While the cost of Ball State tuition will increase for the 2015-16 academic year, there will be a larger increase in financial aid for students. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to raise tuition 1.65 percent for next year; however, there will also be a 3.6 percent increase in financial aid for students.
In an effort to refresh Ball State's brand, the university has made some minor changes to the Charlie Cardinal logo. The changes includes the removal of the motion lines and deepening of the red. "It sort of sends a subtle message that things are changing, things are improving," athletic director Mark Sandy said.
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) — Patton Couch shook his head and clenched his teeth, recounting the night four years ago when he plucked a dirty needle from a pile at a flophouse and jabbed it into his scarred arm.
I’d bought a ticket to the first viewing of the movie, ready to see one of my favorite books come to life. My friends and I had been counting down to the premiere day all summer, and now it was here. But when I walked out of the theater two hours later, all I could think was, “What did I just watch?”
Pam Price sat up in bed, ignoring the tubes in her throat and shrugging off the heavy sedatives that were meant to keep her in her hospital bed, and reached for her husband, assistant professor Tom Price.
Randy Heisler, the Cardinals' track & field coach, knew the injury was severe. Lomax had torn the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament in her knee, sustaining some other damage as well.
All 19 of Ball State's athletic teams scored at least a 954 or higher in the latest Academic Progress Rate scores released by the NCAA.
The Ball State women's volleyball team added two more players to its recruiting class with commitments from Carly Cappello and Lauren Schreiner.
The Cardinals announced the release of their schedule for the 2015 season. The schedule includes road matches against LSU, Indiana and IPFW.
Ball State has added five newcomers to its roster, four of which will be eligible to play in the 2015-16 season. Whitford said his staff did a nice job of adding competition for playing time and insurance for the inevitable, such as injuries.
A Ball State graduate died Wednesday night in a shooting in a southeast Washington, D.C., neighborhood. Charnice Milton, 27, graduated from Ball State with a bachelor's degree in communication studies, and then earned a master's degree from Syracuse University in magazine, newspaper and online journalism. She was waiting for a bus after covering a meeting for the Capital Community News.
If students are looking for food after 7:30 p.m. during the 2015-16 year, they will have several more options than last year. Ball State Dining has extended hours at many locations until 8:30 p.m.
Before coming to Ball State as a student, Mitch Isaacs, retention and graduation specialist for first time freshmen, wanted to teach high school and coach football.
A public safety notice was sent to the Ball State community after reports of burglaries near campus.
This time it was Ball State facing a battle. Headed to the ninth inning, Akron held on to an 8-5 lead. A four-run rally led Ball State to the win and a berth in the MAC Championship game on Sunday, where it later fell to Ohio.
The Cardinals added Tayler Persons, a Kokomo native and last season's Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, to next season's roster. Persons led Northern Kentucky with 13.1 points and 3.7 assists per game last season.
With a week to prepare for a staged reading, the writers of the new musical “Mad World” have revised scenes, added new music and even added a new character. In preparation for a staged reading on May 29 at Muncie Civic Theatre, “Mad World” creators Cristian Guerrero, Chandler Patton and Steven Schmidt traveled to Muncie from L.A.
Ball State’s Creative Writing in the Community class wanted to give youth in the Muncie community a chance to write creatively. Over the course of the 15-week class, they did more than that — they gave the kids a “Stomping Ground.”
The changes will include a new grandstand, press box, concessions and restrooms, as well as new landscaping. Ball Diamond featured an all-turf surface and new dugouts for this season.
Daniel Brount is a senior creative writing major and writes ‘Do You Copy?’ for the Daily News.
