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CROSS COUNTRY: Bishel falls 20 seconds shy of being All-American

November 24, 2009

Despite shedding three seconds off her season-best six-kilometer time, redshirt junior Ali Bishel finished in 67th place at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday afternoon."You go into it to run the best race and beat as many people as you can," cross country coach Randy Heisler said. "Realistically you know your PR and those of the other people. It was a season-best time for Ali; so from that perspective she did well."

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FOOTBALL: Cards end season at Broncos

November 24, 2009

Coach Stan Parrish hopes Ball State University responds better to the finish line than they did to the starting gun.Ball State (1-10) started the year slowly with a 20-10 loss to the University of North Texas that spiraled out of control into a nine-game losing streak. With only one more game left in 2009, Ball State is looking to finish strong at Western Michigan University on Tuesday night.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Ball State travels to Temple

November 24, 2009

Two distinctly different wins at home opened the 2009-10 season for the Ball State University men's basketball team, and now the Cardinals begin their road slate tonight in Philadelphia at a perennial NCAA Tournament team at Temple University.Coach Billy Taylor said Monday that the Owls (2-1) present problems all around the court for the Cardinals (2-0).

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Cards look to start Thanksgiving Break off on right foot

November 24, 2009

Tonight's game against Valparaiso University (3-0) will be a battle for in-state bragging rights. Ball State (1-2) enters the contest coming off a hard-fought victory over Northern Arizona University (0-4) on Saturday.The Crusaders could be one of the toughest challenges the Cardinals will see early this season. Valparaiso is off to its best start in program history with three straight wins, but hasn't taken to the road yet.

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Students rally to finish projects to help East Muncie community

November 24, 2009

More than 100 landscape architecture students packed into the first floor of the Architecture Building on Monday night to work on their department's annual design week project. Sheets of trace paper, maps of Muncie, rulers and lead pencils were scattered across rectangular tables as students brainstormed and sketched out their ideas.John Motloch, interim chairman of the landscape architecture department, said this year's project is to rework the industrial Eastside of Muncie into something more welcoming and usable. The area, near the intersection of Jackson Street and White River Boulevard, has been in a bit of disrepair and recently saw the demolition of the Indiana Steel and Wire factory, which had been idle since 2002.

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Movie Manics: Thanksgiving Special

November 24, 2009

Here is the Movie Manics Thanksgiving special. Alex Kartman and Eric Pascarelli discuss some recent movies you should check out over break!

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E-mail accounts to get more options

November 24, 2009

The Ball State University Communications Center announced changes made effective today to university student and faculty e-mail accounts.Until today, accounts that were new since May 2009 and had the default option of "opt-in" will be changed to the option of "opt-out."

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University Senate discusses cheating

November 24, 2009

As the ability to plagiarize sources for research papers has become more prevalent, so have programs to catch students in the act.Text matching is similar to plagiarizing, and faculty at Ball State University are looking for ways to reduce this practice of copying and pasting.At Monday's University Senate Agenda Committee meeting, a task force reported on its trial experience with a text-matching program available through the Blackboard Beyond program.

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Students transition to new state

November 24, 2009

Sarah Chaney, an 18-year-old sophomore from Sunnyvale, Calif., is proud to be an out-of-state student."My hometown is about 45 minutes from the ocean," Chaney said. "And you can see lots of mountains in the distance."Out-of-state students at Ball State University comprise 12 percent of the on-campus population, according to the university's Web site.

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CALIFORNIA KIRCHUBEL: 'Twilight' fad is annoying, tedious

November 24, 2009

The past three years has seen the rise of a phenomenon that is sweeping middle school girls across the world; you folks know it as "Twilight." The first of those books, "Twilight," was written by Stephenie Meyer, a stay-at-home mom from Arizona.

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OUR VIEW: (Not) Home for the holiday

November 24, 2009

The vast majority of us will be home for Thanksgiving the rest of the week. But, if you live in the area or are not going home for any reason — you hate your family, your family hates you, you can't afford a plane ticket, etc. — there are a few fun things to do during the break.

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Heorot to host sideshow acts

November 24, 2009

"Strange and Deranged," the showcase group from Austin, Texas, is on its first tour since it was formed.Jackie Molen, a group member, said everyone in the group has experience from other shows they performed at."We were all from different shows, we were all roommates and we just decided to start up our own group," she said.

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BOOZERS AND LOSERS: Family holidays exhausting

November 24, 2009

Oh, Thanksgiving. With interstate congestion, relatives lingering long after dessert and the imminent Black Friday, what's not to love? Not that I don't think about my family, but maybe I don't think about them as much when I'm 150 miles safely away, though it's evident they think about me. In the past, Thanksgiving dinner proceeds like an interview, my mom silently laughing in her seat while my grandpa asks if they still keep the boys and the girls in different classrooms. And everyone takes a third glass of wine.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Ball State improves to 2-0 with win over SIU-Edwardsville

November 23, 2009

With a 57-47 victory against SIU Edwardsville on Saturday, Ball State University improved to 2-0 for the first time in coach Billy Taylor's tenure.The Cardinals started off hot, opening the game with seven straight points and two dunks. Their shooting touch would go cold as the game continued, but Ball State finished strong enough to earn the win.

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Gora to play Mrs. Fezziwig

November 23, 2009

The president of Ball State University will be taking on another role this holiday season. Jo Ann Gora will be playing Mrs. Fezziwig in Indiana Public Radio's on-air production of "A Christmas Carol." The performance will performed for a live audience at Pruis Hall and will be broadcast live on radio stations Dec. 5.

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