The section of Neely Avenue from Ball State’s campus to Minnetrista will soon have a new look.
Ball State accepted a bid to play in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament (CIT) and will play Tennessee State on March 15 at the Gentry Center in Nashville. It will be the Cardinals' first postseason tournament since the 2002 season. Both teams have posted massive turnarounds this season. Ball State improved to 19-13 after posting a 7-23 record last season, the fourth-largest turnaround in the NCAA.
Coming back from Spring Break is hard enough — don’t let food poisoning make your first week back even worse. This graphic shows the shelf-life of common food items and judges them as “eat” or “toss” based on sitting for two weeks in proper storage (assuming groceries were purchased the week of school before Spring Break).
Kaitlin Lange is a junior journalism and politcal science major and writes "Kaitlin's Langeuage" for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
Rain persists throughout the day, but severe weather looms. NLI Weather Forecaster Caleb Saylor tells you when.
The Board of Trustees will be meeting on March 14 to talk in part about the search for a new president. The regular meeting — which begins at 1:30 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room — is open to the public
A Carmel man convicted in the April 2013 rape of a Ball State student was sentenced to 40 years in prison on March 8.
There was no storybook ending, no Mid-American Conference Tournament championship and no NCAA appearance for Ball State women's basketball.
After a record-breaking season for senior Ball State guard Nathalie Fontaine, the Mid-American Conference named her the Player of the Year.
Ball State women's basketball (21-8, 13-5 Mid-American Conference) took an early lead in its regular season finale — 5-4 with 4:41 left in the first quarter -- and didn't look back in its 68-58 victory over Toledo (17-12, 12-6 MAC). The Cardinals also earned the third seed in the MAC Tournament with the win.
Six-seed Ball State swept 11th-seeded Miami during the two regular-season matchups against the Redhawks, but the Cardinals lost March 7's do-or-die game in the Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, 49-47.
The Ball State men’s volleyball team dropped its match against the No. 4 UCLA Bruins 3-0 at Pauley Pavilion on March 7. UCLA ran a two-setter offense, a system that many college offenses do not run anymore. “We haven’t seen that in a long time, in men’s volleyball period,” head coach Joel Walton said.
In the last game of the regular season, Ball State traveled to Northern Illinois University for a matchup with a potential top-four seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament on the line.
Spring Break has come to Ball State, and that means the NLI Weather Team is taking a break as well. Before we leave though we didn't forget about your travel plans! Check out the latest forecast above and be sure to follow us on Twitter @NLIWeather for any alerts that you need over the break. Forecasts will resume on Monday March 14th. Have a great break!
NewsLink Indiana's Jackie Miller spoke with students about their concerns with the recent mumps outbreak in Indiana.
NewsLink Indiana's Michael Kuhn spoke with several Muncie community organizations who are harnessing the power of the sun.
A preacher on campus angered some students before they left for Spring Break on March 4. Brother John from Cincinnati was preaching against homosexuality and sodomy on campus, for the most part.
The Men's golf team is in for a busy Spring Break, playing in two three day tournaments just a few days apart from each other. The Cardinals are bringing seven golfers, freshmen Timothy Wiseman and Tyler Pearson, sophomores Johnny Watts, Michael VanDeventer and Michael Makris, senior James Blackwell, and redshirt sophomore Keegan McKinney. The first event will be the Colleton River Collegiate, which is hosted by Michigan State and is being held at the Pete Dye Course at the Colleton River Plantation. Pete Dye is the architect for the course and is well known for his difficult and unforgiving course designs.
When the Student Government Association passes legislation, many students don't know what comes next so that the changes can actually be implemented on campus.
As a band that originated in the late 80s here in Muncie, The Why Store is back for a night of fun. It will perform at Be Here Now March 5 as part of the "Stuck in Muncie Spring Break Party."
