Just as Ball State University prepares to begin phase two of the McKinley Project, it is being honored with two awards for the design and quality of phase one. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Indiana awarded Ball State the 2006 Engineering Excellence Merit Award.
Student Government Association President Asher Lisec gets questions continually about where students' dining money goes when they don't use their meal cards. The answer lies not only in dining facility expenses but also in a housing and dining surplus account that has almost doubled since July 1, 2003.
For those living in the residence halls, it's easy to pay housing and dining fees, then follow the meal plan and forget entirely about the more than $4,000 it costs to eat on campus. At first, the $7 hamburger and $3 side dish prices feel unfair, but students get used to the cost because it seems as if no real money is involved.
Since this is the next to the last edition of the Ball State Daily News for this 2005-06 school year, we in the sports department decided to give the Cliffs Notes version of the five biggest sports news stories of the year. With all due respect to the football team's Mid-American Conference-record five overtime victory against Western Michigan and the baseball team setting the school record for most runs, hits and RBIs against Valparaiso, we present our selections.
Despite the recent difficulty that many gay people have had finding acceptance in religion, Larry Francer has proven that homosexuality is not a problem in all religions. In a speech Tuesday night at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Francer discussed life as a gay Jew, along with his childhood and acting career.
You probably feel pretty dead right now, if you're anything like the Daily News staff. In class, you look half-alive at best - when you're able to keep your eyes open - and you feel like the work you're doing is cadaver-quality. Your roommate doesn't even speak to you when you walk in the room because of the death stares you've been giving each other and the end-of-the-world fights you've been having.
Students, both black and white, from Ball State University discussed ideas that would motivate people to think of ways to support diversity on campus. The Counseling Center sponsored an informal discussion on Tuesday night called "African American Men at BSU: Experiences on a Predominantly White Campus.
For Judith Steel, remembering the Holocaust is necessary for the world to progress toward a positive future. "Remembrance is the secret of redemption," Steel, a Holocaust survivor, said to students and faculty Tuesday afternoon in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Cardinal Hall.
It is fascinating - and frequently depressing - what some legislators find worthy of their time and effort. According to the Associated Press, one South Carolina State representative has quite an unusual crusade. It is the mission of Republican Ralph Davenport to prevent his state's men and women from buying battery-powered, vibrating pieces of plastic for their nether regions.
If recent history continues, the Ball State University baseball team is due for a win. The Cardinals (21-18) return home for a game against in-state rival Butler University (15-24) after spending two weeks on the road. During those two weeks, Ball State lost three of seven, falling into a pattern of losing every other game.
Dear Editor, We would like to offer our sincerest thanks to those individuals and groups who showed their support for the recent Stop Hate campaign. The original idea for this campaign started off small but soon took on a life of its own because of all of you.
PSP (PlayStation Portable) owners are finding another use for the handheld device now that various magazines are publishing content strictly in PSP and online format. Joelle Caputa is the editor in chief of Planet Verge magazine. The magazine changed its entire business plan by going from a print to a PSP- and online-only magazine in January 2006.
Ball State's last Electronic Field Trip of the year, "Exploring Carlsbad Cavern: A Journey Through Nature's Plumbing System," took students and viewers from 49 states on a virtual tour of Carlsbad Cavern in New Mexico. President Jo Ann Gora Gora and First Lady Laura Bush conducted a science experiment live from the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
The Department of Anthropology will open its museum at 4 p.m. today in Burkhardt Building, room 300. Fifteen students, including five graduate students, will present displays about a diverse group of topics from the gastrointestinal parasites of the Vervet monkey to the ghosts of Muncie.
A Ball State University professor was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from his alma mater. Lawrence Gerstein, professor of counseling psychology, will receive the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the College of Education at the University of Georgia on May 5.
Dear Editor, In the past few weeks, two students have decided to use my name in association with racism, apathy and being a "hater" of the Stop Hate campaign. Now it is my turn to address my views of the Stop Hate campaign. My original statement - which I thought was anonymous at the time of posting - can be found on the Daily News Web site, and will be summed up here: As a Ball State University junior, I have witnessed numerous campaigns on this campus to denounce issues ranging from alcoholism to using ping-pong as a metaphor for sexually transmitted diseases to the newest campaign brought to us by our own students.
One month ago Ball State University senior Erik Wentz sat in an Iowa theater watching six dancers perform his original choreography at an American College Dance Festival Association regional conference. He was simultaneously preparing mentally to dance in the second part of the show.
When coach Mike Fleck played for the men's golf team 14 years ago, he played many of the same courses that his players compete on today. But the way Fleck and his teammates played such golf courses as the Delaware Country Club is dramatically different from the current Ball State University players.
A hotdog-mobile, a dinosaur and a sumo wrestler are not what people expect to see when looking at a mailbox. However, a group of Ball State University students used these designs, among others, to win an advertising competition. "When two of the largest advertising agencies want all of the r+â-¬sum+â-¬s of your advertising students, that means something," professor Michael Hanley said.
During the Stop Hate campaign, I couldn't help but take time to reflect on hate. What exactly is hate? What is the best way to resolve hate? Am I a hater - or a hata', perhaps? While pondering these things, including how to stop hate, all I could think about is what I hate.
