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Historic mansion soon up for lease
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Ardagh Group to leave Ball home, relocate company to Fishers ALLIE KIRKMAN DAILY NEWS REPORTER | aekirkman@bsu.edu One of the historic Ball mansions, found around the Minnetrista area near campus, will soon be up for lease after the glassmaking company Ardagh Group relocates to Fishers. Since 1982, the Ball Brothers Foundation has been leasing “Maplewood,” the William C. and Emma Ball Home, to companies to use for multiple purposes, in some cases as a guesthouse. Ardagh Group recently announced it will be leaving the building and relocating its headquarters and 200 employees from the Ball mansion. Since this announcement, there has been confusion as to what the future holds for “Maplewood,” but Jud Fisher, president and chief operating officer of the Ball Brothers Foundation, said there is no reason for the stress, as nothing has actually changed. “I have had a lot of calls from people who had misinformation, and they thought the house has been sold and things like that,” Fisher said. “It’s in the same ownership it has been in for years with the foundation. In reality, it’s just simply a company leaving our area.” But the foundation will “have to come up with a new plan” and find another use for the large historic building, or it could sit unused. The Ball Brothers Foundation has said there is a possibility in leasing or donating the mansion to Ball State University, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital or others. But Fisher said as of right now, the building is still being leased by Ardagh, and there is no pressure or deadline to finding a new company to lease the building in the future. “We own it, so there is no reason for a deadline or anything,” Fisher said.
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New in tech this month
Seventy-two additional emojis, grocery delivery service and more AMANDA BELCHER FEATURES EDITOR | features@bsudailynews.com
This month has seen a lot of announcements in the world of technology. Apple has been making some advancements in phone design and iOS updates. But they aren’t the only ones making a splash this month. NEW EMOJIS The emoji update, called Unicode 9.0, released Monday, according to Emojipedia. The update, which was announced on June 2, includes 72 new emojis such as an avocado, pancakes and a facepalm. DELETABLE APPS Apple has announced if users update to iOS 10 beta, they will be able to delete the built-in apps that come on their phone. Examples include the Stocks, Passbook and Newsstand apps. To redownload any of the deleted apps, users can search for it in the App Store and redownload it from their iCloud. WALMART DELIVERY Walmart and Sam’s Club shoppers may be able to get groceries delivered to them. The company plans to test the new plan in Denver and Phoenix and will use Uber and Lyft. Shoppers will be able to use the store’s website to purchase the items and have them delivered for an extra fee. The orders will be filled by Walmart employees, who will then request an Uber or Lyft driver to complete the process. WRAP-AROUND PHONE SCREEN On June 14, Apple got a patent for a 360-degree, wrap-around phone screen for the iPhone. Users would be able to view videos, images and text on the front, back and sides of their phones. This would also change the buttons for volume and ring settings, which are currently located on the left side, to virtual buttons instead of physical ones. It is still unclear if or when Apple will roll out this design, as their patent application did not include details about incorporating the design into a future version of the iPhone.
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Incoming freshmen Isabell Baughman and Kimberly Parkhurst sit in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom with the rest of their orientation group, listening to a presentation. Orientation has been described as an “information overload” by students and their families.
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’ OVERLOAD With long meetings and time-consuming topics, some incoming freshmen could find summer orientation overwhelming. ALLIE KIRKMAN DAILY NEWS REPORTER
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he first step to becoming a Cardinal is to get through freshman orientation, and the incoming class of 2020 has already had several groups complete it in the last few weeks. Orientation for Fall 2016 began June 6 and will run until July 14. For first-time freshmen who start classes in August, the program runs as a two-day session. Students who have already completed it experienced icebreaker games and team bonding exercises with their orientation leaders, help with academic planning and many lectures throughout the days, which some students said made them “zone out.” 1. CLOUDY
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While leaders said every topic is important — covering topics such financial aid, housing and career services — the length of the lectures is one of the most common complaints from both students and parents. Dalton Puller, an incoming freshman business and sports administration major, said he enjoyed orientation as a whole, but the long meetings were not enjoyable. He said those sections of orientation were really the only thing that could be improved. “I didn’t really like amount of lectures. They should also have the breaks be longer ... because when you’re sitting there for two hours, a one-minute break isn’t going to cut it,” Puller said. “Pretty much everyone has to go to the bathroom, and if you get stuck in line to do that then you end up missing important information.” Puller said he wished leaders could just present the main topics and leave out some of the others, as — to him — they weren’t all equally important and some felt too time-consuming.
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