Junior libero Alyssa Rio was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday afternoon. She is the first Cardinal player to earn the defensive award this season. Rio's combined performance over the weekend against Eastern Michigan University and Central Michigan University earned her the honor. Against Eastern Michigan Friday, Rio posted a season-high 34 digs. She followed that performance up with a 19 dig effort Sunday in helping the Cardinals to a 3-0 sweep of Central Michigan while holding the Chippewas to a -.412 hitting percentage in the third set, the lowest output by a Ball State opponent in rally scoring.
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Five time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne with perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the John R. Emens Auditorium. Osborne, best known for her 1995 hit, "One of Us" will perform individually and with The Holmes Brothers and Paul Thorn.
Five-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday in John R. Emens Auditorium. Osborne, best known for her 1995 hit "One of Us" will perform individually as well as with The Holmes Brothers and Paul Thorn.
Three Ball State University men's volleyball players won a state title this weekend as coaches for local high school girl's volleyball teams. Libero Billy Ebel, middle attacker Andy Nelson and setter Ethan Pheister each were assistant coaches on teams that won an Indiana class championship on Saturday at Worthen Arena.
A group of elementary and middle school students will be changing the look of Frog Baby this Saturday. The students will be wrapping the statue in green industrial construction fabric, as part of a children' art class on Ball State University's campus.
The Ball State University women's swimming and diving team lost at the University of Akron 186-109 on Friday.
A Ball State University student was released from Ball Memorial Hospital Friday after being attacked on Thursday morning. Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Evans was transported to the hospital early Thursday morning, where he was treated for cuts and bruises on his head.
For the second time this season, Ball State lost to last-place Eastern Michigan. The Cardinals lost this time to the Eagles in fifth-set overtime 13-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-27, 19-17 on Friday at Worthen Arena
Outside attacker Hannah Sullivan had a conference match career-high 20 kills as the Ball State University women's volleyball team lost to Eastern Michigan University 25-13, 20-25, 21-25, 27-25, 19-17.
In any sport, each team looks forward to postseason play and a chance to win a championship.Those hopes were dashed early for the Ball State University field hockey team as it fell in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament to Central Michigan University 3-1 Thursday at the BSU Turf Field.
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The Chirp TV crew previews the sports teams in action for the weekend of Friday, November 6, 2009.
A study abroad to Southeast Asia this winter could give students three to six credits for the Spring Semester.Director of the Rinker Center Jim Coffin described the upcoming field study to Thailand and Cambodia as a "Discovery Channel trip."
Motorola released the Droid phone Friday, and while some feel this could threaten iPhone's potential market popularity, Ball State University students don't see it that way.
Two Ball State University soccer players have earned postseason honors for the 2009 season. Senior midfielder Megan Ridley was named to the Second Team All-Mid-American Conference and freshman goalkeeper Nicole Wood was named to the MAC All-Freshman team.
A student slams a piece of paper down on the front desk at Elliott Hall."Who started this?" she demands."I did," replies Ryan Shanabarger from behind the desk.The paper extrapolates on the First Amendment — particularly as it pertains to religion. While Shanabarger is not entirely sure if it was posted somewhere and if so, who posted it and why, he has an idea that it might be in response to the fliers he put up in Elliott Hall on Tuesday night.His posters are a call to debate, as he says, about theism and atheism. One of the fliers equates Jesus, Allah and God to Harry Potter. But unlike Harry Potter, the poster reads, these imaginary characters are mean and divisive.
How many Ball State University football games have you been to this year? All of them? A few? At least one? How many did you pay for? None, right?
Injectable doses of the H1N1 vaccine will be available from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center.
