After opening its season at home, the Ball State University women's track and field team travels to Bowling Green, Ohio today for the Bowling Green Quadrangular. The Cardinals will compete against several regional teams, including the University of Cincinnati.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team didn't have to wait long to get another chance at defeating a top-five ranked team. After getting swept by No. 3 Penn State University less than three weeks ago during the Outrigger Invitational in Hawaii, the Cardinals (1-4, 1-1 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) will play their home opener against the Nittany Lions at 7:30 p.
When the Ball State University and Illinois State University women's swimming and diving teams meet Saturday, it will be a chance to see which one has improved the most since the beginning of the season. The Cardinals and Redbirds tied for second place at the Notre Dame Relays, the first meet of the season for both teams, Oct.
The first home competition for Ball State University's gymnastics team in the Nadalie Walsh era is tonight as they play host to Illinois State University in Irving Gym at 6 p.m. Walsh said she spent the last few months trying to change the mentality of a program that has not had a winning record since 2002.
The elections board has been set; now all we need are slates. Student Government Association slates that is. U.N.I.T.E.D. Initiative spent the year being the voice of the students and passing resolutions to extend Blue Loop hours, to establish a Multicultural Council and to establish an All-President Student Forum.
Western Michigan University used seven straight points to end the first half to spark it to a 71-45 win against Ball State University Wednesday night, evening the all-time series between the two teams at 53 wins apiece. The 45 points ties Ball State's lowest point total of the season.
Piles of books and desks bumped together are not necessarily what it is like for faculty who work in close quarters because they share offices, according to some Ball State University professors. Robin Hicks, anthropology instructor, said some faculty share offices because those who teach in a prison education program are also teaching one class per month on campus and need an office space.
The Ball State University Counseling Center is trying to create a new avenue for male survivors of sexual assault. Lee Van Donselaar, sexual assault team coordinator, said the center will offer a weekly group therapy session for men if enough students express interest.
Ball State The MAC coaches predicted Ball State and Western Michigan to win the conference's men's tennis championship this year. The Cardinals and Broncos tied for first place in the vote, though Ball State received three votes to win the conference tournament while Western Michigan received one.
Anytime contract negotiations take place with college or professional sports figures, the general public usually asks what all the commotion is about. Hell, I'm a college student who scrapes and claws at every couch cushion just so I can afford the parking meter and a load of laundry on the weekend.
Playing the No. 3 ranked team in the nation, the Ball State University men's volleyball team is expecting to have a large crowd, especially with what's taking place after the match. Ball State's home-opener Friday against No. 3 Penn State University will be the team's first of four autograph poster nights this season.
It's an allegedly age-old question challenging users of Facebook to this day, even to this hour and minute. In fact at this very second somewhere a pirate is facing a ninja in a battle beyond our understanding. And some dumbass programmer thought it'd be a good idea to add an application to Facebook about it.
Members of Alpha Chi Omega service fraternity will continue to collect old cell phones for the organization's "phoneraiser" 9 a.m. to noon Thursday in the Whitinger Business Building. Approximately 20 members of Alpha Phi Omega spent Wednesday morning and afternoon collecting used cell phones in the Atrium.
Beautiful, immersive, innovative, creative and vibrant are words that Ball State University's Web site, commercials and pamphlets use multiple times to describe its campus experience. And potential students have taken notice. The current marketing campaign has helped increase undergraduate applications for the 2008-2009 academic year to more than 10,000 at the end of December, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said.
With the band chanting, "We're not gonna take it," Ball State University senior point guard Peyton Stovall connected on a meaningless layup off an offensive rebound with 2:03 remaining in Wednesday night's game. The bucket, which pulled Ball State within 22 points of Western Michigan University, did prevent the Cardinals from setting a bit of history, however.
Glossy, colorful brochures advertising maps and graphs in textbooks often leave professors digging for what many are concerned about - prices. Frederick Suppe, Ball State University associate professor of history, said he tries to find the cheapest textbooks for his students, but it is often difficult because publishers do not include prices in the advertisements.
Election season is gearing up as the Ball State University Student Government Association approved the 2008 elections board in its Wednesday meeting. Elections board Chairman Kyle Johnson said the board's job was to make sure the SGA elections go smoothly, fairly and the slates follow the bylaws.
Fraternity row will have to get a new name now that the Panhellenic Council is discussing having housing for sorority members, Director of Student Life Lynda Wiley said. Former Panhellenic Council President Deanna Pogorelc said the idea of moving sororities into a house was presented last year as a part of a larger plan.
Utilities, Internet service and parking costs are a few things Ball State University students should consider when moving off campus, according to the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards. Two graduate assistants who worked for the office recently finished producing a video about what students need to know before moving.
Watching the NFL playoffs last weekend, while drowning my sorrows in the Colts' loss (OK, that's a lie), I came to an inescapable conclusion. Joe Buck is everywhere. Yes, the ubiquitous Fox Sports headline act, he of "Slam-a-lam-a-ding-dong!" fame, is out of control and cannot be stopped.
