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Empower, Elevate and United kicked off their campaigns for Ball State's 2019 Student Government Association (SGA) Elections Feb. 12, 2019. Since then, Ball State students and organizations have announced their endorsements of the slates. Photos: Scott Fleener, DN; Graphic: Emily Wright, DN

Ball State's 2019 SGA slates endorsed by students, organizations

Since the Feb. 12 Nominations Convention for the 2019 Student Government Association (SGA) Election in the Art and Journalism Building, the three competing slates have received endorsements from students and organizations in the Ball State community.

Ball State Students participate in the Poverty Simulator Wednesday, Feb. 13 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Students were organized in families, with babies being represented by teddy bears that the Realville residents had to care for. John Lynch, DN

Ball State students get new perspective at Poverty Simulation event

Second Harvest Food Bank introduced Ball State students to a new perspective on people in poverty by placing them in the shoes of impoverished Americans for two hours at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, 6 p.m., Wednesday.

A volunteer belly flops into a pool of cold water at the annual Special Olympics Indiana Polar Plunge Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. This year's plunge raised an estimated $20,000, more than any other previous plunge at Ball State. Jacob Musselman, DN

Ball State Polar Plunge raises $20,000 for Special Olympics

Ball State volunteers and students jumping into a pool of cold water have helped hit a new milestone for Special Olympics Indiana (SOI).

Ball State students wait at the scramble light for their turn to cross Jan. 29, 2019 in bellowing freezing temperature as they try to stay warm. With below zero temperatures predicted, the university announced they will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Eric Pritchett,DN

Headstrong: The frozen truth

Talks of soldiers getting frostbite were quickly spreading across the different companies that day. It was 3-5 degrees outside in South Korea, at best.

Ball State's biennial review of the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program was released to the campus community early January. The review states students who reported binge drinking have reduced almost 20 percent from 2015 to 2017. Madeline Grosh, DN File

Ball State alcohol, drug abuse review shows binge drinking decrease

Binge drinking is down and the use of designated drivers is up according to Ball State’s biennial review of the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Program.

Lucas Feeney, 4, runs with a snowball during an event with the Muncie Police Department Jan. 27, at Canon Commons. The Muncie community received the chilly challenge at 6:30 p.m. Scott Fleener, DN

Ready, set, snowball fight: MPD throws Muncie community a cold challenge

Consecutive cold weekends in January may have been keeping many in Muncie craving the warmth of their homes, but when the local police department threw the community a challenge on a short notice, enticing them with hot chocolate, people showed up.