Todd Davis' hobby is only legal for three months out of the year. So the senior at Ball State University says he makes the most of the time he has. "During hunting season, I'll go home every weekend until I reach my bag limit," he said. "I get the homework done and head for the woods.
It is Katelin Carter's goal to see kites flying in the sky over University Green. As founder of the Ball State Kite Flying Society, Carter, a sophomore photojournalism major, along with the 81 members of the group, have taken steps this month to become an official campus club.
Q: Why not wait to start until there's enough for everybody instead of the confusing here-and-there vaccinations? A: Even though Sunday was the official start of flu season, this H1N1 wasn't heeding the calendar - it's already causing illness in nearly every state.
Ball State University Students For Life sponsored an anti-abortion speaking event Monday night in Art and Journalism Building Room 175. "No woman wants an abortion," said Patrick Rivest, the event's speaker. Rivest is the director of First Choice of Women, a local pro-life, faith-based organization that offers alternative choices for women with unplanned pregnancies.
I attended a scholarship dinner Saturday evening. I shared a table with seven Ball State alumni or partners of alumni. As I sat down to the multi-course meal, the inaugural salads already laid at each place, our table reached capacity. After the opening dinner remarks, the lady to my right politely commandeered us into introductions.
The mental toughness of the young Ball State University football faced its biggest test of the season Saturday. Ball State took a one-point lead against the University of Toledo with a gutsy two-point conversion on the Statue of Liberty play. All that separated the Cardinals from their first victory of the season was 42 seconds.
Ball State University students can learn about how to prevent abusive relationships at Kappa Delta's "Stand Up! Stand Out!" speaker panel tonight. The event, which will start at 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall, is open to everyone. "I feel that young women sometimes do not understand what an abusive relationship consists of," sophomore Lauren Wood said, a Kappa Delta member and criminal justice major.
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Health officials in Indiana and Tennessee set events for Monday to administer nasal mist doses of the swine flu vaccine to doctors, nurses, emergency medical workers and other health care professionals who work directly with patients.
The bed frames are back in storage, Emens Auditorium will feature real performers once again and students are back to grind. Homecoming Week 2009 is behind us, but was it the Best Week Ever? Some might say yes, others may disagree and some were probably too smashed to notice.
Winning and losing streaks occur in any season and aren't anything to be concerned with. However, when a team starts losing matches the same way each time, a disturbing trend is being set. For the Ball State University women's volleyball team (8-9, 1-3), the last three matches have set such a trend for coach Dave Boos.
Homecoming Week advisor Kate Webber said attendance numbers for many of the events were consistent or higher than last year's, though final attendance tallies won't be available until today. This year's Homecoming Steering Committee focused on reaching out to more students and getting more people involved in Homecoming activities, said senior Sheri Niekamp, chair of this year's Student Scholarship Talent Search.
Fans lined up outside of the John R. Emens Auditorium as early as 6 p.m. Friday to claim seats nearest to the stage for the Styx with Kansas Rock Doubleheader concert.
Kent Bullis, director of the Ball State University Amelia T. Wood Health Center, said Delaware County is expected to receive 1,100 doses of the H1N1 vaccine Tuesday. Maybe 20 to 30 doses will come to Ball State, Bullis said.
The women's golf team finished the Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational in seventh place on Sunday. Rollins College and Penn State University played well enough to finish the tournament in the top two spots out of 16 teams. Rollins tallied a 909 (+45) while Ball State tallied a 936 (+72).
Ball State University student Brianna Prather said she is all ready to go for Halloween. "I have it narrowed down to a witch or character out of Alice in Wonderland," she said. "I think I'm going to go with the traditional witch." Prather is planning to make the costume out of material she already has.
The taste of a victory had been fading away over the past month for the Ball State University field hockey team, but it was rekindled as a comeback for the ages was made in Muncie. Sighs of relief have been made by the Cardinals as they picked up their first Mid-American Conference win.
The day after the Ball State University football team was stunned by the University of Toledo in the closing seconds for the game, the soccer team had a déj+â-á vu ending to their match. The Rockets scored the game-winning goal with one second left in the match to win 4-3, stunning the Cardinals who once led the match 3-0.
MUNCIE - Out with the old, and in with the new. That mentality has been the driving force behind years of downtown Muncie redevelopment, with many officials working beyond politics and self-interests to reach a common goal. Difficult financial times once hindered these efforts, but it may be the recession that helped spark downtown's biggest addition to date.
