Ball State regains health, prepares for MAC Tournament as No. 5 seed
By Jake Fox / May 19, 2015The Cardinals enter the Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 5 seed, and will take on No. 4 Toledo in the first round.
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.
Delaware County Sheriff Mike Scroggins died at 52, just a few days after surgery. The sheriff’s office confirmed he died in Ohio after receiving major surgery to his shoulder.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Thursday condemned the Taliban attack on a Kabulguesthouse the previous night that killed 14 people, including nine foreigners, and said the brutal slayings will not undermine his government's efforts to achieve peace and stability. Wednesday's attack was the most audacious assault by the insurgents in the Afghan capital since the start of their spring offensive.
NEW YORK (AP) — You don't think of David Letterman as a stop-and-smell-the-flowers type, but here he is, at a major turning point yet savoring his chocolate milkshake. Perched on a stool in a fast-food restaurant beside the Ed Sullivan Theater, where he has hosted "Late Show" for two decades but will do so only a bit longer, Dave unwinds from that day's taping while, more than once, he comments on his shake's deliciousness. He also thinks today's show was excellent, a surprising appraisal from this famously self-critical star.
When Faye Lichtsinn, a junior Natural Resources and Environmental Management major at Ball State University, hung out with her friend Gordon two summers ago, he told her about permaculture, the development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient.
The addition of new majors to Ball State will bring the university on trend with the economic state of the world, according to chairperson of modern languages and classics Guohe Zheng.
Watts was battling an illness the week before the tournament, but became the third Ball State golfer in history to win the MAC individual championship and the first Cardinal freshman to win it.
