When all of the Ball State University coaches were given a gender equity survey in their monthly meeting on Wednesday, they were not told why they had to fill it out, they were given no prior warning about it and they were given no time to prepare.
The Ball State University men's tennis team escaped from Terre Haute with a win Sunday. Ball State defeated Indiana State University 5-2, despite the winless Sycamores coming within two third-set tie breakers of a victory. "I expected a close match," coach Bill Richards said.
One hundred twenty-five gymnasts gathered in Worthen Arena on Saturday afternoon for the 2009 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships. Ball State University (4-12, 1-5 MAC) posted a team score of 191.675 and tied for fifth place with Eastern Michigan University.
It's 6:45 p.m. and graduate assistant Ashley Sweeny's night is still not over. Sweeny works for the recreation program and is a graduate assistant in charge of fitness. Her 20-hour weeks are filled with constant work. When I asked many of the student workers, including Sweeny, at Ball State University if they receive health insurance, they responded, not angrily, but with a firm no.
Ball State University ticket operations will continue selling seats on the fan bus to the women's basketball game Tuesday until they are all taken.
A conviction won't necessarily keep felons out of Ball State University classes, but administrators said there is no cause for concern. Ball State typically accepts yearly between eight and 16 students with prior felony convictions, David Fried, director of Student Rights and Community Standards, said Friday - two days after a non-traditional student with several previous convictions was arrested on multiple charges.
Students wanting to go see the Ball State University women's basketball team play Iowa State University on Tuesday can sign up for a fan bus. Rob Richards, director of Ball State ticket operations and customer service, said there are about 20 seats left on the first bus.
This week Cardinal Impact will run its first Student Government Association meeting since taking office last Wednesday, and already slate members have wasted no time getting acclimated to their new roles. Still early in the transitioning process, the recently appointed SGA leaders have focused their initial efforts filling cabinet positions and setting a time frame to accomplish their platform points.
var uslide_show_id = "7c622139-77e5-40c1-925e-a09ca23d344b";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Pat Summitt came in to E.A. Diddle Arena on Sunday with eight national championships, seven national coach of the year awards, 1,005 career wins and 192 career losses. She left with 193. The Ball State University women's basketball team upset the two-time defending NCAA Champion University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers 71-55 on Sunday in E.
For the first time this season a Ball State University baseball player was not named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, but sophomore Kolbrin Vitek did garner West Division Pitcher of the Week. Vitek made two starts last week and had a 0.
After a week absence from the top 15 coaches poll, the Cardinals were ranked No. 14 in the newest poll released today.
The weather and the Ball State University baseball team put on their Sunday best, and Ball State defeated the University of Akron 5-1 to win the first Mid-American Conference series of the season. The Cardinals took Friday's game 4-3 before losing on Saturday 10-8.
Click here to see an interactive recap of the women basketball team's season
See how teams in the top 15 coaches poll have fared this week. Ball State University is listed at No. 16.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Even a two-time defending national champion couldn't get in the way of the Ball State University women's basketball team in the Cardinals' first-ever NCAA Tournament game.
With the women's team playing Tennessee in the NCAA tournament tonight, click here to see an interactive recap of how it got there.
Holding George Mason University to a negative attack percentage and six points in the final game, the Ball State University men's volleyball team won the match 19-30, 32-30, 30-27, 28-30, 15-6 on Saturday in Fairfax, Va.
Nashville triple threat Kevin Thornton performed "Sex, Dreams and Self Control!" a show written and acted entirely by him, at the Muncie Civic Theatre on Friday and Saturday nights.
