6 Ways To Optimize Your Wellness Routine This Summer

Summer is the perfect time to spend some time rethinking your wellness routine. The weather’s getting warmer, the days are getting longer, and it’s a season that promotes wellness, relaxation, and adventures outdoors.



How To Transform Your Backyard Into a Summer Fun Sanctuary

The sweet summer season is knocking on our doors, promising long, lazy days and the great outdoors. As we all seek to make the most of this sunny splendor, there’s a long list of parks, public pools, and other outdoor venues everyone tends to flock to when it gets warm.


5 Tools To Help You Achieve Your Summer Fitness Goals

If you’re ready and raring to go when it comes to your fitness goals this summer, we’re all for it. After all, what better time to get moving and grooving than when the sun is shining bright? If you're ready to turn up the heat on your fitness regime, we're here with a handy guide to the top tools that'll help you make this your fittest summer yet. 


Israeli Citizenship for Non-Jews - Exploring the Naturalization Process

Israel was established with the primary objective of providing a safe haven for Jews to freely practice their religion and escape persecution. This commitment is reflected in the Law of Return, which grants Israeli citizenship to all Jews. However, the process of obtaining Israeli citizenship for non-Jews is more intricate.


Bob Ross Festival at LaFollette Green
NEWS

Ball State Public Media receives grant award from Indiana Arts Commission and Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations

Ball State Public Media has been awarded grants from The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) and Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations (IPBS) to support its arts and culture content initiative. The IAC also recognized Ball State Public Media as an Indiana Arts Trust award winner. The grants will enable Ball State Public Media to launch a comprehensive arts and culture initiative. 



Megan Rapinoe of the United States scores the teams first goal from a penalty during the Women International Friendly between Sweden and the U.S. at Friends Arena on April 10, 2021 in Solna, Sweden. (Linnea Rheborg/Getty Images/TNS)
NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: Megan Rapinoe says she'll retire after the NWSL season and her 4th World Cup

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe is ready to retire after an illustrious career in which she won an Olympic gold medal, two World Cups and never shied away from using her platform to spotlight social issues. Rapinoe, 38, announced Saturday her fourth World Cup will be her last and she'll officially retire with the OL Reign at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season.


A Ukrainian soldier walks past a building that was destroyed in the midst of battle with the Russians, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
WORLD NEWS

Associated Press: Zelenskyy hails Ukraine's soldiers from a symbolic Black Sea island to mark 500 days of war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 500th day of the war Saturday by hailing the country's soldiers in a video from a Black Sea island that became the symbol of Ukraine’s resilience in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking from Snake Island, Zelenskyy honored the Ukrainian soldiers who fought for the island and all other defenders of the country, saying that reclaiming control of the island “is a great proof that Ukraine will regain every bit of its territory.”


Illustration by Alex Bracken
BALL BEARINGS

Bedside Burnout

Growing up, Kadee Klafka, registered nurse, always wanted to help others. She always imagined herself in healthcare and always had a curiosity for medicine.



Delta senior Kendra Keesling stands with Delta Track and Field head coach Mackenzie Dye Conley after winning sectionals May 16 at Delta High School. Photo Provided by Mackenzie Dye Conley.
TRACK AND FIELD

From one bird to the next

Kendra Keesling was set on Ball State when she was making a decision when it came to her future education. But after four years of being a cheerleader, volleyball player, and track and field athlete for Delta High School, the senior and soon-to-be nursing major’s athletic career seemed to be coming to its conclusion. “I really had the mindset that I do not want to do sports in college,” Keesling said. “I think I'm just gonna focus on my schooling and figure out who I am as a person outside of athletics.”


Second-year middle blocker Vanis Buckholz gestures after scoring a point in a game against Ohio State in MIVA Tournament Finals April 22 at Worthen Arena. Buckholz scored 8.5 points during the game. Amber Pietz, DN
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Two Cardinals selected for the USA Men’s Collegiate National Team

Vanis Buckholz started playing volleyball during his sophomore and junior year in high school, and only a handful of years later, Buckholz has now been selected to play on the USA Men’s Collegiate National Team. “I tried out my sophomore year in Spring and that was my first time ever playing volleyball and absolutely fell in love with it,” Buckholz said. “My summer going into junior year I started club volleyball at Balboa Bay, then I fully committed to it my junior year in high school.”


Head Coach Lacy Schurr directs her team in a game against Toledo April 7 at First Merchant Ballpark Complex. Schurr is in her third year coaching at Ball State. Brayden Goins, DN
SOFTBALL

Lacy Schurr steps down from Ball State Softball head coach, heading to Pitt

Ball State Softball head coach Lacy Schurr is stepping down from her position and will move into a role with the coaching staff at the University of Pittsburgh, according to Ball State athletics. “We are grateful to Lacy for her contributions to the Ball State program, and we wish her well at Pitt,” said Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell. “Our program is on an upward trajectory, and I’m excited to search for a coach that continues our upward path.”


Best CBD Gummies, Edibles, Oils, Vapes in AskGrowers Review Rating

CBD is a popular over-the-counter remedy for stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia today. It has gained immense popularity after a wave of legalization that allowed consumers to access a broad range of products with promising health benefits. These items offer a legit alternative to expensive and addictive painkillers and antidepressants, offering people with chronic health conditions a viable way out of the pharmacological industry's hooks. Thus, CBD is on the rise, and more and more customers join the niche daily to pick optimal solutions. 



NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: The American flag wasn't always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor. Over the weeks in 1776 needed to complete the project, Ross would have likely knelt on the flag, stood on it and treated it more like an everyday banner — not with the kind of reverence we'd expect today.


Fireworks light the sky above Yorktown as part of the town's 4th of July celebration. DN PHOTO JORDAN HUFFER
LOCAL EVENTS

Where to celebrate Independence Day in Delaware County

As Independence Day approaches there are a variety of locations to celebrate around Muncie and Delaware County. The City of Muncie will have Fireworks on The Levee. It will be on the Muncie Central High School grounds. It is an annual tradition and will also be able to be viewed from the downtown area. It is free to the public. The Canan Commons will have “Our American Character” with America’s Hometown Band. They will be playing the Fourth of July music. It is free and open to all with lawn space available. It will be concluded with fireworks. 


NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,000 trips to the emergency room. Yet fireworks remain at the center of Independence Day, a holiday 247 years in the making. Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the tradition.


Items in a local vending machine for people in need in the Muncie area are priced at five dollars. The vending machine is located at a local Munice firestation. Maggie Getzi, DN
NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

SEATTLE (AP) — Need Plan B? Tap your credit card and enter B6. Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine, one that's become more popular on campuses around the country since the U.S. Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion last year. It's stocked with ibuprofen, pregnancy tests and the morning-after pill.


Fall 2019 Ball State graduates get ready to turn the tassels on their caps Dec. 14, 2019, at John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State's spring 2020 graduation ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns, and those graduates were invited to attend commencement this semester. Jacob Musselman, DN
NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: How the Supreme Court student loan decision affects you

NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people. Of those, 20 million would have had their remaining student debt erased completely. The court's decision means, barring an act of Congress, those Americans are on the hook for payments starting in October.


Protester wears a pride flag in front of House Chamber at the Indiana State House on Feb. 20. Olivia Ground, DN.
NATIONAL NEWS

Associated Press: Court rules for a designer who doesn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples. The court ruled 6-3 for designer Lorie Smith despite a Colorado law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, race, gender and other characteristics. Smith had argued that the law violates her free speech rights.






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