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Members of the Muncie Fire Department stand in front of a burned building Feb. 16 at the Colonial Creek Apartments on Morrison Road. Rylan Capper, DN

Keeping the Flames Down

October is Fire Prevention Month, sparking events and campaigns across the nation to aid those in need with the goal of shrinking these averages. 


Head Coach Adrian Wheatly coaches one of the cross country runners Oct. 30, 2021 at the MAC Championship in Ypsilanti, Mich. Ball State Athletics, Photo Provided

Ball State cross country is preparing for yet another road meet, this time the Mid-American Conference Championships

“[When] we’re looking at scheduling and things of that nature, you are competing against other, more established meets that are on the schedule,” Wheatley said. “Our sport is a little different from other sports, again, it’s you’re at the mercy of what’s going on that weekend, and we have come up against a couple weekends where there are some established meets that attract other teams.”


Go out and vote in the upcoming midterm

You may not feel all that powerful, coloring in a circle next to the name of your preferred candidate, while in the voting booth. But in that voting booth, you are powerful. You and all the millions of Americans voting alongside you are powerful. 



Sen. Dylan Teubert presents for the College Republicans in the Oct. 26, 2022, Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) meeting in L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The College Republicans were voted in to be an SGA-approved organization 28-2 with one abstention. Elijah Poe, DN

The Ball State Student Government votes in College Democrats and Republicans

Oct. 26, the Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) not only voted in organizations, but they did so dressed in their Halloween costumes. The most significant topic of the day came from the voting in for the College Republicans and the College Democrats at Ball State University. The votes made the organizations SGA-protected. 


Shoot some hoops on our Basketball Court!

SCOTT: The Potential of Ben Simmons

Now do not get me wrong, I am not stupid; I am well aware of the fact that Ben Simmons is a below-average three-point shooter with a three-point percentage of 14.7 percent. I am also well aware that the majority of Ben Simmons’ career points are from the restricted area/paint where he is effective 61.9 percent of the time.



Harvard Law comes to Harvard of Muncie

Perfect for the setting of a college campus, the musical is also described to take viewers from “the sorority house to the halls of justice with Broadway’s brightest new heroine,” being Elle Woods. 



Cloudy with showers

Weather Forecaster Olivia Smithers tracks stormy weather through the week.


Alex Bracken, DN Photo Illustration; Dayna thompson, Photo Provided; NASA, Photo Courtesy

'In a Galaxy Far, Far Away'

The 3rd annual Astronomy Slam takes place Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Presentation’s for this year’s Astronomy Slam include a tour of the night sky, the scale of the universe, the life cycle of stars and searching for another earth.


Rain on the way

Weather Forecaster Oliver Moster is expecting precipitation and a cool down for the rest of the week. 


Creating change from a dorm room

“Making the presentation was nice to do because I was learning with it as well. It was nice because it doesn’t have anything to do with my major and I'm learning from this just as much as other people” commented Bailey. 


Whitely Community Council hosts food pantry

“We have people that come here on bicycles, they walk, they push their little carts because in today’s economy, people need to eat - we need food - and it’s kind of hard out there right now,” Ana McCallum said.