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SOFTBALL: Tuesday's game canceled

Tuesday's softball game at IPFW has been cancelled because of expected poor field conditions. Coach Craig Nicholson said Sunday's rain has made the softball fields at IPFW and at Ball State University unusable. The Cardinals will use the day to work on their hitting before trying to return outside Wednesday.


THE BOGEYMAN: Automakers, banks should be regulated

Government must keep large companies from failing. This is the nature of externalities. As every first-year economics student learns, the costs incorporated into the supply and demand curves, which set the equilibrium prices in free markets, sometimes do not adequately reflect the true cost to society of the good's production.


PARADOX OF A PLAIDED SWEATER: Student rises above criticism to achieve goals

You may have seen Joe Hodge around campus with his bright red hair and his full blood German Shepherd seeing eye dog. Some may gawk. Some may laugh. Some may be curious. However, I eagerly shout, "Joe! It's Meira! How are you?" He responds with his soothing, carefree voice that he is doing fine.


MEN'S TENNIS: Cardinals withstand marathon meet vs. UT

The Ball State University men's tennis team is two games away from winning the Mid-American Conference championship. With a 6-1 win against the University of Buffalo on Friday and a 4-3 victory against the University of Toledo on Sunday, Ball State controls its own destiny for the conference championship.



SOFTBALL: Sibling rivalry flares up at BSU

For the week leading up to the Ball State University softball game against the University at Buffalo, Ball State catcher Natalie Bejarano has been keeping in contact with her younger sister Alex Bejarano. Alex Bejarano is a sophomore at Buffalo and the starting shortstop.


OUR VIEW: Money matters

Pre-approval. Free pizza. Free Subway. Free T-shirt. And a ruined credit score. College students are bombarded with credit card offers and incentives. We're easy targets. Students have to pay rent, utilities, tuition and food on limited funds. As student loan money and jobs become more scarce, the lure of credit cards becomes harder to ignore.


TRACK AND FIELD: Three Cards finish 1st in opener

The Ball State University track and field team's outdoor season took flight when the Cardinals commenced their season at the Mike Poehlien Invitational. The Cardinals flew away with three first-place finishes at the event hosted by Purdue University. Fifth-year senior Amber Williams captured the blue ribbon in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.


Friends remember student's character

On any night, if somebody in the LaFollette smoker's area was strumming a guitar, playing a harmonica or laughing with a group of friends, it was probably Garrison Ringenberg. Ringenberg's love for politics, deep thinking and radical theories made those who knew him become close to him, Joe Alonji, a close friend of Ringenberg's, said.



FIJI to sponsor blood drive for the Red Cross

Phi Gamma Delta fraternity will trade pizza for blood to benefit the American Red Cross leading up to the Ride Across the Purple Valley event. FIJI Philanthropy Chair Bryan John said his goal is to have at least 75 donors. Students can make appointments at givelife.


MEN'S GOLF: Cards tie for second place at Marshall

After winning its first tournament of the season last weekend, the Ball State University men's golf team kept the success going by tying for second at the 16-team Marshall Invitational at the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, W.Va. The Cardinals had a team-combined score of 869, 14 strokes behind winner Illinois University.


Runaway victory

Despite the unfamiliar way in which they had to race, members of team Runaway Cyclists proved Saturday they were racers at heart. Jeremy Brown, senior landscape architecture major and captain of team Runaway Cyclist, said he has been a runner for years. After getting interested in triathlons, he decided to start bike riding to go along with his running.



GYMNASTICS: Cards fall at regionals

Fifth-year senior Teresa Phipps and teammates junior Bibiana Rodriguez and freshman Brittney Emmons put the finishing touches on the 2009 Ball State University gymnastics season Saturday evening at NCAA Regional Gymnastics competition in Columbus, Ohio. From the Cardinal roster of 19 gymnasts, the three found themselves competing among the nation's best at Ohio State University's St.


Financial Literacy events start today

College students have an average of $552 in credit card debt, according to a recent study by Georgetown University. To help this and other financial problems college students have, the Miller College of Business and the Miller College Alumni Board are sponsoring Financial Literacy Week starting today.