Powered by Kory Benbow's two home runs and Ryan Chenoweth's four RBI's, the Ball State University baseball team opened the Mid-American Conference portion of its schedule by winning two out of three games against the University of Akron this weekend. "Not just me, but a lot of people are starting to see the ball well," Benbow said.
Critics often call American culture youth obsessed. Plastic surgery, medicine, fashion, the entertainment industry and cosmetics focus on youth and beauty - where youthfulness remains the goal for many, regardless of cost. I think this assessment is misguided, however.
After acknowledging recent violent incidences at parties and a problem communicating with each other, Ball State University fraternity and sorority members have created a plan to improve their relationships and image within the greek system and the university.
Ball State University's population is predominantly Christian, so many students do not know what it's like to be Jewish. Hillel, Ball State's Jewish organization, is inviting students to participate in a week of events in hopes that hearing stories, eating food and listening to music help them better understand what it means to be Jewish today.
Viewers who tuned in to the regional semifinals and finals of the NCAA men's basketball tournament this weekend may have seen one noticeable change from past years - the lack of anyone screaming like a maniac as they announced the games. Unfortunately, for anyone who can call themselves a real fan of the annual March insanity college basketball brings us, CBS demoted their best announcer, Gus Johnson, from Sweet 16 and Elite 8 broadcasting duties this season, leaving him with only the first and second rounds.
In its continued quest to thwart illegal music downloading, the Recording Industry Association of America dispatched another wave of pre-litigation summary letters to 23 universities on March 21, including schools such as DePaul University, Boston University and nearby Purdue University.
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It took two years, an outside consultant and 120 people examining countless documents, but Ball State University's greek life is destined for greater success - as long as things go to plan. Members of the university and greek community unveiled a strategic plan more than a year in the making.
Ball State University's Communication and Media Building is in its final stage of construction and the target completion date is early April 2007, Jim Lowe, director of engineering and operations, said. Construction workers are painting the walls and putting in ceiling tiles, Lowe said.
A driver remains in unknown condition with a head injury at Ball Memorial Hospital after crashing his four-day old car into a dry cleaners. Ball State University graduate student Sarah Kincheloe and friend Amanda Scott were driving westbound on Bethel Avenue, heading home from Starbucks, when John Caldwell's 2007 Cadillac crossed over the opposite lane cutting them off at about 4:30 p.
"Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" isn't only a game anymore. In January, Kevin Bacon partnered with Network for Good, a nonprofit organization that helps people make charity donations online, to create a charity-donating challenge called the Six Degrees Project.
Nintendo commercials for the Wii console attempt to lure in gamers with the slogan "Wii would like to play." Gamers worldwide are echoing that statement and letting Nintendo no that they too would like to play. Based on sales through January, the $250 Nintendo Wii is outselling the $500 to $600 Playstaion 3 and the $300 to $400 Xbox 360, according to the market research group NPD.
After failing to finish in the top half of the field in six of its seven meets, the Ball State University men's golf team will returns to action at the UALR Collegiate Invitational in Little Rock, Arkansas. Coming off a 17th place finish out of 18 teams at the Pinehurst Invitational, the Cardinals look to find their stroke at the Chenal Country Club.
A yoga practitioner, social inequality activists and activist grandmothers, among others, will entertain and inform Ball State University students this week about the role of women in today's society. Women's Week kicks off today with five guest lecturers who will discuss women's issues.
Nona Richardson, who has spent the past five years as associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Ball State University, will leave next month to take an athletic administration post at the University of California-Davis. Richardson was named senior associate athletics director at the school, filling a void left by Pam-Gill-Fisher, who retired.
Down 1.075 points going into the floor exercise of Friday's meet, the Ball State University gymnastics team prepared to mount a comeback in front of more than 700 fans. Scores of 9.675 from junior Erica Gilkerson, 9.625 from senior Jenna Tarkington and 9.
Women who use the Amelia T. Wood Health Center's pharmacy to purchase birth control will soon be paying at least double for their prescriptions. "It's hard to know how it will affect [students]," Kent Bullis, director of the health center said Tuesday. "We've discussed it at great length and are very concerned about it.
Although the Ball State University softball team lost three of its four games this weekend, coach Craig Nicholson said the team played better than its record showed. Ball State (8-17) concluded the Iowa Tournament Sunday with a 5-0 win against South Dakota State University.
View the slideshow to see students enjoying the nice, warm weather on Sunday afternoon.
After losing the first two games to No. 9 Pacific University Saturday, coach Joel Walton had one message to the No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team during the intermission: He was embarrassed. The message was well received as Ball State (12-9) came back to defeat Pacific (14-11) in five games (27-30, 20-30, 30-23, 30-24, 15-13) and won the Don Shondell/Active Ankle Challenge.
