Junior Joe Clemons said he wants students to be exposed to the positive messages and role models of hip-hop culture. "There's another side of hip-hop that isn't really shown on television," he said. To show that positive side, Clemons, vice president of the Black Media Association, organized a screening of the documentary "The Hip Hop Project" for students at Ball State University.
President Barack Obama announced the deployment of 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan on Tuesday night at West Point Military Academy in front of the cadets fated to fulfill his orders.The prime time nationally-televised address outlined a three-part strategy that, with international support, will enable U.S. forces to begin departure from Afghanistan by July 2011.
Freshman Kayla Shoenfeld went tanning almost everyday for a year during high school and reported no problems except sensitive eyebrows.This type of excessive tanning among teenagers is what Bob Jones, Delaware County health department adminstrator, is trying to avoid.
Junior forward Malik Perry led all Cardinals with 11 points and six rebounds. Sophomore center Jarrod Jones also had nine points for Ball State (2-3), which has lost three games in a row after winning its opening two games.The Cardinals converted 13-of-41 (31.7 percent) shots from the field, including 4-of-21 (19 percent) in the first half.
Jarrod Jones spun around Matt Howard on Wednesday night's opening possession and it appeared that Ball State University would be able to compete with Butler University.Jones laid the ball in and the Cardinals had a 2-0 lead on the No. 23 team in the country. But Shelvin Mack made sure the advantage was short-lived, hitting three 3-pointers to lead the Bulldogs on a 10-0 run.
The Ball State University Entrepreneurship Center is providing business students with something they can't find many other places: exposure to technology and advanced science.Next semester, business students in a consulting class will be partnering with the Department of Defense and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division for the Military 2 Market program. They will develop commercial uses for military technology, Michael Goldsby, the Entrepreneurship Center's executive director, said.
The smaller than usual, tan-colored spaniel mix lays comfortably at his new owner's feet. However, just weeks earlier, he had a much different home. The stray puppy ‘Bitty' previously lived in a kennel with his mother and siblings in ARF, the Animal Rescue Fund in Muncie.
A trio of Cardinals have been named to the All-Mid-American Conference Second Team.Defensive ends senior Brandon Crawford and junior Robert Eddins, as well as senior running back MiQuale Lewis were voted onto the team by the MAC's 13 head coaches.
Thanksgiving break brings relief from classes, opportunity to meet with family and unnattended houses for robbers.There were three burglaries off-campus and six lockers in Lewellen pool were broken into over the weekend, Gene Burton, director of public safety, said. Burglaries and thefts are common during academic breaks and students should take particular caution during breaks, he said.
A group of Ball State University students has spent part of the Fall Semester investigating and studying happiness.They will present their findings at tonight's Happiness Showcase, which is happening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building and Museum of Art Room 217. Interactive presentations, dancing, music and refreshments will be available.
Check out this interactive to find out how you should and shouldn't drive in the winter. The snow hasn't come yet, but make sure you're prepared when the flurries turn into blizzards.
Health Center Medical Director Kent Bullis believes 8,000 H1N1 vaccinations is plenty for Ball State University this winter season."As hard as we've tried to get students in for the vaccine, I'm surprised how few students have taken advantage of it," he said.Bullis said between 150 and 200 free vaccines were given at the Atrium on Tuesday.Before Tuesday 771 vaccines had been given, and there are about 7,700 still available, Bullis said.
Today, Ball State University's Student Government Association will travel to Purdue University to sit in on one of the school's SGA meetings.
Trapped in a corner, Pierre Sneed pivoted four times with the ball and looked toward the Ball State University bench for answers on the opposite side of the court.The lost feeling on offense was a common one in the Cardinals' game last night against No. 23 Butler University.Ball State scored just 11 points in a first half where it shot 4-of-21 (19 percent) from the field and dug too deep of a hole in its 59-38 loss to Butler.
Ball State plays No. 23 Butler on Wednesday at Wothen Arena. It will be the 101st meeting between the two school and the third consecutive year that the Cardinals will host a top-25 team.
An Indiana Senate Committee has gotten a jump start on discussing bills on unemployment taxes and property tax caps and plans to vote on the legislation next week.
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On the 165-mile drive back to Muncie this weekend, my friend Kayla and I spent at least 130 of those miles complaining. Casual complaints led to detailed discussions of our families, friends and lives and rather than being crippled by feelings of pessimism and negativity, like those experienced in a mid-December Walmart checkout line, the complaining was refreshing. Like sliding into a warm bath, hitting the snooze button or having a hot, homemade meal, complaining can be a rejuvenating, healthy experience — if done correctly.
The sound of Brad Hoyt's music was soothing and a mix of guitar, harp and piano. Even through the custom-made pickup system at the Kennedy Public Library Sunday, every note was clear. "It's like having a little portable piano to play," Hoyt said. "But you're plucking it." Hoyt sat with his harp guitar, a mix of the two instruments with similar shapes and sounds, Sunday afternoon at the library to promote his new CD and introduce the instrument to curious listeners.
November was a pretty standard, non-spectacular month. Only a few gems shined amongst the Hollywood clutter, not including independent art films that aren't released in smaller markets. Sure, there was the record breaking "New Moon," which I have no desire to see barring that it fesses up to the "vampires belonging to a completely new species of lore", and for the population of teens to snap out of their vampi-eyed love for a fictional character that in no way, shape or form can nor will sleep with them. There also was the hysterical "Men Who Stare at Goats" that didn't surpass too many expectations. The world blew up yet again, and the King of Pop returned to life for a curtain call. Audiences seemed to stay away from the sensational "Fantastic Mr. Fox," but rest assured, it gets its place of recognition for the next several minutes of reading.
