news 2/19/2021, 10:00am Ball State provost, students react to increase in online learning By Angelica Gonzalez With classroom desks socially distanced and stickers signifying unavailable chairs, professors and students have made many changes to the ways they usually learn on campus. As the world still grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Ball State’s course modalities show one clear way of how the pandemic has affected campus and academics.
news 2/18/2021, 12:00pm Ball State SGA Strive slate introduces campaign focuses By Grace McCormick After two Student Government Association (SGA) election seasons saw three executive slates run against each other, just one slate signed up to campaign for the 2021-22 school year.
news 2/18/2021, 8:00am Chinese students at Ball State celebrate Lunar New Year 2021 during COVID-19 pandemic By Shiyi Sun On Feb. 12, Chinese people ushered in the most important festival of the year — the Lunar New Year. This year, celebrations looked different than usual.
news 2/17/2021, 10:45pm Ball State SGA Strive slate participates in second debate By Staff Reports Strive presidential candidate Tina Nguyen and vice presidential candidate Chiara Biddle participated in the second student government association (SGA) debate for the 2021-22 school year Feb. 17, 2021. Nguyen and Biddle further discussed their campaign focuses of engage, educate, encourage and strive.
news 2/17/2021, 7:20pm Ball State SGA approves budget for COVID bags By Maya Wilkins Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting Feb. 17 as a hybrid meeting with the option of in-person or Zoom. At the meeting, senators voted on a budget request and introduced two amendments.
news 2/16/2021, 3:00pm Ball State student trustee application opens By Staff Reports Applications for the Ball State student trustee position are open through March 1.
news 2/16/2021, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Deaths highlight Rockies avalanche danger, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says an independent commission will examine the Capitol riot, COVID-19 shots may change due to virus variants, former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead in his hotel room and authorities found that dozens charged in the U.S. Capitol riots used extremist rhetoric make up this week's five national stories.
news 2/15/2021, 10:12pm In-person classes delayed until 10 a.m. Feb. 16 By Staff Reports In a campus-wide email sent 10 p.m. Monday night, Alan Finn, Ball State vice president for business affairs, said all on-campus classes scheduled to begin before 10 a.m. Feb. 16 won't occur in-person due to inclement weather.
news 2/15/2021, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press Peru's foreign minister resigns after a government vaccine scandal, Russian cities see small protests for Alexei Navalny, an earthquake in Japan damages some buildings and causes minor injuries, a Russian cargo ship is launched to the International Space Station and Mexico's government announces its plan for COVID-19 vaccinations make up this week's five international stories.
news 2/13/2021, 5:20pm Trump acquitted: Senate votes 57-43 at impeachment trial By Associated Press The Senate on Saturday acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency.
news 2/12/2021, 10:00am Ball State faculty and students look forward to improving inclusivity and opening the new multicultural center By Grace McCormick and Maya Wilkins When Keisha Warren-Gordon, associate professor of criminal justice and criminology, was a Ball State undergraduate student from 1992-95, the Multicultural Center was about 20 years old. The center was called the Special Programs House, which opened in the 1970s to serve Black students.
video 2/11/2021, 2:26pm VIDEO: Latinx Student Union Valentine's Day By Josh Bennett Latinx Student Union hosts an in-person gathering Wednesday February 11th 2021 to celebrate Valentine's day.
news 2/11/2021, 12:00pm University Dining Services ends its contract with Jamba Juice By Mackenzie Rupp “Ball State taking out Jamba Juice is my villain origin story.” This was just one reaction to Ball State University Dining Services’ decision to end its five-year contract with Jamba Juice.
news 2/11/2021, 10:00am Ball State experiences campus-wide internet outage to block potential intrusion By Grace McCormick and Maya Wilkins Fourteen hours after campus internet came back from a nearly six-hour outage Feb. 9 — with no more than two tweets communicated from the university — the Ball State community was finally given an explanation to what happened.
news 2/11/2021, 1:04am Ball State Strive slate participates in first SGA debate By Staff Reports Strive is the only student government association (SGA) slate to submit a nomination form to run for the Ball State SGA executive board for the 2021-22 school year. The slate participated in its first debate of the season Feb. 10.
news 2/10/2021, 10:27pm Ball State SGA votes on budget proposal, two amendments By Maya Wilkins Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting on Feb. 10 over Zoom. At the meeting, senators looked over a budget proposal and voted on two amendments that had been introduced at the Feb. 3 meeting.
News 2/10/2021, 9:17am Ball State campus experiences internet outage. By Staff Reports Ball State's internet was down from approximately 2-8 p.m. Wednesday.
video 2/9/2021, 1:51pm VIDEO: Muncie's Common Market By Josh Bennett The Common Market recently received a $15,000 grant from National Hartbeat of Main Street grant program and a $14,400 local grant from 8twelve Coalition. Its goals include being a food market, thrift shop, vinyl record store and many more, all in one location.
news 2/9/2021, 10:00am Five national news stories of the week By Associated Press Advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions, schools plan for remote learning in the fall, hackers try to poison Florida drinking water, maskless Super Bowl fans raise fears about the coronavirus and a new program for minority businesses in Southern underserved communities make up this week's five national stories.
news 2/8/2021, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press A rescue effort begins after an Indian glacier flood, Moscow's jails are overcrowded with opposition protestors, a water cannon is fired at protestors in Myanmar, South Africa suspends its AstraZeneca vaccine effort and top diplomats in the United States and China discuss issues that have strained their relationship make up this week's five international stories.
Communities 3/25/2021, 3:00pm Muncie resident gives back to community through online home bakery Muncie Macs and More By Maya Wilkins
Volleyball 3/24/2021, 3:00pm A golden perspective: Cait Snyder played high school volleyball under four-time U.S. Olympian Lloy Ball
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