The Ball State University men's tennis team beat Eastern Kentucky University 6-1 on Saturday. The Cardinals started out strong, winning the doubles point. The No. 3 doubles team of Jarrod Epkey and Joe Vallee won its doubles match 8-6 against Eastern Kentucky's Max Schindler and Fred Goncalves.
If you watched the 79th Academy Awards, you witnessed "An Inconvenient Truth" win two Academy Awards. The film won an award for best documentary feature and another for best original song. The former Vice-President Al Gore prominently appeared to accept the former as well announcing with Leonardo DiCaprio that the ceremony had gone entirely green.
Even though the Ball State University softball team had a losing weekend, coach Craig Nicholson was pleased with the team's play. On Sunday, the Cardinals (4-9) split their games. They defeated Western Illinois University 9-5 and then lost to Indiana University 6-2.
The Ball State University baseball team allowed three total runs in the final two games of a three-game weekend series against Austin Peay State University, picking up victories in each game. The Cardinals scored 14 runs in those two games and went 2-1 during the weekend.
For a lot of fans, last week was the last straw. Not only will Ball State University lose more games this season than in any previous season in the history of their men's basketball program, but The Star Press also reported that the Cardinals' coaching staff committed NCAA violations soon after they were hired.
The men's basketball team suffered its fifth straight loss Sunday. This brings their overall record to 9-21, the worst record since Ball State University joined the Mid-American Conference and the most losses in team history. In Ronny Thompson's first season at Ball State, there have been unfortunately few highlights.
Every year, the Newberry Medal is given to the best children's book written that year. Previous winners include "Johnny Tremain," "Island of the Blue Dolphins," "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Shiloh." Over the years, the award has become synonymous with the highest caliber in school-age literature, and its winners have become staples in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Check out the slideshow to see the photos that were considered to be the best of the week.
Chris Ames is known for bringing his energy to the court. He is not known for his scoring. In fact, earlier this season coach Ronny Thompson asked Ames if he could hit water if he threw the ball over the side of a boat while floating in the ocean. Ames responded by leading the team in shooting percentage, making almost 70 percent of his shots for the season.
For only the second time in school history and the first time since 1971, Ball State University's men's basketball team will end its season with at least 20 losses after falling to the University of Toledo 71-61 Thursday. Ball State (9-20, 5-10 Mid-American Conference) was having its best shooting performance with less than 10 minutes left in the second half, making 20-of-32 from the field.
When Nana Ekow Maison was an art student at Kwame Nkrumah University, he studied Western art movements such as Baroque and Realism more than the art from his African homeland. The Ghanaian painter did not discover his homeland influences until he began graduate degree studies at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
When Audrey McDonald was a little girl, her father built her a basketball court in front of their house.-á Growing up in central Indiana, having a half-court playing surface in the driveway was far from a rarity. The difference that separated McDonald's court from others is the distance the 3-point line was from the basket.
On the basketball court, Ball State University point guard Kelsey Corbin is the last person you want to go one-on-one with. The senior has let her deft ball handling and deadly mid-range game lead the way to her finest season with averages of 11.7 points and a team-high 4.
Indiana University trustees named Michael McRobbie, one of the schools' top academic officers, as its 18th president Thursday. McRobbie, IU's interim provost since January 2006, will replace President Adam Herbert, who announced more than a year ago amid criticism from faculty members that he would not seek a contract renewal.
Living, as I do, in an accommodating community and attending an accommodating university, I sometimes forget just how unreasonable some people can be when it comes to their beliefs. I forget that there are people who can't stand the fact that others have different opinions about the eternal destination of their soul.
Multicultural groups at Ball State University are working together to put on Late Nite this Saturday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Groups including the Asian American Student Association, the Black Student Association, the Latino Student Union and Spectrum will each run a certain program, Assistant Director of Student Life Tiffany Washington said.
In her first two seasons, Lisa Rusche averaged eight and a half minutes per game with one start and totaled 108 points. Her junior campaign has been an entirely different story. Playing in the post, Rusche has started every game except senior night this season, averaging 24.
The contributions and dedication of Ball State University alumna Rebecca Reichert will not be forgotten within the music education department. Through the efforts of faculty members, her family, the rock band the Goo Goo Dolls and Reichert herself,, a sustainable legacy fund has been established in Reichert's name, said Kimberly Inks, Reichert's life-long friend and associate professor of music.
A Ball State University junior is pushing to make it easier for himself and other blind students to navigate around campus. Joe Hodge met with the Residence Hall Association on Thursday to discuss putting Braille signs and labels around campus. Having Braille signs with the room number on all doors will make it much easier for blind students to find their destination without assistance, Hodge said.
This Sunday Skip Mills, Chris Ames and D'Andre Peyton will step onto the court in Worthen Arena for Ball State University's men's basketball team one last time in their collegiate careers. The times have been trying during their tenure at Ball State. Mills is the only senior to play at Ball State when the team had a winning season.
