New York Times Magazine photo critic to lecture for Ball State Centennial
By Sara Barker / September 11, 2018Just as the centennial blends Ball State’s past and future, the event’s speaker knows stories are much more than a timeline.
Just as the centennial blends Ball State’s past and future, the event’s speaker knows stories are much more than a timeline.
At 3:48 p.m. the parking lot of White River Plaza was fairly empty except for a few pop-up tents. Venders bustled about, working to set up their stands in time for the evening festivities at the Muncie Makers Market to begin on Saturday, Sept. 1.
I was in Target when I got the news. I feel my phone vibrate, and I see a text that contains a sentence I won’t soon forget: “Mac Miller is dead.”
Until 17 years ago — Sept. 11, 2001 — Duckham, Ball State’s chief of police and director of public safety, like many other officers working in New York at the time, went to work on a day that would turn out to be one many Americans will never be able to forget.
At Minnetrista, 1,000 American flags cover the front lawn in remembrance of not only the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but also military personnel of every status.
Junior Manon Tounalom seized a second overall finish to lead Ball State Women’s Golf to third place in the Redbird Invitational.
To celebrate Ball State’s centennial milestone, co-authors Bruce Geelhoed, Michael Szajewski and Brandon Pieczko collaborated on creating “Ball State University,” a photo book emphasizing the significance of students, faculty and Muncie community members with Ball State’s growth throughout its 100-year history.
With bacterial sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, public health experts are recommending young people to exercise caution and undergo regular screening more frequently.
After going 1-2 last weekend in the Active Ankle Challenge, Ball State Volleyball looks to Tuesday where they will take on IUPUI. The Jaguars come off a weekend in Athens, Ohio, for the Ohio University Tournament where they went 0-3.
Ball State Soccer traveled to Macomb, Illinois, Sunday and tied with Western Illinois 1-1 after double overtime.
Ball State University has settled a lawsuit with an anti-abortion student group that sued the school over its student activity fee policies.
Around 9:20 p.m. Sunday, Muncie Fire Department and Delaware County EMS responded to a residential fire at 17th Street and Hoyt Avenue.
Ball State Football faced a heavy task today in taking on No. 8 Notre Dame. Not only was this the first time both teams have met, but this is the first time in three season that the Cardinals have faced a ranked opponent. While the score may have not favored the Cardinals, the team was able to limit one of the top offenses in college football for the majority of the game.
Ball State Women’s Volleyball (5-4, 0-0 MAC) concluded the Active Ankle Challenge play with a hard-fought defeat against in-state rival, Indiana (6-2, 0-0 MAC).
Ball State Football (1-1, 0-0 MAC) fell to Notre Dame (2-0) 24-16 in its first meeting with the Irish in school history.
Ball State (5-3, 0-0 MAC) fell 3-1 in a hard-fought battle against Northern Illinois (4-4, 0-0 MVC) in the first match of the 2018 Active Ankle Challenge. The Cardinals would follow with a 3-0 sweep of North Dakota State (2-7, 0-0 Summit).
Early Saturday, the university sent out a campus-wide Public Safety Advisory email after a sexual assault was reported in an on-campus residence hall.
Phase III of Ball State’s Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) and Health Professions Facility Expansion Project, will be the university’s main priority in state biennial budget requests.
Typically, the first day of school doesn’t include a larger-than-life Cardinal mascot. But Ball State wanted students at Muncie Community Schools to have a reinvigorated school year.
