A number of panelists met in Room 175 of the Art and Journalism Building on Thursday to discuss the repercussions of the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The event, “Afghanistan: Status and Future,” was led by Larry Gerstein, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Ball State University Provost Susana Rivera-Mills stood at the foot of Beneficence Thursday, Sep. 10 and welcomed a small crowd to a memorial ceremony for the 20th anniversary on 9/11.
Ball State has a new club, courtesy of the Multicultural Center. The Multicultural Center Book Club held its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 8 in the center’s multipurpose room. While attendance was low, attendees and organizers were excited for the group’s potential.
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation's economic recovery.
It was Maria Fitch’s 3rd birthday. Jason Newman, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Muncie, was a preschool teacher in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood at the time. Before the school year started, he paid visits to his students and their families. For Fitch, her visit coincidentally fell on her 3rd birthday — Sept. 11, 2001.
Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) introduced a new amendment at its Sept. 8 meeting, which proposes to send one executive slate member to all Interfraternity Council (IFC), National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) and Panhellenic Association (PHA) meetings.
When she was just 13 years old, Bibi Bahrami saw her home become a place too dangerous to live. Her friends and family had to evacuate the Behsood district of eastern Afghanistan to live as refugees in Pakistan after the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Bahrami witnessed death and devastation, as she lost a brother, three cousins and her grandfather.
Since its creation in 1977, the Ironman Triathlon has made itself known as one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world, and, this year, it’s making its way to Muncie.
Bracken Library evacuated its building at approximately 5 p.m. Sept. 5 with water seen outside the main doors. The university tweeted Monday that Bracken will remain closed Sept. 7 due to an ongoing issue with a main water line.
Ball State's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies will host a free panel discussion about the current Afghanistan crisis Sept. 9 in the Art and Journalism Building.
Following a Sept. 1 executive order from Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, Muncie Community Schools (MCS) has updated its quarantine guidelines for students designated close contacts in the classroom of those who have tested positive for COVID-19.
For senior anthropology major Kiera McWhinney, figuring out what profession she wanted to work in took almost four years of college, a new job within her minor and finding the right mix of anthropology and design.
When Maddy Hamp, Ball State exercise science graduate student, first heard about COVID-19, she said, even walking outside during the early days of the pandemic scared her.
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Ball State's Student Government Association (SGA) conducted its first meeting of the semester and voted multiple new students into the senate.
Prompted in part by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use Aug. 23, Ball State is opening pop-up vaccine locations during the month of September that will offer all three types of available COVID-19 vaccines.
A Taliban guard at Kabul’s airport said the last U.S. planes have flown out of Afghanistan and celebratory gunfire erupted across the Afghan capital, marking the symbolic end of 20 years of war. In Washington, the U.S. confirmed the withdrawal of its last troops, which faced a self-imposed deadline of Aug. 31 from President Joe Biden.
Aaron Paige, Ball State assistant professor of music, was surrounded by music from a young age. He started singing in the church choir, where his dad was preacher. His talent and passion for music led him to a performing arts high school and then, Cass Technical High School in Detroit.
Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour was dunked into a dunk tank more times than he could count in the name of charity.
Formerly located behind the L. A. Pittenger Student Center, the Multicultural Center has a long history of empowering and educating students. The original center, which opened in the 1970’s, served as a resource for students of color and other minority groups.
Jim Peterman, Ball State research associate in the Fisher Institute of Health and Well-Being, said he has found cycling enjoyable ever since he started racing as a student in middle school.
