Homecoming festivities will play second fiddle this weekend for coach Dave Boos and the Ball State University women's volleyball team. Coming off a satisfying 3-0 sweep of George Mason University in its last match Saturday, Boos is eager to play host to Central Michigan University tonight and Eastern Michigan University on Saturday in the Cardinals' Mid-American Conference opening matches at Worthen Arena.
Fans choiceMIQUALE LEWIS Receiving 94 votes and 48 percent of the popular vote, running back MiQuale Lewis is this week's Fan Choice Player of the Week. Lewis had a school-record four touchdowns in the Ball State football team's 42-20 win against Indiana University Saturday.
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Life is full of twists and turns, and Violet Karl's life has had some interesting ones. After being terribly scarred from a horrible accident, Violet sets out on a mission to find healing and, in the process, comes across some fascinating people. Junior musical theatre major Bridget Gillenwater brings the title character to life in the musical "Violet.
Cecil Bohanon has been a professor of economics at Ball State University for more than 25 years. He gives insight into the state of the economy after the events of the last two weeks. Daily News: Put this economic situation in context historically. Cecil Bohanon: In terms of the real economy, goods and services being traded, people getting jobs, folks going to the grocery store and buying things, nothing's really happened yet.
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At the third annual Music on McKinley event, students wandered over to the University Green to listen to tunes other than the bell tower's chimes. They sat in the grass or stood to watch students do what they enjoy most: performing. At one of the music stations, audience members watched as third-year telecommunications major T.
Almost 10 years ago during the Ball State University football team's historic 21-game losing streak, David Letterman used his late-night show to give the team a pregame pep talk. He had a more positive reason to mention the Cardinals though on Tuesday's episode of The Late Show with David Letterman.
Ball State University seniors Maggie Stutesman and Allison Griner came prepared to win Touch the Tower. Clad with sweatshirts and blankets in case the competition stretched into the night, Stutesman said winning something for her residence hall - Studebaker West - would be easy.
With the start of Mid-American Conference play, the Ball State University soccer team is looking to make a statement to the rest of the league that it is still at the top of the MAC. The Cardinals (4-4, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) are the two-time defending regular season MAC champions and the one team in conference history to win back-to-back outright titles.
Ball State University freshman Chelsea Turner, 20, grasped her Polaroid camera as she scooted through Vera Mae's Bistro in downtown Muncie, waiting for singer and songwriter Carole King to show up. "I learned of her when I was 7 and I've been in love with her ever since," the early childhood education major said.
Ball State University's players still worried about Dante Love's health less than 24 hours after beating Indiana University on Saturday. They didn't allow their concern to detour them from focusing on the rest of the season. "We had a tremendous practice last night," coach Brady Hoke said at his press conference Monday.
For the second time in his career, Ball State University running back MiQuale Lewis was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. Lewis scored four touchdowns Saturday in Ball State's 42-20 victory at Indiana University, the team's first ever victory against a BCS school.
As Homecoming showed Monday, a bonfire can be a great way to get together with friends to relax. Students can also celebrate the first week of autumn with a campfire. Along with ghost stories, s'mores, song singing and hotdogs, a campfire can be the perfect place to relax and watch the seasons change.
Returning to Muncie after his teams' season opening match at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Ball State University's men's tennis coach Bill Richards is confident that his team is ready for the upcoming season. "Really from a performance standpoint, I think we did fairly well," Richards said.
Playing in its own backyard seemed to pay off for the Ball State University women's golf team as it captured another Cardinal Classic on Tuesday. The Cardinals set two school records and finished ahead of second place the University of Akron by seven strokes.
Charlie's Angels, a group composed of six freshmen and one sophomore, admitted their performance Tuesday night's had been their first together onstage. But "excitement, shock and disbelief" were the first words that came out of group member Sam Lopez's mouth after it was announced as overall Talent Search winner.
This week creates more memories than most. Giant bonfires. Fireworks. Air Jam. They're events we see in university marketing material, joke about on Facebook and will remember long after we've left here. This is Homecoming. At a school where athletics never routinely rule the limelight, this year's spirit party comes at a time when our football team is doing remarkable things.
Two weeks after the Cleveland Indians added a former Ball State University baseball player to their major league roster, they lost another former Cardinal from their organization to the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs claimed outfielder Brad Snyder off waivers Monday from the Indians and added him to their 40-man roster.
Each year, Ball State University recognizes a group of faculty and administrators as the best among their colleagues. Associate Provost Marilyn Buck said faculty members were nominated by people within their departments. A committee made up of former award winners chose the finalists and winners.
