May 21, 2013
Associated PressThe Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection with university officials over an elective honors class
called "Boundaries of Science," which the foundation maintains teaches religion rather than science.
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May 15, 2013
Associated PressBall State University has closed the books on its January decision to pull its sponsorship of seven academically struggling
Indiana charter schools.
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May 13, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressBSU's Jo Ann Gora was the fifth-highest-paid public college president in the United States during the 2011-12 academic year,
according to a new survey released Monday.
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April 28, 2013
Associated PressIndiana has a higher concentration of production and manufacturing jobs. That means graduates who are seeking employment with
their degree might find more opportunities outside the state.
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April 22, 2013
The Division I university wants to invest $20 million for new and improved complexes for baseball, basketball, football and
golf, among other sports.
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April 11, 2013
J.K. WallThe campus with the highest-paid faculty was Purdue at West Lafayette, where the average salary was $101,000, followed closely
by IU-Bloomington, where salaries averaged $98,400.
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January 22, 2013
Associated PressBall State University has pulled its sponsorship of seven Indiana charter schools plagued by long-running academic woes, including
one in Indianapolis.
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January 12, 2013
Scott OlsonSeniors are earning their diploma while receiving a associate's degree.
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November 26, 2012
Associated PressPurdue wants a football team that can get to the Rose Bowl, and decided Danny Hope was not the coach to take it there. Replacement
names already percolating include Northern Illinois' Dave Doeren, Illinois State's Brock Spack and Ball State's Pete Lembo.
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November 5, 2012
Associated PressBall State University is weighing plans for a sorority village that would house the growing number of women who want to be
part of the school's Greek community.
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August 19, 2012
Associated PressBall State University's year-old campaign to recruit students from New Jersey will bring just a handful of Garden State
freshmen to the Muncie campus this year, but officials say they are looking long-term.
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July 23, 2012
Associated PressBall State University's trustees have approved plans for a $4.6 million planetarium that school officials say will become
the largest in Indiana.
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May 21, 2012
Associated PressA new law denying state grants for college education to prison inmates has cost the jobs of more than 70 Ball State University
employees.
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May 7, 2012
Associated PressBall State University trustees have approved a 3.5-percent increase in salary funding for faculty and professional staff.
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April 25, 2012
Associated PressBall State University plans to build a $25 million hotel in a building that will also have student-housing space, conference
rooms and two restaurants.
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April 20, 2012
Associated PressBall State University's president is blaming "incredibly unsympathetic" state legislators for the school's
low ranking on faculty salaries.
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April 9, 2012
J.K. WallAfter the recession forced a freeze in its professors' pay, IU’s flagship Bloomington campus boosted faculty salaries
roughly 6 percent this year, vaulting its top professors’ pay past Purdue's professors.
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February 25, 2012
IBJ StaffEventually, the system will heat and cool 5.5 million square feet of buildings and save $2 million a year in operating costs.
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February 18, 2012
Lou HarryIn Actors Theatre of Indiana's production, the apostles aren't blank slates to write on but, rather, people who have experienced
life.
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January 7, 2012
Scott OlsonNew program is making progress in volatile countries.
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December 15, 2011
J.K. WallTwenty-seven percent of Hoosiers support a law allowing employees to join unionized workplaces without being forced to pay
union dues. But 24 percent oppose it and 48 percent are still undecided, according to a new survey.
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December 12, 2011
J.K. WallIn 1993, only 3.8 percent of Hoosier adults had full-blown diabetes, compared with 9.8 percent today.
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December 7, 2011
J.K. WallFall Creek and Fountain Square academies could be forced to close in May after Ball State University declined their applications
this week.
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November 29, 2011
Associated PressBall State University said Tuesday it will offer $500 scholarships to students on track to graduate within four years and
take other steps that could save some students as much as $10,000 over the course of their college careers.
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November 19, 2011
J.K. WallNearly four of five students received A's in Indiana University education classes in 2010-2011, but education deans at IU
and other universities say grading is approached differently than in other schools, such as math.
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Doug Henning!
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?