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Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana.^[1]

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1918 establishments in Indiana
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Public universities and colleges in Indiana

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Affluence in the United States

Affluence refers to an individual's or household's economical and financial advantage in comparison to others.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Albin Polasek

Albin Polasek (February 14, 1879 – May 19, 1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator.

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American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment

Started in 2006, the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) was a “high-visibility effort” to address global warming (global climate disruption) by creating a network of colleges and universities that had committed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the research and educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the Earth's climate.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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American lower class

In the United States, the lower class are those at or near the lower end of the socioeconomic hierarchy.

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American middle class

Though the American middle class does not have a definitive definition, contemporary social scientists have put forward several ostensibly congruent theories on it.

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Angela Ahrendts

Dame Angela Jean Ahrendts, (born 7 June 1960) is an American-British businesswoman who was previously the senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc. She was the CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014.

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Angelin Chang

Angelin Chang (張安麟, Korean: 장 安 린) is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University.

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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.

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Arizona Bowl

The Arizona Bowl is a postseason college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that began play in the 2015 season.

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Army Specialized Training Program

The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the United States Army during World War II to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and soldiers with technical skills.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Associate degree

An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Ball brothers

The Ball brothers (Lucius, William, Edmund, Frank, and George) were five American industrialists and philanthropists who established a manufacturing business in New York and Indiana in the 1880s that was renamed the Ball Corporation in 1969.

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Ball Corporation

Ball Corporation is an American company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado.

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Ball Diamond

Ball Diamond is a baseball venue located on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.

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Ball Memorial Hospital

Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital is an academic teaching hospital in the city of Muncie, Indiana.

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Ball State Cardinals

The Ball State Cardinals are the athletic teams that represent Ball State University, located in Muncie, Indiana.

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The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football.

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Ball State Cardinals men's basketball

The Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represents Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Ball State University Teachers College

Teachers College is an academic college of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Ball State University and Ball State University Teachers College are 1918 establishments in Indiana.

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Bell tower

A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none.

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Beneficence (statue)

Beneficence is a 1937 bronze statue on the campus of Ball State University, located in Muncie, Indiana.

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Benjamin J. Burris

Benjamin Jackson Burris (March 19, 1882 – April 26, 1927) is best known for being a past president of Ball State University (then known as Ball Teachers College) and held many different occupations.

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Borehole

A borehole is a narrow shaft bored in the ground, either vertically or horizontally.

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Bracken House, Ball State University

The Bracken House is the residence of the President of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Bracken Library

The Alexander M. Bracken Library is the main library on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide.

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Bronze Stalk Trophy

The Bronze Stalk Trophy is presented to the winner of the annual college football game between Mid-American Conference rivals Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Brutalist architecture

Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era.

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Burberry

Burberry Group plc is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry and headquartered in London, England.

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Burris Laboratory School

Burris Laboratory School is a kindergarten through twelfth grade public laboratory school located on the west side of Muncie, Indiana.

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Business incubator

A business incubator is an organization that helps startup companies and individual entrepreneurs to develop their businesses by providing a fullscale range of services, starting with management training and office space, and ending with venture capital financing.

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Carillon

A carillon is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells.

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Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, or simply the Carnegie Classification, is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States.

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Chamber of commerce

A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network.

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Charlie Cardinal

Charlie Cardinal is the mascot of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Christy Woods

Christy Woods is an arboretum and botanical garden located on the southwest corner of the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana, with special focus on Indiana's native plants and ecosystems. Ball State University and Christy Woods are 1918 establishments in Indiana.

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Civilian Pilot Training Program

The Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was a flight training program (1938–1944) sponsored by the United States government with the stated purpose of increasing the number of civilian pilots, though having a clear impact on military preparedness.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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College esports in the United States

College esports in the United States began around 2009.

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College Magazine

College Magazine is a college-guide and quarterly magazine, written and edited by college students, created in 2007 by publisher and founder Amanda Nachman.

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The College of Communication, Information, and Media (CCIM) is a part of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Collegiate Gothic

Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States and Canada, and to a certain extent Europe.

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Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Coworking

Coworking is an arrangement in which workers for different companies share an office space.

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Craig W. Hartman

Craig W. Hartman, FAIA, is an architect and Design Partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's San Francisco, California, office.

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Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass.

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Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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David Letterman

David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer.

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David Owsley Museum of Art

The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) is a university art museum located in the Fine Arts building on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, the United States of America.

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Defendant

In court proceedings, a defendant is a person or object who is the party either accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.

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Doctorate

A doctorate (from Latin doctor, meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach").

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Doug Jones (actor)

Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist.

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A down is a period in which a play transpires in gridiron football.

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Downtown Indianapolis

Downtown Indianapolis is a neighborhood area and the central business district of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

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E85

E85 is an abbreviation typically referring to an ethanol fuel blend of 85% ethanol fuel and 15% gasoline or other hydrocarbon by volume.

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Economic diversity

Economic diversity or economic diversification refers to variations in the economic status or the use of a broad range of economic activities in a region or country.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning

The R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning, commonly referred to as CAP, is one of seven academic colleges of Ball State University based in Muncie, Indiana, with a satellite facility in Indianapolis.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Financial endowment

A financial endowment is a legal structure for managing, and in many cases indefinitely perpetuating, a pool of financial, real estate, or other investments for a specific purpose according to the will of its founders and donors.

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Fishers, Indiana

Fishers is a city in Fall Creek and Delaware townships, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.

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Foreclosure

Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of a loan from a borrower who has stopped making payments to the lender by forcing the sale of the asset used as the collateral for the loan.

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Foreign national

A foreign national is any person (including an organization) who is not a national of a specific country.

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Forest Idyl

Forest Idyl (sometimes spelled Forest Idyll, but originally titled "Idyl") is a bronze statue created in 1924 by Albin Polasek while he was head of the Sculpture Department at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.

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Fraternities and sororities

In North America, fraternities and sororities (fraternitas and sororitas|lit.

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Frog Baby Fountain (Ball State University)

Frog Baby Fountain is a statue set in the middle of a fountain on the Ball State University campus.

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Garfield

Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Geothermal energy

Geothermal energy is thermal energy extracted from the Earth's crust.

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Green roof

A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.

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Higher Learning Commission

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an institutional accreditor in the United States.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Honey locust

The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey locust trees are highly adaptable to different environments, and the species has been introduced worldwide.

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Hybrid vehicle

A hybrid vehicle is one that uses two or more distinct types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged.

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Immersive learning

Immersive learning is a learning method which students being immersed into a virtual dialogue, the feeling of presence is used as an evidence of getting immersed.

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Index finger

The index finger (also referred to as forefinger, first finger, second finger, pointer finger, trigger finger, digitus secundus, digitus II, and many other terms) is the second digit of a human hand.

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Indiana

Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities

The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities (The Indiana Academy) is a nationally ranked public high school located on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Indiana General Assembly

The Indiana General Assembly is the state legislature, or legislative branch, of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Indiana State University

Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ball State University and Indiana State University are public universities and colleges in Indiana.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Irving Gymnasium

Irving Gymnasium was an indoor athletics facility on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA.

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Israeli Basketball Premier League

Ligat HaAl (ליגת העל, lit., Supreme League or Premier League), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition.

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James Whitford

James Bryce WhitfordAmongst peers, Whitford is known for his predictive analytics, work ethic, defensive schemes, recruiting and relationship building.

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Jarrod Jones

Jarrod Michael Jones (born May 27, 1990) is an American-born naturalized Hungarian professional basketball player who last played for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).

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Jason Whitlock

Jason Lee Whitlock (born April 27, 1967) is an American sports columnist, podcaster, and former football player.

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Jeffrey D. Feltman

Jeffrey David Feltman (born 1959) is an American diplomat and former U.S. Special Envoy for Horn of Africa, serving from April 23, 2021 to January 10, 2022.

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Jim Davis (cartoonist)

James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer.

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Jo Ann M. Gora

Jo Ann M. Gora is an American academic and college administrator.

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The John R. Emens College-Community Auditorium, or Emens Auditorium, is an auditorium on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.

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John Schnatter

John Hampton "Papa John" Schnatter (born November 22 or 23, 1961) is an American entrepreneur who founded the Papa John's pizza restaurant chain in 1984.

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Joyce DeWitt

Joyce DeWitt (born April 23, 1949) is an American actress best known for playing Janet Wood on the ABC sitcom Three's Company from 1977 to 1984.

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Kent C. Nelson

Kent Charles "Oz" Nelson (August 13, 1937 – April 6, 2023) was an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of UPS (United Parcel Service), a position he held from November 1989 to December 1996.

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Keuka College

Keuka College is a private college in Keuka Park, New York, situated on Keuka Lake.

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LaFollette Complex

LaFollette Complex was the largest residence hall complex on the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana, United States.

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LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide.

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LGBT

is an initialism that stands for "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender".

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Linnaeus N. Hines

Linnaeus Neal Hines (February 12, 1871 – July 14, 1936) is best known as being a former president of Indiana State University from 1921 to 1934 and its Eastern Division, later known as Ball State University from 1921 to 1924.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon.

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List of Ball State University presidents

The following are Ball State University presidents.

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List of colleges and universities in Indiana

There are approximately 60 colleges and universities of various types, not counting branch campuses, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Marion, Indiana

Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River.

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Mascot

A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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Master of Architecture

The Master of Architecture (M.Arch or MArch) is a professional degree in architecture qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation (internship, exams) that result in receiving a license.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois.

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Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association

The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) is a college athletic conference whose member schools compete in men's volleyball.

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Mike Neu

Michael David Neu (born December 29, 1970) is an American football coach and former quarterback, who is the current head football coach of the Ball State Cardinals.

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Miller College of Business

The Miller College of Business is the business college of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

Minnetrista Museum & Gardens was founded in 1988.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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Muncie Central High School

Muncie Central High School (MCHS) in Muncie, Indiana is a public high school.

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Muncie Indiana Transit System

Muncie Indiana Transit System (MITS) is the local bus service for Muncie, Indiana.

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Muncie, Indiana

Muncie is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana, United States.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada.

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National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program

The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-three consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally.

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The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States.

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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Non-commercial activity

A non-commercial (also spelled noncommercial) activity is an activity that does not, in some sense, involve commerce, at least relative to similar activities that do have a commercial objective or emphasis.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.

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Northern cardinal

The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis.

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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois.

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Papa John's

Papa John's International, Inc., d/b/a Papa Johns, is an American pizza restaurant chain.

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Pedestrian scramble

A pedestrian scramble (or exclusive pedestrian interval) is a type of traffic signal movement that temporarily stops all vehicular traffic, thereby allowing pedestrians to cross an intersection in every direction, including diagonally, at the same time.

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Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is an American architectural firm based in New York City, founded in 1955 by I. M. Pei and other associates.

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Pell Grant

A Pell Grant is a subsidy the U.S. federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college.

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Private university

Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments.

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Public university

A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government.

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Quadrangle (architecture)

In architecture, a quadrangle (or colloquially, a quad) is a space or a courtyard, usually rectangular (square or oblong) in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building (or several smaller buildings).

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Radio broadcasting

Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.

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Research university

A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission.

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San Jose State University

San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California.

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Scheumann Stadium

Scheumann Stadium (officially, the "John B. and June M. Scheumann Stadium"), formerly known as Ball State Stadium, is in Muncie, Indiana.

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Shafer Tower

Shafer Tower is a free-standing bell tower, or campanile with a carillon and chiming clock in the middle of the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Softball

Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted.

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Speak (talk show)

Speak (formerly Speak for Yourself) is an American sports talk show starring Emmanuel Acho, LeSean McCoy, Joy Taylor, and James Jones.

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Straight ally

A straight ally, heterosexual ally, or cis ally (often simply called an ally) is a heterosexual and cisgender person who supports equal civil rights, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ social movements.

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Student publication

A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station produced by students at an educational institution.

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Supervisor

A supervisor, or lead, (also known as foreman, boss, overseer, facilitator, monitor, area coordinator, line-manager or sometimes gaffer) is the job title of a lower-level management position and role that is primarily based on authority over workers or a workplace.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

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Sustainable Endowments Institute

The Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that is engaged in research and education to advance sustainability in operations and endowment practices.

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Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about east of the state's western border with Illinois.

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The Late Show (franchise)

The Late Show is an American late-night talk show franchise on CBS.

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The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is an education services company providing tutoring, test preparation and admission resources for students.

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Thumb

The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger.

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Tiara Thomas

Tiara Nicole Thomas (born September 12, 1989) is an American R&B singer.

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Track and field

Athletics (or track and field in the United States) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general for a renewable term of four years.

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United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) is a department of the Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) with responsibility for monitoring and assessing global political developments and advising and assisting the UN Secretary General and his envoys in the peaceful prevention and resolution of conflict around the world.

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United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States.

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United States Department of Education

The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government.

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United Way

United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates.

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UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball

The UNLV Runnin' Rebels are the men's basketball team that represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in the Mountain West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); it plays at the Thomas & Mack Center on campus.

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Vance v. Ball State University

Vance v. Ball State University, 570 U.S. 421 (2013), is a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding who is a "supervisor" for the purposes of harassment lawsuits.

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WBST

WBST (92.1 FM) is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Muncie, Indiana.

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WCRD

WCRD (91.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station operated by students of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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Westwood Historic District (Muncie, Indiana)

Westwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.

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White River (Indiana)

The White River is an American two-forked river that flows through central and southern Indiana and is the main tributary to the Wabash River.

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William W. Parsons (academic administrator)

William Woods Parsons (May 18, 1850 – September 28, 1925) is best known as being the former president of Indiana State Normal School, now known as Indiana State University.

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WIPB

WIPB, virtual channel 49 (UHF digital channel 19), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Muncie, Indiana, United States.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Worthen Arena

John E. Worthen Arena is an arena on the campus of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, United States.

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York Prairie Creek

York Prairie Creek is a stream and tributary of the White River in Muncie, Indiana.

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2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball.

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The 2020 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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References

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