One wall inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum boasts a quote from Virgil’s “The Aeneid.” Though scholars have debated its use, the quote is commonly interpreted to remind visitors of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed as a result of the terrorist attacks on America, on Sept. 11, 2001. Lisa Renze-Rhodes, Photo Provided

As real as it was then: A recount of 9/11

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. 





WEATHER

Weekend washout on the way

Flash Food Watch goes into effect Saturday morning as more than 6" of additional rainfall is possible across east central Indiana by the end of the day Sunday. 



Succulents in the Richard Orchid Greenhouse Sept. 5, 2018. Mel Niksich, DN
NEWS

Greenhouse hosts succulent program

Bright, green succulents are a plant that can be seen in the windows of college dorm rooms, soaking in the sun. A plant that you can learn more about at the Orchid Greenhouse on campus.


Then-junior student and Ball State VMC president Mary Posner still has the 'strike' shirt she wore to the Vietnam "teach-in" demonstration Ball State held in response to Kent State shootings on May 7, 1970. Photo provided, Mary Posner
CAMPUS

Kent State spurs Ball State into action

Imagine a sea of Ball State students gathering in front of the Arts Terrace at the David Owsley Museum of Art, not for graduation, but demonstration. At 10:30 a.m. May 7, 1970, a student yelled into a microphone, “Ball State, where are you?” 





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