HOUSTON (AP) - A drive-by shooting at a community rally on the Texas Southern University campus Wednesday night left six people wounded, a school spokeswoman said. Police believe the incident was gang-related.
It was Feb. 2, 1999. Nine-year-old Savannah Teegarden held her breath with excitement as she raced up the stairs to welcome her parents home as she did every day. But that day her parents didn't greet her at the door. Instead, they just stood there crying.
The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Tuesday that the Cardinals were one of 71 Division I women's volleyball teams to earn the Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 season. It is the first time since 2004 Ball State has received this award.
College costs are rising faster than health care and most incomes, a rate of increase that cannot go on forever, experts in higher education warn. Haley Glover, an Indiana associate commissioner for higher education, said if tuition continues to rise at the current rate, a typical college degree 15 years from now could cost $300,000.
Bill Rancic, a reality show protégé of Donald Trump with a message about surviving in tough economic times, leads off this year's Student Life speaker series. More than 27 million people watched Trump select Rancic as winner in the first season of "The Apprentice" in 2004.
After a month-long losing streak Ball State University junior and softball coach Allison Adkins didn't think her team had a chance to win the team's final tournament of the season. That's when her group of 10 year olds surprised her by finishing second in the tournament that secured the team a bid to the U.
The Ball State University football team will be transitioning from a player who was eighth in the 2008 Heisman Trophy balloting to a player who hasn't taken a snap in more than two years. Kelly Page - one of the three candidates to replace all-conference starting quarterback Nate Davis - is considered by many to be the front-runner for the starting spot.
After seven years, the Ball State University men's volleyball team will play the team it lost to the last time was in the NCAA Tournament. Ball State will have a non-conference road match against Pepperdine University in its upcoming season, Waves coach Marv Dunphy said Wednesday.
The Ball State University women 's basketball team will play North Dakota State University on Nov. 27 in Fargo N.D., according to a press release Wednesday from North Dakota State. The Cardinals have not released their 2009-2010 schedule, so the Bisons schedule is the first glimpse into the Cardinal schedule.
Muncie residents still have a few days left to experience the thrills and culinary treats of the 157th annual Delaware County Fair. Admission to the fair, which is sponsored by the Delaware County 4-H Club, is free. Jane Lasater, president of the Delaware County Fair Board, said the fair doesn't have a theme other than community involvement.
With last summer session finally coming to a close this week, these last 10 weeks of summer sessions at Ball State University definitely have been interesting - yeah, that might be the right word to describe it. The university survived a summer without any huge scandals, such as racist notes being found in the office of a Ball State coach or a university professor being arrested.
A movie release party is being held to honor Ball State University students for finishing a feature film that took more than one year to complete. The party for the cast and crew is from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday at Toyota & Scion of Muncie, located on Nebo Road.
In the continuing installments of Scene Selection, I've begun to notice that my reviews this summer relate to each other very well. I have looked at con films, period pieces and new releases, each one tying together into one of the seven degrees of Scene Selection.
THURSDAY Event: Eyes on You Photography Exhibit featuring Ball State Senior, Kenton Waltz Venue: Cornerstone Center For the Arts Time: 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m, Ongoing through Aug. 21 Cost: Free FRIDAY Event: Freaky Tiki Friday featuring The Tom Kats Venue: downtown, outside next to the Blue Bottle (21+) Time: 7-11 p.
The time for Ball State University students to speak out about the increase in tuition has finally come and university officials care about your opinion - kind of. There will be a public hearing at 1 p.m. in the Park Hall Multipurpose Room to discuss and ask questions about proposed a 4.
It's loud, raucous, and not just a boys club. This is motorcross at the Delaware County Fairgrounds where Jacki Troutman-Sombke just won her race and is the only female competitor. She works full time and is a senior nursing major here at Ball State. And somehow, she still finds time to race on the weekends.
INDIANAPOLIS - Jake Lazar of Western kicked two field goals and two extra points, providing the difference as the North beat the South 20-13 Friday in the Indiana High School North-South All-Star Game. "We came in knowing it would be a close game," said Lazar, who will play for St.
A Ball State professor put his endurance to the test Saturday as he biked 160 miles across Indiana. Physical fitness instructor Seemann Baugh finished the Ride Across INdiana, or RAIN, event in 174th place with a time of 8 hours and 17 minutes. Baugh, who has participated in the event in past years, said this was his best time by 33 minutes.
Ball State announced Monday that Chantelle Hefer - from Centurion, South Africa - signed a letter of intent for the upcoming season.
1. You don't talk about fight club 2. You don't talk about fight club. 3. When someone says stop, or goes limp, even if he's just faking it, the fight is over. Fast forward. 8. If this is your first night at fight club, you have to fight. These words are God-like to many I've met in my lifetime.
