The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Combine spirit events into a weekend of fun April could be the start of a new era in Spring Semester programming. Rekindling a Ball State University tradition, bicycles will race down McKinley Avenue today. On April 18, the lights and sounds of the annual Late Nite Carnival [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Facebook 2.0 makes stalking even easier Stalk team, assemble. Facebook is currently experimenting with a redesign that will add some radical changes to profile pages as we know them. Via a Facebook Pages account the company is taking user feedback on screenshots of the redesigned profiles expected [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Va-jay-jay, douchebag here to stay Courtesy of my female roommate, the March 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan has graced the top of my toilet for the last few weeks. Its bright yellow cover with Rihanna taunts me every time I’m in the bathroom. It’s not the magazine or [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: High tech alerts couldn't help in NIU shooting In the wake of the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University shootings, universities across the country continue to reevaluate emergency response plans and systems. These horrific killings reveal a harsh reality about the times we live in. Terror-inducing attacks [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: SGA stunted by lack of participation Full disclosure: While I am a member of this year’s Elections Board – the body directly responsible for conducting the elections – I write only on my behalf. Admittedly, Monday’s meeting was the first Nomination Convention I’ve been able to attend. [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Flu infects students, staff Dear Flu, So, you’re back. No, it’s not that I’m surprised. I mean, I knew you were around – it was only a matter of time before you tried to hook up. I’m telling you now – I’m not having any of it. [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Slogan alters students' lives Nearing the one-year anniversary of student Karl Harford’s death, a March 4, 2005 Daily News staff editorial discussed how campus felt different without any tangible evidence of change. “In the grand scheme of things, we are just a handful put in this situation,” [...]
A minor mishap led to an early draft of this week’s column running in the print and online edition of the Daily News. In lieu of editing the DN|Online to reflect the real column, I’m going to post the “final draft” here. If you’re looking for the column that ran, click it: The Ball State [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Cardinal fans lack presence: Crayola marker covered my cheeks Saturday morning. My face, if you need that clarified. While I’m not one to pull off the whole body paint mess, I felt conditions warranted the appearance of “Ball” and “State” just below my right and left eyes, [...]
The Ball State Daily News | BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Status updates are distracting And now, a preview of your Finals Week productivity: “Too much to do.” “Homeworking.” “Off to take over the world.” “WORKKK.” “Whoa what a wonderful thing to brag … Cause I’ve got him where I want him now.” “Around …” “This is my [...]