After a 4-3 victory against Northern Illinois University Sunday, the Ball State University men's tennis team remains undefeated in Mid-American Conference play. Overall, the Cardinals split their matches this weekend 1-1, with a 7-0 loss Friday to the No.
With two outs in the top of the first inning Sunday, Bowling Green State University's Emily Gouge hit a ball high into the air above the pitcher's mound. Ball State University's pitcher Tiffany Garofano ran to the third base side to get out of the way as the Cardinals' infielders looked up and moved in on the ball as it drifted right of the mound.
FORT WAYNE - Homestead High School senior Andrew Reiman was handed a microphone after the speech to ask Sen. Barack Obama a question. At Obama's speech Friday in Fort Wayne, local students and future Ball State University students had their chance to witness the campaign first hand.
The campus-wide game Humans vs. Zombies is entering its fifth and final day. In the game's storyline, scientists working to defeat the zombies in the L.A Pittenger Student Center were supposed to be airlifted Sunday, but their helicopter crashed in North Quad.
FORT WAYNE - As each minute elapsed past 11 a.m., the chants and encouraging screams became louder from the restless audience waiting for Barack Obama to appear. Instead, an elderly man with balding, gray hair emerged from the curtain behind the stage and took the podium.
The No. 12 George Mason University men's volleyball team defeated No. 6 Ball State University 33-31, 30-26, 26-30, 30-26.
FORT WAYNE, Ind.- On the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assignation, Sen. Barack Obama spoke at Wayne High School about topics ranging from gun control, making college affordable, jobs and defense spending. After quoting King and speaking about the civil right leader's message, Obama said it's the people's job to continue King's message.
As presidential hopefuls - and their children - appear in Muncie to campaign to be the next face of America, memories linger of another on-campus presidential campaign stop in 1968. Friday marks the 40-year anniversary of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's visit to Ball State University.
Watching the floor-stomping, fist-pounding craziness that goes into Tracy Roller's sideline antics, it's difficult to view her as anything but a women's basketball coach. Certainly the majority of the time, Roller would prefer to be perceived as such. As much as we like to view our sports figures as superhuman, the reality is they aren't much different than the general public.
A group of Ball State University students are working on a project expected to change the way people watch TV. Jennifer Palilonis, assistant professor of journalism, said Ball State is in its third year of working on developing an interface that will let viewers interact with advertisements, graphics, poll questions and other things related to TV news broadcasts.
The Ball State University athletics department just lost one of the best things it had going for it. Tracy Roller announced Wednesday she was resigning as head coach of the women's basketball team for medical reasons. With her record - a stellar 118-73 in seven years - she was the winningest coach in Ball State's women's basketball history.
The mid-summer sun was in my eyes, but I didn't have too much trouble catching the slow-pitch softball as it bounced off home plate, knocking red dust into the air. It had been a few years since Dad's last game, and he still had some warming up to do. I glanced beyond my father while our opponents switched batters and saw my shortstop brother give his center fielder wife a high five.
April could be the start of a new era in Spring Semester programming. Rekindling a Ball State University tradition, bicycles will race down McKinley Avenue today. On April 18, the lights and sounds of the annual Late Nite Carnival will return to campus. These campus events build morale and increase school spirit.
Members of Ball State University's debate team have used their abilities to argue and persuade to lead them to a national title. Debate team adviser Michael Bauer said the team was crowned the overall winner at the National Education Debate Association's National Tournament last week.
Seven band members began to play a Christian song to lead the worship. As the lights came down on them, their amplifiers blew out their loud tunes praising Jesus Christ. In the crowd, Christians from 11 different on-campus denominations raised their hands and sang along with the lyrics on the projection screen at the front of Pruis Hall at the first BSU United on Wednesday.
Although the Mid-American Conference season still has 18 games remaining for the Ball State University softball team, a spot in the conference tournament could already be in sight. Ball State pitcher Laura Masch said nothing is guaranteed but a sweep of the University of Toledo (6-11, 0-2 MAC) and Bowling Green State University (1-17, 1-1 MAC) this weekend could put the Cardinals (21-17, 2-2 MAC) into the MAC tournament.
A crowd gathered near Shafer Tower as 44 Ball State University students with 15 gravity-defying contraptions participated in the Red Bull Gravity Challenge on Wednesday. The Gravity Challenge tested students' ability to develop a device that when dropped 50 feet would not harm the egg inside it.
The Ball State University baseball team is heading into its Mid-American Conference home opener against the University at Buffalo looking to stretch its winning streak close to double digits. The Cardinals have won six straight games and are sitting five games over .
When Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins begins his search for a new head women's basketball coach, chances are he won't need to look very far. Following former head coach Tracy Roller's departure from the team, acting head coach Lisa McDonald confirmed late Wednesday her intention to apply for Ball State University's head-coaching vacancy.
So I guess there's more to be said about personal responsibility and how it relates to living around other people. But as long as we live in a country offering freedom of speech, there will always be more to be said. Last Saturday's Late Nite featured some of the regular comedians of BSU Stand-Up.
