The Ball State University women's volleyball team travels to Bowling Green State University and Miami University this weekend for two matches against perennial Mid-American Conference East Division favorites. Coach Dave Boos said he considers this weekend crucial for his Cardinals team that is 9-14 overall and 4-4 in MAC play after Tuesday's 3-0 sweep of IPFW.
WEEK 1 vs. NORTHEASTERN SCORE 48-14 Scoring 24 points in the second quarter, Ball State beat the Football Championship Subdivision team. The Cardinals paid the Huskies $175,00 to play the game. WEEK 2 vs. NAVY SCORE 35-23 With ESPN nationally televising the game, Nate Davis threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns.
Students for a Sustainable Campus will help students save money by improving their gas mileage Friday. Co-Vice President Maggie MacNeil said SSC will be helping students in Scheumann Stadium's parking lot check their tire pressure from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Bolts and nuts may hold the stage together but the strongest pieces on the grandstand are the arms, legs and hearts of those unweaving an extraordinary story of struggle, love and birdhouses. "It's not like the typical performance of animals, rings and fire.
DefenseBALL STATE-¡ - After the best back-to-back performances in years, Saturday's game is an important test for the Cardinals' defensive unit. Eastern Michigan posted 35 points against Akron last weekend - within a touchdown of the 41 points Ball State scored against the Zips in the third week of the season.
During the middle of the season, Annie Aiello went to coach Michael Lovett and offered to change positions. Aiello was named First Team All-Mid-American Conference and Third Team All-Great Lakes Region in 2007 as a midfielder for the Ball State University soccer team.
Number 10After undergoing surgery on his broken left hand Oct. 14, senior cornerback Trey Buice is healthy enough to be in the starting lineup Saturday. Number 9This weekend's game is the last Saturday contest of the season. Number 8Statistically, the over-under on the number of carries it will take MiQuale Lewis on Saturday to get to 1,000 yards for the season is 15.
After a false alarm at Western Kentucky University, a Ball State University official said its emergency communications are ready should a dangerous situation arise on campus. Western Kentucky was locked down for several hours Wednesday after reports of gunmen at the Bowling Green, Ky.
Susan Tancock never expected it to happen. She was 45 years old, years younger than the national average, and had no family history of breast cancer. She had taken care of herself when she was younger, placing herself into the disease's low-risk category, and had scheduled her mammogram each year for a decade.
Because of injuries to key members of the Ball State University women's tennis team and the overall health of the team, coach Kathy Bull decided the team would not compete in the scheduled Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall Regional this weekend. Bull made the decision earlier this week not to attend the tournament.
Despite not winning an event in his last competition, a member of the Ball State University's men's swimming and diving team won a weekly conference award. Junior Austin Laska was named the Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Week on Wednesday. Laska finished second in the 50-yard freestyle at the Indiana Intercollegiates meet during the weekend with a time of 21.
Karl Beeler likes to think deeply about his job in education. The individual challenges students' face and the trends that exist within students' lives, at college are issues that have always interested him. But Beeler's new position of Dean of Students at Ball State University introduces philosophy - his original degree - as something new to the education pattern that he has been in more than 30 years.
Ghouls, goblins, ghosts and boobies. Although we may be used to other fearful things during October, it is also a time to recognize the frightening facts about breast cancer. We are in the middle of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the perfect time to remember the ways we can help prevent the disease.
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Fans choiceJODI MANN Receiving 10 votes and 31 percent of the popular vote, defender Jodi Mann is this week's Fan Choice Player of the Week. Mann had one goal and two assists in the field hockey team's win against Missouri State on Sunday. To vote in next week's fan poll go to bsudailynews.
Last season, the Ball State University women's volleyball team was shutout by host IPFW in Fort Wayne. Tuesday night, however, the Cardinals were able to return the favor in a 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 26-24) victory against the Mastodons at Worthen Arena. "I don't like talking about last year a lot, so for me personally, tonight was pretty satisfying," coach Dave Boos said.
Ball State University fans can display their pride in the form of an iPod/ iPhone application. The "Chirper" application was created by student members of the Digital Corps, a group of media software experts at Ball State. Director of Digital Corps Jonathan Huer said the decision to create the application came from the Ball State football team's success.
With Election Day swiftly approaching, let's take a break from thinking about Muncie's problems and talk about the election. First, a refresher on how national elections work. The term of the president is four years. The term of each senator is six years. And the term of each representative is two years.
Your "ride" does not have bumpers. I've lost track of the times I've seen a bicyclist nearly make contact with someone or something else during walks along McKinley Avenue. And not crotch rockets, I mean pedal-powered mountain bikes and similar sets of wheels cruising down Ball State University's sidewalks.
A new sign for an old policy has left the Amelia T. Wood Health Center and Ball State University Police Department in disagreement about what the parking regulations should be for the clinic. Graduate student Pelagia Konstantinidis received a parking ticket for not having a valid permit when she parked in the lot behind the Health Center.
