SOFTBALL: Streak is on the line

The Ball State University softball team will look to extend its seven-game winning streak today against the University of Dayton. The team went 4-0 last weekend, defeating Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo. Coach Craig Nicholson said pitcher Elizabeth Milian will not start either game today, after starting four of the team's last five games.



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OUR VIEW: Crunch time

The last few weeks of the semester lend themselves to all-nighters, cram sessions and sleep deprivation. While students are here to learn and succeed in the classroom, take some time out of your day to regain some sanity by attending and participating in some of the events going on across campus.


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First screening of 'My Name is Jerry' set for May in Muncie

Ball State University alumnus Doug Jones will return to Muncie along with other members of the cast and crew from "My Name is Jerry" in May for the first screening of the Ball State- and Clothespin Films-produced film, the university announced today. The movie's cast and producers are almost finished with post production, and they will return to Muncie to thank the city for its help and seek input to see if any changes are needed before the final product is released, according to a press release.


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MEN'S TENNIS: Fighting Irish sweep Cards

The University of Notre Dame has one of the best men's tennis teams in the country and it showed why against Ball State University. The No. 20 Fighting Irish took care of the Cardinals 7-0 Monday afternoon at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center. "I thought the level of play was pretty good," coach Bill Richards said about Notre Dame.



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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: No change comes for Cards in poll

About being tied with Loyola "I'm surprised. It is unusual to be tied one week, and then be tied with that one team for two weeks." About the poll staying almost the same from last week "There is not going to be much change because you have the same poll voters and there weren't any really significant upsets.



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Going once, going twice... Sold!

In a metal-frame building with cement floors beside the interstate lay a dismantled museum of Ball State University relics. Row after row of old copy machines, residence hall furniture and projector screens filled Emily's Multipurpose Center, and the white rock outside was covered with fitness equipment and lights from Irving Gym, each a few feet across.


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OUR VIEW: Healthy change

As college students, we complain a lot. Maybe it's because we have a lot to complain about as broke kids about to enter a practically nonexistent job market. Maybe it's just our nature to want to talk about all those little things that bug us, a phase we pass through on the way to maturity.


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PARADOX OF A PLAIDED SWEATER: Students need to remember, attend to pets

Flash back to the year 1994. Michelle Spitler, now a 5th-year elementary education student, is walking into the puppy section of the humane society in Centerville, Ohio. Like a typical puppy room, it's complete chaos: dogs barking like mad and the stench of urine reeking through the air.



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Emergency alert test yields positive results

Ball State University's test of its emergency alert system Thursday yielded positive results and gave the university a chance to fix a few small problems, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president of marketing and communications, said. The university had two goals with the test, he said - giving the emergency response staff practice and checking any problems that may exist.


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BASEBALL: Win streak comes to abrupt halt

The three-game winning streak the Ball State University baseball team carried into its weekend at Bowling Green State University quickly disappeared. For the first time this season the Cardinals were swept, dropping them out of first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division.


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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: How the top 15 fared this week

Below is how teams in the top 15 coaches poll fared this week. The newest coaches poll will be released at about 5:30 p.m. Monday. 1. Pepperdine (defeated No. 9 UCLA; lost to No. 2 UC Irvine) 2. UC Irvine (defeated No. 4 USC and No. 1 Pepperdine) 3. Cal State Northridge (defeated No.


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WOMEN'S TENNIS: Cardinals remain winless in conference

The Ball State University women's tennis team played its final home match of the season Saturday, and it ended just like the first one. A 4-3 loss. It was the Cardinals' fifth 4-3 defeat this season as Eastern Michigan University came out of Muncie with a win.


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MEN'S TENNIS: BSU cannot break WMU's perfect steak

Senior Jose Perdomo could do nothing but watch as he swiveled his head from sophomore Eduardo Pavia's singles match to sophomore Shaun Bussert's tiebreaker. Both Bussert and Pavia needed a win to secure a victory for Ball State University's mens' tennis team in the biggest match of the season against Western Michigan University.


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Health Center cuts flu shots with thimerosal

Flu vaccines from the Amelia T. Wood Health Center will no longer contain thimerosal, an ingredient that could be linked to autism and Alzheimer's Disease. Dr. Kent Bullis, medical director of Ball State University's Health Center, said the clinic has ordered vials of Fluarix, which does not contain mercury-based thimerosal like the previously-used Fluzone.




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