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.
A group of Ball State University students were asked to remove a large banner that read "No War" from in front of the Art and Journalism building Monday afternoon. Feminists for Action, in conjunction with Food Not Bombs, hung the banner to inform students about the third anniversary of the war in Iraq, Amanda Haskett, a member of Feminists for Action, said.
Dear Editor, I write this in response to the March 13 column, "The GOP shouldn't allow extremism to be norm." I find it odd that if a Christian were to say homosexuality is immoral or abortion should be illegalized, his comment would be labeled as hate speech.
When coach Greg Beals created the non-conference baseball schedule for the 2006 season, he wasn't looking for opponents who he knew Ball State could beat. Instead, he looked for teams he knew would challenge the team and help it prepare for the Mid-American Conference schedule.
When deciding which movie to see on a weekend, it can often be useful to read critics' reviews of what's playing. Depending on the critic's experience and biases, there is often valuable information that can be gleaned from reviews that can make or break a potential audience member's decision to attend a film.
When junior Becca Wills took Introduction to Aquatics last semester, she had no idea that the class would begin her coaching career. Professor Steve Dalcher, the girls' head swim coach at Delta High School, gave her the job of coaching a competitive swimming team made up of approximately 50 students from Delta Middle School.
Spring is almost here and that means love is in the air; flowers are blooming and trees are growing leaves again. It also means it's time for people to break out the brooms, dustpans, mops and buckets and start thinking about spring cleaning. But for some consumers, spring cleaning could mean sitting back and watching their vacuums do the work for them.
The men's golf team improved its score and its standing during the second round of the 2006 Pinehurst Invitational. Ball State University shot the fourth-lowest team score (299) on Monday, improving seven shots from the previous round. Patrick Wilkes-Krier shot a one-over par 73 on Monday to lead the Cards.
The men's golf team had to settle with a seventh-place finish out of 17 teams at the 2006 Pinehurst Invitational. The third and final round was cancelled Tuesday because of unplayable and wet conditions. Ball State University improved its standing during the second round by shooting the fourth-lowest team score (299) Monday.
The Ball State University softball team won't be competing in games originally scheduled this week because of the weather. A winter storm is expected to hit Indiana, forcing Ball State to alter games set for today and Wednesday. The Cardinals cancelled today's doubleheader at Butler and rescheduled Wednesday's home opener against Indiana for April 24.
Three years ago today, ground troops seized the first of many Iraqi cities that would come under U.S. military control. The first of what became thousands of U.S. casualties were reported by the early morning hours. After sunset, bombs left craters throughout Baghdad - as they did for weeks on end.
Led by senior Katie Sundberg, the Ball State University women's golf team won Monday's Butler Spring Invitational. Sundberg shot a two-over-par 74 to earn medalist honors. The team's score of 317 was three strokes better than host Butler University. The Cardinals had three players finish in the top 10.
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in regard to a disheartening event I witnessed while loitering in the Atrium on Monday afternoon. As many students undoubtedly saw in several of the buildings on campus - North Quad, Teachers College and the Atrium, to name a few - there were pro-peace or anti-War in Iraq tables set up with posters, flyers and pamphlets explaining the groups' causes, along with free food, even.
Ball State University student Brooke Farley awakes at 8 a.m. before taking a quick shower and getting ready for the rest of her day. Leaving at a little past nine, she walks to her first class thinking about the busy day ahead of her. In addition to her classes and a part-time job, Farley is the head junior varsity and assistant girls varsity basketball coach at Muncie Burris High School.
Even though Muncie is expected to receive several inches of snow today, Ball State University students shouldn't get their hopes up for canceled classes. An unseasonably warm winter has left this season's snowfall 30 percent to 50 percent below normal. However, a powerful storm system that pelted the Plains with more than a foot of snow is expected to hit parts of Indiana today.
The Ball State University baseball team split a four-game series with Louisville, winning both games on Saturday but losing on Friday and Sunday. "We're not happy with the split," centerfielder Mike Sullivan said. "We played well at times. Saturday was a great day.
With tornado season approaching, storm chasers and weather forecasters are getting ready to locate severe weather to get the information to citizens. For the Ball State University Storm Chase Team, the addition of the new Meteorology and Climatology Laboratory will help with its severe weather spotting.
