Ball State's speech team won the Quality Award and first place in 17 of the 20 categories at the Indiana Forensics Association state tournament at the University of Indianapolis on Feb. 18. The team has won the competition for the past nine years. Michael Storr // Photo Provided
NEWS

Speech team wins 17 awards at state competition

Ball State’s Speech Team took first place in 17 out of 20 categories as well as the Quality Award at the Indiana Forensics Association State Tournament at the University of Indianapolis Feb. 18.




OPTiC and IGNITE speak at the All the Slate Debate on Feb. 20 in John J. Pruis Hall. These slates are running for the 2017-18 SGA executive board. Teri Lightning Jr., DN
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SGA Slates debate platforms, budgets

The two slates running against each other to become next year's executive board of the Student Government Association faced off in the all-slate debate Monday. Here's a breakdown of Ignite and OPTiC's key takeaways for the night.



GAMING

New Pokémon Go update adds new Pokémon, cheaper storage

Niantic announced a new update this week that will add 80 new Pokémon from the second generation of games for players to collect and battle. The update will offer cheaper storage expansion for the next two weeks. New Pokémon from Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal coming to the game such as Chikorita, Espeon, and Umbreon will be found in the wild. New evolutionary items and berries will be added to enhance collections and increase challenge during battles. Additional features include Nanab Berries and Pinap Berries, which trainers use to slow Pokemon to prevent them from running away and collect double the candy on successful catches respectively. There will be additional customization features for trainers as well. Buying storage space will cost 50 percent less than normal, making upgrades 100 Poke Coins or 99 cents per purchase. The discount will begin from afternoon PST on February 16 and continue through February 28. Currently, maximum capacity is set to 1,000 Pokémon and each upgrade will give players 50 more slots. It will cost player around $15 to get maximum capacity. All Pokémon Go players will have access to the update by the end of the week.







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