Anytime contract negotiations take place with college or professional sports figures, the general public usually asks what all the commotion is about. Hell, I'm a college student who scrapes and claws at every couch cushion just so I can afford the parking meter and a load of laundry on the weekend.
Playing the No. 3 ranked team in the nation, the Ball State University men's volleyball team is expecting to have a large crowd, especially with what's taking place after the match. Ball State's home-opener Friday against No. 3 Penn State University will be the team's first of four autograph poster nights this season.
It's an allegedly age-old question challenging users of Facebook to this day, even to this hour and minute. In fact at this very second somewhere a pirate is facing a ninja in a battle beyond our understanding. And some dumbass programmer thought it'd be a good idea to add an application to Facebook about it.
Members of Alpha Chi Omega service fraternity will continue to collect old cell phones for the organization's "phoneraiser" 9 a.m. to noon Thursday in the Whitinger Business Building. Approximately 20 members of Alpha Phi Omega spent Wednesday morning and afternoon collecting used cell phones in the Atrium.
Beautiful, immersive, innovative, creative and vibrant are words that Ball State University's Web site, commercials and pamphlets use multiple times to describe its campus experience. And potential students have taken notice. The current marketing campaign has helped increase undergraduate applications for the 2008-2009 academic year to more than 10,000 at the end of December, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said.
With the band chanting, "We're not gonna take it," Ball State University senior point guard Peyton Stovall connected on a meaningless layup off an offensive rebound with 2:03 remaining in Wednesday night's game. The bucket, which pulled Ball State within 22 points of Western Michigan University, did prevent the Cardinals from setting a bit of history, however.
Glossy, colorful brochures advertising maps and graphs in textbooks often leave professors digging for what many are concerned about - prices. Frederick Suppe, Ball State University associate professor of history, said he tries to find the cheapest textbooks for his students, but it is often difficult because publishers do not include prices in the advertisements.
Election season is gearing up as the Ball State University Student Government Association approved the 2008 elections board in its Wednesday meeting. Elections board Chairman Kyle Johnson said the board's job was to make sure the SGA elections go smoothly, fairly and the slates follow the bylaws.
Fraternity row will have to get a new name now that the Panhellenic Council is discussing having housing for sorority members, Director of Student Life Lynda Wiley said. Former Panhellenic Council President Deanna Pogorelc said the idea of moving sororities into a house was presented last year as a part of a larger plan.
Utilities, Internet service and parking costs are a few things Ball State University students should consider when moving off campus, according to the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards. Two graduate assistants who worked for the office recently finished producing a video about what students need to know before moving.
Watching the NFL playoffs last weekend, while drowning my sorrows in the Colts' loss (OK, that's a lie), I came to an inescapable conclusion. Joe Buck is everywhere. Yes, the ubiquitous Fox Sports headline act, he of "Slam-a-lam-a-ding-dong!" fame, is out of control and cannot be stopped.
Scroll through the map to see where the crime occurs on and around campus.
var uslide_show_id = "e21155a5-b9ae-42fb-95d2-991a05532cdb";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; With three minutes left in Tuesday's game against Eastern Michigan University, the Ball State University women's basketball team used a 9-3 run to cement a 71-64 victory. The win not only continued Ball State's hot start to the Mid-American Conference season, but also continued its trend of finding success down the stretch in close games.
Since the football season's conclusion, Ball State University athletics director Tom Collins negotiated a possible contract extension that could increase coach Brady Hoke's base salary by a minimum of $24,599. Collins said Tuesday he would like Hoke to be paid in the top half of the Mid-American Conference, which would require a minimum 15 percent pay raise from last year's $164,289 base salary.
A video posted to the Student Rights and Community Standards off-campus living Web site strives to make students think critically when looking for off-campus housing. Despite noble intentions, the video missed a few points such as safety and lease signing pointers that would have greatly benefitted students.
The Ball State University women's basketball team's last home game last season against Eastern Michigan University saw a school record 4,711 fans helping the Cardinals celebrate a Mid-American Conference West Division championship after a 74-73 last-second victory.
To hear first-year Ball State University coach Billy Taylor tell it, junior forward Anthony Newell's foot injury that kept him out of nine non-conference games was a blessing in disguise for the Cardinals. Not to say that Taylor doesn't wish Newell had been available.
If a coach in the Mid-American Conference has a couple good years, it is only a matter of time before a larger conference swoops in offering twice the salary to skip town. That was the case last week when Ball State University soccer coach Michelle Salmon accepted the head coach vacancy at the University of Cincinnati, a member of the Big East.
Venom sat perched atop a three foot wide platform, glaring at her opponent, a professional bull rider, on Monday's edition of "American Gladiators." The five-foot-eight-inch tall blonde gladiator held her jousting stick in anticipation of the referee's signal to begin "Joust."
"Like the city in Alaska?" Not quite, but "Juno," starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera, is a film every romantic comedy enthusiast should see. Even though 2007 produced such films like "Waitress" and "Knocked Up," portraying women bearing unwanted offspring, "Juno" is arguably the finest and most eloquent of its competition.
