Dear Gigolo Joe: I've had a roommate for a long time, and the one thing that keeps bothering me about him is the fridge. We really are at a loss for how to divide space in it. And a lot of times, I find my food gone or partially eaten because my roomie loves to eat (to say it nicely).
10. Riding on sidewalks when they are not supposed to. 9. Putting baseball cards in the spokes. 8. Being a traffic hazard late at night. 7. Reporting their stolen bike after going to check something inside a building. 6. Trying to build a two-seater bicycle for two police officers.
Imprinted on his bracelet were the words "Never Forgotten." Brandon Qualls has worn the bracelet in memory of fallen police officers since he went to the Police Academy one year ago. Qualls, a Ball State University police officer, hasn't taken the bracelet off all year - throughout the 30 weeks of police training - and won't for the rest of his time as an officer.
Officer Brandon Qualls is an example for all students on Ball State University's campus. He had a dream, and he went out and achieved it. He didn't see his college days as the best times of his life, but instead used his passion to get a job at the University Police Department while in school.
This spring, Ball State University English professors Victoria Barrett and Andrew Scott created Freight Stories, an online literary magazine, which released its second issue to the Web Sunday. Barrett and Scott, former co-managing editors for New Mexico State University's journal, "Puerto del Sol," said year ago they wanted to put their skills to use while bringing attention to emerging fiction writers alongside well-known authors with their own literary magazine but found the cost of creating a print publication without university affiliation to be too restrictive; however, with the emergence of online outlets, such as Narrative, the two fiction buffs decided the Internet might be a practical source for the work they wished to display.
Steven Fleener never asked for anything he wasn't entitled to. He never took what he hadn't earned. He went through his days and took care of those he loved. The most remarkable thing about this man, though, was not his humility and his accomplishments; it was that he was one of many men just like him.
When it came time for Cincinnati native Tim Issler to make a decision that would fulfill his lifelong dream of playing Division I baseball, he said he had two potential career paths. The first was to stay in Ohio and play for Wright State, which plays in the Horizon League.
Walking into the Ball State University athletics department, it's difficult to witness the smiles and laughter of administrators happily at work and think the environment was ever viewed negatively in the national scope. That's precisely the perception Ball State's athletics department held one year ago.
Something is becoming more and more apparent to me as this election goes on. Given the profiles of our candidates, there is ample room for assumptions to be made, whether they are accurate or not. From the start of his presidential campaign, Sen. Barack Obama has had a tough time with criticisms of both his past and current beliefs.
One year ago, the Ball State University athletics department had a different working atmosphere. Ronny Thompson headed the basketball team, and despite a 9-22 record, everything was suitable. But it all changed June 24, 2007, when Thompson found seven note cards, each containing three words, one of them being a racial slur.
Sex sells. Teen sex causes controversy. An ad for department store chain J.C. Penney earned honors at Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival last week, sparking not only a viral marketing epidemic, but a corporate blame game bloggers are having a field day with.
Several Ball State University students are spending their summer days at a local education program centered around a gardening project. The Ball State students are working with Muncie grade school students attending Motivate Our Minds this summer. The area grade school students are participating in a summer-long program called Growing Entrepreneurs in which they learn to grow produce in their own garden.
Ball State University students will have to find a new location to satisfy their caffeine cravings. University Dining officials announced this week the Starbucks located in the Arts and Journalism Building would close next summer. Starbucks currently operates in the Barnes and Noble Cafe adjacent to the Ball State Bookstore.
The Indianapolis Colts are a favorite around Indiana, but for one fan, they will leave a lasting impression. Ball State University senior Kim True said she soon would be getting a horseshoe tattoo to show how much she likes the Colts. "You couldn't really ask for a better group of guys," she said.
Scroll through the map and move over the points to see where crime has occurred on and around Ball State University's campus.
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Dear Gigolo Joe: One day I walked in to my dorm room and noticed my roommate and some girls from down the hall were eating dinner and watching pornography on my TV. I also saw they spilled some of their food on my carpet. At the beginning of the year I told my roommate she could use my TV and stuff if I wasn't there, but I never thought she'd use it for that.
Ball State University professors want to change Muncie by making it more sustainable. They said it would be a change for the better because it would increase the quality of life for Muncie residents. Scott Truex, professor of urban planning in the College of Architecture and Planning, said Indiana had to create a good quality of living because Indiana didn't have too much to attract people to the state.
Former Ball State University president Jerry Anderson died one week ago in Amery, Wis. Funeral services were held Thursday. Director of University Communications Kevin Burke said the university hadn't issued a statement for Anderson's death. Burke said he was unsure if Ball State would have any memorial services for the former president.
Throughout last season, Ball State University women's golf coach Katherine Mowat could tell sophomore Kirsty O'Connor was blessed with special talent. O'Connor posted the lowest average score in her second season with the Cardinals - a 77.33-shot mark per 18 holes - and competed in all 27 rounds during Ball State's season.
