WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Ball State eyes WNIT opponent Northwestern
By Dakota Crawford / March 19, 2014It was announced Monday that Ball State will take on Northwestern in the first round of the 2014 Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
It was announced Monday that Ball State will take on Northwestern in the first round of the 2014 Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
An exhausted Matt Sutherland took a deep breath after being asked how he felt. “Tired,” he said.
It took two months for a club volleyball player to share his sexual orientation with teammates his freshman year. Austin Acel, a sophomore professional sales and French major, said he would suppress his usual energetic personality on the court.
The Higher Learning Commission reaccredited Ball State, the Board of Trustees announced Wednesday. With higher education accreditation, Ball State’s programs and degrees are recognized by the state.
The nearly $17 million renovation to the Teachers College will officially open at a ceremony today. President Jo Ann Gora and John Jacobson, dean of the Teachers College, with the Board of Trustees will cut the ribbon at today’s ceremony at 3 p.m.
The 2014 In Print Festival began Tuesday as authors read excerpts from their works to students and faculty. The English department hosted event is in its ninth year to showcase authors whose first book was published in the past year.
MOSCOW (AP) — With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting a past injustice and responding to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests. While his actions were met with cheers in Crimea and Russia, Ukraine’s new government called Putin a threat to the whole world, and U.S.
After a week of leading his team in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee is taking a backseat. Ball State earned a berth in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament after a loss to Akron in the MAC Championship. It’s a national tournament that forces players to compete against unfamiliar opponents and at a high pace.
Hidden underneath a reserved personality is a driven mind. When Ball State outside attacker Matt Sutherland came to college, head men’s volleyball coach Joel Walton didn’t know how to help Sutherland come out of his shell. Walton turned to Sutherland’s club coach for guidance. “You need let him go and let him know you have confidence in him,” the club coach told Walton.
Her softball career has bridged the gap between a Texas high school, the Canadian National team and Ball State.
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it from March 10 to Sunday via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify. UNITED STATES 1.
LOS ANGELES — With a roll of his eyes and a comment that he was good at using guns and knives, Chris Brown may have cost himself weeks of freedom and his chance to get back to making music anytime soon. The reasons for Brown’s dismissal from a Malibu rehab facility were detailed in court on Monday, with a judge ordering the Grammy winner to remain in jail until a formal probation violation hearing can be convened on April 23. The jail stint will be Brown’s longest and comes more than five years after he viciously attacked his then-girlfriend Rihanna in a rented sports car just hours before the Grammy Awards.
States may share similar accents and local foods, but now a map is giving each one a trending music artist.
Live Music Lineup 7 p.m.-2 a.m. downtown Muncie Muncie Gras Light Stage: Pork and Beans Brass Band, Hines Street Sound, Midwest Hype and Losing September Be Here Now Stage: Mud Waters, Apathy Wizards, Paper White, Blue Sky Carnival Band and Diphox On campus: 7:30 p.m.
A fixture of Ball State since 1968, and the pioneer of immersive learning at the university will retire at the end of the semester. Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, started the organization in 2000 with “creative inquiries,” which are now known as immersive learning and have been called the hallmark of a Ball State education by President Jo Ann Gora.
• New resident assistant gave up plans to lead Dance Marathon and rush for sorority for position. • University hired 129 new and returning RAs. • RAs get free room and board and $1,300 stipend from university.
NEW YORK — Organizers of the fast-food protests for higher pay shifted their attention Tuesday to another issue: “wage theft.” Protesters planned to rally outside McDonald’s restaurants in cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami to call attention to the denial of overtime pay and other violations they say deprive workers of the money they’re owed.
Two Ball State students opened their closet doors and took to social media to sell their used clothing and knickknacks. Megan Taylor and Jessica Liebeno describe themselves as business partners, roommates and friends.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts owner and CEO Jim Irsay is known in NFL circles as a tough businessman and eccentric billionaire who enjoys interacting with fans about his beloved team and about his favorite songs from bands like the Beatles and the Grateful Dead. He may end up adding convicted felon to the mix. Irsay was pulled over just before midnight Sunday near his home in suburban Carmel.
