Tree PoseStand tall with your arms down at your sidesBring your right foot up onto your left thighThe left leg should be straight and you should be balancedAfter finding your balance, breathe in and raise your arms over your head and bring your palms together

How to: Refresh with Yoga

Yoga, an exercise that has been used for thousands of years, is one way that aerobics instructor Shannon Powers has been working to improve her body and mind for more than 20 years.



Unexpected Resolution performs at Pruis Hall. The a cappella group will compete at the ICCA Midwest Quarter Finals on Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF UNEXPECTED RESOLUTION 
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A cappella group's camaraderie leads to ICCA Midwest Quarterfinals

From “the Rock”, to “Savage” - even to “Mom and Dad," the nicknamed members of the new Ball State a cappella group, Unexpected Resolution, share a strong bond. On Saturday, the group, composed of 15 members, 10 of which are freshman, head to Chicago to compete in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Midwest Quarterfinals


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What’s your status?

Here, you can explore the different types of dating styles of Ball State students and compare their similarities and differences. Which dating type are you?



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.
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Finding the Perfect Match

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

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

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

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

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

 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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