As the first match of the intermural volleyball Championship finished up, Austin Acel, the future secretary of the Student Government Association stepped over towards his fraternity brothers and fans, encouraging them to be louder.
Retard. That’s what Ball State’s chapter of Best Buddies is trying to cover up. The display has a white a sheet with with “RETARD” painted across it.
President Ferguson is set to speak at an open forum during the Student Government Association meeting on Wednesday.
Before President Paul Ferguson’s State of the University Address, in which he spoke of Ball State as an “entrepreneurial” university, the Indiana state government had already been recognizing the university with an item of funding called “entrepreneurial college.” In 2007, the Statehouse gave Ball State the extra allocation directed to “entrepreneurial college,” for $1 million.
Charges have not been filed in the investigation of five male Village Promenade residents who overdosed on cocaine last Friday, Muncie Police Department detective said.
Over the years, Ball State has had many prominent people come speak at Spring commencement. It was recently announced that John Schnatter, or “Papa John,” as so many know him, will be the speaker for the Spring 2015 commencement.
At 10:55 a.m. March 16, students received an email from the university announcing senior journalism and telecommunications major Chloe Anagnos as the winner of the John R. Emens Outstanding Senior Award.
The Women and Gender Studies department will host events throughout campus as part of Women's Week 2015. The theme is titled "Sister, Cis-ter!," a spin-off of the 90s television series to unify women and call for diversity.
In about four months, Muncie police officers will add body cameras to their arsenal. Taser International, based in Arizona, will supply 90 body cameras to outfit the Muncie Police Department at a total cost of $385,392.96. The Muncie Redevelopment Commission is paying for this contract. Muncie police will seek grants to offset some of the cost.
Closed signs hang in the windows of what used to be Dill Street and The Locker Room bars. Students are seeing The Village drastically transform over the course of just a few years.
Forecasters from NewsLink Indiana and WCRD discuss ways to be prepared during Indiana's severe weather preparedness week.
Job opportunities are there for those facing unemployment in Muncie, but job retention becomes the issue at hand.
Thanks to former Dean of University Libraries John Hafner, Bracken Library is not just for reading.
It was announced Tuesday that Papa John's founder John Schnatter will deliver the address at Ball State's 2015 Spring Commencement.
Jason Puhr and Tony Sandleben
Tony Sandleben and Olivia McClellan
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Underground explosions shot manhole covers into the air at a busy downtown Indianapolis intersection on Thursday, disrupting commuters, closing businesses and raising concerns about safety as the city prepares to host the Final Four next month.
Cardinal Kitchen, a student pantry on campus, will receive funding to help sustain itself so it can continue to feed students in need.
The Student Government Association elected Rachel Johnson, a junior social work major, as president pro tempore. “This means I get to do a job that I love, and I get to work with people who I think are fantastic,” she said. “I get to represent students who are some of the greatest students on campus.”
