BRAVE NEW WORLD: Immigration reform deserves attention

Tens of thousands of immigrants took to the streets all across the nation Monday for a day of action billed as a "campaign for immigrants' dignity," according to a Monday Associated Press article. In North Carolina and Dallas, many vowed to skip work and boycott all purchases to demonstrate the economic effects of immigrant groups.



NEWS

Best Buddies volunteer time with disabled

Among the shouts of excited bowlers and crash of the pins, Ball State University students helped their "buddies" bowl at Ball State University's Best Buddies Awards Ceremony/Bowling Night Wednesday night. As one man bowled a strike on his first try, the members erupted into applause, and the man high-fived his college buddy.


NEWS

WOMEN'S TENNIS: Cards hope for reversal of trend

It would be foolish to call this Mid-American Conference matchup a feud or a rivalry. Miami University (9-8, 4-1 MAC) has dominated the Ball State University women's tennis team (8-9, 2-3 MAC) for a long time, having won 28 of the last 29 matches. Coach Kathy Bull is 1-17 lifetime versus the Redhawks going into Saturday's matchup.


NEWS

One for the money, two for the road

var uslide_show_id = "f5156fe0-dad9-4e73-988d-1e2542b931e2";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; As the trucking industry stuggles with driver shortages nationwide, one couple embraces their relationship on the road.


NEWS

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG: Red, blue distinctions don't serve country

Almost as soon as the 2004 presidential election was over and Dubya "won" the right to another torturous four years in office, pundits started tossing around people's names for the 2008 election. The names most commonly being thrown out lately include Condoleezza Rice, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Evan Bayh.



NEWS

TRACK AND FIELD: Team splits, travels to separate meets

The women's track and field team splits its squad for two competitions this week. Beginning today, half of the team will be competing at the Searay Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. The Searay Relay Invitational is a four-day event concluding Saturday. Ball State University coach Sue Parks said although the meet doesn't offer chances of many individual championships, it offers nice conditions and tough challengers.


NEWS

SWIMMING IN BROKEN GLASS: Society must handle body image problem

Everyone knows that many women throughout the Western world struggle every day, throughout the day, with their weights. A recent study from Great Britain, though, puts the problem in perhaps the most provocative terms possible. According to an article from the Times Online, a survey of 5,000 women in England found that the average woman worries about her weight every 15 minutes.


NEWS

OUR VIEW: It's a process

The T-shirt you're wearing, the soda you're drinking and the textbooks in your bookbag have one commonality: semitrailers. In all likelihood, each of those items, along with many other products you come in contact with daily, arrived at the store by truck.


NEWS

DIET WATER: Rock Paper Scissors not tourney worthy

Sunday, after an exhaustive day of nearly constant battling, David McGill of Omaha emerged as the victor of the first annual USA Rock Paper Scissors Bud Light tournament at the House of Blues in Mandalay Bay of Las Vegas. As a result, McGill walked away with not only what strikes me as perhaps the lamest set of bragging rights in history, but also - as can be verified on the USA Rock Paper Scissors League's Web site - a check for $50,000.



NEWS

MEN'S TENNIS: Ball State sweeps match with IPFW

Coming off a tough and close match against the University of Toledo, the men's tennis team left little doubt as to how it would respond. Ball State University dominated Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, sweeping the match 7-0. "We played pretty well," coach Bill Richards said.


NEWS

SOFTBALL: Offensive woes continue for Cardinals

Playing in front of 300 people and having the game televised for one of the first times this season, the softball team arrived in South Bend Tuesday with an opportunity to send a resounding statement through Indiana. However, Ball State University (9-17, 3-5 Mid-American Conference) mustered just two hits and was unable to capitalize on this chance as it lost to the University of Notre Dame 6-0.


NEWS

Speaker discusses fighting poverty

Katie Papper believes one Ball State University student can help in the international fight against poverty. During the summer, Papper, a junior at Ball State, learned about the national ONE Campaign and international Live 8 concert, which worked to unite the voices of billions of people in the fight against poverty.


NEWS

Film shows talents of students, faculty

A high-definition film written, directed and performed by Ball State University students and faculty is set to premiere today at Strother Theatre. The film "Mahd" is the result of a new program at Ball State, which brought together students from the theater, music and telecommunications departments.



NEWS

Campaign reaches new heights

When Ball State University sophomore Jeff Nevolo arrived on campus Tuesday morning, he was stunned to see the word "hate" surrounded by a circle with a line through it on the south side of Bracken Library. "I was a little surprised," Nevolo said outside of the library.


NEWS

BASEBALL: Cards end two-game losing streak

Putting up some big numbers on the scoreboard in two innings, getting some key hits and taking advantage of defensive miscues helped the Ball State University baseball team end a two-game losing streak. The Cardinals (17-14) defeated University of Dayton, 16-5, with five runs in the first inning and eight in the seventh.


NEWS

Author 'bridges the gap' between fields

Students got the chance to see frogs with stubby, missing or extra legs, missing or moved eyes and jaw problems at the Cooper Physical Science building Monday. In a presentation given by William Souder, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and journalist, Souder intended to lay out issues that could come up when reporters try to cover science.


NEWS

Annual visit to campus takes on different feel for alumna

Jennie Hartig makes the trip to Ball State University from her home in Chicago each and every Homecoming. In fact, she hasn't missed one in 12 years. Hartig normally makes the trip with fellow 1998 graduate Jason Kent, her boyfriend of 12 years. The couple met their freshman year, 1993, through a mutual friend who played with Kent on the school's football team.


NEWS

Reality TV star shows Ball State some new moves

Reality TV star David "Kasper" Krich graces Ball State University's campus for the second time. Kasper was hired to teach a Hip Hop and Jazz Funk Workshop for the Department of Theatre and Dance on Saturday and Sunday.




Sponsored Stories



Loading Recent Classifieds...