Delaware Circuit Court 5 Judge Wayne Lennington said he granted Republican Party Attorney David Brooks' request for a change of judge to preside over the petition for election contest case. Lennington selected a panel of three judges, from which each attorney can remove one, he said.
For two months a wooden bird's leg out front of a Muncie birthing clinic has been without the rest of its body. Barb Bechtel, certified nurse and midwife for Expectations Women's Health & Birthing Center, said the center is thinking about reaching out to Ball State University for help.
The vacant lots north of Studebaker Complex where houses once stood is about to be occupied by construction equipment once Ball State University breaks ground for its next residence hall this summer. Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities planning and management, said preliminary designs for North Hall are about 75 percent complete.
Members of the Ball State University chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity underwent a national fraternity membership review on Saturday. Cara Luyster, assistant director of student life, said the review was deemed necessary by the national fraternity after two of the chapter's members, Dustin Koch and James Finn, were arrested after being found in possession of stolen property.
Ball State University guard Peyton Stovall was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week Monday. Stovall earned the honor after scoring a career-high 37 points in the Cardinals' first win of the season against IPFW on Dec. 31, along with nine rebounds and a career-high five steals.
Another member of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is leaving Ball State University. Kyle Brennan, the director of athletics compliance and eligibility, is leaving Ball State for the University of Utah. "Kyle's done some good things," Collins said.
Following the Fall Semester, the emergency text alert system has about 5,000 members signed up for the service, Director of University Communications Kevin Burke said. At the text alert system's last testing, about 4,000 messages were sent in 17 minutes. Another test is planned, Burke said, but it is not yet scheduled.
Miller College of Business plans to use a $1 million gift to attract more freshmen. Rod Davis, interim dean of MCOB, said the Michael L. and Jacqueline J. Johnston Family Scholarship Fund donated the money to the college last fall. The money will be invested with a five percent return, Davis said, and the $50,000 MCOB receives from it next year will go toward scholarships for incoming freshmen.
The Atrium has a new look for Spring Semester as it changed one food eatery, moved another and updated a third during Winter Break. Ball State University students and faculty who eat at the food court will see Asian Creations changed to Atrium Creations. Where Asian Creations once had a build-your-own meal area, Caliente Mexican Cuisine, an eatery that once was a vending booth near the Ball State Bookstore, now resides.
Akron Two Akron football players will play in senior all-star games during the next two weeks. Wide receiver Jabari Arthur was selected to play in the Hula Bowl Saturday in Hawaii and defensive lineman Nate Robinson will play in the East West Shrine Game Jan.
From the moment it was announced following the conference championship week back in December to the moment I arrived in Toronto, I was skeptical of whether or not the International Bowl was a worthwhile bowl game for college football. After my three days in Toronto, my skepticism disappeared, leaving only a realization that the International Bowl has the potential to become one of the top tier bowl games.
Despite losing federal funding this month, administrators approved a proposal to institutionalize the Office of Victims Services, which includes the Victims Advocate Program. June Payne, director of counseling and health services, said after learning about the loss of the federal grant, administrators approved her proposal to keep the services, which are projects of the Campus and Community Alliance to Support Safety and Advocacy for Victims.
The time has come for athletics director Tom Collins to make the hiring decisions of his life. Since the university apologized to former men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson in December 2007, two members of the athletics department, Deputy Athletics Director Ken Brown and compliance director Kyle Brennan, have left the athletics department.
Take a moment to reflect on last semester and think if there was room for improvement. Most likely everybody could have performed better by simply staying in one week night or spend an additional half-hour on school work. Luckily, each new semester brings new opportunity for all students to become more involved, improve academically and take advantage of the many resources Ball State has to offer.
Playing in the International Bowl is going to cost Ball State University financially. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said the expenses of traveling to the game with the team, band, cheerleaders and staff will cost Ball State more than it made for the game.
Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat. After my experience at the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., I know that isn't true - at least if you didn't mean to cheat. With the tug of a jersey, I went from being "the cheater" at the Sept. 29 Ball State University home football game to the grand prize winner of a new car Sunday night in the GMAC Bowl Right Stuff Challenge.
After a month since their last competition, the Ball State University swimming and diving teams are starting with a fun meet to get back into competition. The Cardinals will compete at 6:30 p.m. at the House of Champions Relay in Indianapolis. Ball State will be one of four teams at the meet and compete against IUPUI, the University of Evansville and Western Illinois University.
A monetary settlement between Ball State University and former men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson has not been settled. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said the documents are still being finalized. Ball State is working on the settlement following the conclusion of a five-month external investigation by judge Myra Selby.
With three outside attackers out of the line-up, the Ball State University men's volleyball team lost to three nationally ranked schools Jan. 3- Jan. 5 at the Outtrigger Invitational in Hawaii. Todd Chamberlain, Pat Durbin and Eric Shultz didn't play in the tournament as the Cardinals lost to No.
Students who live on Ball State University's campus can expect an increase in room and board costs for the second year in a row. Alan Hargrave, director of housing and residence life, said the Board of Trustees has increased the room and board budget by 3.
