For a coach who didn't have a lot to say about his team's schedule, coach Dave Boos said he is happy with it. Entering his first season as the Ball State University women's volleyball team's head coach, Boos said former coach Randy Litchfield completed a majority of his 2008 schedule, which was released last week, through previous agreements with schools before Boos was hired in January.
Long waits and crowded lines could be reduced at the Atrium Food Court and Woodworth Dining if a new Web-order pickup system is successful. The system, which will be fully implemented in Fall Semester, will let students and faculty use their meal points to order food on the Ball State University Dining Web site and schedule a pickup time.
Outside seating, a higher occupancy and an additional bar are among the amenities that will be added to the Giant Locker Room when it moves later this summer, owner Scott Dalton said. The sports bar will move two blocks from its location on the corner of University Avenue and Martin Street to 1813 W.
The management company for the Dave Matthews Band and O.A.R. has commissioned a group of Ball State University students to produce a music video. The video is for "Holiday Heart," a song by singer-songwriter Joel Burleson, who performs as Ki: Theory. The song is available on Ki: Theory's new album.
Cheating on academic work will always be an issue whenever you are in an academic environment. Ball State University, just like any other school, has cheaters in it's student body and just like any other school the administration is forced to make new rules and regulations to try to limit the cheating that is going on.
Running in her first NCAA Outdoor Championships event Wednesday , Ball State University junior Amber Williams broke a school record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.18 seconds. Williams' time, which was faster than her seed time of 13.19 seconds, placed her fifth in her heat and was good for 10th in the nation.
About 180 incoming freshmen hit the campus Monday and Tuesday as the first two sessions of summer orientation began. Scheduling classes, learning the ins-and-outs of campus life and interacting with their future classmates can make orientation a long, tiresome experience for the freshmen.
Like every other person in the country, I have now seen the third installments of both the "Spiderman" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogies. I have taken two separate afternoons and shilled out fourteen dollars to witness the respective ends to these chapters in the ongoing pop culture textbook.
Ball State University's campus is being invaded. The invaders aren't trying to take over the university, but their presence is hard to miss. Freshman orientation has begun and droves of incoming students and their parents will be roaming around campus whether we like it or not.
With 84 days until the home opener, the Ball State University athletic department said it anticipates a higher football attendance this season, despite selling less than 100 tickets at Wednesday's Summer Kickoff. Cody Lantz, associate ticket master, said between six to 12 season tickets were sold at the two-hour event, which was the first time the public could buy them.
Though Wednesday's Summer Kickoff was centered around Brady Hoke's football program, several other coaches in the Cardinals' athletic department were in attendance to offer their support. "It's kind of the Ball State way," women's basketball coach Tracy Roller said.
When Anna Vanesyan came to Ball State from Armenia in 2002, she was surprised to find that despite Muncie's cultural and geographic distance from her home country, students in the School of Music both embraced her culture and the music that came from it. Vanesyan was able to transition to the new country while resting in the comfort of familiar sounds.
Dear Editor, In the Daily News article last Thursday on the departure of telecommunications professor Bob Papper, a reference is made about the departure of two other TCOM faculty members that should not be misinterpreted. In a sentence where Bob indicated his decision to leave involved "frustrations" with the department, it was also noted that two other "nationally recognized" TCOM professors also "resigned" this year.
Ball State University is full of cheaters. If you believe the polling prowess of the comedy site CollegeHumor.com, that is. In the site's recent online survey, 71.9 percent of Ball State respondents claimed they had cheated in college. Although Ball State officials are questioning the validity of the survey, there's no doubt that cheating, and subsequently cheating prevention measures, can both be found at Ball State.
A woman who says she was publicly humiliated by the CBS television show "Armed & Famous" has decided to sue Jack Osbourne, Muncie police officer Michael Edwards, Muncie Police Chief Joe Winkle, Mayor Dan Canan and CBS, among others. But is she entitled to a million dollars? Let's allow the content of the episode in question to do the talking.
The NCAA will provide financial backing for Ball State University junior Amber Williams and coach Randy Heisler's trip to Sacramento, Calif., the site of Wednesday's 2007 NCAA Track and Field Championships. Due to its financial policy, the NCAA will pay for two of the four Ball State affiliates making the trip.
Twenty-three years after graduating from Ball State University, Timothy Andrews was named chief executive and president of the Advertising Specialty Institute on May 29. ASI is the largest marketing and media agency using print and electronic forms to publish for specialty advertising products.
President Franklin Roosevelt is famous for the line, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." However, when he said it he spoke to an audience in the grip of the Great Depression, and was talking about America's fear of poverty. However, in a different context today, his words about fear being our enemy ring with even more truth.
In a time of presidential debates and an unpopular war, the First Amendment, which says Congress can make no law prohibiting freedom of speech, is a hot topic. With the goal of spreading information regarding the importance of the First Amendment, J-Ideas, a Ball State University student journalism organization, has formed the Principles Coalition for the First Amendment.
