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Computer science professor Dave Largent watches as his class prepares their lessons. The groups worked with Muncie Community Schools students for nine weeks in the fall semester. John Lynch, DN

Computer science professor Dave Largent watches as his class prepares their lessons. The groups worked with Muncie Community Schools students for nine weeks in the fall semester. John Lynch, DN

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Immersive learning project brings computer science to MCS

By John Lynch

For three years, Ball State computer science students have worked to make their field available to the next generation of computer scientists. 

Erik Dominguez holds his 11-month-old daughter Isabella while watching the live stream of a public memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, Feb. 24, 2020, outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

News 2/25/2020, 10:00am

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

Kobe Bryant’s memorial service, Harvey Weinstein’s conviction, the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate, sex-abuse allegations against a former University of Michigan doctor and actor Jussie Smollett’s not-guilty pleas make up this week’s five national stories. 

Thousands of people take part in a funeral march Feb. 23, 2020, in Hanau, Germany. Several people were killed in a shooting in the central German city Feb. 19, 2020. (Nicolas Armer/dpa via AP)

News 2/24/2020, 10:00am

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

The aftermath of a racist shooting incident in Germany, updated numbers of people affected by the new virus outbreak, President Donald Trump’s visit to India, the U.N. chief’s call to action on human rights and Julian Assange’s extradition hearing make up this week’s five international stories. 

In this Nov. 13, 2019, file photo, Afghan security personnel gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan will need vast amounts of foreign funding to keep its government afloat through 2024, a U.S. agency said Thursday, even as foreign donors are increasingly angry over the cost of debilitating corruption and the U.S. seeks a peace deal with Taliban to withdraw its troops. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

News 2/21/2020, 12:00pm

US: Taliban’s ‘reduction of violence’ deal to start tonight

By Associated Press

The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will begin on Friday night, when the seven-day “reduction of violence” promised by the Taliban will go into effect, a senior U.S. State Department official said. The deal will be signed on Feb. 29.

From left, Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., stand on stage before a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC. (AP Photo/John Locher)

News 2/20/2020, 10:00am

Debate night brawl: Bloomberg, Sanders attacked by rivals

By Associated Press

From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders’ take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wednesday night that threatened to further muddy the party’s urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump.