Today marks the beginning of phase 1 of Ball State's transition to a more secure wireless infrastructure. In phase 1, like the system set-up last semester, students will need to use their Ball State username and password to log in to the network via their internet browser.
Coaches Poll results TeamRecordVotes1. Penn State10-02402. UC Irvine11-22183. Pepperdine7-11984. CS Northridge9-21955. USC9-21856. Long Beach St.7-41537. Stanford8-61489. BYU5-611110. UC San Diego6-68311. Hawai'i3-87912. Lewis7-26413. UCSB3-84814. George Mason5-23815.
The Ball State University gymnastics team lost 191.900 to 193.000 to Eastern Michigan University on Sunday evening. High scores for the Cardinals included a first-place tie on the vault between Ashley Jacobs and Brittney Emmons with a score of 9.80. Emmons added another first-place tie on the floor routine with Teresa Phipps by scoring another 9.
"There is no love in modern life." Morrissey has made a career out of deflating lines like that - first with The Smiths, then in a solo career that has managed to remain remarkably successful despite the lack of his diminutive songwriting partner and guitarist Johnny Marr.
As players walked onto the court in celebration following Lee Meyer's kill to end Friday's match, coach Joel Walton turned away from the court to look into the Worthen Arena crowd. It didn't take the 11th-year head coach long to find the man he was trying to congratulate.
Ball State University women's basketball player Danielle Gratton was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District ballot Monday. The junior forward will represent the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District V Team along with Kelsey Luna from Indiana State University, Agnieszka Kulaga of Valparaiso University, Kristi Cirone of Illinois State University and Alyssa Karel from the University of Wisconsin.
Students no longer need to call 765-285-4545 to see which Indianapolis Colts player will be coming to campus. The answer to the question posed on the paper signs is linebacker Gary Brackett. The defensive captain will be speaking at Ball State as part of an event co-sponsored by Student Life and the Multicultural Center.
Ball State University alumnus Benjamin Vu worked on a movie that is making film history in theaters. Directed by Henry Selick, "Coraline" is the first stop-motion feature film to be shot in 3-D. To do this, separate pictures are taken for each eye and then the images are projected together onto the screen, Vu said.
The Ball State University women's basketball team finished off its last Mid-American Conference East division opponent with an 80-72 win over Ohio University on Saturday in Worthen Arena. The Bobcats took the lead early with a 3-point basket but junior guard Audrey McDonald hit back-to-back 3's to take the lead, which the Cardinals (17-8, 9-2 MAC) never relinquished.
A martial arts instructor will come to Ball State University to demonstrate Krav Maga, an Israeli form of self-defense that is practiced by soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force. Etay Furman, a soldier who recently graduated from the IDF, is being hosted by the Ball State chapter of Hillel, a nationwide Jewish organization, and will be showing the basics of the fighting style to anyone willing to take part in the lesson.
More than 10 Ball State University students have applied to be the new student trustee, Ebony Strong, student government association secretary, said. The deadline to apply for the position was Feb. 13. Student trustees are appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels, after going through a selection committee at Ball State.
A track and field runner from Indianapolis committed to Ball State University on Thursday, The Indianapolis Star reported Monday. Pike High School runner Erica Campbell, the Cardinals' new commitment, finished third in the 200-meter dash in last year's state track meet with a time of 25.
Upsets do occur in sports, but that hasn't been the case for Ball State University's men's tennis team. Despite playing better than their previous matches with Big Ten Conference teams, the Cardinals still fell to Northwestern University 6-1 on Sunday. The defeat snaps Ball State's three-meet winning streak and moves them 4-3 this season.
Facing the Mid-American Conference's top rebounding team, the Ball State University men's basketball team packed its lunch pail and went to work on Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals' 53-51 defeat of the University at Buffalo was aided in strong part by a 36-33 edge in rebounds.
After one slate of candidates applied to run for Student Government Association elections at the nominating convention Monday evening, the Elections Board has determined the application packet is incomplete. A second nominating convention will be Thursday so the slate can correct the application packet errors, Elections Chair Marco Pretell-Vazquez said.
For the second straight week, the Ball State University men's volleyball team remained out the top 15 coaches poll. The Cardinals received four votes - 13 fewer votes than last week - to remain listed at No. 16 in the newest poll released Monday afternoon.
The wireless network encountered a few small problems on its first day utilizing the new software. Minor connection difficulties, load issues and a few other isolated events have been reported. Alex Chalmers, lead enterprise and security architect said nothing unexpected has happened.
In their first doubleheader of the season, the Ball State University women's tennis team dropped both matches this weekend. After two consecutive shut-out victories of 7-0, the Cardinals traveled to Indianapolis to take on Murray State University on Saturday.
