• Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler says the U.S. should take better care of veterans • The city honored veterans at “Shoulder to Shoulder Salute to Veterans” with a free dinner Monday. • Chief Warrant Officer Joe Orick presented, said veterans are under fire from political leaders.
In a year when many seniors suffer from senioritis, where laziness takes over and slacking becomes common, Jeff Garrett has done the opposite.
A two-match losing streak isn’t usually something to be concerned about. It’s just unfamiliar territory for the Ball State women’s volleyball team, considering the standards the players set since the Mid-American Conference portion of the schedule began. “We need to refocus,” sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling said.
Some local organizations are turning away student volunteers due to a flood of interest near the end of the year and semester. “There have just been a ton of Ball State students,” said Charlotte Cavanaugh, executive director for Second Harvest Food Bank.
Twice in the last two seasons, Ball State held a fourth quarter lead against Northern Illinois University. Each time, the Huskies rallied in the fourth quarter to win.
At a local paint shop, two high school boys tossed a baseball when a bad throw or catch later, it was smothered in paint.
It started with singing along to vinyl and ended with performing in front of live crowds. Steve Landes is a second generation Beatles fan.
Through family secrets and mystery, “Psalms of a Questionable Nature” explores the relationship between two sisters who are complete strangers as they connect over tragedy.
Wanting a tougher non-conference schedule, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee got that when his team opened the season on the road against Purdue University. The team fell short on Sunday with a final score of 57-63.
Total spent so far this semester: $16,286.50 Total budget for year: $111,697 Percent of money spent for the year: 14.6 percent This does not account for expenses that were set aside, including wages and funds for events that have not yet occurred. h3.
Students from the International Justice Mission will walk around campus until the end of November with barcodes on their bodies and the words “27 million” written beneath for the group’s “No Slave November.” The monthlong event is in support of the estimated 27 million slaves that have been trafficked into debt bondage, sex trafficking and labor. “International Justice Mission is an international organization that is doing some of the most significant work in the world with eliminating human trafficking and other forms of slavery,” Stephanie Metzger, Ball State’s IJM vice president, said. In the United States, the state department estimates that between 17,500 and 18,500 people are trafficked annually.
The loss the Ball State women’s volleyball team suffered to the University of Toledo on Thursday wasn’t a surprise considering Toledo’s talent, but Saturday’s loss to a 2-12 conference University of Akron team was shocking.
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are flocking to U.S. colleges and universities, helping to drive the number of international students studying in America to record levels. Similarly, all-time high numbers of American students are studying abroad, although there are far fewer and they tend to do much shorter stints than students coming to the United States. The findings are in an analysis being released today that was conducted by a nonprofit group that worked with the State Department. They said international education programs do more than advance cultural enrichment; they also are an economic boon to communities that host foreign students and to the students themselves, who improve their job competitiveness. Foreign students contribute about $24 billion annually to the U.S.
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves. As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides.
1. Lembo has respect for Northern Illinois University’s program Despite Pete Lembo’s 0-2 record and 15-point deficit to the team, he still admires the work done to build the Huskies’ program.
State play Northern Illinois University. What the ESPN sportswriter is sure of, though, is Ball State alumni need to do their part to support the university — even if that support doesn’t garnish the same level of attention that he and the family of Brady Hoke generated this week. By donating $5,000 each, the pairing helped fund a bus trip for 240 students to Wednesday’s game.
Five days after she completed military police officer training in 2007, Jessica Robinson was notified her unit would deploy to Kuwait.
It was Sept. 11, 2001. After millions of Americans watched the attacks, April Krowel stood in line for eight hours to donate blood to the Sept. 11 victims in New York and Washington, D.C.
Ypsilanti, Mich. — Ball State’s postseason run, in which it reached its first Mid-American Conference Tournament championship, came to an end Sunday.
AKRON, OHIO — Ball State was on a 7-0 run and had all the momentum, as the offense was throwing down kills and the defense was blocking nearly every attack and digging each volleyball that got past the blockers. But the hole the women’s volleyball team had dug itself was too large. The 7-0 run only tied the fourth set of Ball State’s 3-1 (17-25), (19-25), (25-9), (26-24) loss to the University of Akron. After leading the set 24-23, Ball State collapsed and allowed Akron to fire off the last 3 points, sealing Ball State’s second straight Mid-American Conference loss. It’s the first conference losing streak Ball State has seen this season. “In the first two sets, [Akron] dug everything we hit,” Ball State head coach Steve Shondell said.
