British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to.
Columnist Derek Tipton gives his thoughts on new albums by Guided by Voices and The Goodnight Fields
Almost without warning, the Atrium was flooded with the sounds of Middle Eastern dance music and several scantily clad dancers, weaving their way through the lines of tables and chairs during the light afternoon traffic.
The same weather that drew rave reviews from the out-of-town visitors to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl last week has also been a boon for Ball State baseball.
NEW YORK — Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and no one noticing at all.
A video of the shootout between police and a theft suspect at the Marathon gas station in the Village on Friday has surfaced on Facebook and is now aiding police in their investigation, Delaware County Prosecutor Jeffrey Arnold said.
INDIANAPOLIS — Bleary-eyed and jubilant, Super Bowl organizers swung into cleanup mode Monday and hoped the rave reviews from fans and journalists over how it pulled off its first Super Bowl will draw the NFL's showcase event back to town.
Nick Tabacca, a 2004 graduate, played for the Ball State from 2001-04 and will replace former offensive line coach John Strollo who left to join the staff at Penn State.
It was a Monday night in early December, and Indiana University's marching band was gathered for its end-of-season banquet. The band's director stood to give a speech, joking that he was friends with Madonna.
Hoosiers across the state watched the final minute of Super Bowl XLVI with their breaths held. Leaping to their feet and erupting into shouts as the buzzer sounded, Indiana cheered as the New York Giants and another Manning clenched the National Football Championship title.
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The students who help at Second Harvest Food Bank never get to see the people they're serving.
INDIANAPOLIS — Football fans in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl who found themselves inexplicably pondering labor law and political brinksmanship have a Democratic state lawmaker representing South Bend to thank for the bizarre confluence.
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney rode overwhelming backing from Mormons and his best performance yet among conservatives to his emphatic victory Saturday in Nevada's Republican presidential contest, according to preliminary results of a poll of voters entering the caucuses.
It was a night I'll never forget.
When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
INDIANAPOLIS — While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control of the politically powerful office from the GOP.
INDIANAPOLIS — Police report that 51 people were arrested for mostly minor offenses in the downtown Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis the night before the game.
On Saturday's Senior Day for the Ball State women's swimming and diving team, the team may not have gotten and ideal result on the scoreboard which displayed a 143-100 loss against Notre Dame, but coach Laura Seibold-Caudill was pleased with her team's performance.
INDIANAPOLIS — Overwhelming "human gridlock" in Indianapolis' Super Bowl Village was causing police to rethink crowd control Saturday on the eve of the big game.
