The Mid-American Conference named four Ball State University soccer players to the Academic All-MAC team Friday. Seniors Angie Heyer and Sarah Leibel, and juniors Rachael Murphy and Emily Rein earned the honors. It is the first time that Ball State had four players named to the Academic All-MAC team.
As the newest addition to the Ball State University academic calendar approaches, some students are beginning to finalize their pre-Thanksgiving Break schedules to accommodate canceled classes. Some students intend on going to class, and others see Fruesday as a holiday in itself and a reason to skip class.
While the season is complete for most of the Ball State University cross country team, one runner has one race left. Sophomore Ali Bishel will compete at the 2007 Division I Women's NCAA Cross Country Championships at 12:55 p.m. today at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute.
The Ball State University swimming and diving teams won more than half of the events en route to a win at the Dog Coers Invitational this weekend. The Cardinals won 22 of the 40 events at the two-day meet, defeating Grand Valley State University and the University of Findlay.
As the Deleware County Election Board meeting drew to a close on Friday, a Muncie resident stood up and addressed the board even though it was not on the meeting's agenda. Voter Robert Lewis, who lives in precinct 18, approached the board with a complaint about being treated unequally.
The Black Student Association was able to bring students together, even from far away universities, and gave them a forum to discuss topics such as the problems facing black students. BSA President Ebony Strong said the conference went well and students benefited a lot from the conferences, which included a fashion show on Friday and guest speakers on Saturday.
After experiencing her team's second loss of the season Saturday, Ball State University women's basketball coach Tracy Roller said it wasn't hard to figure out what her team must do to improve. "It doesn't take a genius to realize that Louisville scored 81 points, Indiana scored 76 and Wright State scored 52," Roller said.
Four players signed national letters of intent to play for the Ball State University softball team Friday. The players will join the team in 2009. Kim Mazzapica is a pitcher and outfielder from Palm Harbor, Fla. This summer she went 15-4 with an .073 earned run average with her club team.
Lacking a sense of urgency until late in the second half, Ball State women's basketball team lost its second game of the season Saturday night 76-71 to Indiana University. The Cardinals used a 20-4 run to take its biggest lead of the game, a 33-17 advantage with 6:38 remaining in the first half.
Employees and patients at a Muncie birthing clinic are still looking for its stolen mascot that once sat on the front lawn to announce births. Barb Bechtel, certified nurse and midwife for Expectations Women's Health & Childbearing Center, said "Gregory Peck," a six-foot-tall, wooden stork was stolen last week.
There's something unique about college life. When we step on campus at the beginning of the year, we have, perhaps unknowingly, entered a microcosm-the campus-wide bubble. We go to sporting events at school. We have our own government at school. We get our prescriptions at school.
As Winter Awareness Week comes to a close, even college students can prepare for the weather and the more dangerous driving conditions this winter, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation. Megan Tsai, spokeswoman for INDOT, said the first ice or snow storm of the year can be the most dangerous for drivers, and it is important to raise awareness.
A letter from a World War II soldier sits in a second floor display case of Bracken Library with the following header: "Date: Who cares; Place: Ditto," The letter from former Ball State University dean Victor Lawhead is one of several ties that the exhibit shows between the unversity and the war.
This year's warmer-than-normal autumn temperatures have extended the flip-flop and sandal season, but when the weather turns wintry, students will need shoes better suited for snow and ice. With the amount of walking students deal with, durability and comfort of shoes are crucial to overall foot health, said Jon McCreary, doctor of podiatric medicine at Achilles Podiatry Group.
When the Ball State University women's basketball team plays Indiana University Saturday, it will attempt to fight back in a rivalry it has been dominated in for almost 30 years. The Cardinals beat Indiana three times in the 1970s but haven't defeated the Hoosiers since a 57-47 home victory in March 1978.
For the first time this season the Ball State University swimming and diving teams will compete in a two-day invitational. The Cardinals will play host to the Doug Coers Invitational at 6 p.m. at the Lewellen Aquatic Center. They will then continue their meet against Findlay College and Grand Valley State University Saturday.
Democratic candidate Jim Mansfield has been declared the winner of Muncie's mayoral race. He lead his Republican challenger Sharon McShurley by nine votes after the results were announced on Nov. 6. After the election board members reviewed about 20 absentee and provisional ballots, they announced Friday that he beat McShurley by 11 votes.
Muncie's mayoral mystery is about to be solved - at least until a recount. Delaware County Clerk Karen Wenger said the election board will meet at 10:30 a.m. today to review all absenttee and provisional ballots. After adding the approved ballots to the current total, the winner of the mayoral race will be announced, Wenger said.
Last season, the Ball State University men's basketball team was unable to close teams out. The Cardinals suffered nine defeats by less than 10 points on their way to a 9-22 campaign. The Cardinals saw that again Wednesday night, watching their 15-point halftime lead evaporate to send the game to overtime Wednesday, in which the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee cruised to an 81-74 win against the Cardinals.
Retirements have thinned the ranks of the Muncie Fire Department this year, but Chief Alan Richards said the loss of personnel has not effected the firefighters' ability to do their jobs. These jobs include protecting Ball State University students, he said.
