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Decade in review

By Staff Reports

With the 2020s soon approaching, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns reflected on the successes of the university in the past decade, things to improve on and the roadmap for the future.  

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, during arguments in the first gun rights case before the Supreme Court in nine years. The case was filed by three New York City gun owners who are challenging a ban on carrying a licensed handgun outside city limits to a gun range, shooting competition or second home outside city limits. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

News 12/3/2019, 10:00am

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

The president’s focus on the impeachment inquiry, marijuana vape seizures, the Supreme Court case over New York City gun laws, abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church and Elon Musk’s trial over his previous tweets make up this week’s five national stories. 

Palestinian Christians celebrate the lighting of a Christmas tree outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

News 12/2/2019, 10:00am

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

Suspension of U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong, the COP25 climate summit, the vigil for the London Bridge attack, a relic believed to be from Jesus’ manger and a cartel attack near the U.S.-Mexico border make up this week’s five international stories.

In this Nov. 14, 2019, photo, a student attaches a note to the Resilience Project board on the campus of Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah. The purpose of the project is to let students know that it is OK to struggle. More college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems. That's according to an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

News 11/26/2019, 10:00am

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

College students’ mental health, winter weather woes for holiday travelers, Taylor Swift’s record at the American Music Awards, Conan the dog’s welcome at the White House and updates on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump make up this week’s five national stories.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence arrive with turkey to serve to troops at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. The visit is Pence’s first to Iraq and comes nearly one year since President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to the country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

News 11/25/2019, 10:00am

5 international stories of the week

By Associated Press

The U.S. Vice President’s visit to Iraq, the World Wide Web inventor’s “Contract for the Web,” Pope Francis’ visit to Japan, the pro-democracy vote in Hong Kong and the extinction of Sumatran rhinos in Malaysia make up this week’s five international stories.

Students say the Pledge of Allegiance as thousands gather at a candlelight vigil for several students killed in the Saugus High School shooting in Central Park, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Detectives were searching for a motive for the killings carried out by the shooter on his 16th birthday. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via AP)

News 11/19/2019, 10:00am

5 national stories of the week

By Associated Press

Shootings in California and New Jersey, the trial for this summer’s Colorado school shooting, California’s lawsuit against Juul and updates on the Trump impeachment inquiry make up this week’s five national stories.