Wednesday's snow might have been a change for students, but it's back to business for Ball State maintenance crews. Kevin Kenyon, vice president of facilities planning and management, said crews have been working overtime to clear campus sidewalks, making them safe for pedestrians.
With one month remaining before the International Bowl, Ball State University has more than 9,900 tickets to sell. Ball State sold 70 tickets for the Jan. 5, game as of just before 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Ball State ticket office. The university has 10,000 tickets to sell for the game.
To lighten spirits before finals the Ball State University Student Government Association senators had a white elephant gift exchange to end their last meeting of Fall Semester. Before the exchange, the senators met in their respective caucuses and committees to discuss the progress of platform items in the research or implementation process.
A crowded auditorium with loud voices filled Ball State University's Pruis Hall on Tuesday while students waited for speaker Marion Blumenthal Lazan. As soon as Lazan arrived, though, the crowd quieted as she told her experience of being a young girl in a concentration camp.
To show the cultural history of Title IX, a group of 17 students and one professor made a video focusing on the Burris Laboratory School community and women's volleyball team. Kecia McBride, fall fellow for the Virginia B. Ball Center and associate professor in the English department, said she wanted to do a video on Burris because she was interested in the community and the building.
Ball State University men's basketball coach Billy Taylor, a former athlete himself, is acutely aware of what five close defeats in a row can do to a team, especially when that team is as young as his Cardinals' team. Heading into tonight's game at Purdue University, Taylor said he emphasized the process of building a team from the ground up to keep his team's spirits high.
Throughout Ball State University's 71-54 loss to Illinois State University on Tuesday, the paint was dominated by the Redbirds forward/center combo of Ashleen Bracey and Nicolle Lewis. Bracey was the offense to Lewis' defense. Lewis used her 6-foot-6-inch frame to block or alter the Cardinals' shots from in the paint.
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.
