The Chirp TV crew previews the sports teams in action during Thanksgiving break 2009.
Coach Stan Parrish hopes Ball State University responds better to the finish line than they did to the starting gun.Ball State (1-10) started the year slowly with a 20-10 loss to the University of North Texas that spiraled out of control into a nine-game losing streak. With only one more game left in 2009, Ball State is looking to finish strong at Western Michigan University on Tuesday night.
At halftime, Ball State clings to a 13-10 lead. MiQuale Lewis has 10 rushing yards and a touchdown.
Two distinctly different wins at home opened the 2009-10 season for the Ball State University men's basketball team, and now the Cardinals begin their road slate tonight in Philadelphia at a perennial NCAA Tournament team at Temple University.Coach Billy Taylor said Monday that the Owls (2-1) present problems all around the court for the Cardinals (2-0).
Tonight's game against Valparaiso University (3-0) will be a battle for in-state bragging rights. Ball State (1-2) enters the contest coming off a hard-fought victory over Northern Arizona University (0-4) on Saturday.The Crusaders could be one of the toughest challenges the Cardinals will see early this season. Valparaiso is off to its best start in program history with three straight wins, but hasn't taken to the road yet.
Ball State takes a six-point advantage into the fourth quarter, looking for their second victory of the year.
More than 100 landscape architecture students packed into the first floor of the Architecture Building on Monday night to work on their department's annual design week project. Sheets of trace paper, maps of Muncie, rulers and lead pencils were scattered across rectangular tables as students brainstormed and sketched out their ideas.John Motloch, interim chairman of the landscape architecture department, said this year's project is to rework the industrial Eastside of Muncie into something more welcoming and usable. The area, near the intersection of Jackson Street and White River Boulevard, has been in a bit of disrepair and recently saw the demolition of the Indiana Steel and Wire factory, which had been idle since 2002.
The Chirp TV crew previews the game between Ball State and Central Michigan
Here is the Movie Manics Thanksgiving special. Alex Kartman and Eric Pascarelli discuss some recent movies you should check out over break!
The Ball State University Communications Center announced changes made effective today to university student and faculty e-mail accounts.Until today, accounts that were new since May 2009 and had the default option of "opt-in" will be changed to the option of "opt-out."
As the ability to plagiarize sources for research papers has become more prevalent, so have programs to catch students in the act.Text matching is similar to plagiarizing, and faculty at Ball State University are looking for ways to reduce this practice of copying and pasting.At Monday's University Senate Agenda Committee meeting, a task force reported on its trial experience with a text-matching program available through the Blackboard Beyond program.
Sarah Chaney, an 18-year-old sophomore from Sunnyvale, Calif., is proud to be an out-of-state student."My hometown is about 45 minutes from the ocean," Chaney said. "And you can see lots of mountains in the distance."Out-of-state students at Ball State University comprise 12 percent of the on-campus population, according to the university's Web site.
The past three years has seen the rise of a phenomenon that is sweeping middle school girls across the world; you folks know it as "Twilight." The first of those books, "Twilight," was written by Stephenie Meyer, a stay-at-home mom from Arizona.
The vast majority of us will be home for Thanksgiving the rest of the week. But, if you live in the area or are not going home for any reason — you hate your family, your family hates you, you can't afford a plane ticket, etc. — there are a few fun things to do during the break.
"Strange and Deranged," the showcase group from Austin, Texas, is on its first tour since it was formed.Jackie Molen, a group member, said everyone in the group has experience from other shows they performed at."We were all from different shows, we were all roommates and we just decided to start up our own group," she said.
Oh, Thanksgiving. With interstate congestion, relatives lingering long after dessert and the imminent Black Friday, what's not to love? Not that I don't think about my family, but maybe I don't think about them as much when I'm 150 miles safely away, though it's evident they think about me. In the past, Thanksgiving dinner proceeds like an interview, my mom silently laughing in her seat while my grandpa asks if they still keep the boys and the girls in different classrooms. And everyone takes a third glass of wine.
With a 57-47 victory against SIU Edwardsville on Saturday, Ball State University improved to 2-0 for the first time in coach Billy Taylor's tenure.The Cardinals started off hot, opening the game with seven straight points and two dunks. Their shooting touch would go cold as the game continued, but Ball State finished strong enough to earn the win.
Being forced to sell its plane has not stopped Muncie Aviation from flying.
The president of Ball State University will be taking on another role this holiday season. Jo Ann Gora will be playing Mrs. Fezziwig in Indiana Public Radio's on-air production of "A Christmas Carol." The performance will performed for a live audience at Pruis Hall and will be broadcast live on radio stations Dec. 5.
The demand for food at pantries, kitchens and shelters supported by Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana is up 30 to 50 percent from last year.Nearly 62,000 residents of East Central Indiana lack access to adequate amounts of nutritious food on a regular basis, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
