While residence halls and apartments make for a small living space, there are several simple ways to revamp a room, even if it’s the size of a walk-in closet.
Late Nite, the campus entertainment series each Saturday night in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, receives $355,952 each year, almost entirely paid for by student fees. Each week the event sees an average of about 1,000 of Ball State’s about 21,000 students. Bianca Polk, a student who is finance coordinator for Late Nite, said she thinks one of the main reasons few students attend is a lack of promotion.
When the president of Spectrum, an LGBT ally group, used Ball State’s roommate match up, he made sure to mention he is gay to avoid an uncomfortable living situation. Ball State does not have a designated LGBT floor or dorm on campus, Jaime Goebel wanted to be sure there weren’t any potential issues between him and his roommate. Goebel said most problems for LGBT students come from the roommate and not just other individuals on the floors, since typically those with opposing beliefs just stay away.
When Ball State played IPFW Friday, the players knew they’d need to have their best defensive effort of the season. But with Shane Witmer’s solo block atthe end of the match, the Cardinals accomplished that goal. “The blockers played a great game, and when attackers are forced to go around that, you’ve got a great picture of the ball,” Ball State libero David Ryan Vander Meer said.
Three individuals scored in double figures for Ball State, but the women’s basketball team fell to Kent State 57-60 Sunday night.
In the wake of the death of one student at Purdue University Jan. 21, there were more incidents of violence on campus: one death at South Carolina State, a student non-fatally shot at Widener University in Philadelphia and a false alarm at the University of Oklahoma. The hashtag #PurdueShooting accompanied cries to end gun violence on school campuses, but one researcher argues that school shootings are not on the rise.
For one international student at Ball State, coming to a new country didn’t mean going without a family. Three years ago junior architecture major Sasha Mballa joined the program after coming to the United States from Africa, which connects international students with local families, when he came to Ball State. Mballa said he stumbled upon the program by accident and decided to try it out. Since many international students come to school without any established friends, the program can provide support while they adjust to an American lifestyle. Of the more than 800 international students who attend Ball State each year, only 131 take part in the program.
There are two types of people in this world. There are the those who watch the Super Bowl for the game and those who watch the Super Bowl solely for the commercials.
I was a junior in high school out to eat with a big group of friends. Half of the table was chatting about the latest gossip while the other half was a group of guys discussing the games from last weekend.
In the old days, the only way to watch the Super Bowl was either in person or through a broadcast television — that thing with the rabbit ears.
Many professors taught to nearly empty classrooms today in an effort to make up for lost time. Professors were forced to find a way to make up instruction time after the extreme cold caused the university to cancel two days at the start of the semester. Ciera Davis, a freshman theatre design major, went to her personal finance class because it only meets once a week.
The women’s tennis team continued to perform well early this season, winning its fifth match of the season today against Cleveland State, 6-1. Ball State started off by winning the doubles point with a 6-3 win from the team of Toni Ormond and Kristel Sanders, a 6-3 loss by the doubles team of Bethany Moore and Courtney Earnest and a close 7-6 win from Courtney Wild and Ashlyn Rang.
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David K. Jones | @dkjones_BSU | Chief Reporter Most of the 2,786 people in Worthen Arena stood in shock after seeing Ball State blow its lead with just seconds remaining. With 16.3 left in the fourth quarter, Ball State was ahead.
With 16.3 seconds left in regulation, Northern Illinois was down by two as guard Travon Baker drove to the rim, making contact with Ball State’s Majok Majok. Majok blocked the shot, but he fouled Baker in the process for his fifth and final foul of the game.
• Ball State seniors compete in final home meet. • The Cardinals grab four event wins. • Four Cardinals set season-best times.
Sometimes, feet work better than hands. With his team leading in the fifth set 12-8, Ball State’s David Ryan Vander Meer charged the net. An IPFW player threw down an attack.
Though the Ball State gymnastics team set a season-high mark of 193.025 on Friday, it couldn’t defeat visiting Bowling Green. “We are getting better little by little, we just have to stay on our game,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. After setting a season-high mark last week as well, the Cardinals kept momentum rolling.
