March 17 calls for wearing green and all things Shamrocks for St. Patrick's day. If you're not sure how to celebrate the holiday, which originally started as a feast for the patron saint of Ireland, here are a few things happening in Muncie to get you into the Irish mood.
The Quidditch World Cup is no longer an impossible dream for “Harry Potter” fans. In fact, two Ball State Quidditch team members have applied to play in the 2016 World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany.
College students are always trying to find ways to earn some extra money. For some students, using StudySoup — an online site that allows students to get paid for each set of class notes they share with other students — has been their solution for this.
George Wolfe is Emeritus Professor of Music at Ball State University and the former director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.
A new app allows users to record someone committing a violent crime and report it to the app’s monitors, who contact local law enforcement if the situation escalates.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. The pick sets up a confrontation with Republicans who say they will refuse to consider his nomination in an election year.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Math and momentum on his side, an emboldened Donald Trump offered himself Wednesday as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and called on balky GOP leaders to embrace the voters' "tremendous fervor" for his candidacy.
For the first time in 14 years, Ball State notched 20 wins in a season after beating Tennessee State in double overtime, 78-73. The win also advanced the Cardinals to the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Tennessee State kicked off the game with a 20-3 run.
Junior Kelsey Sear won the individual title at the Bulldog Florida Invitational, and the Cardinals took home the team title.
Ball State men’s golf capped off its spring break with a fifth-place finish at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, buoyed by a second place individual finish from sophomore Johnny Watts.
When Ball State students left campus for spring break, some of us had an eye on our men’s basketball team. After all, they had tied Central Michigan for the best record in the Western Division of the Mid-American Conference with a 19-13 overall record.
Vulgar language is playing a big part in this year’s presidential primaries, which could help politicians gain support, a political science professor said.
Jennifer Bott has been named the new dean of the Miller College of Business. Bott was interim dean since June 2015, and she worked on transforming the college by building relationships and encouraging collaboration and strategic planning, according to a university press release. She also revitalized fundraising efforts for the college.
A $48-million project is now in the works for new development along White River near downtown Muncie that Mayor Dennis Tyler said will benefit both the city and Ball State students.
MC Lyte spoke to a large crowd March 15 about the history of women in the hip hop industry and sought to empower those who attended.
Tony Memmel, a Nashville singer-songwriter, will be performing at Be Here Now March 15. This is his first of three stops in Indiana on his latest tour, which kicked off Feb. 26.
The Board of Trustees, Acting President Terry King and Interim Provost Bob Morris held a closed meeting March 14 to discuss matters of transparency with select faculty members and students. The meeting covered transparency in university matters in general but also included the resignation of former university President Paul W. Ferguson.
The Ball State softball team only has four freshmen on its roster and each of them have had significant playing time in their first year in Muncie. Ball State is near the midway point of its season and each one of the freshmen has seen time in at least two-thirds of the games thus far.
The Ball State debate team won the overall team championship title at the 2016 National Education Debate Association (NEDA) tournament March 11-12 at Fullerton College.
Ball State will travel to Tennessee State for the first round of the CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament. The Cardinals and Tigers share a lot of similarities entering the first round of the tournament. Both teams rank in the top 5 most improved teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association from the previous season.
