When 24 ice bags were needed for the 10 gymnasts at practice Tuesday, the team realized that mid-season had arrived. Coach Lisa Simonton recognized it was time to modify the week's schedule in preparation for Sunday's meet with Central Michigan. After Tuesday's practice she changed Thursday's practice from four hours of gymnastics to one hour of conditioning.
Competing views on levels of experience, number of platform issues and efforts to draw student involvement put the two Student Government Association slates at odds during Thursday night's president-vice president slate debate. Asher Lisec, presidential candidate for Team Lisec, emphasized her team's combined experience in 10 Student Senate committees and caucuses and their authoring of nine pieces of legislation while sponsoring more than 20 in SGA.
At Thursday's first debate of the election season, T-shirt-wearing campaign supporters of the two Student Government Association slates took their seats, like die-hard fans filing in on opposite sides of a stadium to watch the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
"The Vagina Monologues" allowed Ball State women to relay the personal accounts of others, focusing on topics the general public often considers "taboo." Find out why some of the students decided to participate in the show and the stories they relayed to the public.
When Ball State University baseball coach Greg Beals looks at his 2006 scorecard, one word comes to mind: Experience.-á A potent Ball State offense that led the Mid-American Conference in team batting average in 2005 returns almost entirely intact for the 2006 baseball season.
When Steve Geraci's Student Government Association slate promised students a campus music server as part of its platform, the slate members probably weren't thinking the downloading service would be entirely free to students. Free to join. Free to download.
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Feb. 9 Daily News article "SGA Removes Election Board." My understanding is that William Garvey was entrusted with the responsibility to compile a board to oversee the upcoming Student Senate elections at Ball State University.
As early as Fall 2006, Ball State University students may be able to use the financial aid in their bursar's accounts to purchase textbooks at the Ball State Bookstore. The Student Government Association discussed legislation Wednesday that would allow students to use their financial aid and scholarship money to purchase textbooks and class supplies.
Approximately half of college women experience some type of sexual aggression, and because of this startling fact, Andrea Cooper gave a presentation informing the Ball State University community about rape. "I wasn't able to help my daughter," Cooper said.
Dear Editor, In response to the recent letter written by the dismissed members of the former Elections Board, I do not believe that they have taken a retrospective glance at their position from a more inclusive perspective; nor did this group of individuals state their exact affiliations when appointed to their perspective positions.
After Sunday's game against Miami (OH), when Ball State had the ball in its hands at the end of regulation and two overtimes; the Cardinals were put in the opposite position on Wednesday. Freshman Maurice Acker hit his first of two free throws with 13 seconds remaining in the game putting the Cards up three points against Central Michigan.
About 70,000 college students, both men and women, are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault each year, health educator Lisa Thomason said. Thomason gave a lecture regarding alcohol-related sexual assault, titled "Sex on the Rocks." The lecture was part of the Ball State University Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
Illegally downloading music and movies will become a distant memory when Ball State University students gain access to Ruckus, a digital entertainment network. However, the service is not compatible with the popular iTunes program or iPods. After a bidding war between Ruckus and Napster, the Student Government Association and University Computing Services chose Ruckus, SGA President Steve Geraci said.
Ball State's offense looked sluggish and out-of-sync in the first half on Wednesday. The Cardinals committed 13 turnovers and faced a 12-point deficit to visiting Toledo. But the second half proved to completely different. The Cards exploded for 42 points, and their stifling defense helped lift them to a 64-49 win.
Recently, I had a discussion with an old friend about politics. The conversation, in a nutshell, was my friend's disbelief over the fact that I'm probably the most conservative person she knows. She had many complaints about the Republican powers that be and wanted to know why I supported them.
With two presidential slates running in the Student Government Association elections, the strength of their platforms, as well networking and name recognition, will factor into earning the student vote. Last year only one presidential slate ran and students did not have an opportunity to vote.
The experience of sexual assault is difficult enough without having to be physically examined afterward. As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, a presentation, "Taking the Trauma Out of the Exam: What to Expect from the Medical Profession after a Sexual Assault" took place on Tuesday.
Mo's Tavern is only a few weeks away from opening in the Village. Find out what the tavern will feature and how the concept came about.
Issues of female sexuality and empowerment take center stage tonight in Pruis Hall. The Vagina Monologues, an episodic play featuring females discussing all matters related to their anatomy, begins at 7 p.m. The production runs at the same time on Saturday and Sunday.
Every minute in America there are 1.3 forcible rapes of adult women. While this statistic shows rape is fairly common, many students have misconceptions about rape. Mark McKinney and Diane Frye, prosecuting deputies for Delaware County, discussed the myths about rape on Tuesday in their presentation "Prosecuting Rape and Sexual Assault Cases.
