Judge orders 'don't ask, don't tell' injunction
October 12, 2010A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, ending the U.S. military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.
A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, ending the U.S. military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.
The National Weather Service issued an enhanced fire-danger alert for East Central Indiana.
State health officials say the fading of last year's worries about swine flu shouldn't be a reason for not getting a flu vaccination.
Efforts towards a sustainable community continue at Ball State, including a lecture on more efficient vehicles and the reorganization of Students for a Sustainable Campus.
An Indiana university has given itself a billion-dollar fundraising challenge.
The Ball State Daily News won 90 Gold Circle Awards for News from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association on Friday.
Ball State's annual Alcohol Awareness Week starts today with the "Watch your Friend's Back!" campaign, tying the theme to the on-campus death of an Indiana University student a few weeks ago.
The latest proposal for Ball State's Fall Break is a four-day holiday for Thanksgiving.
Purdue's effort to limit where people can smoke has sparked dozens of complaints and even a few fires in an overfilled receptacle, but university officials say they are still working out kinks in the system.
Music blasts out of speakers at the Taylor High School parking lot as a group of 20-somethings toss a football back and forth and children whip beanbags at a cornhole game. The smell of charred hot dog wafts off the grill and drifts toward the football field in the background.
Celebrating the end of "Rock the Red" Homecoming Week, alumni, students, faculty and the community will line the streets of Ball State's campus and downtown Muncie for the Homecoming parade.
The latest proposal for Ball State's Fall Break is a four-day holiday for Thanksgiving.
Homecoming 2010 gave the Ball State community quite the show, with events happening every night.
John Towle was overwhelmed Thursday night when his name was announced as this year's Homecoming king.
Holding a dozen red roses and standing in front of a sold out Air Jam show at John R. Emens Auditorium, senior Morgan Smith had a crown placed on her head as she became the 2010 Homecoming Queen.
A member of Sen. Richard Lugar's advisory board for renewable energy spoke on campus Thursday night.
With a full crowd of singing, screaming and cheering fans, 21 acts performed at the 2010 Air Jam, Homecoming's traditional dance and lip sync competition.
Thousands of students stood along Riverside Avenue to cheer on more than 200 student who were racing makeshift bed carts down the street.
The 415 participants in this year's Air Jam weren't the only ones dancing and singing Thursday night. Emens Auditorium had a full house watching 21 acts as they attempted to win one of the prestigious Air Jam awards.
Information Technology students dressed their best for an afternoon of networking and learning at the Horizon Convention Center.
