For Chris Botti, performing at a college campus brings him closer to his musical roots. Looking back on his career, he said his main mentor was his college trumpet teacher. "My experiences with him changed my life and have a lot to do with why things work for me today and why I have the sound that I do," Botti said.
Bright lights, national television cameras and a glorious Friday night featuring a Ball State University football game in prime time. There is no reason for the student population to not come out in full force tonight when the Cardinals host Navy. It will be the most entertaining home game this season.
When senior Stacye Cline transferred to Ball State University, she found the university's services for students with disabilities a breath of fresh air. "I transferred here from a small liberal arts college where I was the only disabled student on campus," she said.
You're scurrying down McKinley Avenue to get to a class that has already started, and you know the professor takes attendance. Your sole mission is to get in the class as quickly as possible. After crossing the street the world suddenly explodes with horrible sensations; pain is everywhere, you've fallen down and you're tangled in what seems to be a modern version of a medieval torture device.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team plays host to its first home matches of the season this weekend as three teams arrive to play in the Active Ankle Challenge. The Cardinals will play in the round robin tournament against Southern Illinois University, Tennessee Tech University and No.
Number 10Navy's football team will be joined by 500 Midshipmen undergraduates sitting in the stands tonight. Number 9The triple option is a high school offense, but it's really fun to watch. Number 8Ball State had 487 yards of total offense, only 71 fewer than Navy's rushing yard total in its first game.
Even though the Ball State University soccer team thought it played well against the University of Oklahoma last week, it still lost the game. This weekend the Cardinals (0-2) will look to get some positive results from their good play as they travel to Colorado to play Air Force (0-3) and Colorado College (3-0).
Freshman Jenny Pyle must have a fountain in her room. With a fountain, Pyle can guarantee herself good karma. "It's all about using design to boost your good karma," the journalism major said. "It's a little difficult to do it here [college] because the rooms are so small, but I made sure I had a fountain in my room.
Daily News: How much has the confidence you gained from your block at Navy last season led to your growth as a player? Brandon Crawford: It made me just focus more on the little things, making sure I paid attention to what was going on so I could know when the coaches made their calls what they wanted us to do on the field.
As setters for the Ball State University men's volleyball team, Dave and John Shondell's job was to control the tempo of the match and to run the offense. If things go their way this weekend, however, the brothers Shondell will be hoping a nationally-ranked rival Indiana school will utilize its own solid setter play against the Cardinals.
Know your enemy Ball State Cardinals Location: Muncie Founded: 1918 Enrollment: 17,285 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Cardinal and white Mascot: Charlie (fake cardinal) Largest residence complex: LaFollette Complex (about 1,900 students) Famous alumni: Gregory H.
Ball State University student Ryan Ehresman said he found the passion in his life from getting a thrill out of making people laugh. "With acting you hide behind a character. With stand-up comedy it's just you and the routine you wrote," he said. Ehresman and his friend Joey Martin started the show because they wanted to start something different that was completely separate from teachers, he said.
After being involved with the Ball State University men's basketball team for the last two seasons, Jay Newberry will get a chance to be on the bench during game day. Newberry was promoted from director of basketball operations to an assistant coach Wednesday to finalize the Cardinals coaching staff for the upcoming season.
For one student, his effort to wake up at the crack of dawn and shoot a documentary has paid off with a television channel premiering the fruits of his efforts. Junior Telecommunications major Blake Fife shot a documentary about ROTC students at Ball State University during the 2008 spring semester.
Throughout the 2008 college football season, co-sports editors Vinnie Lopes and Kyle Shaner and a guest picker will pick the winners of Mid-American Conference football games. After one week one picking the games' winners, Lopes leads the competition with a 9-1 record.
Click here for tailgating, game highlights and post-game reaction video from Ball State's 48-14 win over Northeastern
Driving around the city of Muncie, Ball State University students will see businesses closing or with fewer cars in their parking lots as others are trying to stay open. "Our sales are down quite a bit, even when school's in," general manager of the Long John Silvers on Tillotson Avenue, Mathiax Schindler said.
Ball State football player Kyle Hoke, nephew of coach Brady Hoke, was arrested for driving while intoxicated Aug. 30, according to Delaware County jail officials. Hoke was booked at the Delaware County jail at 3:30 a.m. and released at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, according to jail officials.
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A recent news release by the Indiana Department of Education revealed that the SAT scores for the class of 2008 remained flat in comparison to scores nationwide and in Indiana last year. Indiana's average scores on the college entrance exam showed a one-point gain in math (508), a two-point drop in writing (481), and a one-point drop in reading (496) making the combined average score 1485.
