UPB announces spring Filmworks schedule
December 15, 2009University Program Board has announced its Friday Night Filmworks schedule for the Spring Semester.The list of movies is as follows:
University Program Board has announced its Friday Night Filmworks schedule for the Spring Semester.The list of movies is as follows:
Robert Kvam, dean of the college of fine arts, said production on the David and Mary Jane Sursa Performance Hall continued until the last minute on Sept. 22, 2004. When the concert hall's first performance by violinist Midori and pianist Robert McDonald was scheduled, construction workers weren't quite done.
For the past 19 years, Bob Myers, director at John R. Emens Auditorium, has seen a lot of events pass through the doors, but one thing hasn't changed."We try to increase the number of shows each year, but there's always room for more," he said.From racy comedians to opera singers to lip-syncing students, over 280 performances have graced the Emens stage during the past 10 years.
Ball State University ended its two-game losing streak Sunday afternoon with a 86-80 victory against Illinois State University.
Where do I even start when it comes to Disney? On one hand, you have Pixar and all that John Lasseter has done to revitalize the company. On another limb – I'm going to say a foot – you have the tween flicks like Hannah Montana, which deserve to be banished to the realm of the television network they own. Then there are the cheesy knock-offs of amusement park rides and terrible remakes.
Ball State University animal lovers are expected to show up in support of the Muncie Animal Shelter at the City Council meeting tonight in downtown Muncie.Muncie Mayor Sharon McShurley announced last week the shelter would be closing Dec. 31 due to budget cuts that would leave it understaffed.
Ball State (3-4) was led again by sophomore center Jarrod Jones, who had a double-double with a game-high-tying 18 points and a game-best 10 rebounds and three blocks. Three other Cardinals reached double-digit point totals, as Scaife and sophomore guard Randy Davis each scored 13 points and junior forward Malik Perry added 10 points.
Peter Gaunt and Heather Collins go over what's going on with the Muncie music scene.
Sam, Vinnie and Teddy are in the gift-giving mood as they bring you the Chirp TV Holiday Spectacular.
Sophomore theater major Laurel Hill sits alone at a table. The dim lights cast a warm glow on the olive-green cash box before her. A tall girl in a black coat bounds up to the table. "Would you like to make a donation?" Hill asks her. Hill is one of the volunteers for Thursday night's performance of "In Darfur" in the Cooper Science Building. She is collecting the Genocide Intervention Network donations that are being collected in lieu of ticket money. "Yes, I would!" the tall girl says cheerfully. But once inside the lecture hall — the makeshift theater — the mood is anything but cheerful.
Students who need a ride to the Indianapolis Airport can buy a one-way ticket for $19.Star of America shuttle service has been in operation for many years and began offering airport rides from Ball State University in September.
Focusing on the little things, the Cardinals got their offense back on track Wednesday night. Ball State defeated Indiana State University 68-63 on the road, snapping a three-game losing streak.
Funding loss for higher education was just one item on the Higher Education Commission's agenda for the working session Thursday night.Commissioner Theresa Lubbers briefed the committee on the status of funding loss to Indiana state universities at the meeting.
Jarrod Jones had 10 first-half points — including three rim-bending dunks — to give the Cardinals the cushion on the road they needed to defeat the Sycamores 68-63 in front of 7,144 fans.
Presidents from eight Chinese universities met with President Jo Ann Gora and university officials this week to discuss China's biggest investment: education.The men traveled about 11,000 miles, witnessing Muncie's first snow of the year, to attend a series of meetings to advance the process of transferring credits in a dual-degree program between Ball State University and Chinese institutions.
Freshman Evan Roberts sat in the Atrium on Wednesday night and studied for a communications class final, one of the six finals he will take next week."I have spent five hours studying today and I'm starting to get burnt out," he said.Roberts said although the upcoming test is not one of his more difficult ones, the fact that he has tests and quizzes to study for this week — in addition to the finals — is overwhelming.Ball State University is one of the few colleges in Indiana without a campuswide "dead week" before final exams. Purdue University and Indiana University — Bloomington both recognize dead week as a week where professors do not assign tests, quizzes or large projects.
The traditional largest sales day of the year is only nine days away as shoppers begin to finalize their gift lists and make one final rush on the Saturday before Christmas. Analysts are unsure if "Super Saturday" will surpass this year's Black Friday sales as consumers tend to look for steep discounts during a recession.
Ball State University's landscape architecture programs have earned the highest distinction from Design Intelligence.Ball State was placed in the top level of the 2010 edition of "The Cramer Report: America's World-Class Landscape Architecture Schools." "The Cramer Report" initiated a classification system for its rankings that looks at multidimensional levels of landscape architecture programs, rather than simply the one-year ranking. The first year for "The Cramer Report" was 2009, when it reported Ball State's architecture program as "world-class."
