The Cardinals earned the first NCAA Regional victory in school history with a win over No. 16 Notre Dame in the South Bend Regional. Ball State got there with its first Mid-American Conference Tournament title since 2010, capping a 29-23 regular season.
There’s the front door with neon beer signs hanging on each side. Up above are oversized light bulb letters spelling out “Cleo’s” and “bourbon.” The Sir Nacho’s sign on the side door is plastered with a cartoon sombrero and mustache.
The current floor has been in use since the doors to the gym opened in 1991. Ball State is putting in a new maple floor as part of a repair and replace system in which the university saves money for athletic facilities.
Ball State sophomore Alex Call has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Five Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Between “Late Night” and “Late Show,” David Letterman has more than 6,000 episodes worth of experience on the late-night talk show circuit.
The Cardinals enter the Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 5 seed, and will take on No. 4 Toledo in the first round.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides. Scientists say bees — crucial to pollinate many crops — have been hurt by a combination of declining nutrition, mites, disease, and pesticides.
The first time Daniel Messel, the man accused of murdering an Indiana University student, was in prison, he received a Ball State degree through the university’s former prison program. Although Messel may be headed back to prison, research shows that receiving an education while in prison reduces the likelihood of an individual returning to lock up. Messel received an associate’s degree in general arts from Ball State while serving an eight-year sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of battery with a deadly weapon. Ball State used to offer instruction to prisoners at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, near Muncie.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe was taken to a hospital after crashing his car into the wall Monday — the fourth frightening wreck at practice for the Indianapolis 500. The Canadian drive slammed into the wall going into turn three at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Hardin spent two years at Ball State as the Deputy Athletics Director for External Affairs. He graduated from Marquette in 2002, and joined Scholl's staff at Ball State from Notre Dame in 2013.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on other weapons and gear distributed to law enforcement. The surprise announcement comes after the White House suggested last year that Obama would maintain programs that provide the type of military-style equipment used to respond to demonstrators last summer in Ferguson, Missouri, because of their broader contribution to public safety.
More than 190 people have been arrested and a restaurant has been closed after a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs left nine bikers dead. Waco police on Monday announced the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission closed Twin Peaks for a week amid safety concerns. Police say the deadly gunfire broke out Sunday following a dispute in a bathroom that moved into the parking lot.
LAS VEGAS — Taylor Swift dominated the Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including top artist, while Kanye West was booed during his performance that closed the three-hour event. Swift also won top Billboard 200 album and top female artist Sunday night. "Oh, this is such a good night," she said after winning the top prize, besting One Direction, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran.
Emily Griffis is a senior literature and creative writing major and writes DIYs for The Daily News.
Ball State students created a smart phone app that allows users to create their own tours of Indiana state parks.
Anna Bowman is a senior English and telecommunications major and writes ‘Cultural Annalysis’ for the Daily News.
Anna Wiegand is a senior integrated studies major and writes ‘Tower of Babel' for the Daily News.
Shortstop Selena Reyna got things started with a solo home run to lead off the first, and Ball State never looked back as it defeated No. 16 Notre Dame 6-3 in its opening game of the South Bend regional.
BOSTON (AP) — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded upon learning his fate, decided after 14 hours of deliberations over three days in the nation's most closely watched terrorism trial since the Oklahoma City bombing case two decades ago. The decision sets the stage for what could be the nation's first execution of a terrorist in the post-9/11 era, though the case is likely to go through years of appeals.
