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Innovative string quartet to perform at Sursa

February 25, 2010

Brooklyn Rider strives to turn traditional music into something fresh. The string quartet — violinists Colin Jacobsen and Johnny Gandelsman, violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Eric Jacobsen — will perform today at Sursa Performance Hall. Brooklyn Rider studied classical musicians such as Joseph Haydn and Claude Debussy and work to find innovative ways of programming to communicate with its music.  Jacobsen said the group performs versions of traditional pieces as well as original work.

SPORTS

TRACK: Cardinals face tall task in conference championships

February 25, 2010

After finishing second in last week's Ball State University Quadrangular, the women's indoor track team will face tougher competition when they arrive on the campus of Central Michigan University for the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, beginning today in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

NEWS

BSU film crew captures blur of blues at Key Palace Theatre

February 25, 2010

As the lights dimmed and acid blues band the Scissormen lead guitarist Ted Drozdowski ripped his first riff on the Key Palace Theatre stage, venue regulars trickled into the vintage auditorium lined with blues legends that had once occupied the stage before them.The 232-seat venue once staged blues legends Eddie Shaw, Delbert McClinton and John Hammond, among countless others, and Wednesday night played host to a student film crew for Robert Mugge's latest project, tentatively titled "Big Shoes: Walking and Talking the Blues." 

NEWS

Student Connection gets the job

February 25, 2010

Student senators appointed Student Connection as the 2010-2011 slate with a vote of 37-2 during Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting.

NEWS

OUR VIEW: Careful with credit

February 25, 2010

Credit, and borrowing in general, is kind of iffy for college-aged people. Some of us are responsible. But it's safe to say some among us aren't fiscally savvy. Either way it's a dangerous endeavor.

NEWS

'Intimate Apparel' comes to Strother Theatre

February 25, 2010

Lynn Nottage's award-winning play "Intimate Apparel" will debut at Strother Theatre tonight at 7:30 p.m. Junior acting major Ashley Harrison will play, Esther, the lead character. Esther is an African American seamstress looking for love. The play takes place in New York City in 1905. "Intimate Apparel" touches on several different ideas including relationships, religion, race and class. The show will be directed by Dwandra Lampkin. Tickets are $8.50 for the general public and $6.50 for students.

NEWS

Snowboarding Club to bring Rail Jam to BSU

February 25, 2010

Even in the middle of the flat Midwest, far from the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, there is barely any snow left, but two men snowboard down a hill and onto a pipe near a construction area by the White River. Junior telecommunications major Gregg Bedinghaus and senior public communications major Kyle Harris have lived near slopes for most of their lives but both said snowboarding in Muncie is manageable as well.

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