Family Weekend has become narrowed to a Saturday afternoon visit with parents and siblings, yet business owners are thankful for the revenue it generates.Many of the hotels in Muncie were booked three months in advance of Family Weekend.Alicia Gooden, a Ball State University student who works at Holiday Inn Express, said the hotel offered a Ball State rate for people who booked a room three months or more in advance.
"Society is a factory ... We produce the people you see on the street. We are, to a certain degree, responsible for what they've done, what they're doing and what they will do," says Karen Kessler, a faculty member of Ball State University's Department of Theatre and Dance. She says this referring to Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, the convicted killers of Matthew Shepard.
As all of us know, the economy's been in a rut for a while, and as I'm sure most of us know, there was a so-called "stimulus package" passed and signed into law earlier this year, to the tune of just less than $800 billion. The problem with it is that there's little actual stimulus.
Students and their families went on tours on Saturday afternoon at the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center Open House as part of Family Weekend at Ball State University.More than 30 people went on private guided tours of the former Ball family home between 3 and 5 p.m. The number of attendees made this year's open house a success compared to last year's, Nancy Lindley, the center's facilities manager, said.
Colorful paper leaves and streamers adorned the walls of the music room at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts on Friday evening as children's excited voices mixed with the sounds of parents' and volunteers' conversations. Pumpkins, face paint, apple cider, cookies, a bean bag throw, Frisbee toss and more were all a part of Student Voluntary Services' Fall Festival.
Students had fun busting watermelons at the 37th annual Watermelon Bust sponsored by the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority Sunday at LaFollette Field. Watermelon Bust was a huge success this year, junior organizer Austin Gerber said. More than 70 teams competed and raised more than $10,000.
The best of all fall foods came together at a Sunday morning brunch for Minnetrista's annual Flavors of Fall event. Four chefs from the American Culinary Association each prepared their own special autumn treat, informing the audience about preparation techniques and helpful cooking tips.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team will play a regionally televised match in the country's third-largest television market this season.Lewis University announced earlier this month that the Flyers' home match against the Cardinals on April 6, 2010, will air on the Lakeshore Public Television station.
"College education is a costly proposition with tuition, room and board at some colleges topping $50,000 a year. Is it worth it? Increasing evidence suggests that it's not." This is the opening line of a recent article written by economist Walter Williams.
Curly hair, high heels, baggy jeans and lots of glittery sequins were common sights Saturday at Spectrum's annual Drag Show, this year titled "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Spectrum, Ball State University's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and straight ally organization, took over Ball Gymnasium, transforming it into the land of Oz, complete with a rainbow curtain of balloons and a yellow "plywood" brick road.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team walked into the Convocation Center with the deck stacked against them. Ohio University was ranked No. 24 in the RPI and had only dropped two sets in Mid-American Conference action all season. On top of that, it was Homecoming Weekend in Athens.
The Office of Health Education is teaming with the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards this year to provide alcohol understanding to students during the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.All events for Ball State University's awareness week will start at 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday at several locations on campus.
Seriously, Fruesday is pointless.Neither students nor professors want to be in class that day. Many professors don't take it seriously and subject students to menial work because they're required to be in a certain room for an hour or so that day. A lot of professors just cancel class and even more students skip in favor of getting a head start on the vacation.
Freshman Aaron Mershman has spent all season acting like Ball State University's third-string quarterback. He travels with the team and sends in the play calls from the sidelines.The Cardinals lost Kelly Page in the second quarter Saturday against Bowling Green State University with an injured thumb and he did not return to the sideline. However, coach Stan Parrish said Mershman would not have played Saturday if backup Tanner Justice had gone down in the second half.
"My Name is Jerry," the first professionally produced commercial film to be funded by the university, is being featured in Indianapolis' week-long Heartland Film Festival. The movie was made in the summer of 2008 through collaboration between the College of Fine Arts, the Institute for Digital Entertainment and Education and alumnus and writer/director Morgan Mead's Clothespin Productions. The final version of the script was written by alumnus David Hamilton.
The Ball State University women's golf team failed to defend its title of champion at the Hawkeye Intercollegiate Tournament by finishing in 7th place Sunday.
Stan Parrish looked over his play sheet at halftime Saturday and made the decision to scrap much of it.Ball State University was trailing Bowling Green State University 24-0 at the time and would have to finish the game without Kelly Page, who injured his right thumb. So despite needing to throw the ball to try and score quickly, Parrish played to his team's strength.
For the second straight weekend, the Ball State University soccer team has failed to get a win. Ball State fell to the University of Akron 3-0 on Sunday afternoon, their fifth-consecutive loss.
The status of Ball State University quarterback Kelly Page remains uncertain after his MRI on Monday.Page injured his right thumb in the second quarter of Saturday's 34-17 loss to Bowling Green State University. Associate Athletics Director Joe Hernandez said results from the MRI would be available Tuesday. Page had X-rays taken Saturday and did not return to the game.
Matt Danko has been doing the exact job he pictured for himself since graduating in the spring.He works in downtown Denver at an actuarial consulting firm, Towers Perrin, with a starting salary of $58,000. Danko said it was the internship experience he received with the company that landed him the job.
