news 10/29/2020, 12:00pm Mike Pence visits home state leading up to the election By John Lynch With under two weeks until the presidential election, Vice President Mike Pence returned to his home state of Indiana to speak to his and President Donald Trump’s supporters.
news 10/29/2020, 10:00am Immersive learning classes provide students with real-world experience By Mackenzie Rupp Immersive learning comes in many forms — community service, internships and even learning how to bind books.
news 10/28/2020, 7:30pm Ball State SGA votes on line of succession, vacancy amendment By Maya Wilkins On Oct. 28, Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly senate meeting over Zoom, where they voted on an amendment introduced last week regarding filling vacancies on the Executive Board and defining the line of succession.
news 10/28/2020, 5:00pm Rinard Orchid Greenhouse hosts 'Magic School Bus'-inspired event By Maya Wilkins Ball State’s Rinard Orchid Greenhouse is hosting a "Magic School Bus"-themed Halloween event Saturday, Oct. 31. Erica Forstater, environmental educator, started this annual public event in 2018 and is in charge of hosting it every year.
News 10/28/2020, 12:37pm Muncie mayor removes Board of Public Works and Safety vice president In a press release sent out around noon Wednesday, Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour announced that Board of Public Works and Safety member Jerry Wise has been removed from the board.
news 10/27/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Amy Coney Barrett awaits high-profile cases on the Supreme Court, California braces for more fires and winds, the Philadelphia police shooting of a Black man sparks protests, scientists remove murder hornets from Washington state and an Eli Lilly COVID-19 antibody drug trial loses government funding make up this week's five national stories.
news 10/26/2020, 8:56pm Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote By Associated Press Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
news 10/26/2020, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press Spain enforces a curfew to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis names 13 new cardinals, Italy closes gyms and movie theaters for one month, Iran's health minister criticizes his government's handling of the pandemic and Japan rejects the United Nation's Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons make up this week's five international stories.
news 10/22/2020, 3:00pm Ball State Safe Zone training continues during COVID-19 By John Lynch Though many of Ball State’s in-person services are shut down for the foreseeable future, the university is still doing its best to educate students and faculty on LGBTQ issues.
news 10/22/2020, 12:00pm iMADE Muncie students create new Minnetrista benches By Grace McCormick After designing 12 buildings for class projects without being able to see any of them built, Steven Polchinski, fourth-year architecture major, spent part of his spring 2020 semester working with graduate students to assemble new benches and trash cans for Minnetrista.
news 10/21/2020, 7:09pm Ball State SGA votes on loyalty campaign, vote center By Maya Wilkins At the Oct. 21 Zoom meeting, Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) was presented with a budget request that would allow students on campus to give feedback on their respective colleges in exchange for stickers. The request, presented by Senators Chiara Biddle and Miryam Bevelle, is part of a college loyalty campaign that the two have been working on.
news 10/20/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press An Alaska tsunami warning came after an earthquake Monday, Black police officers are breaking from unions because of Donald Trump endorsements, a California panel of doctors will review any coronavirus vaccine before residents are able to receive it, an excavation for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre continues and hospitals in the rural Midwest struggle to contain virus outbreaks.
news 10/19/2020, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press Confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 40 million globally, the Thai prime minster attempts to diminish support for pro-democracy protests, UN arms embargoes on Iran expired Sunday, Russia avoids lockdown measures as COVID-19 infections increase and New Zealand's prime minster won re-election.
news 10/16/2020, 4:00pm Ball State science students create comic book to promote project By John Lynch and Grace Bentkowski When Patricia Lang, Ball State chemistry professor and director of Ball State’s Indiana Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (IN-LSAMP) project, and her team found a new way to teach science, they took advantage of the opportunity to make something creative — in this case, a comic book.
news 10/15/2020, 3:00pm International enrollment disproportionately affected by COVID-19 pandemic By Mackenzie Rupp Ball State University welcomes students from around the world to study on its campus, but this semester, the amount of international students enrolled at Ball State has decreased drastically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
news 10/15/2020, 12:00pm University Police Department completes second de-escalation training By Grace McCormick Though de-escalation training is not a requirement for Indiana police officers, Ball State’s University Police Department (UPD) incorporates tactics into annual trainings.
news 10/14/2020, 7:22pm Ball State SGA passes budget, bylaws amendments By Maya Wilkins On Oct. 14, the Ball State University Student Government Association (SGA) held their first optional in-person meeting, with a Zoom alternative for those who could not attend in person.
news 10/13/2020, 5:43pm Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count By Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October. President Donald Trump’s administration had asked the nation’s high court to suspend a district court’s order permitting the 2020 census to continue through the end of the month.
news 10/13/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Supreme Court senate hearings for Amy Coney Barrett continue, Michigan men face hearings for kidnapping plot, Facebook bans Holocaust denial posts, Portland protesters knock down statues and Johnson & Johnson pauses its COVID-19 vaccine trial make up this week's five national stories.
Muncie Origins 10/7/2020, 3:00pm Muncie Origins: Body Boutique opens as new gym geared toward women By Demi Lawrence
Communities 10/21/2020, 3:00pm Muncie resident makes a difference as Muncie's Smile Man, advocate for ending child abuse
Football 10/1/2020, 12:00pm Following a successful high school career, Qian Magwood is eager to take the next step with Ball State Football
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