Four perfect pebbles. Pebbles were what 9-year-old Marion Blumenthal Lazan searched for while she was in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen in Germany. She believed if she could find four perfect pebbles, the four members of her family would survive. Sixty years later, Lazan speaks to a variety of groups, from school children to church groups, around the world about her experiences.
Resident Assistants who want to attend the International Bowl need to think again. Ro Anne Royer, assistant director of housing and residence life, said RAs are contractually obligated to return to Ball State University by Jan. 4 to help students move in Jan.
Barry Bonds is again the center focus of the world of baseball. Many of the questions surrounding him and the use of steroids will soon be brought before a court of law, and we will be left to decide how Barry Bonds is remembered in the world of baseball. Bonds represents a question on where we are headed in professional sports.
Inexpensive, practical and fashionable clothes are available to college students for the winter season, according to Rachel Boison, senior fashion merchandising major at Ball State University. They just need to know where to look. Dressing for the weather is very important for college students, she said, especially when walking is their main form of transportation.
The speculation that Ball State University coach Brady Hoke might be with a different team next year following the success the Cardinals experienced this season is premature, Hoke said Monday. Former University of Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, who retired Nov.
The University of Florida's quarterback Tim Tebow is going to win the Heisman Trophy this year because he deserves it and therefore will be one of the three in The Downtown Athletic Club in New York City on Saturday to receive college football's most prestigious award.
A leafy, green bamboo plant here, a freestanding lamp there - some dorm room decorations seem far from philosophical. Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese framework, inspires these items and other bedroom aesthetics, which may be as simple as eliminating clutter from the room, interior designer Carol Morotti said.
After beginning the past two seasons with five consecutive wins, the Ball State University's women's basketball has its worst record through the first seven games of the year since the 1998-99 campaign. Despite the Cardinals' 3-4 record, junior guard Porchia Green said her team isn't deflated by the slow start.
Winter weather has taken over the campus, finally. We got to live in the land that Mother Nature forgot for most of fall; however, she's back and appears ready to make up for lost time. Snow should arrive today and between one and three inches are expected to accumulate.
Researchers in the Ball State University Biomechanics Lab are close to securing $1.2 million from the Department of Defense to help fund research into musculoskeletal injuries, which cost the military an estimated $10 million annually. Eric Dugan, the director of the Biomechanics Lab, said the research would help solidify Ball State's place in biomechanical research on a national level.
Ball State University students got hands-on learning experience while planning Vera Bradley grand openings throughout the nation. Junior finance major Benjamin Studebaker said the students, as part of a marketing and management class, worked with Vera Bradley during the semester to plan grand opening ceremonies at the company's new store locations.
With about a month until the Ball State University football team plays in the International Bowl, the university is responsible for selling 10,000 tickets. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said Ball State was allotted 10,000 tickets and must sell them or it will have to pay for the tickets.
Marion Blumenthal Lazan has been through an experience in which every day for 6-and-a-half years she lived in fear. She survived an event in history that showed just how cruel mankind can be. Her life should be a prime example to all of us that life is hard, but how you respond to the problems is what keeps you going.
INDIANAPOLIS - Terry Hoeppner's motto before he died was "Play 13." Now, Indiana wants to take it a step further and win eight. By reaching the postseason, the Hoosiers fulfilled their late coach's dream. Indiana will play Oklahoma State in the Insight Bowl on Dec.
A trail of electric lights and lanterns lit the way for students and community members to enjoy the holiday season from Minnetrista Cultural Center to Oakhurst Gardens. The Luminary Walk, organized by Minnetrista with the assistance of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, provided people a picturesque view of the cultural center along a path with lanterns aglow on either side.
For more than a decade, the Muncie Police Department has given underprivileged children something to smile about during the holiday season by offering them the opportunity to shop for presents they might not otherwise receive. This year, the charitable efforts of "Muncie's finest" during Shop with a Cop were overshadowed by the appearance of a celebrity who acts as if his heart is as big as his hair-do.
When Brady Hoke accepted his position as Ball State University's football coach five years ago, he made it his mission to pay credence to the Cardinals' tradition by establishing more history. After accepting its first bowl invitation in 11 years Saturday, Hoke said his team took a big step toward having the success he's envisioned for Ball State's football program.
Day after day students often start to feel like the world is passing them by while following the same old routine, watching the same television shows. If this is you, then perhaps you would enjoy seeing "Hairspray;" it may even help end the streak of nothingness, at least for the two hours and 30 minutes it will play.
You are being watched. It's not part of some Orwellian nightmare. It's not the U.S. government reading brainwaves through your tinfoil hat. You're being watched because you asked for it. If you have a profile on Facebook or MySpace, or if you make entries on LiveJournal or Xanga, then you might already know that almost anyone with a computer and Internet connection has full access to anything you post, unless you have privacy settings.
In the final game of Hoosier Classic history against Valparaiso University Saturday, coach Tracy Roller told her team to play with a chip on its shoulder after remembering the loss to Temple University earlier in the week. After losing 64-55 to the Crusaders, Ball State University finished the night shooting 40 percent from the floor; Roller said the loss was easy to explain.
