opinion 10/25/2018, 2:45pm Café con Leche: Yo hablo español By Stephanie Amador “Thank you for calling customer service, for English press one. Para Español oprima el número dos.” We’ve all heard it, it’s engraved into our brains. It’s a fact that we live in a multi-language country, with Spanish being the second most predominant language spoken according to WorldAtlas.
opinion 10/24/2018, 1:00pm Headstrong: Spooky, smart and safe By Scott Fleener Halloween is almost here, and with that comes lots of parties on college campuses.
opinion 10/18/2018, 9:30am Unspoken: Busyness Cravings By Demi Lawrence Nearly every day of my Monday through Friday work week is a 12 hour day. Some are even 15 hour days.
opinion 10/17/2018, 9:30am Adult-ish: The Coming Out Process By Audrey Bowers As a queer woman, I have to come out over and over again. This process can be exhausting, especially as I’ve come to realize that straight people never have to “come out.”
opinion 10/12/2018, 11:00am Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope: Blaming and shaming: Sexual assault By Kennedi Barnett It has been exactly one year and 30 days since I spoke to my first abuser.
opinion 10/11/2018, 2:45pm Shepard’s Corner: No Justice for Justice Kavanaugh By Jordan Rhodes Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will officially sit on the Supreme Court as confirmed in the 50-48 vote by the United States Senate.
opinion 10/4/2018, 2:00pm Manifesto: Broken Comforts By John Lynch All throughout high school, I questioned my capacity to survive in the college world.
opinion 10/4/2018, 9:00am Pencil Shavings: The Giant Chop By Justice Amick I grew up in a town about 20 minutes south of Indianapolis in Greenwood, Indiana. I went to Center Grove High School. According to the U.S. News and World Report, the diversity rate there as of the 2015-2016 school year, the year I graduated, was 11 percent.
opinion 9/28/2018, 2:46am Blake’s Beats: Brockhampton gets colorful on “iridescence” By Blake Williamson Here’s what you do: go to Track 10 on Brockhampton’s newest album “Iridescence,” press play on a little number entitled “J’OUVERT" and tell me that the self-proclaimed “America’s hardest working boyband” has run out of things to say.
opinion 9/27/2018, 11:30am Café con Leche: “I’m proud to be Mexican-American” By Stephanie Amador / ball-bearings These past few weeks I hadn’t realized September was Hispanic Heritage Month. I felt awful, having forgotten this month was the month to celebrate my culture.
opinion 9/24/2018, 2:00pm Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope: Representation in every shade By Kennedi Barnett “You are pretty for a dark skin girl” is the bane of my existence.
opinion 9/20/2018, 12:43pm Unspoken: Suicide has a face By Demi Lawrence Suicide is something that is talked about so often in today’s society, but never seems like it can be talked about enough. We know suicide is a very sad and serious problem. We know that it is an issue that plagues our nation and world.
Opinion 9/19/2018, 11:40am Tierra Talks: Safe places By Tierra Harris Growing up, I always felt like everyone had a safe place.
opinion 9/11/2018, 2:50pm Blake's Beats: For Mac, thank you By Blake Williamson I was in Target when I got the news. I feel my phone vibrate, and I see a text that contains a sentence I won’t soon forget: “Mac Miller is dead.”
letter from the editor 8/31/2018, 1:04pm Letter from the Editor: We made a mistake By Allie Kirkman Since 1922, The Ball State Daily News has been committed to providing the campus community with breaking news and accurate, timely information.
opinion 8/30/2018, 2:30pm Unspoken: Too Little, Too Late By Demi Lawrence On Aug. 3, Ball State University’s Board of Trustees released a statement regarding alumni John Schnatter’s - more popularly known as Papa John - use of the N-word during a meeting.
opinion 8/23/2018, 3:00pm Finding Beneficence: To dare greatly By Garrett Looker It's the first night of the last year of my time here at Ball State University. Tonight, I'm alone. I felt that that needed to happen, so I drove.
lifestyles 8/22/2018, 3:00pm Adultish: The bad internship By Audrey Bowers There’s a difference between explaining what you want from a person and ripping someone’s work apart for the sake of doing so.
Opinion 8/10/2018, 12:00pm LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hate is not a Cardinal value By Contributor My name is Robert Miles and I am an alumnus of Ball State University (BS ‘16). During my time at Ball State I was incredibly involved on campus academically and socially.
Opinion 8/9/2018, 12:00pm LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Relationship with Schnatter does not coincide with Beneficence By Contributor I was disheartened to read Rick Hall’s statement concerning the University’s relationship with John Schnatter.
opinion 9/5/2020, 5:00pm This is the Shwe: Screw the Charmin Ultra Strong Bears, use a bidet By Shwetha Sundarrajan In times of crisis, turn to bidets rather than toilet paper.
Muncie Origins 9/11/2020, 12:00pm Muncie Origins: Muncie locals revamp Boulder Falls, The Frozen Boulder to make the business their own
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