Students and faculty have returned to all campus buildings following an early morning gas leak.
Number 10: Quarterback Nate Davis will bounce back with a much better performance after four fumbles against University at Buffalo in the MAC title game. Number 9: Running back MiQuale Lewis will cap off the best single season any tailback has had in program history with a huge performance.
For the Ball State University women's basketball team's Saturday game against Indiana State University, some fans might get a special invitation. As a way to increase attendance for the 7 p.m. Saturday game at Worthen Arena, coach Kelly Packard set up a competition between the players.
The Ball State University men's basketball team plays Eastern Kentucky University on Saturday in the second game of a season-high three-game homestand beginning with its loss to No. 14 Purdue University on Tuesday and ending with a match-up with Presbyterian College on Dec.
Throughout the 2008 college football season, Co-Sports Editors Vinnie Lopes, Kyle Shaner and a guest will pick the winners of games involving MAC teams and select other games. This week's guest for the bowl games is Daniel Human, the managing editor of The Ball State Daily News.
Think you are ready for finals? Warm up with our quiz to see how much you know about what's going on at Ball State.
With the Fall Semester almost finished, the DN sports staff hands out its report card grades to the BSU sports teams, highlighting the list is football and women's golf with A's. Football: AAn 18-point loss to Buffalo in the Mid-American Conference title game Friday was a bitter climax to the most successful regular season in Ball State football's 84-year history.
As the holidays approach, we are faced with the daunting task of choosing gifts for the people we care about. For cash-strapped college students, sometimes those gifts don't end up being quite as nice as we hoped. It's the thought that counts, right? With that in mind, we have a list of gifts we wish we could give the Ball State University in light of our favorite news events of 2008.
The students marched to the lawn outside the president's office, united under a common bond to fight what they deemed an injustice. Eight guards met them at the door, preventing them from entering the president's building. So they protested. The group of about 70 students shouted their disdain for the administration.
I was planning on writing a column about how my roommate's X-Box takes it personally when I decide to work on all my finals projects instead of giving it attention. I was planning on writing a column about the best places in Bracken Library to annoy people who are trying to get everything done before grades are submitted next week.
After more than a year and a half, the search for the new dean of the Miller College of Business has been narrowed down to three candidates. The final applicants for the position - Dennis Bline, Robert Pitts and Rajib Sanyal - have held public forums the past week to present their job qualifications to faculty at the college.
Students may have a tough time getting holiday jobs during Winter Break this year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in October that the Midwest's unemployment rate was 6.7, two points higher than the national rate and the second highest regional unemployment rate in the United States.
Campus election season is months away, but the process began Wednesday when Student Government Association nominated its new election board chair. Latino Student Union representative Marco Pretell-Vazquez will lead the committee and he also learned right away the ballot will be not feature an incumbent candidate.
Ball State University has appointed the interim director of the Miller College of Business' Entrepreneurship Center to the permanent position, according to an announcement released Thursday. Michael Goldsby took over the position after former director Larry Cox left Ball State for a job at Pepperdine University during the summer.
Woman asks cop for permission to smoke, lights up marijuana AP - Police say a Muncie woman was arrested after asking a state trooper whether she could smoke then trying to light up a marijuana joint. Honesty Knight, 32, was a passenger in a vehicle Trooper Eric Perkins pulled over for a traffic violation Dec.
All-nighters, cram sessions and deadlines are a recipe for disaster as Finals Week nears. However there are ways for students to combat stress and keep themselves healthy. According to professor of psychological science David Perkins, it is important to find a balance between responsibilities and social relationships.
As the game came closer to its conclusion, the Ball State University women's basketball team found itself down 48-55 against Wright State University with about five and half minutes remaining. Coach Kelly Packard then gave her team some advice on what defense to play during a timeout.
When Ball State University senior Kevin McBride was inspired to raise awareness for child poverty, he figured the problem would be half a world away - not in Muncie. He quickly realized he was wrong. According to The American Community Survey and the U.
It was a tale of two halves again at Worthen Arena as the Ball State women's basketball team defeated Wright State University 65-61. The Cardinals (4-3), led by senior guard Porchia Green's 22 points, held a convincing 36-23 lead against the Raiders (3-5) at the end of the first half.
The Ball State University swimming and diving teams look to continue their winning ways this weekend at Michigan State University. The Cardinals are coming off a victory at the House of Champions Invitational last weekend at IUPUI. Coach Bob Thomas said Michigan State will put up some of the toughest competition the teams have seen this year, but he thinks they are ready for the challenge.
