Those who are curious to expand their knowledge of sign language and deaf culture will have an opportunity starting today at Ball State University. Ball State's American Sign Language Club is presenting a Deaf Awareness Weekend tonight through Saturday. According to its Web site, bsu.
Nowadays, there are many negative associations with college dietary and weight issues - the "freshman 15" being one of the most infamous. Many students began school with the big fear of packing on the pounds during winter, but that weight simply became accepted as added warmth that's necessary for the freezing walk to Cooper Science Complex in the morning.
Student Government Association senators and executives made appointments and discussed legislation at the first Student Senate meeting of the term. Three cabinet positions were filled with Sen. Tyler Crane named secretary of diversity, Adam Link renamed secretary of community relations, and SGA newcomer Matt Clay appointed Press Secretary.
As severe weather season approaches, know what to do in the event of inclement weather with this DN graphic.
Terry King, who is currently working as the dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, will be the next provost of Ball State University.
A Ball State University freshman is fighting a law that forbids college students with drug convictions from receiving federal financial aid.
The No. 70 Ball State University men's tennis team has two matches in Boise, Idaho today as part of a three-day tournament. The Cardinals (11-4), who have not played since a March 10 loss at UNLV, are seeded fourth in the 16-team tournament. The Cardinals will be searching for a victory against Lewis and Clark State College (9-4) at 11 a.
David Fried receives at least one phone call or e-mail a day with a question regarding Ball State University's student code. And the inquiries don't all come from students asking about the judicial process for alcohol-related violations - although they constitute a majority of student phone calls, said Fried, director of the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards.
We hear every other day, it seems, some story concerning how poorly our country's financial status is at this time. However, our economy is strong. There are a number of indicators people use to analyze where we are financially as a nation, and I would like to examine a few of these indicators.
People are pointing fingers in the confusion about funding for the planned Ball State University recreation center expansion, but they are also taking steps to clarify the issue. When Student Government Association began seeking student support of the expansion, students were told they would only begin paying for it when the facilities were complete.
It comes with every official Ball State University schedule book, and it's part of the materials each freshman receives upon entering the school. However, most students never take more than a cursory glance at the Student Code. It's not short, and it's not simple, so most students ignore it until they have to answer to it - and that's a mistake.
For months, Team Us has been working with Ball State University administrators to develop the plans and concepts for construction of a student recreation center expansion. They all came together to bring this project before the state legislature, which approved their plans last week.
Flatulence, (noun) Middle French: The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract. Git-R-Done, (interjection) Redneck: A half-assed gimmick of an expression coined and used by thick-skulled morons who are otherwise unable to articulate the feeling they get before an M-80 goes off in an outhouse or after their buddy finishes bonging a PBR.
If your goal is to try to understanding something better, do not read about it, do not talk about it, do not engage in debate about it and do not try and educate yourself about it. If you do, what you're most likely to discover - if you're honest with yourself - is that the situation is infinitely more complex than you ever imagined.
The Ball State Daily News recently won several national awards. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association awarded the Daily News with two Gold Crowns, an award for overall excellence in student media. More than 1,400 college newspapers, magazines and yearbooks entered the contest.
The Museum of Art will play host to readings by three authors whose first books were published in 2005. Joy Castro, Victoria Chang and Ander Monson will read excerpts from their books of memoir, poetry and fiction as part of the second annual In Print Festival.
Despite guarantees made by former Student Government Association President Steve Geraci, students who will not have the opportunity to use the planned recreation center expansion will likely be paying for it. "We need to have financing at the time we are spending money on the project, so the fee would start, I suppose, at the point that construction would begin," said Tom Kinghorn, Ball State vice president of Business Affairs.
The university wants to start gathering student input on the recreation center expansion because the building is expected to be finished a year earlier than planned. The Indiana State Legislature approved the new timeline right before the session closed for the year.
A group of dropout-prone high school students in the 1980s were transformed into some of the nation's top Calculus students-all thanks to a math teacher who believed in the power of potential. "Stand and Deliver," the third of five films in the Ball State University Multicultural Center's film series, will focus on the story of a devoted teacher who motivates a class full of East L.
In December, Indiana announced it was looking for a new "tourism brand." Included in the brand would be a new state motto, and the state is currently looking for original mottoes that represent Indiana well for tourism. The fun that will ensue is going to be great, to say the least.
