NEWS

Loretta Lynn concert postponed until February

Loretta Lynn's concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday at John R. Emens Auditorium has been postponed. Darcy Wood, associate director of marketing at Emens, said the event will be pushed back until Feb. 19 because the performer is sick.


NEWS

Sexual health on campus rated better by Trojan

Perceptions of Ball State University's poor sexual health have been challenged by two recent reports, which say Ball State is on par with other universities.Ball State improved its ranking by one spot in the Trojan Sexual Health Report issued on Oct. 27.



NEWS

Performance honors former music professor

On Aug. 7, Ball State University's School of Music lost a legendary teacher as well as an amazing professor with the death of Fred "Doc" Ehnes. Ehnes had been the professor of horn at Ball State for 38 years. Today, the Musical Arts Quintet will give a performance honoring the life and work of Ehnes.


NEWS

Career center gives crash course in dining

Today at 4:30 p.m. in the Alumni Center, students will receive a crash course in business dining etiquette. The career center has the event twice each semester for students and is an opportunity for students to prepare themselves for the working world. Willow King Locke, the assistant director of the Career Center, will be the presenter for the evening.


NEWS

Complete list of Trojan report results

The complete list of schools that participated in the 2008 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card are ranked from numbers 1 to 139. Of all 12 MAC schools surveyed, Ball State University placed highest on the annual report.


NEWS

SCENE SELECTION: 'This is It' is good look behind the scenes

If there is a genre of films I have not viewed enough, it would definitely be documentary. I have seen enough to know which are good and which are bad, and it helps to have a film class with a music documentary filmmaker this semester. All of the back story aside, I viewed "Michael Jackson's This is It" this past weekend and was blown away.



NEWS

Committee motions to extend Thanksgiving Break in future years

The University Education Committee approved a motion to alter the Fall Semester academic calendar by extending what is now Thanksgiving Break and eliminating what is now Fall Break and Fruesday, said Laura Helms, associate dean and director of academic systems for University College.


NEWS

Former Gov. Howard Dean to speak on campus tonight

Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean is speaking at 7 p.m. today in Emens Auditorium about the importance of student participation in politics and government. The event is free and open to the public.


NEWS

OUR VIEW: Stay involved

This time last year, a lot of us were rejoicing over President Barack Obama's victory over Sen. John McCain. We and other people in our age group turned out in the largest numbers we have seen since 1972.


NEWS

OUR VIEW: Let the music play

Muncie has several music festivals every year featuring its many talented bands, giving the Ball State University and Muncie communities to opportunity the experience them.



NEWS

CALIFORNIA KIRCHUBEL: New horror movie lacks good ending

As a screenwriter, I spend most of my free time doing one of three things: writing movies, watching movies and ‘reading movies.' The first I do for obvious reasons, but the others I do purely for education and practice. They give me a pretty good idea what to do and what not to do when writing a screenplay.


NEWS

WCRD makes top 5 in national contest

The Ball State University student radio station WCRD has been nominated for the "College Radio Woodie" award at mtvU's annual awards show.The radio station beat out numerous other college radio stations to remain in the top five. The University of Missouri, California State University at San Bernadino, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Puget Sound were with Ball State in the fan voted category, according to the mtvU press release.


SPORTS

FOOTBALL: Heisman on display in Muncie

Students and athletics officials from Ball State University were within grasp of the most prestigious individual trophy in college football Monday.The Heisman Trophy was on display for people to touch and take their picture with at three Muncie businesses.


NEWS

Scary holiday brings odd crimes

Campus and city police officials said Halloween brought about weird crimes as people enjoyed the holiday.Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said Ball State University Police made 12 arrests on Saturday, and some people were issued more than one citation.


NEWS

Sculpting a ministry

Brian Getz has always been the type of person who likes to make things. As a child he was into toys such as Legos, model rockets and K'NEX. Now he has moved on to balloons.


NEWS

OUR VIEW: No big issues to excite students this election

It's Election Day again. About one year ago at this time, the campus was buzzing with people getting ready to vote, debating and anxiously waiting to see everything from if then-Sen. Barack Obama could beat Sen. John McCain to if Indiana would ditch Gov. Mitch Daniels. This year, though, it isn't that cool. Unless you get excited for dog catcher elections or Indianapolis hospital funding votes, this is not the year for elections.




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