Classroom locations will not be included in registration
By Rachel Podnar / October 30, 2013When students register for classes this week, they will be missing one piece of information usually available: physical class locations.
When students register for classes this week, they will be missing one piece of information usually available: physical class locations.
A two-car accident occurred on Minnetrista Parkway near the Delwaware County Fairground entrance on Wednesday afternoon. One person was taken to a hospital for minor injuries, a police officer said. A black sports utility vehicle rolled over in the accident. No Ball State students were involved in the accident.
University officials said it is unclear whether or not the reported zero hate crimes on campus is an accurate representation of Ball State’s diversity climate. The 2012 Campus Security Report showed that no hate crimes took place in 2010, 2011 or 2012, but it is only required to report hate crimes that occur on university-controlled property.
Campus master plan consultants returned to campus Tuesday afternoon in order to begin the “analysis phase” of the nearly $500,000 project.
With a week to go, Ball State Dance Marathon has mobilized social media fliers and more to get 10,000 students to the football game against Central Michigan University. The athletic department will give the group $10,000 if they can get 10,000 students to the Wednesday game. Zach Brown, BSUDM director of media relations, said he still thinks the group will achieve its goal. “It’s definitely surfacing,” he said.
An employee at Pizza Hut was involved in an attempted robbery on a delivery Tuesday, a police officer said. The employee, a young man, delivered to the 700 block of Jefferson Street.
A shot was fired at the intersection of University Avenue and Reserve Street during an attempted robbery, according to a Ball State emergency alert.
Trick-or-treating in Muncie will be pushed back to Friday due to possible hazardous weather Thursday. Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler and Steve Stewart, Muncie police chief, announced this afternoon that trick-or-treaters can go hunting for candy from 5-8 p.m.
The climbing wall in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center will get a frightening makeover Wednesday. From 7-10 p.m.
Alumnus David Letterman gave his view on university President Jo Ann Gora’s retirement announcement for June 2014.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has joined a bipartisan campaign fighting a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages. The university announced Monday it was joining Freedom Indiana, a coalition that includes Eli Lilly & Co., Cummins Inc. and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. IU President Michael McRobbie says the amendment would turn some prospective employees away from Indiana and increase the state’s challenges remaining economically competitive. The General Assembly approved the proposed ban in 2011, but the current Legislature would need to approve it again before it would go to voters in a statewide referendum.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State said Monday it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a man once revered as a university icon who is now serving what is effectively a life prison sentence.
Retirees in Indiana will receive less money per month from their pension following a change to an Indiana Public Retirement System policy.
The Board of Trustees approved a roughly $800,000 increase in funding for construction on the new planetarium Saturday. Based on construction bids from Oct.
ADEN, Yemen — A large explosion followed by heavy gunfire was heard late Monday near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, security officials and residents said.
Ball State President Jo Ann Gora hosted a press conference Oct. 28 about her impending retirement. Here are some tweets from the event.
The search for the next Ball State president is in its infant stages but it will most likely be a closed one, President of the Board of Trustees Hollis Hughes said. Hughes said the board hasn’t had much time to begin preparing for the search and will likely know more at their monthly meeting in December. Gora said she was a part of a closed search when she was hired by Ball State in 2004 and it allows the best pool of candidates.
The process for finding a new university president is still unknown. The Board of Trustees has not announced its plans for hiring a president following the announcement of Jo Ann Gora’s retirement in June 2014.
Immersive learning defines Jo Ann Gora’s 10 years as Ball State president, some faculty said. “Out of all the presidents I have worked under [for the past 45 years], Jo Ann Gora has been the best one,” said Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B.
The Energy Challenge is following up on Ball State’s commitment to move toward carbon neutrality by saving the university an estimated “tens of thousands of dollars.” Students can get involved with the challenge by turning off lights and unplugging appliances when they are not in use.
