Tobacco ban's to have limited affect on local areas
By Sam Hoyt / May 23, 2013Residents and businesses in the Village don’t think any serious trouble will result from a higher smoking population caused by the tobacco ban starting this fall.
Residents and businesses in the Village don’t think any serious trouble will result from a higher smoking population caused by the tobacco ban starting this fall.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a formal complaint against Ball State professor Eric Hedin’s teaching of “Boundaries of Science,” an Honors College course.
Phil Repp, Ball State’s vice president of information technologies, has been nominated for a national technology award for his focus on students.
The program is designed for international students at Ball State to practice their English, learn about American culture, interact with domestic students and make friends.
The coffee shop will host folk musicians from noon until night on Monday.
The 67th annual Chamber Music Festival, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Hall, will feature university faculty and students playing classic music.
A Ball State class was eager to see tornadoes last week in Texas, but hearing of the tragedies that resulted made it a “bittersweet” experience.
Ball State's Elemental Self Defense program, created by students, will be expanding to other universities next year, including Antioch College in Ohio and Florida State.
Ball State’s Alive Campaign partnered with Meridian Health Services to train local University Police Department officers.
Recipients of the 21st Century Scholars and Frank O’Bannon scholarships will need to complete certain credit hours to get full amount of their scholarships.
An increase in state funding for Ball State will make it easier for the university to keep tuition increases under 2 percent for the next two years
Ball State President Jo Ann Gora ranks fifth in a new list of the country's highest paid public college leaders.
Ball State’s stalemated geothermal project has been approved to receive $30 million despite generally dwindling state funding for higher education.
The Board of Trustees approved a new policy on May 3 that will ban smoking and smokeless tobacco except in cars with windows up or during tailgating events.
A Ball State student took the chance of being expelled when he or she posted on Facebook for someone to write a reaction paper. Saying the best bid would win, 12 students commented on the post.
As last semester came to a close, double major Julia Carrell* had more than finals on her mind. She moved out of her near-campus home, moved her clothes from the closet to the trunk of her car and packed her backpack with bathroom toiletries. This would be the first semester she lived as a homeless college student.
After the events that took place at the Boston Marathon on April 15, a group of Ball State students took it upon themselves to help by showing their support for those affected.
Colored powder blew everywhere on Friday as participants in the Holi festival celebrated the arrival of spring outside of Noyer Complex.
Ball State’s normally drab and car-spotted C-1 commuter lot transformed into an island of revolving lights for Late Nite Carnival on Friday.
