It's tough to win a tennis match when your team is down 2-0 before it has even begun. That was the story for Northern Illinois University, as they were forced to compete with only four players as Ball State University (8-9, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) defeated the Huskies 7-0.
After 20 years of countless washes and missing socks, Suds, 509 North Martin St., closed its doors Friday. Donnellyn and Rich Henson, the Village-based laundry's most recent owners, have managed Suds since purchasing it in April 2002. They spent last weekend moving equipment out of the building and hope to finish the process by Tuesday.
Most teams would feel good about starting conference play at 2-0 and owning a 15-6 overall record. However, after what coach Bill Richards felt was a halfhearted effort against the University of Toledo Saturday, the Ball State University men's tennis team has something to prove.
On Monday, at least 10,000 marchers filled the streets of downtown Indianapolis as part of a national protest - which literally stretched from Los Angeles to New York City, from Atlanta to Pittsburgh. A handful of Ball State University students joined those thousands of people to declare their own beliefs.
Six days removed from building a winning streak to eight with a 31-19 win against Valparaiso University, the Ball State University baseball team has since lost three of its last four games. The Cardinals (16-14) travel to Dayton University (16-12) to play the Flyers, looking to rebound from a series loss to Mid-American Conference opponent Ohio University (losing two of three) and a loss at the University of Notre Dame.
The Ball State University women's track and field team earned runner-up honors this weekend at the Miami Invitational. Competing with 16 other teams, the Cardinals scored a team total of 141 points, finishing behind the host Redhawks. The day was highlighted with three individual first-place honors.
The Ball State University debate team placed third in this year's National Educational Debate Association's National Tournament. The top winners at the University of Dayton from March 31 to April 1 included Ian Flores, top speaker in the varsity division and one of three debate team All-Americans; Jane Ren and Melissa Sokolski, second in the novice division; Craig Butterfield, second for debaters competing at their first tournament; and Sarah Marty, third for debaters competing at their first tournament.
Telecommunication majors at Ball State University can continue to boast about being Indiana's TV School of the Year. Ball State won this distinction for the second year in a row as well as 14 other awards from the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters.
The lowest final round score vaulted the men's golf team to a second-place finish at the Marshall Invitational. Ball State University fired a 286 on the final 18 holes Saturday, moving up four spots. "It was a tournament that gave us a good opportunity to play well and have a good finish," coach Mike Fleck said.
Even though funding for the Streets Department is running low, the city of Muncie will repave and fill potholes in some campus neighborhoods this summer.
The Ball State University women's golf team concluded the Eastern Kentucky University Spring Invitational on Saturday finishing tied for fourth out of 14 teams. The Cardinals score of 977 was 55 shots behind the University of Toledo, who won the tournament with a team score of 922.
The performance is fluid, precise, controlled and intense. It may look like a dance, but it's a fight - a fight with an invisible opponent, a fight against yourself. Kata, a series of fighting moves, was one of several presentations Sunday night during the martial arts demonstration, which ended a week of events celebrating Asian culture.
While spending the past weekend in Toledo, Ohio, for a conference, I noticed the small-town charm of the city, complete with families visiting the local museums and playing in the park. It was very refreshing to see so many people spending time with each other, seemingly without a care in the world.
The Ball State University softball team traveled to Kalamazoo, Mich., this weekend to play division leader Western Michigan University with one consistent streak. After splitting a double-header with Northern Illinois University on Friday, the Cardinals (9-16, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) had won one game and lost one game in its three MAC series.
Students will be able to get lunch at the library after the Bookmark Cafe @ Bracken Library is built this summer. The cafe will feature Seattle's Best Coffee and will serve sandwiches, salads, soups and more.
Poets, rappers and spoken word enthusiasts will have the opportunity to strut their stuff in frofeir peers at Ball State University's first university-sponsored poetry slam. The event, which is organized by Ball State's Campus Programs and Publicity Design, will take place at 7:30 p.
Our president prefers to paint a picture of himself as a man who is distanced from the slings and arrows of political and ideological mind games. This is the man who has said that he doesn't read any newspapers - which is worrisome - and that he looks to a higher power for guidance - which is more so.
I once had the really evil idea of having a bunch of T-shirts printed with Chinese-language obscenities and insults, then selling them to people saying they meant "Harmony," "Life" and so forth. Fortunately, I didn't let my bratty prankster side get the better of me.
Ball State received four bids Thursday to correct the crossover point between the L.A. Pittenger Student Center and the administration building, where the traffic light is not working, Jim Lowe, director of engineering and operations, said. Lowe said the university would make a recommendation for the award this week.
