communities 4/23/2022, 12:00pm Ball State graduate creates community locker to support the homeless By Tori Smith When Nash Coy was ordered to rework the run-down Little Free Library in Heekin Park, he was inspired by Noname, a book group that believes “building community through political education is crucial for our liberation,” to create a community locker for the homeless population in Muncie.
Earth Day 4/21/2022, 6:00pm Muncie's Organic Grocery: Dave and Sara Ring connect customers directly to organic produce from local farms By Miguel Naranjo When Dave Ring was a kid in the 1980s, he hated apples.
Partnership Project 4/16/2022, 12:00pm Teaching to Teach: Ball State professors help Muncie Community Schools teachers grow professionally By Maya Wilkins Susanna Benko, Ball State director of English education and associate professor of English, only had one answer when she was approached by representatives of the Teachers College asking her if she would want to help teachers in the Muncie Community Schools (MCS) district.
Communities 4/10/2022, 3:43pm Owners from Anderson witch shop, "Twisted Twigs" talk about business, spirituality and social media By Grace Duerksen Since summer 2017, Twisted Twigs has sold crystals, handmade oils, dried herbs, incense and other homemade apothecary items to their customers. The metaphysical shop is nestled among residential houses on Main Street in Anderson, Indiana, and is owned and operated by two witches: Brytneigh Burgess and Kinsley Elsten.
communities 4/9/2022, 12:00pm A Hand to Hold: Turn Away No Longer provides new resources to people in the foster care system By Emily Hunter When her step-grandson was placed in a children’s home in Richmond, Indiana, at 7 years old, Tracy Walters hired a lawyer and fought for him with no hesitation. She was given a kinship placement, when grandparents or other extended family members raise a child, and he lived with her for the next five years.
Communities 4/5/2022, 1:00pm Finding a Common Ground: Local business owner brings the community together at the Common Market By Sumayyah Muhammad It doesn't take long for visitors to see the stories the southside of Muncie has when they notice the neighborhood's appearance, said Kory Gipson, co-owner of the Common Market.
DN 100 3/31/2022, 5:00pm Returning to the Nest: Daily News alumni reflect on their time with the paper and what led them back to Ball State By Maya Wilkins The newsroom is buzzing — designers are laying out pages, photographers are choosing their best photos and reporters are getting their stories completed before their deadline.
DN 100 3/30/2022, 10:00am Prize-winning Alumni: Former Daily News members reflect on their Pulitzer-winning stories By Samantha Lyon Established in 1917 in honor of pioneer journalist and newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the Pulitzer Prize aims to honor exceptional journalistic achievements. Over the last 100 years, it has remained one of the most prominent and acclaimed awards for journalism.
DN 100 3/29/2022, 5:40pm There's No Place Like Home: Former Daily News adviser and editors reflect on 100 years By Taylor Smith The newsroom wasn’t always Doug Toney’s home. When he was a freshman at Ball State in 1969, Toney was on track to become a history teacher. Born and raised on the farm, he said it made sense to have summers off and help his family out on the property. But, after one mass communications class with George Harper, former professor of journalism, Toney was “hooked.”
Enterprise 3/28/2022, 7:20pm Habitat’s Heroine By Taylor Smith With a bottle of water, reading materials and a phone charging on the table beside her, Sharon Kay Brown sits in her favorite rocking chair every Tuesday evening and tunes into NBC’s “Chicago Fire.”
Campus 3/23/2022, 2:00pm Back in the Groove: Almost two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, Ball State’s music scene is slowly rebuilding By Kyle Smedley Guitars strumming. Music blaring. Voices raised. People dancing. Before March 2020, the music scene on Ball State’s campus was as lively as ever. Then, everything changed. Once the pandemic hit, shows were immediately canceled, and the noise that once filled Ball State’s campus became a nearly silent hum. Now, slowly but surely, the scene is rebuilding, the sound is returning and music is back once again.
Communities 3/22/2022, 12:00pm A PAWsitive Impact: Pets throughout the 8twelve Coalition help neighbors connect with one another By Taylor Smith After getting home one day, Lezlie McCrory was greeted by both a neighborhood cat and a man on the street near her house in Muncie on 9th Street. McCrory told the man the cat had been greeting her for years, not necessarily wanting to be touched or let in the house.
Women's History Month 3/17/2022, 9:30am The Female Finesse: How expressive Muncie businesswomen are empowering the next wave By Grace Bentkowski The first time Women In Business Unlimited (WIBU) President and Open Door Health Services Director of Community Engagement Dorica Watson attended one of the organization’s luncheons 12 years ago, she was greeted by colorful hair and artificial fish heels. What she learned that day is that anything can mean business.
alumni spotlight 3/3/2022, 5:30pm Boldness is Louder than Fear: Hip-hop artist writes music to help people overcome fear By Miguel Naranjo When Rome Herbert was about 8 years old, he frequently attended spoken word performances with his mother in Indianapolis and became inspired by its artistry.
campus 2/26/2022, 12:23pm Muncie residents and workers share their stories amid Ball State's new gender-affirming clothing resource By Elissa Maudlin It started with a promo of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In a pink, flowing Roman princess gown draped out from the arms, Roxxxy Andrews fawns herself with a large golden fan in front of four pillars with pegasuses flying around her. Her blonde hair fans out from her golden brown face, and black eyeliner and lashes hide the color of her irises.
campus 2/23/2022, 2:42pm The 23-year story of Ball State's storm chasing class By Tori Smith When former Ball State assistant professor of geography and meteorology David Arnold’s home in the San Francisco Bay area got exciting weather, he thought “it was the coolest thing in the world.”
Communities 2/17/2022, 3:00pm The Muncie Civic Theatre rehearses its most recent production, "Newsies" By Joey Sills “Group one — you guys ready? One group at a time. OK, five, six, seven, eight, one, two, three, four.”
Communities 2/8/2022, 5:17pm Members of Muncie craft shop Forever Baskets talk about basket weaving and the business By Elissa Maudlin It starts with the base, a circular slab of wood surrounded by thinner strands, which travel the perimeter of the slab, around and around. Tall strands the size of popsicle sticks reach toward the sky, away from the circular motion of the other strands, almost making a fence. Where the end of the continuous circle meets the sky-reaching fence, the thinner circular strands begin to weave around the taller strands, enveloping them. This is basket weaving.
Black History Month 2/3/2022, 4:30pm Ball State alumnus Braxton Williams shares how he hopes to help others through his book, "The Infinite Horizons" By Taylor Smith Every afternoon, when the bell rang for lunchtime and his classmates’ stomachs grumbled at the thought of chips in their lunchboxes, Braxton Williams swung his backpack over his shoulder and made his way to reading class.
Black History Month 2/2/2022, 3:00pm Muncie Education in Biracial Hair class aims to change the beauty industry By Elissa Maudlin In a room attached to the kitchen of Erica Robinson Moody’s home sits two salon chairs. A cabinet is filled with different colored hair dyes, an apron hangs on a hook near a large mirror and products stand in single-file lines on the counters. Her son, Brooklyn Moody, sits in a salon chair where his mom said he often falls asleep, while she takes a comb, twirls it tightly on a small section of his hair and creates a tight, springy curl an inch or two in length. Dozens of these curls lie across his head. Brooklyn’s hairstyle takes 45 minutes to style this way, and the style only stays for about a week — a reality for biracial hair.
Ball State Plans 11/21/2022, 9:59am Ball State demolishes LaFollette, replacing it with a green space and more By Elijah Poe
Downtown Muncie Last Updated 15 hours ago As part of Muncie’s Riverfront District project, The Clubhouse @ Accutech is introduced to the Muncie community
High School Girls Volleyball 11/6/2022, 12:05am Yorktown volleyball falls short as Hamilton Southeastern claims 4A state title
The Village 11/22/2022, 9:59am Destination 2040 set to usher in a new generation of change in the Village
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