Yorktown family lives, breathes, breeds 4-H
By Laura Arwood / August 24, 2015The Pittsfords of Yorktown, Ind. are farmers. Their family farms raise sheep, chicken and cows, and grow corn and hay.
The Pittsfords of Yorktown, Ind. are farmers. Their family farms raise sheep, chicken and cows, and grow corn and hay.
After two years of being a tobacco-free campus, Ball State has added a designated smoking area to the edge of campus, adjacent to Petty Road. Except for this small area, the campus will remain tobacco-free.
Advice for new students and nostalgic throwbacks to freshman year flew around Twitter on Monday as students and university organizations recognized the first day of classes at Ball State.
Ball State is getting substantially closer to becoming entirely heated through an environmentally-friendly geothermal system.
At the start of his second year in office, Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson has a clear idea of where he would like the university to be at the end of 2016 and what needs to be done to get there.
For many people, a coffeehouse is merely an extension of the office, or a place to stop and grab breakfast on the way to class. For others, the idea of a coffeehouse represents much more than that, especially on or near a college campus. It’s a connection point, a place to meet up with new or old friends, have a drink together and enjoy real conversation.
Muncie celebrated its 150th birthday this year, and Ball State has joined in the celebration with an exhibit at Bracken Library that covers Muncie's time as a city.
The 2015 season is fast approaching for the Ball State field hockey team, and the Cardinals have a different feel for this season.
This summer, 11 Ball State students took to the road in hopes of learning about various weather patterns.
But this year's team will feature six players in their final campaign.
Ball State’s all-time leading rusher graduated and signed a deal with the San Diego Chargers. His absence has set the Cardinals up for a running back by committee system for this season.
Milas was promoted to the first string in the sixth game of the season to spark the offense, and led the team to a 3-3 record during his six starts before ending the season early with a wrist injury. He played well enough to earn the starting nod again this year.
When Lemuel Turner was picked from the crowd of incoming freshmen to take a free-tuition half-court shot on Aug. 20 during the annual athletics pep rally, he was hesitant to get up from his seat in the bleachers.
William Cate, a junior, is also a volunteer train conductor. He makes sure passengers get on and off smoothly, loading and unloading the strollers, holding kids’ hands on the stairs.
You can keep your head down and avoid eye contact, but you can’t doge the inevitable. Some professors are going to ask their students to introduce themselves to the class.
For the first time in four years, Target offered an after-hours shopping event exclusively for the university. About 2,000 students made their way to the store’s Muncie location between 10:30 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20.
For the second time, a Ball State freshman won a semester of free tuition by sinking a half-court shot.
Three former Ball State players in Colts training camp at Anderson University look to make a name for themselves and their alma mater. They're just a fraction of the seven former Cardinals in NFL camps across the nation.
Ball State athletic director Mark Sandy has named Brian Etelman the new head coach of the Cardinals' track & field and cross country programs.
Ball State’s Theta Chi fraternity is responding to the sudden hospitalization of one of its members after he went into cardiac arrest July 29.
