Former Ball State starting pitcher Bryan Bullington has played at all four levels in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization since being selected first overall in the MLB 2002 First-Year Player Draft. Bullington worked his way through the minors, eventually making a shaky major-league debut in 2005.
NewsLink Indiana, a student immersion program at Ball State University, has hired a new managing editor to replace the person who has held the position for the last two years. Sy Jenkins, a freelance reporter, was hired to take the position and will start working at NewsLink Aug.
With 251 firework-related injuries last year, the Indiana State Department of Health urges Hoosiers to keep a few safety tips in mind before lighting up the sky this Fourth of July. "Fireworks are to be respected," Steve Graves, executive director for the Indiana Fireworks Users Association said, "A simple sparkler burns at 2,000 degrees.
With July being one of the busiest months on the women's basketball recruiting calendar, Ball State coach Tracy Roller decided to drop the Cardinals' High School Elite Camp. The NCAA allows women's basketball programs unlimited recruiting during the first 10 days of July.
As a tune-up for the 2007 fall season, members of the Ball State men's golf team competed in the Indiana Amateur tournament Thursday at Otter Creek Golf Club in Columbus. Every player returning to Ball State next season made the cut. Junior Brian Maurer's eight-over par 296 led them.
Depending on which study you read, Indiana ranks fourth, eighth or ninth among "heaviest states" thanks to a reported 26 percent obesity rate. So Indiana's government, led by Mitch Daniels, has added a "war on obesity" to the nation's wars on drugs, terrorism and, in the end, personal freedom.
One lonely person standing behind a microphone is the basis for one of the better forms of entertainment today. I am not speaking of music, though. I am speaking of the world of stand-up comedy. This is the old school in making people laugh. This is where many people come to try their hand at speaking into a microphone and getting people to pay you to do it.
I think that there has to be a point where collectively as a society we have to stand up and say, "Enough is enough. We're mad as hell and we're not going to take this anymore. There is absolutely no reason why anybody needs to know this much about Paris Hilton.
Professor of Journalism David Sumner was named "Magazine Educator of the Year" by a national organization Wednesday. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication will give Sumner the award Aug. 10 at a convention in Washington, D.C. Sumner has been coordinator of the Magazine sequence in the Department of Journalism since 1990 and has written several nationally-distributed books, including "Magazine: A Complete Guide to the Industry" and "Action, Angles and Anecdotes: Feature and Magazine Writing.
Ball State will host the 2007 Indiana girl's volleyball State Championships ending 35 straight years of the event being held in Indianapolis. Both the semi-finals and finals will take place in the Muncie area for all four classes of girl's volleyball on Nov.
Bill Richards is entering his 36th season as the men's tennis coach, but said this is the first time he saw Ball State University coaches receive notes like the ones given to the men's basketball coaching staff. Sunday morning, notes containing racial slurs were discovered in the office of men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson and in the offices of Thompson's three assistant coaches.
It's been four days since Ball State student Nicole Rash was crowned Miss Indiana yet it's only just starting to sink in. Rash talked to The Daily News about her experiences in pageants, her hopes for the next year and what comes next. Q: What do you like about competing in pageants? "I just love the community involvement that they have.
Recently retired Ball State University instructor James Shasky can add number 29 to his list of Emmy Awards on Sept. 8 when the lower great lakes chapter of the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences of Cleveland will award Shasky the winner of the Board of Governors award for lifetime achievement.
When President Jo Ann Gora's husband attended a recent conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., he was surprised when a man approached and congratulated him. When Roy Budd, Gora's husband of seven years, asked the man why he'd offered the congratulations, the man told Budd that his wife was a finalist for the president's position at Purdue University.
This weekend, men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson and his coworkers found letters filled with racist and derogatory comments shoved under their office doors. The letters contained the words "nigger," "liar," and "cheater" and nothing else. Today is not the day to editorialize about racism.
When Brian Jackson didn't sign a NFL or Arena Football League contract, the former Ball State place-kicker thought he would have to wait a year to begin his professional football career. After a poor tryout with the Chicago Bears, Jackson went through two short stints with the AFL's New York Dragons to fill in for the team's injured kicker.
Members of the Ball State University men's basketball coaching staff found notes that included racial slurs in the basketball office over the weekend, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins announced Wednesday. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for Marketing and Communications, said a total of seven notes with the words "nigger," "liar" and "cheater" written on them were found at about 8 a.
Former Ball State University alumnus Don Yaeger will release his 14th book, "It's Not About the Truth," to the public Tuesday. The book tells the story of the Duke Lacrosse scandal that took place in April 2006 from the perspective of former coach Mike Pressler.
Ball State University junior Amber Williams said her biggest concern heading into the U.S.A. Outdoor Track and Field Championships was whether her legs could offer enough power for another race. A few steps into her first heat, Williams found her answer. "My start was bad from the beginning," Williams said of her 13.
