Ball State University's men's tennis team is now on its longest losing streak of the season after a loss Tuesday against Indiana State University. The three-game deficit drops the Cardinals to 8-13 for the season. Ball State started the match by winning the doubles point but ended up falling short with a final score of 4-3 against the Sycamores.
Setter Ethan Pheister was named the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Player of the Week Tuesday. Starting at setter for the first time since Jan. 13, Pheister had a career-high 47 assists as the No. 13 Ball State University men's volleyball team defeated No.
If you're like me, you've not thought much about the justice system here in the United States. We all take it for granted that the third branch of government deals impartially and fairly with accused men and women. We assume that it never fails, that it always reaches the heart and truth of the matter.
After 33 people died at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on Monday the school is fielding questions about why it happened, and Ball State University officials are also examining campus safety and communication. President Jo Ann Gora assured students in a campus-wide e-mail that procedures, response teams and communication protocols were in place in case a similar event happened at Ball State.
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A civil lawsuit against a former Ball State University police officer who shot and killed student Michael McKinney will proceed after a motion filed by the officer's attorneys was denied Monday. On Nov. 8, 2003, university police officer Robert Duplain shot McKinney four times in the backyard of a home near the Village.
Each year, Jews recognize Yom HaShoah, a day devoted to Holocaust remembrance. The holiday fell on Sunday this year, and Holocaust survivor Frank Grunwald will give his presentation, "My Holocaust Journey," at 5 p.m. today in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ball Room in recognition of the day.
Rain, wind and cold Saturday didn't stop more than 60 people gathering near the Ball State University Shafer Tower and marching downtown against global warming. The group included members of Students for a Sustainable Campus and Muncie residents who walked from the Shafer Tower to the front steps of the Delaware County Courthouse downtown.
The tragedy at Virginia Tech is one that will certainly raise questions about security issues on college campuses. Monday will go down as the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history and is the deadliest campus shooting since 1966. On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas at Austin and killed 16 people and wounded 31 others before police officers took his life.
With the horrible Virgina Tech massacre still in the nation's collective mind, universities nationwide are already looking to the future. The awful details of the Virgina Tech massacre are slowly making their way to light, and university administrators are, no doubt, scrambling to set up plans to ensure no disaster of this magnitude occurs again.
The Cardinals entered the final round of the Falcon Invitational in sixth place, 10 strokes behind the leader. They improved their standing to fifth place by the end of the day, falling short to Mid-American Conference rival University of Toledo. Toledo finished the first day in fourth place and fought its way to the top of the leaderboard on Tuesday, shooting a tournament-best round of 311.
In the midst of a 3-8 skid, the Ball State University baseball team travels to The Ohio State University for a doubleheader today. Originally, Ball State (14-20, 4-8 Mid-American Conference) was only scheduled to play one game against Ohio State. It was changed to a doubleheader when yesterday's game against Huntington University was postponed due to Huntington having to make up a rained-out conference game.
Though violations by the Ball State University softball team were not committed under the tenure of coach Craig Nicholson, he is dealing with them this season. Under former coach Terri Laux, Ball State (15-25, 6-6 Mid-American Conference) exceeded the allotted weekly practice time from 1999 to 2005, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
A candlelight vigil will take place at 8:30 p.m. at "Frog Baby" fountain. The Office of the President will provide candles for attendees.
Ball State University greek members will jump rope, play four square, hula hoop and participate in other childhood games 7 p.m. at Irving Gym as part of Pi Beta Phi sorority's ninth annual Arrow Games. The sorority's week of events also included euchre and poker tournaments, a four-on-four basketball tournament and a volleyball tournament, Arrow Games chairwoman Katie Bills said.
For one Ball State University women's tennis player, the inability to recover from a back injury has ended her collegiate tennis career. After junior Stephanie Farrar met with her doctor, Kenneth Haller of Central Indiana Orthopedics, and Casey Chambers, assistant athletic trainer, April 10, it was decided she would no longer play at the collegiate level because of a ruptured disc.
909 Grille is temporarily closed after a fire damaged the building early Tuesday morning. The fire appeared to have started in the kitchen where firefighters found a pot on top of a running stove, David Miller, Muncie Fire Department chief inspector, said.
The month of May will be exciting but laced with regret for senior Danielle Frazier. She is excited about graduating from college and moving forward in life but is disappointed about giving up her position as the student representative on the Board of Trustees.
The Ball State University men's tennis team will travel to Indiana State University in hopes of improving its 8-12 record today. The match against Indiana State (9-10) was originally scheduled for an earlier date, but because of weather was postponed. Last year when the Cardinals played the Sycamores they won 5-2.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours apart before the university could grasp what was happening and warn students.
