Justin Gillespie continues to hold on to hope while living with kidney failure for almost two years

Kidney Awareness Month 3/23/2023, 8:59am

In May 2021, Justin Gillespie was diagnosed with 75 percent kidney failure. He and his family reflect on the trials and tribulations of this ongoing process, as Justin remains on the waitlist for a kidney transplant.

Muncie’s Maker Force

enterprise 5/2/2022, 3:00pm

The History and Future of Madjax

A former 80,000-square-foot laundry facility in Muncie holds limitless possibilities.  Boombox music fills the second floor while artists move tables to set up for First Thursday, a monthly event to draw people to explore art and culture downtown. A woodworker helps children build birdhouses while Steven Knipp colors hair in his salon a few doors down. Adjacent businesses invite people in for gift shopping or ax throwing.

The ones who come back: Meet some of Ball State's longest season ticket holders

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“As you come through the curtain, it's fun to come out and hear the roar of the crowd,” Casazza said. “It is kind of like being on the team, I guess it is how [the players] come out onto the floor with the crowd cheering for them. When we come down the hallway, they're not cheering for us, but you kind of get into the feeling of a big crowd and a lot of fans supporting the same team and that's kind of exciting.”

The Importance of Self-Care: Why it is okay to indulge in a hobby

Hobbies 3/21/2023, 4:48pm

Hobbies may seem like a miscellaneous habit that we do, but they can provide extreme benefits to our lives.

Success can be achieved only when we are not constantly getting burnt out or feeling at war in our own minds. In a sense, hobbies are the toolkits we need to break out of our heads and have healthy mental states.

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are being restricted from donating blood and plasma

Lifestyles 3/19/2023, 10:00am

You must be 18 years or older. You must weigh more than 110 pounds. You must be in good health.  Simple rules for donating blood, right?  Not necessarily.  You must not be a male who has had sexual contact with another male in the last three months. You may be able to donate blood as a trans man … but not if you’ve had sex with another man in the last three months. If you are an individual who identifies as female and has had sex with a man, you may be eligible to donate blood.