After a two-week break, the Ball State women’s tennis team is back in action this weekend, as the squad travels down to the University of Memphis to participate in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional.
With only five games left in the regular season, the Ball State field hockey team is in control of its own destiny. With roughly three weeks left, Ball State is 0-2 in Mid-American Conference play and 5-8 on the year.
Joshua Sullivan stood on a balance board juggling three multicolored balls. The sophomore biology major has been juggling for five years, describing one year as “a whole year of pathetic.” After juggling, he started preparing for a fire breathing demonstration.
Patricia Nelson stood in the back room of Art and Journalism Building Room 123, dipping her gloved hands in a tub of sulfuric acid.
_John Vellenga is a junior journalism major and writes ‘John the Gamer’ for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
There will be no lull in the schedule, no chance for Ball State to wander into a trap game. Facing off against two of the top teams in the Mid-American Conference West last weekend apparently wasn’t enough for the women’s volleyball team. A road trip east is in order for the team, who will travel to Kent State University Friday and then take on Ohio University Saturday. Ohio boasts a 15-3 record and leads the conference with a .833 winning percentage.
Every match is important but as the season winds down, wins and losses seem even more significant. After splitting a pair of crucial matches against top-tier Mid-American Conference last weekend, Ball State’s soccer team is searching for two victories and stability in conference standing against University of Toledo (5-9, 2-4 MAC) and Northern Illinois University (4-8-2, 2-3-1 MAC). Ball State (9-4-1, 4-2 MAC) dropped its match against Western Michigan University (7-3-3, 5-0-1 MAC) on Sunday, and is now in a five-way tie behind Western Michigan. “A good team always responds to a loss,” head coach Craig Roberts said.
A bill is in the works that would require Student Government Association to reserve $6,000 in its co-sponsorship budget for Greek Life.
During the month of October, the sound of screams coming from haunted trails takes over Piney Acres Farm. With clowns, gorillas and demons, there is a little bit of something to irk everyone’s fear.
20 and younger As students settle into routines and gear up for midterms, many also think about Halloween.
One couple said they added to their family collection at a book sale hosted by the Phi Sigma Tau, a philosophy honors society.
Ball State’s athletic department will offer Ball State University Dance Marathon $10,000 if they can get 10,000 students to next home game Nov. 6.
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NEW YORK — Wall Street finally got the deal it’s been waiting for.
Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly was part of a group of 14 senators that created the bipartisan Senate bill to end the partial government shutdown.
The 16-day federal government shutdown was an example of the United States government’s inability to work for the public good, said some Ball State students.
WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S. economy at risk.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed a measure into law reopening the federal government and averting a potential default.
WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid a threatened national default and end the 16-day partial government shutdown, the culmination of an epic political drama that placed the U.S.
INDIANAPOLIS — The resumes of Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning look virtually identical. Their fathers both played in the NFL, they both left their home state to attend college, finished as Heisman Trophy runners-up and were chosen No.