(AP) - Purdue University student reported missing in El Paso is now believed to be voluntarily staying in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, El Paso police said. Authorities in El Paso said they tracked 33-year old Eric Michael Campbell to a Ciudad Juarez hotel where a desk clerk identified him from a photograph and reported that he seemed to be in good health when he checked in several days ago.
After last weekend's loss to DePaul University, Ball State University women's tennis coach Kathy Bull spent the past week making her team more aggressive on the offensive end. It's something the Cardinals need to improve if they expect to beat Indiana University Sunday.
Struggles with team size have been evident for the Ball State University women's track and field team so far this year. The Cardinals travel this weekend to the Meyo Invitational in South Bend to compete with a roster of sixteen members in a meet that hosts dozens of top-notch teams.
It's been a slow week for the Ball State University women's basketball team. For the first time in more than a month, the Cardinals have had a week off between games.-á The break gave the Cardinals a chance to catch their breath in the middle of the Mid-American Conference season.
Dim the lights and break out the tissues, because Ball State University students, faculty and guest professionals are presenting the tragic, romantic opera "Madama Butterfly" at 7:30 p.m. today and tomorrow in Emens Auditorium. "We're talking about a standard opera repertoire piece that has been consistently performed for a hundred years," Joseph Levitt, assistant professor of voice and the opera's producer and director, said.
David Letterman, arguably Ball State University's most well-known alumnus, celebrated his 25th anniversary on late-night TV Thursday. Letterman has racked up 4,506 episodes of his popular "Late Show with David Letterman," CBS said. Letterman graduated from Ball State in 1969, and since then he's been back a limited number of times.
As Americans, we engage in several activities that define us as such. This Sunday, we will all sit down to engage in one of those activities: eating copious amounts of junk food. This isn't much different from any other day of the year, except for most we will be watching the Superbowl, which is another American institution: the yearly winner-take-all gridiron spectacle.
A courtroom is one of the last places a Ball State University student would want to spend his or her Friday evening. But for the seven members of the Ball State chapter of the Mock Trial Association, spending Friday evening presenting their case to a panel of judges means a chance at advancing to a national competition later in the semester.
Controversy about a recently released vampire pornographic film is putting Ball State University in the spotlight, and officials are scrambling to answer questions involving a situation they know little about. When Ball State allowed Muncie native Christopher Gregory to film a vampire horror movie in the Kitselmann Center, which houses the Virginia B.
The Ball State University men's basketball team will look to recover from a loss to one of the worst teams in the Mid-American Conference by playing against one the best. The Cardinals (7-14, 3-5 MAC) will be on the road for the second game in a row. They lost to Bowling Green State University Wednesday and have won one road game all season.
After recording its first win of the season, the Ball State University gymnastics team will attempt to record its first Mid-American Conference victory Saturday. The Cardinals (1-3, 0-2 MAC) will travel to Bowling Green, Ohio, to compete against the Bowling Green State University Falcons (2-1, 2-1 MAC).
If you read the paper yesterday, you know that Ball State University students can download the full top-of-the-line version of Vista, Microsoft's new OS, for free. I'm going to download it. Why? Because I'll be getting a $400 OS and software suite for free.
The Ball State University men's tennis team (1-3) has battled injury and illness as they prepare to face Michigan State University (4-2) Sunday.-á Junior Daniel Vidal is out for the season with an ankle injury, and junior Jarrod Epkey will not play this weekend because of back problems, coach Bill Richards said.
Ball State University senior Derek Brewington has not been seen since Saturday morning, but university officials say they have a strong lead on where he might have gone. Family and friends became concerned this week when they did not hear from him. Brewington's father called the University Police Department at 8:45 p.
var uslide_show_id = "645b224f-5da7-4150-af1d-c39cb3d8573c";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; TERRE HAUTE - Applause of congratulations echoed through St. Benedict's Catholic Church on Wednesday, as Travis J. Smith received his Ball State University letter jacket. Presented by the men's golf team and laid on Travis' casket by his father, the jacket represented Travis' commitment and success with the team, as well as the team's regret that he would not be joining them in the spring.
Ball State University students, faculty and staff will be able to download the full Ultimate version of Windows Vista free of charge as part of the Microsoft campus agreement, officials at University Computing Services said. Ultimate, the top-of-the line version of the new Microsoft operating system, which was released Tuesday, typically costs $399 for the full version from retail stores.
Ball State University incoming freshmen will be able to identify with the characters in next year's Freshman Connections book "The Color of Water" by James McBride, Melinda Messineo, chair of the book selection committee, said. She said the book has two interesting characters that students will be able to relate to because they are also trying to figure out who they are.
Provost Terry King said he doesn't know much about "horror porn" but he knows he's not happy about an X-rated vampire movie filmed on Ball State University property. King and other officials are dealing with the Friday release of "Vampire Diaries," a film produced by Muncie native Christopher Gregory and includes Ball State students.
Problems including billing errors, lack of student participation and disrespectful representatives caused several Muncie business owners to end their participation in a program that gives Ball State students discounts at local businesses. Ball State University became involved with Student Savings Club in late Fall 2005, said Marsha Hahn, the company's chief operating officer.
Look out, Dane Cook: The competition is just getting started. Ball State University juniors Ryan Ehresman and Joey Martin will premiere their first stand-up comedy open mic night at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at MoTini's, located in the Village. The event is open to students and members of the community younger than 21 years of age, if they purchase a drink from the mt cup, located below MoTini's.
