In case you are curious how the president of the United States feels about you, here is the answer: He doesn't trust you, and he thinks you should be monitored secretly, just because he decides you should be. To be more specific: Be a good little American, or you'll never do anything in private again.
The Ball State men's volleyball team has high hopes for a once-a-season opportunity. The Cardinals will host the Loyola Ramblers as the only two undefeated men's volleyball teams in the nation. Coach Joel Walton prepares his Cardinals for the thrilling match where one team will walk away with a loss and one will be the poster-child for perfection.
Four years have passed since the United States exceeded expectations and finished two medals out of first place at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The 2006 Olympics begin tonight in Turin, Italy, and the U.S. is feeling the pressure to finish even better than they did four years ago.
Typically, Student Government Association elections run smoothly and without much contention - sometimes, they even run without competition. Many involved in SGA are citing the ease of past elections as a reason nobody on Student Senate challenged the proposed Elections Board when it was presented to the senate Jan.
Julie DeMuth grabbed a career-tying 18 rebounds and scored 12 points Wednesday. But it wasn't enough as Ball State University had the same amount of turnovers (19) as field goals in a road loss to Kent State, 68-55. The Golden Flashes rank in the top four in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense.
The American Institute for Architecture Students will have its annual date auction at 5 p.m. in the Architecture Building Room 100. The event is open to the general public. Proceeds will go toward a special AIAS project, redesigning of the home of a disabled person.
Sometimes, the best way to disprove a stereotype is by doing the complete opposite of it. The best example of this is the civil rights movement. Blacks, long portrayed as violent, less intelligent and generally primitive people, slowly but surely won public support as they continually engaged in nonviolent means of protest to get the rights they deserved.
Q: How did you get started swimming? A; Obviously, my mother. She was the Ball State swimming coach when I was born so I was immediately thrown into it just because of the history of swimming within my family. So you can actually say I started swimming at the age of one, but competitively at five.
For the past couple of weeks, I have been following the media and their responses to the caricatures of Muhammad. It is to my dismay that the majority of the press - even France has shown support - has been sitting quiet on this topic in showing support for the right to freedom of expression.
The Ball State University women's tennis team has worked on the same thing it does every week: hitting the ball deep. The Cardinals need to show that improvement this weekend as two tough opponents come to town. Youngstown State (2-3) visits on Friday, and the Michigan State Spartans (6-2) make the trip to Muncie on Sunday.
The women's basketball has had success at home this season, winning seven of its nine games. Ball State University will look to improve its home record when it starts a three-game home stand on Saturday. The Cardinals will play their final game against a team in the Mid-American Conference East Division when Bowling Green visits Worthen Arena at 3 p.
Just when canine prom dresses and rain hats seemed to be a little over the top, Doggles were released into the market. No, I'm not kidding. They were designed as a way to mix fashion with necessity. Skeptical? I don't blame you; I was too. Then I did some research and found out that ocular trauma - or eye injury - is very common in dogs.
Pat Nelson and Tom Howland just needed to show their coach they care. All coach Tim Buckley wanted out of his two centers was some enthusiasm about the game and an increased efficiency on defense. The two began buying into the coach's request at the start of the Mid-American Conference season and now both have moved up in the team's rotation.
With a Spring Break trip to Chicago around the corner, Ball State University senior Megan Riecke looks forward to filing her taxes in the next two weeks and getting her refund check for shopping. But unlike the past few years, she won't be filing her tax return by telephone using TeleFile.
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (KRT) - Alan J. Shalleck, 76, a collaborator on the popular "Curious George" books and cartoons, was described as a quiet, friendly man who read books to children at local schools. But the investigation of his stabbing death led to the arrest of two men he met through a gay sex network, police said Thursday.
A 14-year-old black Chicago boy was murdered in 1955 for one of the oldest taboos in American history - addressing a white woman in public. But Emmett Louis Till's death ignited the black resistance of the South and led to one of the greatest events in American history - the Civil Rights Movement.
Ball State University junior Nate Shell said he was scrambling Thursday afternoon to get more performers for 'Open Mic: A Night of Expressions.' "A lot of people we had on first got sick with colds," he said. "It was like three or four acts." Shell said he went through a list of friends and acquaintances in the hopes of filling the slots for the event, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Friday is Senior Night, family recognition night and the last home meet for the gymnastics team, as they take on Bowling Green and Michigan State. The team has had two weeks of hard workouts and no competitions, and is eager to display improvements made within that time.
When senior Noah East competed last year in the Alpha Phi sorority's Mr. Phi-Nomenal competition, he won first-runner up. He had not intended to compete again this year, but the Alpha Phi members convinced him. "I told them I would do their competition if they came to my show in Indy.
Today's college students face a multitude of stressors. Grades, finances, extracurriculars and relationships all weigh heavily on the shoulders of young people across the nation. For sophomore Jacob Maish, a combination of these burdens reached a breaking point last semester.
