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Srinivasam no longer has to go through dialysis treatment. He recalls dialysis as being long hours of sitting in a room with strangers while he watched Ted Talks.

Finding the Perfect Match

By Miller Kern / January 22, 2015

Husband. Father. Grandfather. Professor. Diabetic. All these words describe Srinivasan Sundaram, a Ball State finance professor, who has been diabetic for 33 years. In his first semester teaching at Ball State in 1991, he had a triple bypass, an open-heart surgery in which blood vessels are taken from one part of a person’s body and transferred to heart vessels to prevent blockage. Sundaram, who suffered kidney failure, underwent dialysis treatments, which are typically over three hour treatments, three days a week.

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Craning for Art

By Aubrey Smith / January 21, 2015

His folding process didn’t start with a hundred crease lines. Folding the silky, thin papers have been a hobby of Brammer’s since he began folding paper airplanes in his fourth grade class.

Students work on pushups and situps as part of their weekly sessions and monthly physical fitness test. The test consists of the two workouts as well as running miles, and scores a minimum of 180.
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Behind the Uniform

By DeJanay Booth / January 21, 2015

Molly Martin sat nervously at the table. She had to make an announcement to her parents that she going to change a big part of her future. “Mom and Dad, I have something that I want to talk to you about,” she said.

Dils flame polishes his glass piece. Dils said he works in the studio for approximately 15 to 20 hours a week.
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Melting the Mold

By Kaitlyn Arford / January 21, 2015

Just as the glass appeared to harden, Alex Dils dipped it into a nearby oven before returning to his workbench.

Ball State alumnus, Brandon Beeson, gives a student a tarot card reading on Jan. 12 at The Cup in the Villiage. During his readings, Beeson helps those that he performs reading for work through difficulties that they may be experiencing or difficult decisions that they are struggling with. DN PHOTO ALAINA JAYE HALSEY
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Tarot reader finds niche at coffee shop

By Dara Metcalfe / January 21, 2015

He can predict fate and help with life changing decisions. Brandon Beeson, a former Ball State student, sets up at The Cup in the Village, but his business involves cards, not coffee. Monday and Friday, from noon until 5 p.m., Beeson performs tarot readings for strangers.

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More Zzz’s Please

By Teryn Armstrong / January 20, 2015

 When you pile homework on top of extra-curricular activities on top of a side job, getting your full amount of Z’s might be pushed to the bottom of your to-do list. And when you do finally decide to take a snooze, maybe you lie awake for hours, unable to turn your busy brain off. So, what then?

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Trashed

By Keagan Beresford / January 16, 2015

“I don’t know too much about the infrastructure of the recycling, or how well [Muncie] works with Ball State,” said Dan Martens, a Ball State senior. “I would assume that they try to do their best, given the number of students.”

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Walking Disaster

By Kaitlyn Arford / January 16, 2015

A recent study by Ohio State University shows injuries involving cellphone use while walking more than doubled between 2005 and 2010. People ages 16 to 25 are most at risk for cellphone related injuries while walking.

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