Three Ball State University softball players are each one home run shy of taking over the top of the Ball State record book. Seniors Kelli Jeziorski and Taylor Yancey are each on the verge of tying the single season home run record of six, which was set by Misty Snider in 1999.
Down one run with a runner on first, University of Indianapolis' Daren Johnson, who already hit two home runs in the game, hit a deep fly ball to right center field. The ball fell into right fielder Kory Benbow's mitt just before the warning track. On the mound for the Cardinals, closer Kyle Heyne collected his seventh save of the season.
Starting from the first pitch of the game, Ball State University played a mistake-ridden game in a 12-4 loss to Purdue University, Ball State's first to the Boilermakers since 2002. The first pitch was hit down the third base line, where Cardinal third baseman Matt Gard committed a throwing error allowing Purdue's Jordan Comadena to reach first base safely.
Paraplegia has not kept 20-year-old Jeff Snell from being an intramural basketball player, a mini-marathon winner and an award-winning bodybuilder. A car accident two years ago left Snell's legs paralyzed, but he is as physically and mentally strong as ever.
What started as a recycling project in a garage is now an award-winning company that is being recognized for its accomplishments. Michael Biddle, founder of the MBA Polymers in Richmond, Calif., received the first-ever entrepreneurship award from Ball State University.
The departure of Nona Richardson will create a void in the Ball State University athletic department, especially with the women's athletic programs. Richardson, who is leaving Ball State next month to take the position of senior associate athletics director at the University of California-Davis, is the senior woman administrator.
Every director has a list of productions they want to direct before their career ends, Ball State University theatre professor Michael Daehn said. Tonight, Daehn will be able to check one production off his list. "Urinetown" is a comedy about a city in the midst of a 20-year drought.
I must apologize with two tongues. A: injecting myself into this article is crass and B: the subject is terribly played out. Now, business. Transportation has been a major player in the minds of humans for at least 75 years, and we would like to think we are only advancing; horse, bike, skateboard, car and hover board.
Spring practice kicked off on Monday for the Ball State University football team, and with it comes position changes for a few players. Three of the biggest changes come on the defensive side of the ball. B.J. Hill, Warren Suess and Roger Morris will all switch to defense to provide more depth for a unit that finished 115th out of 119 teams in total defense during the 2006 season.
Wikipedia started out with the goal of providing quality information to the global community through the collaboration of individual users. Ideally, people from the community would hold themselves to a high standard and provide accurate, up-to-date information for everyone.
An improved image for Ball State University might cause students to notice a few more faces in their classes next fall. Tom Taylor, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, said the number of applications received for the Fall 2007 freshman class has increased 21.
Ball State University officials and students are dedicated to expanding and improving the Multicultural Center, but can't find common ground, either for the issue or the center. Some students don't want to see the freestanding structure move to an office in the L.
Even before hearing the final results, coach Mike Fleck knew the Ball State University men's golf team didn't improve its standings in the last 18 holes of the UALR Collegiate Invitational. After a dismal start in Little Rock, Ark., the Cardinals continued to struggle, shooting a 304 in the final round.
A Ball State University student responsible for a fatal car accident was not legally intoxicated but could still face criminal charges, Sgt. Brad Arey of the Muncie Police Department said. Junior Todd Lamkin, 21, who was the driver in the accident that killed freshman Travis Smith, had a blood-alcohol-level of .
With Iran's recent despicable kidnapping of British sailors and the epimethean surge of American troops into Iraq, the specter of war mars the beautiful spring weather. Neither the war on terror nor the war in Iraq have affected the day-to-day life of the American public, putting the lie to the common characterization of the conflicts as great struggles for the very existence of the United States.
Ball State University junior Paul Grant found something amiss last summer when he accessed Wikipedia. "Somebody had erased everything under 'China' and put 'A bunch of chinks live there,'" he said. That didn't deter him from using the popular online encyclopedia, however, and he still uses it two or three times a week, he said.
With 80-degree weather, the Chenal Country Club in Little Rock, Ark., was primed and ready to go for the UALR Collegiate Invitational. The Ball State's men's golf team, however, was not, coach Mike Fleck said. After 36 holes, the Cardinals find themselves in 15th place out of 17 teams.
Outside attacker Nick Meyer was named the Division I-II Men's Volleyball Player of the Week Monday. During the weekend, Meyer led the No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team with 51 kills in wins against George Mason University and No. 11 Pacific University.
Ball State University professor Timothy Carter has been taking trips for about seven years to abandoned mines where bats reside, and his work to preserve these bats has earned him a national award. The Wildlife Habitat Council gave Carter its Community Partner of the Year award for his work restoring homes for the endangered Indiana bat.
Freshman goalkeeper Amy O'Hara was treated and released from Ball Memorial Hospital Monday after sustaining neck injuries during practice. Ball State University's soccer coach Michelle Salmon and assistant director of communications and marketing Matt McCollester said Ball State University trainers decided to send O'Hara to the hospital as a precautionary measure for her neck injuries.
