Wikimedia Commons, Photo Courtesy Opinion 10/17/2019, 5:04pm Masculinquiries: Killing John Wayne By Matthew Yapp The redefinition of masculinity in modern society What does it mean to be a man? I used to think I knew.
Opinion 10/16/2019, 3:00pm Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope: The future is vegan … sorta By Kennedi Barnett I do not care that you are not a vegan. When I tell you I am vegan, I am not telling you because I want to convert you or force my dietary decision onto you. Frankly, I do not care if you eat meat. It’s the amount of meat that bothers me, and honestly, it should bother you too.
opinion 10/11/2019, 3:00pm Bold Type: On butterflies By Taylor Smith “Write about saving the monarchs,” Auntie Mar says every time I ask her for a story idea. This time, I decided to listen to her.
opinion 10/9/2019, 3:00pm Blake’s Beats: Muncie happy places By Blake Williamson I’d like to highlight some of the places here in Muncie that have become beacons of hope and cliched “Happy Places” for me. Check them out! See what they do for you, maybe they’ll become your happy place too.
opinion 10/5/2019, 12:00pm The Gaggle: The creature from the garden of earthly delights By Ian Roesler Imagine a creature so beautiful, so pavonine, a transcending beauty that flies gracefully through the sky. To gaze upon its plumage, an honor. A honk so splendid it sends chills. The creature it goes by the name "Branta canadensis" or the Canada goose.
opinion 10/4/2019, 12:00pm Open-Minded: I am not ashamed. By Sophie Nulph My anxiety is not a vulnerability to me but instead a way for me to educate others about mental illnesses and show they are nothing to be ashamed of.
opinion 10/1/2019, 12:00pm In Between the Lines: The mental health crisis By Katie Catterall “Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.” These words became more than just words for me my senior year of high school. They became my life.
opinion 9/29/2019, 12:00pm Jimbo-laya: Who feels homesick already? Not me. By Joshua Smith Going away to college can be a challenge for a lot of people for any number of reasons.I thought within the first week I got here I would feel homesick. I thought I would be brooding, calling my mom constantly and in such a slump. But to my surprise, I’m having a great time so far. I know I’ll feel homesick at some point, and it could sneak up on me at any moment, but I feel much more confident in my situation here than I feel other people are.
opinion 9/26/2019, 3:00pm Chronically Competent: Breaking legacies By Cali Stella I was born an Indiana University Hoosier. I grew up in a family of die hard IU alumni and had no intention of breaking the status quo that was my family’s legacy.
opinion 9/24/2019, 12:00pm Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope: The balancing act By Kennedi Barnett They say in college you can only have two out of the three: good mental health, social life or good grades. Right now, shamefully, I have none.
opinion 9/20/2019, 12:00pm Abstraction: Undecided students need support By Elissa Maudlin As an undecided student, heading face first into my first year of college, I have realized one thing: I care about what people around me think. That goes for the adults who’ve encouraged me, the peers who’ve gotten to know me, the strangers who may eventually know me and everyone in between.
opinion 9/18/2019, 12:00pm MitchSlap: The NCAA’s transfer system is broken By Mitchell Carter If you’re a Division I football player looking to transfer schools to care for your sick mother and be eligible to play immediately, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is not your friend.
opinion 9/16/2019, 12:00pm Blake’s Beats: Why I’m regretfully excited about the NFL season By Blake Williamson Sundays used to be a holy day. The living room was my church, and I prayed with conviction to the altar of National Football League. I would stroll into the old RCA Dome with my grandfather, knowing nothing else other than I was happy if the team with blue horseshoes on their helmets won, and I was so unreasonably sad if they lost. I was blissfully ignorant to the carnage happening in front of me, and behind the scenes too.
opinion 9/13/2019, 4:07pm Brutally Honest: Petty energy By Sophia Carson The 2020 presidential race is already underway, with the third Democrat debate Thursday night. This was the first time all 10 candidates were on the same stage, and this was something many people, including myself, were happy to see. Having two different nights for all the candidates was exhausting and confusing. Going in, I hoped to hear more about gun control regulations and medicare. While immediately off the bat, Medicare was brought up, gun control was only briefly mentioned. Not only that, all I felt I got out of last nights’ debate was a lot pettiness.
opinion 9/13/2019, 10:00am Jimbo-laya: Marvel-ous mistake By Joshua Smith Spider-Man has already gone through a lot, but this is too much.
opinion 9/11/2019, 12:00pm Loud and Clear: Never forget my Iraqi family By Elena Stidham 9/11 was a day everyone remembers in detail; where they were, who they were with and what they were doing. Nobody ever asks me where I was the first time someone called me a terrorist.
opinion 9/9/2019, 12:00pm Full Dis-Chloe-Sure: The average ghost is no match for me By Chloe Fellwock What will Dead Poet John Keats do, anyways? For that matter, what would any ghost from the olden days do?
opinion 9/6/2019, 10:00am Odds and Ends: A freshman year fable By Blake Chapman As I begin my second year at Ball State it is clear to me now that these stressors never truly evaporate, but that does not mean tactics to repress them are nonexistent. So for any freshman out there currently flying by the seat of their pants without a semester plan, you are not alone. Relax, sit up straight and do not take this advice with a grain of salt, it might just save your education or even your health.
opinion 9/3/2019, 3:06pm Open-Minded: The Amazon is not in its prime By Sophie Nulph The Amazon is on fire, as most people know by now. However, most people are completely unaware that these fires have been happening all year — in fact, there have already been 70,000 individual fires, according to National Geographic and Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
opinion 9/2/2019, 12:00pm Unspoken: The other white meat By Demi Lawrence and Jake Helmen Getting your protein from animals is just so 2000s nowadays, and Burger King is keeping up with this trend. On August 8, the fast food chain announced it would start serving a meatless, plant-based patty called the Impossible Whopper for a limited time at more than 7,000 locations across America. I decided to try this new plant-based patty out.
Football 10/2/2019, 3:00pm Robert Schmidt wears several hats to help Ball State Football any way he can By Zach Piatt
Sports 10/3/2019, 10:33am Drew and Marie Plitt have helped each other grow at Ball State, just like in their childhood.
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