Ball State University freshman Kimberly Metsker stood in the circle of light around the Scheumann Stadium bus stop and watched a white van pull up. It was almost midnight, and Metsker was finishing up a quick trip back to the stadium to get her purse out of her car.
While the Ball State University softball team cannot get above .500 in the Mid-American Conference, it has continued setting offensive records. Ball State (15-25, 6-6 Mid-American Conference) swept the University of Toledo and then was swept by Bowling Green State University this weekend.
Ball State University heads to Bowling Green as they compete in the Falcon Invitational today and Tuesday, the final tournament before the Mid-American Conference Championship. The 36-hole, two-day event will be played at the Stone Ridge Golf Course in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Ball State Univerity police will increase patrol, starting tonight, after an attempted student abduction Thursday night at the Scheumann Stadium bus stop, Director of Public Safety Gene Burton said. The female student was waiting at the bus stop when a man in a white van pulled up and directed her to get into the van, Burton said.
The Ball State University women's tennis team responded under pressure in dominating fashion away from home. After Northern Illinois University took the doubles point, the Cardinals (7-12, 2-5 Mid-American Conference) won five of the six singles matches in a 5-2 victory Friday.
A conference Saturday aims to help students to understand how Africans maintained their culture after they were forced out of their traditional way of life, according to conference sponsors. The Caribbean Students Association will have its inaugural African Diaspora Research Conference thanks to a $900 grant from the Diversity Policy Institute, which assists Ball State University in making campus more diverse.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States constitutes 5 percent of the world's population but uses 25 percent of its natural resources. With Earth Day approaching on April 22, Ball State University students can begin increasing their awareness of U.
Ball State University students who get in trouble for ringing cell phones or improper laptop use might be less able to plead ignorance of university policies. David Pearson, University Senate chairman for Instructional Media Support Committee, said the Senate passed a bill in March that would add a line to the faculty handbook to clarify the policy for technology use in classrooms.
There's a fine line between insanely stupid and totally awesome. Whenever a man decides he's going to defy nature, when he looks nature in the eye and says, "Round one. Fight," his actions are generally either very stupid or very cool. And ultimately, the deciding factor between whether that man's actions were foolish or remarkable is whether or not he accomplishes the feat he set out to pull off in the first place.
I hate the song "Imagine." You know, the one with John Lennon playing the piano and singing about his dream for world peace. I hate it. This is part one of a two-part column. I'll explain that in a minute. I once had an e-mail conversation with my uncle, a retired Air Force officer, about the current global clash of civilizations.
For Jeffrey Carter, associate professor of music and director of the Ball State University Singers, change is key. Rushing to Tuesday night's rehearsal of the University Singers Spectacular, music in hand, Carter handed the band the finalized arrangement for the opening overture.
Under the simulated night sky of the Ball State University Planetarium, students will be able to tour the sky tonight from Earth to the Milky Way and other galaxies, planetarium director Ron Kaitchuck said. "The universe is much prettier than most people know," Kaitchuck said.
Today's match against No. 6 Ohio State University won't affect the conference tournament seeding, but for coach Joel Walton it's an opportunity to send a message. The No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team enters its final regular-season Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association match locked in fourth place.
Don Imus has become the latest in a long line of celebrities and media personalities to have their insensitive comments show up and define their public image. Insensitivity should never be tolerated in our society and should be addressed wherever it is found.
A few weeks ago I authored a column in favor of the impeachment of President George Bush. While the column received some strong support, the primary voice of criticism was there are no crimes for which to impeach Bush. In my excitement and fervor of the moment, I have to admit I wrote the column on broad generalities with no specific mention of crimes.
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The Ball State University softball team will travel to northern Ohio to continue Mid-American Conference play this weekend. The Cardinals (13-22, 4-4 MAC) will play a doubleheader against the University of Toledo (6-20, 2-4 MAC) today. Ball State will then play a game against Bowling Green State University (19-6, 4-2 MAC) Saturday and Sunday.
Outside attacker Todd Chamberlain had to wait 39 days, but he finally got his starting position back Wednesday. Chamberlain, who had not started a match since March 3 because of a suspension, had a match-high three serving aces as the No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team defeated Lewis University 30-25, 23-30, 30-26, 29-31, 15-7.
Some say the rights of people who play video games are coming under attack, and one newly founded group of lobbyists is doing all that it can to build support for its grassroots effort to fight for the right to game. The Entertainment Consumers Association, founded in late 2006 by Hal Halpin, aims to protect the rights of people who play video games by fighting anti-game legislation and building support for its cause.
Victor DeNoble found a drug to replace nicotine in cigarettes that wouldn't cause heart disease and was fired for making the discovery. Philip Morris USA asked DeNoble to make the discovery, but fired him because the company didn't want to make a safe cigarette, he said.
