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Living in $30 million Luxury Student compares Botsford-Swinford halls to ‘resort’ KARA BERG NEWS EDITOR
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alking into the newly renovated Botsford-Swinford halls is a much different experience from stepping into LaFollette Complex. The air-conditioned and technologically advanced hall just welcomed its first group of students last week, and many are already enjoying the perks. Evan Fischer, a freshman computer science major, said the new residence hall was just like living in a resort. “It’s awesome here — like a resort,” Fischer said. “They’re babying us. It seems like they’re spoiling us off the bat.” With a multi-purpose room filled with TVs, gaming tables, chairs and pool tables, as well as a kitchen with a sink, ovens and a bar-like counter area, Johnson A has many amenities other residence halls don’t have. See DORMS, page 5
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• Giant TVs • Gaming tables • Community kitchen • Green screen • Computer lab with 12 double-screen computers • Kitchenette on each floor • Semi-private bathrooms • Technical equipment and studios
Vape shop opens in Village THETA CHI MEMBER MOVES Family business expands store to Muncie location
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A vape business co-owned by a Ball State junior and his brother expanded into the Village over the summer in an effort to reach the college demographic. Located above Jimmy John’s, Small Town Vapes offers an assortment of tanks and e-liquid for the popular vape pen. It’s the business’ second location. Small Town Vapes is owned by Matt Chronister, a junior logistics and sup-
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ply chain management major, and his brother, Aaron Chronister. Both are from Decatur, Ind., where the business originated five months ago. Aaron, a former student at Ivy Tech, began making vape juices at his home in Decatur and selling them to friends. After his business began to grow, his family decided to open the Decatur store. “It was definitely a challenge because of how small a town Decatur is,” Matt said. “We had to find ways to get the name out there and deal with competitors.” Matt moved to Muncie to attend Ball State, and his family decided to expand the business with his move, and they found the ideal location
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in the heart of the Village. “We were looking for locations, and since I go to school here, I could be the manager,” Matt said. “We then found this great location in the Village. We got the building in late May and opened in late July, so it was a quick process.”
After being without oxygen for almost 30 minutes, Theta Chi member Brandon Benesh doesn’t exhibit any symptoms of brain damage. He spent almost a month in the hospital, and now has moved to a rehab facility to continue his road to recovery. Benesh left the hospital
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Wednesday and is now at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, his sister Brooke Benesh said. He will stay in rehabilitation for up to two weeks and is planning to return to school for the spring semester, Brooke said. He’s already walking more, doing more with his arms and he was able to pass a speech test, she said. “We are ready for him to come home soon,” Brooke said. “Hopefully in the upcoming week he’ll get to come home.” Brandon collapsed while out to eat July 29. Brooke said when she first heard the news, she thought
it would just be a minor incident. “His friend with him called us and said he passed out, so my thought was we would get to Waffle House and he would be up joking around and would be fine,” Brooke said. “There is no way I thought that this is what we would be doing a month later, so I was definitely in shock when I arrived.” Brandon was placed into a medically induced coma, and his family started a website chronicling his progress where they posted updates. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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