OPINION

First-year computer science and physics major Elaine Ulsh poses for a portrait in her room March 14 in DeHority Hall. Jacy Bradley, DN
First-year computer science and physics major Elaine Ulsh poses for a portrait in her room March 14 in DeHority Hall. Jacy Bradley, DN

Hobbies 3/21/2023, 4:48pm

The Importance of Self-Care: Why it is okay to indulge in a hobby

By Elaine Ulsh

Hobbies may seem like a miscellaneous habit that we do, but they can provide extreme benefits to our lives.

Success can be achieved only when we are not constantly getting burnt out or feeling at war in our own minds. In a sense, hobbies are the toolkits we need to break out of our heads and have healthy mental states.

Josie Santiago, DN Illustration

3/14/2023, 12:00am

What Movies Taught Me About Femininity

By Kate Farr

Women don’t have to be complicit, and we aren’t there to be kissed. We don’t have to fantasize about the princes that will come. We’re allowed to be more, more than forced kisses and intimate grabs, being told to stay behind the hero or being the quiet caretakers.

A copy of the Ball State Daily News lays in the Unified Media Lab Feb. 23, 2022. The Daily News celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022. Grayson Joslin, DN

Student Journalism 2/23/2023, 10:52am

Student journalists are journalists, full stop.

By Grayson Joslin

The work that we have put out can be considered undervalued and underappreciated due to the fact we are students. However, during our primitive years, we are making sure we can be the best journalists we can be.

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Black History Month 2/20/2023, 2:00pm

Uplifting the Voice of Black Individuals: An Analysis of the 1881 Washerwomen Strike

By Imani Butts

As a Black journalist, the way Black stories we try to tell are co-opted for praise stifles the credibility we are fighting to keep. My “voice” isn’t as loud as other journalists. Honestly, trying to be heard is exhausting. Constantly being disregarded for more prominent journalists is exhausting. Not having the support to tell the stories of the Black community is exhausting.

First-year journalism major Kate Farr poses in the photojournalism studio in the Art and Journalism Building on campus Jan. 24. Jacy Bradley, DN

Society 1/30/2023, 10:00am

Trapped in the Fetters of Society: Our individualism should trump obligations

By Kate Farr

Based on my own experience, it isn’t uncommon that through perception, we become a direct reflection of everything before us and around us. Whether it be through generational origins or conditions, we aren't viewed as an individualistic self but instead a notion generated by others — possibly before our own lives have even begun. 

First-year computer science and physics major Elaine Ulsh poses in the photojournalism studio in the Art and Journalism building on campus Jan. 18. Jacy Bradley, DN

OCD 1/22/2023, 12:00pm

Living in a Frenzy: Addressing My Experience with OCD

By Elaine Ulsh

Society needs to stop treating mental illness like a personality trait or a lifestyle. It can be crippling. OCD can be crippling. People are obsessed with the idea that having a mental illness such as OCD makes you different, and that it makes you stand out. But once you have it, all you really want is to fit in.

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Holiday season 1/2/2023, 3:19pm

Ho Ho No: Why Christmas is an overrated holiday

By Karla Toledo

When I think about Christmas all that comes to mind is cold hours shoveling snow off your car, just to go to a mall with a bunch of stressed adults dragging their screaming snotty children away from screen displays. 

Second-year journalism major Grayson Joslin poses in front of Shafer Tower by the University Green Dec. 2. Joslin will be graduating in three years, instead of doing the traditional four-year path. Jacy Bradley, DN

LIFE PLANS 12/26/2022, 10:00am

Wanting to graduate early? Here are my reasons why I am.

By Grayson Joslin

Do not let the traditional structures of college trap you into a four-year plan. Graduating in three years or five years does not make you less of a student than students who took the traditional four-year path. At the end of the day, there is nothing on the degree you receive that says how many years it took. Put yourself in the driver’s seat of your future.

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Midterm 10/27/2022, 10:00am

Go out and vote in the upcoming midterm

By Richard Kann

You may not feel all that powerful, coloring in a circle next to the name of your preferred candidate, while in the voting booth. But in that voting booth, you are powerful. You and all the millions of Americans voting alongside you are powerful.