College students are known for living risky lives. People perceive students as driving too quickly, drinking too much and taking too many unnecessary risks. But Alyssa Couch was not taking major risks - she was on her way to tutor someone. She was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I'm pleased the Democrats won majorities in the Senate and House this last election. It's not because I necessarily support or oppose either party, but because I now have reason to hope that bigoted "values" politics will return to the 12th century where they belong and we can get our fiscal situation back in order.
Junior Alyssa Couch lived life to help others. She was on her way to help tutor someone when she died Wednesday night. "Everything she ever did was trying to help somebody else," senior friend Stephanie Marks said. Couch was a pre-med major because she wanted to help people.
An Indiana University professor will speak to students about the future of video games and the process of building them. The lecture, sponsored by Freshman Connections, will focus on "Arden: The World of William Shakespeare," a game being developed under a project headed by Edward Castronova, an associate professor of telecommunications at Indiana University.
A list of 599 cigarette additives stretched from the Atrium ceiling to the floor outside the Ball State Bookstore Thursday afternoon, marking the 30th annual Great American Smokeout. The event was started by the American Cancer Society in 1977 to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking and to offer methods for quitting.
var uslide_show_id = "5ac42189-4be4-4bea-9760-66b70ffa7b1f";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; See how technology and intermedia artwork are putting on a show for visitors to Ball State University's Museum of Art.
Last year Wright State University beat Ball State University courtesy of a three-point heave at the buzzer. The loss left the Cardinals feeling as though they let one get away against a team they should have beaten handily. According to coach Tracy Roller, the team's mission is make sure history doesn't repeat itself.
After winning at Worthen Arena against the University at Buffalo Tuesday night, the Ball State University women's volleyball team advances to the quarterfinal round of the Mid-American Conference tournament today. The game starts at 1:30 p.m. when the team travels to Toledo, Ohio, to play third-ranked Bowling Green University.
It didn't take long - one game, to be exact - for injuries to derail the men's basketball team this season. Chris Ames, who started Saturday's game against Northern Colorado University, broke his jaw in practice this week after taking an incidental elbow from center Micah Rollin.
Imagine an abandoned airfield, the terminal partially destroyed and the tarmac pockmarked with holes from mortar and artillery explosions. Within three hours of the first arrival of United States troops, holes have been dug to fight from, patrols have been sent out to secure the immediate perimeter, and the tarmac is being inspected for repair.
I love hypothetical questions. I love being posed questions that make me look at myself introspectively, because, through that self-examination, I have the potential to become more self-aware of who I am and what my morals are. There are the standard classics like, "If you could be stranded on a desert island with only one book, what book would you choose?" or "Which would you choose to save from drowning in a river: an elderly hobo or a burlap sack full of golden retriever puppies?" There's one hypothetical question that often gets brought up that I find not to be an actual soul-searching insight, but rather a matter of common sense; that question being, "If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what food would you choose?" The answer, of course, is the sandwich.
Ball State University junior Alyssa Couch died in a car accident around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Yorktown, the city's Police Seargent Jeff Wulff said.
Despite flaring tempers and flying accusations about greek life at Ball State University after the beating of a student outside a fraternity house on Saturday, representatives say the organizations, overall, are respectable. Problems and negative attitudes towards greeks come from the way individuals behave, not the way entire fraternities and sororities act, Interfraternity Council President Jamie Manuel said.
Spots are filling up fast for Ball State University's Spring Semester child care service, and students, faculty and community members who want access to close, affordable child care need to apply soon. Robin Box, director of Ball State's Child Study Center, said there are already six to eight children on next semester's waiting list.
Students will dress up in hospital scrubs and play the board game "Operation" among hospital decorations as part of a fundraising event Ball State University Chi Omega sorority is doing at Wing-Out from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The fundraiser is called Chris' Anatomy, after "Grey's Anatomy," and is hospital-themed, and proceeds are going to help Ball State junior Chris Horner, Christy Masters, a Chi Omega member and event coordinator, said.
Two weeks ago, three friends and I ventured up to the Big House to watch Ball State University play Michigan in football, to see the Big House for the first time and hopefully to see our Cards not get totally embarrassed. We left with our heads held high after Ball State played quite possibly the most thrilling game it has ever played in.
It's teeter-totter time again. Circle K will hold its annual Teeter-Totter-A-thon 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at the Scramble Light. The Teeter-Totter-A-thon is an annual event put on by Circle K to raise money for the Muncie Animal Rescue Fund, Mike Copley, the event coordinator said.
Mark Amones n Sports Editor To prepare for the three-day Mid-American Conference Championships in February, Ball State University will host the two-day Doug Coers Invitational for swimming and diving this weekend. "The two strongest teams from last year will be returning this year and that means there will be a lot of competition in this meet," co-coach Bob Thomas said.
Firearm season for deer hunting starts Saturday. Two women discuss their experiences with hunting. Also, learn where to aim at a deer when hunting.
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