Less than 24 hours after getting its first shutout win in eight years, the Ball State University football team now has another reason to be happy. The Cardinals received 97 votes and are ranked No. 25 in the newest Associated Press Poll released Sunday afternoon.
When Kevin Jones heard in his economics class about the Digital Policy Institute's conference, he signed up immediately. The junior telecommunications major said he was interested in hearing executives from prominent companies discuss important issues about digital policy.
The pressure seems to be mounting on Ball State University's football team each week following a win. The Cardinals are not only in the midst of their best start to a season in 20 years. They are also one of 18 teams in the country that remain undefeated.
Ball State University students and Muncie community members will have the opportunity to meet author Bill Barich on Monday when he visits the campus as part of a cross-country tour. Barich will lead an informal discussion about his writing career on Monday afternoon, followed by a reading and book signing.
People began packing into John R. Emens Auditorium on a cool, autumn evening. Excitement lurked in the air. "Are you guys ready for Umphrey's?" a concertgoer said as he took his seat in the auditorium. Hundreds of people cheered in agreement. Umphrey's McGee, a rock band that originated in South Bend 10 years ago, played its first Muncie show Friday, and fans were pumped.
Ball State University women's tennis coach Kathy Bull had the task of preparing her team to get ready for the first match of the year last week. She has a tougher duty this weekend. The team is competing in its first away match on five-days rest. The Cardinals travel to the Queen City Collegiate Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati.
This week's practices for the Ball State University soccer team have looked a lot like rugby. After a 3-0 loss to Central Michigan University a week ago, the team's worst loss in two years, the Cardinals (5-5-0, 1-1-0 Mid-American Conference) raised their intensity to rebound with a 3-0 win against Eastern Michigan University.
A Ball State University cheerleader who left practice Thursday night in an ambulance is doing OK. Allison Richards fell from a cheerleading pyramid a little after 10 p.m. Thursday while practicing with the all-girls cheerleading squad in Worthen Arena, according to a report from the Ball State University Police Department.
Election Day is less than a month away, but if you're not registered to vote, you're about to hit a wall. Today is the last day to register in Indiana. Around the state, Hoosiers are showing they care about this election: A record-setting 540,000 residents have registered or updated their registrations this year.
Monday is the deadline for people to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. Mary Kuzma, clerk for Delaware County's Voter's Registration Office, said the office has counted at least 3,000 more registered voters than the primary in May. "People are very passionate on both sides," Kuzma said.
BoRics Family Haircare Center has closed after 15 years in the Village. With banners faded from age, the building itself was unobtrusive, making it easy for people to walk by without noticing it. But after more than a decade, it established itself as a Village monument, considering houseflies have outlived some Village businesses.
Fall is definitely the season of music festivals, especially in the melodious Muncie. Muncie Music Fest will kick off Saturday in downtown Muncie along a fair stretch of Walnut Street. Many local venues are taking part in this festivity, including the Launching Pad, the Living Room, Doc's Music Hall, The Fickle Peach, The Blue Bottle, The Artist Within and The Heorot.
The annual ArtsWalk began Thursday and will continue through Saturday in downtown Muncie. For the first time, Ball State's Cardinal Filmworks will participate at this year's ArtsWalk at 8 p.m. by showcasing six mini-series of independent films from local filmmakers in the Muncie Film Showcase.
Umphrey's McGee bassist Ryan Stasik said the difference between playing live shows at colleges versus other venues was "the drinking." The popular progressive rock band will play John R. Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. for its first show in Muncie. The band formed in 1997 when guitarist/vocalist Brendan Bayliss, keyboardist Joel Cummins, former drummer Mike Mirro and Stasik met at Notre Dame University and became a successful jam band in the South Bend area.
Carter's Famous Hot Dogs' competitor was asked to leave campus Thursday because he did not have proper permits to sell merchandise on Ball State University grounds. Ryan Webb, 31, was asked to leave Ball State's campus Thursday afternoon after a complaint was made about where he parked his sport utility vehicle.
Third place is not good enough for the Ball State University cross country team. It has placed third in each of the last two competitions, the five-team Great American Legends 5k in West Lafayette and the 21-team Indiana Intercollegiate in Bloomington. Twelve nationally ranked teams will compete this afternoon in the Cardinals' next event in South Bend.
A week ago, I woke to the sound of my alarm ringing. I jumped from the bed with all the spryness of a fat smoker with a bum knee. Wisps of smoke rose from the ashtray, sinuously winding their way around the neck of a nearly empty bottle of Tennessee sour mash.
Pottery wheels, jazz musicians and culinary and visual artists filled the streets in a kaleidoscope of artistic activity as members of the Ball State University and Muncie communities came together Thursday night to celebrate the arts in the galleries and along the sidewalks of downtown Muncie.
Students and faculty could pay up to $15 more a month on their electricity bills next year if Indiana Michigan Power gets its way in increasing rates 21 percent. I&M spokesman Mike Brian said the power company was hoping for a 14 percent raise, or $128.5 million, in increased revenue next year by changing the rates of different customer classes.
Friday Night Filmworks: Friday Night Filmworks will continue tonight at Pruis Hall with "Sex and the City: The Movie." The 2008 film reunites the cast of the HBO series "Sex and the City" and continues to tell the story of Carrie Bradshaw, a sex columnist looking for love in Manhattan, and her three friends.
