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The stories between us: A look at Muncie’s ‘The Facing Project’

As one travels through the heart of Indiana—past the cornfields and echoes of basketball greatness — we move from place...
Seyla Ray·
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From paper to pixels

In 2025, different kinds of media are fast-paced and easily accessible to the masses. Between TV broadcasts, news websites and...
Amira Alquraishy·
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Language as an Archive

Inside a West View Elementary classroom, two languages fill the room. English blends seamlessly with Spanish as students switch between...
Andrew Berger·
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Modern crossroads

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct factual errors regarding The Indiana Department of Transportation communication, the project’s...
Macaiya Taylor·
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The shift of Middletown studies

Researchers Robert S. and Helen Merrell Lynd created a landmark study of Muncie beginning in 1924, which changed the way...
Sidney Miller·
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Built to last: Ball State’s campus has continually evolved

Revitalizing The Village has been a large construction focus of Ball State University. With seven different projects scheduled to be...
Katherine Hill·
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Archiving in the Algorithmic age

Walking into the Muncie Children’s Museum (MCM), one is overcome with nostalgia. Echoes of children’s laughter bounce off the primary-colored...
Linnea Sundquist·
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Out with the new, in with the old: Old forms of media make an impact

“You pick your album, you pull it out, you brush it off, put it on, drop the needle. I mean,...
Brenden Rowan·
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Building a Campus

When Chris Flook attended Ball State University in the early 2000s, he wasn’t able to see the bell tower out...
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Echoes of Elliott Hall

In the lobby of Elliott Hall, illuminated by a dim overhead lamp, sits a lone portrait of Frank E. Ball....
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