Bill Nye and Ken Ham’s debate last week at the Creation Museum in Kentucky has reignited the debate of teaching creationism in the classroom. Since the ruling against Everson vs. Board of Education of the township of Ewing in 1947, it has been against federal law to teach religious ideas or creationism in public schools.
Student Government Association introduced four pieces of legislation at their meeting this afternoon, the most introduced in one senate meeting this academic year. President pro tempore Jack Hesser said the rest of February will see considerably more SGA legislation. “The legislation that was read today was only a fraction of legislation sent to me,” he said, addressing the Student Senate to a round of applause. “There will be four to five pieces of legislation at every senate for the rest of February. I am really proud of you guys for that.”
According to a National Retail Federation survey, 26.1 percent of American consumers will buy gifts online, which is flat with last years 26.3 percent.
Members of Greek life are often portrayed as ditzy partygoers with no interest in academics, but Ball State’s Greek life is breaking out of this stereotype. The Office of Student Life released a report comparing the grades of Greek life students to that of non-Greek students. It found that, on average, women in sororites have higher GPAs than women not involved in Greek organizations.
A look at upcoming events for this week.
Ball State knew that height would play a factor in its Wednesday evening loss against Eastern Michigan, but it came in an unconventional way. Eastern Michigan’s center Da’Shonte Riley dominated the game without attempting a single field goal.
During a match, the current play is the only thing on a player’s mind. That can change when the team is on a bus, traveling to or from an away game. For the second time in a week, the Ball State men’s volleyball team will be loading onto a bus and traveling to road matches, missing class in the process. For some players, keeping their grades up when they can’t be in class isn’t always easy. “It’s been rough, this year especially because I’m in anatomy,” outside attacker Matt Sutherland said.
Radio Station WCRD 91.3 FM made it into the top ten for the 2014 MTVU College Radio Woodie Awards. The student run radio station earned recognition through the first round of online voting organized at ratemyprofessor.com.
Season-high’s are being set, but the win’s aren’t accumulating. Ball State Gymnastics had another season-high team score of 193.175 and a season’s best on the vault with a score of 48.725, though they still came up short against Western Michigan in Mid-American Conference play last weekend. The vault score the team produced was close to breaking the school record on team vault with 48.9.
With Ball State baseball’s 2014 season just around the corner, the team sees reasons to be optimistic. “We are expected to compete with the top teams in our league,” head coach Richard Maloney said.
Six categories. Three rounds. One winner. This is what faced Alex Sventeckis once he stepped behind the podium for the trivia-style television show, “Jeopardy!”
Thirty-one perspective employers who had never been to campus before joined 75 others networking with students at the annual spring Cardinal Job Fair in Worthen Arena. The Career Center hosts a job fair every semester, but Career Center director Jim McAtee said the employer turn out made this one stand out. The fair included representatives from Apple Inc., Angie’s List, Sallie Mae and the United States State Department among others. Naomi Thompson, program director for Camp Crosley YMCA, was extremely excited to make an appearance at the career fair. “We are looking for [students] to fill every position this summer.
The university program board threw a flash karaoke event Wednesday in the atrium to raise awareness about the organization.
Indiana superintendent of public education stressed the importance of students focusing on equality and student-centered accountability during a conference on campus Tuesday night. Glenda Ritz and Danielle Shockey, deputy superintendent, said students of all backgrounds should have the same opportunity to receive a quality education. Ritz said the education department works to create a system for students focused on equality and student-centered accountability and stressed to future teachers to “imagine the possibilities with the kids you have in the classroom, and go make them happen.” She is currently working on the State Commission on Improving the Status of Children where she focuses on underprivileged children. At the first meeting of the commission, she said several speakers ahead of her quoted statistics about student poverty, incarceration and poor health.
A look at the music scene in Muncie this weekend
Since the beginning of music history, a great amount of creative energy has been devoted to honing the craft of the love song. Music and love just seem to go together. So in honor of a holiday celebrated by some and half-heartedly acknowledged by most, here are 14 love songs from a variety of genres and eras, in no particular order. Select one that suits your kind of love and play it for that special someone in your life.
When the master planning consultants return to campus, they will host an open forum in the College of Architecture and Planning, but some architecture students wanted the university to get them involved sooner. Sophomore architecture student Jared Monce said he wished the university used the master plan as an immersive learning project for architecture students.
Tyler Koch is close to returning Koch is medically allowed to return to play, and it’s just a matter of time before he returns to the court.
One year after making the NCAA Finals, the Ball State men’s golf team opened 2014 with a victory. Ball State’s No.
When Lena Neff found out she was pregnant as a freshman at Ball State, she decided her education was more important then the “looks” she would get. “Dropping out wasn’t an option for me,” the sophomore public relations major said. Instead, she and her boyfriend Torrin Tompkins, an Ivy Tech student, decided to make campus home for their 8-month-old son, Xaiden. Although, neither of them would necessarily consider it child-friendly.
