At the Olympics, winners walk away with their heads held high and a medal draped around their necks. But many of the medal designs aren’t something to put in a glass case for everyone to see, much less wear around everywhere. 1924 – Chamonix, France Bonjour, welcome to the first Winter Olympic Games.
Kevin Smith stood in his high school gym wondering where all the guys were. It was the Olmsted Fall High School dance in Akron, Ohio, a week after Valentine’s Day.
Growing up in Lawrenceburg, Ind., Olympic slopestyle skier Nick Goepper didn’t have the traditional opportunities to excel as skiers who grew up in places like Colorado and Utah did. Despite many months without snow and next to no altitude, the 19-year-old was able to ski in the winter at nearby Perfect North Slopes.
Dear Beyoncé, Thank you. Your super secret, self-titled album came out at the right time in my life.
Tonight, the Student Government Association two slates will have the chance to prove why their slate deserves to represent the student body. Although there are two slates, the debate will still be in Pruis Hall, where it was moved last year to accommodate three slates and an increased student interest.
Hoosiers in poverty attempting to get assistance could face a few extra conditions before getting state aid. A state bill, if passed, could add stipulations to two programs that provide financial help to those in need.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate voted Monday to amend the state constitution by banning gay marriage, but it will be 2016 at the earliest before the measure appears on a statewide ballot because of a late change that limits the scope of the ban. By voting 32-17 in favor of the diluted measure, senators finished the Legislature’s work on an effort to add the state’s current gay marriage to the Indiana Constitution.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An Italian activist shouting “It’s OK to be gay” and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.
For the first time this season, the Ball State men’s baseball team finished a game on the wrong end of the scoreboard.
Just a couple days into the season, the Ball State baseball team was already playing a doubleheader. For the second game in a row, the players found themselves in an early hole when a lead-off walk by starting pitcher Jacob Brewer came around to score, making the game 0-1 early. Morehead State’s lead would be short-lived, as the bottom of the first saw the Cardinals send eight men to the plate, half coming home to score.
Splitting a pair of games in the opening day of the Buffalo Wild Wings Invitational, the Ball State softball team moved to a 4-1 overall record Sunday.
In 2007, Joshua Bell disguised himself wearing a baseball cap and jeans while playing his violin in a Washington, D.C.
Forget thinking outside the box — think outside of the bottle. Boxed Water has made its way into almost every dining hall on campus.
Although it’s too cold to don a bathing suit to catch some rays outside, that doesn’t stop many Ball State students from keeping their skin bronze during the winter. Mikayla Cooper, a freshman merchandise major, usually goes tanning before special events. Right now, since her sorority’s formal is approaching, Cooper has been going twice a week. Tanning beds may be worse than the standard practice of laying outside during the summer, according to research done by the Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit medical research foundation. Their said tanning beds use UVA rays, which penetrate deeper than UVB rays and lead to an increased risk of melanoma.
Seeing members of the Ball State men’s basketball program walk off a court with their heads buried in their chest has become the usual sighting for the 4-19 Cardinals. When Ball State head coach James Whitford exited Worthen Arena’s media room, there was an audible slapping sound against the brick wall and a clear moan echoing in the stairwell leading to the Cardinals locker room. It described the 66-64 loss to Bowling Green Saturday afternoon where Ball State led 64-61 with 1:20 left in the game.
INDIANAPOLIS — Over the past week, Indiana’s senators debated a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage, going over the merits for hours at a time, before deciding a ban shouldn’t appear on the ballot in November. But their reasoning remains largely a mystery to the public, which heard from only one senator during public deliberations. The gay marriage fight has illuminated one of the less-reported aspects of Indiana’s General Assembly: debate on the toughest of issues often happens in private caucus meetings of state lawmakers, with much left unsaid in public.
Maybe Ball State should just stay on the bus. The Cardinals men’s volleyball team knocked off both Quincy and Lindenwood over the weekend, extending its road-winning streak to five. Over those five matches, Ball State won 15 sets, each one by an average of over five points per set. The team’s streak comes after it dropped its first two road matches, gaining experiences it has used to succeed as of late. “We were tense, uptight, and that really translated into inability to play,” Ball State head coach Joel Walton said of his team’s early-season road loss against Penn State.
Ball State had the chance to secure its third win over a NCAA Division-I opponent this season, but Bowling Green erased any hope. Freshman Zavier Turner made 3 of his 5 total points on the right wing to put his Cardinals up 64-61 with 1:20 left in the game.
HEAD: MEN’S BASKETBALL: Senior Berry breaks three-point record in loss to Bowling Green Senior Ball State guard Jesse Berry found himself behind Bowling Green’s three-point line for the third time in the game.
