Having beaten Ohio State University once, the Ball State University men's volleyball said it's trying to prove to everyone the first time wasn't a fluke. The No. 4 seed Ball State plays No. 1 seed Ohio State in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament semi-finals at 7:30 p.
Money is a commodity all Ball State University students wish they had more of. At the beginning of each semester, a large chunk of cash is devoted to an essential aspect of most courses: textbooks. Yesterday, Student Government Association passed legislation supporting a resolution that would eliminate textbook taxes.
When Margo Najera tells most people about the plans she has for her new house, they give her a puzzled look. The reason for their confusion and disbelief: Najera, a 58-year-old Marion County resident, is building her house out of straw. Although likely to invoke images of three pigs and a wolf, straw buildings are not simply part of a fairy tale world.
Well, it has been another drab year in athletics at Ball State University. Last season, only two teams (men's tennis, baseball) won MAC titles. This year saw the same number (soccer and women's basketball) reach the top of the hill in the MAC. Of course, the soccer team abruptly lost in its opening game of the MAC Tournament to Miami University 2-1, three days after defeating the Redhawks 4-2.
Women clad in red and black fishnet stockings and skates latched onto to a motorcycle circling an indoor concrete track can mean only one thing: The Naptown Roller Girls Tornado Sirens have arrived. Masses of cheering people seated around the track act as the only buffer to stop roller derby skaters from taking spills into the crowd as soon as the first jam, or race, begins.
When determining their schedules, coaches have more to worry about than which competitor fits their team best. They also have to work within their budget, which can lead to hard decisions and sometimes fewer long-distance trips. Travel costs are the third largest part of the athletic department's budget, behind student grant-in-aid and salaries and benefits, Ken Brown, deputy athletics director, said.
Over the past two semesters, I have concentrated my columns on current events and politics, usually assuming a stance associated with liberal views. Columnists such as Christopher Flook, Alex Carroll, Jonathan Sanders and others write about similar subjects.
Terry Moss has a letter from the Baltimore Ravens sitting on a table in his hometown of Huber Heights, Ohio. However, the eyes of the senior wide receiver have yet to see it. That will have to wait until this weekend when he heads home to watch this weekend's National Football League Draft.
Students looking for extra spending money could benefit from state legislation supporting the elimination of taxes on college textbooks. After a nation-wide increase in textbook costs, Ball State University Student Government Association wrote legislation supporting the proposal being considered by state politicians, SGA President Betsy Mills said.
As the end of the semester approaches, we all see our final papers being turned in, waiting to be scrutinized and graded with our futures hanging somewhere in the balance. Perhaps it is a reasonable to assume that all of the papers we turn in are not going to receive the grade they deserve, probably in a negative way due to the short amount of time there is for professors to grade them all before semester grades are due.
Students need to check their fire alarms and plan their escape route in case a fire breaks out at Ball State University because trucks might not be able to reach them. The local firefighter and emergency medical services union president is concerned about Ball State safety, as budget cuts are shutting down ladder trucks near campus, and most students don't know the danger they could face.
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Sometimes becoming more technologically advanced seems an awful lot like returning to a more primitive lifestyle: building with straw instead of wood, collecting rainwater out of a cistern and using solar energy and bacteria to transform waste water into fertilizer and clean water.
Mud volleyball is back at Ball State University with Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and FIJI fraternity having their Smackdown Mud Volleyball Tournament at 10 a.m. Saturday at the volleyball courts by Johnson Complex. FIJI philanthropy chairman Tom James said the proceeds from the event will go to the sorority and fraternity's philanthropies, Court Appointed Special Advocates and The Red Cross, respectively.
Ball State University students who take the Writing Competency Exam might find that what they write will affect policies administrators pass. Anna Priebe, Writing Competency Exam coordinator, said while the primary function of the exam is to serve as an educational tool, it also lets students voice their concerns to administrators.
Ball State University punter Chris Miller, who will be a junior this fall, was named to the Playboy All-America Preseason Football team. Miller, who was named All-America Second Team by The Sporting News last season, led the Mid-American Conference and finished second in the nation with a 46.
A Ball State University student has filed a lawsuit against a former student punished for assaulting him and the fraternity house where the incident occurred. According to the Delaware County Clerk's Office, sophomore Zachary Holsinger filed civil charges Monday against Chad Stickley, 22, two "John Does" and the Ball State chapter of Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
Almost every day, Kent Bullis sees patients who carry some form of the Human Papillomavirus in the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. Bullis, the medical director at the Health Center, said HPV is by far the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States.
On warm Monday afternoons, Noyer Field transforms into Stormhaven, the home of more than a dozen characters reminiscent of a J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy. Stormhaven is the Muncie chapter of Dagorhir, a combination of live-action roleplay, martial arts and medieval combat.
Scroll through the map and click on the points to see the crime that has occurred on or around campus.
