Many retirees migrate south to Florida to trade winter coats and weeks below freezing temperatures, ice, snow and bitter winds for flip flops, 70-degree days and gentle breezes coming in from the Atlantic. The Ball State University swimming and diving team joined the migration by spending the last week of its break training in Ft.
Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora and her senior staff have had a busy month. Between the Dec. 16 hiring freeze and Gov. Mitch Daniels' proposed 4 percent budget cut to higher education funding Jan. 8, the university higher-ups have been searching for ways to save money in 2009.
Blaring music, laughter and the constant scraping of moving furniture filled the rooms of Ball State University's residence halls Sunday as students returned to campus for the beginning of Spring Semester. Experiences varied during move-in as some students and parents were confused with parking and living arrangements while some were happy to begin the semester and reunite with friends.
YPSILANTI, Mich. - Ball State University men's basketball senior forward Anthony Newell headed into the locker room at halftime of Saturday's Mid-American Conference opener at Eastern Michigan University beaming with confidence. The 2008-09 All-MAC Preseason selection accounted for the final seven of the Cardinals' final points in the half, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
John Warner exemplified every quality in a great teacher, Jack Wescott, associate dean of the department of technology, said. "He held high standards for his students," Wescott said. "They truly respected him." Warner, an assistant professor of technology, died of cancer on Dec.
For the first time in her Ball State University gymnastic coaching career Nadalie Walsh has a winning record. Ball State won all four events as it defeated the University of Pennsylvania 190.725 to 184.350 in its season opener Friday in Philadelphia. This was Ball State's second win since Walsh became the head coach in August 2007.
YPSILANTI, Mich. - For the Ball State University men's basketball fans who made the snowy trek up Interstate-69 and Interstate-94, the final score displayed on the Convocation Center's scoreboard depicted an image comparable to most speedometers braving the January interstate travel.
College students have a lot on their plates these days. From jobs and classwork to extra-curricular groups, there never seems to be enough time to get things done. So it seems logical that students would view driving from place to place as a good time to catch up on their friends' lives.
Below is last week's match results from teams ranked in the coaches poll top 15. The next coaches poll will be released this afternoon. Continue to check bsudailynews.com to see Ball State's new ranking. 1. Penn State (defeated No. 7 USC, No. 10 Ohio State and No.
Last week, I used my budgeted "fun money" and bought myself a 1:700 scale model of the USS Missouri, BB-63. It's the third battleship of the Iowa class and last battleship ever made by the United States. She served in the tail end of World War II, Korea and even the first Persian Gulf War.
A Ball State alumnus has the chance to make a million dollars from one day of work. Franklin Hines, a TCOM student who graduated from Ball State in 2006, will once again represent the university in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest. In 2007 Hines and his team entered the contest and won $10,000 because their commercial was top five out of more than 1,000 entries.
The Ball State University athletics department announced Dec. 23 that it will induct four new members to its Hall of Fame. Swimmer Joy Gallagher, women's volleyball player Cassy Herode, football coach Paul Schudel and placekicker Kenny Stucker were selected to the 2008-09 induction class.
For the first time in the more than a decade the Ball State University men's volleyball team's season opener will be between two nationally ranked teams. Ball State was ranked No. 12 in the preseason coaches poll and will open its season against No. 8 Stanford University at 7:30 p.
MOBILE, Ala. -¡-¡- It didn't take long for Ball State University coach Stan Parrish to figure out his team's core weakness in its blowout loss to the University of Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl Tuesday. Parrish could have pointed to a myriad of issues. His offense was held without a first down or completed pass in the second half.
The Ball State University women's basketball team has gone undefeated against Mid-American Conference opponents so far this season. Ball State defeated Western Michigan University, its second MAC opponent this season, Saturday 70-67. Ball State is 9-6 for the season and 2-0 against MAC teams.
Ball State University men's basketball senior forward Anthony Newell will miss the remainder of the season due a broken leg suffered in the second half on the Cardinals' 46-42 win at Eastern Michigan University on Saturday, Matt McCollester, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications for Ball State, said in a press release Sunday evening.
Ball State University football coach Stan Parrish had a rough first appearance, but his job as the leader of the program didn't really start until after the game. A team losing its head coach is hard enough. Add the fact that Brady Hoke was the defensive coordinator and the clear leader of the team, and you get a combination that made it impossible for Ball State to beat the University of Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl.
This is a story about First Amendment research. But bear with me a moment as I bury the lead. We Midwesterners can often use the sad-sack Chicago Cubs as our scapegoat. After all, the out-of-kilter baseball franchise has suffered unsatisfying seasons since William Howard Taft was president.
Nothing worked out the way it was supposed to. After a perfect regular season, Ball State University football fans had high expectations and even higher hopes for the team's post-season games. It seemed clear to many fans that the Cardinals were capable of putting away victories in the Mid-American Conference Championship Game and a bowl game, especially after 12 wins and a string of broken records throughout the fall.
YPSILANTI, Mich. - Five points away from becoming the 25th player in Ball State University men's basketball history to reach the 1,000-point career mark, senior forward and captain Anthony Newell has suffered an apparent severe right leg injury with 12:04 remaining in the second half of today's conference opener at Eastern Michigan University.
