Voters wanting to cast their ballots before May 6 have the chance to hop on a free shuttle that will take them to the Delaware County building this week. The Obama for America Muncie office will shuttle Ball State University student downtown on Tuesday and Saturday.
This weekend made it more difficult for the Ball State University softball team to make the Mid-American Conference tournament, but it did not ruin the Cardinals' chances. Ball State went 1-3 on the weekend, losing two games to Kent State University Friday and splitting a series against the University at Buffalo Saturday and Sunday.
Bobbing their heads between the final two matches Saturday, more than 25 fans didn't focus their attention on one moment until they heard a racket hit the ground. Ball State University's No. 1 singles player Jose Perdomo hit a screaming forehand past the University of Toledo's Jared Miller to clinch the second seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament, in a come-from-behind 4-3 victory.
With this being the last week of classes for Ball State University students, it is time to hand out some hardware (winners won't actually get hardware unless some people have trophies they feel like donating to the cause). Before we start, we first must set the guidelines for how players, coaches and teams still playing will be evaluated.
After a weekend that resulted in three losses for the Ball State University baseball team, coach Greg Beals decided not to give his team a day off like he normally does on Mondays. The reason was he didn't want his players to get stuck on being swept and have it affect their play this week, he said.
There is something that has been bothering me for the last few weeks. I graduated from high school four years ago this May, yet I will not be graduating from Ball State after this semester. Yes, I am one of those fifth-year seniors. But seeing as how I am not the first person to have ever been in this position and will certainly not be the last, perhaps the plight of the fifth year senior deserves some examination.
Ball State University employees determined the campus sustained no damage from Friday's 5.2 magnitued earthquake, a university official said. Layne Cameron, media relations manager, said the quake was treated as a training exercise, as if significant damage could have been done.
Neither rain nor chilly weather hindered the Ball State University track and field team as it competed at the Dave Rankin Invitational at Purdue. Assistant coach Steve Rajewsky said several injured Cardinals returned to action for the Saturday meet and performed nicely.
It took longer than they expected, but members of the No. 10 Ball State University men's volleyball team will take the win. Three days after players said anything less than a sweep against Quincy University would be unacceptable, Ball State defeated Quincy 30-17, 30-17, 27-30, 30-27 in its conference tournament quarterfinal match Saturday at Worthen Arena.
As his team battled the University at Buffalo in doubles April 13, senior Danny Vidal sat on the sidelines, leaning forward in his folding chair. Preparing to play his singles opponent, Vidal's eyes were looking forward, but his mind was remembering back. During the final home stretch of Vidal's Ball State University tennis career, memories were cascading through his mind as he quietly stared off into the white walls of the YMCA tennis facility.
In the course of one weekend series with Central Michigan University, the Ball State University baseball team went from tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference to three games behind the leader. The Cardinals were tied with Eastern Michigan University at 7-2 in MAC games heading into the weekend but got swept by the Chippewas 7-3, 8-6, 5-4.
Entering Tuesday's games against Eastern Illinois University, the Ball State University softball team is already among the top teams in program history. Ball State (30-24, 6-8 Mid-American Conference) picked up its 30th win of the season Sunday at the University at Buffalo to become the fifth team in the program's 34-year history to reach the 30-win plateau.
For the second consecutive week, the Ball State University men's volleyball team will remain No. 10 in the national rankings. The Cardinals (20-9, 10-2 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) received 97 votes, six more votes than last week, in the coaches poll that was released Monday after defeating Quincy University in their conference tournament quarterfinal match during the weekend.
The result of Sunday's alumni game left the Ball State University soccer team a little disappointed. The Cardinals could not score a goal Sunday as their game against the program's alumni ended in a scoreless tie to end the team's spring season. "You say you want to have fun," midfielder Annie Aiello said, "but secretly you want to get the W but a tie's fine.
Step by step, more than 400 Ball State University students gathered $21,500 in pledges and donations this weekend for life-saving cancer research. Senior Lisa Shipley, Ball State's Relay for Life team development chairwoman, said 38 teams registered for Ball State's fifth-annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraiser, in which participants took turns walking around a track from 3 p.
As the only seniors on the Ball State University women's tennis team, Jennifer Pollack and Haly Calderwood have had a knack for transferring their classroom success onto the tennis courts. This fact was apparent in the Cardinals' 6-1 victory against visiting Northern Illinois University on Saturday - a senior day that featured Pollack and Calderwood both winning in their final home singles matches.
In its search for a new head women's basketball coach, Ball State University needs to make sure it doesn't forget who's right under its nose. Tom Collins, director of Intercollegiate Athletics, is in the process of replacing Tracy Roller, who resigned April 2.
After advertising Ball State University's women's basketball team's job opening online during the past two weeks, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said the interviewing process will begin Tuesday. The vacancy was created when former coach Tracy Roller resigned April 2.
If there was going to be a time to allow an exemption from the smoking ban, it would be tonight. The Ball State Hillel, the Jewish organization on campus, is playing host to its annual hookah night fundraiser. However, instead of being centrally located at LaFollete Field to generate the most student interest the event has been banished to the Village.
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.
