We all have the power, to a certain extent, to make choices that we can be proud of and to live meaningful and fulfilled lives. Changing my major has made all the difference.
Each year, The Daily News evaluates and assigns a grade to the outgoing Student Government Association (SGA) slate.
The name Sinclair Broadcast Group has slowly risen to prominence over the past year. The company has gained attention for the insertion of the company’s right-wing views into local news broadcasts through a number of methods.
Our generation, the Millennials, is at its peak. We are pushing for change, rallying behind each other, standing together. Our voice is a united front against those who doubt, mock and threaten us.
The smell of cigarettes and cheap bar food cling to my clothes as I sip my flat diet coke while sitting in the middle of a sports bar somewhere in small-town Indiana on Sunday evening.
The night before the results of the 2016 election came out, I watched the news and anxiously bit my nails, hoping it was all a bad dream as Trump won electoral votes.
Pew Research Center defines “Millennials” as those aged 22-35, and also says that as of April 2016, Millennials made up 31 percent of the voter pool with a population of 69.2 million.
I had a Facebook memory pop up the other day that almost made me cry.
The steam from the taco meat fogged my glasses as I took the pot off the hot stove.
Crying is a sign of weakness. That’s what society has been teaching us for a long time. It’s a sign of weakness, especially if you’re a boy. If that’s the case, I suppose I was very weak as a child. I cried a lot.
My name is Audrey Bowers and I’m just like you. I drink too much iced coffee with my friends, struggle to find a decent place to park on Ball State’s campus, stress out about getting everything I’m supposed to have done and happen to enjoy a good Netflix binge.
We as humans are far from perfect, or so we've been told. Everybody makes mistakes, they say. Is it reasonable to assume all the things we’ve made through thousands of years of history aren't perfect, then?
The world’s largest ball of paint lies in the middle of the country, in Alexandria, IN, which is about a 30-minute drive from Ball State University. It’s a sight that I probably would’ve missed if I wasn’t looking for it.
Change requires action. Action can be perceived as many different things, from simply just discussing a topic with friends to writing to government officials.
We have grown up in an age where gun violence has taken away our sense of hope for the world and our ability to be at ease in class without fearing a person gunning down the door to take the lives of innocent people. I am worried for our future.
On April 20, 1999, two students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado armed with assault rifles, plenty of ammunition, Molotov cocktails and two propane bombs set to go off at 11:17 a.m.
Squeezing the trigger, I aimed for the old beer can. It flipped up in the air scattering and spraying everywhere.
This generation can be the generation to end gun violence.
We lost 17 kids. Seventeen kids could have been doctors. They could have been teachers. They could have grown up to be the next president. Seventeen kids that could have really made a difference.
The notion of arming teachers with firearms is problematic because it doesn’t consider the responsibility already placed upon the shoulders of teachers.
