With an 11-8 season-ending victory against the University of Toledo on Saturday, the Ball State University baseball team gained much needed momentum entering the Mid-American Conference tournament Wednesday. After losing close games to the host Rockets on Friday and Saturday, the Cardinals scored seven runs in the eighth inning to finish the season on a positive note and snapping a six-game losing streak.
Armed Forces Day has passed, and Memorial Day is coming to begin the festive, patriotic summer. Soon, the Fourth of July will come, and people will be lost in fireworks and buying red, white and blue paper plates for their barbecues. During the weekend, some of Delaware County's approximately 10,000 veterans participated in the Armed Forces Day Parade as a way to thank those who fought for American freedoms.
SPEEDWAY - As the 6 p.m. gun shot to close qualifications for the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500, Mario Dominguez looked to be on his way to a last-second spot in the field. But at Indy, positives can turn into negatives in the blink of an eye. After posting an opening lap of 219.
Ball State University police arrested two students Thursday evening after a fight in Irving Gym started because one man taunted another, police said. According to the police report, seniors Izes Cross and Titus Austin were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.
Armed Forces Day not only brought out crowds of people along Walnut Street, but also the parade was teeming with veterans who acknowledged the sacrifice of the soldiers past and present. Joe Mansfield, commissioner of the Delaware County United Veterans Council, said the third Armed Forces Day Parade was a great way to pay respect and show thanks to veterans.
Take a walk through the Village on a Sunday afternoon, and the four-block stretch of restaurants and shops might feel more like a ghost town than a destination for food and fun. Since Ball State University's Spring Semester ended May 2, most students have left campus to return home or pursue summer plans, leaving area businesses to cope with the absence of thousands of potential customers.
Humming. Lots of humming. That's what I heard walking around campus the weekend after graduation, as a friend and I strolled past LaFollette Complex just about dusk. A Hollywood Squares-esque assortment of now-abandoned windows sits without life, except for a handful with window-unit air conditioners.
Kelly Packard spent most of her 18th wedding anniversary in Worthen Arena on Monday meeting new faces and answering a barrage of questions. If things go Packard and her husband Rich's way, this year's anniversary will not be the last spent together at Ball State University.
Among his numerous great works of literature, one of Robert Frost's more popular pieces was a 20-line sonnet entitled "Road Not Taken." The poem documented a lone traveler who was stuck at a fork in the road. After taking a long moment to contemplate which direction to take, the traveler chose to proceed on the path less traveled.
A group of Ball State University students are on track to complete a year of work with the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville.-á Journalism instructor Richard Shoemaker, a rail enthusiast, said he contacted the Ball State Business Fellows on behalf of the County Convention and Visitors Bureau, which wanted a marketing and tourism plan for the museum.
Following his best season in an already stellar career as Ball State University's punter, Chris Miller was named to the Playboy Magazine Preseason All-American team Wednesday for the second consecutive year. Miller, who will be a fifth-year senior this fall, recorded numerous All-American honors during the past two years with the Cardinals.
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Five Ball State University students were assaulted and called names based on their sexual orientation Friday morning in what one student called a hate crime. Senior elementary education major Kyle Flood said he and about 10 friends were in the Village, but that number dwindled to five by the end of the night.
When Lisa McDonald was promoted as the interim head coach of Ball State University's women's basketball team, she filled the vacancy without a trace of selfishness, but rather with the team's interest in mind. Despite the disappointing blow of being told she would not continue as the program's head coach following former coach Tracy Roller's resignation on April 2, McDonald's team mindset didn't waiver Monday.
The search for the 10th Ball State University women's basketball head coach will end when athletics director Tom Collins announces the hire at a 2 p.m. press conference at Worthen Arena, Sports Information Director Matt McCollester said Monday morning. McCollester declined to give further detail on the announcement, including whom the new coach was, "primarily because the players will be told after class today.
Kelly Packard will be Ball State University's 10th head coach in the 34-year history of the women's basketball, athletics director Tom Collins announced Monday afternoon. Packard, a four-year letter winner and 1990 graduate of Anderson University, replaces former head coach Tracy Roller, who has been absent from the team since late December.
Although she will not be on the team in upcoming seasons, Abby Gross thinks the Ball State softball team could compete for a Mid-American Conference championship soon. The Cardinals' senior catcher said she thinks Ball State should be able to win the conference tournament in the next couple years after it made a surprising run to the tournament semifinals this season.
Is it over? Can we safely say that Barack Obama and John McCain will be the nominees of their parties for this upcoming election? As we quickly approach the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the pieces are slowly beginning to take shape. There are two main reasons this race has not been decided yet.
Employment remained uncertain as of Friday for a Ball State University professor who faces multiple misdemeanor charges after he was arrested in his home, Tony Proudfoot, vice president of marketing and communications, said. George Mundrake, associate professor of information systems and operations management, remains on a non-disciplinary, paid suspension after he was arrested April 26, Proudfoot said.
The Ball State University women's tennis team's record fell to 1-33 all-time against Miami University with a 5-0 loss in the Mid-American Conference tournament quarterfinals, which were held on April 25. The No. 7-seeded Cardinals [9-11, 2-5 MAC] fell behind early after being swept in the opening doubles matches.
