var uslide_show_id = "a4352ee5-7807-4813-bc58-4987ad96eeb5";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Ball State opened its season Saturday against Northern Colorado. Get coach Ronny Thompson's take on the game and find out what led the Cards to a 81-42 victory.
Wide-eyed kids clung to their parents outside Emens Auditorium Wednesday night, juiced on the anticipation of what probably amounted to Christmas and birthday rolled up in one - getting to see Jack Hanna and all his animals. All those children I saw that night never made it into the show - never saw one furry four-legged feline, unless it was Kitty back home.
On Saturday, it took the Cardinals five games to defeat Central Michigan, but senior Amanda McCormick needed all five of these games to set history. Entering the weekend, McCormick was 77 digs away from having 800 digs for the season, with two games remaining in the Ball State University women's volleyball regular season.
Saturday was the end of assistant coach Turena Lane's time at Ball State University as the Cardinals' cross country team finished in 13th place at the regional meet. Now planning to move to Miami to join husband and former Ball State track and cross country coach Todd Lane, Turena Lane said she was pleased with the team's final effort of the season.
President Jo Ann Gora was disappointed with the way protesters treated a conservative speaker at Ball State University Wednesday, and she and the university are taking action to address the fallout. Not only did Gora say she was disappointed with the women who threw pies at speaker David Horowitz, but she was also disappointed with Horowitz himself for the comments he made about her and the university, she said.
With a new level of excitement, men's basketball kicked off its season at home against Northern Colorado on Saturday. The energy and passion of a team with a new coach was evident for fans. The energy present at the game was an indication of this rejuvenated team's potential.
Sitting in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum at 9:00 a.m., the four students comprising the College Bowl team ABCD were chatting away and eager for competition. Ten minutes later, ABCD had won its first match - by a forfeiture. Instead of leaning back and taking a break until its next round, however, Team ABCD - freshmen Cassandra Adamson, Drew Hainz, Brittany Hommerding and Audra White - continued practicing in a mock round.
Curtain Up! Light the lights! They had nothing to hit but the heights in Friday night's performance of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." Director Bill Jenkins created a "Grande Spectacle" by having gold and brown sets to complement the snazzy 1920s-style costumes and captions above the proscenium during the scenes with Chinese dialogue.
As high school seniors, Audrey McDonald, Kyleigh Jones and Kalynne Proctor averaged a combined 49 points and 15 rebounds per game. All three were All-State selections -¡- McDonald and Jones first team selections in Indiana and Proctor an honorable mention in Ohio.
The flaw with every criticism of our current situation in Iraq is the idea that the war is a partisan issue or at least commands the attention to which the effects of certain actions bearing emotional weight demand. No, the war and the major concern death of innocent "lives" has no real bearing outside of a pure utilitarian mode.
With two Mid-American Conference matches at home this weekend, the Ball State University women's volleyball team's regular season comes to a close. The Cardinals play Eastern Michigan University at 7 p.m. today and Central Michigan University Saturday night.
I normally don't watch a lot of professional football. Sitting around watching the Cleveland Browns take on the Kansas City Chiefs isn't really my idea of a good weekend. The NFL is different and kind of funny in that most of the games that are played don't really have any significance at all.
With fewer than 48 hours before the Ball State University men's basketball team opens its 2006-07 season against Northern Colorado University, Ronny Thompson has signed a new recruit. According to Thompson, Melvin Goins has signed a Nation Letter of Intent to attend Ball State next season.
Despite the somber issue, the members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. fraternity had high hopes for their annual homeless awareness fundraiser. "People don't realize how hard it is to stand around for 24 hours a day and ask for money," James Johnson, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
UPDATE: NewsLink Indiana reports that Cassandra Reed and Grace Mitchell have been released on bond. Watch NewsWatch tonight at 9 for the latest (Comcast channel 61.) A flying pie, 15 cheese pizzas and a projector were part of student protests against conservative speaker David Horowitz on Wednesday night. Plus, see video from our partners at NewsWatch and NewsLink.
Gov. Mitch Daniels has proposed a 75-mile tollway that would run from Interstate 69 northeast of Indianapolis and loop east and south of the city through six counties before turning north to link up with Interstate 70. Get the details and see a map of the planned study area.
Two Ball State University students were in stable condition at Ball Memorial Hospital on Thursday after being shot around 7 p.m. in their Windermere Place apartment. Samuel Ghebremichael and Reggie Hill were attacked in Building 4 in what the Muncie Police Department said could have been a robbery.
Former Ball State University student Grace Mitchell said she's unsure if she regrets her actions prior to a speech by conservative David Horowitz on Wednesday night, but that it might have been childish and stupid. "The motivation certainly wasn't malicious," she said.See video from our partners at NewsLink Indiana.
Proper care of the body and mind can not only enhance everyday life, but could save a life during an emergency. Today's Black Women is sponsoring its third annual expo to bring that information to Ball State University students. Today's Black Women is a campus organization that strives to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds and lifestyles on Ball State's campus.
After a tough road loss last weekend to Miami (Ohio) University, the Ball State University women's swimming and diving team will travel again to take on the Bowling Green University Falcons Saturday. Last season, the Falcons finished third, one place ahead of the Cardinals, in the Mid-American Conference Championships.
