The Ball State University softball team split its four games this weekend at the Iowa Hawkeye Classic. On the first day, the Cardinals (6-10) snapped its four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over South Dakota State and followed that up with a 3-0 defeat of Loyola .
After a layoff of more than two weeks, the Ball State University women's tennis team may have been too well-rested. The Cardinals (6-8, 0-2 Mid-American Conference) opened up conference play this past weekend by falling to Toledo 4-3 and Eastern Michigan 6-1.
Solid bullpen pitching and an errorless defense helped the Ball State University baseball team take two of three in its Mid-American Conference openers at Akron. "Some days, you're not always going to get hits, but something you can count on every day you come to the ballpark is defense," said Ryan DeGeeter, who won Sunday's game.
In keeping with Washington's historical inability to look at the big picture or invest in the long term, Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. have an exceptionally ignorant idea. Unless China revalues its currency, the yuan, a bill the senators are sponsoring will slap a 27.
The Ball State University women's golf team is looking to continue its strong performance at this week's UNC-Wilmington Lady Seahawk Invitational in Wallace, N.C. The team is hoping that the momentum gained last week can lead to more success. "We hope to pick up where we left off at Butler," coach Kathy Mowat said.
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Deborah Balogh accepted a position at the University of Indianapolis starting June 15. Balogh was named interim provost in June 2005. She started working at Ball State University in 1981. For more about Balogh and her new position at the University of Indianapolis, keep checking DN|Online or read it in the Daily News Monday.
After 10 months, six open forums and two searches, Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora named Terry King as provost on Thursday. Gora said she chose King, the dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, because of his experience in several areas including developing external partnerships, working on strategic plans and communicating across colleges.
In light of the recent war that's being waged in the media nationwide between South Park and Scientology, the Church of Scientology has risen to even a higher bar of weirdness. A lengthy article about Scientology was published last month in Rolling Stone, the Bible of pop culture.
Dear Editor, It was unfortunate to read about the incident on Monday in which the police asked a group of Ball State University students to take down their banner. While the police might have been technically within their rights in asking for the removal, we should be asking ourselves why these rules exist on campus in the first place.
Picture the typical party scene: There's the somewhat - excuse my bluntness - skanky-looking and not-so-modestly dressed girls who seem to mistake the living room for a strip club on the south side of Chicago. Then you have the smokers outside who sometimes don't even make an appearance into the actual party, as they seem more content standing outside yelling at girls who walk by.
After a two-week layoff, the Ball State University softball team (4-8) will resume its season with four games this weekend. The Cardinals travel to Iowa City, Iowa to compete in the Iowa Hawkeye Classic. The tournament consists of four other teams: South Dakota State University (12-11), Loyola University (4-14), North Dakota State University (6-18) and Iowa University (13-12).
When Ball State University's football team takes the field for the first time on Saturday several returning players, from a team that finished 4-7 last season, will be moving to the opposite side of the ball. Running backs Jovens Degage and Corey McGee will move into the secondary as cornerbacks.
Nine months after its establishment, Rainbow Cathedral, the first gay-oriented church in Muncie, had cancelled its service for the first time last Sunday. After the recent resignation of the pastor, Rainbow Cathedral's congregation has dropped from 15 to 20 regular members to only four, including a member who has been substituting as pastor while the cathedral is looking for a new alternative lifestyle minister.
The 14th annual Kappa Delta sorority philanthropic event, ShamRock 'N Bowl, will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Clancy's Village Bowl. The cost to bowl is $10 per person or $40 per team of four. The cost includes 3 games and shoes. The proceeds collected benefit Prevent Child Abuse America and the Very Special Arts of Muncie.
The Ball State University women's track and field team kicks off its outdoor season Saturday at the Southern Illinois Classic in Carbondale, Ill. For most squad members, this will be the first time they have competed since Feb. 24-25 at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships.
Professors have more to worry about than teaching classes these days. Even at traditional teaching schools like Ball State University, professors nationwide are facing pressure from administration to apply for research grants. A statewide budget crunch that's causing decreases in state funding to public universities is making grants a place to turn for additional money.
A freshman at Ball State University, with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit Wednesday aiming to overturn a law that keeps students who are convicted of a drug violation from receiving federal financial aid. Alexis Schwab, a public relations major, is one of three individuals involved in the lawsuit, teaming with the ACLU and the Students for Sensible Drug Policy Foundation.
Dear Editor, This letter is written in response to the recent redesignation of men's basketball coach Tim Buckley. Let's not have a short memory here, Cardinal fans and friends - Buckley can coach. This year's team went without Peyton Stovall due to injury.
With more than 20,000 students attending Ball State University, the possibility of at least one student facing relationship violence is high. "Someone on this campus is dealing with this issue," Derick Virgil, director of the Multicultural Center, said. "We can be assured of that.
The Ball State University women's tennis team (6-6) will open conference play this weekend as it travels to play Toledo and Eastern Michigan. "They're more emotional," coach Kathy Bull said. "Everyone is more attached because there's history there. These are always really challenging matches.
