Curly hair, high heels, baggy jeans and lots of glittery sequins were common sights Saturday at Spectrum's annual Drag Show, this year titled "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Spectrum, Ball State University's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight ally organization, took over Ball Gymnasium, transforming it into the land of Oz, complete with a rainbow curtain of balloons and a yellow "plywood" brick road.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team walked into the Convocation Center with the deck stacked against them. Ohio University was ranked No. 24 in the RPI and had only dropped two sets in Mid-American Conference action all season. On top of that, it was Homecoming Weekend in Athens.
The Office of Health Education is teaming with the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards this year to provide alcohol understanding to students during the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.All events for Ball State University's awareness week will start at 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday at several locations on campus.
Seriously, Fruesday is pointless.Neither students nor professors want to be in class that day. Many professors don't take it seriously and subject students to menial work because they're required to be in a certain room for an hour or so that day. A lot of professors just cancel class and even more students skip in favor of getting a head start on the vacation.
Freshman Aaron Mershman has spent all season acting like Ball State University's third-string quarterback. He travels with the team and sends in the play calls from the sidelines.The Cardinals lost Kelly Page in the second quarter Saturday against Bowling Green State University with an injured thumb and he did not return to the sideline. However, coach Stan Parrish said Mershman would not have played Saturday if backup Tanner Justice had gone down in the second half.
"My Name is Jerry," the first professionally produced commercial film to be funded by the university, is being featured in Indianapolis' week-long Heartland Film Festival. The movie was made in the summer of 2008 through collaboration between the College of Fine Arts, the Institute for Digital Entertainment and Education and alumnus and writer/director Morgan Mead's Clothespin Productions. The final version of the script was written by alumnus David Hamilton.
The Ball State University women's golf team failed to defend its title of champion at the Hawkeye Intercollegiate Tournament by finishing in 7th place Sunday.
Stan Parrish looked over his play sheet at halftime Saturday and made the decision to scrap much of it.Ball State University was trailing Bowling Green State University 24-0 at the time and would have to finish the game without Kelly Page, who injured his right thumb. So despite needing to throw the ball to try and score quickly, Parrish played to his team's strength.
For the second straight weekend, the Ball State University soccer team has failed to get a win. Ball State fell to the University of Akron 3-0 on Sunday afternoon, their fifth-consecutive loss.
The status of Ball State University quarterback Kelly Page remains uncertain after his MRI on Monday.Page injured his right thumb in the second quarter of Saturday's 34-17 loss to Bowling Green State University. Associate Athletics Director Joe Hernandez said results from the MRI would be available Tuesday. Page had X-rays taken Saturday and did not return to the game.
Matt Danko has been doing the exact job he pictured for himself since graduating in the spring.He works in downtown Denver at an actuarial consulting firm, Towers Perrin, with a starting salary of $58,000. Danko said it was the internship experience he received with the company that landed him the job.
Last year's Family Weekend attracted parents and siblings with promises of a nationally ranked football team and arguably the most famous ventriloquist on the planet. This year was noticeably less appealing.
The Ball State University field hockey team dropped two games this weekend at home to fall to 3-12 on the season.
Emily Townsend was so determined to work in Chicago that she moved to the city one week after graduating from college. But the job search she expected to last weeks turned into months.
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It was plain to see when Ball State University lost its starting quarterback Saturday. What was harder to tell, was when exactly it lost the game.Kelly Page was knocked out of the game with a thumb injury in the second quarter of a 31-17 Bowling Green State University win. The loss was the Cardinals' ninth in a row. Ball State is now 0-7 and remains one of six winless teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The CHIRP TV gang discuss all the upcoming Ball State sports this weekend from the field hockey team's two home matches to the cross country team.
The CHIRP TV crew breaks down everything about Ball State's upcoming home football game against Bowling Green, including why quarterback Kelly Page is getting no protection in the pocket and how the Cardinals can stop Falcons' receiver Freddie Barnes.
Businesses in downtown Muncie and the Village are getting ready for Family Weekend and are expecting to have more customers.In the past five years, Downtown Development has sponsored tours to downtown Muncie for parents during freshman orientation to attract more parents and students to the area.
The University Senate and University Council canceled their October meetings, but that doesn't mean they're not doing anything.Brien Smith, Chairperson of the Department of Marketing and Management, said fall is a time to reconvene and elect officers.
