OPINION
DO YOU COPY?: We need more classes that explore empathy
By Daniel Brount / April 21, 2016Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes "Do You Copy?" for the Daily News.
Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes "Do You Copy?" for the Daily News.
Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes "Do You Copy?" for the Daily News.
Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes ‘Do You Copy?’ for the Daily News.
Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes ‘Do You Copy?’ for the Daily News.
After his first experience in Slovenia in 1995, Dom Caristi has gone on one more Fulbright trip to Greece, become a Fulbright ambassador and is Ball State’s Fulbright adviser. He has even applied to go on a third trip. “I’m their biggest cheerleader ... There are plenty of more prestigious Fulbrighters than me. There are members of the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives. There are captains of industry,” Caristi said. “They’re more famous and more accomplished, but there’s nobody who’s more enthusiastic about it than me.”
Ball State is developing ways to deal with rising water in a bid to minimize damage in the future after floodwater entered several campus buildings Friday. While Jim Lowe, director of engineering, construction and operations, said he did not have an estimate of the total cost from the flood, he said a lot of the costs would be from the manpower.
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality on Friday, supporters of the decision ignited with celebration. There were people using #LoveWins, people rushing to wed. I even saw some people posting that the Human Rights Campaign needed to find something new to fight for. But marriage equality is a step not a leap.
The National Weather Service has extended Delaware County's flash flood warning to 9 a.m. Saturday. In what the National Weather Service is calling a "flash flood emergency," more than four inches of rain have fallen in the area. The National Weather Service has predicted an additional one to two inches may fall in the next several hours.
When Laura Merida, a junior fashion merchandising major, heard her name called out as one of the top 11 in the Miss Indiana Pageant, she said she heard her mom screaming in excitement. Merida’s Miss Indiana journey began by following her mother's footsteps when she was crowned Miss Vincennes University in 2013.
Of the 35 women competing to be Miss Indiana, one-fifth are Ball State students or alumna. Ball State has more women competing in 2015's Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant than any other Indiana school. [View the story "Seven Ball State students compete in Miss Indiana Pagaent" on Storify]
