The energy inside Worthen Arena was constant throughout Saturday’s quarterfinal sweep (25-20, 25-19, 25-15) for the No. 10 Cardinals (19-8, 11-3 MIVA) in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) Tournament against the No. 8 seed Quincy.
Coming into the 1987-88 season, Muncie Central had seven state championships to their name, but they hadn’t had any since 1979 when they took down conference rival Anderson in the state championship game. The Bearcats made it all the way to Market Square Arena and won their eighth state championship in school history. Thirty-five years after the team in purple raised the state championship trophy, players and fans look back on that team.
In order for a collegiate tennis match to take place outdoors, the temperature must be 50 degrees or higher, and sustained winds must be less than 20 miles per hour. Because of this, Ball State Men’s and Women’s tennis have been indoors for its home matches this season... both teams got to share the sunshine Friday as they each had 1 p.m matches at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center in the team’s first home outdoor matches of the year.
Graham and Barton break down the releases of a revamped Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Tron: Identity.
Graham and Barton break down the news of James Gunn leading DC studios, and what this may mean for a possible Marvel and DC crossover.
Weather Forecaster Ian Kowalski breaks down the high chance of storms this weekend and early next week, as well as warm temperatures.
“It’s a little bit of a taste of what it’s kind of like to be a division one football player,” Junior Jacob Valentine said. “Growing up, that was kind of a dream of mine, so to be able to do that here at the college that I go to is really exciting.”
The Minnetrista Farmers Market is a way to bring about local community and provide small businesses steady income. The next farmers market is scheduled for Apr. 15 from 9 a.m. to Noon inside Minnetrista. The outdoor markets will begin May 6 at the same time every week.
Weather forecaster Dimitri Gegas is tracking thunderstorm chances for this weekend as well as a drop in temperatures to start next week.
Arichavala explains, “[Sunday] was the first really good day and ever since then, people have just been outside in their hammocks… and it’s just a really good thing to see.”
Some of the DN Staff tries spicy wings in our gameshow.
"It's always an honor when Mr. Letterman chooses to return to campus," Mearns said. "We are fortunate that he maintains a relationship with our University and that he continues to have a passion for engaging with our students."
When David Hreno was in high school, he considered himself to be a shy person, finding it difficult to socialize and make friends with his peers, he said. When he started participating in theatre, however, he was immediately immersed in the novel experience and felt like part of the group. Now, as a third-year theatre education major, Hreno wears the hat of director for a group of middle schoolers at Northside Middle School, putting on his own shows. Alongside Megan Templeton, third-year theatre education major, the two are doing the same thing for the Northside students: building a community for them to thrive in.
As the Ball State Daily News releases its annual Muncie Community Schools Partnership Project paper, the editor in-chief took some time to explain its purpose.
In a mid-week road series against Western Michigan, Ball State softball fell 2-1, the Cardinals have now lost three Mid-American Conference (MAC) series in a row. In the series opener, Ball State was run-ruled 10-2 and the Cardinals rounded out the series by splitting Wednesday’s doubleheader.
Weather forecaster Jack Van Meter is tracking beautiful conditions but a change is on the way for the weekend.
“The course was playing a little bit more challenging this year than in years past,” [head coach Mike] Fleck said. “I think the greens were a little firmer and faster, the rough was definitely thick, and they had some rain in the week and let the rough grow out.”
“In the moment, it felt pretty liberating to be able to think about what to do in the midst of a global health and race pandemic, so it was a liberating moment that we felt that it was a great opportunity to do something transformative here in the city.”
“What I didn’t know at the time in 2007 is that it would take 10 years of outreach to people to finally see it implemented in 2017,” Elam said. “The whole time I felt like I was one day away from a major breakthrough.”
“I did have big expectations for myself. I expected myself to do the same thing that I did and then better. I had to kind of change those expectations because they were just too much to put on anybody, especially yourself,” Russo said.
