Freshmen backfeidler Hannah Bohn tries to get past an Ohio State defender during a game on Oct. 3 at Briner Sports Complex.  Bohn has played in 11 games.  DN // Patrick Murphy

Ball State field hockey is ready to prove itself in MAC play

It will only take one win for Ball State field hockey (5-7, 0-1 MAC) to finish with a better Mid-American Conference record than it did last season. The Cardinals finished the 2015 season 0-6 in the MAC (2-16 overall), and first-year head coach Christy Longacre has been looking forward to the team's first conference win since Oct. 11, 2014.



Ball State senior wide receiver Jordan Williams prepares for a tackle during the homecoming game against the University of Toledo on Oct. 3 at Scheumann Stadium. (Grace Ramey)
SPORTS

Former Ball State football player sues MAC, NCAA

Former Ball State fullback Geoff Donner filed a class-action lawsuit against the Mid-American Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association earlier this week. Donner played for the Cardinals from 1993-95 and also alleges that he tried to sit out a practice to recover from a concussion, only to be threatened with having his scholarship pulled if he didn't participate.


OPINION

THE SILVEY LINING: A film for the peculiar and non-peculiar alike

Tim Burton has a very distinctive directing style, which is why he’s one of my favorite directors and why this movie doesn’t disappoint. "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children" is a story about Jacob, “Jake,” Portman, a boy in the present who finds out the bedtime stories his grandpa used to tell him growing up weren’t stories after all.




Junior midfielder/forward Allison Abbe fends off attackers from the rival team, Xavier University, during their match Aug. 25. Ball State tied 1-1 after a double overtime. Kara Berg // DN
SPORTS

Soccer on track to defend Mid-American Conference title

Defending conference champions. Ball State soccer is off to a 3-0-1 Mid-American Conference record (8-2-2 overall) start in its defense of its MAC regular season title, but on Oct. 6 they'll play Western Michigan, a team that takes exception to Ball State's title claim.



NEWS

Park Hall hosts VP debate viewing party

There was an atmosphere of apprehension and disappointment as students gathered in the Park Hall lobby Oct. 4 to watch the first and only vice presidential debate between Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine.







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