In a field on Bethel Avenue, there sits a building made of straw. It's not something out of a fairy tale built by three pigs, but it is a new sustainable structure built during three semesters. Joseph Martin, a senior architecture and Spanish major, said the building's walls were one straw-bail wide and eight to 10 bails high.
Come with me if you want to smoke. Down the stairs, out the door and around the corner. The smoking area is just this way, but you'll need a hazmat suit to enter. You see, all the debris from careless smokers' habit have grown to astronomical proportion, and in order to smoke, you must stand waist deep in butts and empty packs.
Vendors from Ball State University, Muncie and national organizations will fill University Green Tuesday as part of the university's Earth Day celebration. Layne Cameron, Ball State media relations manager, said the event is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and it will feature activities such as a rock wall and geocaching.
Although Earth Day has come and gone, it's still a good idea to practice living green through your use of energy. I can't help but notice that while prices to provide energy to our homes are going up, we aren't making any more money. That's not fair. While we can't call our electric companies and beg for cheaper rates, there is something we can do.
Hundreds of hungry customers piled into the dining room as smells of a new kitchen cooking food and hopes of success radiated into the atmosphere. The Muncie community welcomed its newest restaurant as Average Joe's Grill, located at the former 909 Grille site, opened to a packed house Monday led by the efforts of Ball State University alumni and students.
Two Ball State University organizations will have their semi-annual day of activities Tuesday. Ball State Nurses Association and the Reserve Officer Training Corps will have a rock wall, blood pressure testing and food from about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. near Ball Gymnasium, BSNA adviser Carolyn Keihn said.
We selected the 33 players - one automatic bid from each team and 16 at-large bids - seeded them and placed them into a bracket. However now it's your turn to vote who should win The Ball State Daily New's player of the year award. Starting with the play-in game, each issue of the Daily News will be a new round of the tournament, with the championship game being April 24.
Although the Ball State University men's golf team was in third place with 18 holes left in the Rutherford Intercollegiate at University Park, Pa., the Cardinals finished seventh out of the 12-team field. After shooting a team-combined score of 293 and 297 in the first and second round, Ball State shot a 326 in the third round, which was the highest team score during that round.
Sophomore telecommunications major Anne LaFree went to Late Nite Carnival and ended the night waiting in line for the ride "Freak Out." The ride seated 16 people and was shaped like a pendulum that swung the riders into the air while spinning them. "Up until this two hour wait in line, it's been amazing," she said.
Voters wanting to cast their ballots before May 6 have the chance to hop on a free shuttle that will take them to the Delaware County building this week. The Obama for America Muncie office will shuttle Ball State University student downtown on Tuesday and Saturday.
This weekend made it more difficult for the Ball State University softball team to make the Mid-American Conference tournament, but it did not ruin the Cardinals' chances. Ball State went 1-3 on the weekend, losing two games to Kent State University Friday and splitting a series against the University at Buffalo Saturday and Sunday.
Bobbing their heads between the final two matches Saturday, more than 25 fans didn't focus their attention on one moment until they heard a racket hit the ground. Ball State University's No. 1 singles player Jose Perdomo hit a screaming forehand past the University of Toledo's Jared Miller to clinch the second seed in the Mid-American Conference tournament, in a come-from-behind 4-3 victory.
With this being the last week of classes for Ball State University students, it is time to hand out some hardware (winners won't actually get hardware unless some people have trophies they feel like donating to the cause). Before we start, we first must set the guidelines for how players, coaches and teams still playing will be evaluated.
After a weekend that resulted in three losses for the Ball State University baseball team, coach Greg Beals decided not to give his team a day off like he normally does on Mondays. The reason was he didn't want his players to get stuck on being swept and have it affect their play this week, he said.
There is something that has been bothering me for the last few weeks. I graduated from high school four years ago this May, yet I will not be graduating from Ball State after this semester. Yes, I am one of those fifth-year seniors. But seeing as how I am not the first person to have ever been in this position and will certainly not be the last, perhaps the plight of the fifth year senior deserves some examination.
Ball State University employees determined the campus sustained no damage from Friday's 5.2 magnitued earthquake, a university official said. Layne Cameron, media relations manager, said the quake was treated as a training exercise, as if significant damage could have been done.
Neither rain nor chilly weather hindered the Ball State University track and field team as it competed at the Dave Rankin Invitational at Purdue. Assistant coach Steve Rajewsky said several injured Cardinals returned to action for the Saturday meet and performed nicely.
It took longer than they expected, but members of the No. 10 Ball State University men's volleyball team will take the win. Three days after players said anything less than a sweep against Quincy University would be unacceptable, Ball State defeated Quincy 30-17, 30-17, 27-30, 30-27 in its conference tournament quarterfinal match Saturday at Worthen Arena.
As his team battled the University at Buffalo in doubles April 13, senior Danny Vidal sat on the sidelines, leaning forward in his folding chair. Preparing to play his singles opponent, Vidal's eyes were looking forward, but his mind was remembering back. During the final home stretch of Vidal's Ball State University tennis career, memories were cascading through his mind as he quietly stared off into the white walls of the YMCA tennis facility.
In the course of one weekend series with Central Michigan University, the Ball State University baseball team went from tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference to three games behind the leader. The Cardinals were tied with Eastern Michigan University at 7-2 in MAC games heading into the weekend but got swept by the Chippewas 7-3, 8-6, 5-4.
