Over the past two semesters, I have concentrated my columns on current events and politics, usually assuming a stance associated with liberal views. Columnists such as Christopher Flook, Alex Carroll, Jonathan Sanders and others write about similar subjects.
Terry Moss has a letter from the Baltimore Ravens sitting on a table in his hometown of Huber Heights, Ohio. However, the eyes of the senior wide receiver have yet to see it. That will have to wait until this weekend when he heads home to watch this weekend's National Football League Draft.
Students looking for extra spending money could benefit from state legislation supporting the elimination of taxes on college textbooks. After a nation-wide increase in textbook costs, Ball State University Student Government Association wrote legislation supporting the proposal being considered by state politicians, SGA President Betsy Mills said.
As the end of the semester approaches, we all see our final papers being turned in, waiting to be scrutinized and graded with our futures hanging somewhere in the balance. Perhaps it is a reasonable to assume that all of the papers we turn in are not going to receive the grade they deserve, probably in a negative way due to the short amount of time there is for professors to grade them all before semester grades are due.
Students need to check their fire alarms and plan their escape route in case a fire breaks out at Ball State University because trucks might not be able to reach them. The local firefighter and emergency medical services union president is concerned about Ball State safety, as budget cuts are shutting down ladder trucks near campus, and most students don't know the danger they could face.
Check out the photos that were considered to be the best photos of the week.
Sometimes becoming more technologically advanced seems an awful lot like returning to a more primitive lifestyle: building with straw instead of wood, collecting rainwater out of a cistern and using solar energy and bacteria to transform waste water into fertilizer and clean water.
Mud volleyball is back at Ball State University with Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and FIJI fraternity having their Smackdown Mud Volleyball Tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday at the volleyball courts by Johnson Complex. FIJI philanthropy chairman Tom James said the proceeds from the event will go to the sorority and fraternity's philanthropies, Court Appointed Special Advocates and The Red Cross, respectively.
Ball State University students who take the Writing Competency Exam might find that what they write will affect policies administrators pass. Anna Priebe, Writing Competency Exam coordinator, said while the primary function of the exam is to serve as an educational tool, it also lets students voice their concerns to administrators.
Ball State University punter Chris Miller, who will be a junior this fall, was named to the Playboy All-America Preseason Football team. Miller, who was named All-America Second Team by The Sporting News last season, led the Mid-American Conference and finished second in the nation with a 46.
A Ball State University student has filed a lawsuit against a former student punished for assaulting him and the fraternity house where the incident occurred. According to the Delaware County Clerk's Office, sophomore Zachary Holsinger filed civil charges Monday against Chad Stickley, 22, two "John Does" and the Ball State chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
Almost every day, Kent Bullis sees patients who carry some form of the Human Papillomavirus in the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. Bullis, the medical director at the Health Center, said HPV is by far the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States.
On warm Monday afternoons, Noyer Field transforms into Stormhaven, the home of more than a dozen characters reminiscent of a J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy. Stormhaven is the Muncie chapter of Dagorhir, a combination of live-action roleplay, martial arts and medieval combat.
Scroll through the map and click on the points to see the crime that has occurred on or around campus.
Ball State University students who are worried that Baskin Robbins on McGalliard Avenue will take its 31 flavors and leave town once its building is leased to other businesses have nothing to fear. Baskin Robbins owner Bob Walsh said that after almost four decades in its Northwest Plaza location, the restaurant began renovations Monday at the former Marathon gas station next to Tire Barn on Wheeling Avenue.
Ball State University will roll out the "Roll out the Red" for Homecoming 2007, as the steering committee has announced the theme and begun planning the week. General Chairman Brian Geiselhart said the Homecoming Steering Committee considered the renovations being made on Ball State's campus while brainstorming theme ideas.
View the slideshow to see images from the Mr. and Ms. Ball State Bodybuilding Competition that happened Thursday night at the Emens Auditorium.
Editor and chief, columnist and graduating senior Dave Studinski compares college living to air travel. Really.
Kyle Brennan's job is full of trouble-shooting. The director of athletics compliance and eligibility gets an average of 20 to 30 phone calls and 50 to 100 e-mails during all hours of the day asking compliance-related questions, he said. In his seven months at Ball State University, Brennan has taken an educational approach to his job.
Most Ball State University students likely think the Writing Competency Exam is just another step on the road to graduation. This year, however, the university started using content from the exams to initiate changes in policy - without telling students their answers would be used in such a way.
