Human beta male personality types tend to avoid risk and confrontation. But betta males of the aquatic variety are fierce combatants: They flaunt their ferocity to other males by ramming and nipping each other's fins. "I guess it's just male nature because they feel threatened," sophomore betta fish owner Kara Mitchell said.
var uslide_show_id = "d25f97cd-53d7-4a58-978f-e088c4fa616e";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Fairytales played out Saturday at Spectrum's Fall Drag Show. Princess Ana Cruisis, also known as Damon Clevenger, vice president of Spectrum, emceed the show and treated the crowd to many classic fairytale skits, including eating a poisonous apple and receiving a lost slipper from Prince Charming.
A construction crew member at the North Hall construction site was taken away by ambulance to Ball Memorial Hospital at about 4 p.m. today. The identity of the worker and the nature of his injuries are unknown. University Police Department officers would not comment at this time.
Students wishing to vote early this year can save some gas if they go this week. Ball State University College Republicans, with the Mitch Daniels for Governor campaign, is sponsoring a van to shuttle students from campus to the Delaware County Government Center all week.
Numbers to know 59:02 - minutes Western Kentucky was held scoreless 7 - Western Kentucky points 112 - MiQuale Lewis rushing yards 1 - MiQuale Lewis rushing touchdowns 155 - Nate Davis passing yards 71 - Ball State penalty yards 17 - Second-half points 1 - Ball State turnovers 1965 - First time since 1965 Ball State has started a season 7-0 29 - Career wins for Brady Hoke 1 - Amount of teams still undefeated in the MAC 166 - Amount of votes Ball State received in the AP Poll 24 - Ball State's ranking in the AP Poll 25 - Ball State's ranking in the Coaches Poll 0 - Wins needed for Ball State to become bowl eligible 5 - Wins needed for Ball State to finish the regular season undefeated Defensive history The Cardinals 24-7 win Saturday marked the third fewest amount of points it has allowed in a game since Brady Hoke became the coach in 2002.
Two heads are better than one, and the same can be said about the Ball State University's men's tennis team. The Cardinals experienced more success this weekend in doubles play than in singles action at the Notre Dame Invitational. "Doubles play was pretty positive," coach Bill Richards said.
Renovations made to McKinley Avenue made the road safer for pedestrians, officials say. Three years after the first phase of the McKinley Safety Improvement Project, Ball State University stands by its original purpose as it heads into the final phases of the project this summer.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Defensive shutouts for Ball State University's football team seem as rare as a David Letterman trip to Muncie. It does not happen often, which makes it important to the players to cash in when given the chance. Through 59 minutes of Saturday's 24-7 win against Western Kentucky University, the No.
The Ball State Campus Republicans changed the pick-up locations of the shuttle van that transports students to the Delaware County Government Center for early voting. The van will run on campus from 8 a.m. for 4 p.m. the rest of the week.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In a game chock-full of mistakes and missed opportunities, No. 24 Ball State University's experience and superior talent enabled it to overcome its miscues. Playing its first-ever game as a nationally ranked team, the Cardinals 24-7 win at Western Kentucky University wasn't pretty from either sideline's perspective.
A tough weekend on the courts at the Mid-American Conference Fall Invitational was intensified by delays in traveling home for the Ball State University women's tennis team during the weekend. The Cardinals endured an extra two hours on the return trip from Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Playing its first-ever game as a nationally ranked program, it took 30 minutes for No. 25 Ball State University to roll Saturday before pulling away with a 24-7 win against Western Kentucky. Leaning on the running game, the Cardinals scored 17 points in the second half. The defense stepped up with another strong effort and was 58 seconds away from posting its first back-to-back shutouts since 1978.
This weekend proved to coach Michael Lovett that the best team does not always win. The Ball State University soccer team (7-7, 3-3 Mid-American Conference) lost a pair of 1-0 games this weekend with a double overtime loss to Bowling Green State University (9-3-3, 4-1-1 MAC) Friday and then another loss to the University of Toledo (9-4, 4-2 MAC) Sunday.
Students no longer have to travel the mile and a half off Ball State University's campus to get the experience of Doc's Music Hall. Doc's on Dill Street opens today at 505 N. Dill St., taking the place of Mo's Tavern. Co-owner Mike Martin said he wanted the bar to be similar the downtown location.
A Middlebury man who was caught vandalizing Ball State University buildings in May will use his artistic abilities as part of his sentence. On Oct. 3, Circuit Court 3 Judge Robert Barnet sentenced Thomas Owen Mast, 21, to 100 hours of community service teaching art classes at the YMCA or the Boys and Girls Club of Muncie after Mast pleaded guilty to two felony counts of institutional criminal mischief.
In an early-season battle for first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division on Saturday night, the Ball State University women's volleyball team lost 3-0 to Western Michigan University. With the loss to the Broncos, the Cardinals (8-12, 4-2 MAC) were bumped out of a tie for first place in the MAC West Division with Western Michigan and Central Michigan University, who are still leading the pack.
Most avid college football fans know that in order to get into a BCS game you either must be a BCS conference champion or be ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS poll. For Ball State University fans, this means they need to climb up the rankings and get into the top 12 by the time the conference championship week is over.
Kirsten Reynolds had a strong passion for children, something that lasted all her life. Reynolds, 20, a junior social work major at Ball State University, died Oct. 8 after giving birth to her son, Jalen Robert. Funeral services are noon Tuesday at Allen Chapel AME Church in Indianapolis.
