A certain phrase might be missing at department stores this holiday season: "Happy Holidays" could replace "Merry Christmas" at checkout stations. It's a touchy subject for some, and others won't care either way. But how do department stores please everyone without excluding someone's holiday? Department stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and Kohl's are just a few that have chosen to cut "Christmas" out of their sayings and banners.
Television is a powerful thing, and it is not more evident in any year than this year. Because we got the pleasure to watch every single Notre Dame game, it seems every single person in the Midwest thinks Notre Dame should receive an invitation to the Bowl Championship Series.
The New Year marks a return to college life and a time to bring newly received holiday gifts to campus for our enjoyment. One of the most popular gifts this season was the iPod, which had expected holiday sales of more than four million --¡ that's individual iPods, mind you, not dollars.
"Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings ..." A hundred million years ago, there was the Earth. It was not the Earth we know now. And we weren't on it, as we didn't exist yet. A couple million years ago, there was no Us. There might have been some kind of Them, but they probably weren't much like Us.
I got a C- in Fitness Walking. Now, I did a lot of other things over Winter Break that are a bit too embarrassing to mention in a newspaper column - getting beaten up by that pack of elves for heckling the Mall Santa immediately comes to mind - but nothing was more embarrassing than discovering I had walked my way to a C- in the easiest class Ball State University offers.
Dear Editor, A wise man once said, "the world owes you nothing, for it was here first." This piece of advice is not only useful in dealing with the world, but also when applied to Monday's article about the Muncie community "hating" the students of Ball State University.
Muncie Indiana Transit System begins a new trial route today that will help students who live east of campus. The route will run until March 3, unless there is an obvious need for this route. MITS sought financial assistance from Ball State University, but the university decided against paying for 50 percent of the cost for the Spring and Fall 2006 semesters.
Peyton Stovall hopes this is the last Christmas he'll spend nursing a season-ending injury. When he heads home to Lafayette this break, Stovall will await for Dec. 27, the day he has surgery on his left knee for the second time in 10 months. If the surgery is successful, Stovall will then begin another grueling eight-month recovery process that involves re-strengthening his knee and hoping he regains confidence in his ability.
As 2006 kicks off and many students make their annual New Year's resolutions, some will decide to kick bad habits while others decide to begin good ones, including weight loss and healthier eating. For six years, Lori Eshelman and Peggy Kenna, nutrient consultants at Winding Way Farms, have provided Delaware County with organically grown food and health products.
The Ball State gymnastics team experienced an admirable loss at their first meet last Saturday. Ohio State's final team score was 188.750, barely surpassing Ball State's score of 184.675. "I feel great," said Lisa Simonton, head coach of the Ball State gymnastics team.
Indiana guards Marshall Strickland and Robert Vaden erupted from beyond the 3-point line, hitting 10 3-pointers between them while pushing IU past Ball State 80-56 on Saturday. Vaden hit a career-high five 3-pointers in the first half alone and Strickland responded by scoring all 18 of his points in the second half.
Skip Mills and the rest of the Ball State University basketball team found making shots difficult against Indiana University on Saturday. Mills was held to 3-of-14 shooting and Ball State shot 35 percent in an 80-56 loss.
Rolling up signs and collecting their things, a religious group walked away from campus Monday after Ball State University Police officers asked its members to leave. Police said the group was causing problems on campus. "To me, that's not a peaceable assembly," Sgt. Terrell Smith said.
