The Ball State University women's swimming and diving team improved its record to 3-1 on the year with a 190-110 victory at Bowling Green State University on Saturday. The Cardinals finished first in 11 of 16 events and were led by Emily Hurst and Brittany Sayler.
Daniel Human n Staff Reporter Sallie Mae Corporation will be holding an orientation today and interviews Tuesday for Ball State University seniors interested in moving up in the company quickly. The Fast Track to Management Trainee Program gives seniors an opportunity to receive entry-level positions at the Sallie Mae Muncie operation, the company's public relations representative Rick Castellano said.
The mission statement of Ball State University clearly states that we value intellectual freedom, and I personally believe that a university is a marketplace for ideas where thought and discussion of differing viewpoints should be encouraged among students, faculty and staff.
Glenn Augustine, senior director of University Communications at Ball State University, will become the communications manager for the Indiana Youth Institute on Dec. 18, according to a release.
I, along with many students, faculty and general public, attended the lecture of David Horowitz this past Wednesday and while I kept an open mind and considered all the points he made in his lecture, I left that night very concerned with a handful of issues.
I, like many, was turned away from the Jack Hanna show Wednesday at Emens Auditorium. I arrived to the show at 6:30 p.m. hoping to see an excellent show. I am writing this letter in disappointment, not frustration, from the lack of communication by the Emens staff.
It's time for the hard work that's been poured into weeks of practice and two pre-season scrimmages to reap its benefits for the Ball State University women's basketball team. The Cardinals open their season tonight at the University of Michigan. Even though the Wolverines finished with a 6-23 record last season, Ball State coach Tracy Roller said the Big Ten environment will present an adequate challenge to her team.
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Wide-eyed kids clung to their parents outside Emens Auditorium Wednesday night, juiced on the anticipation of what probably amounted to Christmas and birthday rolled up in one - getting to see Jack Hanna and all his animals. All those children I saw that night never made it into the show - never saw one furry four-legged feline, unless it was Kitty back home.
On Saturday, it took the Cardinals five games to defeat Central Michigan, but senior Amanda McCormick needed all five of these games to set history. Entering the weekend, McCormick was 77 digs away from having 800 digs for the season, with two games remaining in the Ball State University women's volleyball regular season.
Saturday was the end of assistant coach Turena Lane's time at Ball State University as the Cardinals' cross country team finished in 13th place at the regional meet. Now planning to move to Miami to join husband and former Ball State track and cross country coach Todd Lane, Turena Lane said she was pleased with the team's final effort of the season.
President Jo Ann Gora was disappointed with the way protesters treated a conservative speaker at Ball State University Wednesday, and she and the university are taking action to address the fallout. Not only did Gora say she was disappointed with the women who threw pies at speaker David Horowitz, but she was also disappointed with Horowitz himself for the comments he made about her and the university, she said.
With a new level of excitement, men's basketball kicked off its season at home against Northern Colorado on Saturday. The energy and passion of a team with a new coach was evident for fans. The energy present at the game was an indication of this rejuvenated team's potential.
Sitting in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum at 9:00 a.m., the four students comprising the College Bowl team ABCD were chatting away and eager for competition. Ten minutes later, ABCD had won its first match - by a forfeiture. Instead of leaning back and taking a break until its next round, however, Team ABCD - freshmen Cassandra Adamson, Drew Hainz, Brittany Hommerding and Audra White - continued practicing in a mock round.
Curtain Up! Light the lights! They had nothing to hit but the heights in Friday night's performance of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Director Bill Jenkins created a "Grande Spectacle" by having gold and brown sets to complement the snazzy 1920s-style costumes and captions above the proscenium during the scenes with Chinese dialogue.
As high school seniors, Audrey McDonald, Kyleigh Jones and Kalynne Proctor averaged a combined 49 points and 15 rebounds per game. All three were All-State selections -¡- McDonald and Jones first team selections in Indiana and Proctor an honorable mention in Ohio.
The flaw with every criticism of our current situation in Iraq is the idea that the war is a partisan issue or at least commands the attention to which the effects of certain actions bearing emotional weight demand. No, the war and the major concern death of innocent "lives" has no real bearing outside of a pure utilitarian mode.
With two Mid-American Conference matches at home this weekend, the Ball State University women's volleyball team's regular season comes to a close. The Cardinals play Eastern Michigan University at 7 p.m. today and Central Michigan University Saturday night.
I normally don't watch a lot of professional football. Sitting around watching the Cleveland Browns take on the Kansas City Chiefs isn't really my idea of a good weekend. The NFL is different and kind of funny in that most of the games that are played don't really have any significance at all.
With fewer than 48 hours before the Ball State University men's basketball team opens its 2006-07 season against Northern Colorado University, Ronny Thompson has signed a new recruit. According to Thompson, Melvin Goins has signed a Nation Letter of Intent to attend Ball State next season.
