var uslide_show_id = "4e3324d1-c4bb-4c30-bb53-ed5a17601feb";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Indianapolis - When Barack Obama took the stage Wednesday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds more than 500 people stood waiting for him, sinking in the mud below their feet. The misty, saturated air also reached the thousands of people in the grandstands hanging on the Illinois senator's every word.
As Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting started, senators listened to James Hager speak about Student Code Awareness Week, which will take place from Oct. 27 to Oct. 31. Hager, a graduate assistant in the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards, said the awareness week would be a way to inform students about their rights and standards while at Ball State University.
The Ball State University Cycling Club will play host to $2 Tune-ups today at the Scramble Light. Ben Hanus, cycling club president, said the club tries to do this every semester as its fundraiser. He said people can bring their bikes between 10 a.m. and 2 p.
The 55 spots on the bus to Western Kentucky University on Saturday for the Ball State University football game were almost sold out Wednesday. The Cardinal Varsity Club is sponsoring the bus to Bowling Green, Ky., and has sold about 50 spots already, Executive Director Jerry Peirson said.
In a venue known to hemorrhage thousands of dollars when it brings in guests, a crowd packed in to listen to those on stage Wednesday evening. OK, an audience of 343 in Emens Auditorium, which can house about 10 times as many people, is hardly about ready to burst; however, how many lectures can attract that much attention? About a year ago, Sue Errington - our senator and one of our primary voices in Indiana government - came to Ball State University to speak about "brain drain," an issue that concerns Indiana college students.
When Sean Baker and Derrick Henry arrived at Ball State University two years ago, the football players quickly developed a close friendship off the field. "We're always joking, always laughing," Baker said. "It's a good relationship. He's one of my really good friends, and we've got many years to come.
Although it is focused on looking forward, the Ball State University soccer team still has some hard feelings from last year. After 110 scoreless minutes in the semifinals of the 2007 Mid-American Conference Tournament, Bowling Green State University advanced to the finals with a 3-0 advantage in penalty kicks against Ball State.
Less than a week after Ball State University's first-ever ranking in a national poll, we've already seen the effect a successful Cardinals football program can have on this university. Ball State's No. 25 ranking in the Associated Press Poll aroused the most school spirit in years.
Statistics and guns do not mix well. Ponder this for a second - three-fifths of convicted felons would not "mess around" with a person they thought was packing heat, according to statistics provided by Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. Makes you want to have a gun on you to protect yourself, doesn't it? But that also means two-fifths of all felons wouldn't care if you had a hand cannon tucked away in your backpack.
Ball State University once again has an opportunity to make a splash nationally. This time, though, it is in men's tennis. The Cardinals will have a chance to knock off nationally ranked teams this weekend in the Notre Dame Fall Invitational as three of the participating schools finished last season in the top 75 rankings.
With the emergence of fall, so comes the flu. Ball State University students soon will have the opportunity to receive their flu shots at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. "We will be sending out e-mails soon telling students when we're going to have flu clinics," Kent Bullis, Health Center medical director, said.
var uslide_show_id = "68ef2b6a-4aa5-41ff-a01b-1733a0c5df01";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Inside the front doors of the Muncie Children's Museum, a group of men dressed in head-to-toe black are idling on the stairs. One man wears heavy eyeliner and a choker, and others fill the corridor clad in variations of this black uniform for one purpose: they want to terrify you. Every year, students from Ball State and local high schools spend their evenings portraying the mutilated humans, aliens and ghouls that terrorize guests at The Basement, the museum's annual haunted house.
When Scott Anderson helped organize the "Farewell to the Wasteland" exhibition, he said he believed art should be more than decoration. "Art's higher calling is to create dialogue and to ask questions," Anderson, assistant professor of art at Ball State University said.
If there is ever a campus emergency, Ball State University students and faculty will receive alerts in as early as 8.5 minutes and as late as 24 minutes, according to a test conducted by University Communications on Tuesday. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for Marketing and Communications, said Tuesday's test is the most comprehensive measure of the university's Web site, text, e-mail and voice mail emergency response time.
A former Ball State University student awaits a Delaware County judge's decision later this month to determine if she will spend up to a year in prison, according to Delaware County officials. Amanda Polson, 20, pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury.
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Fans choiceMIQUALE LEWIS Receiving 42 votes and 64 percent of the popular vote, running back MiQuale Lewis is this week's Fan Choice player of the week. Lewis had three touchdowns in the football team's 31-0 win against Toledo on Saturday. To vote in next week's Fan Choice poll, go to bsudailynews.
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Despite being denied an on-campus voting booth, Ball State University's Student Government Association will continue to encourage students to vote. SGA President Frank Hood said this denial was a disappointment to the organization, but it would ultimately affect the community on a broader scale.
Ball State University women's volleyball coach Dave Boos goes into each match with a hole on his lineup card. The second-year coach made defense a priority when recruiting for this year's team and now finds himself with three libero candidates that are ready to play at any point - and only one can play at a time.
