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Students needing a ride to Wednesday's football game against Central Michigan University can sign up today for a seat on a bus up to Mount Pleasant, Mich. The Ball State University president's office and Student Government Association are providing as many buses as it takes to transport students who want to go to the game.
The Ball State University men's basketball team defeated Eastern Illinois 72-59 Saturday afternoon at Worthen Arena in both team's season openers. Coach Billy Taylor said he was satisfied to get win No. 1 this season under his belt early on. "I'm really proud of our guys coming out and playing really well in this first game," Taylor said.
In a season filled with positives, one of the negatives that stood out for No. 17 Ball State University was its sloppy performance Oct. 11 at Western Kentucky University. After the 24-7 win, coach Brady Hoke criticized his team's poor execution and singled out the Cardinals' seven penalties for 71 yards.
There was a time when divisions served a purpose in sports. Early on when sports were first becoming massively popular, travel wasn't easy. Cars didn't exist yet and the main way of traveling was by train. A team playing in New York couldn't easily play against a team in Ohio or Indiana.
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A 15-point win against a last-place team earlier this week was not enough for the Ball State University football team to stay at No. 14 in the new BCS Standings. The Cardinals (10-0, 6-0 Mid-American Conference) moved down three spots to No. 17 in the standings released Sunday afternoon.
The director of the Multicultural Center develops relationships and programs of students who are traditionally underrepresented, Dean of students Karl Beeler said. "The world is multicultural," Beeler said. "So the center is a very important part of the university.
Ball State University was voted to win the Mid-American Conference West Division before the season by members of the MAC Media Association and league head coaches. Here's what Packard said: "The talent's there. I wasn't incredibly surprised that they were picked.
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The Ball State University men's basketball team opens up its 2008-09 campaign Saturday afternoon with a 2 p.m. home game against Eastern Illinois University. After months of preparation, the coaching staff and players alike are itching to get the season underway.
Alexander Witt said he believed if you don't do something, then nobody else will. Witt, a freshman political science major and Student Government Association member, created a Facebook group protesting the draft of Ball State University's new intellectual property policy after the Oct.
As a preteen, freshman Taylor Eck watched "Total Request Live" everyday after school. In the epic boy band battle of the late '90s she sided with *NSYNC. As for pop princesses, her allegiances lay with Christina Aguilera. But when asked about her feelings on TRL's final countdown, Eck said she had no idea the show was even being canceled -- or still on the air.
Ball State University will go to the preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament this year for the first time since 2002-03. The 16-team tournament begins for Ball State on Friday in Bloomington against Indiana University. It's Indiana's first tournament since its 1998-99 season.
Senior marketing major Joey Mitchell's stocks have been unusually lucrative lately, increasing in value by more than 500 percent in the past month. Mitchell has professional athletes such as Carlos Zambrano, Carmelo Anthony and Evan Longoria to thank for his success.
Throughout the 2008 college football season, Co-Sports Editors Vinnie Lopes, Kyle Shaner and guest will pick the winners involving MAC teams. This week's guest is Derick Brattain, the Multimedia Editor for the Ball State Daily News. Toledo at Western Michigan 2 p.
Presidential elections can really take it out of you. We get as worn as the candidates by the time we've consumed two years of gradually intensifying competition. Looking through the lies and strategic avoidance of straight talk gets tedious. Nebulous, ambiguous nonsense rules the day in an election year, and not only do we allow it to happen, but occasionally we even support candidates.
Fans choiceAUSTIN LASKA With 22 votes, which was 48 percent of the total vote, Austin Laska won this week's Fan Choice Player of the Week. The junior won the 50-yard freestyle and was part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team. Play of the weekLISA MAERTIN With a 281.
In an effort to retain students and increase enrollment, Ball State University has put time, effort and money into its first-year initiatives. Kay Bales, vice president of student affairs, said after the retention rate dropped below 75 percent in 2004, Ball State set a goal of 80 percent by 2012.
