For Top 25 and Bowl Championship Series teams, football is one of the biggest money makers for the athletic program. Last year, the eight BCS teams that played in the bowls each were paid $15 million. But for the smaller Division I programs, receiving that kind of payday is not necessarily the case.
Two days after losing 38-28 to Purdue University, Ball State University extended football coach Brady Hoke's contract through Jan. 31, 2011 with a base salary of $157,970. Since Hoke was hired Dec. 18, 2002, the football team record has been 13-30. Extending the contract was a bad play for the university to make.
Hearing loss is all too familiar for Ball State University student Tucker Day, a sophomore music education major. Day has played music for nine years. Recently he noticed he was losing his hearing, but he said he is too passionate about his music to really think about it.
People are being infected by a food-borne pathogen and government agencies are unable to isolate it. The disease, first thought to be spread through a leafy green vegetable, perhaps spinach or lettuce, is soon found to be also spreading via other produce - possibly tomatoes.
Parking services has become much worse since last year. Not only were there not enough spots for the commuters last year, but now parking services has decided to take even more spots away from us this year. This year in the two lots behind the Student Center I noticed that half of one of the lots was designated yellow for the faculty.
Despite the danger of being in the middle of battlefields and constant danger, Ball State University telecommunications professor Steve Bell informed the world what it was like in Cambodia and Vietnam during war. Bell will speak to the Ball State community tonight about his experiences and how many things can change a life or someone's whole outlook on the world.
On Thursday Oct. 5 between 500 and 700 people showed up to take part in the Fall ArtsWalk, a larger, annual version of the recurring monthly arts event First Thursday. Gallery doors opened, music was played on the street and Muncie celebrated its art community.
The full experience of Muncie, and of college, cannot be fully achieved solely by going to campus events and walking around the Village. There are learning opportunities that cannot take place in a classroom, at a football game or in a bar. There are chances for students to expand their horizons and have new cultural experiences - they just have to venture downtown and look.
The recent parity that has become commonplace in men's college basketball the past couple years has trickled into women's basketball in the Mid-American Conference West division. Four of the six teams that comprise the West received first-place votes in the pre-season poll, which should make the conference season as unpredictable as ever.
I recently had a good friend, Amanda Lyon, finish a half marathon in which she ran for 13.1 miles and raised over $3,700 for leukemia doing it. The night she returned from her marathon, we discussed all of the inspiration she had received. After listening to her life-altering experience, I looked at her and said, "That's really great Amanda.
Students are trying to get to class in a hurry. Not only is traffic a problem, but so are the bikers. As I hurry to class, I have witnessed many of these incidents: pedestrians getting hit by the handle bars, pegs and even the whole bike itself. Also, I have noticed that when a biker cannot get through, the biker will just ride right behind that person until the pedestrian gets the hint to move.
Michigan Stadium is a place that can swallow you up. 110,000 screaming fans in a small, compact area. Fans, ranging from very old to very young, covered from top to bottom in maize and blue. Nearly every single one of them singing "Hail to the Victors." The fact the Wolverines are ranked No.
One of two Ball State University football players remains in Delaware County jail as of Tuesday afternoon after the other was released Monday, according to jail officials. Eulas Taylor III was released at 6:34 p.m. Monday after paying the $20,000 bond that was set during a bond hearing Monday morning, jail officials said, and Brandon Houston remains in jail until his bond is paid.
For close to 100 years, Carthage was the thorn in Rome's side, inhibiting Roman supremacy in the Mediterranean. The Romans had grown so tired of Carthage's mounting control that Cato the Elder ended speechs uttering, "I also think that Carthage must be destroyed," regardless of the subject.
With the bitter aftertaste of a first-round upset in last year's Mid-American Conference tournament, the Ball State University soccer team tried to make good on a year of waiting Sunday afternoon against Miami University. However, the Cardinals ended up dropping their quarterfinal match against Miami, 2-1.
Madaris Grant picked a hell of a time to make his first career catch. The freshman hauled in a one-yard touchdown pass from Nate Davis with 1:11 to go, giving Ball State University a 20-17 victory over Miami University. On fourth-and-goal, Davis ran a play-action fake to the running back and rolled a few steps to his right.
Funeral services for a former Ball State University student will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Angola. Students can pay respects to Tara Arnold, 20, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Weicht Funeral Home in Angola, according to her obituary.
After 18 regular season games the Ball State University field hockey team will receive one more day of rest than four other teams in its conference. The Cardinals ended their conference regular season on Sunday by defeating Missouri State University 2-0, and finished in a three-way tie with Miami University and Central Michigan University for second place and a bye in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
In March 2006, University Senate approved changes to the academic calendar that will eliminate Saturday finals and a day of Fall Break starting with the 2007-08 school year. On the new calendar, Fall Break runs Friday through Sunday. Finals are Monday through Friday.
When Brady Hoke walks through the tunnel at Michigan Stadium Saturday, it'll be a stroll of mixed emotions for the fourth-year head coach. For eight seasons, Hoke called the "Big House" home as an assistant coach under University of Michigan coach Lloyd Carr.
