Many changes are coming to Ball State with the passing of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, which went into effect March 2014. This will be the first school year where all requirements need to be met.
Papa John’s will start serving personal-size pizzas, breadsticks and wings in the Atrium by mid-September.
For four days at the Indiana State Fair, rabbit breeders, novice pet owners and parents descend on the Poultry and Rabbit Building to showcase a year’s worth of preparation.Most people entering the barn immediately see the action table, where 4-H members volunteer to answer questions and let visitors pet their rabbits and baby ducks.
Ben “Gump” Meyer is the quintessential Iowan cowboy.He’s painfully courteous, not afraid to splatter his denim shirt with a bit of mud and he never quite gets past the “n” in words ending with “ing.”He also travels with Three Hills Rodeo and manages the care of the 30 bucking horses and 19 bulls used in its show, feeding them, watering them and cleaning up their mountains of excrement with the help of eight other hands.
After winning $2.88 million of federal money to remove abandoned properties, Muncie city officials await instructions from the state on what to do next.
A monkey riding a dog gallops into an arena.It sounds like the beginning to a painfully cheesy joke, but for Indiana State fairgoers watching the World’s Toughest Rodeo, it’s a reality.The monkey’s name is Whiplash.
The Corbett Brothers, Logan, 25, and Clayton, 20, are cowboys from Murray, Ky.They have been riding together for most of their life and have gone to the same college, Murray State University, and even pursued the same career and animal science degree.
A 1,500-pound cheese sculpture depicting children at play was unveiled at noon Aug. 6 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.The cheddar monument was the result of Sarah “the Cheese Lady” Kaufmann ?holder of the Guinness World Record for largest cheese sculpture ? and her team’s 233 hours of work.
A year ago, one Indiana University freshman died at her first college party. Rachael Fiege fell down a set of stairs, hitting her head. Her friends didn’t call 911 and by the next morning, Fiege died from internal bleeding in her brain.
Six years ago, Ball State became a victim of fraud cases that totaled more than $13 million. As the university moves forward, officials say it is focused on recovering the money, finding justice and creating new checks and balances.
The resignation of several Ball State employees this summer will leave vacated leadership positions during most, if not all, of Fall Semester.
Experience is difficult to replace.The Ball State women's volleyball team comes into this season following a 24-8 campaign in 2013-14.
Ball State senior tennis player Courtney Wild hopes to be the best teammate she can be this season, and she's determined to accomplish that goal.“Honestly, I’ve had a couple people in my life question my leadership qualities,” Wild said.
The Ball State soccer team will look to build off last season’s success and improve even further in 2014.The Cardinals finished with an 11-7-4 record in 2013-14, giving the team its highest win total in six years.The team also reached the Mid-American Conference Championship game for the first time in school history, losing 0-1 against Western Michigan.A big reason for last year’s accomplishments was the team’s outstanding goalkeeping.Ball State ranked in the top 50 in the country in save percentage (20th) and goals against average (47th) last season.
For the first time in his collegiate career, Ball State senior running back Jahwan Edwards knows he will be receiving handoffs from a quarterback other than Keith Wenning.He just isn’t sure who it will be.Redshirt sophomore Ozzie Mann and redshirt freshman Jack Milas are the leading candidates to replace Wenning, who was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of May’s NFL Draft, but neither can match Wenning's experience.Combined, Mann and Milas have recorded two pass completions for 29 yards and an interception.“We just don’t have that factor back there at the quarterback position,” Edwards said.
Two years ago, Jack Milas set the Rolling Meadows High School football school record for touchdown passes in a season with 32.
For the Ball State men’s tennis team, performance in the classroom is as important as it is on the court.After earning a 3.691 GPA, Ball State's team was one of only two Mid-American Conference schools to be named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s All-Academic Team.The program also received six individual ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades, with graduate Austin Smith (3.637), seniors Patrick Elliot (3.667) and Ray Leonard (3.733), and sophomores Lucas Andersen (3.821), Matt Helm (4.000) and Andrew Stutz (3.966) being awarded for their hard work.The team, which does not have any freshmen on its roster this year, will use experience to improve upon last season's 14-11 record.
The Ball State cross country team heads into the 2014-15 season looking to improve in many areas following a season in which it struggled to win a match.The Cardinals' best finish last year came at the #JennaStrong Fall Classic in Wilmington, Ohio.
She may be new to the Ball State field hockey program, but Christy Longacre has quickly become comfortable in her role.“I love it [at Ball State],” Longacre, a first-year assistant coach, said.
One thing was clear when the Daily News spoke to Ball State’s new president: students are a high priority for Paul Ferguson. A hallmark of his career rests on the phrase “student centeredness and community engagement.”
