About six months after its first meeting, the Mayor's Commission for Ball State Student Relations had a grand total of two members show up for its Friday meeting - out of the ten who should've been there. In fact, schedule conflicts have caused the commission to never meet in its entirety.
Exactly seven years after being named the first women's soccer coach at Ball State University, the only coach the program has ever had announced Friday he will be taking his talents to another place next season. Ron Rainey, who helped start the soccer program at Ball State in 1999, will take on the challenge of building up another program, this time as head coach of the women's soccer team at the University of Iowa.
Diamonds might be forever and every kiss might begin with Kay, but solid relationships aren't built on budget blowouts or even holiday extravaganzas. Valentine's Day has the reputation of being a consumerist, overly-material holiday - and that reputation isn't too far from the truth.
Sexual assault affects everyone. Statistics show that one in four women between the ages of 15 and 23 is the victim of a completed or attempted sexual assault, Lee Van Donselaar, a psychologist at the Counseling Center, said. However, one in 11 men are also victims of sexual assault, he said.
A good meal is a great way to treat yourself or a loved one on Valentine's day - but getting a table at a restaurant without reservations can be difficult. Home cooking adds a personal touch, and may allow you to be more creative with your dishes, all while saving you a hit in the pocketbook.
For the first 28 minutes of Saturday's game, the women's basketball team found itself locked in a battle with the top team in the Mid-American Conference. Ball State University led Bowling Green by four points at halftime and trailed by one with 12:35 remaining.
As many might notice, there is an inherent bias to this list. The oldest film on the list ("The Empire Strikes Back") is only 26 years old. Yes, I'm ignoring the old, classic, black and white films of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. I beg your forgiveness. 10. "Desperado" This early Robert Rodriguez film - one of the best action pictures of the 90s - has a kiss that epitomizes the action film kiss.
After only one member showed up for the Mayor's Commission for Ball State Student Relations meeting Friday, student officials are planning to discuss new guidelines this week for next year's membership. Muncie Mayor Dan Canan appointed 10 students - two from each grade level and two graduate students - to serve as a line of communication between Ball State University and Muncie last spring, and they began work in September 2005.
Q: Should snowboarding half-pipe be considered an Olympic sport? Sean Stevenson: After the U.S. men's and women's teams took home gold and silver medals in the snowboarding half-pipe, people are beginning to wonder if this "American" sport should be in the Olympics.
So much for the dog fight.-áOn a night when the highly touted Loyola offense was clogged by Ball State University's defense, the Ramblers found themselves going home early with a mark in the loss column. "That's a fun team to watch," coach Joel Walton said.
Sometimes the score doesn't indicate how hard a team works to earn a win. This was the case for the Ball State University women's tennis team on Friday. Even though the Cards pulled out a 7-0 win against Youngstown State University, three of the six singles matches went three sets.
In case you are curious how the president of the United States feels about you, here is the answer: He doesn't trust you, and he thinks you should be monitored secretly, just because he decides you should be. To be more specific: Be a good little American, or you'll never do anything in private again.
The Ball State men's volleyball team has high hopes for a once-a-season opportunity. The Cardinals will host the Loyola Ramblers as the only two undefeated men's volleyball teams in the nation. Coach Joel Walton prepares his Cardinals for the thrilling match where one team will walk away with a loss and one will be the poster-child for perfection.
Four years have passed since the United States exceeded expectations and finished two medals out of first place at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The 2006 Olympics begin tonight in Turin, Italy, and the U.S. is feeling the pressure to finish even better than they did four years ago.
Typically, Student Government Association elections run smoothly and without much contention - sometimes, they even run without competition. Many involved in SGA are citing the ease of past elections as a reason nobody on Student Senate challenged the proposed Elections Board when it was presented to the senate Jan.
Julie DeMuth grabbed a career-tying 18 rebounds and scored 12 points Wednesday. But it wasn't enough as Ball State University had the same amount of turnovers (19) as field goals in a road loss to Kent State, 68-55. The Golden Flashes rank in the top four in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense.
The American Institute for Architecture Students will have its annual date auction at 5 p.m. in the Architecture Building Room 100. The event is open to the general public. Proceeds will go toward a special AIAS project, redesigning of the home of a disabled person.
Sometimes, the best way to disprove a stereotype is by doing the complete opposite of it. The best example of this is the civil rights movement. Blacks, long portrayed as violent, less intelligent and generally primitive people, slowly but surely won public support as they continually engaged in nonviolent means of protest to get the rights they deserved.
Q: How did you get started swimming? A; Obviously, my mother. She was the Ball State swimming coach when I was born so I was immediately thrown into it just because of the history of swimming within my family. So you can actually say I started swimming at the age of one, but competitively at five.
For the past couple of weeks, I have been following the media and their responses to the caricatures of Muhammad. It is to my dismay that the majority of the press - even France has shown support - has been sitting quiet on this topic in showing support for the right to freedom of expression.
