The possibility of learning how to stand up to police officers brought more than 200 students to Pruis Hall Tuesday for the Ball State University Truth Movement's showing of "Busted: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving a Police Encounter." The video showed several scenarios in which police officers tricked or intimidated college-aged people into waiving their rights.
Reporter's NotebookLast weekend's bad weather is continuing to affect the Ball State University baseball team. Ball State's home game against Indiana Tech scheduled for Wednesday was canceled due to a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference rule. Indiana Tech, a WHCA member, is required to play all 20 of its league games and must make up any rainouts at the earliest possible date.
For the second time in three weeks, Ball State University softball pitcher Elizabeth Milian received a conference award. Milian was named the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday. In home games against the University at Buffalo and Kent State University during the weekend, Milian won both games she started and recorded a combined 17 strikeouts.
For the first time since Spring Break, the Ball State University baseball team won a nonconference game, defeating Purdue University 17-8 to extend its winning streak to three games. The Cardinals (15-12) scored eight runs in the first three innings to open up a lead that was too much for the hosts to overcome.
When freshman Cliff Morrison played his first tennis match for Ball State University, opposing teams couldn't even get his name right and his own school had yet to acknowledge his existence. Morrison has had little trouble making a name for himself since then.
MITS bus riders will have a chance to voice their opinions about the scheduled summer route changes at two local hearings this week. The MITS board of directors is having a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the MITS headquarters on Seymour Street.
With the help of four student organizations, the Ball State University Truth Movement will present the film "Busted: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters." Tony Farmer, president of the Truth Movement, said the movie was produced by the American Civil Liberties Union and is intended to inform people of their Constitutional rights.
The Ball State University women's golf team found itself in 11th place in a 15-team field after the first two rounds of play at the Indiana Invitational in Columbus. The Cardinals are at 75-over par, 25 strokes behind the leader UNLV, who shot a tournament team best of 309 in the second of two rounds played on Monday.
A Ball State University student's joke ended with him on the ground wearing handcuffs. Gavin Howell, 24, was arrested Sunday and preliminarily charged with theft, a Class D felony, after he took a police bike for a joy ride, Gene Burton, Ball State director of public safety, said.
A former Ball State University student remained in Delaware County Jail on Monday after an attempted armed robbery at a near-campus gas station, according to police reports. Muncie police arrested Chadwic Spencer Nash, 20, and preliminarily charged him with armed robbery - a Class B felony - Sunday, according to the Muncie Police Department's probable cause affidavit for Nash's arrest.
Losers of their last four nonconference games, the Ball State University baseball team will try and ride the momentum from Sunday's doubleheader sweep at the University at Buffalo to break the skid against Purdue University on Tuesday. The Cardinals (14-12) travel to West Lafayette to take on their second Big Ten opponent of the season.
Perci Garner stood on the mound in the Field Sports Building, nerves racking his body. He rocked back and fired the horsehide, lighting up the radar gun. After just the first pitch, his first off a mound in 1 1/2 years, one observer was blown away by the raw talent.
The Ball State University baseball game against Indiana Tech scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled.
Delaware County coroner Jim Clevenger said the University Police Department and he have no reason to suspect foul play in the death of freshman Garrison Ringenberg. "We're confident no one else was involved," he said. "No one broke into his room and harmed him.
A former high school drop-out is one of two candidates to take over for Roy Weaver as the dean of the Teachers College. Barry Kanpol offered solutions to problems facing the American education system in Bracken Library on Monday during the first of two open forums to select a new dean for the Teachers College.
Today's scheduled Ball State University softball game at IPFW was canceled Monday because of expected poor field conditions. Coach Craig Nicholson said Sunday's rain made the softball fields at IPFW and Ball State unusable. The Cardinals (16-16, 6-1 Mid-American Conferenece) will use today to work on their hitting before trying to return outside Wednesday, he said.
Learning to manage money was the central theme Jean Chatzky stressed to students during her speech at John R. Emens Auditorium on Monday night. "If people understood mortgages and credit scoring, if we were responsible for our own finances, we would not be in the situation we are today," Chatzky said.
Natalie Russo uses her left hand to push the joystick on her power wheelchair. As her chair makes contact with the oversized, 13-inch soccer ball during a team scrimmage, her wheels light up red, yellow and green. This scrimmage fills Irving Gymnasium with the sounds of seven battery-powered wheelchairs hustling up and down the court, trying to keep up with the various speeds their drivers desire, and the sound of rubber tires screeching against the floor.
