On the weekend that Ball State University track and field head coach Randy Heisler calls "the biggest weekend of the year" in college track and field, the Cardinals are headed to Indianapolis for the Stan Lyons Invitational. About 50 teams have been invited to the meet on the IUPUI campus, and although not all are likely to show, Heisler said, he thinks the competition will be plentiful.
Ball State University men's volleyball team will play in the conference championship match. The Cardinals defeated No. 15 Lewis University 30-28, 30-26, 27-30, 31-29 in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament semifinals on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.
After the April 18 earthquake Ball State University is as prepared as it can be for these emergency situations. Kevin Kenyon, chairman of the crisis management team and associate vice president for facilities planning and management, said the earthquake measured 5.
If you have been a fan of the Ball State University baseball team since the mid-1980s then you may be suffering from a bit of déj+â-á vu when watching this year's team. For the second time in program history there is a Shannon McCormick wearing No. 18 on Ball State's roster.
Every day coach Joel Walton makes sure he has a championship ring on his ring finger. Having one four-year college letterman ring and Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championship rings from 1995, 1997 and 2002 as a coach, he said wearing one of those rings has become staple of his wardrobe.
The Ball State University baseball team's offensive struggles returned Wednesday as it lost 3-1 at Purdue University. The Cardinals (22-15, 7-5 Mid-American Conference) were coming off a 20 hit, 14 run game against Xavier University but managed seven hits and almost got shut out against the Boilermakers.
Starting Fall Semester 110.5 hours will be added to various Dining locations around campus. Director of Dining Jon Lewis said Dining had considered increasing the number of hours for a few years with the goal of providing Ball State University students as many hours as possible.
Three minors found themselves in a squirrelly situation Monday when Ball State University police caught them abusing a dead animal. Muncie resident Robert Dennis, 18, was released from Delaware County jail early Tuesday on $2,000 bond after he was arrested after police say he abused a dead squirrel and filmed it with a cell phone, according to jail and police reports.
Ninety-six percent of the graduate students at the center have participated in community service this year, Steve Jones, director of the Center for Information and Communication Sciences, said. The center has 54 graduate students and all but two of them spent at least one hour per week Fall Semester helping local non-profit organizations, he said.
At the end of a two-week application period for the new women's basketball coaching position, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said Wednesday he has received 40 resumes for the job. Applicants can still register their resumes until the job is filled, Collins said, but he and his senior staff of Karin Lee, Pat Quinn and Matt Wolfert began reviewing applications Tuesday.
In the last meeting of the semester, Ball State University Student Government Association senators passed two pieces of legislation and approved three people to Student Senate. One piece of legislation would integrate the services of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid and the Ball State Bookstore.
Educational technology instructor Kina Cunningham was talking to friends near an elevator in McKinley Parking Garage when three middle-school-aged children walked by carrying what appeared to be a cinder block. A few minutes later, Cunningham and her two friends heard a thump come from the top of the parking structure, she said.
This semester zoology and biology students were involved in an immersion learning class with the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo to create videos for displays and do research that benefited the zoo. Professor of Biology Gary Dodson said the immersion project was aimed at helping students become involved and learning how zoos work.
Fast food, liquor stores and campus parties have missed them, but not as much as they've missed living the average life of a college student. On April 17, their final day had come, but what will become of the bodybuilding competitors after the crowning of Mr.
Pedestrians on campus can see a new electric car zip across the university because a Ball State University student won a scholarship contest. Junior architecture major Jagjeet Singh Chahal received a $1,000 scholarship and a 100 percent electric car for Ball State during the university's Earth Day celebration Tuesday on University Green.
More than two months after plaintiff's attorneys filed for a retrial, a U.S. District Court judge is still deciding on the fate of the McKinney v. Duplain civil case. According to the U.S. District Court Clerk's Office, Judge Richard Young had made no formal decision as of Wednesday afternoon whether the trial, which has cost Ball State University more than $1 million thus far, will go back to court.
In the interest of journalism education (and its subsequent awards) I buried myself in high school newspaper columns last week. Of the 70-plus columns I read, one particular one stuck with me. The author, a high school senior, discussed her longing for freedom - from her parents, overbearing guidance and everything else we all despised only some .
We selected the 33 players - one automatic bid from each team and 16 at-large bids - seeded them and placed them into a bracket. However now it's your turn to vote who should win The Ball State Daily New's player of the year award. Starting with the play-in game, each issue of the Daily News will be a new round of the tournament, with the championship game being April 24.
Like all the other Ball State University Biggest Loser teams, the Heavyweights started with four members. Early in the competition, however, the team gradually lost half its members - a fact that falls in line with the national trend in people starting any weight loss program.
More than a month after Ball State University implemented its smoking ban, administrators say enforcement has gone smoothly, but a new concern has arisen for smokers and the university - cleanliness of smoking areas. Thomas Morrison, associate vice president for human resources, said one of the main reasons the policy was instituted was the cigarette debris that covered parts of campus.
