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Clinton to visit Muncie Friday

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign announced Wednesday she will make a stop in Muncie three days after her daughter spoke at Ball State University on her behalf. Clinton will attend a "Solutions for the American Economy" rally Friday at Muncie Central High School, according to a press release from Clinton's Indiana press office.



MEN'S GOLF: From student to coach

After averaging 27.1 points and 6.0 assists per game as a senior basketball player at Blue River Valley High School in Springport, graduate student Kyle Cox received a basketball scholarship from Ball State University in 2002. In the spring of 2004, however, after two years with the basketball team, Cox decided to dedicate his time with the men's golf team and head coach Mike Fleck.


BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Facebook 2.0 makes stalking even easier

Stalk team, assemble. Facebook is currently experimenting with a redesign that will add some radical changes to profile pages as we know them. Via a Facebook Pages account the company is taking user feedback on screenshots of the redesigned profiles expected to launch this spring, according to the group.


MEN'S TENNIS: Cards ready to reach preseason goal of a championship

At the start of the spring season, coach Bill Richards sat down with his team and ironed out a definite goal for the upcoming schedule: win the Mid-American Conference tournament. The first step to accomplishing that goal comes when the Ball State University men's tennis team plays at Chicago State University Thursday in its first conference match of the season.


WOMEN'S GOLF: Cards defend invitational championship

A year after winning the Butler Spring Invitational, the Ball State University women's golf team defended its title with a first-place finish Tuesday. The Cardinals finished with a 639, 14 shots better than the second-place team, University of Evansville, at the two-day, 36-hole event.



SOFTBALL: Ball State, Valparaiso split pair of extra-inning games

After four consecutive cancellations, the Ball State University softball team began to make up for the lost time by playing two extra-inning games at Valparaiso University Monday. The Cardinals (17-13) and Crusaders (13-7) split the doubleheader, with Valparaiso winning the first game 1-0 in eight innings and Ball State winning game two 4-3 in nine.


Village to get office for Obama

Sen. Barack Obama will open a regional office in Muncie, which could lead to the candidate visiting the city in the near future, according to Obama campaign workers. The Obama campaign announced Monday that Muncie will be one of 10 cities in Indiana in which a regional campaign office will open.


BASEBALL: Weather will not slow down Cards

In its latest attempt to play baseball, Ball State University will travel to the University of Notre Dame today. The Cardinals haven't played in nine days because of snow and rain canceling their last five games. Ball State beat Presbyterian College in its last game to bring its season record to 8-8.


Recreation center construction to begin in a few weeks

Students who work out in Irving Gym late at night have nothing to worry about while construction begins in the parking lot outside the building. Thomas Morrison, associate vice president for Business Affairs, said the Student Recreation and Wellness Center's construction would begin in the upcoming weeks.



WRIGHT ON: Local women are examples to community

March is Women's History Month, a time devoted to the study of women who made a difference in the world and who didn't have it easy. At Ball State University, students are used to seeing a balanced amount of women and men in the classroom. Last school year the student population was about 53 percent women and 47 percent men, according to the university's Student Enrollment Fact Book.


THE BOGEYMAN: Opportunity cost relates to college life

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life? Perhaps you were juggling a billion different commitments, and you had to find some way to follow through on all of them without losing your mind. Or perhaps some segment of life was sucking up all of your time: homework, maybe, or parties, or a game or possibly even Facebook.


Campus campaigning

When Kay Bales heard of Chelsea Clinton's arrival to Ball State University in an e-mail Saturday, she had less than a week to prepare. Clinton, along with actor Sean Astin, will visit Ball State as a part of a two-day multiple city tour of Indiana as part of her mother's, Hillary Clinton, presidential nomination campaign.


Chelsea Clinton campaigns at Ball State on behalf of her mother

Hundreds gathered in Ball State University's Atrium today to listen to Chelsea Clinton field questions from the audience about topics such as universal health care, the war in Iraq and college tuition. Clinton spoke on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton as part of a state-wide college campaign tour.



OUR VIEW: Cramped

Let's start by saying we realize that Ball State University was given very little time to prepare for Chelsea Clinton's arrival. That said, we could have planned a little better. Even though online comments led us to believe the campaign requested the Atrium as the venue for her speech and Q & A session, that doesn't mean we had to listen.


MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Poll creates rare match

Coach Joel Walton said if his players needed any more motivation for their road match Saturday against Penn State University, they got it Monday. In the coaches poll released Monday, Penn State received the No. 1 ranking, setting up the No. 7 Ball State University men's volleyball team's first match against a No.


OUR VIEW: Movie premiere

Hard work, dedication and time. That's the basic recipe for anything to have a chance for success. A group of 120 Ball State University students have a newfound understanding of that following the premiere of their movie, "Grove Lake." "Grove Lake" was a student-produced, student-written movie that resulted from a 10-week summer immersion program through the telecommunications department.


FINAL WORD: March needs to acknowledge women's history

Every February libraries and schools across the country put out books about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver and Frederick Douglass in honor of Black History Month. People learn about the Underground Railroad, the invention of peanut butter and the Civil Rights Movement.


THINK TO EXIST: NCAA tournament is more than basketball

Even though I understand that every Ball State University student is not interested in the NCAA basketball tournament, it's hard not to relate this competitive event to real life situations. When you graduate, I guarantee that the term "underdog" will be utilized in your field of expertise.


Obama office coming to Muncie

Campaign workers for Sen. Barack Obama will open an office in Muncie in the near future, according to a press release. Ball State University senior Josh PeConge, who is a campaign volunteer, said he is working with a campaign staff member to open the office.


Academic oath OKed by Trustees

More than three years after its conception and several re-writes, the Beneficence Pledge has been approved by the Ball State University Board of Trustees. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said the Board of Trustees approved the Beneficence Pledge unanimously at its meeting Friday.