The Ball State University's men's tennis team will look to get back to its winning ways when it hosts a pair of matches at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center this weekend. After dropping three straight contests against Big Ten opponents, the No. 68 Cardinals (2-3) will face the University of Dayton (0-2) and the University of Indianapolis on Saturday.
Dear Editor, Recently, the Daily News published an article explaining the downside of the popular Web site, Facebook. While the staff touched on the main safety issue with Facebook, I would like to bring attention to another issue that concerns students. In the glorious world of Facebook, students are not afraid to be honest about their interests, spring break plans, drinks of choice and other incriminating subjects.
DEKALB, Ill. -- Ball State and Northern Illinois went neck and neck for 39 minutes on Wednesday until the Huskies made the plays that counted in the final seconds. The Cardinals, who were searching for their first conference road win of the season, gave up an open layup and committed a turnover during a 10-second stretch that sent the game into Northern Illinois' favor.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams are on a two and three-meet winning streak, respectively, and hope to use that momentum as they travel to Mid-American Conference competitor Ohio University in the final dual meet of the regular season. "This will probably be our toughest dual meet that we can win," graduate assistant coach Erica Janssen said.
At 18-years-old, few people are ready to make decisions about the rest of their lives. Choosing a major can be daunting, and sometimes people rethink the decisions they made in their first years of adulthood. Under the current academic system, less-than-impressive grades remain on the transcripts of students who change their majors.
Dear Editor, Your Tuesday editorial on the Major Moves initiative contained so many factual and logical errors it's hard to know where to begin.-áLook it up on the map. How many students take the Indiana Toll Road home? In fact, a huge number of Indiana residents have never taken the toll road - which is easy to understand, when you look at its route.
Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams added wins to their dual meet records after handing Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis another regular season loss. "We had some, not only season best times, but some best times for Lewellen Aquatic Center," co-coach Bob Thomas said.
Schools are not testing children's pre-reading skills properly, a Ball State University study found. The study, performed by Ball State professors Lawrence Smith, Jerrell Cassady, Diane Bottomley and Scott Popplewell, tested a model made up of 14 separate tasks.
Legislation showing student support for an expansion of Ball State University's recreational facilities is now available for presentation to the Indiana State Legislature. The Student Government Association unanimously passed the legislation Wednesday afternoon at its weekly meeting.
There will be no ranked teams on the docket for the women's tennis team this weekend. After playing Kansas and Indiana on back-to-back weekends, they will get a break of sorts as IPFW comes to town for a Friday evening match. IPFW's (1-1) two opponents thus far have both played the Cardinals.
With Valentine's Day approaching, those couples in long-distance relationships find themselves in a difficult situation. However, the availability of technology such as cell phones, instant messaging and e-mails has allowed students to continue dating despite not being able to see one another very often.
Seven Georgia and six Indiana seniors were among the 22 football recruits announced as members of the 2006 Ball State University football class.-á Fourteen recruits will play on the defensive side of the ball. The Cardinals also picked up players from Ohio (three), Florida (two) and one apiece from Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Former Ball State University student Joshua Springer, 19, 2512 E. 27th St. was arrested for 10 counts of burglary for breaking into several rooms in Studebaker West Complex. Springer was found with items including iPods, books, a calculator, a watch and cash.
I was enjoying the game from my front-row seat in The Nest Saturday with the rest of the crazed basketball fans. It was a close game against Bowling Green, and at one point, we were down by nine. We kept cheering for the players hoping they would somehow come back from their rut.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams will have a tough weekend of competition, where a home pool advantage may be the deciding factor. "We swim well on the road, but we also swim well in our own pool," co-coach Bob Thomas said. "Other teams tend to struggle a little bit in our pool and hopefully that'll be the case on Friday.
With mission names like Challenger, Discovery and Expedition, it's no question where NASA has its eyes set: future accomplishments, not the past. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, U.S. space activities were always to be conducted, at least in part, for "the expansion of human knowledge of Earth and of phenomena in the atmosphere and space.
After revisiting some mistakes from last weekend, the Ball State University gymnastics team made some upgrades to their routines. Specifically, they took part of their practice on Monday to make improvements on the bars, beam and floor. Coach Lisa Simonton said these errors were made from the gymnasts feeling good about their routines and letting up at the end.
How many of the 16.7 million college students in the United States (as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau) have ever watched an entire season of a television show in one sitting? Probably more than will admit to it. College students have turned time wasting into an art form.
OXFORD, Ohio -A furious late rally almost allowed Ball State University to escape with a come-from-behind road victory on Wednesday. But two free throws by Miami's (Ohio) Eve Pyle with two seconds left gave the RedHawks a 66-65 win. "It was too late by the time we started to compete," coach Tracy Roller said.
Work on an expansion of the recreation facilities at Ball State University could move from the conceptual stage to the design stage if approved by the state legislature. To increase the likelihood of the project receiving state approval, Student Government Association is proposing legislation supporting the expansions.
