When it comes to dating, leaving it to chance isn’t for everyone. Some turn to websites to search for their other half. Some, like Cassandrah Oliver and Joseph Woyak, turn to DateMySchool.com.
“Dear Gavin Kidder, You are one of the most adorable people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting.
After utilizing a 17-2 run to come back in the first half, Ball State committed enough turnovers to lose their chance at upsetting 20-3 Toledo. The Cardinals opened up with a turnover not even 15 seconds into the second half.
Nothing was going right. The Ball State men’s volleyball players’ attacks were being rejected at the net by Princeton University’s two- and three-person blocks.
Looking to get back on the winning side, Ball State’s women’s basketball team went on the road and beat Northern Illinois, 63-50. Sophomore forward Nathalie Fontaine paced the Cardinals with 18 points, leading an offense that shot a season-high 50 percent. Six of those points came from three-pointers: shots that Fontaine isn’t used to attempting.
By nature, Valentine’s Day is characterized by fat, winged babies sporting projectile weapons and the most anatomical misrepresentation of a heart someone could conceive. And on top of that, it’s celebrating a martyr’s execution.
With cash running low, it might be hard to come up with the perfect gift for a Valentine without emptying your pockets.
Ball State will not join some colleges in adding two unconventional items to vending machines – condoms and Plan B, a popular day-after contraceptive. The University of Michigan added condoms to one vending machine in each of its 14 residence halls as a trial project requested by students.
When students leave their hometowns to come to college each year, it can often mean leaving their romantic relationship behind. But others may chose to stay together, making long-distance relationships somewhat common, especially on college campuses. About 25 to 50 percent of college students are in long-distance relationships, according to the book “Maintaining Long-Distance and Cross-Residential Relationships.”
After four years of training at Ball State, Keith Wenning is in Indianapolis training once again, this time for a chance at the NFL.
Ball State’s coal-fired steam plant, a stern brick fixture on campus for 90 years, will shut down next month as the university’s groundbreaking geothermal system takes over. The new system, which includes a vast network of pipes that take advantage of the earth’s constant underground temperature across campus, will cut the school’s carbon footprint in half, said Jim Lowe, director of engineering and construction operations. “There will be a $2-million-a-year saving because it is so efficient,” Lowe said.
Ball State news media students moved into the new Unified Media Lab this weekend. Students from the Daily News, NewsLink Indiana, Ball Bearings and WCRD news will now operate from the lab. Located on the second floor of the Arts and Journalism building, the room contains 46 computers. Juli Metzger, coordinator of unified media, said the room was built as a part of an ongoing initiative to give journalism and telecommunications students experience in all branches of the field.
President Barack Obama’s call for a raise in minimum wage has left one Ball State professor doubtful and local businesses in varying degrees of concern. During Obama’s annual state of the union address on Jan. 28 he asked Congress to “give America a raise” by increasing minimum wage. He promised to raise it to $10.10 for federal workers by executive order,, which he will follow by pressuring congress to pass a bill that would increase wages for non-federal workers over the next three years.
Tonight starts the two-week campaign season that Student Government president Chloe Anagnos called “the best of times, the worst of times.” Candidates for the SGA election will declare their candidacy and slate members at SGA’s nominating convention at 7 p.m. in the Arts and Journalism building room 175. The even the kicks-off the campaign season.
Friends and family gathered to support six seniors as the squad lost to Miami 135-93 Saturday in the team’s final regular season home meet of the year.
Ball State came back to knock off Princeton University Saturday night after dropping the first two sets and winning in five (21-25), (19-25), (22-20), (26-24), (15-4). Cardinals outside attacker Marcin Niemczewski set a new career-high in kills with 25, adding seven digs. The offense struggled as a whole during the first two sets, hitting .000 partway through the second set. With the third set tied at 16, Ball State went on a 4-0 run spurred by kills on behalf of Niemczewski and Matt Sutherland.
Ball State gave Mid-American Conference leader Toledo all it could handle Saturday afternoon in its 80-73 loss, falling to 4-17 on the year. The Cardinals played with strong effort in a game where personal fouls seemed to take dominance over the play of both teams. “They’re 20-3,” Ball State basketball head coach James Whitford said.
Ball State freshman point guard Zavier Turner faced some big challenges this season, but perhaps none bigger than Saturday’s matchup guarding Toledo’s point guard Julius “Juice” Brown, a member of the preseason All-MAC team. The matchup didn’t disappoint for those watching at Worthen Arena.
An art show in the Village looked to let attendees see violence through the lens of those that saw it first-hand.
