Ball State Haunted Ball returns with masquerade
By Staff Reports / October 25, 2013The Haunted Ball will spook up the campus with a new theme this year, a masquerade. Masked students are invited from 9 tonight until midnight to the L.A.
The Haunted Ball will spook up the campus with a new theme this year, a masquerade. Masked students are invited from 9 tonight until midnight to the L.A.
Students will have a few more choices of groups to join as the Office of Student Life approves new organizations for this year. A student organization must apply to become officially recognized to receive benefits from the university.
Power outages throughout Muncie should be fixed by 3 p.m., a spokesperson for Indiana Michigan Power said. Tracy Warner, a spokesperson for Indiana Michigan Power, said the outages left around 2,300 without power, including the Muncie Mall. Warner said the largest area without power was about 1,500 people near the intersection of Bethel and Tillotson avenues. The outages were caused when snow weighed down trees to touch and interfere with the power lines. “We have tree crews working as quickly as they can to clear those, but the snow and the leaves on the ground make it more time consuming,” Warner said. He said the power near Bethel and Tillotson should be restored by 2 p.m., and other areas, including the Muncie Mall, should be fixed by 3 p.m. Warner said outages may be possible as Muncie moves into the winter season. “It’s just hard to say the extent to which you can predict the weather,” he said.
Members of Student Government Association will reexamine a co-sponsorship bill that requests $6,000 for Greek Life organizations at their meeting Wednesday.
Apple gears up for holidays with new Macs, iPads BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. is refreshing its iPad lineup in hopes of reclaiming lost ground in the tablet market and slashing the prices of its Mac computers to intensify the pressure on the beleaguered makers of PCs running Microsoft’s Windows. Tuesday’s unveiling of Apple’s latest products primes the company for a holiday shopping season onslaught aimed at a list of rivals that includes Google Inc., Samsung Electronics, Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. A thinner, lighter and faster-running tablet computer called the iPad Air highlighted the event in San Francisco.
SPARKS, Nevada — A middle school student opened fire on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two boys and killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, Sparks police said Monday.
Ball State named Beth Nue as the new director of the Fort Wayne office of Building Better Communities Friday. Building Better Communities is an immersive learning program that pairs Ball State students with community members to work to solve community problems with students ideas, according to the website. “We could do community outreach, make sure the community and alumni know about the programs,” Nue said. The new office in Fort Wayne offers the community ideas on how to create business connections for students and provide them with field experience. Nue’s goals are to interact with the leadership of the community and ensure they know the types of programs Ball State has to offer, such as media, art and architecture. Kelli Huth, director of the BBC fellows program, said the program looks to allow students to work in the Fort Wayne community and offer their expertise to those community members who could use it. Nue said this program exists to help increase involvement, improvement, advancement and development in Fort Wayne. “Basically we want to improve the economy as a whole with Ball State expertise,” Nue said.
“If you outlaw pit bulls, then only outlaws will own pit bulls,” read the first slide during a class to help Delaware County police officers to recognize organized animal fighting. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hosted classes aimed to train more than 80 local law enforcement agents in effective ways to investigate and handle organized animal fighting today. This class comes in response to last year’s trial of Rahsaan Johnson, a Muncie man found guilty of 14 felony accounts of possession of an animal for fighting, according to the L.A.
WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a measure into law reopening the federal government and averting a potential default.
WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is thanking Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate for passing a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a default. Obama says if and when the House approves the bill, he’ll sign it immediately.
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders reached agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after a partial, 16-day shutdown, according to a Republican senator who also said the House might vote first on the plan to speed its approval.
WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed.
WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed. Aides to both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, expressed revived optimism about chances for a swift agreement — by Wednesday at the latest — that could pass both houses.
The university has emailed student employees about making changes to procedures, but an official said undergraduate students should not see a change to their pay or hours.
The partial shutdown continues into its third week, with dueling plans in the Senate and in the House to reopen the government and avert a U.S. debt default. Treasury says it will run out of money to pay its bills if Congress doesn’t increase its borrowing authority by Thursday.
Men paid a quarter more than women for a cupcake to represent the difference a woman earns for every dollar a man earns at Amnesty International BSU’s event Monday. “Generally, women make about 75-77 percent of what men make in the workforce,” Natalie Abell, an Amnesty International member, said.
The medical professional to student ratio at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center lags behind other area universities as the search for a new director continues.
Student and faculty feedback is one of the final hurdles for Ball State to renew its accreditation.
