Basam Helwani, the owner of Two Cats Cafe and Damask Cafe, stands in Two Cats Wednesday, Dec. 4. He is closing down his restaurants after accepting an offer to work for Pocket Points in California. Brynn Mechem, DN Photo
NEWS

Two Cats, Damask closing

Muncie may soon lose its culinary taste of the Mediterranean as Two Cats Café and Damask Café are set to close at the end of next week. 




Basketballs sit in a rack while Ball State warms up before the second half of the Cardinals' game against Cleveland State University Nov. 11, 2018 in John E. Worthen Arena. Ball State won 67 to 62. Paige Grider, DN
BASKETBALL

4 takeaways from Ball State Women’s Basketball loss to Butler.

It was a sloppy start for both teams, but Butler’s (6-0, 0-0 Big East) experience gave them an advantage over Ball State Women’s Basketball (2-6, 0-0 MAC), as the Cardinals failed to extend their three-game win streak against the Bulldogs, losing 64-47. Here are four areas of Ball State’s play that stood out from their loss Sunday.  



FILE - In this June 5, 1989 file photo, U.S. President George H.W. Bush holds a news conference at the White House in Washington where he condemned the Chinese crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File) 
NEWS

Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94

HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.


AME president Sydney Jordan and advisor Lyn Jones sit outside Jones’ classroom on Nov. 26, 2018. The group has plans to visit Muncie school classrooms to talk about diversity and help provide teachers with prompts they can discuss in class. Kamryn Tomlinson, DN.
COMMUNITIES

Alliance for Marginalized Educators offers understanding, supportive community

For one student, the story of her childhood academic career is one she said mortifies her. She never quite understood why her poverty was displayed within the bounds of her elementary classrooms. One day, a teacher went as far as putting extra food in her backpack before sending her home because she assumed her parents did not make enough income to feed her family. She said she remembers the humiliation on her mother’s face. 






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