Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Feb. 9 Daily News article "SGA Removes Election Board." My understanding is that William Garvey was entrusted with the responsibility to compile a board to oversee the upcoming Student Senate elections at Ball State University.
As early as Fall 2006, Ball State University students may be able to use the financial aid in their bursar's accounts to purchase textbooks at the Ball State Bookstore. The Student Government Association discussed legislation Wednesday that would allow students to use their financial aid and scholarship money to purchase textbooks and class supplies.
Approximately half of college women experience some type of sexual aggression, and because of this startling fact, Andrea Cooper gave a presentation informing the Ball State University community about rape. "I wasn't able to help my daughter," Cooper said.
Dear Editor, In response to the recent letter written by the dismissed members of the former Elections Board, I do not believe that they have taken a retrospective glance at their position from a more inclusive perspective; nor did this group of individuals state their exact affiliations when appointed to their perspective positions.
After Sunday's game against Miami (OH), when Ball State had the ball in its hands at the end of regulation and two overtimes; the Cardinals were put in the opposite position on Wednesday. Freshman Maurice Acker hit his first of two free throws with 13 seconds remaining in the game putting the Cards up three points against Central Michigan.
About 70,000 college students, both men and women, are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault each year, health educator Lisa Thomason said. Thomason gave a lecture regarding alcohol-related sexual assault, titled "Sex on the Rocks." The lecture was part of the Ball State University Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
Illegally downloading music and movies will become a distant memory when Ball State University students gain access to Ruckus, a digital entertainment network. However, the service is not compatible with the popular iTunes program or iPods. After a bidding war between Ruckus and Napster, the Student Government Association and University Computing Services chose Ruckus, SGA President Steve Geraci said.
Ball State's offense looked sluggish and out-of-sync in the first half on Wednesday. The Cardinals committed 13 turnovers and faced a 12-point deficit to visiting Toledo. But the second half proved to completely different. The Cards exploded for 42 points, and their stifling defense helped lift them to a 64-49 win.
Recently, I had a discussion with an old friend about politics. The conversation, in a nutshell, was my friend's disbelief over the fact that I'm probably the most conservative person she knows. She had many complaints about the Republican powers that be and wanted to know why I supported them.
With two presidential slates running in the Student Government Association elections, the strength of their platforms, as well networking and name recognition, will factor into earning the student vote. Last year only one presidential slate ran and students did not have an opportunity to vote.
The experience of sexual assault is difficult enough without having to be physically examined afterward. As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week, a presentation, "Taking the Trauma Out of the Exam: What to Expect from the Medical Profession after a Sexual Assault" took place on Tuesday.
Mo's Tavern is only a few weeks away from opening in the Village. Find out what the tavern will feature and how the concept came about.
Issues of female sexuality and empowerment take center stage tonight in Pruis Hall. The Vagina Monologues, an episodic play featuring females discussing all matters related to their anatomy, begins at 7 p.m. The production runs at the same time on Saturday and Sunday.
Every minute in America there are 1.3 forcible rapes of adult women. While this statistic shows rape is fairly common, many students have misconceptions about rape. Mark McKinney and Diane Frye, prosecuting deputies for Delaware County, discussed the myths about rape on Tuesday in their presentation "Prosecuting Rape and Sexual Assault Cases.
Despite losing its last two games, the women's basketball team has high expectations for the rest of the season. Ball State University has five games remaining, all of which are against Mid-American Conference West Division opponents. The goal: to win all five games and finish the season in the same fashion as it began.
It's a standard fairly accepted by most rational people that there are places where science and technology cannot or should not go. For example, it does not work very well when trying to prove religious or supernatural ideas. Likewise, there are ethical concerns about subjects such as stem cell research, cloning and genetic engineering.
Country music concerts dominated Ball State's campus since 2004. Organizations tried to bring acts similar to Dave Matthews and Kanye West, but financial risks and other problems have prevented such concerts from entertaining the student body.
Students will flock to Noblesville to see an act like Dave Matthews play in the Verizon Wireless Music Center. They'll pay an extravagant price for tickets so they can sit three miles from the stage and see his image projected to the size of a penny, then they'll pay for a tank of gas to get down there and a couple of meals along the way.
I'll do my best to keep this short and sweet - I know last night was probably rough on a lot of people. Chances are, unless you belong to the slim fraction of the population out there who has been in a relationship for less than three months, you probably spent the night doing one of two things: You might have been wasting your money on clich+â-¬d, pink, perishable pieces of crap in a hollow and obligatory effort to claw your way back onto the good side of your significant other for long enough to reap any meager benefits that could stem from creating a false sense of passion before that cold spark inevitably fizzles out again, and it's back to fighting over who gets the remote control.
Residents of a house off-campus woke to two masked men with shotguns robbing them Tuesday morning. The residents were tied up with duct tape and had several hundred dollars worth of cash and goods stolen. One is a Ball State student.
