Indianapolis International Airport, it would appear, has become one of the latest institution to strike a blow at cigarette smokers. They have done so by banning all smoking at the airport, inside as well as out, by January 1, 2008, save for those people working on the construction of the new terminal.
There's really nothing scarier than being involved in a car crash. But it seems like that here in the heartland of America, where we have nearly as many cars as we do people, that it's bound to happen sooner or later. Getting in an accident is like getting called for jury duty: it'll eventually happen, you can't control when, but you know it's totally going to suck when it does happen.
Ball State junior Amber Williams will compete with the best athletes in the world when she runs the 100-meter hurdles Friday at the USA Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis. Assistant coach Steve Rajewsky said there isn't any pressure to perform to a certain level.
Ball State University students usually think of time as a commodity that is in short supply. Classes, homework and some semblance of a social life take up most of a typical day. Finding time to help others is a worthy cause that can slip under the radar with everything else going on in students' lives.
English professor Mary Theresa Seig helped produce an interactive DVD that won the 2007 Silver Muse Award, given by the American Association of Museums media and technology committee. The DVD, "Opening Doors to Great Guest Experiences," features the educational philosophy, theory and practice of museums.
The soon-to-be dean of the College of Architecture and Planning said he will use his broad affiliations to intersect the department's disciplines and create an international dimension in the college. "I am very excited about the potential that the College of Architecture and Planning offers," said Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, who will leave his position as executive associate dean and director of outreach at Texas A&M University and begin working at Ball State University on August 1.
Incoming freshmen from six Ohio counties will likely continue to pay in-state tuition to attend Ball State University, Tom Morrison, associate vice president for Human Resources and State Relations, said. Incoming freshmen from Butler, Darke, Mercer, Preble, Shelby and Van Wert counties in Ohio pay the same as students from Indiana because of the 2004 Ohio Reciprocity Agreement.
A faculty member with extensive experience at Ball State University will soon take over as associate provost and dean of University College. Marilyn Buck is currently the associate dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology, but will take the new position beginning July 1.
With a 3.77 GPA, senior starting pitcher Ryan DeGeeter was one of 19 players selected for the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team for 2007. DeGeeter is the only Cardinal selected for this year's squad and is a exercise science major who was twice the MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week in the 2006-07 season.
Normally the Ball State University women's basketball program will host four camps in the summer, but not this year. Instead the Cardinals hosted one big camp with 21 high school teams. The camp began Friday night and wrapped up Sunday morning. "Basically they just come in and get a lot of games in," Kelsey Corbin, the camp's director said.
The Extreme Flight Championships finals took place in Muncie Sunday. The Muncie Visitors Bureau held the XFC at the Academy of Model Aeronautics during the Summer Heat Festival. Attendees watched an air-show featuring pilots Michael Mancuso and Matt Chapman and sky-divers.
INDIANAPOLIS - Terry Hoeppner spent two years adding talent, creating excitement and changing the perception of Indiana University football. It's up to Bill Lynch, a former Ball State University coach, and Hoeppner's players to reach a bowl game and finish the job.
Ball State University is no stranger to cell phone bans, but the university has nothing on Allen County. In Allen County courthouses, people who ignore or aren't aware of a cell phone ban stand to have their phones confiscated and destroyed. Cell phone bans are necessary in some situations, but officials should never destroy expensive electronic equipment if people accidentally break the rules.
Sometimes I wonder what about life in America suggests we're always entitled to closure in life. I watched as HBO brought "The Sopranos" to an end and quite frankly, I was pleased with the way the ending played out. David Chase obviously believes open-ended conclusions mirror life and are thus preferred.
A recent BBC news network article titled, "FBI tries to fight zombie hordes" may catch our interest simply out of pure curiosity. However, fans of "Night of the Living Dead" will be disappointed as these "zombies" are not the shambling corpse type. Rather these zombies might very well be sitting on your desk at home or in your dorm room, and you may not even know it, in the form of your computer.
As Father's Day approaches, we are each given an opportunity to take a step back and look at our lives and see who serves the father's role. Who has been that special person in our life that has consistently been there for us? We can ponder the role of a father.
It could take several months for the Ball State University men's basketball program to receive its sanctions for the team's most recent NCAA violations, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins said Wednesday. "Unfortunately, once we've sent the NCAA our self-report, we're really running on their timetable," Collins said.
Step into the life of a New Yorker and shake things up a bit by going to Ball State University's dinner theater production of "The World Goes 'Round." This year's show features a collection of 30 songs from productions such as "Chicago," "Cabaret" and "New York, New York" all written by writing duo John Kander and Fred Ebb.
