An open letter to the one who left me: I don't recall the first time we met, although the experience was as invigorating to my soul as it was my heart. I was young and empty inside; deprived of a basic need too often we take for granted. We met through mutual friends with an understanding of our situations.
Even though it is the two-time defending regular season Mid-American Conference champion, the Ball State University soccer team is prepared to take the underdog role this weekend. The Cardinals (0-1) travel to play the University of Oklahoma (0-1) at 2 p.
Whatever the scoreboard reads at the end of the Ball State University football team's game against Northeastern University, the small Boston school is guaranteed one thing: $175,000. Ball State will pay Northeastern $175,000 for playing in their season opener Thursday at Scheumann Stadium - the typical price to play a home game against a team from a small conference, Athletics Director Tom Collins said.
Ball State University women's volleyball coach Dave Boos has already taken on the daunting task of getting 10 newcomers to adjust to his complex system of various offenses and defenses. To add fuel to the fire, the second-year coach now has to worry about a couple in-game rule changes from last season that will ultimately affect the way he coaches at the end of games.
Tuesday was the first time Hannah Byers, a freshman Ball State University student, used the Muncie Indiana Transit System. "I plan on riding it regularly," she said. "I don't have a car." Despite growing ridership, MITS will eliminate several routes starting next Tuesday.
In a collegiate atmosphere, professors can take on many roles. They take on the role of an educator first and foremost. This is what they are paid to do. They educate the next generation so when we go out into the real world, we may be able to leave it a little better than we found it.
Last year, the Ball State University men's golf team had no seniors on its roster. This year, however, the Cardinals have five seniors, which gives coach Mike Fleck valuable leadership he lacked last season and makes Fleck's expectations higher. "Having five seniors this year affects things a lot," Fleck said.
A Ball State University student is in good condition after being struck by a car Tuesday afternoon at the scramble light intersection of Riverside and McKinley avenues. Irene Stroh, 24, a graduate student, was transported to Ball Memorial Hospital, according to Muncie police.
Radio coverage of the Ball State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics continues to expand as the department agreed to a new contract with Backyard Broadcasting. The department announced a new three-year agreement with the network to broadcast football games, men's basketball games and women's basketball games Ball State shows throughout the year.
As MiQuale Lewis watched his team lose to Rutgers University during the International Bowl on a freezing January afternoon, he yearned to throw on his uniform and join his teammates in the huddle. The only thing preventing Lewis from buckling his helmet straps and running onto the field was an ACL tear he suffered in his right knee at the University of Nebraska in the fourth week of the season.
After failing to live up to expectations last season, the field hockey team will start 2008 without much of that extra baggage. Ball State University was picked to finish fifth of six teams in the Mid-American Conference by the league coaches in a poll released last week.
As more than 3,800 freshman enter Ball State University this fall, 122 will find themselves living in study lounges to begin the year. For the first time in three years, the number of freshman admitted to the university has outnumbered the amount of rooms available for the students to live in, Director of Housing and Residence Life Alan Hargrave said.
Students will have to move their cars from Scheumann Stadium to a new location this year as Ball State University's first football game draws closer. Instead of parking on campus like previous years, vehicles parked in the stadium parking lot are being forced to move to the Delaware County Fairgrounds to better accommodate people commuting to Ball State.
I am extremely interested in seeing the progress that CAMPUS Alliance produces this year. While I have a lot of faith in the leadership ability of Frank Hood and the rest of his slate, I have not been convinced that their platform can be entirely successful.
Devout Cardinals fans who ventured to Toronto in January experienced the foul taste of a bitter defeat. Ball State University's 52-30 loss to Rutgers University at the International Bowl punctuated - what was the best season we've had in 11 years - with a question.
When Brady Hoke assumed the helm of Ball State University's football program, it would've been difficult to imagine the Cardinals opening a season with a tune-up game. Hoke had more pressing issues to consider, such as capturing a winning record and turning a program more shaky than a roller coaster into a consistent contender.
Working as a tour guide for the Ball State University Museum of Art has made the building feel like a second home for senior English major Kim Bortnem. "It's just such a peaceful place," she said. As the new semester gets underway, other students also have the chance to feel at home at the museum with upcoming exhibits.
For five years the Mid-American Conference and its athletes have had a bit of a problem with following the rules. While the MAC is still striving to become a national presence on the athletic fields in the way the Big Ten or any other BCS conference is, it has done a fairly good job of keeping pace with the big guns in national scandals.
A Ball State University student is in good condition after being struck by a car Tuesday afternoon at the scramble light intersection of Riverside and McKinley avenues
A slow start in the regular season opener for the Ball State University soccer team got coach Michael Lovett off to a slow start with the Cardinals. In the first game under their first-year coach, the Cardinals lost 1-0 at Valparaiso University on Friday. "We had a hard time coming out of the gates," Lovett said.
