Venture downtown : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

The majority of Ball State students do not take time to explore Muncie to see the positives but only see through the eyes of a Ball State student who stays within certain boundaries. Muncie has a negative connotation that students do not try to disprove. By researching a few of the businesses downtown and giving students this information, students might look at Muncie a little differently and see the positive aspects. Previous work in the field is usually just stories published in the Daily News about events downtown. Ball Bearings, Ball State's online publication, has examined some of the businesses downtown but not downtown as a whole to an in-depth extent. I am giving students a peek into a few of the businesses that might be interesting to them, a map of the hot spots to try and more information that would help them get around downtown easily. The goal of the project is to spark interest in Ball State students to step out of their boundaries and go out and explore the place they will live for the next several years.