  



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OUR VIEW: SGA slate has Velocity needed for position

Student Government Association executive slates Alliance and Velocity have some common goals — both want to utilize social media and continue some of Catalyst's platform points — but one slate seems to have a stronger plan to better student life.



SPORTS

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Owens named conference Player of Week

After recording 13 blocks and helping limit Mount Olive to a .078 attack percentage and Park to a .000 attack percentage in two matches last weekend, sophomore middle attacker Kevin Owens was named the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.


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Long haul to nomination if Romney loses Michigan

LANSING, Michigan — The stakes are high for Mitt Romney in Tuesday's Michigan primary where a loss in his home state would badly tarnish his image as the inevitable Republican presidential candidate and commit him to a long march to the nomination that could work to President Barack Obama's advantage.





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