Brittany McGinnis, Ball State University's best women's volleyball setter couldn't be found in her normal position this weekend. In an unexpected turn of events right out of the gate, two injuries to defensive players and ball handlers forced the women's volleyball team to try something radical.
Without warning or explanation, the Ball State University administration decided to take away the smoking area behind the Arts and Communications Building on Tuesday. A story giving Ball State's explanation appears in today's issue of the Daily News. But what if we hadn't called and asked about it? Would the powers that be ever explain why they did it? The decision is fine.
Ohio State University released its men's volleyball schedule, giving Ball State University fans their first look at when the two teams will get together for a rematch of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Championship Game. The Buckeyes will visit Worthen Arena on Friday Feb.
President Barack Obama's address to the students of the U.S. today has garnered quite a lot of controversy and criticism. Republican critics and parents are worried this is just an attempt to push his ideals on children. But the idea of people, especially parents, not supporting a call to action for students to work hard and do well in school is terrible.
Ball State announced Tuesday that it eliminated the designated smoking area between the Arts and Communications Building and Pruis Hall.
Despite outshooting both opponents over the weekend, the Cardinals struggled to find the back of the net over the weekend dropping both games this weekend putting them .500 on the season. The Ball State University field hockey team dropped their first game against Fairfield University 5-4 in a tough overtime affair.
Recession is a dirty word. No one likes to hear it, let alone experience it. Many people fear recessions. They think of the suffering, despair and uncertainty. But, I'm here to tell you that recessions aren't bad; in fact, they are wonderful occurrences that don't happen enough.
The championship match of the Active Ankle Challenge pitted the Cardinals against each other. On one side was Big East power Louisville (4-2) and the other, the Ball State University women's volleyball squad (2-4). Louisville took the Active Ankle Challenge championship in four sets 25-16, 25-13, 23-25, 25-16.
One year after Ball State University launched its "Ball State Bold: Investing in the Future" campaign to raise $200 million by 2011, the university announced Friday it obtained 88 percent of its goal. Ball State Bold is a fundraising campaign the university started to subsidize campus improvements, such as renovations to the Ball State Museum of Art, building the Glick Center for Glass and the creation of new immersive-learning opportunities and scholarships, according to its Web site.
The Ball State University soccer team dropped it's fourth consecutive game to start the season Monday. After the team's 3-2 loss to Valparaiso University last Thursday, the team suffered a 6-1 loss to No. 14 Purdue University at the Boilermaker Challenge Cup.
WASHINGTON - In a speech that drew fire even before he delivered it, President Barack Obama is telling the nation's schoolchildren he "expects great things from each of you." "At the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents and the best schools in the world," Obama said.
WEST LAFAYETTE - Purdue University is using a new computer system that shows students traffic-like red, yellow and green lights that can predict whether their efforts in class are enough to earn good grades. Purdue officials say the Signals program can determine whether students are on the path to success.
Online voting for Ball State University's 2009 Homecoming royalty starts today and ends Sept. 15. Students can log on to www.bsu.edu/votebsu using their Ball State usernames and passwords to cast their votes. Senior Jada Buchanan, Homecoming Steering Committee awards and judges chairwoman, said all Ball State students can check out who the student and faculty/staff Homecoming candidates are on the Alumni Association's Web site.
At the age of 17, Krae Wolf was like most teenage boys. He was a high school student, he had a steady girlfriend and he had a part-time job at a fast-food restaurant. But he also had a baby. Wolf had met his girlfriend at Burger King where they both worked and where they continued to work after the birth of their son Jace.
He tackled office working lives with "Office Space" followed by social de-evolution with "Idiocracy." Now Mike Judge presents a comedic look into running a business in "Extract." "Extract" follows the life of business owner Joel (Jason Bateman), as his assets begin to fall apart.
The disappointment of Ball State University's opening night loss continues to linger for coach Stan Parrish. Monday he promised that changes were in the works for Saturday night when the Cardinals host the University of New Hampshire. Some of them will be by choice, but the biggest change will be taking the field without captain Madaris Grant.
Sept. 11, 2001, now eight years behind us, still hovers over the American psyche like a far-off thundercloud. The brutal assault was like nothing the United States had experienced in living memory - not since the British invasion of the War of 1812, with its burning of Washington, D.
Progressing toward adulthood was difficult for Tom Weidner, director of the Athletic Training Education Program at Ball State University. His eyesight was like any youngster's up until age 12. Then it began to slowly dissipate due to retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disorder.
Ball State University was not the only Mid-American Conference football team to lose its non-conference season opener. Teams from the MAC went a combined 3-10 in the first week. In addition, all six teams in the MAC West Division lost its season opener. MAC West Ball State loses to North Texas 20-10 Central Michigan loses to Arizona 19-6 Eastern Michigan loses to Army 27-14 Northern Illinois loses to Wisconsin 28-20 Toledo loses to Purdue 52-31 Western Michigan loses to Michigan 31-7 MAC East Akron loses to No.
For quarterback Kelly Page it wasn't difficult to find the true measure of his first game at Ball State University. No one needed to compute his quarterback rating or find his completion percentage. "We lost," Page said. "We didn't get that W. My first game was a failure."
