Ball State University will officially unveil its Indianapolis Center on Meridian Street at 5 p.m. with a ribbon cutting. However, there will be no ribbon involved, President Jo Ann Gora said. "They have been working on doing something unusual with digital technology to call attention to the fact that this is a high-tech center," she said.
A group of 15 Purdue University student protesters are left with growling stomachs as they remain in a standoff trying to convince university officials that the school's bookstore should not purchase merchandise produced in sweatshops. The protesters began a hunger strike on Nov.
Use all the sports clich+â-¬s you want. It's crunch time. We're at the two minute warning. Down the stretch we come. There's only a few weeks left in the semester and students are opening their textbooks for the first time. It's time to buckle down and get serious.
Stop the war. I would like to let that sentence stand alone and leave the rest of this column blank as I think that would make quite a statement, but the editor probably would not let that happen. A previous column I wrote quoted Howard Zinn and a reader sent me an e-mail stating that Zinn lacked credibility as he was a pacifist with a "knee jerk reaction to war.
The art form of belly dancing has myriad potential origins but has strong ties to the Middle East, specifically Egypt. This art form has been practiced for many centuries but only in the past decade, has it come full circle in Muncie, with Carenza's Caravan putting it on the map for central Indiana.
The Purdue University protesters are backing a good cause. Very few people support the idea of little kids in a foreign country spending hours sewing university sweatshirts. We support the idea behind the hunger protest at Purdue. The methods, however, could use some work.
John Thompson III had no mercy on his little brother, Ball State University's first year coach Ronny Thompson. The Cardinals went down early in the contest and never recovered, falling to No. 14 Georgetown University 69-54. Ball State was behind by 12 points at the half.
Students concerned with the possibility of an unwanted pregnancy after engaging in unprotected sex can now purchase Plan B without a prescription from Planned Parenthood in Muncie. Plan B is a morning-after pill that prevents pregnancy if taken within 72 hours after unprotected sex.
When David Letterman suggested the production of "CSI: Muncie," CBS must have been inspired. Recently, the Muncie Police Department announced it would participate in the making of "Armed & Famous," a reality television show where five celebrities, including Jack Osbourne, La Toya Jackson and Erik Estrada, will be trained as Muncie police officers.
CBS has picked up a reality show that will put experience on a few Ball State University students' resumes and guns in the hands of five celebrities. Those celebrities are going through police training to become real Muncie police officers for Armed & Famous, a reality TV show that began filming in Muncie Friday.
At least 14 Ball State University students had about $20,000 worth of goods stolen from their apartments during Thanksgiving Break, according to police reports. Possibly seven of the 12 apartments in the Kensington Apartment complex were burglarized, Greg Ellison, security officer for Cardinal College Leasing, said.
As shocking as it is for me to say this, the Ball State University football team will miss Larry Bostic at running back. Yes, the same person who didn't take over as the Cardinals' top rusher until the second-to-last game against the University of Toledo, six weeks after MiQuale Lewis injured his shoulder late in the fourth quarter against the University at Buffalo on Oct.
It would be hard to imagine a better start to the 2006-07 basketball season than the Ball State University women's basketball team has gotten off to in its first four games. The wins are piling up at a record-setting pace. This is the third time in 32 years that the Cardinals have started the season 4-0.
What is truth? And why is it important? Truth is a primitive concept, so it's difficult to pin it down with a precise definition. For another example of a primitive concept, think of "sets": These objects and the consideration of what they do are the foundation of mathematics, but, for the most part, they're not actually well-defined; mathematicians just accept that they're "collections of objects", whatever that means.
One time I had a female friend over to study for a test we had the next day. She stayed until well after midnight. When she told me, "Hey I need to go to the bathroom," I replied to her, "OK." So, abiding by the rule of my dorm, I walked her down to the floor below mine, hoping a girl was out and about so I could ask her to open the door to the bathroom for my friend.
The United States has now been fighting the war in Iraq for longer than all of World War II. Only the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and Vietnam War were longer than Operation Iraqi Freedom. I think it is safe to say that we are all tired of this war and want to see our troops come home safely.
There have been two recent letters to the editor addressing the issue of encounters between pedestrians and bicyclists. I agree with both authors that whenever pedestrians and bicyclists interact, they should be courteous to each other. However, those encounters should really only occur at intersections due to one important fact.
Brian Jackson's postseason accolades continue to accumulate. After being selected as a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, Jackson was named the Mid-American Conference Special Teams Player of the Year by the MAC News Media Association.
After scoring 92 points in the semi-final game of the Ball State University Credit Union Thanksgiving Tournament, the Cardinals entered halftime of the championship contest against IPFW frustrated with a 29-22 deficit. However, Ball State [4-0] shot 14-for-25 [56%] from the floor in the second half, propelling the Cardinals to their second straight title with a 73-62 victory over the Mastodons.
I love documentaries. I am not sure why, but there is just something about the fact that I can learn something in the two or so hours I am sitting down watching the television that seems magical to me. Last weekend, I learned all about Al Gore in his tribute to himself, "An Inconvenient Truth.
