With the days of patrolling the Worthen Arena paint in her past, former women's basketball player Lisa Rusche wasn't willing to leave the Ball State athletics department just yet. Rusche, who has helped design media guides and posters for the athletics department during the past year and a half, will work as a graduate assistant in the Cardinals' athletics communication office.
var uslide_show_id = "f9dad80e-374e-4f03-b770-aba2769e663e";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = "";Each year residents of Delaware County prepare for the Delaware County Fair festivities. Whether participating in the 4-H events or enjoying the rides, the fair is a place of fun for all ages. This year marks the 156th anniversary of the Delaware County Fair. 4-H events began July 7, and rides began July 14. Each day has a different theme with today being Republican Day. Yesterday was Democrat Day. The fair ends Saturday. Ball State University, local radio stations and Lee's Country RV were among sponsors for the event.
In the midst of a campus stroll late Sunday night, two friends and I perched ourselves on the ledge of Frog Baby's fountain. We lay motionless one-by-one around the fountain's bed. Muncie was treating us to a beautifully crisp, comfortable and clear night, providing a calming atmosphere for gazing endlessly into the summer night's sky.
Muncie parks will have updated safety features and improved facilities by summer 2009 if the latest plan is implemented. The Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission and the Muncie Parks and Recreation Department conducted a survey last month to gather community input about Muncie parks.
Scroll through the map and the points to see where crime has occurred on and around Ball State University's campus.
Soldiers becoming students will receive more money for school. With the Senate voting 75-22, and the House of Representatives voting 256-166, it shows the new G.I. Bill is a bipartisan effort. With the passage of the updated G.I. Bill, it means the government's doing the right thing for soldiers and future soldiers.
For Ball State University student William McQuail, there has never been any doubt he would enlist in the armed forces to fight for his country. When he was young, William would follow his father from one military installation to another. This, he says, without a doubt affected his decision to enlist in the military.
Ball State baseball coach Greg Beals announced Friday shortstop Andrew DeYoung has become the eighth recruit to offer a commitment to his program for the 2009 season. DeYoung is a 6-foot-3 shortstop from Hanover Central High School in Cedar Lake. He's the second shortstop signed for the upcoming season, along with Tim Issler, who gave his commitment to Beals earlier this summer.
The combination of losing two graduate assistants and a thinned communications branch of the Ball State athletics department left a couple sports lacking a sports information director this summer. Those positions were filled last week from within the department when associate athletics director Joe Hernandez assigned the men's basketball and baseball programs to sports information director Matt McCollester.
Some students might feel a professor might not care about their well-being. Some might feel that faculty and staff aren't interested in what happens to them. American poet John Ciardi once said, "A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
After the Pittsburgh Pirates designated former Ball State pitching ace Bryan Bullington for assignment, the Cleveland Indians wasted no time picking up the former No. 1 overall draft pick. Bullington, who was the first pick in the 2002 draft, was claimed on waivers by the Indians last week, according to a press release.
Although Ben Smith was diagnosed with colon cancer and fought it for four years, it never stifled his dreams. He foresaw a future where he graduated from Ball State University and became a probation officer. He continued to travel and started a family with his wife, Mindy.
The editorial cartoonist for the "Indianapolis Star" is a gentleman named Gary Varvel. I've enjoyed Mr. Varvel's work for several years - first for its conservative nature, and second for his gift of pointing out political stories that the mainstream media tends to overlook.
Despite Indiana being a state that typically goes red, that didn't stop Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama from opening an office in downtown Muncie on Saturday. Five other locations opened across the state on Saturday. The other offices are located in Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Lafayette.
I was poised in the library, facing a window as big as a movie theater screen. On the other side of the glass, the afternoon was shaded under a pavilion of clouds. Tree branches bobbed back and forth like sea buoys, and the pedestrians picked up their paces.
Ball State University alumnus Doug Jones returns to Muncie to star in a collaboration between Ball State affiliations and professional organizations. "My Name is Jerry" starts shooting today and will be filmed entirely in Muncie by both professionals in the entertainment field and Ball State students.
Walking into Muncie's Northwest YMCA on Saturday, a tennis tournament takes place. It wasn't a typical tennis tournament, though, but the third McCann Memorial Wheelchair Open. And for tournament organizer Joy Wegener, it is a tournament for the benefit of players with physical disabilities.
var uslide_show_id = "ecf31894-5e91-4119-ab35-f30325573c93";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = "";The celebration of the 90th year of Ball State University got off to a festive start Thursday at the fourth annual Ball State Family Picnic in the Quad. Ball State faculty, staff and their families attended the event. University President Jo Ann Gora said she viewed this year's picnic as a perfect opportunity for members of the university community to celebrate their accomplishments.
Ball State University faculty and staff will have a more difficult time acquiring university-provided mobile devices because of a new policy instituted on July 1. The university enacted its Electronic Device Policy to meet terms stated within the Internal Revenue Service's Taxable Fringe Benefit Guide.
More than 15 months after hosting its first-ever Women's National Invitation Tournament game, Ball State University's women's basketball coach Kelly Packard accepted an invitation to participate in the preseason WNIT. The Cardinals, who released the first piece of their schedule Tuesday, will play Indiana University in the first round of the 2008 preseason WNIT.
