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.
Kiwi Magazine recognized Ball State University for its hybrid shuttles, eco-friendly buildings and reforestation efforts. The publication recently named Ball State one of the 50 most environmentally-friendly campuses in the country in its first Green College Report.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team is now 0-2 in the Mid-American Conference following a 3-0 (30-24, 30-18, 30-24) loss at Eastern Michigan University Friday. "I thought it was two teams that was evenly matched on a lot of things; they just had us offensively," coach Dave Boos.
Ball State University's University Education Committee approved a new core curriculum Wednesday that aims to decrease the number of credits students have to take while increasing their knowledge base. Under the new curriculum proposal students would be required to take 39 credit hours compared to the current 41, according to the curriculum report.
Ball State University will begin a television-advertising campaign, which features four commercials about the university, today, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said. The commercials will air until Nov. 12, Proudfoot said.
Near the intersection of Wheeling and McGalliard avenues, a banner advertises a three-day seminar at Emens Auditorium, titled "The Silencing of God" and sponsored by Muncie Churches of Christ. Its creator, Dave Miller of Montgomery, Ala.-based Apologetics Press, has delivered the seminar around the country.
Ball State University's Sigma Kappa sorority filled about 10 trash bags and raised about $300 during its weekend of events Saturday and Sunday. About 50 members spent 1 1/2 hours Saturday cleaning about one-quarter mile of Highway 3. Philanthropy Chairwoman Paula Roberts said the women found everything from a part of a tractor combine to Taco Bell wrappers to an animal bone.
Tied for 10th place out of 15 teams may not look great on paper, but head coach Mike Fleck said Ball State University's finish at the Indiana/Wolf Run Intercollegiate in Zionsville is encouraging. A field consisting of nationally recognized teams such as Penn State University, Indiana University, University of Michigan, and University of Kentucky, Ball State played against some of the toughest opponents they will see all year.
