Volunteer construction projects geared toward women help increase confidence in the Muncie community

Dark blue clouds cover the sun as the October wind picks up the coconut logs outside of 713 E. Willard St. The light sprinkle is a relief to the grime and sweat but can be bad news for the hog’s pen in place of a front yard. 

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Thank you for being a friend

Betty White filled the grandmother, mother and friend role needed by so many generations of women before me. 

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One Last Lap

There’s nothing wrong with five, or three, or taking a gap semester and coming back to study something completely different than what you originally had planned.

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Puppy Love

Mabel has never received emotional support training, yet she knows how to communicate what she needs, and more importantly, what she thinks I need. 

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Finding the Light

 The consequences of overworking need to be normalized, not glamorized. 

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Packing tips for coming back to campus after your month-long winter break

Every winter, most college students must leave campus after finishing their fall semester. 

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EcoREHAB aims to educate, employ the Muncie community with sustainable construction opportunities

From working with college students to lifelong Muncie residents, Jason Haney’s key focus is education.  

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Muncie resident makes a difference as Muncie's Smile Man, advocate for ending child abuse

As the chilly October wind whips up the litter at the corner of McGalliard Road and Walnut Street, an alien dances, lighting up the Texas Roadhouse building. 

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Open-minded: Falling for the season

September is flying by and taking with it pool days and watermelon harvests — finally welcoming fall back. It may not look like fall, or feel like fall or technically be fall yet, but it’s fall. OK, I celebrate early — but I have good reason to. 

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5 do-it-yourself ways to renovate your room while spring cleaning

As the weather continues to get nicer and social activities remain closed, spring cleaning can become more appealing for those practicing self-distancing and quarantining due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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