With the addition of a caf+â-¬, Bracken Library has the potential to become a hangout spot. While Dining Service and the library should be commended for bringing in a new service for students, officials need to keep in mind the problems that could arise. The Bookmark Caf+â-¬ could provide students with an opportunity to work in the library through mealtimes, but there is a potential for abuse -¡- using the caf+â-¬ to spend 36 hours on a caffeine-fueled studying binge isn't the point.
When Susan Heider of Zionsville looked at information about her student loans, she said she wanted to throw up: In less than 10 years, the $31,000 debt she accumulated in college has more than doubled. Indebtedness has become a fact of life for American college students.
The war on terror is a fight like none other in our history. This fight calls for methods we have not used before. We are facing an uncommon enemy, unlike World War II, when our enemies were all wearing matching uniforms. To combat the terrorists who wish us harm, we must employ every tool we have at our disposal.
He was an anchorman for ABC's popular news show "Good Morning America." He was a war correspondent in Vietnam. He reported on the Newark and East Harlem riots. He was on the scene when Senator Robert Kennedy was shot. Today, you can find Steve Bell sitting in his office chair in the telecommunications office complex, preparing for his class lectures.
Am I dangerous? I'd like to think I am. I think I'm pretty edgy. I mean, I'm a compulsive jaywalker - what a rebel! Sometimes, when I'm feeling particularly risqu+â-¬, I cross at the Scramble Light when the "don't cross" light is on - you go Matt Erler! I even listen to the Sex Pistols.
An administrator from a Michigan university will take over as Ball State University's vice president for University Advancement this week. Ben Hancock, formerly vice president for institutional development at Albion College, officially began his position Saturday.
After five generations of patronage to Ball State University, the Park family received significant recognition Thursday. At the retirement reception of Don Park, vice president for University Advancement, President of the Board of Trustees Thomas DeWeese announced that the East Residence Hall will be named Park Hall when it opens for Fall Semester 2007.
Ball State has a history, and the Park family has been a part of that history from almost the beginning. Don Park, now vice president emeritus for University Advancement, received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Ball State. His great-uncle was part of the university's second graduating class.
Women's soccer coach Michelle Salmon has announced the addition of Abby Richter to the Ball State University program. Richter comes to Muncie after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, where she was the team travel coordinator and goalkeeping coach.
Assistant English professor uses birth of son, married life as muse, recording an album of folk-influenced songs in basement closet
I don't know about you all, but I'm over this celebrity baby hype. I'm serious. I don't care if TomKat's baby Suri hasn't been spotted in 63 days (People Magazine filled me in on that one while on my lunch break at work), I don't care that magazines are feuding and suing each other over who gets to publish the first Brangelina baby pictures, and I don't understand how anyone else cares either.
Jill Scully dashed across the finish line to win her eighth consecutive individual Mid-American Conference championship in May, sporting a fake cardinal tattoo that took her five years to find. Scully, a recent Ball State University graduate was named Ball State's Female Athlete of the Year.
Four members of the Ball State University men's golf team are still playing in the 106th Indiana State Amateur Championship. C.D. Hockersmith, Wayne Denger, Andy Skillman and Travis Smith all made the second-round cut. Hockersmith and Denger are tied for ninth place after three rounds with a score of six-over par.
What do a cookbook, my high-school nickname and the dumbest idea in the world all have in common? If you answered "The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection" then you either have magical psychic powers that defy the wildest inclinations of mortal man .
East Residence Hall will be named Park Hall, after Don Park, emeritus vice president of University Advancement, and his family. Ball State University Board of Trustees President Thomas DeWeese announced the naming at Park's retirement reception Thursday afternoon.
Ball State University will welcome a new director for the Office of Charter Schools next week. Larry Gabbert, former education associate for the Office of Charter Schools in Delaware, will join Ball State, July 1. Gabbert said he was looking forward to being at Ball State and had many plans for the Office of Charter Schools.
After several days of trying, Ball State University contractors have found a way to prevent the pollution of a local creek. Cardinal Creek, the stream connected to the Duck Pond, was being polluted by pond sediment. Workers discovered the contamination during a draining that was scheduled to remove several feet of leaves, soil and other matter from the bottom of the pond.
There's no such thing as a free lunch - or a free education. While student loans can offer temptingly accessible funds to students with tight budgets, the high interest rates can make them difficult to pay back. So the more you borrow, the more you'll eventually owe.
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." George W. Bush said that in 2000, about one month before he took office. Perhaps anyone could have dismissed that comment as a joke, albeit a grossly irresponsible one - the leader of the free world saying he wanted to be a dictator.
With George Mason University reaching the Final Four in this year's men's NCAA Tournament, there is now talk to expand the tournament field from its current status of 65 teams. The Patriots were one of the last teams to make last year's field, which is why some coaches are in favor of the change.
