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MEN'S GOLF: Team travels to Arkansas for UALR Invite

After failing to finish in the top half of the field in six of its seven meets, the Ball State University men's golf team will returns to action at the UALR Collegiate Invitational in Little Rock, Arkansas. Coming off a 17th place finish out of 18 teams at the Pinehurst Invitational, the Cardinals look to find their stroke at the Chenal Country Club.



Women's Week kicks off

A yoga practitioner, social inequality activists and activist grandmothers, among others, will entertain and inform Ball State University students this week about the role of women in today's society. Women's Week kicks off today with five guest lecturers who will discuss women's issues.


Administrator takes position at California-Davis

Nona Richardson, who has spent the past five years as associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Ball State University, will leave next month to take an athletic administration post at the University of California-Davis. Richardson was named senior associate athletics director at the school, filling a void left by Pam-Gill-Fisher, who retired.


GYMNASTICS: BSU falls in final home meet

Down 1.075 points going into the floor exercise of Friday's meet, the Ball State University gymnastics team prepared to mount a comeback in front of more than 700 fans. Scores of 9.675 from junior Erica Gilkerson, 9.625 from senior Jenna Tarkington and 9.


Birth control costs double across nation

Women who use the Amelia T. Wood Health Center's pharmacy to purchase birth control will soon be paying at least double for their prescriptions. "It's hard to know how it will affect [students]," Kent Bullis, director of the health center said Tuesday. "We've discussed it at great length and are very concerned about it.



SOFTBALL: Squad plays well despite 1-3 record

Although the Ball State University softball team lost three of its four games this weekend, coach Craig Nicholson said the team played better than its record showed. Ball State (8-17) concluded the Iowa Tournament Sunday with a 5-0 win against South Dakota State University.


MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Host Cardinals win tourney

After losing the first two games to No. 9 Pacific University Saturday, coach Joel Walton had one message to the No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team during the intermission: He was embarrassed. The message was well received as Ball State (12-9) came back to defeat Pacific (14-11) in five games (27-30, 20-30, 30-23, 30-24, 15-13) and won the Don Shondell/Active Ankle Challenge.



MEN'S TENNIS: Cardinals victorious on trip to Buffalo

The Ball State University men's tennis team kicked off its Mid-American Conference season with a 5-2 victory over the University at Buffalo. Coach Bill Richards said the trip to Buffalo, N.Y. can be very draining, but the team still played well. "We just took care of business one match at a time," Richards said.


Students present plan at Speedway

Two Ball State University students will have 500 seconds to present a business plan in the back of the limousine today as it drives around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If their presentation for the Nascent 500 Business Plan Challenge is successful, the students could win $10,000.


Wabash River provides inspiration for local artists

Muncie residents will have the opportunity to view the Wabash River from 100 different angles in all four seasons March 24 through June 24 at Minnetrista. Local artists David Dale and Jim Faulkner traveled more than 500 miles during a span of 15 years to capture the Wabash River in order to complete the display.



GYMNASTICS: Cards host final meet

Motivation may be hard to come by, but when a team finds some, they are capable of doing great things. Case in point, the Ball State University gymnastics team found motivation in a wild moose and its calf, coach Lisa Simonton said, during the team's trip to Alaska over Spring break.


SOFTBALL: Cards lack consistent passion

While the Ball State University softball team is suffering from a lack of consistency, it's not strike outs or errors that worry coach Craig Nicholson the most. His greatest concern is the lack of emotional consistency. The Cardinals (7-14) will look to gain more consistency at this weekend's Iowa Tournament.


Weather postpones Baseball matchup

Inclement weather has postponed today's Mid-American Conference home opening meet for the Ball State University baseball team.


Check your list twice

PART FIVE OF A FIVE-PART SERIES Freshmen Heather Caldwell and Emily McKenna admit that they know practically nothing about insurance - and they aren't alone. "I don't really think ahead about stuff, just about getting through the next test," McKenna said. Senior Sarah Oldham, on the other hand, has more knowledge about insurance than most college students.


OUR VIEW: Tiny pill, big bill

Safe sex just got pricier. Ball State University students who get their birth control from the Amelia T. Wood Student Health Center are in for a big surprise. Prescription birth control is set to increase in cost up to threefold with the implementation of the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


THE SCENIC ROUTE: New Orleans still needs help

Before Spring Break, I wrote about my trip to New Orleans last year and how I spent four days gutting out ruined houses and how it gave me things to think about on the way back. I finished with a sort of segue into this week's column about how I was going to go back to work in the same area and do the same kind of work and come back with a different set of questions.