Ever since I started writing this column, I have purposely refrained from writing about local topics. My reasoning was that, as an out-of-towner, I was in no position to comment on another city's idiosyncrasies without knowing the background of the area. But in the three years I have been here, much has been said about Muncie's problems with economic classes - both in The Star Press and in the Daily News.
Filling out questionnaires at the university blood drive today and Friday, students will check yes or no on the infamous "are you a man who has had sex with a man" question. However, that question, and ones like it, could be missing from future questionnaires.
As I read Monday's Daily News editorial about reaction to a recent campus incident - and the ensuing discussion on campus - I was moved to share my perspective on the issues. Working from a factual basis is of the utmost importance. So that all members of our community can be well-informed as they consider what they hear, read and talk about, I want to outline what took place on Friday.
After coming from three runs behind to take a one-run lead in the seventh inning, the Ball State University baseball team couldn't replicate the achievement a second time, losing 6-4 to the University of Notre Dame. Down 6-4, Ball State's top of the order came to bat in the top of the ninth.
More than 100 students stopped to hear members of Ball State University's multicultural organizations promote cultural awareness Wednesday at the Scramble Light. The rally was the second since several students contested how university police treated a predominately black group of students during a game of midnight tag on LaFollette Field on March 30.
Dear Editor, The University Program Board is a voluntary board made up of students from Ball State University's campus. Throughout the year, the board works to plan events to entertain students. But to effectively do this, student ideas and input are needed.
Remember the time Bush decided he had the authority to wiretap anyone communicating overseas? Well, now Bush has the power to sign bills into law before they've been through Congress. That's right. The president no longer needs the approval of Congress - at least that's what Bush thinks.
After being introduced as the men's basketball coach at Ball State University on Tuesday, Ronny Thompson made it clear what his plans are for the future of Cardinal basketball. "I want to win, and I want to win big," said Thompson, who signed a five-year contract that will pay an annual salary of $175,000 plus incentives.
Despite the supposed divide between "red states" and "blue states" and the so-called "culture war," Americans scattered across the political spectrum share many core beliefs and sensible opinions. Near the top of the list is a genuine suspicion or skepticism toward government and political leaders.
As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. And when the wind blows toward the outfield at Ball Diamond, it can produce an offensive explosion. Three Ball State University records were tied against Valparaiso University (4-15) in the Cardinals' 31-19 win, a win that extended their winning streak to eight.
Amy Schatz, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, described to an audience Tuesday javascript:replaceBreaks();night what it took to report and write a prize-winning story starting with only an obituary and a few notes. Schatz's story, titled "Joe's Van," won her the 2006 Eugene S.
Umbrellas are easily one of the world's most overlooked fashion accessories. It's a rainy-day essential - and though they have been around for hundreds of years, not much tweaking has come the way of man's preferred mode of rain cover. Deciding to shake things up a bit, the women at umbrellastand.
It all came to pinch-hitter's Katelyn Gunderson at-bat with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. Ball State University was seemingly desperate for her to get a hit, but as what happened to most of the Cardinals batters Tuesday, Gunderson grounded to the first-baseman to end the game.
Ball State University freshman Maurice Acker has signed a scholarship letter of agreement to transfer and play basketball for Marquette University, according to Marquette's Web site. The Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year will have three years of eligibility remaining in his college career, but he will not be available for game competition until the 2007-08 season.
When Erica Thompson started dating her future husband Ronny Thompson, she was just a fan of basketball. The two met in college at Georgetown University when Ronny Thompson was a player on the men's basketball team. Now, nearly 16 years later, Erica Thompson has gotten used to being around a basketball coaching family.
The Ball State Daily News comes to campus every morning uncensored by faculty or administrators. According to a statement President Jo Ann Gora made at Tuesday's Journalism Alumni Awards Luncheon, it's going to stay that way. Likewise, DN student media partners Newslink@9, WCRD, expo and Ball Bearings have been and will remain censorship-free.
For several players on the men's basketball team, just the sight of legendary coach John Thompson sent adrenaline running through their bodies. It's not everyday that the son of a Hall of Fame coach is named to the head coaching position at a university. Junior Charles Bass said he can't wait to begin playing under Ronny Thompson.
In response to Joshua Rowe's letter to the editor on Thursday: The purpose of the "Stop Hate" banner is to raise awareness about injustices in our university community. Obviously, raising a banner with signatures will not "stop hate." This is not the intent.
Civil rights leader Hurley Goodall recalls a time when blacks in Muncie were excluded from the classic sociological studies on Muncie as Middletown. However, the work of 15 Ball State University students, the contributions of 50 black residents such as Goodall and the help of multiple scholars paved the way for the first publication examining the black population.
The Ball State University men's basketball team will announce former Arkansas assistant coach Ronny Thompson as its latest head coach. Thompson was an assistant at Arkansas for three years and is the son of legendary Georgetown coach John Thompson. Ball State is holding a press conference today at 2 p.m.
