The Ball State Baseball Team shakes hands with Valparaiso at the conclusion of the game on April 11 at Ball Diamond in the First Merchants Ballpark Complex. The Cardinals won 11-2 bringing their win streak up to 4 games. Kyle Crawford // DN
BASEBALL

Eight Ball State baseball players named Academic All-MAC

Ball State had eight of its members named to the Baseball Academic All-MAC team. The Mid-American Conference league offices announced the team on Friday.  In order to make the list, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in 50 percent of the contests. RELATED: Stayton earns back-to-back Academic All-American honors The list of Cardinals who qualified include seniors Caleb Stayton, BJ Butler and Sean Kennedy.




BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 15:  Actor Adam West arrives at the AOL and Warner Bros. Launch of In2TV at the Museum of TV & Radio on March 15, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
ENTERTAINMENT

TV’s first Batman Adam West dead at 88

Adam West, the first actor to give life to the iconic character of Batman, died today at the age of 88. West became the first incarnation of Bruce Wayne in the original television series in the Sixties, which was a much campier, light-hearted version of the Caped Crusader than what we know today.


NEWS

Week in review: June 5

From the Indy 500, to the first installment of President Mearns quarterly email and road closures around Muncie, a lot has happened this week.  Take a look at some of the biggest stories with the Daily News' recap of the week of May 29. Escaping Islamic State group: Ball State professor hears from relatives back home - May 26, 2017 Depictions of terror attacks, military operations and humanitarian crises in relation to the Islamic State (IS) continue to be on the forefront on many people's minds, but the impact the group has had on people who have lived under the terror group’s rule isn’t always apparent. Abdul, a Ball State professor from Iraq, came face to face with ISIS after the terror group took control of his hometown of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, in 2014.







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