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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Walton's thoughts on the other conference championship matches

The Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championship match between Ball State University and No. 10 Ohio State University is not the only conference title match tonight. No. 6 Penn State University and Juniata College will play in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championship match at 7 p.


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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Cards swept in conference tournament

COLUMBUS, Ohio - For the second straight season the Ball State University men's volleyball team had the result in the conference championship match: getting swept. No. 10 Ohio State University eliminated Ball State 30-25, 32-30, 30-19 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament championship match on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.


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BASEBALL: Ball State looks to hurt Eastern Michigan's postseason hopes

In last weekend's series with Western Michigan University, the Ball State University baseball team made a point to distance itself from the preseason favorites. The Cardinals (20-19) won the series and dropped the Broncos to the bottom of the Mid-American Conference West Division.


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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: All too familiar teams meet again in MIVA Championship

Already having played No. 10 Ohio State University five times the last 13 months, there was not a whole lot coach Joel Walton needed his team to practice on the court in preparation for its Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament title match at 7 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio.



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Muncie hopes to receive grants

Muncie has seen change in the last few years restoring fa+â-ºades, rebuilding streets and attracting Ball State University students to its downtown area. Residents at a town meeting Wednesday decided to enhance this change by signing Muncie into the Indiana Main Streets.


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SOFTBALL: Ball State looks to wrap up championship

The Ball State University softball team looks to win the regular season Mid-American Conference title as it ends its regular season play this weekend at home against Miami University. The Cardinals (26-22, 16-3) have had a five day break after playing 10 games in the previous 11 days.


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BASEBALL: Reporter's notebook

A proposal to add a week to the baseball regular season will be voted on today by the NCAA Division I Board of Directors. The proposal will likely be passed by the Board of Directors after the Division I Legislative Council passed the legislation in its April 20 meeting.


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Project reaches out to Latinos

What started as a group project has become a passion to promote diversity for Chin-Sook Pak's students. Throughout the Spring Semester, students from the honors colloquium worked on the project "Mas Latinos." The project's aim was to search for ideas on how to draw more Hispanic students to Ball State University.



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Flu samples sent to CDC

The World Health Organization raised its alert level for swine flu to the second-most severe Wednesday, signaling an imminent global pandemic, and Indiana has sent 30 cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Associated Press reported. Dr.


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PARADOX OF A PLAIDED SWEATER: Wheelchair ride changes perspective

For anyone who knows anything about Journalism 102, it is debated to be one of the most challenging classes at Ball State University. It is a class in which I would write a 150-page research paper. Once the paper was finished, we were given a final assignment: the wheelchair effect paper, a project in which I was supposed to be in a wheelchair while in a public place and write about my experience.


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OUR VIEW: Communication breakdown

Since the Communication Center was established at Ball State University this semester, most students have not been too happy with the idea. The concept of the center is to allow students to manage what university e-mails they receive by customizing their settings on the Communication Center Web site.


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BASEBALL: BSU bench steps up in 10-3 win

Needing a win before hitting the road for two weeks, the Ball State University baseball team turned to its bench. Ball State (20-19) defeated IPFW 10-3 without two of its best players Wednesday at Ball Diamond. Freshman reliever Perci Garner (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings for his first career win, striking out five.



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Student chases burglar out of house

She may have been wearing flip-flops, but Brittney Slagle wasn't going to let a suspected burglar get away with her computer and purse. Slagle, a Ball State University junior, said she was getting ready to take her roommate to Bracken Library on Tuesday when they saw a man, later identified by Muncie police as Thomas Miller, walking through the alley behind their house.


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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Foes meet again on large stage

Setter Ethan Pheister and outside attacker Drew Pickering have become all too familiar playing each other in big matches. Attending Wisconsin high schools separated by less than 10 miles, the all-state setter spent two years assigned to help block the all-state outside attacker when the two rival teams played each other.


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FOOTBALL: $142,000 could pay for a lot of things

An undefeated regular season earned the 2008 Ball State University football team a trip to the GMAC Bowl and a bill of more than $140,000. It cost Ball State $142,398.07 to play in this year's GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala., said Randy Howard, associate vice president, finance and assistant treasurer.


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Circle K to put on Teeter-Totter-a-Thon

Ball State University's Circle K will raise money for five local charities today using two giant teeter totters. Circle K President Nicole Harris said the group will have it's Teeter-Totter-a-Thon from noon to 7 p.m. on University Green. People can pay $1 to ride the teeter totters and choose one of five charities to give their money to, she said.


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TRACK AND FIELD: Cardinals look to continue success in Terre Haute

The Ball State University track and fie sld team has changed course and will head to Terre Haute for the Pacesetter Invitational Saturday instead of the Jesse Owens Track Classics. The Cardinals will attempt to improve off of their 12 season bests from the GINA Relays and Stan Lyons Invitationals last weekend.


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New Web site up, in beta stage

By next fall, the Student Government Association hopes to have its Web site become the central hub for all browsing Ball State University students. After weeks of preparation, Cardinal Impact announced at Wednesday's SGA meeting that its new online home is up and running.




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