Many of us are all-too familiar with being a pedestrian in Muncie. Spending most of my life on the east and west coasts, I endured a bit of shock when I first arrived here more than a year ago. I was walking down the street listening to music when an oversized pick-up truck came hurling down the road at 45 mph.
Over the course of my three years at Ball State University, I have increasingly moved from the far left to the libertarian wing of politics. I have a weakening faith in the Democratic Party and zero faith in the Republican Party. I have come to the realization that like so many others, it is the influx of punditry and opinionated "news" shows that have opened my eyes to the horrors of cable news.
I have noticed a problem on campus. Okay, that may be an understatement. As I am a commuter and do not have to worry about the soaring prices of campus food and have little contact with the two out of five students who are alcoholics in training, my mind focuses on another aspect of Ball State University that has taken a turn for the worse.
If tonight's game against Eastern Michigan University is anything like last year's, it's going to be a nail-biter. Last time these two conference foes faced off, Ball State University found itself down 25-7 midway through the fourth quarter. Eight furious minutes and three Joey Lynch touchdown passes later, the Cardinals escaped Ypsilanti, Mich.
It's that time of year again. The leaves start turning different colors. The hot summer air turns into a cool fall breeze. Notre Dame fans tell everyone how good their team is going to be. Yep, it's college football season, baby! The 2006 season kicks off today with 16 games on the slate, but perhaps the biggest game of the weekend comes on Labor Day, when Florida State University takes on the University of Miami.
I'm never one to envisage the future in detail. Most people who make an attempt to do so predict poorly. Remember "Back to the Future II?" We are only eight years away from Marty McFly in his hover DeLorean and I don't see any hint of a Mr. Fusion-powered flying car.
PHOTO: Students cycle as part of Ball State fitness program in Irving Gym.
Just one day away from opening kick-off, Ball State athletics gets creative with marketing for Thursday night's game.
Opening the season with a conference game is a rarity in college football. However, because of the bevy of Mid-American Conference teams playing non-conference games in November, the MAC office had no choice but to schedule Eastern Michigan University and Ball State University to open the season against each other.
Tuesday marked a year since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Today, each of us went on with our daily lives. A lot of the people directly affected by Katrina have not yet been able to do so. For most people, Tuesday snuck up on them. Newspapers wrote stories and printed big pictures.
Students parking in stadium and commuter lots will have to change their routine because of Thursday night's football game. Find out where to move your car so it's not towed. Ball State University requires students who park in the stadium and stadium overflow lots to move their vehicles to commuter lots between 5 p.
Stepping inside the Digital Home is like walking into a normal new house, except for cameras mounted on the walls, a medical office and exercise bikes hooked to a PlayStation 2. Ball State is using the Digital Home and Health Care Facility just off campus on West Kilgore Street to research technology's affect on people's lives.
Ball State University seniors completing urban planning degrees are getting practical experience creating comprehensive plans for three areas in Indiana. Sixteen students will travel to Brazil, Walkerton and unincorporated Lakeview during September, working with public officials and community members to develop an overall vision of what the community wants to become.
Learn the official do's and do not's of Ball State tailgating.
Students sometimes feel as if their voices are not heard by older generations, but Monday through Wednesday they have an opportunity to speak up. Because Ball State University was touted as the most unwired campus in the nation, Generation Next, a project interviewing students for a documentary, came to the university.
A year after Katrina first hit, long after the national media attention faded, several Ball State students, alumni and faculty are still rebuilding the devastated Gulf Coast region. Ivo Rozendaal and Karli Molter, architecture students who graduated last May, have helped out the small town of Bayou La Batre, Ala.
With more than twenty-five local businesses offering discounts to Ball State University students, staff members or alumni, having a Ball State ID card can save money on everyday purchases. Since its election, Team Lisec has been working to develop a list of Muncie businesses that offer discounts.
Prepare for an night of belly laughs Wednesday as the cast of WCRD's Sunday Night Revival puts on a free comedy show at 7 p.m. in Pruis Hall. John Moore, Jason Quick and Vince Eagan will switch gears from sitting behind a switchboard to performing stand-up comedy in front of a live audience.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: One year after Hurricane Katrina, Ball State alumna Kimberly Robinson continues to cope with the changes the disaster brought into her life. From rebuilding her family home, to finishing graduate school, to starting a new job, Katrina changed everything.
