Muncie Origins 10/1/2020, 12:00pm Muncie Origins: Sea Salt and Cinnamon educates community about vegan lifestyle By Mary Stempky Amanda Reninger, president of Sea Salt and Cinnamon, said the best and easiest way to invite people into the vegan community is to hand them a cupcake.
Communities 10/1/2020, 10:00am Ball State alumna starts home bakery to support her child with cancer By Grace Duerksen Karin Hartwell, a 2018 Ball State alumna and owner of Hite’s Bakery, spends her weekends in her Greenfield, Indiana, home kitchen whipping up homemade cookies, fresh cinnamon rolls and sticky buns to raise money to find a cure for her son’s cancer.
DIY 9/24/2020, 12:00pm 3 do-it-yourself spooky ways to paint leaves for autumn By Nicole Thomas Now that autumn is here, with it comes cool weather, pumpkin-flavored foods and colorful leaves.
Communities 9/24/2020, 10:00am Ball State alumnus shares his story about his 125-pound weight loss journey through his memoir By Nicole Thomas “In all reality, I have been overweight for so much of my life, it began to take a toll on my life. I hated how I felt, how I looked and how people treated me. I knew I had to reclaim my life. Along with that, I wanted to prove everyone wrong.”
Muncie Origins 9/22/2020, 12:00pm Muncie Origins: Whimsies Boutique offers a variety of clothing sizes, patterns By Savannah Jordan When Judith Gill was looking to find her next pair of leggings, she said, no store seemed to have her size, quality material or the colors and prints she liked.
Muncie Origins 9/17/2020, 10:00am Muncie Origins: Viral TikTok farm Barnside Blooms offers flowers for visitors to pick By Taylor Smith What was once an empty patch of dirt now houses more than 16,000 sunflowers, each one with its head turned toward the sun, looking at the bright side — how Garret Conway did last spring.
Campus 9/16/2020, 12:06pm Charles W. Brown Planetarium hosts Facebook Lives to explore constellations By Nicole Thomas For Mel Isenbarger, a senior physics and astronomy major, one of the first constellations she learned to locate and identity was Cassiopeia.
Muncie Origins 9/11/2020, 12:00pm Muncie Origins: Muncie locals revamp Boulder Falls, The Frozen Boulder to make the business their own By Kamryn Tomlinson “If you would have asked us six months before we bought the place if we would ever want to own a miniature golf course, we would have said you were crazy,” said Kyla Bartle, co-owner of The Frozen Boulder and Boulder Falls Mini Golf and BatZone.
Muncie Origins 9/11/2020, 10:00am Muncie Origins: Roo’s Holistic Pet Supplies offers natural treats, chews, other products By Jacob Musselman When Amber Corduan’s 7-year-old whippet, Mischa the Roo, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Corduan went to her vet to talk about taking a different treatment approach than chemotherapy.
Muncie Origins 9/4/2020, 10:00am Muncie Origins: The Bearded Baker delivers baked goods around Muncie, surrounding cities By Sumayyah Muhammad Shane Heath, owner of The Bearded Baker, a Muncie-based bakery, said the Food Network show “Good Eats” was the catalyst behind his decision to attend culinary school at Ivy Tech in 2009.
Communities 9/3/2020, 10:00am Muncie local sews more than 4,000 masks for the community By Grace McCormick Since March 8, Susan Danner has been isolating in her Muncie home, only going outside to get her mail, care for her flowers and feed her birds and squirrels.
Muncie Origins 8/28/2020, 10:00am Muncie Origins: Downtown Dogs opens as Muncie's newest pet groomer By Taylor Smith As the front door swings open, wind blows dog hair across the wooden floor, dogs bark from the back room and Jenn Morgan, owner of Downtown Dogs, trims the fur of a shaggy 8-month-old puppy and greets everyone with a cheerful “Hello.”
Communities 8/26/2020, 12:00pm Ball State sophomore launches beauty, self-care company from home By Sumayyah Muhammad Star Gooch, a sophomore music education major, said she always had a deep-rooted desire to make healthy products for the mind, body and spirit.
Community 7/9/2020, 3:30pm 6 tips for stargazing in your own backyard and beyond By Sarah Jensen With summer in session, warm nights are the perfect time to get outside and look at the sky.
6/23/2020, 12:00pm Muncie Origins: Children's boutique offers unique clothing By Taylor Marshall Amanda Hughes, owner of Forever Young Children’s Boutique, has always known she was a business woman at heart.
Communities 6/16/2020, 12:00pm Intern Spotlight: Actuarial intern reflects on virtual summer internship at CNO Financial Group By Weiyu Ding Tyler Hollis, junior actuarial science major, is spending his summer as intern working virtually for CNO Financial Group.
Communities 6/3/2020, 12:00pm Muncie's First Thursday gallery goes virtual during pandemic By Sarah Jensen The First Thursday events during the months of April and May in downtown Muncie were not bustling as usual.
Communities 6/2/2020, 5:00pm Ball State anthropology professor wins Fulbright's US Scholar award By Weiyu Ding Jennifer Erickson, anthropology professor at Ball State, will be traveling to Bosnia during the spring 2021 semester after winning a U.S. Scholar award from the Fulbright program.
Communities 5/21/2020, 3:00pm Burris teacher shares her approach to 21st century elementary education By Rohith Rao and Kylah Humphress This April, much like she had done in the past 10 years, Stefanie Onieal held a poetry activity for her second-grade students over the Zoom video conference platform.
Communities 5/15/2020, 3:00pm Ball State greenhouse’s annual sale goes online By Jake Merkel While the greenhouse continues to remain closed for in-person visits, it is still conducting its annual orchid sale entirely online — the first time in the sale’s nine-year history that it has taken this form.
Communities 3/25/2021, 3:00pm Muncie resident gives back to community through online home bakery Muncie Macs and More By Maya Wilkins
Volleyball 3/24/2021, 3:00pm A golden perspective: Cait Snyder played high school volleyball under four-time U.S. Olympian Lloy Ball
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