Notre Dame used an explosive offensive attack throughout today’s game to defeat Ball State 11-4 at Melissa Cook Stadium. The Cardinals scored four runs on seven hits in the loss.
In a game that was competitive early on, the Ball State baseball team was able to defeat Indiana Tech 13-8 today.
Students buzzing about Starbucks’ new alcohol and dinner won’t be getting their fix on campus. After 4 each evening, some Starbucks around the country will now serve alcohol and a dinner menu.
At Ball State, American Sign Language isn’t accepted for foreign language credit, but one student is taking it into his own hands to change that. Freshman art education major Jacob Durnen started a petition in early March to persuade the university to accept the language as a foreign language credit toward Bachelor of Arts degrees. There are 63 signatures as of publication.
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — A day after hundreds of people clashed with Albuquerque riot officers during a protest over police shootings, the city’s new police chief on Monday commended officers for showing restraint and said he is about to unveil reforms that include changes to the embattled department’s recruiting process. Police Chief Gordon Eden spoke to reporters after more than 300 people took to the streets Sunday, calling for him and other city officials to resign.
The Ball State’s wheelchair basketball team played a scrimmage against IPFW tonight. Sarah Sims, one of the students who helps run the team, said the scrimmage was to give the team more experience playing actual games.
The Akron Racers drafted Ball State softball player Jennifer Gilbert on Monday during the National Pro Fastpitch draft. The senior outfielder was the 10th pick and the first to ever be selected from Ball State. “It was a dream of mine and a passion that I wanted to achieve someday,” Gilbert said.
Grinding out wins has become a common occurrence for the Ball State baseball team. En route to a 18-9 start, the offense and defense have taken turns controlling play and bringing the team to victory. In the Cardinals’ first 28 games, there were 10 occasions where the offense pushed across six runs or more, and there were 13 outings where the team managed four runs or less.
For fans following the men’s volleyball team, it seems like the perfect time to be nervous.
For Ball State football players, breaking down new defensive coordinator Kevin Kelly’s personality is simple.
Following a first down in Friday’s spring football practice, a single voice yelling, “Yeah!” broke the otherwise quiet atmosphere.
A new film depicting the lives of discriminated people in India will show on campus tonight. The South Asia Center’s CapAsia program, the Departments of Sociology and History and Freshman Connections will host the screening of “Birth 1871: History, the State, and the Arts of Denotified Tribes of India” at 7 p.m. in Burkhardt Building Room 100.
Two students admitted to giving false information to The Daily News for an article published March 27.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will no longer require new members to go through a pledging process. The change in policy, called the True Gentleman Experience, comes after a Bloomberg News article named Sigma Alpha Epsilon, an organization with more than 240 chapters and 14,000 collegiate members nationwide, the “deadliest U.S. fraternity.”
Monday marked the start of Self-Injury and Suicide Awareness Week. The Alive Campaign, a Ball State student organization, is hosting a week of events to raise awareness about suicide prevention.
HealthCare.gov had heavy traffic Monday in the final day for enrollment, with more than 125,000 people on the system at one time and 1.2 million total by noon, The Associated Press reported. Nationally, 6 million people had signed up before the weekend, according to the AP, but the Obama administration has not said how many of those 6 million were previously uninsured.
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Despite this winter’s cold temperatures, construction on Johnson A Complex is on schedule to finish by next spring. Shiel Sexton Company Inc., an Indianapolis contractor, is currently remodeling the Botsford and Swinford halls. The university contracted the company in May 2013. Students will move in for Fall 2015, and there will be 591 beds, said Jim Lowe, director of engineering and construction.
Ball State’s decision to meet in private with lawmakers to discuss concerns about teaching intelligent design is raising questions with some students and professors. Dom Caristi, a professor of telecommunications, said Indiana’s Open Door Law dictates how accessible official government meetings must be, as well as those involving state employees. He said Thursday’s planned meeting between lawmakers and university officials falls into a gray area within this code.
