George Mason's improbable run to the Final Four hopefully opens the door for more mid-major schools to be included in the tournament, but Ball State University shouldn't count on it. -á Instead, the athletic department and whoever is named the new men's basketball coach ought to take the same approach as before - win the conference tournament for a guaranteed birth.
More and more people are hearing about podcasts - figuratively and literally. Get an earful of details behind one of the Internet's fastest-growing information and entertainment crazes. Also get links to some of Ball State's own podcasts from NewsLink Indiana, Something Else TV and the Daily News' own DN|Podcast.
Getting a book published is as easy as just "getting around to it" said a self-published author and business owner to more than 35 students and faculty members at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center on Wednesday night. Life long Indiana resident Delores Thornton is now a successful self-published writer and business owner who attributes her accomplishments to hard work and a lot of research.
Starting during the 2007-2008 academic year, students will no longer have Saturday finals. University Senate approved the legislation that would remove Saturday finals from the academic calendar. The legislation also shortens Fall Break to one day. For more about University Senate's decision, keep checking DN|online or check out the Daily News Friday.
Dear Editor, I am writing in concern of a recent Forum opinion column, "Celebs Shouldn't Put Obesity in Positive Light," which caught my undivided attention. Being at an average weight, I am still appalled by the column. After reading this horrific article, I used Brad Hostetter's references to obtain my own knowledge.
Time to discuss student concerns was cut during Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting because special orders of business took time and priority. As the clock neared 5 p.m., senators approved the elimination of caucus meetings, cut committee meetings down to five minutes and skipped all committee reports except for Student Safety because it had legislation to read.
Ball State University's Electronic Field Trip program added more glamour to its already impressive resum+â-¬. The program, created by the Teachers College in 1996, recently received six more Telly Awards for last year's programs.
Dear Editor, This is in response to Brad Hostetter's column on March 29, "Celebs shouldn't put obesity in positive light." I agree with the statement - obesity is a huge problem in the United States - but Hostetter attacking full-figured women and claiming they are unattractive is preposterous.
Students love things that are open 24 hours a day - see: Wal-Mart and IHOP. As of November, Bursar accounts have been added to that prestigious list through Cardinal QuickPay. With the rising cost of postage and increasing expectation that students will be digitally savvy, Ball State's move away from paper bills simply makes sense.
Ball State University was named as one of the 150 "best value" colleges in the nation in The Princeton Review's book "America's Best Value Colleges." Programs, including architecture, entrepreneurship, journalism, speech pathology and telecommunications, were highlighted in the book.
Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora told students, faculty and visitors that a woman's place in the workforce has changed over the years, but not enough. Gora spoke in Cardinal Hall in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center as part of Women's Week. In her speech, "The Challenges Women Face in the 21st Century," she addressed issues facing women in the workplace, including expectations of women, the gap between men and women and the need for women to be confident in themselves.
Vivian Vahlberg, a journalist who refers to herself as a "certified historic relic," shared her wisdom with students about how they can work together to be innovative in business. Vahlberg spoke with a large crowd Tuesday night at Cardinal Hall as part of the Women's Week activities.
We are fast approaching that point in the semester when more and more students will partake in one of the great college traditions: the all-nighter. The success rate of all-nighters tends to vary widely from wild success to utter disaster. One of my greatest academic triumphs came near the end of Spring Semester in 2005.
Muncie received more than $1.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help pay for clean-up efforts after the January 2005 ice storm. "The severe winter weather and flooding that occurred throughout Indiana in early 2005 was difficult for many communities," said J.
I've been very tempted, recently, to change my stance on file sharing. That's right, I'm teetering on the edge of being anti-Limewire. And it's not that I agree with the inflated and greed-fueled arguments of record labels and whiny musicians who claim sharing music over the Internet will trigger an Apocalyptic downfall of the music industry as we know it.
When Tuyen Huynh dated a girl of another race, he always saw eyes staring at them when they were together. "When we would walk together outside, I was very conscious," Huynh said. When he brought the girl home, his family said he should date someone from his own race.
The Ball State University women's golf team concluded the UNC Wilmington Lady Seahawk Invitational Tuesday with a seventh place finish out of 13 teams. The individual medalist was Michelle Jarman of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Ball State's three-round score of 935 was 29 strokes behind first place University of Kentucky.
Americans are fat. And we love reality television. It was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. Last year, it arrived - the unhealthiest thing on television was no longer ads for giant burgers, bladder busters and breakfast burritos. Plus-plus-plus-sized actress Mo'Nique began hosting a beauty pageant for overweight women.
The men's volleyball team cruised to a three-game victory over Central State (0-9) Tuesday night. Ball State University beat the Marauders (30-7, 30-7, 30-12). "Focus for us in this match was really just helping to build the interest for volleyball in this country for these small programs to gain recognition," coach Joel Walton said.
After interviewing Monday with Ball State University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins, Brad Brownell is now one of the front-runners for the vacant men's basketball head coaching position, according to a source within the university. Brownell, an Evansville native, has been the head coach for UNC-Wilmington for the past four seasons.
