INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nine workers at a Rolls-Royce plant near the Indianapolis International Airport were injured Friday when a tank of nitric acid exploded and filled the building with a cloud of corrosive vapor, officials said. None of the workers suffered life-threatening injuries when a 250-gallon tank of nitric acid exploded about 1:30 p.m., Capt.
Want to get involved? Here are some of the events that are upcoming Building Tomorrow: Meetings are on Mondays at 7:15 p.m.
The goal was to build a school for the children in Uganda. But when Building Tomorrow, a Ball State chapter, hosted their first Bike to Uganda event in October 2012, they only raised $300.
The new state law allowing guns on school campuses does not apply to Ball State. On Thursday, Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 229 into law, which allows legal gun owners to have their weapons in their vehicle on school property. University spokesman Tony Proudfoot said the law will not change university policy. “The university’s prohibition on weapons still stands,” Proudfoot said. There is a provision in the law providing an exclusion to any property owned by a post-secondary institution. The “university’s existing policy”: http://cms.bsu.edu/about/administrativeoffices/studentrights/policiesandprocedures/studentcode/appendixo states faculty, professional personnel, staff employees, students, visitors, guest and other people on university property are not permitted to have weapons on campus. Sanctions and charges may be imposed on those found carrying a weapon by the university. Exceptions to this policy are made for university authorized personnel or police.
Ball State’s Pro Day was a final opportunity to impress scouts, and former Ball State wide receiver Willie Snead took advantage of it Thursday.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team fell to Loyola Thursday night in five sets, losing 25-23, 25-23, 16-25, 22-25, 14-16. The Cardinals were led offensively by outside attacker Shane Witmer and middle attacker Kevin Owens, who each had 12 of their team’s 54 kills. Middle attacker Matt Leske had Ball State’s only solo block, and led the team in assisted blocks with eight. Libero David Ryan Vander Meer finished with a team-high 14 digs with setter Graham McIlvaine being second with eight. The win breaks a 10-match win streak for Ball State, who falls to 17-6 overall and 6-3 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. The Cardinals will be back at 7:30 Saturday night in Worthen Arena to face Lewis.
Ball State has officially announced the release of men’s basketball players Quinten Payne and Mark Alstork in a media release. They will look to transfer to another school to continue playing. “We want to thank Mark and Quinten for their time here at Ball State,” Ball State head coach James Whitford said in the release.
Taco Bells around the area released their new breakfast menu Thursday morning, introducing menu items such as the breakfast burrito, A.M. crunch wrap and the waffle taco.
Ball State hosted NFL scouts Thursday morning for its pro day at the turf field in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center watching former Ball State football players work out in preparation for the NFL Draft in May.
Brandon Evilla performs “The Little Song” at Alter Ego Comics
Heading into Wednesday’s match up with Indiana Wesleyan, the Ball State baseball team had been playing good ball.
The Ball State men’s tennis team hosts Butler at 3 p.m. Thursday in its final game before opening play in the Mid-American Conference.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team takes to the road to face No. 1 Loyola Thursday night. Riding a 10-match win streak, the Cardinals are offensively led by outside attacker Marcin Niemczewski, who leads the team with 258 kills. It’s the first road match in over a month for Ball State, who last played away from Worthen Arena on February 26. The last time the teams met, Loyola walked away with a 3-1 win despite Niemczewski’s 16 kills, establishing itself on the top of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Ball State currently sits at 17-5 overall and 6-2 in the MIVA as the final few weeks of the season. The match begins at 8 p.m.
Ball State sororities and fraternities are competing in a penny war in efforts to raise money during Greek Week. The penny war relates to Greek Week’s ’90s theme as many students may remember the fundraiser from grade school.
A $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the development of a smartphone app that will help Ball State students stay on track to graduate on time. The university’s Digital Corps will develop the program, called Ball State Achievements. The app should be available by fall, said Tim Hartwick, who is a Digital Corps graduate student developing the app.
In a show emphasizing the importance of keeping an open mind for the arts, the Department of Theatre and Dance is presenting its rendition of “The Music Man.” Con man and “Professor” Harold Hill, played by senior musical theatre major Nick Abbott, makes a living by traveling to towns and selling various marching band equipment — uniforms, instruments and instruction booklets — and skips town after bleeding the residents dry.
David Polaski is a junior journalism and telecommunications major and writes ‘Dave’s Digs’ for the Daily News.
Check out the events around and on campus for the weekend
