For the third year in a row, students from Ball State’s International Justice Mission and organizations around campus are standing at the Scramble Light to raise awareness for human trafficking. This year, they’re standing for 24 hours to represent each day a person spends in slavery, from 12 p.m.
Islamic Awareness Week concluded with a panel of Muslims answering questions and discussing their culture with students.
The Northside of Muncie will have 300 new jobs available by 2024. Govenor Mike Pence came to Muncie to introduce these jobs at ASONS.
The Muncie City Council suspended rules in order to discuss RFRA immediately.
The "Muslims for Life" blood drive was cancelled by the Indiana Blood Center for the second semester in a row.
A new athletics tradition for students will begin in the Fall 2015 semester. The current Student Government Association executive slate had a platform point to create a Ball State “B” on the football field.
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To the future vice president of Student Government Association, Gandhi is more than a figure in a history textbook. Her grandfather worked for him, promoting his regime in Southern India.
After a member of Greek life was diagnosed with breast cancer, Ball State’s Panhellenic Council decided to step up and do what they could to help.
Starting in August 2014, Ball State implemented an online education program for all incoming freshmen and transfer students called Think About It. Of the incoming freshmen in 2014, 86.7 percent completed the program, which Tom Gibson, associate vice president for student affairs, said was a good completion rate. In order to encourage students to finish the course, students receive weekly emails reminding them to take it.
Although Ball State has the highest percentage of students taking 15 or more credit hours per semester in Indiana, the four-year graduation rate is still lower than Indiana University and Purdue University’s, according to the College Board. In fall 2014, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education sponsored Fifteen to Finish Indiana, encouraging students to take at least 15 credits per semester in order to graduate on time.
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For eleven years the Students Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) along with students from the biology and chemistry departments have a hosted a Science Day.
Indiana’s personal income is growing slower compared to the rest of the nation, according to the latest data from the federal government.
Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a four-part series on campus sexual assault for Ball State’s sexual assault awareness week. Hearing about a friend’s sexual assault is never an easy situation to be in.
Ball State announced Monday it would host three forums this month on the income tax fraud, identity theft and the Anthem data breach. The forums will host representatives from the Indiana Attorney General's Office and Anthem Inc. as well as an FBI computer science expert.
The amendment to Muncie’s human rights statutes in the city ordinance that passed at the monthly City Council meeting on the night of April 6 will go into effect April 7, something Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said is “unprecedented.”
Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson’s plan for starting construction of another new residence hall will happen—it’s just a matter of whether it lies within his “18 by ‘18” frame, said Alan Hargrave, director of housing and residence life.
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Students will have the opportunity to try on and keep hijabs regardless of their religion, during the university’s Islam Awareness Week.
