Freshman Travis J. Smith died following a car accident on Riverside Avenue on Saturday, Layne Cameron, Ball State University media relations manager, said. Smith was a member of Ball State's men's golf team. Also involved in the accident were freshman Ethan Whaley and junior Todd Lamkin, Muncie Police Sgt. Brad Arey said.
When the women's basketball team takes the floor Saturday, the squad will be holding a rare opportunity in its hands. In 33 years, Ball State University has won 11 consecutive games just once. A win against Ohio University would be the second time. However, win or lose Saturday, Cardinals' junior forward Julie DeMuth said the team's standing 18 games into the season is most significant.
Residents of Scheidler Apartments were left without running water after a break in a water main Thursday. A shear in the water line caused a small amount of water to come to the surface of the ground at around 9 a.m., Sally Friestat, assistant director of housing and residence life, said.
Some students who aren't ready to leave Ball State University at the end of Spring Semester don't have to go home. They can hang out with incoming freshmen instead. Today is the last day for students to apply to be a 2007 summer orientation leader. Leaders work with groups of 20 to 25 incoming freshmen for day-and-a-half programs, Associate Director of Admissions Chris Munchel said.
Dorm isn't a word you'll hear in most conversations when anyone from the Office of Housing and Residence Life is present. The preferred term is "residence hall," and the upcoming Park Hall is shaping up to be just that. As any Resident Assistant or Housing staff will tell you, a dorm is a place where people sleep and perform basic day-to-day activities.
emember Transformers? You know, those little die-cast robots that, if you pounded hard enough, would turn into cars and trucks and maybe, if you were lucky, a plane or something? And there was a TV show. They were "Robots in disguise!" And now, they're getting their own live-action movie.
Last summer senior David Collier earned an internship with University Directories, which trained him out of state and then put him in the position of local sales manager for the Ball State University Directory, or B-Book. Collier first met the contacts for the internship at Ball State's annual sales job fair.
The metal music scene in Muncie has been up and down since it began in the 1980s, but fans can look forward to one event each year that brings locals together for an evening of shredding, trills and blast beats. The Dead Leaf Festival, now in its sixth year, begins at 3 p.
Last season, the Ball State University women's tennis team didn't put up much of a fight against DePaul University, falling 7-0. The Cardinals (1-0) get a chance for redemption Sunday when the Blue Demons (1-1) travel to Muncie. With a victory, Ball State would improve to 2-0 after defeating Wright State University 6-1 Wednesday.
Ball State University professor Robert Palmer will join the Muncie Symphony Orchestra to perform a three-piece program 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Emens Auditorium. The show, "Where Worlds Meet," will feature "Concerto in B for Piano and Orchestra," a piece written by Jody Nagel, Ball State professor of music theory and composition.
The final home meet of the season for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams is Saturday. The Cardinals play host to Mid-American Conference foe Ohio University at 1 p.m. The meet will also serve as the team's senior day. The Ball State University women's team is coming off a disappointing loss last weekend against the University of Toledo.
After four consecutive losses, the Ball State University men's volleyball team will get a chance to recover against two Division III teams. The Cardinals (1-4) will play the Milwaukee School of Engineering at 7:30 p.m. today and Juniata College at 7:30 p.
Ball State University's men's basketball team will look to recover at home Sunday following a 60-54 loss to Kent State University. The Cardinals (6-13, 2-4 in the Mid-American Conference) will play host to the Ohio University Bobcats (13-6, 4-2 MAC). Ball State has had problems at home, dropping three of its last four home games.
As a future educator, Joe Rice is concerned about more than teaching math and reading to his elementary school students. He is concerned about teaching them how to lead healthy and long lives as well. That is why Rice, a sophomore elementary education major at Ball State University, along with about 150 other students enrolled in the Health Science 350 course, is preparing to present at a semiannual health fair April 13 for Delaware County third graders.
It's a hard thing to admit, but in our society, pornography provides a very real catalyst for technological advancement. While it most certainly hinders our moral and ethical development, there is no denying that porn is undoubtedly a stimulus for many of the advancements we have made in technological and social areas.
Because of acts of discrimination that were reported on Ball State University's campus last year, nine graduate students created a Web site to raise awareness and encourage people to take action against the problems. Ball State's Stop Hate Web site, which debuted last week, was a group project for students in a Social Justice class in the Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services department.
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See if you're among the fans making noise in The Nest during Wednesday's game against Kent State.
Philip H. Peckinpaugh is taking an unusual approach to getting a job after college. The 21-year-old Indiana State University student is campaigning to be Muncie's next mayor. "If I didn't think I could win, I wouldn't have entered," Peckinpaugh, a Democrat, said.
