The Ball State University women's tennis team has worked on the same thing it does every week: hitting the ball deep. The Cardinals need to show that improvement this weekend as two tough opponents come to town. Youngstown State (2-3) visits on Friday, and the Michigan State Spartans (6-2) make the trip to Muncie on Sunday.
The women's basketball has had success at home this season, winning seven of its nine games. Ball State University will look to improve its home record when it starts a three-game home stand on Saturday. The Cardinals will play their final game against a team in the Mid-American Conference East Division when Bowling Green visits Worthen Arena at 3 p.
Just when canine prom dresses and rain hats seemed to be a little over the top, Doggles were released into the market. No, I'm not kidding. They were designed as a way to mix fashion with necessity. Skeptical? I don't blame you; I was too. Then I did some research and found out that ocular trauma - or eye injury - is very common in dogs.
Pat Nelson and Tom Howland just needed to show their coach they care. All coach Tim Buckley wanted out of his two centers was some enthusiasm about the game and an increased efficiency on defense. The two began buying into the coach's request at the start of the Mid-American Conference season and now both have moved up in the team's rotation.
With a Spring Break trip to Chicago around the corner, Ball State University senior Megan Riecke looks forward to filing her taxes in the next two weeks and getting her refund check for shopping. But unlike the past few years, she won't be filing her tax return by telephone using TeleFile.
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (KRT) - Alan J. Shalleck, 76, a collaborator on the popular "Curious George" books and cartoons, was described as a quiet, friendly man who read books to children at local schools. But the investigation of his stabbing death led to the arrest of two men he met through a gay sex network, police said Thursday.
A 14-year-old black Chicago boy was murdered in 1955 for one of the oldest taboos in American history - addressing a white woman in public. But Emmett Louis Till's death ignited the black resistance of the South and led to one of the greatest events in American history - the Civil Rights Movement.
Ball State University junior Nate Shell said he was scrambling Thursday afternoon to get more performers for 'Open Mic: A Night of Expressions.' "A lot of people we had on first got sick with colds," he said. "It was like three or four acts." Shell said he went through a list of friends and acquaintances in the hopes of filling the slots for the event, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Friday is Senior Night, family recognition night and the last home meet for the gymnastics team, as they take on Bowling Green and Michigan State. The team has had two weeks of hard workouts and no competitions, and is eager to display improvements made within that time.
When senior Noah East competed last year in the Alpha Phi sorority's Mr. Phi-Nomenal competition, he won first-runner up. He had not intended to compete again this year, but the Alpha Phi members convinced him. "I told them I would do their competition if they came to my show in Indy.
Today's college students face a multitude of stressors. Grades, finances, extracurriculars and relationships all weigh heavily on the shoulders of young people across the nation. For sophomore Jacob Maish, a combination of these burdens reached a breaking point last semester.
Many think the "Swift Boat" attacks on John Kerry's war record were the most despicable, yet effective, dirty trick ever pulled off during a major campaign. While lying about the actions of a war hero is pretty disgraceful, dirty tricks are not new to politics.
For the Ball State University women's indoor track and field team, it's crunch time. The Cardinals are now more than a month into their schedule and just a few steps from the more weighted meets. This week the indoor track and field team travels to Ames, Iowa, for the 16th annual Iowa State Classic.
Indiana is known as a basketball state - not a volleyball state. But with Ball State University's undefeated men's volleyball team on the court, maybe it's time to change that. Tuesday, the Cardinals broke five school records against Central State in a no-contest match.
Since the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded by seven people in 1906, Ball State University's Theta Xi chapter decided to incorporate this history as part of its centennial celebration at Alpha Theater Wednesday night. At exactly 7:06 p.m., Ball State's Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
The influx of interest in World War II since the release of Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" in 1998 has spread like wildfire in American popular culture. Works of historical fiction and nonfiction dealing with World War II have seen a decade-long sales boost.
The removal of the officers on the Student Government Association Elections Board five days before the Nomination Convention leaves the chairman and Student Senate little time to find replacements. The board members were removed after issues about conflict of interest were brought up concerning potential presidencial slates.
The No. 70 Ball State men's tennis team showed that it can take care of business on the road and against quality competition. The Cardinals went into East Lansing on Wednesday and defeated the No. 75 Michigan State Spartans 4-3 to improve their record to 5-3 on the year.
WIPB-TV is continuing its digital upgrade with a $500,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The $3.8 million upgrade, which was made mandatory for all television stations by the Federal Communications Commission, has been a priority for WIPB since 2002, Alice Cheney, general manager for WIPB-TV said.
Anatole France, who won the Nobel Prize in 1921, once said, "All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." Last weekend had its melancholy, and not just because the Colts were not in the Super Bowl.
