The other day while riding the Muncie Indiana Transit System bus, I experienced something that had me in utter disbelief. While stopping to pick up students, a young woman entered the bus through the side entrance and not the front. She wasn't trying to be funny or get attention; she was just closer to the side door and figured it made more sense to enter through it.
After opening the 2007-2008 season with a game against Butler University, who is just outside of the national rankings, things ease up for Ball State University tonight as they face a lesser-ranked team. The Cardinals will play host to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at 7 p.
The women's volleyball team lost its program-worst 25th game of the season in the Mid-American Conference tournament Tuesday to end its season. Northern Illinois University (14-17, 7-9 MAC) defeated Ball State University (5-25, 4-12 MAC) in four games, 30-20, 27-30, 30-19, 30-28, to advance to the MAC quarterfinal against No.
Many Ball State University residence halls are doing their part to help the community with different service projects and donations over the holidays. Professor of Psychological Science David Perkins said he helped organize a donation drive in Woodworth Complex to collect items for A Better Way an organization that helps victims, mainly women and children, of domestic violence who have lost their permanent housing.
Junior Amanda Degard awoke one day this summer to her mother's explanation that her Rottweiler, Bandit, had died. "We had him sleep in the basement ... My mother and I went to the basement, and he was in fact dead," she said. Because the veterinarian's office had the body after the autopsy, Degard's family had no memorial service for Bandit, although she remembers happy memories with her dog, she said.
Six players signed letters of intent for the 2009 season for the Ball State University baseball team Wednesday. Cal Bowling is a right-handed pitcher from Yorktown High School. He was named all-county three times, all-conference twice and all-state once. He had a 12-1 record and an 0.
If you're anything like me, Thanksgiving brings up mixed feelings. There are those warm fuzzy ones of curling up in front of the TV after gorging yourself on all of that delicious food. Maybe you associate Thanksgiving with the fabulous shopping (for the record, I always sleep in that Friday) that comes after it.
Charges are pending for five Ball State University affiliated women who supposedly beat an Ivy Tech student at an off-campus party in October, officials said. Delaware County deputy prosecuting attorney Judi Calhoun said she is awaiting further information about the extent of the victim's injuries before filing charges.
With another piece of legislation passed during Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting, students will see e-mails in their mailboxes when Spring Semester begins about important academic dates. The e-mails would be sent five days prior to events such as course requests, course withdrawal periods, registration, Fruesday and applying for graduation to remind students they were approaching.
After scoring five touchdowns and leading his team to bowl eligibility, Ball State University quarterback Nate Davis walked into the post-game press conference with a fresh hair cut. An hour before Ball State left the team hotel for the game, Davis' mom called to make sure her son looked his best on national television.
Red and white, BSU, ESPN2, 22 Spartan soldiers, a samurai and 4,188 screaming Ball State University fans came to see the Cardinals take on the University of Toledo in Tuesday night's game. In the front row, freshman Dave Carpenter had his chest soaked in red paint as he ran back and forth, exciting the rest of the fans.
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics could hardly have asked for more from the football game against University of Toledo. Not only did the team secure bowl eligibility, but ESPN's coverage provided what the athletics department needed most - positive national publicity.
An audience crowds into a small, dark room murmuring and flipping through programs. In front, there is no stage, no screen - just a cozy performance area with room enough for a handful of people. This audience will not enjoy a thundering chorus or a booming accompanying band.
It's university policy, and so we will follow the university's policy. Therefore, departments at Ball State University will observe Fruesday and attend Friday classes on Tuesday. At least, that's what representatives said from almost every department that could be reached.
Fraternity members spoke into a microphone and urged walkers and drivers passing by to donate money for the homeless. Ennis Adams, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity social chair, said the fraternity was putting on the 14th annual Sleep Out for the Homeless at the Scramble Light.
Racism is still alive in towns across America, said author James Loewen. Loewen spoke Tuesday in Pruis Hall about his most recent book "Sundown Towns" and about America's history of racism and prejudice. Loewen spoke about a high point of racism in America from 1890 to 1940 and explained historical examples of the efforts of groups of white people to drive black people out of communities.
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Bowling Green (6-4) vs. Buffalo (4-6) Game time: 1 p.m. Saturday In the last 21 years, Buffalo has one winning season, but the Bulls have a chance to finish the season 6-6 and win the MAC East if they win their final two games of the season. Buffalo enters its game against Bowling Green with the second-worst passing defense in the MAC, allowing 231.
Four players signed letters of intent to play for the Ball State University women's basketball team Wednesday. Jade Barber is a 6-foot-2-inch forward from Louisville, Ky. She averaged 12 points and 10.3 rebounds per game as a junior. She is rated as the fifth-best prospect in Kentucky by the Rick Bolus Report.
Ball State University students can use a Facebook application to pair them with students across the nation who are traveling home for Thanksgiving break, helping them cut costs and preserve the environment. Cornell University alumnus John Zimmer said he was part of a group of recent graduates and undergraduate students who formed the "Carpool" application on Facebook.
