With cold weather, more students are opting to ignore the on-campus smoking ban instead of braving the cold and snow to get off campus. Officials have issued total of 11 smoking citations since the ban was put in place in August, according to the Office of Students Affairs. During the warmer weather up until October, the university had issued two warnings, but no citations.
Coming off a road loss to Toledo, the Ball State men’s basketball team will host Western Michigan on Wednesday. The Cardinals lost to the Broncos on the road Jan.
Cardinal Connections win SGA election Loading… After more than a two hour delay, Cardinal Connection got the news they won the Student Government Association Election.
Fifty-five times this season, Graham McIlvaine sent an attack over the net. As the Ball State men’s volleyball team’s starting setter, it’s not his job to attack.
A pair of feet began moving forward, taking several steps before leaping into the air. This time Ball State’s Mindy Marx is jumping in front of a bar, not a volleyball net. The former middle blocker for the Cardinals women’s volleyball team made her name by roaming the middle of the court at Worthen Arena, jumping high to reject opposing attacks before throwing down ones of her own. Once the fall season ended, Marx found herself bored with an abundance of free time.
Student Government Association slates are still waiting hear the results of this year’s election after the elections board postponed the announcement by more than an hour. Alex Sventeckis, elections board chairman, said the board is currently voting on something unannounced, causing the delay. At 5:19 p.m., SGA tweeted there were technical difficulties, but at 6:30 p.m.
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After a long wait Cardinal Connection beat out Empower in the Student Government Association executive election, which closed at 5 p.m. For next academic year, the SGA executive board will be President Nick Wilkey, Vice President Carli Hendershot, Secretary Rahissa Engle and Treasurer Sidney Staples.
In lieu of writing a slate endorsement, the Daily News invited Cardinal Connection and Empower to write letters to the editor for why students should vote for them.
When senior center Majok Majok went down with an ankle injury Wednesday, it altered Ball State’s lineup and its defensive gameplan.
A student government investigation into a campaign wrongdoing has cleared Cardinal Connection, a Student Government Association official said Monday. The primary allegations under investigation stated Alyssa France, current SGA vice president, had leaked questions to the Cardinal Connection slate ahead of the debates. The elections board found no evidence of France or Cardinal Connection committing any violations, said Alex Sventeckis, elections board chairman. Sventeckis acknowledged the difficulty of finding evidence during the investigation that lasted about two weeks. “We’re looking at it like a puzzle,” he said hours prior to the announcement.
This year’s Student Government Association election season has been noticeably different from the previous campaign.
KIEV, Ukraine — From the moment protesters claimed to control Ukraine’s capital until the triumphant release of their blond-braided political heroine from jail Saturday, it was a momentous day for this country. President Viktor Yanukovych’s fate is in the balance, along with the direction of his nation. Each development has been more dramatic or more confusing than the last. DIVIDED COUNTRY As the crisis has deepened, concerns have grown that it might split the country in two. Protests began in November when Yanukovych abruptly refused to sign a long-anticipated political association and free trade agreement with the European Union, opting instead for closer ties with Russia.
“”:http://With more than 50 gender and three pronoun options now on Facebook, some students think the addition is promoting conversation and will help society recognize different genders. With new choices, including transgender and male-to-female, users have more freedom to express themselves as whichever gender they identify. Carli Hendershot, a sophomore political science major, said she doesn’t identify with the traditional male and female genders. “I think it’s great that Facebook is taking this step forward to allow different options for gender, instead of the binary female and male options,” Hendershot said. Hendershot said because Facebook is a place where a lot of college students go to connect, adding more gender options will be a way for people to talk about gender. “I think it’s definitely going to start a conversation within our generation and other generations, as well,” Hendershot said.
Despite her unassuming 5-foot-5 frame, Ball State sophomore Taylor Miller’s physicality measures up with the biggest players on the court.
Jonathan Newsome Height: 6-foot-3 Weight: 247 pounds Arm length: 33 and 1/4 inches Hand size: 9 and 5/8 inches Official 40-yard dash time: 4.73 seconds Ranked 9th among 42 defensive linemen who performed Bench press reps: 21 Tied for 13th among 50 defensive linemen who performed Vertical jump height: 34 inches Ranked 9th among 43 defensive linemen who performed Broad jump: 117 inches Ranked 6th among 43 defensive linemen who performed Three-cone drill: 7.31 seconds Ranked 13th among 36 defensive linemen who performed Analysis: Newsome helped himself tremendously Monday, posting above-average workout marks and showing range and agility in the on-field drills.
1. ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president on Monday signed an anti-gay bill that punishes gay sex with up to life in prison, a measure likely to send Uganda’s beleaguered gay community further underground as the police try to implement it amid fevered anti-gay sentiment across the country. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the bill, which goes into effect immediately, was needed because the West is promoting homosexuality in Africa. Museveni may have defied Western pressure to shelve the bill, four years and many versions after it was introduced, but his move — likely to galvanize support ahead of presidential elections — pleased many Ugandans who repeatedly urged him to sign the legislation. Nigeria’s president similarly signed an anti-gay bill into law just over a month ago, sparking increased violence against gays who already were persecuted in mob attacks.
