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Members of the community remember Beatrice “Bea” Moten-Foster and Muncie’s first bi-weekly, African-American newspaper.
Ball State University’s Student Government Association held its final debate with the vice presidential nominees on Feb. 15 at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. This debate was the third of three debates and allowed for the nominees to get to speak to the public and explain their running platform points.
In their weekly meeting, Ball State University Student Government Association (SGA) votes in three new members and approves two student amendments, including Senator Applicant Cody York.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday after relatives of his victims confronted him with pain and rage caused by his racist attack.
At the SGA presidential debate Feb. 14, Gassensmith and Ellis elaborated on their campaign points and were given time to rebuke the other candidate’s platform points.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of killing three people and wounding five more at Michigan State University on Monday night has died.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Multiple people were wounded in shootings Monday night at Michigan State University, police said.
A single vehicle accident occurred at I69 SB near the 229 mile marker at 4:45 p.m. Several other vehicles had a separate, minor accidents as a result of the first accident.
Ball State University has a new applied cybersecurity degree with 20 students already enrolled. Though enrollment is not high early on, Ball State’s new applied cybersecurity degree has inspired those who are in the program.
Ball State’s David Owsley Museum of Art embraced an anti-Valentine’s Day theme at the DOMA After Hours event Friday. The event was from 5-8 p.m., and included a variety of activities and events, such as cross stitching, fortune telling, anti-speed dating and creating ex-effigies.
Despite the detrimental effects COVID-19 has had on Ball State University Dance Marathon, the student-led organization is once again doing its best to make Feb. 11 special for the patients at Riley Hospital for Children. Two families share their stories about how Riley has affected them.
After a pipe burst on the second floor of the Robert Bell building, the water also went down and damaged the first floor as well. This affected staff's working conditions as they prepped for the spring 2023 semester.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined.
Ball State University’s Student Government Association (SGA) held the introduction to the tickets, the candidates, Feb. 7 at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The two tickets are “Empower” with Presidential Nominee Skylar Ellis, in SGA’s On-Campus Caucus, and Vice Presidential Nominee Taylor Perry, in SGA’s At-Large Caucus, and "Gassensmith & Lindstrand" with Joseph Gassensmith, current chief of staff, and Monet Lindstrand, current vice president.
Teachers from South View Elementary School and Yorktown Elementary School discuss how they use books to make sure students are represented in the classroom. Representation is becoming more significant in Indiana school curriculums.
As a member of the Party of Socialism and Liberation in Muncie, Indiana, Mark Elliott gathered with around a dozen other people, held a sign and stood outside of the City Council building in the “Unite Against Police Brutality” protest Feb. 5. The two most prevalent signs at the protest read “Justice for Tyre Nichols. Jail Killer Cops!” and “The people demand: End Police Terror.”
Though only one public school corporation in Delaware County’s meals are free to all students after the pandemic, the economic climate still makes it necessary for some families. Two parents of children in the Delaware Community School Corporation explain why there may always be a need for free meals in public schools.
The Ball State Student Government Association Treasurer Mamed Ramazanli was censured due to not fulfilling his duties. Those duties included not giving executive reports, not providing budgets and not having good communication with senators.
Representatives from the Ball State University Honors College Diversity Project collaborated with the Inclusive Excellence Series to host a Disability Pride awareness event. The event, hosted by diversity fellows from the organization, included lectures from guest speakers within the mental health and disability fields.