FOOTBALL: Success finally found for Ball State, Parrish
October 25, 2009Despite having one passing yard, Ball State defeated Eastern Michigan 29-27 to get its first win of the season and end its nine-game losing streak.
Despite having one passing yard, Ball State defeated Eastern Michigan 29-27 to get its first win of the season and end its nine-game losing streak.
Coach Dave Boos is asking where the Ball State University women's volleyball from two months ago has gone after losing a five-set match Friday night against Bowling Green State University only to follow that effort up with four-set loss against Miami University (10-13, 7-3) on Saturday.
Parts of Interstate 465 in Indianapolis reopened this morning with restrictions.The Indiana Department of Transportation announced I-465 eastbound, from U.S. 31 (Meridian Street) to 56th Street on the city's northeast side, was expected to reopen at midnight Sunday. The left lane over the bridge, as well as the I-69 southbound ramp to I-465 southbound will remain closed through midweek.
Ypsilanti, Mich. – Adding to the list of failings for Ball State University this year, they became the first team to trail to Eastern Michigan University all season.
The chances to make the Mid-American Conference Tournament grew slimmer for the Ball State University soccer team following its 2-1 home loss to the last-place Northern Illinois University on Friday afternoon.
Eastern Michigan University capitalized on Ball State University's numerous miscues in the second quarter to open up a 20-13 lead at halftime.
The running back duo of Cory Sykes and MiQuale Lewis helped put Ball State University in the lead for the first time all day, 29-27 at the end of the third quarter.
The Chirp TV crew previews the football game between Ball State and Eastern Michigan on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
Usually a place children are free to explore, the Muncie Children's Museum is discouraging the presence of its core audience due to their haunted house, taking place on Friday and Saturday evenings through the spook-filled month of October.Advertising a haunted house to college students taking place at the Muncie Children's Museum raised a few eyebrows on campus. Posted fliers throughout Ball State University advertising the haunted house known as "The Basement" as "not recommended for young children." The confusion many felt at first glance can be explained by two university department's collaboration to create a "terrifying" basement.
After a four-game road trip, the Ball State University soccer team returns home this weekend for its final home matches against Northern Illinois University and Western Michigan University.
Ball State University's men's tennis team will have to fight it out this weekend without one its top players.
The nine-game losing streak for Ball State University isn't the first time coach Stan Parrish has encountered a long losing streak. As coach of Kansas State University in the 1980s, Parrish went winless in his final 27 games as head coach.So what similarities do you see between the two long losing streaks, coach?
Hate is a strong word, but after how things went down last season, the mere mention of Bowling Green State University (8-15, 1-7) gets Ball State University (10-11, 3-5) women's volleyball players Brittany McGinnis and Elaina Kakatolis' blood boiling.
The Broadway musical "Little Shop of Horrors" comes to the Muncie Civic Theatre this weekend as the theater celebrates its 78th anniversary."Little Shop" opens Friday at 7 p.m. and will be shown the next three weekends.
Students filed into Pruis Hall on Wednesday night with questions and speculations. The "Do You Agree with Tyler?" campaign supported by Campus Crusade for Christ was at its climax, but the procession throughout the previous weeks had offered little aid in explaining the outreach's intent.All the hype from the previous weeks came to its crux last night when "I Agree with Tyler" held a presentation in Pruis Hall to announce Tyler Yoder, the principal student ambassador for the campaign. Yoder began with an informal tone but important massage: "Hey everyone. My name is Tyler, and I am a senior business major from Middlebury, Indiana. I'm glad to see you all here, and I hope you're glad to see me."
The Student Government Association talked about the campuswide smoking ban and controversy surrounding the designated smoking areas on Wednesday evening.Since the implementation of Ball State University's partial ban in March, there have been many issues between smokers and non-smokers, said various senators.
The Chirp TV crew previews the sports teams in action for the weekend of Friday, October 24.
Ball State University parking garages now accept credit and debit card payment, Parking Services announced Wednesday.Nancy Wray, Parking Services office manager, said the office decided to add the new option after they installed upgraded pay stations in the parking garages in late spring.
