Indianapolis Monthly

Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis, a professor of hospitality and food management at Ball State University, has been researching the pandemic’s effects on the restaurant and events-tourism industry in the Indianapolis area and across the state. He’s found that pandemic safety guidelines and plunging demand have kneecapped a crucial state industry, with staffing levels at a paltry 70 percent of their peak.

On October 31, Minnetrista opens The Bob Ross Experience—an exhibit devoted to the star of "The Joy of Painting," ;produced by WIPB-TV. The exhibit has been planned for two years.

Story cites Ball State graduate David Letterman.

The story quotes Amber Haroldson, assistant professor of nutrition at Ball State.

Story notes that the Ball State student has a new book and is one of three subjects in a new documentary to boot. Note: HIV Plus and Gay.com posted similar stories.

Story looks at how Ball State University students and faculty brought the Hoosier writer back to Dresden for the 69th anniversary of the bombing that inspired Slaughterhouse-Five.

Ball State’s Beaubien says. A healthy city has to have healthy suburbs—it’s not one or the other. And the more choices a region provides, the better. “It’s the equivalent of a community only having a Ford dealership,” he says. “If someone wants a Toyota, they’re going to have to go somewhere else.