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Ball State University football fans have a tailgating alternative with the Alumni Association's Ball State Game Day buffet. Ed Shipley, executive director of alumni programs, said President Jo Ann Gora and Athletic Director Tom Collins will be two of the expected hundreds in attendance when the Alumni Association kicks off the season on Aug.
The Miller College of Business honored a Ball State University student Thursday night for his efforts to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims. Junior Ben Poor was featured at MCOB's Welcome Week activity, "The Miller Experience," on University Green.
Student Government Association and Ball State University officials combined their effort to make campus safer for students. Jim Lowe, director of engineering and operations for facilities planning and management, said one call box was installed on McKinley Avenue near the Music Instruction Building during the Spring Semester.
Almost from the day he arrived on campus there's been a slight, but noticeable, sense of awe surrounding Ball State University's sophomore quarterback Nate Davis. He was the No. 1 recruit the Mid-American Conference had to offer when he committed to Ball State.
Hopefully, you and your friends have survived nights of benders - if you drink - consuming every drop of alcohol in sight and have not been picked up by the police like 74 students were last weekend. Congrats. But there are other, less apparent consequences than flashing red and blue lights, mugshots and a night in the drunk tank.
The Ball State University field hockey team has made an annual tradition out of playing a difficult out-of-conference schedule, and the trend shows no sign of stopping in the 2007 season. The Cardinals begin the season this weekend, traveling to Villanova University Saturday before playing at La Salle University Sunday.
The former women's basketball head coach at Kokomo High School will come out of retirement to be the final assistant coach on Tracy Roller's coaching staff this season. Thursday the Ball State University athletic department announced the hiring of Charlie Hall as an assistant coach on the women's basketball team.
Less than a week away from the Ball State University football team's season opener, coach Brady Hoke is still hosting an open competition for kicker. The three listed place kickers on the Cardinals' roster are freshmen Jake Hogue and Ian McGarvey and sophomore Adam Weber.
In its final exhibition of the season, the Ball State University women's soccer team will try to set its starting lineup, coach Michelle Salmon said. Ball State's starters will see more playing time Saturday against Indiana State University than in their previous scrimmage against IUPUI.
The Dave Boos era starts tonight when the Ball State University women's volleyball team plays the University of Maine. Maine is the first of the Cardinals three matches this weekend in Ball State's Active Ankle Challenge. The Cardinals will play Southeast Missouri State followed by No.
Don Park lifted the black cloth and wiped a tear away from his face. After spending more than 30 years at Ball State University as a student, teacher and administrator, Park was immortalized forever Wednesday, when a bronze plaque of his likeness was unveiled at his namesake, Park Hall.
As Ball State University football players hustled around the practice field to prepare for the upcoming season, construction workers have feverishly worked on completing Scheumann Stadium for the season opener. The initial deadline for the renovations was Aug.
A proposed smoking ban on Ball State University's campus might snuff student's butts for good, but students will have the chance to speak their minds before any decisions are made. Provost Terry King said the ban would prohibit smoking on any Ball State property.
A year removed from its first Mid-American Conference championship, the Ball State University women's soccer team was predicted to repeat as the champions by the MAC coaches. In the preseason rankings, the coaches also predicted Ball State to win the conference tournament.
After three months of construction and $850,000, the Ball State University men's and women's tennis teams will have renovated facilities for the upcoming season. The Cardinal Creek Tennis Center, located north of the Duck Pond, opened Monday for the first time since being closed for renovations in early May.
Ball State University students will have to dig deeper in their pockets if they want to purchase vending machine goods now that the prices have increased. Leisa Julian, director of finance legal affairs, said the increase would only affect vending machines, and would have no affect on other food service prices on campus.
About 74 of our peers have more on their minds this week than starting classes. While Friday and Saturday marked the start of school year fun for Ball State University students, it also provided ample time for Indiana State Excise and Muncie and Ball State police departments to remind minors that alcohol shouldn't be in their hands.
Four parking lots will, hopefully, be safer when security cameras are installed, and that's great for students. Too bad it will take more than two years and nine months to happen. The project stalled for multiple reasons. It was held up when the original purpose of the cameras changed, the original bid for the cameras didn't stick and the project was lost when Parking Services, Public Safety and other departments weren't sure who was in charge of it.
For all of you out there who suffer from an unavoidable illness that comes every summer caused by the awful selection of shows on television ... I sympathize with you. Okay, maybe that's a tad bit dramatic, but good television during the months of June, July and August is virtually nonexistent.
