You've just been pulled over. You're sitting in your car in the dark waiting for the police officer to walk up to your window and wondering what in the world you did wrong, because you're sure you weren't speeding. You hand over your license and registration when the officer asks for it.
Police arrested a Ball State University student after an armed robbery Sunday at the Marathon gas station at the intersection of Tillotson and Bethel avenues, according to police reports. Chadwick Nash, 20, was arrested after Muncie police received a report from staff at the Marathon that a man matching Nash's description walked out with a case of beer, according to the Muncie Police Department's arrest report.
When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs arrived in 2003 with "Fever to Tell," the band's dirty art punk style helped move rock 'n roll from the trendy, swank The Strokes to deadlier, more subversive territories. They did it rashly - with singer Karen O's vicious power yelp, Nick Zinner's icy, gigantic guitar sound and a rhythm section that felt as if it were constantly veering off the tracks.
The Ball State University women's golf team finds itself in 11th place in a 15-team field today after the first two rounds of play of the Indiana Invitational in Columbus.
Tuesday's softball game at IPFW has been cancelled because of expected poor field conditions. Coach Craig Nicholson said Sunday's rain has made the softball fields at IPFW and at Ball State University unusable. The Cardinals will use the day to work on their hitting before trying to return outside Wednesday.
Government must keep large companies from failing. This is the nature of externalities. As every first-year economics student learns, the costs incorporated into the supply and demand curves, which set the equilibrium prices in free markets, sometimes do not adequately reflect the true cost to society of the good's production.
You may have seen Joe Hodge around campus with his bright red hair and his full blood German Shepherd seeing eye dog. Some may gawk. Some may laugh. Some may be curious. However, I eagerly shout, "Joe! It's Meira! How are you?" He responds with his soothing, carefree voice that he is doing fine.
The Ball State University men's tennis team is two games away from winning the Mid-American Conference championship. With a 6-1 win against the University of Buffalo on Friday and a 4-3 victory against the University of Toledo on Sunday, Ball State controls its own destiny for the conference championship.
For the week leading up to the Ball State University softball game against the University at Buffalo, Ball State catcher Natalie Bejarano has been keeping in contact with her younger sister Alex Bejarano. Alex Bejarano is a sophomore at Buffalo and the starting shortstop.
Pre-approval. Free pizza. Free Subway. Free T-shirt. And a ruined credit score. College students are bombarded with credit card offers and incentives. We're easy targets. Students have to pay rent, utilities, tuition and food on limited funds. As student loan money and jobs become more scarce, the lure of credit cards becomes harder to ignore.
The Ball State University track and field team's outdoor season took flight when the Cardinals commenced their season at the Mike Poehlien Invitational. The Cardinals flew away with three first-place finishes at the event hosted by Purdue University. Fifth-year senior Amber Williams captured the blue ribbon in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.
On any night, if somebody in the LaFollette smoker's area was strumming a guitar, playing a harmonica or laughing with a group of friends, it was probably Garrison Ringenberg. Ringenberg's love for politics, deep thinking and radical theories made those who knew him become close to him, Joe Alonji, a close friend of Ringenberg's, said.
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity will trade pizza for blood to benefit the American Red Cross leading up to the Ride Across the Purple Valley event. FIJI Philanthropy Chair Bryan John said his goal is to have at least 75 donors. Students can make appointments at givelife.
Ball State University has confirmed the death of freshman Garrison Ringenberg in his room in Clevenger Hall on Saturday evening.
After winning its first tournament of the season last weekend, the Ball State University men's golf team kept the success going by tying for second at the 16-team Marshall Invitational at the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, W.Va. The Cardinals had a team-combined score of 869, 14 strokes behind winner Illinois University.
Despite the unfamiliar way in which they had to race, members of team Runaway Cyclists proved Saturday they were racers at heart. Jeremy Brown, senior landscape architecture major and captain of team Runaway Cyclist, said he has been a runner for years. After getting interested in triathlons, he decided to start bike riding to go along with his running.
After Ball State allowed five runs to Kent State University officials in the second inning canceled the rest of today's game because of rain.
The Ball State thwarted a comeback attempt by Buffalo and held on to win 3-2 in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader.
If the Ball State University men's volleyball team is able to win the conference championship this season, it will most likely accomplish the feat in Columbus, Ohio.
