If you weren't paying close enough attention over break, you might have missed an interesting piece of news from the statehouse. Early this month, Rep. Troy Woodruff, a Republican from Vincennes, filed a bill that would ban abortion in the state and make performing a pregnancy termination a felony punishable with up to eight years in prison.
For the second time in a year, Randy Hyman, Ball State University's associate dean for the Division of Student Affairs, is considering leaving for administrative positions at other universities. Next week, Hyman will travel to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he is already a finalist candidate for vice chancellor of student affairs.
The No. 14 Ball State University men's volleyball team looks to tame the No. 6 Nittany Lions Saturday as they travel to Penn State University. The two teams met in the preseason with Ball State losing a tough, hard-fought match in five games. "I think our team is capable of playing with anyone in the country, but yet we have to go show that this weekend," head coach Joel Walton said.
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One plan includes eliminating Saturday finals, adding an academic Tuesday and taking Fall Break down to a three-day weekend.
In his State of the State address, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniel introduced his plans for a cigarette tax increase of at least 25 cents per pack in hopes of reducing smoking.
No woman stands between Kevin Morse and his handlebar mustache, which is exactly why the Ball State University alumni decided to let the hair on his upper lip reign for a second year. During Winter Break last year, Morse broke up with his girlfriend who "frowned on having a mustache.
Ball State's own helped to produce the governor's second State of the State address Wednesday night. Learn how WIPB-TV received the honor and what life is like behind the scenes.
Dear Editor, So, Ball State is putting the squeeze on its fans of basketball? Some would say this day has been inevitable - and perhaps it is. However, there is something to be said for public relations and timing. Something the current administrators of the Ball State University Intercollegiate Athletics Department wouldn't understand if their lives depended on it.
Students living in residence halls now have access to a new way of browsing the Internet with wireless boxes being placed in certain rooms over Winter Break. The boxes give students another way of accessing the Web besides using the wired Ethernet network. For more information on what the wireless boxes provide for students click here.
