Ball State University junior Alyssa Couch died in a car accident around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Yorktown, the city's Police Seargent Jeff Wulff said.
Despite flaring tempers and flying accusations about greek life at Ball State University after the beating of a student outside a fraternity house on Saturday, representatives say the organizations, overall, are respectable. Problems and negative attitudes towards greeks come from the way individuals behave, not the way entire fraternities and sororities act, Interfraternity Council President Jamie Manuel said.
Spots are filling up fast for Ball State University's Spring Semester child care service, and students, faculty and community members who want access to close, affordable child care need to apply soon. Robin Box, director of Ball State's Child Study Center, said there are already six to eight children on next semester's waiting list.
Students will dress up in hospital scrubs and play the board game "Operation" among hospital decorations as part of a fundraising event Ball State University Chi Omega sorority is doing at Wing-Out from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The fundraiser is called Chris' Anatomy, after "Grey's Anatomy," and is hospital-themed, and proceeds are going to help Ball State junior Chris Horner, Christy Masters, a Chi Omega member and event coordinator, said.
Two weeks ago, three friends and I ventured up to the Big House to watch Ball State University play Michigan in football, to see the Big House for the first time and hopefully to see our Cards not get totally embarrassed. We left with our heads held high after Ball State played quite possibly the most thrilling game it has ever played in.
It's teeter-totter time again. Circle K will hold its annual Teeter-Totter-A-thon 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at the Scramble Light. The Teeter-Totter-A-thon is an annual event put on by Circle K to raise money for the Muncie Animal Rescue Fund, Mike Copley, the event coordinator said.
Mark Amones n Sports Editor To prepare for the three-day Mid-American Conference Championships in February, Ball State University will host the two-day Doug Coers Invitational for swimming and diving this weekend. "The two strongest teams from last year will be returning this year and that means there will be a lot of competition in this meet," co-coach Bob Thomas said.
Firearm season for deer hunting starts Saturday. Two women discuss their experiences with hunting. Also, learn where to aim at a deer when hunting.
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Student Government Association appointed a new Credentials Board chairman, Kyle Ellis, at its weekly meeting Wednesday, after Matt Walker resigned from the position earlier this week. Executives discovered problems with Senate seat applications and records and asked Walker to resign.
Take a pill - no pregnancy, no problems. This is how birth control is generally perceived. Birth control almost eliminates any chance of pregnancy, but nothing is absolute - the methods can fail. Birth control is far from a cure-all. It's not enough to simply use birth control, people must take the time to understand what they're using, how it works and what can hamper that functionality.
The Ball State University Writing Center turns 40 years-old today, and to celebrate the center is having a cheers to 40 years party from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The celebration will include free food, drinks and a writing contest, Jackie Grutsch McKinney, director of the Writing Center, said.
Some people never learn from their high profile mistakes. The Dixie Chicks are featured in a new documentary, "Shut Up And Sing," directed by Barbara Kopple. In the film, lead singer Natalie Maines is seen in one telling moment watching George Bush on NBC's Nightly News.
It took a full five games for the Ball State University women's volleyball team to beat the University at Buffalo last night. The teams faced off in Worthen Arena in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament. Coach Randy Litchfield was happy with the final outcome but felt the team's defense still played without passion.
I am writing, as many others already have, to voice my opinion on David Horowitz. However, I am not writing to criticize or support his views. I am writing to simply make a point. There are those who criticize Horowitz as a racist, sexist and a general black mark on society.
In a saddening but not-so-shocking announcement two weeks ago, television icon Bob Barker announced he will be retiring from "The Price is Right." After hosting the show for the first time on Sept. 4, 1972, Barker has become one of the most recognizable people in America.
Samantha Zilai n Chief Reporter The Goo Goo Dolls will perform a concert in December at the House of Blues Cleveland and donate all proceeds to a scholarship at Ball State University in honor of graduate Rebecca Reichert, who died in October. Reichert was diagnosed with tongue cancer in Fall 2004, Kimberly Inks, life-long friend and associate professor of music, said.
It's obvious from the comments by Brittany Stiles and Mona Luxon that some people had difficulty understanding what I said when I was at Ball State. In my lecture I did not criticize feminism or the quest for equality for women. I criticized radical feminism, the idea that women are oppressed in America - which I find offensive to people who were actually oppressed like African slaves - and a Women's Studies program that insists on sectarian views of these matters.
Two students were shot at Windermere Place Apartments, a person was beaten up outside of a fraternity house and several Muncie businesses have been robbed at gunpoint - for Ball State University students, violence has been prevalent. We realize we're the ones who report this information and can subsequently be criticized for making violence a larger issue than it is.
After receiving help from a youth voter initiative, Ball State University surpassed its goal for the number of students who registered to vote this year. Student Life set a goal of registering 750 students, but the school toppled its goal by registering 967 students, Aimee Ash, associate director and registration coordinator, said.
