Last week Nielsen, the company responsible for telling you what everyone's watching on TV, began to factor college students into their ratings system for the first time. The change could increase the 18-24 demographic's viewing power by as much as 12 percent, raising ratings for some programs by as much as 1 percent, according to the New York Times.
The Ball State University women's swimming and diving team ended its 2006-07 season with a seventh place finish at the Mid-American Conference Championships. The four-day event started Thursday and concluded Saturday with all eight MAC women's swimming and diving programs competing.
Ball State University will open the digital doors to two virtual charter schools in the fall, but not without facing opposition from the state legislature and Indiana's largest teachers union. Last week, Democrats in the state House of Representatives proposed provisions in the budget that could ban virtual charter schools, said Dan Clark, deputy executive director of the Indiana State Teachers Association.
The cost of a basic room and meal plan at Ball State University will increase approximately 5 percent for the 2007-08 academic year because the Board of Trustees approved a housing budget increase of 3.7 percent Friday. Rate increases vary depending on where a student lives, said Tom Kinghorn, vice president for Business Affairs and treasurer.
Ball State University's men's basketball team continued its struggles in ESPN Bracket Buster games as it dropped to 0-5 all time in the event by losing to Illinois State University 70-57. The Cardinals (9-17) were again without leading scorer Skip Mills and featured an unusual Cardinal lineup.
A recent U.S. Surgeon General report indicated that secondhand smoke represents a greater threat to non-smokers than previously thought. The number of deaths related to environmental tobacco smoke, or ETS, total 3,400 for cancer and another 36,000 deaths for heart disease, according to the American Cancer Society.
Creating a resum+â-¬ to show to potential employers can be an overwhelming task, Ball State University junior Nora Hall said. "There is a pressure that people, like counselors or professors, seem to give off that a resum+â-¬ has to be perfect," she said. Because of the stress of organizing such an important document, Hall said she would probably attend Resumania, a Career Center event that helps students craft their resum+â-¬s.
Despite sickness, the Ball State University gymnastics team recorded a season-high score, but still lost for the sixth time in its seventh meet of the season. Competing at Eastern Michigan University, the Cardinals lost 189.450 to 191.700 Saturday. It was the third-straight competition on the road and third-straight loss for Ball State (1-6, 0-4 Mid-American Conference).
The roofs of a Muncie school and a skating rink collapsed just days after the area was hit by about a foot of snow, and a Johnson County man died after having been run over by a plow truck clearing snow from his driveway. While Indiana continued digging out from a storm earlier in the week that dumped as much as 17 inches of snow at Lafayette, an additional 2 to 3 1/2 inches of snow fell across parts of the state, the National Weather Service said.
Student Government Association is discussing plans to combine the honors of making the Dean's List and graduating cum laude. Junior Eric Maroun, member of the academic affairs committee, said SGA began discussing these changes because students who were named to the Dean's List every semester were not guaranteed to graduate cum laude.
The defending Mid-American Conference Champion Ball State University baseball team dropped four games in its opening weekend in the FAU Beach Ball Bash in Florida this weekend. The team lost Friday to Florida Atlantic University 3-8. La Salle University beat the Cardinals twice Saturday, 2-4 and 5-11.
Thursday, Ball State University Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said most parking lots would not be ticketed for the remainder of the school week. Parking issues have arisen on campus while crews continue working on clearing all sidewalks and parking lots after Tuesday's blizzard.
Twenty-four hours before starting a stretch where it will play nationally ranked teams, the Ball State University men's volleyball team beat a win less Mercyhurst College. The Cardinals (7-4, 2-0 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) defeated Mercyhurst (0-10, 0-5 MIVA) in straight games, 30-21, 30-20, 31-29, Thursday.
Save meter-money and park where you want today; Ball State University is not ticketing cars. With a few exceptions, students, faculty and staff can park anywhere on campus during business hours while the school continues to clear snow from Tuesday's blizzard, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said.
ou've got a bunch of rich white people. They go to a third-world country, tell the locals what's best for them and leave, making sure their ideas are enforced without regard for the feelings of the native people. Sounds like colonialism, right? Wrong. It's Greenpeace.
Going into this weekend's meet against Eastern Michigan University, the Ball State University gymnastics team has one positive and one negative affecting them. The positive is they didn't miss any practices due to the weather. The negative is that a head cold has been circulating around the team, coach Lisa Simonton said.
The cost of a basic room and meal plan at Ball State University will increase approximately 5.0 percent for the 2007-08 school year, as the Board of Trustees approved a housing budget increase of 3.7 percent Friday.
One of two former Ball State University football players arrested for stealing laptop computers awaits a sentencing hearing on March 22, according to Delaware County Circuit Court 1 officials. Eulas Taylor III pled guilty to two counts of burglary on Monday, court officials said.
Ball State University's Winter Break ended more than a month ago, but in China its equivalent has just begun. The Spring Festival, commonly known as Chinese New Year in the U.S., occurs Sunday and will set off the Year of the Pig. Unlike their friends and relatives back home, Chinese students at Ball State don't get a vacation and must spend China's most important holiday away from their families.
Despite Mother Nature's best efforts, all teams planning on participating in the Ball State Triangular are still making the trip. In fact, an additional team has been added making the event a Quadrangular. The Ball State University women's track and field team will play host to Miami University, Western Michigan University and Northern Illinois University today.
