Undaunted by Ohio State University's No. 23 ranking, the Ball State University baseball team scored 20 runs in the final four innings Wednesday night to defeat the Buckeyes 20-8. The victory was the Cardinals' first against a ranked team since 2006, when Ball State defeated No.
The new University Core Curriculum will support cognitive development over content, university officials said. It will give students more direction with their major, while emphasizing how they learn. Students will progress through stages of information, knowledge, judgment and action, Sue Whitaker, associate director of family and consumer sciences, said.
The call came in at about 1:30 in the morning. It must have been important because my co-worker on the other end of the phone decided a text wouldn't be fast enough. "Hey Logan, there's a bomb threat at LaFollette," were his first words. The crisp Sunshine chicken fingers went from being the first thing on my mind to the last.
The Ball State University women's basketball team announced Wednesday that fans are invited to celebrate its season with the team at a reception luncheon on May 2. The Cardinals will have the reception at 12:30 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The cost is $20 per person to attend.
Ball State's season came to an end today as it lost to Northern Illinois in the opening round of the MAC Tournament.
Despite losing all three mid-week games this week, the Ball State University softball team tied a second school record Wednesday. Five days after Jen Reifschneider tied the Ball State single-season home run record, Lisa Rozanski tied the career stolen base record at 70.
With the start of the 2009 NFL Draft two days away, it looks like this could be the best year ever for Ball State University in the Draft. Scout.com NFL Draft analyst Chris Stueber said he thinks four former Ball State football players - offensive tackle Robert Brewster, quarterback Nate Davis, tight end Darius Hill and punter Chris Miller - could all be drafted in this upcoming weekend's NFL Draft.
Students are in line for praise all over the Web these days. The Ball State Daily News Player of the Year competition is under way at bsudailynews.com. We've selected the top athletes of the year, and now it's up to you to decide who the ultimate athlete is.
When feeling under the weather, the last thing most Ball State University students want to do is trek to the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. Student Government Association realizes this and made efforts at Wednesday's meeting to increase the parking surrounding the Health Center.
During the 1940s, pioneers of science began to focus on gerontology, the study of care of the elderly. It has been a department at Ball State University for about 20 years and its institute has several programs each year that reach out to the Muncie community.
For the Ball State University men's tennis team to win the Mid-American Conference Tournament, it will have to beat three of the conference's best teams in three consecutive days. "If you are going to win the MAC Tournament, you have to win three days in a row," coach Bill Richards said.
The Ball brothers started the Wooden Jacket Can Company in Buffalo, N.Y. They made their first jar in 1884 and called it a Buffalo jar. They moved to Muncie after the discovery of natural gas in East Central Indiana in 1876. Cities offered companies free land and natural gas to come to the area to stimulate growth.
Three Ball State men's players received all-conference honors Thursday for their performances in the regular season.
Muncie residents will help determine the fate of a famous Ball State University alumnus's newest movie. The screening of "My Name is Jerry," starring alumnus Doug Jones, will first be seen in Muncie at 8 p.m. May 7 at the Muncie Convention Center, according to a press release.
Scared out of my mother-loving wits! That's how I feel when I think about typical OPEC nations' responses to the question, "How much oil do you guys have left down there?" Responses range from, "We haven't looked. Call back in 10 years," to "None of your damned beeswax!" These countries: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Venezuela, all have a history of vagueness on this subject.
Teachers from across the state gathered at the Minnetrista Cultural Center Tuesday to present their progress into bringing the future of teaching to Indiana schools. Through a grant funded by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, the Evidence-based Professional Instructional Change, or EPIC Institute, has identified ways to improve curriculum and student learning.
Walking into associate professor of marketing John Vann's office, the first thing you'll notice is that his overhead lights are off and he has a single lamp with a fluorescent bulb on top of his desk with several mirrors close to the window reflecting sunlight.
Students looking to think outside the bun will soon have an on-campus food option. Once the renovations are complete, the L.A. Pittenger Student Center will have a Taco Bell. The student center is notoriously empty. It's far from the center of campus and therefore does not solicit much foot traffic.
More than a dozen children who are clients at Ball State University's Speech and Audiology Clinic now know more about the Indianapolis 500 Race thanks to Indy 500 Festival Princesses Jeannette Young and Jennifer Eakins. The princesses, who are required to lead two outreach programs, hosted one Tuesday in the Arts and Communications Building, where they read a book, showed a film and played a game with the children in attendance.
The Ball State University women's basketball team announced today that fans are invited to celebrate its season with the team at a reception luncheon on May 2.
