Today, the hustle and bustle of traffic, honking horns and police sirens are gone. Every store is closed, every car is still and everything is quiet. People could even take naps in the middle of streets or highways. Corey Gillman, president of the Ball State University Hillel organization, wouldn't recommend that in Muncie.
Professor Mary Annette Rose was named this year's Rawlings Outstanding Distance Education Teaching Award in the School of Extended Education.
Ball State is in the midst of an intense competition with other schools in Indiana. With the economy in disarray, people are realizing the importance of a college education when competing for a job. More potential students means the university must work harder on recruitment.
The injury bug continues to plague the women's volleyball team just as junior Alyssa Rio returned from injury after missing a month, back up setter red-shirt freshman Andrea Felton is now on the injured list. "It's sort of ridiculous isn't it?" coach Dave Boos said.
Ball State University's annual Homecoming bonfire is happening tonight at 9 p.m., following the Opening Day Games. This year's bonfire will include a performance by the Ball State drumline, an introduction to the football team by athletic director Tom Collins and performances from the Code Red Dancers and Ball State cheerleaders.
Yesterday marked the first day of what could be the best week of the year, according to all the flyers posted around campus at least. Homecoming Week kicked off with a week-long scavenger hunt during which students will scuttle around campus searching high and low for the secret location of Charlie Cardinal.
Jay L. Wile, formerly of the Ball State University Department of Chemistry, was on campus Tuesday. He's the author of the Apologia home school science curriculum and a noted speaker on creationism, and that's what he was talking about. His lecture was entitled, "The Earth: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made;" it was a presentation of various wonderful and awe-inspiring features of the natural world that seem to point to a model that involves a designer.
The Ball State University cross country team finished fourth in Ohio Invitational on Saturday, despite weather conditions cutting the match short.
The anticipated showdown turned into a nightmare for the Ball State University women's volleyball team. On a night that the expectation was to show they belong, the Cardinals were shown how much further they still have to go. Western Michigan University, a 2008 Sweet 16 team, overcame an out of sync offense early to sweep Ball State 25-20, 25-14, 25-18 on Saturday at Worthen Arena.
The CHIRP TV football crew breaks down everything from if winless Ball State has any prayer at pulling off an upset, the Cardinals' brewing quarterback controversy, the secret to Auburn's offensive success and how much money Ball State is receiving to play this road game.
he Ball State University field hockey team fell to 0-2 in the Mid-American Conference and an overall record of 2-7 as it lost 4-1 to Central Michigan University.
Once the sun replaced the rain clouds at the Ball State Fall Invitational, the Cardinals ended up with a decent weekend against a 14-team field. Sophomore Cliff Morrison and freshman Alex Doherty had deep runs in their singles tournaments. Junior Eduardo Pavia and freshman Dalton Albertin advanced to the doubles championship match.
An offensive onslaught followed a tropical downpour Saturday night and Ball State University fell to Auburn University 54-30.
AUBURN, Ala. - The crowd at Jordan-Hare Stadium roared as Auburn University took the field before Saturday's game against Ball State University. It wouldn't stop for hours. The announced crowd of 83,118 cheered every good play by the Tigers and the marginal ones too.
Ball State University was overwhelmed in their first Mid-American Conference game, but played better in their second MAC game against Central Michigan University on Saturday. However, the 4-1 loss gave the Cardinals the same result, putting them at 0-2 in conference play and 2-7 overall.
Sophomore Cliff Morrison along with freshman Alex Doherty of the Ball State University men's tennis team advanced to the semifinals of the Ball State Fall Invitational on Saturday.
Without two of their top three runners, Ball State University finished fourth out of seven teams in the Ohio Invitational on Saturday. Due to lightning and heavy rains, competitors only completed 3K of the slated 6K before being pulled off the course. The Cardinals were led by senior Sarah Kehe with a time of 11:10.
Not many people had delusions of Ball State University becoming a football powerhouse or even becoming consistently respectable. But the past two seasons, during which we had a decent team and then a good team, made Homecoming Week about more than lip syncing awful (-ly fun) music from the 1980s and wheeling beds.
AUBURN, Ala. - In the books it will go down as the fourth straight loss for Ball State University to open the season. But given Ball State's recent offensive play and history in Jordan-Hare Stadium, Saturday's 54-30 loss to Auburn University had a fresher air about it.
