Journalist

     June 25 has come and gone again and with it, another Global Beatles Day celebration. While everyone celebrates the hit group The Beatles in their own way, Columbus, Indiana has a very special way of remembering the talented musicians. The Bartholomew County Public Library joins together each year with local musicians and holds a public concert in the plaza of the library. The event is free to the public with the only intent being the celebration of The Beatles and their legendary music. (Above: The Tempos lead the celebration by playing songs by the Beatles on the steps of the Bartholomew County Public Library)      "It was so much fun last year that we just had to keep it going!" commented Mary Claire of the Bartholomew County Public Library, "We are going to keep the celebration strong every year and, hopefully, make it bigger and better."       While the Columbus event, known as the Concert at the Plaza, is only in its...

      Ball State University has seen a lot of changes over the years. Expanding from what is now known by students as the quad, BSU’s campus has been improving and expanding ever since the university’s founding in 1918. This past school year has seen an unprecedented amount of construction, however, as construction on Emens Auditorium ended early in the Fall 2018 Semester while construction on the new Nursing building just south of Emens continued. “It’s been a long road, but we love seeing people stop by to take a look at the progress.” Richard Mulder, one of the construction workers assigned to the nursing building stated, “The biggest obstacle is always the weather. Even a little drizzle can make conditions hazardous.”   That seems to be the case as work has been halted today as rain continues to pour. With the nursing building being finished in time for the Fall 2019 semester, eyes have turned to watch the ongoing progress of the Johnson Dormitory Compl...

Gun safety is a topic that has been talked about in the news off and on for several years now. With more and more mass shootings being reported it is easy to see why it is the center piece for many political debates. One measure taken by the Trump administration has been to ban bump stocks, a device that allows semi-automatic rifles to fire as fast as automatic rifles. However several interest groups still argue for tighter gun laws.  The Democratically-controlled House of Representatives has made two larger strides to meet these cries for control. These include higher regulation of the background check process for potential gun owners and the Violence Against Women Act, which strives to prevent domestic abusers from owning guns. Advocates for gun ownership, such as the National Rifle Association, argue that limiting the possibility for legal ownership only endangers the individuals that interest groups are trying to protect.  While it is often argued that limiting the...