After about two months of construction, Qdoba Mexican Grill is open for business at 720 E. McGalliard Road. Qdoba came to Muncie as part of a goal to have a store near every college in Indiana, Qdoba Area Director Bryan Brooks said. "We are everywhere now.
As the Ball State University women's soccer team enters Mid-American Conference play this weekend, it will be reminded of last year's conference championship. Following the Cardinals' (3-4) game against Eastern Michigan University (2-3-2) Sunday, Ball State President Jo Ann Gora and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins will lead a ceremony and present last year's team with their conference championship rings.
The Ball State University men's tennis team enters the Tom Fallon Invitational at the University of Notre Dame shorthanded this weekend. Most of the Cardinals will travel to Notre Dame to face Notre Dame, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, the University of Iowa and conference foe Western Michigan University.
The American Red Cross provided Ball State University students with a chance to help those in need this week. Jessica Detmer, communications coordinator for the Hoosier Heartland chapter of the American Red Cross, said 245 Ball State students donated and about 230 units of blood were collected.
Two weeks ago, Brady Hoke sent a campus-wide e-mail thanking students for their support and attendance in the home opener against Miami University. Not only did this establish the rising likability of the team, it also helped bring more clarity to an athletics department that is in shambles.
America is known the world over for inventing two major art forms: jazz and the Broadway musical. The latter will be celebrated at 7:30 p.m. in Emens Auditorium. Neil Berg and a cast of five Broadway performers will give their regards to the famous stage, as Berg's touring production of "100 Years of Broadway" stops at Emens as the first event in its Performing Artist Series.
Ball State University students found out what life at the poverty line is really like at the poverty simulation Wednesday. Simulation Facilitator Kyra Hainlen said the Department of Social Work and TEAMwork for Quality Living held the event. "The exercise is designed to give students a hands-on look at the realities of living in poverty," she said.
The Giant Locker Room might have a new location, but it still remains a favorite place for Ball State University students and the Muncie community, who have anticipated its opening, which was Tuesday. The Locker Room's owner Scott Dalton, said the new location has provided a lot more room.
Because it's Family Weekend, your mom, dad and 1.5 siblings must be coming to visit. You all are going to attend every activity Ball State University has planned. Or not. Many students and families will bond at the many activities, ceremonies and campus events throughout the weekend, embracing the university where the students are living.
After students filed into Ball State University's Emens Auditorium on Tuesday author James McBride captivated an audience of hundreds with stories about his life as a musician and writer. McBride, who wrote "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother," also spoke and answered questions about topics such as race and politics, including his criticisms of Rudy Giuliani in which he said "Big Bird could have been mayor of New York.
It's nearly impossible to keep the masses happy. The staff of Colorado State University's student newspaper, The Collegian, is now fully aware of that. Approved by Editor-in-Chief J. David McSwane, Friday's editorial was short, not so sweet and somewhat to the point.
Ball State University students, whose lives have been affected by a loved one committing suicide, might find there are others who are coping with the same problem. The group Heartbeat: Survivors After Suicide met for the first time 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Outpatient Pavilion Building No.
The annual Ball State University Homecoming Royalty Fashion Show is 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall today. Kimberley Jackson, spokeswoman for the Homecoming Steering Committee, said admission is $1. The top 10 royalty candidates will be announced during the event.
The Ball State University athletic department will give away free Arby's sandwiches and free T-shirts Tuesday at the 'Frog Baby' fountain. The giveaway will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in support of the Ball State football team, Joe Hernandez, associate athletics director for external affairs, said in a "College View" interview Monday.
A week after connecting on a game-winning field goal in overtime against Navy, Ball State University's first-year place kicker, Jake Hogue trotted out for another shot at glory against the University of Nebraska. Lining up for a 55-yard field goal with 84,394 Cornhusker fans screaming at the top of their lungs, Hogue said he tried to concentrate the best he could.
The Ball State University Career Center is organizing on-campus interviews for full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships, which start Tuesday and will continue until Nov. 16, Special Events Coordinator Cynthia Hershman said. On-campus interviewing is a way for students to contact employers who are hiring for positions in management, marketing, sales, accounting, computer science/technology, technology, actuarial science and teaching, according to the on-campus interviewing Web site.
The author of the freshman common reader will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in Emens Auditorium. James McBride wrote "The Color of Water," a dual memoir about himself and his mother. McBride's Caucasian mother raised a family of 12 interracial children in a predominantly black neighborhood.
Although it looks like a scheduling conflict, coach Bill Richards knew what he was doing when he scheduled the Ball State University men's tennis team to play in two separate tournaments this weekend. Juniors Jarrod Epkey and Jose Perdomo will compete nationally this weekend in Tulsa, Okla.
Students and businesses need to take action to keep the Muncie Indiana Transit System's Late Loop trolley rolling now that it is back in action, but? Regardless of your opinion on drinking alcohol, college students will imbibe occasionally (or frequently).
As the General Manager of Ball State University's student-run television station, I was very pleased to see the Daily News coverage of the "College View" event on Monday. However, the article showed CardinalVision isn't as known on campus as well as I hoped it was.
