Hundreds of students from across campus stopped at the Scramble Light Wednesday and Thursday to support Habitat for Humanity's Building Better Communications team and attempt to win a golden toilet. The big winner of the day was Lisa Nelson, who won the golden toilet.
When Steve Shondell went to his girl's volleyball team at Burris Laboratory School and suggested they paint a car, his players did not know what to think. One thought he was speaking metaphorically. One thought he meant the windows. But he was talking about painting the body of a car to promote volleyball at Ball State University and Burris.
The Ball State University track and field team is attempting to build off the solid foundation it laid at the Miami Invitational when it earned five wins and 17 top-five finishes. This weekend the Cardinals will run, jump, throw and fly at the Lenny Lyle/Clark Woode Invitational in Louisville, Ky.
The sixth Center for Middletown Studies Small Cities Conference is today through Saturday. James Connolly, director of the center, said the conference will have two keynote presentations and nine other sessions focusing on this year's theme of urban growth.
Musicians, artists and various vendors will be gathering at the Water Bowl this evening for Spring Fest '09. Springfest goes from April 17 to April 18 and will feature bands from across the Midwest including ekoostik hookah, Midwest Hype, Fresh Hops and Daphne Willis and Co.
Mark Carter, the Hot Dog Man, celebrated his 15th anniversary Wednesday by selling hot dogs to a line of students outside Pruis Hall. When Carter began his venture in 1994, he said, his wife told him, "They'll either make fun of you, or you'll be successful.
With the players at the Ball State University women's volleyball summer camp finishing their day's workout, Andy Nelson finally got the opportunity he wanted. Making the more than 10-hour drive from his hometown in Chisago City, Minn., to work at the camp, the University of Minnesota club volleyball player had the chance to play a pick-up game.
Coaches of many major college baseball programs were angered when the NCAA announced rule changes designed to improve academic success and parity two years ago. Despite complaints of coaches such as Mississippi State University's Ron Polk and the University of South Carolina's Ray Tanner, the rules went into effect this season.
In an attempt to bring religion out of the classroom and into the world, Students for Open Minded Academics held a student interfaith peace forum Wednesday. Four students signed up to present their personal and religion's movements toward peace to a near-full Forum Room of the L.
A Ball State University gymnast was named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team Thursday. Junior Brittany Bauer, the only Ball State gymnast selected to the squad, was the lone member of the 12-person team to have a 4.0 GPA. Bauer is an international business and history major.
Leaning strongly on a four-point platform, Off-campus Senator Nicole Akey successfully presented her case for being the next Student Government Association president pro tempore at Wednesday's meeting. SGA Senate selected Akey over At-large Senator Michelle Voss 19-7 to earn the organization's third-highest position.
Village Green Records will celebrate the second annual National Record Store Day on Saturday with a diverse 15-band lineup and several exclusive sales. Owner Travis Harvey said the lineup will feature everything from old-school hip-hop to country to dance music with bands coming from as far as Europe.
As rain drops began to sprinkle Ball Diamond on March 28, a fly ball settled into center fielder Jeremy Hazelbaker's glove. Soon after the junior sealed the Ball State University baseball team's 12th victory of the season, the team quickly unrolled the tarp and covered the infield.
The American Advertising Federation will go for a first place finish in the National Student Advertising Contest for the first time since winning the contest three years in a row from 2004 to 2006. Jeff Renoe, senior advertising major and AAF president, said large corporations usually sponsor the event.
Hundreds of students are expected to be walking around campus barefoot all day today in promotion of TOMS shoes. TOMS is an organization that sells shoes to give shoes to children who need them around the world. The company is encouraging people to go barefoot today to raise awareness about the problems plaguing many children across the world who live every day without shoes.
It's a big weekend for the transitioning Muncie music scene. While some say the scene is dying, others say it is growing. One thing that can't be denied, however, is the amount of music-centered activities offered this weekend. Students can attend Village Green Record's concert Saturday in celebration of National Record Store Day.
Dodging glass shards and mud, Hannah Jung walked barefoot all day across campus Thursday. Jung, a senior physical education and health education major, created a Facebook group encouraging students to go barefoot to bring awareness to the millions of people in developing nations who walk every day without shoes.
Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and was announced president. Cardinal Impact received 1,838 votes and was announced the executive slate of Student Government Association. Announcing vote totals is commonplace for elections. There is no need to disclose who voted for whom, but the number of votes received is typically disclosed.
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence will visit Ball State University on Friday, his office announced today.
