WEST LAFAYETTE - Purdue University is using a new computer system that shows students traffic-like red, yellow and green lights that can predict whether their efforts in class are enough to earn good grades. Purdue officials say the Signals program can determine whether students are on the path to success.
Online voting for Ball State University's 2009 Homecoming royalty starts today and ends Sept. 15. Students can log on to www.bsu.edu/votebsu using their Ball State usernames and passwords to cast their votes. Senior Jada Buchanan, Homecoming Steering Committee awards and judges chairwoman, said all Ball State students can check out who the student and faculty/staff Homecoming candidates are on the Alumni Association's Web site.
At the age of 17, Krae Wolf was like most teenage boys. He was a high school student, he had a steady girlfriend and he had a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant. But he also had a baby. Wolf had met his girlfriend at Burger King where they both worked and where they continued to work after the birth of their son Jace.
He tackled office working lives with "Office Space" followed by social de-evolution with "Idiocracy." Now Mike Judge presents a comedic look into running a business in "Extract." "Extract" follows the life of business owner Joel (Jason Bateman), as his assets begin to fall apart.
The disappointment of Ball State University's opening night loss continues to linger for coach Stan Parrish. Monday he promised that changes were in the works for Saturday night when the Cardinals host the University of New Hampshire. Some of them will be by choice, but the biggest change will be taking the field without captain Madaris Grant.
Sept. 11, 2001, now eight years behind us, still hovers over the American psyche like a far-off thundercloud. The brutal assault was like nothing the United States had experienced in living memory - not since the British invasion of the War of 1812, with its burning of Washington, D.
Progressing toward adulthood was difficult for Tom Weidner, director of the Athletic Training Education Program at Ball State University. His eyesight was like any youngster's up until age 12. Then it began to slowly dissipate due to retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disorder.
Ball State University was not the only Mid-American Conference football team to lose its non-conference season opener. Teams from the MAC went a combined 3-10 in the first week. In addition, all six teams in the MAC West Division lost its season opener. MAC West Ball State loses to North Texas 20-10 Central Michigan loses to Arizona 19-6 Eastern Michigan loses to Army 27-14 Northern Illinois loses to Wisconsin 28-20 Toledo loses to Purdue 52-31 Western Michigan loses to Michigan 31-7 MAC East Akron loses to No.
For quarterback Kelly Page it wasn't difficult to find the true measure of his first game at Ball State University. No one needed to compute his quarterback rating or find his completion percentage. "We lost," Page said. "We didn't get that W. My first game was a failure."
The Ball State University field hockey team evened its record after losing its second game this weekend with a loss to Villanova University 4-1 Saturday in Connecticut . The Cardinals out-shot the Wildcats 10-6. Sophomore Katie Norris scored the lone Ball State goal less than one and a half minutes into the match.
Although she was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic school prior to college, Ball State University student Lauren Rumpler is starting an on-campus organization that aims to talk about atheism. Rumpler, a junior journalism and political science major, said she got the idea to create an atheism society while looking through a list of student organizations.
I found myself this past Friday night standing around a wood and mesh cage, about the size of a standard four person dining table. The lights were off and I was unable to see what was inside, but from the darkness came a hiss. "We haven't had him that long," someone said.
A constant and efficient attack by the University of Louisville (4-2), upended the Ball State University women's volleyball team (2-4) and its bid to win the Active Ankle Championship Saturday night at Worthen Arena.
Three Ball State University football players from last season's team were cut by their NFL teams on Saturday. Tackle Andre Ramsey was cut by the Seattle Seahawks, tight end Darius Hill was cut by the Cincinnati Bengals and center Dan Gerberry was cut by the Detroit Lions as NFL teams finalized their 53-man roster.
One year after Ball State University started its "Ball State Bold: Investing in the Future" campaign to raise $200 million by 2011, it has obtained 88 percent of its goal, the university announced Friday.
Rep. Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, is scheduled to appear on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday morning. Pence, whose district includes Ball State University, will be participating in a health care reform discussion with Rep.
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Sean Jellison ran for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the University of New Hampshire to a 24-14 win over St. Francis University on Saturday. Jellison, who finished with 21 carries, caught a 30-yard touchdown from R.J. Toman and scored on a 70-yard run to give the Wildcats a 21-0 lead in the first quarter.
Ball State University shuttles have a special schedule this Labor Day Weekend, according to an all-campus e-mail sent by Bus Operations Supervisor Gary Moses. There will be no shuttle service Sunday, and shuttles on Monday will only run from 5 p.m. to 11 p.
Defensive struggles It was a rough opening night for the Ball State University defense. The Cardinals allowed 20 points to the University of North Texas, but the visitors rolled up 512 yards of total offense. The bright spot on the defense was the play of safeties Sean Baker and Alex Knipp.
It was a polar opposite performance Saturday afternoon for the Ball State University women's volleyball team in its four-set win against SIU-Edwardsville. Ball State won 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 25-20 at Worthen Arena.
