Talk:Muncie, Indiana

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    In an earlier version of this page, 63.146.39.33 had said that the 2nd largest employer was Mutual Federal. I altered this to Ball Memorial Hospital. However, it has come to my attention that (at least in some recent years), if one looks at the employment of the Cardinal Health Group (which includes, but is not limited to the hospital), then it may actually be the largest employer. It is generally taken for granted that BSU comes in 1st, but that may be subject to some controversy now. Does anyone wish to comment? OckRaz 20:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

    Its a little tricky as there are several ways to define largest employer, and it will change over time and you may not always be able to get accurate numbers. So why not try something a little less definite. I'd try something like: "Ball State University is the largest employer in Muncie followed by The Ball Memorial Hospital and Mutual Federal..." That way it doesn't much matter the particular order between the hospital and Mutual Federal. I hope this helps, Gwernol 21:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

    Actually, I think that the controversy deals more with whether or not Ball State University (BSU) is the largest employer. For a long time, it was uncontested that it was the largest employer, but now that Ball Memorial Hospital (BMH) is considered to be a part of Cardinal Health Group (CHG), CHG's numbers recently surpassed BSU's. For some in Muncie, it may be a point of pride and or contention to maintain BSU's dominance, which could make it more controversial than simply looking at the numbers. BSU supporters might take issue with CHG's being allotted first place since BMH has traditionally been thought of as a unique entity and only by adding health care employees who could be argued to belong to seperate businesses can CHG pull ahead. I have no idea why Mutual Federal was originally included as I don't believe that it is even in the top five. --OckRaz 08:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


    Added an image of Muncie's City Hall. --Kpaul.mallasch 01:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)


    Concerning Cardinal Greenway in sites of interest - why is an internal link to Cardinal_Greenway continually replaced with an external link and removed from sites of interest? I am re-adding it for the third time. Joshualross 19:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] vandalism problems

    the same person keeps adding problems to this article someone might want to fix that Yuckfoo 18:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

    This is the local University's IP number. How do we fix it? --Kpaul.mallasch 01:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)