news 1/13/2021, 5:10pm Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge By Associated Press President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
news 1/8/2021, 10:00am When and where to get a COVID-19 test By Staff Reports Before returning to campus for the spring 2021 semester, Ball State University students must provide a COVID-19 test result obtained within a week of moving back to campus. The portal to submit test results opened Jan. 8, 2021 and was shared with students via email.
news 1/6/2021, 5:25pm Trump supporters storm US capitol, lawmakers evacuated By Associated Press Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
1/2/2021, 5:50pm 'Peyton's Places' episode filmed at Ball State to air Jan. 3 By Staff Reports Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced in a campus-wide email Jan. 2, 2021 that the episode of the "Peyton's Places" documentary series filmed on Ball State's campus in October 2020 will air on ESPN+ Jan. 3, 2021.
news 12/15/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press COVID-19 vaccinations of the Pfizer-BioNTech shots begin for U.S. health care workers, the Electoral College formalizes Joe Biden's win, Biden promises to rejoin the Paris climate accord, the national coronavirus death toll passes 300,000 and California's attorney general asks a judge to enforce his subpoena on Amazon make up this week's five national stories.
news 12/14/2020, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press Italy's pandemic death toll grows to the largest in Europe, hundreds of students in Nigeria are still missing after a school attack, Barcelona begins a study on the effectiveness of same-day COVID-19 antigen tests, Argentina's lower house voted to legalize abortion and Russia successfully test-launched a heavy lift rocket make up this week's five international stories.
news 12/12/2020, 5:04pm Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns tests positive for COVID-19 By Staff Reports Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns received a postive COVID-19 test result from a rapid-result PCR test, according to a Twitter statement from Ball State University issued 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
news 12/11/2020, 5:00pm Ball State Board of Trustees approves amphitheater budget By Grace McCormick Ball State’s Board of Trustees approved the budget for a $3.15 million construction project to build an outdoor amphitheater in the footprint of the Emens parking structure at its meeting Dec. 11, 2020. The $3.15 million includes the costs of building materials, theatrical equipment and technology.
news 12/10/2020, 3:00pm Bold slate reflects on fall, shares spring semester plans By Grace McCormick and Maya Wilkins During his time as Student Government Association (SGA) president so far, Connor Sanburn said, he has realized how long the university process of approving proposals takes.
news 12/10/2020, 2:30pm Muncie Parks Department votes to pursue new YMCA project and close Downtown and Northwest branches By Taylor Smith and Charles Melton The mission of the YMCA of Muncie is “to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all,” said Chad Zaucha, president and CEO of Muncie’s YMCA.
news 12/9/2020, 8:00pm Students and staff look ahead to asynchronous finals week By Mackenzie Rupp Rather than pulling all-nighters with study groups and hoping to find open spots in campus testing labs, Ball State students will experience the fall 2020 semester’s finals week from their own homes, completing tests in front of a webcam monitor.
news 12/9/2020, 7:12pm Ball State SGA passes Rent College Pads resolution By Maya Wilkins On Dec. 9, the Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) held their weekly meeting over Zoom and voted to pass the resolution for a partnership between Ball State University and Rent College Pads that was introduced at the Dec. 2 meeting.
news 12/8/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press A hospital in Kansas runs out of regular full-time staff, the Trump administration fully restored DACA protections after a federal judge's order, the House of Representatives voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, the FDA announced its plan to review the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine and Joe Biden's health team seeks to handle the coronavirus methodically and transparently in a federal response.
news 12/7/2020, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press China prepares coronavirus vaccines, Moscow opens vaccination centers, Ethiopian refugees flee to Sudan, the European Union debates ways to strengthen ties with the US and a gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell patients make up this week's five international stories.
news 12/4/2020, 3:00pm Business students create commercial real estate club at Ball State By Mackenzie Rupp Junior finance major Nick Phalen spent his summer working as an intern for Zeller Real Estate in Chicago. This internship inspired him to start Ball State’s first commercial real estate club with junior business administration major Russell Chain.
news 12/3/2020, 3:00pm Cardinal Kitchen continues operations during COVID-19 By Grace Bentkowski After visiting Cardinal Kitchen regularly during the 2019-20 school year, Purseh Gbadyu, Ball State junior exercise science major, was inspired to volunteer at the pantry to give back to the Muncie community.
news 12/3/2020, 12:00pm Community Foundation provides technology grants to local schools By Maya Wilkins In May 2020, the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, a local charity that focuses on bettering the Muncie community, began the K-12 School Technology Resilience Initiative, a program that granted eight public school districts in Delaware County money to better the technology in their districts.
news 12/2/2020, 8:00pm Ball State SGA votes on code of conduct, amendment By Maya Wilkins On Dec. 2, Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) held their weekly meeting over Zoom and voted on changes to the Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities.
news 12/1/2020, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Enbridge Energy is approved for pipeline construction in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Arizona certify their election results, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns of virus surges, a blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease is being sold to commercial labs and President-elect Joe Biden names his Council of Economic Advisers make up this week's five national stories.
news 11/30/2020, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press Moderna announced it will apply for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, Turkey resumed reporting all of its positive COVID-19 cases, Britain’s foreign minister said Brexit trade talks are in their last week, Russia is under new pressure to explain Alexei Navalny's August 2020 poisoning and the UK asks its medicines regulator to investigate the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine.
Football 12/31/2020, 10:00am A Neu day: How Mike Neu stayed positive through the struggles and found success By Ian Hansen
Football 12/31/2020, 7:41pm Ball State wins its 1st bowl game in program history against No. 19 San Jose State
Football 12/19/2020, 1:06am Ball State Football wins its first MAC Championship in 24 years, defeats No. 23 Buffalo
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