After a middle-of-the-road, 36-hole performance at the Xavier Invitational Tournament Monday, the Ball State University men's golf team continued its average play, finishing in thirteenth place overall with a combined score of 867 Tuesday morning. Host team Xavier University won the match with a score of 830 as they passed Austin Peay State University by two strokes in the final round.
What started as an idea for a rock opera has snowballed into a massive collaborative effort by several Ball State University students. More than 15 students from different academic fields such as telecommunications, music engineering technology, art and English have been working to complete a project they started last winter.
2,800 people attend 'Aida,' an off-broadway musical with music by Elton John, on stage at Emens on Tuesday.
Multiculturalism and diversity are missing from the current core curriculum, according to Juli Eflin, chairwoman of the University Core Curriculum Task Force. If the proposed core curriculum will address issues of diversity, then administrators will have to craft requirements covering more than race.
This year, a couple of my friends from high school began their college careers here at Ball State University. Talking to them before their transition, they were as eager as any other incoming freshman, ready to get out of their parents' houses and begin their lives as independent members of society.
The CEO of Wernle Children's Home in Richmond will give students an outside perspective of the work world today at 3 p.m. as part of the Miller College of Business' Distinguished Speaker Series. Darrell Gordon will deliver "Successful Students Must Adapt to Change," in the Whitinger Business Building Room 144.
The Amelia T. Wood Health Center is giving flu vaccines to students for $29 a shot Wednesday through Friday. The Health Center sent all students a campus-wide e-mail Tuesday outlining information about the shots. Vaccines will be given in the lobby. Students do not need to make appointments.
Being a sports fan for as long as I can remember, making games more interesting has always been top priority. This is usually referred to as gambling. Without gambling, how else could someone sit through a Texans, Cubs, Trailblazers, Raiders, Royals or Raptors game? Or any WNBA game for that matter? However, the various forms of gambling have gotten stale.
The Center for Media Design released a report Wednesday showing nearly half of advertising breaks are watched for one minute or less and-áone-third of all commercials are watched in their entirety. The report, entitled "Remotely Interested? Observing Television Viewers' Advertising-Related Behaviors," allows advertisers to see just how people react to commercials during a night of prime-time television.
Expecting better results than the first two matches, Ball State University men's golf coach Mike Fleck was disappointed after day one of the Xavier Invitational held at the Oasis Golf Club in Mason, Ohio. Before the two-week break, the Cardinals finished seventh at the NCAA Central Regional Preview and thirteenth at the Wolverine Invitational.
A team's success is often dictated by its senior leadership. Usually there are several seniors to shoulder the load, but for Ball State University's men's tennis team, there is only one: Joe Epkey.
The future of the news media is uncertain, and Ball State University's News Research Institute has been created by a group of journalism and telecommunications faculty to provide answers. Traditional news sources - newspapers and broadcast television news - seeing a decline in audience size as people turn to the Internet,, Roger Lavery, dean of the College of Communication, Information and Media, said.
Days after our article on students' abuse of the Ruckus music service, student opinion continues to come in. Each comment seems to fall into one of two categories. The first debate involves the legality of using third party software to override digital rights management protection on Ruckus music files.
Some Ball State University students plan on getting out and about and driving more now that national gas prices are at their lowest point in nearly eight months. People are filling up their tanks for as little as $1.99 a gallon around Muncie. According to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge report, the national average for regular unleaded gasoline is $2.
The Ball State University School of Nursing is one of the only programs in the country that is requiring its students to use PDAs along with books in the classroom, but students are finding more problems with the PDAs than benefits. Senior Jared Bush and other nursing students said they had problems with their PDAs connecting to the Internet while in class, videos being choppy once they are downloaded and the batteries staying charged.
The founding fathers refrained from writing checks on the powers of the government into the original Constitution. They found it inconceivable that the government would covet power and reserve it to itself. It took a concerted effort to persuade them to append the Bill of Rights.
American League New York Yankees Hitting - If the Playoffs were about out-slugging the other team, than the Yankees wouldn't lose a game. One through nine, they are dangerous to say the least. With the additions of Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui, they are even more formidable than they already were.
Unbeknownst to many students at Ball State University, the university has provided an extensive Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities on the school's Web site. Included are bereavement policies, grade disputes and disciplinary procedures, to name a few.
It wasn't a pretty evening, but that didn't quiet the Ball State University football fans. Even with the Cardinals on the wrong side of the scoreboard and the crummy weather, Ball State fans cheered to the end Saturday night at Scheumann Stadium. "I come to every game that I can," senior Tom Pillote said.
Are students really abusing Ruckus? The Recording Industry Association of America, Student Government Association and Ruckus say there are many people currently abusing the service, and that it might affect the availability of future such services on campus.
