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Group claims Ball State prof teaching creationism
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University is investigating an atheist organization's complaint that one of the professors at the Indiana college is teaching religion rather than science. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Teachers, Science, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Indiana Legislature passes $30 billion budget
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana General Assembly approved a two-year, $30 billion budget early Saturday that gives Gov. Mike Pence a partial victory in his quest for an income tax reduction and restores some money cut from education and...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Indiana Legislature, Politics, Executive Branch, Scott Pelath
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Ball State student sues 2 campus football players
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A Ball State University student who says two campus football players attacked him without cause is suing them over the alleged attack. Twenty-four-year-old Zechariah Smith of Wabash says he suffered a broken jaw when he was...
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Former Irish player Taylor fired at Ball State
Former Notre Dame basektball player and coach Billy Taylor was fired Thursday as the head coach at Ball State. Taylor served as the Ball State men’s basketball coach since 2007. “This was a difficult decision, primarily because Billy...Tags: Basketball, Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, College Sports
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Ball State issues all-clear following gun alert
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University has issued an all-clear after warning students and staff that a man was seen with what appeared to be a handgun near a campus library. Ball State spokeswoman Joan Todd says campus police investigated...
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Ball State considers banning outdoor smoking
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University trustees are considering whether to ban all outdoor smoking on the school's Muncie campus. The Star Press reports (http://tspne.ws/V73xLl ) a task force recommended the move at a trustees meeting Friday....
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Last chancellor finalist visits IUSB campus
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- With lengthy student affairs experience, Barbara C. Jones sees many ways Indiana University South Bend could strengthen the bond between students and campus. When a student feels connected to campus, it increases student retention and...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, Indiana University Kokomo, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
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Winfrey discusses abuse during chat with Letterman
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey told fellow veteran television show host David Letterman on Monday that victims of physical and verbal abuse spend years rebuilding their self-esteem. The media mogul recounted her own experiences with abuse,...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman, Abusive Behavior
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Game shows students perils of Underground Railroad
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A team of Ball State University professors and students has developed an online game designed to help elementary school pupils learn what it was like to be a runaway slave traveling the Underground Railroad. Professors Ron...Tags: Ohio River, Teaching and Learning, Missing Persons, Railway Transportation, Transportation
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Ball State mourns death of student of flooded road
FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University is mourning the death of one of its students on a flooded highway. Authorities say 19-year-old Blake A. Taylor of Kokomo died late Sunday when his car overturned into a flooded ditch along State Road 26...
Tags: Health and Safety at School
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Poll finds Indiana residents split on gay marriage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana residents are evenly split on legalizing gay marriage, although a majority of them do not want to amend the state constitution to ban it, according to a new poll. The survey taken for the Bowen Center for Public Affairs...Tags: Elections, Family, Mitch Daniels, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics
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Guns on college campuses?
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Should guns be allowed on public college campuses? Indiana lawmakers are talking about Senate Bill 97, a measure that would allow students with permits to carry a gun. If that bill became law, it would be illegal for state...Tags: Justice System, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, Crime, Law and Justice
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