OUR VIEW: Crying wolf

It turns out Ball State University had only one violent crime actually happen about four weeks ago. Two students were mugged at the Scheumann Stadium parking lot, but the student who claimed she was accosted near Woodworth Complex was lying. There was no 5'4" black male with a muscular build who grabbed her from behind and no male student came to her aid.



NEWS

Health Center gets 300 H1N1 vaccines

The Ball State University Amelia T. Wood Health Center received 300 doses of H1N1 FluMist vaccine Wednesday, Health Center Director Kent Bullis said.


NEWS

CICS students participate in Usability Day

Ten Ball State University graduate students with the Center for Information and Communication Sciences are traveling to IUPUI today to give a presentation about the definition of sustainability at the World Usability Day event.


NEWS

Origins of Friday the 13th

For the quixotic, there is no single day of the year more terrifying than Friday the 13th. As the popular superstition goes, bad luck is sure to befall a person on this day. Sometimes, in more extreme cases, it even ends in the death of that person or a loved one. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute, up to 21 million people in the United States today suffer from a morbid and irrational fear of Friday the 13th.



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Students react to Ball Gym bomb threat

Tuesday's bomb threat was taken care of quickly, but students and faculty of Ball Gym are still thinking about it.Patty Halton, senior health science major and supervisor at Ball Gym, said some staff members in the gym had worries about coming back, yet their supervisors had none. Workers' supervisors gave no acknowledgment to the situation and the gym was being run just like any other day.


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Muncie is becoming a "Main Street" community

Muncie is one of 21 cities to be recognized this year as an Indiana Main Street community.Being a Main Street community means Muncie will receive economic help for the restoration of historical areas of the city and the opportunity to network with other communities in the program.


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SGA spirit award goes to freshman

The Student Government Association announced freshman Corey Vanbuskirk as the winner of its "Write in to Win" contest.Students who entered the contest wrote about why they have the most school spirit. Vanbuskirk's essay beat several other entries to win the prize of watching Ball State University's final home football game against Central Michigan University in the presidential suite with Ball State President Jo Ann Gora.



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Onstage with an actor's nightmare

Audience members finally get to see theater from a different angle: backstage.Opening Thursday at University Theatre, "Noises Off" follows a theater group from dress rehearsal to the final show as it puts on a production of "Nothing On." Each act shows the performance at a different stage in its production run as things constantly go unplanned.


SPORTS

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Host Ball State sweeps Toledo

The Cardinals (13-15, 6-9 MAC) were led on offense by sophomore Kelsey Brandl's match-high 14 kills. Junior outside hitter Hannah Sullivan had 13 kills, while senior Alisha Green added 12 kills in her final regular season home match.Defensively for Ball State, junior libero Alyssa Rio had a match-best 23 digs. 



NEWS

International displays in Bracken

Ball State University's Rinker Center for International Programs is hosting the annual International Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday in Bracken Library.The festival has been at Ball State for more than 50 years and this year will have between 25 and 30 countries represented, Mindy Ward, graduate assistant to the events coordinator at the Rinker Center, said.


NEWS

Departmental talent show tonight

Ball State University students in the College of Architecture and Planning are getting out of the studio today.The college is hosting a talent show at 5 p.m. Friday in Architecture Building Room 100.


NEWS

'Coal Country' to shine light on industry dangers

The Ball State University Students for a Sustainable Campus will show a documentary about how coal mining practices affect the United States' Appalachia region tonight."Coal Country" will start at 7 p.m. in Teachers College Room 102, followed by a discussion about the film.


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BSU Study: CARS spiked auto sales

A report by Ball State University found that the Cash for Clunkers program created a spike in auto sales during the second half of this year.





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