One suitcase, two children and a husband is all that Lucretia Goe took with her as she fled her native country of Liberia in 1990 to come to the United States. Tuesday night Goe spoke to about 100 students about her family's experiences with the Liberian Civil War of 1990 as part of Ball State University's Freshman Connections program.
Earlier this school year, I wrote about how some Ball State University head coaches will be in the hot seat this season if their teams do not show some signs of improvement from the season before. In doing so, I mentioned that Cardinals football coach Stan Parrish was not one of those who should be heavily scrutinized should his team not have much of a successful season.
Many students would say that college is tough enough with finding a group to fit into and somewhere to eat, reading the many assignments and getting enough sleep. Imagine trying to figure all of this out in a different language that is not your native tongue.
The Ball State University Truth Movement tried to answer the question of why marijuana is illegal Tuesday in Pruis Hall. The group showed the film, "The Union: The Business Behind Getting High", a documentary about a group from British Columbia, Canada, researching the illegal business of marijuana production and distribution in the British Columbia Province.
Cheers spread through the crowd at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Emens Auditorium as the 25th annual Student Scholarship Talent Search began. Twenty acts, which had been practicing hours each day as the Talent Search approached, filled the room with energy and kept the audience entertained throughout the night.
The dream came true for Natasha Martz and her father, Kieth Martz, when they opened Lil' Daddy's Downtown Diner. The restaurant, which opened Sept. 14, is a new addition to the downtown Muncie businesses, offering traditional homemade food. Natasha Martz said the restaurant is a "casual family diner type.
The difference in talent between Auburn University and Ball State University was easy to spot in Saturday's 54-30 win for Auburn. The Tigers were bigger and faster than the Cardinals. But Ball State dominated the special teams aspect of the game. Auburn muffed two punts, leading to a Ball State touchdown, and had one kickoff go out of bounds.
Students seem to enjoy the light-hearted spirit of flag football. Good call Homecoming Steering Committee. You registered 16 teams for the Homecoming Co-ed Flag Football Tournament and hundreds more showed up to the preliminary and final rounds to watch their friends play.
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Tuesday morning in a conference call with Ball State University student media that Senate Democrats have the votes to pass a health care bill with a public option. Dean also said it's time for the youth demographic to be more involved in the debate.
One person was confirmed dead at the scene of a light plane crash this afternoon in Randolph County, northeast of Muncie, Indiana State Police 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said. Bursten said he believes the deceased was the one person in the plane, the pilot. "The loss of life is very regrettable," he said.
The Ball State University Theater and Dance program will perform the first workshop in George F. Walker's compilation series "Suburban Motel." The workshop, titled "Adult Entertainment" includes complex roles and mature themes not recommended for young viewers.
Not only are junior Brittany Kelly and senior Kirsty O'Connor teammates on the women's golf team, they are also roommates who have shared the experience of playing in different countries. While visiting O'Connor in England during her summer vacation, Kelly noticed one major difference between London's golf courses and those in the United States.
Air Jam tickets have sold out as of Wednesday, one day before the show, according to a flyer posted on the Emens Auditorium box office window. Homecoming's most popular event traditionally sells out before the day of the lip-syncing and dance competition.
Freshman Connections will bring Lucretia Goe, a professional storyteller and Liberia native who escaped the country during the Civil War of 1991, to Ball State University tonight. Goe now teaches third grade at Tenth Street Elementary School in Anderson, Ind.
Tonight's Student Scholarship Talent Search at Emens Auditorium was an overwhelming success, according to event organizers. Sophomore Josh Coffey, a nursing major, walked away as the overall winner of the competition after performing a medley of songs on the banjo.
While a good portion of students' minds will be on drinking copious amounts of booze and celebrating Homecoming, two sports teams will be thinking pink. Ball State University's soccer and field hockey teams will don pink uniforms this weekend to promote awareness for breast cancer.
My wife is stressed out. She's driving to a conference in Oklahoma this weekend, we have to renew the car insurance, a window in the car is broken, we're applying for graduate schools this fall and we won't know where we're going until April. This means we won't be able to arrange housing until then and, to top it all off, she has 14 more books to read, three essays to write and two research papers to do this semester.
These are the best images from Ball State's non-conference schedule. The pictures include action from games against North Texas, New Hampshire, Army and Auburn.
