Kara Beattie and Chad Shelley joined the Army for different reasons when they were recruited in 2001. Beattie wanted to help out as an Army nurse. Shelley just wanted to grow up. Educational benefits, leadership experience and gaining new skills were also selling points for the young recruits.
For the first time this school year, the Ball State University athletics department wants fans not to wear the school's red and white colors. The Cardinals announced Monday they will partake in the Think Pink Initiative to raise breast cancer awareness this weekend and are requesting fans wear pink at this weekend's home games.
Alcohol consumption and drug use may be a larger problem on Ball State University's campus than in previous years, according to the Campus Crime Statistics released Monday. The University Police Department released the results in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure Act which requires all colleges and universities to file an annual crime report.
A construction worker was injured Monday while working on the structure of North Hall. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said the injury resulted from a beam that fell on the man, who was taken to Ball Memorial Hospital.
Class is in five minutes and you're speed walking down the west side of McKinley Avenue. You get to the Teachers College and realize you have to dart across the street to the Arts and Communication Building.
The Fagbug visited Ball State University last week as part of Erin Davies' quest to spread awareness across the country. On April 18, 2007, Davies found her car vandalized with the words "U R Gay" and "fAg" spray painted on her driver-side window and hood in response to her rainbow bumper sticker.
Ball State University women's volleyball assistant coach Hugh Hernesman vaguely remembers the first date with his wife, Stephanie. "It was probably your standard dinner, movie," Hugh Hernesman said. "First impressions - I think I was really nervous." Stephanie, a volunteer assistant coach with the team, remembers things more clearly.
A Ball State University cheerleader spent a night in the hospital after she was injured at practice Sunday. Brynn Bell was taken to Ball Memorial Hospital at approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday, after her partner did not catch her properly during a coed cheerleading practice in Worthen Arena, according to a report from the Ball State University Police Department.
After a two-week vacation from competitive play, the Ball State University men's golf team sprang back into action Monday in the Xavier Invitational at the Oasis Golf Club in Loveland, Ohio. The Cardinals are tied for sixth place out of 20 teams. In rounds one and two of the 54-hole tournament, Ball State shot a team-combined score of 572, which is 12 strokes behind first place Eastern Kentucky University.
Human beta male personality types tend to avoid risk and confrontation. But betta males of the aquatic variety are fierce combatants: They flaunt their ferocity to other males by ramming and nipping each other's fins. "I guess it's just male nature because they feel threatened," sophomore betta fish owner Kara Mitchell said.
var uslide_show_id = "d25f97cd-53d7-4a58-978f-e088c4fa616e";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Fairytales played out Saturday at Spectrum's Fall Drag Show. Princess Ana Cruisis, also known as Damon Clevenger, vice president of Spectrum, emceed the show and treated the crowd to many classic fairytale skits, including eating a poisonous apple and receiving a lost slipper from Prince Charming.
A construction crew member at the North Hall construction site was taken away by ambulance to Ball Memorial Hospital at about 4 p.m. today. The identity of the worker and the nature of his injuries are unknown. University Police Department officers would not comment at this time.
Students wishing to vote early this year can save some gas if they go this week. Ball State University College Republicans, with the Mitch Daniels for Governor campaign, is sponsoring a van to shuttle students from campus to the Delaware County Government Center all week.
Numbers to know 59:02 - minutes Western Kentucky was held scoreless 7 - Western Kentucky points 112 - MiQuale Lewis rushing yards 1 - MiQuale Lewis rushing touchdowns 155 - Nate Davis passing yards 71 - Ball State penalty yards 17 - Second-half points 1 - Ball State turnovers 1965 - First time since 1965 Ball State has started a season 7-0 29 - Career wins for Brady Hoke 1 - Amount of teams still undefeated in the MAC 166 - Amount of votes Ball State received in the AP Poll 24 - Ball State's ranking in the AP Poll 25 - Ball State's ranking in the Coaches Poll 0 - Wins needed for Ball State to become bowl eligible 5 - Wins needed for Ball State to finish the regular season undefeated Defensive history The Cardinals 24-7 win Saturday marked the third fewest amount of points it has allowed in a game since Brady Hoke became the coach in 2002.
Two heads are better than one, and the same can be said about the Ball State University's men's tennis team. The Cardinals experienced more success this weekend in doubles play than in singles action at the Notre Dame Invitational. "Doubles play was pretty positive," coach Bill Richards said.
Renovations made to McKinley Avenue made the road safer for pedestrians, officials say. Three years after the first phase of the McKinley Safety Improvement Project, Ball State University stands by its original purpose as it heads into the final phases of the project this summer.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Defensive shutouts for Ball State University's football team seem as rare as a David Letterman trip to Muncie. It does not happen often, which makes it important to the players to cash in when given the chance. Through 59 minutes of Saturday's 24-7 win against Western Kentucky University, the No.
The Ball State Campus Republicans changed the pick-up locations of the shuttle van that transports students to the Delaware County Government Center for early voting. The van will run on campus from 8 a.m. for 4 p.m. the rest of the week.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - In a game chock-full of mistakes and missed opportunities, No. 24 Ball State University's experience and superior talent enabled it to overcome its miscues. Playing its first-ever game as a nationally ranked team, the Cardinals 24-7 win at Western Kentucky University wasn't pretty from either sideline's perspective.
A tough weekend on the courts at the Mid-American Conference Fall Invitational was intensified by delays in traveling home for the Ball State University women's tennis team during the weekend. The Cardinals endured an extra two hours on the return trip from Kalamazoo, Mich.
