In this week's Associated Press Poll, Ball State was ranked No. 14 with 714 votes and Central Michigan was listed No. 29 with 13 votes. Of the 65 AP voters, five voted for both the Cardinals and Chippewas. Below is a sampling from three of those AP voters about tonight's game between Ball State and Central Michigan.
Everything they did, every place they went, every second last offseason, Ball State University's football players had two words etched in their minds. Central Michigan. The Cardinals' 58-38 loss to the Chippewas last year left a bitter taste. It pushed the players in the weight room.
After Wednesday's fire at LaFollette Complex, fire is on the mind of many students. Muncie Fire Department will have "Burning Down the House," a mock smoke-out of Scheidler apartment 129 at 1 p.m. today. Three fire trucks will be there and six firefighters will teach students how to escape from a smoky apartment during a fire.
27-13. That's not the projected score of tonight's Ball State University football game against Central Michigan University - it's the score of the first-ever game between in-state basketball rivals Ball State and Butler University on Dec. 23, 1924. Butler won that inaugural game, and the two schools have battled each other 98 times since.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team defeated Eastern Michigan University 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19) in Tuesday night's Mid-American Conference Tournament opening round game at Worthen Arena. The No. 7 seed Cardinals advanced to play No. 2 seed Ohio University - who received a first round bye - in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team was able to take advantage of home court advantage in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament by defeating Eastern Michigan University 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19) Tuesday night at Worthen Arena.
Studying and preparing for class is not on many students' lists of things to do, according to a national survey. The National Survey of Student Engagement reported Ball State University students spend less time preparing for class than other Midwest public universities but experience a more beneficial campus learning environment.
Eighties music rocked Irving Gym Friday night during Kappa Delta sorority's annual Twister Tournament. Kappa Delta member Sarah Pine said about 100 players and spectators attended the event. "There were six boards, with three teams of four on each board," Pine said.
Ball State University's Public Relations Student Society of America is having an "All Things Baby Drive" through Nov. 21. PRSSA fund-raising chair Ashley Cashen said Christian Ministries Food Pantry has a shortage of important supplies such as diapers and baby wipes.
He died a year ago last Saturday. It was unexpected, but it was on his terms. He was a brother, friend, boyfriend and son. His life's ambition was to become a professional wrestler, and no critic could keep him from working toward that goal. At football games you'd find him in body paint; at parties you'd find him surrounded by ladies.
It's 11:37 a.m., the alarm clock didn't go off and class is over. Many students in this situation turn to Blackboard and beg classmates for the notes and other missed material. Students now have an alternative to get what they missed in class with isleptthroughclass.
Brandon Crawford sat in his home locker room with the gut-wrenching feeling that only accompanies players after a devastating defeat. His team had been blown out on their own field to rival Central Michigan University. His defense had just surrendered a season-high 58 points in arguably the biggest game of the year.
The Ball State University men's basketball team's 72-59 season-opening win against Eastern Illinois University on Saturday at Worthen Arena set the pace for the upcoming season. Jones creating excitement Earning his first career rebound and bucket 16 seconds into the game via putback off a missed layup, the 6-foot-9-inch Jarrod Jones gives Ball State something it has lacked in the starting lineup in the past couple seasons - height.
Ball State University lagged in national growth rates for international students for the 2007-08 academic year, but the university hopes to be able to recruit more students with the opening of its China Center in Shanghai. According to the Institute of International Education, which released its annual Open Door report on Monday, the number of international students at U.
Newspapers across the country have reported several negative incidents both during and after President-elect Barack Obama's win over John McCain. A hanged effigy of Sarah Palin was found at a California home. At Baylor University, officials found a rope resembling a noose in a tree, racial slurs were shouted and students burned signs.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team won't have to do much research when scouting Eastern Michigan University -¡- the Cardinals' first-round opponent in its Mid-American Conference Tournament match at 7 p.m. in Worthen Arena. The No. 7 seed Ball State is already 2-0 against the No.
The Student Government Association's Multicultural Council will hold a forum at 7 p.m. in Pruis Hall titled "What's the Point if No One Hears Me?" SGA Secretary Ebony Strong said the purpose of the forum is to broaden Ball State University students' minds concerning multicultural issues.
The Ball State University men's golf team added two more recruits to its 2009 roster Friday. Brodie Williams from Lapel High School in Lapel and Alex Stinson from Liberty Christian High School in Anderson will complete the 2009 class for head coach Mike Fleck.
It's common knowledge that seeing the future is impossible. Is that really true? The answer, cliched though it may be, depends on what you're trying to predict. If you ask NASA to tell you where Jupiter will be 10 years from now, it can probably give you the position to within several thousand miles.
Taking advantage of both a dominant freshman debut and its opponents' first-half defensive woes, the Ball State University men's basketball team opened up the season with a 72-59 victory against Eastern Illinois University on Saturday afternoon in Worthen Arena.
