Craig Olsen is a Daily News cartoonist. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the Daily News.
Two weeks after dropping from first to tenth on the final round of competition at the Indiana Women's Open, Ball State University women's golfer Brittany Kelly won the Indiana Women's Golf Association State Amateur Championship. Kelly won the championship, defeating second place Missouri University golfer Julia Potter by five strokes.
Kerasotes ShowPlace 12 - only theater in Muncie to have late-night showings of the summer blockbuster - announced Tuesday afternoon that its six midnight showings of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" are sold out.
I sit writing this review at 3:30 in the morning, due to a late film shoot for "Bloody Good Movie." The filming also kept me from reviewing Harry Potter at midnight. That wasn't even the best part of the early morning. Wal-Mart was a beacon for me, my roommate and another friend, where we scoured the store for boxes.
This weekendEvent: Big River: The Adventues of Huckleberry Finn Time: Thursday through Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. Venue: The Main Stage Theatre at the Muncie Civic Theatre Cost: $15 for adults, $5 for students Thursday Event: First Thursday Gallery Walk Time: 5-8 p.
This summer, incoming actuarial science sophomore Stephen Boyd spent 37 days pedaling almost 2,300 miles from San Francisco to Indiana with his friend Mitch Green. After riding nearly 850 miles last year from Indiana to New York, Boyd immediately began to map out his next trek.
The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association announced Wednesday afternoon that Grand Canyon University will join the conference for the upcoming season.
Ball State and UCLA - the only two NCAA men's volleyball programs with more than 1,000 wins - will play each other March 10, 2010.
The Ball State athletics department launched its own Twitter account, bsuathletics, Monday morning.
The Department of Telecommunications' renowned list of immersive-learning projects lengthened this summer with the addition of an audio production project. The ten-week project consists of four students, Aaron Bettinger, Matthew Rector, Aaron Newport and Sheila Plank, who are working together to produce the first album under the university's newest record label, Frog Baby Records.
After shooting a round-low 66 in the third of four rounds, Ball State University men's golf alumnus Brian Maurer finished fifth at the Indiana Open Championship. Maurer finished the Open with a 3-under-par, 69, to finish nine strokes behind winner Aaron Monson.
Almost one week after signing a major league contract, former Ball State University baseball player Jeremy Hazelbaker has already began his professional career. After eight games, Hazelbaker is batting .174, with four hits from 23 at bats. Hazelbaker also has notched two runs, an RBI, six walks and three stolen bases.
One of Ball State University's new classes is being offered entirely in a virtual world known as Second Life. The class, "Building 101: The Building Blocks of Second Life," is an eight-hour course that includes lectures and hands-on-building in the world of Second Life.
Five incoming freshman for the Ball State University football team will get one last chance to suit up as high schoolers Friday at the Grange Insurance Indiana North/South All-Star Football Classic. Out of the eight total recruits from Indiana that are in this year's freshman class, all but three of them will be playing in the game.
Imagine sitting in a room next to one of the most influential television journalists in America's media industry with camera's constantly rotating around you. The lights are shining in your face and you are being asked difficult questions about politics from around the entire world in a complex jargon that only politicians speak in and you know that you are being viewed by millions upon millions of Americans.
A roof replacement at the Applied Technology Building won't affect use of the building. Director of Engineering and Operations Jim Lowe said the project specifications call for the contractors to only remove as much of the roof as they can replace the same day.
It is nearly impossible to spend a day on Ball State University's campus without hearing about its immersive learning projects. They have been touted as something that sets Ball State apart from others. And especially during the past several years, the projects have been doing just that.
A steady rain will ruin a lot of outdoor athletic events. But a wet day was actually a help for some of the 1,150 people competing in the Muncie Endurathon on Saturday. "It's just been so hot here in past events," Johan Dejong, who has run, biked and swum the triathlon for about the past 20 years, said.
After being delayed eight months from its original release date last November, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is poised to become a huge summer blockbuster when it opens Wednesday. The sixth movie in the hit franchise boasts the largest budget - $250 million - of any of the films so far, which indicates that the special effects and overall atmosphere of the wizarding world could be top notch.
Ball State University men's golfer Ross Cosat has been named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar Team. Cosat is one of 108 players to be named to the team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. In order to qualify for the team, golfers must have a minimum 3.
