Parents of incoming freshman participating in Ball State University's orientation program will have the opportunity to take a guided tour of the downtown area beginning tomorrow. Heart of the City, MITS and Ball State partnered for the fourth year to show parents the attractions that downtown holds for visitors.
For the first time since 2001 and the second time since 1996, the Ball State University track and field team failed to have an athlete qualify for the NCAA Championships. Senior Amber Williams and junior Katie Johnson did not qualify beyond their first heat at the NCAA Mideast Regional meet.
The governor plans to present his budget proposal for the next two years to Hoosiers today. It will be broadcast live on the Internet, television and radio at 6 p.m., according to a press release from Governor Mitch Daniels' office. The State Legislature did not approve a budget before its regular session ended on April 29.
Heaven on earth with an onion slice won't be found in Muncie any longer. Cheeseburger in Paradise, located on 1705 W. McGalliard Road, closed Saturday night after giving about a week's notice to its employees. Ball State University junior Jacob Stanton has been an employee at the restaurant since January 2007.
The streak of Ball State University not a winning the conference's best all-around school in either men's or women's sports is now at six years. The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that Ball State finished the 2008-09 school year in fifth place in the Reese Trophy standings and 10th place in the Jacoby Trophy standings.
Graduation is a time when students are filled with feelings of great accomplishment, nervousness and uncertainty about the future. It's also a time when students are filled with one more feeling - boredom. Students are dreading graduation, and not only because after school is the real world, but because they know they're going to be bored out of their minds.
It's worse enough that someone slashed the tires on university vehicles, but when you mess with "Frog Baby" that's even further over the line. Four days after about 15 Ball State University vehicles had their tires slashed, the University Police Department is still conducting an investigation to find out the person or people who committed these acts.
For this exciting, continuing installment of Scene Selection, I have dug up one of Hollywood's renowned director's debut films. For those of you who have viewed "There Will Be Blood," "Magnolia" or "Boogie Nights," you have witnessed one of the film industry's best directors and writers: none other than Paul Thomas Anderson.
It's 10:30 a.m. as I read a text from my best friend that says: boy do I have a story to tell you. This isn't so unusual for most of us. Typically, we associate with our friends during the day and become excited to tell one another stories from the weekend.
The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that Ball State finished the 2008-09 school year in fifth place in the Reese Trophy standings and 10th place in the Jacoby Trophy standings.
This week Muncie Mayor McShurley, in a move to cut the city's $3.8 million deficit for 2009, laid off 40 Muncie firefighters, one-third of the city's fire department staff. The mayor claims this will save the city almost $2 million in funds for the fiscal year.
Thursday 63rd Annual Summer Chamber Music Festival The Ball State School of Music will host the first concert in a four concert series tonight at 8 p.m. The 63rd Annual Chamber Music Festival will take place in Sursa Performance Hall, showcasing traditional chamber music.
The Village will be losing a source of revenue next week when Konale'a, a clothing, hair and skincare boutique, relocates. Konale'a, which features an Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatment center, has been located at 1622 W. University Ave. for about two years.
When Annica Darud and Katarina Faxe step onto the Ball State University campus for the first time in August, they will do so with strong ties to Ball State even though they are from thousands of miles away from Muncie, and their feet have never touched Ball State soil.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team will not have to travel far for most of their non-conference schedule this season. The Cardinals' schedule, which was released last week by coach Dave Boos, has one non-conference out of state match, when the team will compete in the Towson Invitation at Towson University in Towson, Md.
This weekend, a pair of hurdlers from the Ball State University track and field team will compete in the NCAA Mideast Regional at the University of Louisville. Amber Williams and Katie Johnson both qualified for the regionals in the 100-meter hurdles and Williams also qualified for the 100-meter dash.
A bomb threat was received and resolved within 20 minutes Wednesday at Ball Memorial Hospital. Members of the Muncie Police Department and the Muncie Fire Department responded to the call at about 8:40 p.m., but were dispersed by about 9 p.m. from the hospital on University Avenue.
Miller Trailways has proposed a bus service that would provide service between Muncie and Indianapolis. The route would run seven days a week from downtown Muncie to downtown Indianapolis and include stops in Anderson and other cities, John Owen, who coordinates intercity operations for Miller Trailways, said.
Click here to see an interactive graphic on Grandma Neeley.
Click here to see an interactive graphic on Grandma Neeley. For 62 years, Jeanette Taylor has called Neeley Avenue home. Every morning she calls for her 7-year-old Shih Tzu named Phoebe, and together they walk toward their screened-in front porch where they'll sit for hours watching students pass by.
