Most people think pretzels are food. They are, but they can be much more. Pretzels are also salsa moves where dancers twist and tangle their bodies together without letting go of each other's hands. It's similar to the game Twister, only sexier. "It's difficult, but it can be a lot of fun," Sarah Mangelsdorf, director of dance at Ball State University, said.
When Jim Nyce and his wife Gail Bader went to Romania for a holiday trip in 2003, they were surprised by the differences in technology among people living in the same villages. The Ball State University anthropology professors witnessed some Romanians using cell phones while others used horses and carts to travel.
Ball State University is one step closer to approving and implementing a new core curriculum. The Ball State University Core Curriculum for the 21st Century was approved by the UCC subcommittee of University Senate after six months of discussion and deliberation.
Tim Boswell, the Ball State University student who organized the vast display of flags in LaFollette Field, said the largest motivation for this undertaking was to give all Ball State students a small picture of how powerfully destructive hate can be. Looking across the sea of flags of different colors, it's easy to get an overwhelming sense of the devastation and pain that came from the Holocaust.
President George W. Bush set the lofty goal of America reducing its dependence on foreign oil by 20 percent in his Jan. 23 State of the Union Address. Since then, biofeul and corn production have become two of the fastest growing industries in the nation. Ethanol is the popular solution to reducing oil consumption at this point, but students have the power to use other, more efficient solutions to the problem.
At his Jan. 23 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush proposed cutting America's dependence on gasoline made from foreign oil by 20 percent by increasing production of ethanol. Bush's proposed budget called for halting a land conservation program in order to increase corn production, according to the Associated Press.
Hurley Goodall, right, looks over his plaque as Josie Bode is congratulated by graduate student Chris Flook. Goodall and Bode, also graduate students, won the opportunity to work in London for eight weeks on interactive television for the British Broadcasting Company.
With summer approaching, school is ending and most students will leave Muncie and their apartments; they might be looking for ways, such as subleasing, to avoid paying rent for a property they won't be living in anymore. Subleasing is not a one-step process of finding someone to replace a tenant.
Scroll through the map and click on the points to see where the crime occurs on and around campus.
It may be time to break out the whitewash, at least if you're Google, Inc. The Associated Press recently reported that Google Maps has replaced its most recent images of New Orleans with satellite photos taken before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city more than a year ago.
Indiana is letting the public choose which of four license plate designs should adorn their cars. Design options for the state's new standard license plate have a state flag theme and a spot for stickers identifying the car's home county as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles looks to drop its decades-old numbering system.
Thirty-eight students congregated in Johnson Complex A at 12:15 a.m. Friday, hours before their peers would be getting ready for their last classes before the weekend. Blankets and duffle bags in hand, the students prepared for the 10-hour bus ride to the nation's capital.
National Poetry Month kicks off with a reading from Antler, a writer who has dedicated his life to poetry, Mark Neely, assistant professor of English, said. Antler will read his poems from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. today in Bracken Library Room 225. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
Ball State University Junior Reanna Morrison places a flag in LaFollette field as part of Holocaust Awareness Week Monday morning. Each flag represents 5,000 people killed during the Holocaust, the yellow flags represent Jews killed and the red flags represent Soviets killed.
To fans of Major League Baseball, the start of the season marks a time when priorities start to slightly change. After all, baseball isn't referred to as America's favorite pastime for nothing. Monday was the MLB's official opening day, and Ball State students are ready to root for their favorite teams while also trying to balance their studies.
People working in the field of telecommunications often focus strictly on the technical aspects of the job, senior telecommunications production major Ann Thurber said. The Department of Telecommunications will work to emphasize the craft of storytelling at 6 p.
Expressing your opinion can be challenging as you run the risk of offending another person. The obstacles that come along with going up against a policy or an opposing viewpoint can be substantial. It's easier to revert to the childhood idea of not saying anything at all if you don't have anything nice to say rather than building up enough courage to voice your opinion.
Walking through the construction area at Scheumann Stadium, one will find it filled with Shook Construction workers plugging away during 10-hour shifts and six-day work weeks. There is also dirt. Lots and lots of dirt mixed in with some steel beams that will eventually comprise the Kozell Communications Center; however, many of those are still sitting on the ground.
One of the hot button issues this semester has been whether or not smoking should be banned on campus. On the forefront of the anti-smoking machine are President Jo Ann Gora and Provost Terry King as well as various campus groups. The campus group that seems to be working the hardest toward making Ball State University smoke-free is Smokefree Indiana.
Has anyone noticed the recent fad to be unhappy? I feel like everywhere I turn there are more advertisements for depression, more people moping and craving for more love. No one is ever satisfied. Why do we think that is? Recently, I've had to evaluate where I am in this world.
