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OUR VIEW: Show your support

The 2009 Ball State University women's basketball team danced its way into history Sunday as it won the program's first-ever Mid-American Conference Championship and admission into the NCAA Tournament. As the women celebrated, administrators began organizing a viewing party at Damon's Grill where fans, friends and family can support the team as it finds out where it will play next.



BASEBALL: Cards finish break even

A 3-0 loss to Chicago State University on Sunday sends the Ball State University baseball team back to where it started Spring Break, two games above .500. The Cardinals went 5-5 during three series and improved their record to 9-7. Sunday's loss prevented the Cardinals from sweeping their home-opening series, after splitting two games at Southern Illinois University and dropping three of four at the University of Missouri.


GYMNASTICS: Cardinals conclude regular season with last place finish

The Ball State University gymnastic team's regular season concluded Friday as the Cardinals finished in fourth place out of four teams in a tournament that included California State University, Fullerton, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and host Arizona State University.


Journalism chair awarded

With more than 32 years of service on her résumé, Marilyn Weaver has won the Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Administrator of the Year Award. The award is given in collaboration with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.




MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Not again, Cards lose in five games

For the third time in four days the No. 14 Ball State lost a road conference match in five games. Ball State blew a two-game lead as it lost to Loyola 24-30, 30-32, 30-27, 33-31, 15-10 on Saturday in Chicago.


THINK TO EXIST: Birthday party leads to night of shenanigans

So there I was, flabbergasted by what was taking place. I was celebrating a friend's 21st birthday. There were 10 of us: five boys and five girls. The scene was Broad Ripple. The night was entertaining, but it ended with the birthday girl getting hurled on by one of our friends.


MEN'S TENNIS: Cardinals look to open conference play on a good note

While most students will pack up and leave for their Spring Break destinations today, the Ball State University's men's tennis team will be hard at work. That's because the Cardinals will try to sweep a doubleheader against Chicago State University and Anderson University.



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Sen. Richard Lugar to be Commencement speaker

Sen. Richard Lugar will be Ball State University's Commencement speaker this May, according to a press release. Lugar, the Senate's ranking Republican, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 and won a sixth term in 2006 with 87 percent of the vote, according to his Web site.


TRACK AND FIELD: Cardinals get last shot to qualify for NCAA Championships

The last grain of sand in the hourglass will fall this weekend for the Ball State University track and field team to qualify for the NCAA provisionals. Before time runs out, the Cardinals will travel to South Bend for the Alex Wilson Invitational for their last attempt to make time requirements for the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in College Station, Texas.


WOMEN'S GOLF: Cardinals take motivation from last week into invitational

The Ball State University women's golf team will tee off in Rio Verde, Ariz., today in 20-team field. Northern Arizona University plays host to six Mid-American Conference teams along with three Big Ten teams. The Cardinals played in this same tournament almost exactly a year ago, finishing in a tie for ninth out of 18 teams.


New Web site to reduce spam

University Marketing and Communications has been working for 18 months to conceptualize a three-part system that will reduce the number of irrelevant e-mails students receive from Ball State University.


Campus organizations travel on Spring Break to help those in need

For some groups on Ball State University's campus Spring Break will mean helping people instead of traveling for enjoyment. Members of The Revolution church, greek students, Student Voluntary Services and people involved in the The Timmy Foundation will be traveling to various locales to help those in need.