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Starting this month, Cornerstone Center for the Arts will be offering a variety classes and events for the public. The classes are available for children, adults and families. Reagan Allen // DN FIle

muncie 3/1/2017, 3:00pm

Cornerstone offers hands-on spring workshops, classes

By Demi Vaughn

Starting this month, Cornerstone Center for the Arts will be offering spring six-week classes for the public.

Frog Baby Film Festival Facebook // Photo Courtesy

campus 3/1/2017, 12:00pm

Submission deadline for Frog Baby Film Festival approaching

By Andrew Harp

Ball State’s annual film festival is back and now taking entries until Monday.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

news 3/1/2017, 10:00am

Trump addresses Congress, Ball State students react

By Patrick Calvert

President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress Tuesday with a softer tone than the public has seen throughout his campaign and appearances in the media as president.

Reports of severe flooding at Village Promenade have been reported by students living at the apartment complex. The reports say water started leaking through the ceiling on the third floor of the four-story complex around 6:30 p.m. Samantha Brammer // DN File

news 2/28/2017, 9:00pm

Village Promenade experiences flooding

By Sam Barloga

Students living at the Village Promenade apartment complex are reporting severe levels of flooding after water started leaking through the ceiling on the third floor of the four-story complex.

Cathy Day, the assistant chair of the English department, and Eilis Wasserman, a career coach for the Cardinal Career Center, held a "Networking for Introverts" event in Bracken Library on Feb. 28. The event aimed to help students overcome their fear of networking to widen professional circles. Cathy Day Twitter // Photo Courtesy

campus 2/28/2017, 8:17pm

Introverts learn how to successfully network

By Devan Sticka

Being an introvert isn't bad — as long as you know how to network to widen professional circles, both in real life and online. For some, this can be a scary process.

The OPTiC slate reacts after winning the SGA election on Feb 28. Emma Rogers // DN

campus 2/28/2017, 7:14pm

OPTiC wins close SGA election

By Max Lewis / Crime Reporter

Student Government Association executive board slate OPTiC was elected to serve as the next SGA executive board for 2017-18 today.

Community members of all ages gathered outside of Muncie Central High School, held up signs, chanted and demanded that the Muncie Community School administration not follow through with their proposed plan to cut teachers' salaries. Their gathering on both sides of the street, plea, “save our schools” and not punish teachers for the shocking accumulation of debt, took place prior to the 6:30 p.m. school board meeting Tuesday. Patrick Murphy // DN File

muncie 2/28/2017, 3:00pm

Muncie School District in deficit spending, sparks protest

By Brynn Mechem and Maggie Stolfa

Muncie Community Schools have found themselves in an estimated $11.5 million deficit spending, according to The Star Press. While solutions have not yet been met to try and dig out of that hole, the district is looking at many areas to cut, including teacher salaries, an area shocking to parents.

Several Indiana high schools have come together to push House Bill 1130 through the Indiana Statehouse to grant student journalists their freedom of press. The bill, according to iga.in.gov, requires school corporations and state educational institutions to adopt policies concerning student journalist protections and provides that a public school, school corporation, or state educational institution may not suppress school sponsored media unless the content is libelous, slanderous or gratuitously profane. Grace Ramey // DN File

news 2/28/2017, 12:00pm

New Indiana bill provides student journalists more protections

By Jeremy Masukevich / NewsLink Indiana

High schools across Indiana have rallied together to help protect student journalists' freedom.

It has been three years since the Charles W. Brown Planetarium opened. Now, the old space is getting an upgrade. Samantha Brammer // DN File

administration 2/27/2017, 12:00pm

Ball State planetarium becomes new Fulldome Media Lab

By Dylan Grissom

It has been three years since the Charles W. Brown Planetarium opened. Now, the old space is getting an upgrade.

Traditional parody accounts on Twitter are accompanying the 2017-18 SGA elections. The parody accounts have been used as a platform to spread both humor about and awareness of the elections. ShadesBSU // Photo Courtesy

campus 2/27/2017, 12:00pm

SGA presidents explain parody Twitter accounts

By Devan Sticka and Rachel Page

As the 2017-18 Student Government Association elections are drawing near, accompanying the speeches and debates comes the tradition of the SGA parody accounts on Twitter.

Ball State's Counseling Center will host a series of events throughout National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Ellen Lucas, the associate director of outreach consulting psychology, will be holding a discussion about fad diets in the Student Center Pineshelf room from 5 to 6 p.m. on March 1. Stephanie Amador // DN File

campus 2/27/2017, 10:00am

Counseling Center hosts National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

By Mary Freda

20 million women and 10 million men in the United States will be affected by an eating disorder at some time in their life, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.

campus 2/27/2017, 8:34am

SGA voting for 2017-18 executive board opens

By Lauren Owens

Voting opens at 8 a.m. today for the 2017-18 Student Government Association executive board.

The Ball State College Republicans pose with Matt Smith, a BSU alumnus and member of American Conservative Union, at the Conservative Political Action Conference that began on Feb. 22. Patrick Calvert // DN

news 2/27/2017, 6:00am

Ball State College Republicans attend CPAC

By Patrick Calvert

The political landscape in the U.S. has changed quite a bit since the 2016 election, and nine students from the Ball State College Republicans got to see that change up close and personal last week.

Ball State’s Student Voluntary Services held their annual Dr. Seuss Literacy and Art Fair on Feb. 25 at the Kennedy Library. Andrew Harp // DN

muncie 2/26/2017, 12:00pm

SVS volunteers promote literacy through Dr. Seuss

By Andrew Harp

Ball State’s Student Voluntary Services held their annual Dr. Seuss Literacy and Art Fair Saturday at the Kennedy Library.

campus 2/25/2017, 10:28pm

Ball State celebrates 10th-annual Dance Marathon

By Casey Smith , Allie Kirkman and Andrew Smith

More than 1,000 Cardinals helped raise just over $677,000 for Riley Hospital for Children during the 10th-annual Ball State Dance Marathon.

OPTiC and IGNITE speak at the All the Slate Debate on Feb. 20 in John J. Pruis Hall. These slates are running for the 2017-18 SGA executive board. Terence K. Lightning Jr. // DN

campus 2/24/2017, 12:00pm

How feasible are the SGA slates' platform points? The Daily News fact check

By Casey Smith and Max Lewis

Two groups, IGNITE and OPTiC are campaigning to be the next executive slate for the Student Government Association at Ball State. The Daily News talked to the members of each slate about their platform points to see if their feasible to complete or implement in the following year.

IGNITE and OPTiC speak at the All Slate Debate on Feb. 20 in John J. Pruis Hall. These are the slates running for 2017-18 SGA executive board. Terence K. Lightning Jr. // DN

campus 2/24/2017, 12:00pm

Ignite, OPTiC face off in last debate before voting begins

By Max Lewis / Crime Reporter

Ball State's Student Government Association held its final debate Thursday in the L.A. Pittinger Student Center, where Ignite’s Gabby Lloyd and OPTiC’s Greg Carbó fielded questions from students and fellow SGA members.

Students woke up on Feb. 24 to find "resist" signs on the College of Architecture Building, Atrium, Cooper Science Building and University Green. It's not currently known who was responsible for the signs. Terence K. Lightning Jr. // DN

campus 2/24/2017, 10:24am

Painted "resist" graffiti appears overnight around campus

By Staff Reports

Students woke up to painted "resist" graffiti around Ball State's campus Friday morning.

James Wells, the current SGA president, and the University Senate met on Feb. 23 to discuss various committees' progress and to vote on a new addition to upcoming syllabi. The key topics were the addition of bias incident language to syllabi, the possible dissolution of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology, responsible conduct of research and updates for SGA. Sara Barker // DN

administration 2/24/2017, 6:00am

University Senate passes bias syllabus addition

The University Senate met Thursday to discuss various committees' progress in addition to voting to add a new addition to all upcoming syllabi.

The Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict studies held a "Free Speech and Assembly at BSU" meeting on Feb. 22 to inform students of their rights to free speech and assembly on campus. The meeting featured five speakers from the Ball State community who have experience dealing with free speech and assembly issues. Jeremy Masukevich // DN

campus 2/24/2017, 6:00am

Panel discusses free speech, assembly at Ball State

By Jeremy Masukevich and Jared Hagenow / NewsLink Indiana

The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies hosted a panel Thursday night to talk to students and community members about their rights to free speech and assembly on campus.