The Ball State University men's volleyball team has 23 matches left this season, but coach Joel Walton is already thinking about the postseason. The Cardinals (3-4) will play their conference-opener against Lewis University (7-0) Friday. "It's a league match at home, and you have to win those matches," Walton said.
For the first time in nearly two years, Peyton Stovall will return to a building that contains unpleasant memories. In 2005, Ball State University traveled to Bowling Green State University for the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. With 6:25 remaining in the first half, Stovall was carried from the court suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
Three students from WCRD radio won Communicator Awards, an international competition that recognizes excellent work in the area of communication. Senior telecommunications major Brett Estes won the Award of Distinction for Concert Spot. He submitted a concert promo called "Heavy Metal in Indy" that he made for an audio class, he said.
Muncie's most recent claim to fame was canceled by CBS but picked up by VH1. A VH1 representative said a press release came out on Monday announcing "Armed & Famous" would be aired on their station instead of CBS, which showed it for three weeks.
The student-run WCRD radio station will attempt to gain a larger audience after it moves the antenna used to broadcast to the top of a 200-foot-tall smokestack at the heating plant on campus. Originally the antenna sat atop Southside High School, which is several miles from Ball State's campus.
While Ball State pushes high-tech, one professor encourages traditional thinking. Grab your pencils.
Football fanatics rooting for Chicago and Indianapolis can come together for one last peaceful assembly to support both teams before the Colts and the Bears clash on Sunday. A Ball State University freshman petitioning to have classes canceled Monday after the Super Bowl will be hosting a rally later this week.
We've learned countless times that all children, possibly except one, grow up. This particular boy plays a pipe, loses his shadow, fights pirates and considers giving someone a thimble to be a sign of affection. J.M. Barrie has enlightened our hearts with "Peter Pan" since 1911 and the book, which I recently finished, is still timeless.
Here at Ball State University, students are desensitized to hearing about how many great technilogical advancements the universcity university has. It seems almost every day there is an announcement about some new technology or another, and everyone here knows that technology is a big deal.
Super Bowl XLI featuring the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts is a few days away and the euphoria surrounding it has some students hoping for a free day without classes. The push for a day off began with the creation of the Facebook group called "Cancel Classes after Super Bowl Sunday" and has spread out into hanging flyers in an attempt to gain more support.
Student teaching doesn't have to be a chore. This semester, six Ball State University students will engage in an alternative teaching experience at Cornerstone Center for the Arts. Three Ball State University students have already begun teaching classes this semester, including sophomore Evan Walters, who teaches Youth Art.
Ball State University's Indianapolis Center is a hub for architecture partnerships in Indiana, and the American Institute of Architecture is recognizing Ball State President Jo Ann Gora for assisting with these partnerships. Gora received the Walter S. Blackburn Award from the AIA on Thursday for her work in promoting the Indianapolis Center and creating professional partnerships with its College of Architecture, said Scott Truex, director of Ball State's Indianapolis Center College of Architecture and Planning.
Ball State University students should pull any information they need off of Blackboard before 9:30 p.m. tonight when Blackboard will be taken offline, Loren Malm, system director for University Computing Services, said. The UCS Help Desk said Blackboard is expected to be back online between midnight and the start of classes Wednesday.
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With 20 years of proof that hard work pays off, major league baseball broadcaster Thom Brennaman is doing what he loves with a smile on his face. Brennaman came to Damon's Bar and Grill in Muncie Saturday as part of the Reds Winter Caravan, an annual promotional event intended.
While fewer students are crowding the streets of Ball State University this semester, admissions for Fall 2007 are up, which could mean more freshmen will be moving in. Ball State's population has decreased by about 500 students compared to Spring 2006, but 25 percent more students have been admitted for next year.
If the U.S. Senate passes the College Student Relief Act of 2007, college students could see the interest rates on their federal Stafford loans cut in half. According to the House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Labor's Web site, the average college student graduates with $17,500 in loan debt.
Two racketball courts at Irving Gym are temporarily blocked off after one of the windows was shattered by someone hitting it. The unidentified person was reported to have left the facilities in an ambulance. Recreation Facilities staff was unable to comment on the situation.
The number of rapes reported to University Police Department increased from two in 2005 to 13 in 2006. Robert Fey, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety, said he thought the reports increased so much in one year because Ball State University hired victim advocate Michele Cole in March.
Most Ball State University freshmen return for a second semester, according to numbers released by the Office of Enrollment. Out of the 3,692 freshmen from Fall 2006, 90.9 percent returned for Spring Semester, which is an increase from last year's 88.7 percent retention rate.
