To perform alterations on a classic musical and still keep the traditional style and form, one must recognize the underlying structure of the play and respect the show's greatest strengths. This is exactly the approach that Michael O'Hara, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and director of the upcoming Spring Semester musical "My Fair Lady" is working to achieve.
The Indiana Golf Association Match Play Championship round of 32 includes seven Ball State men's golfers. The event, held at The Trophy Club in Lebanon, started with a field of 104 golfers, but 32 made the cut. Of the final 32 golfers remaining in the field, Ball State's Ross Cosat, Joe Gasser, Zac Henderson, Eric Skillman, Eric Steger, Alex Stinson and Zac Treash all made the cut.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett said Wednesday there are too many rules for obtaining a teaching license. He wants to eliminate portfolio and mentor program requirements and instead create a simpler teacher residence program.
Ball State third baseman Kolbrin Vitek recently won MVP in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League All-Star game in Cincinnati. Vitek, a member of the Lake Erie Monarchs, hit a solo home run in the second inning, earning him the top spot.
The 49ers announced Friday that they signed former Ball State quarterback Nate Davis to a four-year contract. San Fransisco selected Davis in the fifth round of the NFL Draft in April.
The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the university's budget and tuition and fees increase for the upcoming school year on Friday. Tuition and mandatory fees for in-state students will increase 4.4 percent this upcoming school year to $7,830. Out-of-state residents, which paid $19,304 in 2008-09, will tuition and fees increase 5.66 percent this school year to $20,396.
The Ball State University Football Varsity Club will host their annual football kickoff dinner Thursday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Scheumann Stadium Picnic Area. The upcoming 2009 season for the Cardinals opens on Thurs., Sept. 3, at Scheumann Stadium. Ball State will host the University of North Texas, which will be aired on ESPNU at 7:30 p.
Combining local units of government may save tax money but doesn't necessarily improve economic development, a new Ball State study shows.
Ball State University's Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a $2 million art glass studio that will be built on an athletic field between Ball Memorial Hospital and Christy Woods. Construction of The Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass will begin in September and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2010.
Former Ball State University right tackle Robert Brewster will miss his entire rookie season with the Dallas Cowboys because of a shoulder injury
HOUSTON (AP) - A drive-by shooting at a community rally on the Texas Southern University campus Wednesday night left six people wounded, a school spokeswoman said. Police believe the incident was gang-related.
It was Feb. 2, 1999. Nine-year-old Savannah Teegarden held her breath with excitement as she raced up the stairs to welcome her parents home as she did every day. But that day her parents didn't greet her at the door. Instead, they just stood there crying.
The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Tuesday that the Cardinals were one of 71 Division I women's volleyball teams to earn the Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 season. It is the first time since 2004 Ball State has received this award.
College costs are rising faster than health care and most incomes, a rate of increase that cannot go on forever, experts in higher education warn. Haley Glover, an Indiana associate commissioner for higher education, said if tuition continues to rise at the current rate, a typical college degree 15 years from now could cost $300,000.
Bill Rancic, a reality show protégé of Donald Trump with a message about surviving in tough economic times, leads off this year's Student Life speaker series. More than 27 million people watched Trump select Rancic as winner in the first season of "The Apprentice" in 2004.
After a month-long losing streak Ball State University junior and softball coach Allison Adkins didn't think her team had a chance to win the team's final tournament of the season. That's when her group of 10 year olds surprised her by finishing second in the tournament that secured the team a bid to the U.
The Ball State University football team will be transitioning from a player who was eighth in the 2008 Heisman Trophy balloting to a player who hasn't taken a snap in more than two years. Kelly Page - one of the three candidates to replace all-conference starting quarterback Nate Davis - is considered by many to be the front-runner for the starting spot.
After seven years, the Ball State University men's volleyball team will play the team it lost to the last time was in the NCAA Tournament. Ball State will have a non-conference road match against Pepperdine University in its upcoming season, Waves coach Marv Dunphy said Wednesday.
The Ball State University women 's basketball team will play North Dakota State University on Nov. 27 in Fargo N.D., according to a press release Wednesday from North Dakota State. The Cardinals have not released their 2009-2010 schedule, so the Bisons schedule is the first glimpse into the Cardinal schedule.
Muncie residents still have a few days left to experience the thrills and culinary treats of the 157th annual Delaware County Fair. Admission to the fair, which is sponsored by the Delaware County 4-H Club, is free. Jane Lasater, president of the Delaware County Fair Board, said the fair doesn't have a theme other than community involvement.
