NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police have not found a gunman at Yale University and are leaning toward a call warning of an armed man heading to shoot up the school being a hoax, as a lockdown was lifted for most of the Ivy League campus Monday. “New Haven is safe.
Strategies that Ball State women’s volleyball head coach Steve Shondell preached all season seemed to vanish at the Mid-American Conference Tournament. During the 31-game regular season, his team relied on accurate passing, a lights-out defense and swarming energy to vault them to a 24-7 record. It may have been injuries, Western Michigan’s game plan or the grind of playing 116 sets throughout the regular season that played a factor in Ball State’s first-round loss. Whichever it was, there was something missing from Ball State on Friday night. “We could have had more intensity tonight,” sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling said.
MISHAWAKA, Ind. — Failed referenda in two Indiana communities are forcing school officials to regroup as they assess their needs for everything from leaky roofs to bus transportation. Mishawaka voters this month rejected a $28 million referendum that would have helped upgrade security and technology, replace aging boilers, fix roofs and make other repairs.
This year’s American Music Awards were pretty standard until Justin Timberlake went on stage and gave his best imitation of Rihanna’s mom. The “20/20” singer did his best Barbados accent saying how proud Rihanna’s mom is of “‘da icon she is.”
GENEVA — Iran struck a historic deal Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran in more than three decades of estrangement. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani endorsed the agreement, which commits Iran to curb its nuclear activities for six months in exchange for limited and gradual sanctions relief, including access to $4.2 billion from oil sales.
Traditional classrooms with forward facing rows and a central focus might not be the best for students anymore, according to one study partly conducted at Ball state.
LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift’s fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time. Swift won Sunday night’s top honor, giving her a leading four trophies as fans celebrated the women of pop music. Swift didn’t perform, but she was a constant presence on stage and the camera alighted on her as she danced to stars like Kendrick Lamar and Luke Bryan.
The one-two punch that has bruised opposing defenses has taken quite a beating itself throughout the 2013 season. Junior running back Jawhan Edwards missed time early in the season after he suffered a concussion.
While many students may remember lockdown drills at schools before Ball State, a full lockdown isn’t feasible on a college campus, officials from multiple universities said.
Ball State’s ranking for sexual health resources and awareness has fallen 12 spots from last year, and 26 spots from 2011. The rankings are sponsored by Trojan condoms and are based on how effective university health centers are at providing services and information about sex to campuses.
The Ball State women’s swimming and diving team earned its first victory of the season as the Doug Coers Invitational concluded Saturday at the Lewellan Aquatic Center.
In the beginning of the season, Ball State men’s basketball head coach James Whitford said the three games he had circled on his schedule were the three Indiana colleges of Indiana State, Butler and Valparaiso. Ball State is now 0-2 after playing Indiana State and Butler.
Tyler Juranovich | Staff reporter tjjuranovich@bsu.edu Muncie Boy Scouts and the Muncie Fire Department joined forces Saturday evening in friendly competition to provide Thanksgiving dinner for those in need. The groups hosted Thanksgiving Throwdown at the United Methodist Church on High Street to benefit residents of Muncie’s homeless shelters.
As she laid out, body fully outstretched toward the net, setter Jacqui Seidel gave the crucial point every ounce of energy she had in her body. The ball came crashing down to the left of her arm. So the Ball State women’s volleyball team’s season as well. Ball State lost in four sets (25-17, 24-26, 20-25, 21-25) in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament for the second season. The loss was the team’s first to Western Michigan as Ball State knocked off the team twice earlier in the season. “Tonight, they were making the plays that we were making last week,” Ball State head coach Steve Shondell said about Western Michigan.
Emmy award winning journalist and Ball State University Professor Emeritas Steve Bell returned to campus Friday to observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F.
The Culver’s on McGalliard Road is expected to open in early March. Rayme Swan, franchise owner who also owns one in Marion, Ind., and Craig Culver, co-founder of Culver’s, were at the ground-breaking ceremony Friday afternoon. Swan said Ball State played a large role in deciding to open a restaurant in Muncie.
Fifty years ago today, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
The Muncie Redevelopment Commission accepted the proposal to assist in construction for Dick’s Sporting Goods as well as a proposal to expand development on farmland near the Muncie airfield. Todd Donati, president of Delaware County Commissioners, said that while the expansion of the Muncie Mall with Dick’s Sporting Goods will create jobs, those jobs aren’t the priority for the development commission. “The jobs we’re bringing in, that’s great,” Donati said.
Today Sales major and minor meeting The H.H. Gregg Center for Professional Selling will host a meeting giving information about Ball State’s professional selling major and minor.
