Ball State’s Creative Writing in the Community class wanted to give youth in the Muncie community a chance to write creatively. Over the course of the 15-week class, they did more than that — they gave the kids a “Stomping Ground.”
The Indy 500 Festival Princess Program selected three Ball State students as ambassadors for the festival.
This past year, 18 Ball State students fundraised money for brigades to Nicaragua and Panama. Two brigades spent one week building sanitary infrastructures and sustainable agricultural projects in underdeveloped communities.
Although David Letterman has had two successful late-night shows running over the last 33 years, his first program lasted only a week.
Between “Late Night” and “Late Show,” David Letterman has more than 6,000 episodes worth of experience on the late-night talk show circuit.
LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift dominated the Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including top artist, while Kanye West was booed during his performance that closed the three-hour event. Swift also won top Billboard 200 album and top female artist Sunday night. "Oh, this is such a good night," she said after winning the top prize, besting One Direction, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.
Emily Griffis is a senior literature and creative writing major and writes DIYs for The Daily News.
When Faye Lichtsinn, a junior Natural Resources and Environmental Management major at Ball State University, hung out with her friend Gordon two summers ago, he told her about permaculture, the development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient.
With fewer events and people in Muncie for the semester, it may seem like there is not as much to do. Try these nine options to avoid being bored in Muncie.
Seven-year-old Tori Elliott stopped and turned toward the 1990s-style, analog TV set that was placed in the living room of her Indiana home.
Fractured Narratives is a multi-platform art series inspired by social and political issues from all over the world, and is currently on display in the David Owsley Museum of Art.
While mulching his garden, Brian Doster, a Ball State alumnus, thought of a new business called GottaJob that he plans to launch in April in Muncie.
Before he continues on to California and Las Vegas, rapper 2 Chainz plans to make a stop in Muncie to perform at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
Parkour is an extreme sport rooted in French military training. It originated from a training program for French Special Forces known as “Parcours de combattant”, or “The Path of the Warrior.”
Relationships can be complicated, especially after throwing kids into the mix - even if those kids don’t belong to either party. Two Ball State students’ relationship started as a romance but shifted into a mentoring partnership with Muncie’s Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Summer is just around the corner, which means roller coaster season is quickly approaching. For Brandan Howell, a sophomore interior design major, this means going back to work. Howell has worked at Holiday World, a theme park in Santa Claus, Ind., since he was 14 years old and has been a manager for the past five years. Howell shares his inside knowledge with these theme park tips and tricks:
Knowing the words shouldn’t be a problem during Ball State Dance Theatre’s new production featuring hit songs from the iconic band, the Beatles. “All You Need Is Love” will feature dances performed by students at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 in the University Theatre.
Things tend to break, and when they do, it is usually when you are trying to use them. Instead of searching for the part and then buying it, try printing another one or anything else that may be broken.
When he was born, the first sight Alfredo Marin-Carle saw while slipping into the arms of his Catholic midwives was his father’s paintings.
