Students start petition to get better variety of fruits, veggies on campus

http://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2016/02/news-fruits-and-veggies Walking through the dining halls on campus, students have many food options. But, what some students think is lacking is a larger array of healthy foods to choose from. There are plenty of pre-packaged fruits and even less common ones like star fruits, but some students say there is a need for more options of fresh […]

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SlutWalk gives sexual assault survivors voice

http://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2015/09/slut-walk Wearing as little or as much clothing as they wanted, students marched through campus in protest of victim blaming and slut shaming. Feminists for Action, an activist group dedicated to supporting women’s rights and eliminating oppression, hosted the third annual SlutWalk Sept. 25 as part of the Student Government Association’s Diversity Day. Students gathered at 3 […]

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Smartphone app helps prevent drunk-dialing, connects students to police

http://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2015/10/drunk-mode A smartphone app may help keep students safe through location services, drunk-dialing prevention and a panic button, and its company is looking to incorporate Ball State into its network. Joshua Anton was inspired to start the app Drunk Mode after receiving a call from an inebriated girl at 2 a.m. one morning. T.J. Wilson, […]

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Even Stevenson: Why Bennett Miller was being sexist at the Letterman Lecture

http://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2015/12/bennett-miller-sexism-opinion I couldn’t have been more excited for David Letterman to come to Ball State. He’s that alum that you brag about to your friends who picked the school that your entire high school went to. “Oh, yeah?  Well, I go to the school David Letterman went to.” Sitting in John R. Emens Auditorium last Monday, this […]

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