While the Ball State University women's volleyball is 2-8 in the Mid-American Conference this season, it still has hopes of a banner year. With six MAC matches left the Cardinals are playing to get the best possible seed in the MAC Tournament. The better the seed, the easier the road will be to achieving a MAC tournament championship.
After months of training, including running 75 miles per week during the summer, it is time for the meet which the Ball State University cross country team has trained. The Cardinals will compete at the Mid-American Conference champions, which are hosted by Central Michigan University, at 11 a.
The Big Ten Network will show the Ball State University-University of Illinois football game at noon Saturday. The residence halls do not have the Big Ten Network and will not show the game. Some Muncie restaurants said they will show the game including:
Junior David Erdly said he wanted to do something few people he knew did before - organize a legal block party and hog roast, which he planned to have Saturday. Erdly planned to have a party in late September and received legal clearance from city officials, but he decided to postpone the event.
About 80 Ball State University students and faculty participated in a poverty simulation from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom. Participants were assigned roles as members of families living below the poverty line, which is below $20,000 for a family of four.
With a 3-2 win Friday, the Ball State University soccer team lost its program-record shutout streak at seven games. One of the most important players to the streak was junior Jen Vilkoski. While things are going great for the center defender now, a little more than a year ago, her situation was not as easy.
Ball State University educational leadership program's faculty will have no problem recruiting future students since the program was ranked 11th in the nation by the Leadership Excellence Magazine for the second year in a row. "Students will probably see our program is nationally recognized and that we have maintained a ranking for a certain number of years," Department Chairman Joseph McKinney said.
The past couple of weeks in this space, we've been over what the relationship between America and Christianity really is. This week, let's think about what that relationship should be. When you see the essence of government and the essence of Christianity, it becomes crystal-clear that there is no way the United States' government could ever be truly Christian; and Christians should shrink in disgust from the notion that the United States ought to be a Christian nation.
When someone takes the trouble to navigate a complicated legal system to obtain a street closure permit, noise ordinance exemption, liability insurance and a beer and wine permit so he can throw a block party, the systems should try to work with him to make it happen.
Ball State University women's tennis coach Kathy Bull has used the fall season to her full advantage to test her players. Beginning with the Ball State Invitational in September and continuing with this weekend's Lady Tigers Invitational in Memphis, Tenn.
Chris Clancy is listed as an outside linebacker on Ball State University's roster, but Saturday the junior was lined up as a running back for the Cardinals' first offensive play against Western Michigan University. Though Ball State's 34.1 points per game average leads the Mid-American Conference, the Cardinals' offense has struggled in two areas during past weeks - the running game and quarterback protection.
Passages from Anne Frank's diary as well as from her family's personal collection will complement other haunting Holocaust relics and testimony from Holocaust survivors, in an exhibit opening Saturday at Minnetrista. "Anne Frank: A History for Today" will be on display Saturday until Jan.
The last time Ball State University was preparing for a game with Missouri State University, the Cardinals ranked last in the Mid-American Conference with a 0-4 record and appeared to be struggling. Ball State responded by outshooting an opponent for the first time in 2007, led by sophomore forward and MAC goals leader Brooke MacGillivary's hat trick, as the Cardinals collected their first league win, 3-0 against Missouri State.
Members of Phi Mu Alpha fraternity expressed frustrations when Ball State University officials cancelled their philanthropic event this week for safety reasons, fraternity members said. Karl Willman, treasurer and event organizer, said the fraternity had planned a "Piano Bash," during which students could pay $1 to hit an old piano with a sledgehammer.
The Muncie Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire that was Thursday in the 500 block of Riverside Avenue. Jim Clevenger, battalion chief for the Muncie Fire Department, said the fire started about 11:30 a.m. There were reported injuries or damage to nearby houses, he said.
Students learned what it takes for a Ball State University alumnus and his staff to "take care of the cat;" but this cat was the lazy, lasagna-loving Garfield. Gay Nation, director of sales for Paws, Inc., said Garfield creator Jim Davis and all of the employees at Paws Inc.
Ten Mid-American Conference teams are playing games within the conference this week while the Ball State defense will again face a running quarterback Juice Williams when it plays Illinois. Ball State (5-3) vs. Illinois (5-3) Three weeks ago Central Michigan quarterback Dan LeFevour ran for 146 yards and a touchdown against Ball State.
Although a student on campus has contracted a staph infection, Ball State University students and staff should not be alarmed, Kent Bullis, a physician at Ball State's Amelia T. Wood Student Health Center, said. Katie Coleman, a junior accounting and risk management and insurance major who was diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) two weeks ago, said her infection was not contagious because the wound has healed.
We are concerned. More concerned than Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins appears to be that 20 percent of recently drug-tested athletes failed. It's not unfortunate - it's a cry for stronger leadership, better help and stricter policies for athletes and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
