Some students leave campus every weekend to head home
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 together with other friends who are staying on campus for the weekend. Although many students choose to stay on campus for the weekend, Higginbotham is not alone. Every Friday, some campus residents, equipped with their suitcases they haven’t bothered to unpack from the previous weekend, make their way to the Scheumann Stadium parking lot to load up their cars. By late Friday afternoon, campus is noticeably less populated.
Ball State group rebuilds homes lost to Hurricane Katrina
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 wraps around parts of New Orleans is sometimes overlooked. But four Ball State freshmen took the initiative over Spring Break to help rebuild “The Big Easy.”
President Gora's house was 'home' to South African students
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 with professor Josef du Preez, head of the dance and theater department at Tshwane. The group has been visiting Muncie for six weeks after Harold Mortimer, associate professor of musical theater, began planning the trip with du Preez last year. This was the first time a group of students from Tshwane came to Ball State.
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