Ball State students contribute to bicentennial celebration
By Alexandra Smith / August 23, 2016Indiana turns 200 this year, and Ball State is doing its part in celebrating the anniversary.
Indiana turns 200 this year, and Ball State is doing its part in celebrating the anniversary.
Ball State has opened a center to help prepare construction students for a future in a rapidly expanding field. In April, the university hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Robert G. Hunt Center for Construction Management, a 2,500-square-foot facility designed to replicate the office environment found at major construction management organizations.
As students prepare for the upcoming semester, one age-old question hangs over many heads — is it better to rent or buy textbooks?
The past couple days have brought mixed emotions to campus as students from all over the state and country move into their new homes at Ball State University.
Welcome Week at Ball State has officially commenced, meaning students are moving back to campus. Fall move-in officially began on Aug. 17 and will continue through Aug. 21. [View the story "Ball State Move-In 2016" on Storify]
Fan Jam, an event designed to bring the Delaware County and Ball State communities together to kick off Ball State’s fall athletic season, will take place Aug. 20 from 5-7 p.m. at Scheumann Stadium.
A Ball State teacher woke up this morning with butterflies in her stomach realizing that she is leaving for the United Arab Emirates to pursue a new opportunity.
While there are a lot of great events on campus, Muncie also has a lot to offer open to the public. Here are some events going on during the fall semester:
For incoming students, coming to campus can be an exciting time with expectations of making new friends, trying new things and it being a new, bigger time for partying. However, this time period can also be dangerous. The six-week timeframe in the beginning of the fall semester up to Thanksgiving break is known as the "Red Zone" where college students are at the greatest risk of victimization. Within those few months, college campuses across the country see an increase in sexual assaults for first-year students. .margbox1 { float:right; width:350px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-right:0; margin-left:10px; display: none; } @media screen and (max-width: 800px) { .margbox1 { width:300px; } } @media screen and (max-width: 500px) { .margbox1 { padding:10px; width:94%; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:20px; margin-left:10px; margin-right:0; display: block; } } .table1 { width:100% } .table1,th#t01,td#t01 { border:1px solid #62a69f; border-collapse:collapse } th#t01,td#t01 { padding:9px; text-align:left } .table1#t01 th { background-color:#62a69f; color:#fff } .pp { padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; line-heigth:23px; } BE AWARE OF THE RED ZONE Tips and tools you need to know during the Red Zone: • To keep safe, know the people who you are going out with and going to be around and watch out for one another. • Be sure to understand what a standard drink is. A standard drink is considered to be 12 oz. of beer, 4-5 oz of wine and 1.5 oz of 80 proof liquor. • Recognize the signs of alcohol poisoning and take action. Signs include acting unusually confused, repetitively throwing up, breathing different than normal, skin looks pale or bluish, loss of bodily functions, snoring unusually or loudly, or passed put (meaning you can’t wake the person up to an alert state). • Understand the Indiana Lifeline Law. Indiana's Lifeline Law provides immunity for the crimes of public intoxication, minor possession, minor consumption and minor transport to people who seek medical assistance for a person suffering from an alcohol-related health emergency. • Understand consent. It must be verbal, sober and mutual. • For sexual assault and violence prevention, step in when someone is in trouble. Offer to help, create a diversion and separate the person who’s at risk from the danger even if you may not know the person. • Put in UPD’s number (765-285-1111) in your cellphones. That way, in case of an emergency, your call goes directly to dispatch. • Download the Step In. Speak Up. app. • Trust your “gut” feelings. If you start to feel uncomfortable or unsafe in a situation, listen to your feelings and act on them. Get yourself out of the situation as soon as possible. Call for help. Tips provided by Elizabeth Peeler, health educator of the Office of Health, Alcohol and Drug Education, the Centre County Women's Resource Center and the Indiana Youth Services Association.
A new semester means a new batch of acts, speakers and performers coming to John R. Emens Auditorium and Pruis Hall. Here’s a look at what’s happening this semester.
What started as a group of students supporting former Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders has turned into a group focused on academic integrity. Members of the group Students for Bernie Sanders were told to find a cause that would last longer than the candidate’s run, and became the Progressive Student Alliance over the summer.
After a federal judge’s recent ruling, Ball State University had to make a choice to settle or defend itself at trial in a two-year-old civil rights lawsuit filed by local hip-hop artist Djuane McPhaul, aka Juan Da God. In April 2013, McPhaul was arrested for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and resisting arrest outside a near-campus bar after he prevented officers from administering a field sobriety test to his friend, according to university police.
After 50 years of service as the barber for Ball State University, Benny Benefiel has retired, and now a new crew is taking over the L.A. Pittenger Student Center’s barber shop. Muncie’s Hot Heads Hair Design will be moving in and opening Hot Heads On Campus on August 1.
Next semester, students will have the opportunity to hear from a series of guest lecturers about how to become successful in the music industry. Among the lecturers is Kevin Ray, a Ball State alumnus and bass player for the band Walk the Moon.
Remember those old, bulky TVs that existed before flat-screens? With the new technology available today, they're a thing of the past, and students are wanting to get rid of them.
Scheumann Stadium will attract thousands tonight as drum and bugle corps take stage at 7 p.m. in the DCI Central Indiana show, presented by Woodwind & Brasswind.
One Ball State instructor, a recipient of the 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award, has completely redesigned her classroom and teaching style with hopes of better preparing students for the real world.
A former Ball State University professor of Information and Communication Sciences, Robert Yadon, has been arrested for possession of child pornography — making this the third arrest of a university employee in less than three months for similar charges.
More than 80 percent of graduates from 13 Indiana public and private colleges say their education was worth the cost, according to the results of the first Gallup-Indiana Graduate Satisfaction Survey released by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Two months after the flooding and the worst damage Bracken Library has ever seen, repairs and replacements to all the damages are still underway, and the final tally of damages is just under 13,000 items.
