Check out photos of the Mr. Phi-Nominal Talent Show. The event was hosted by Alpha Phi sorority and all proceeds went to cardiac care.
Motorists better think twice before pushing the pedal to the metal or not snapping in a seat belt during the next two weeks. The Ball State University and Muncie police departments are participating in Operation Pull Over, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration road safety campaign, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said.
var uslide_show_id = "22e8f23e-4a0d-4ecf-8dd4-1cc690246a45";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; At about noon, snow began blanketing Muncie and Ball State University, eventually covering roads, cars and buildings with as much as 6 inches of wet packing snow, according to the National Weather Service. It fell too thick for snow plows to keep up, so many roads remained covered until it stopped. Police reported accidents all over the city, and two people died when two semitrailers hit head-on 10 miles north of Muncie on I-69. While most students bundled up in hats, coats and gloves, some still went to class in shorts and T-shirts despite temperatures that peaked at 12 degrees Fahrenheit but dipped as low as -2 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NWS.
Ball State University's men's basketball team is on the edge of ensuring that the school will have its fourth losing regular season in five years. Should the Cardinals drop one more game, they will have no hope of passing the .500-mark. Ball State (7-15, 3-6 in the Mid-American Conference) will look to end a two-game losing streak as they play the University at Buffalo (10-12, 2-7 MAC) at 7 p.
Senior Derek Brewington, whose family and friends have not heard from him in more than a week, stayed the past eight days at a New York City hostel, Ball State University spokesman Layne Cameron said. The student's father, Dan Brewington, said he spoke to a man in charge of the hostel, who confirmed that 22-year-old Derek Brewington had been at the hostel just that morning.
t's a pain in the apricot. Trying to eat lunch anywhere near the middle of campus, especially the Atrium, is harder for students this semester. Cashiers are struggling to learn new cash register systems after their installation in recent months. Ultimately, student customers are paying the price of time, as well as food - waiting in longer lines than what some students' schedules can budget.
Men reciting poetry and reading minds will be some of the acts Ball State University students can expect to see at Alpha Phi sorority's eighth annual Mr. Phi-Nominal. The talent show will be at 9:30 p.m. today in Pruis Hall. Alpha Phi President Karrah Duvall said the event has 13 men from around campus participating in four categories: an interview, a talent portion, a final question round and a penny wars competition.
o you think about national political issues? Probably not. Should you think about national political issues? That's an entirely different question. The knee-jerk answer is in: after all, how will your position on those issues affect you personally? What good are one mind's thoughts out of a crowd of 300 million, anyway? Really, you might conclude, there's no particular reason to think about politics at all, at least on the national level.
Earning the doubles point at the beginning of a match can pay huge dividends. The victory means that a team needs to win three singles matches instead of four to win the meet. Ball State University coach Kathy Bull stresses the importance of winning the doubles point, which was the Cardinals' focus Monday and Tuesday as the team prepared for Wednesday's match against IPFW.
During the course of a college basketball season, games have a tendency of blurring together. There are rare times, however, whena a regular-season game looms a little bit larger. That's the way it will be when Ball State University travels to Bowling Green State University tonight.
Black people make up 13 percent of the country's population but almost 50 percent of HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the U.S., according to the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness day Web site. In honor of this day, free and anonymous HIV tests will be given today at Ball State University for its third annual observation of NBHAAD.
Ball State University students who may not have had a reason to go to the L.A. Pittenger Student Center before might want to spend a Friday night bowling, watching a movie or hanging out in student lounges after renovations are made to the more than 50-year-old building.
Eating on campus during lunchtime is so difficult for senior Frank Patterson that he said he would rather not eat lunch at all. "It is awful," he said. "It is no one's fault, but trying to eat in the Atrium or Noyer during lunchtime is next to impossible.
As the temperature plummets and the wind blows, Ball State University students are seen wearing hats, gloves, scarfs and anything else to keep warm. Click here to find out some ways to help fix problems the colder weather might cause.
Crafted out of cigarette boxes, the letters I-M-P-U-R-E dangle from a bulletin board in the Art and Journalism Building, forming a statement with which the members of a Ball State University Business Fellows group can agree. Lax enforcement of the current university smoking policy and health concerns have led the group, including faculty members Jeff Clark and his wife, Susan, along with nine students, to work to make Ball State a smoke-free campus.
Since August 2005, Ball State University has had a policy in place that restricts smoking within 30 feet of any university building. The policy also states that "conspicuous signs" should be posted on all doors involved in the restriction. Anyone who has walked by a smoker while entering a building understands why enforcing this policy is a difficult endeavor at best.
In Orlando, it is illegal to feed the homeless. Faced with the question of what to do with the rising homeless population in its city, Orlando has fought to control the surging problem through legislation. A law banning panhandling was struck down in the courts, the city has fought to make homeless people carry special ID cards and now an official ordinance says those wishing to feed the homeless in a public place must have permission from the city to do so.
The national champions celebrated a victorious return to Indianapolis on Monday. Despite cold weather, thousands of fans waited through a two- hour delay for the parade to begin. A formal ceremony took place in the RCA Dome where players spoke to fans.
The origins of Valentine's Day, like the origins of love itself, are somewhat unclear. Legend has it that a third-century priest named Valentine continued to perform marriage ceremonies despite the fact that it was deemed illegal by the Roman emperor Claudius II.
Everyone needs food and clothing, and Ball State University's Student Voluntary Services is trying to provide these items for many unfortunate local people. SVS set up white barrels around campus so people can donate gently used clothing, non-perishable foods, cleaning supplies and household items.
