By: Lindsey Gelwicks

Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coastline, New Orleans is still undergoing restoration. With the celebration of the Saints winning the Super Bowl and the focus on Haiti and Chile’s destruction, the devastation that still ...

By: Emily Thompson

Every Friday, freshmen Samantha Higginbotham and Stacie Stevenson know the drill. As soon as Higginbotham finishes her last class of the day, she’s off to start her weekend back in her hometown of Noblesville. Meanwhile, Stevenson makes plans to get...

By: Jessica Tharp

With Spring Break just days away many Ball State students can forget the little things. Here are a few tips and tricks to keep yourself safe during Spring Break....

By: Lindsay Spoonmore

Spring Break can be a magical time for Ball State University students. Midterms are over, classwork is put on hold and a week away from snow-covered Muncie is finally a possibility. However, there are always those students who have job obligations, no mon...

By: Lindsay Spoonmore

On Feb. 19, the Muncie Civic Theatre debuted the classic play “The Miracle Worker.” The story centers around teacher Annie Sullivan who is hired to help Helen Keller, a young blind, deaf and mute girl. The play takes place in 20th-century Alab...

By: Lindsay Spoonmore

Most of Causey's work is acrylic, with a few oil paintings mixed in. Causey works out of her home in Broad Ripple in a “teeny-tiny, closet-sized” studio. She said she sometimes works on two or three paintings at a time and constructs abstract ...

By: Megan Capinegro

They experienced their first snow, their first roller skating trip and for most, their first visit to the United States. Six musical theater students from Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa, have been visiting Ball State University...

By: Danielle Turnbull

Both women and men will be celebrating the start of Women’s History Month tonight with singing, dancing and works of art. The second annual Celebrate Women in the Arts event, sponsored by the Multicultural Center, will be at 7 p.m. in Pruis Hall....

By: Matt Holden

Up until Thursday, the number of Ball State students who were going to the Madhatter on a weekly basis was steadily growing. The Madhatter was raided and cited for allowing minors to loiter near the tavern Thursday after state excise police received an an...

By: Lindsey Gelwicks

Dancing for Dylan commemorated the life of Dylan Heintzelman, son of BSU dance instructor Susan Koper. The event was held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Pruis Hall....

By: Lindsey Gelwicks

  On Dec. 22, 2009, Ball State University dance professor Susan Koper lost her son Dylan Heinztelman, 13, in a car crash as the family was driving from Muncie. On Sunday, the Student Dance Association is hosting Dancing for Dylan, a benefit conc...

By: Lindsay Spoonmore

Bloomington band South Jordan will perform tonight at 8:30 p.m. as part of Ball State University’s Dance Marathon in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom.  The band takes it inspiration from popular artists like U2, Coldplay and The Fray....

By: Ambria Martin

Even in the middle of the flat Midwest, far from the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, there is barely any snow left, but two men snowboard down a hill and onto a pipe near a construction area by the White River. Junior telecommunications major Gregg Beding...

By: Amanda Junk

As the lights dimmed and acid blues band the Scissormen lead guitarist Ted Drozdowski ripped his first riff on the Key Palace Theatre stage, venue regulars trickled into the vintage auditorium lined with blues legends that had once occupied the stage befo...

By: Robin Marchant

The lights go dim, there is silence through out the tent and in an instant and music bursts from the speakers. In four counts, the lights shine brightly and the first model steps out. The pit of photographers are adjusting their cameras to the lighting an...

By: Lindsay Spoonmore

Brooklyn Rider strives to turn traditional music into something fresh. The string quartet — violinists Colin Jacobsen and Johnny Gandelsman, violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Eric Jacobsen — will perform today at Sursa Performance Hall. Brook...

By: Staff Reports

Lynn Nottage's award-winning play Intimate Apparel will debut at Strother Theatre tonight at 7:30 p.m. Junior acting major Ashley Harrison will play, Esther, the lead character. Esther is an African American seamstress looking for love. The play takes pla...

By: Heather Collins

Muncie musicians, skaters, fans and business owners will come together Sunday to support Haiti relief efforts. The Haiti Relief Show is from 1 to 10 p.m. at Solutions Ramp Park in Muncie. The show will give attendees an opportunity to help the victims of ...

By: Danielle Turnbull

Ball State alumna Hartman is president and CEO of her own consulting company called Insights Consulting. The company has 200 employees and supports 600 Indiana residents with developmental disabilities. In 2009, the company was chosen by the Indianapolis ...

By: Sarah Moreland

Robert Mugge, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball endowed chair and professional filmmaker, and several of his students will film the blues band’s performance at Key Palace Theatre as part of Mugge’s newest documentary. The project, tentatively cal...