Students live with trauma after sexual assault
By Kara Berg / April 6, 2015Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a four-part series on campus sexual assault for Ball State’s sexual assault awareness week.
Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a four-part series on campus sexual assault for Ball State’s sexual assault awareness week.
If a person commits sexual assault on Ball State’s campus, they are not likely to ever sit behind bars.
Walking into the Ball State University bookstore, nothing seems out of place. Popular reads on the right, a slew of red and black gear on the left and office supplies in the back. Recently, however, the university added a new addition: Star Wars apparel.
The Sexual Threats and Oppression Prevention (STOP) team is sponsoring a week of events for sexual assault awareness. During one of the events, called "The Talk Show," students will be able to better learn the components of consensual sex, as well as what counts as sexual assault and the effects of it.
Ball State students are creating a new energy plan designed to save the school energy and money while running the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchard Greenhouse on campus.
The university will tear up and redo Riverside Avenue this summer as they install new geothermal piping.
April is sexual assault awareness month, and Ball State is sponsoring its own week to promote awareness on sexual assault from April 3 to April 10.
Jason Puhr and Mackenzie Klahr
Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson released his statement acknowledging the fix to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has approved changes to new law that sparked boycotts of the state amid fears that it would allow discrimination against lesbians and gays. Pence had asked lawmakers to clarify language in the religious objections law earlier this week as businesses canceled conventions and governments banned travel to the state.
Change will continue in Delaware County as the summer months approach. Three shell buildings located in Delaware county wait to be filled with business. Vice president of the economic and development alliance, Terry Murphy, works to bring companies in to the area.
Indiana Republicans have announced changes to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the face of opposition and criticism.
The Beneficence dialogues allowed students to express their concerns after recent issues surrounding diversity have surfaced on campus and in the state of Indiana. Following the ceremony of "Hope and Healing" students and administrators must address how they will put their words into action.
Editor’s Note: This is the second of four stories to run that will feature the slate leading up to their inauguration. The future treasurer of the Student Government Association not only loves the "Harry Potter" series, she sees herself in the characters.
Hear about the latest in businesses pulling their services as a result of RFRA along with all your news, sports, weather and entertainment headlines with the WCRD News Live at Five team! Anchors Jessika Zachary Brittney Dean Weather Forecaster Samantha Garrett Sports Logan Duff Producer Garrett Lamkin
As the controversy over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act continues, Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler is working with the city council to adopt a resolution stating their opposition to the law.
The legacy of a former Ball State professor who was arrested in March on child molesting charges will not be altered while the case is in courts, dean of the College of Communication, Information and Media Roger Lavery said.
Kay Bales has heard the call for significant changes in the selection of student award winners, including the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday called for changes to a religious objection measure facing a backlash from businesses and gay rights groups, saying it wasn't intended to sanction discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Republican governor said he wants changes to the bill lawmakers sent him prohibiting state and local government from infringing upon someone's religious beliefs without a compelling interest.
