Both Ball State University and Tim Buckley said Tuesday they are ready to move on in the wake of an arbitrator's ruling against the former men's basketball coach. Arbitrator Floyd Weatherspoon stated the university did not violate the terms of Buckley's contract when it reassigned him in March 2006 to a fundraising position.
Sophomore dance major Michael Humphrey was awarded $1,000 in scholarship money for winning the overall dance categories for his dance, which he choreographed to "Dare You to Move" by Switchfoot. Humphrey, who was the only entrant in the dance category, said he was surprised when the judges announced his name because he didn't think they would acknowledge his category.
The Ball State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics was crowned the overall winner for the Homecoming department decorating contest at the campus bonfire Monday. Advancement Services won for most school spirit and Payroll and Employee Benefits won for most original.
The sound of upbeat music and cheering voices echoed throughout the halls of Irving Gym during Monday's pep rally. Homecoming Steering Committee Adviser Michelle Johnson said the rally, which featured Cornhole, tug-of-war and relay race tournaments, served as a kickoff for a week of Homecoming activities.
Strobe lights and red glowsticks started off Ball State University's bonfire Monday on LaFollette Field to begin Homecoming week. The first 500 people received "Roll Out the Red" glowsticks at the bonfire where winners from the day's opening games were announced.
Entrepreneurs shared the secrets to their success at a forum Tuesday, which the Ball State University Entrepreneurship Center hosted. About 60 students gathered in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom to listen to the four co-founders of The Lucky Napkin Company speak.
As part of the Homecoming 2007 festivities, Music on McKinley will have its second anniversary. Kimberley Jackson, Homecoming Steering Committee publicity chair, said the event kicks off at 5 p.m. and lasts until 9 p.m. on Wednesday. A variety of different activities will be taking place along McKinley Avenue.
This is Ball State University - we're proud, we make a big crowd and we're going to keep being loud. Get over it, Muncie. We don't intentionally try to disturb our neighbors who want to go to sleep early. But this is a college campus and we are going to have late night events and celebrations.
Here's a recipe for an amazing comic book: take equal parts of political intrigue and superhero action, combine that with excellent writing and great art, stir and pour over ice and you get "Ex Machina" from WildStorm Comics. Most comics like to keep their action and politics separate, seeing that the daily battles between superheroes would generally constitute a political nightmare, but "Ex Machina" looks politics directly in the eye and decides to confront it head on.
President Jo Ann Gora initiated a wellness program for Ball State University employees in early September to increase physical activity and decrease the health care spending for the large percentage of employees and their families who have chronic conditions such as high cholesterol.
Through the first five games of the 2007 season, it appeared the Ball State University football team was headed toward its most successful season in more than a decade. After a 58-38 loss to the Mid-American Conference West Division defending champions Central Michigan University on Saturday - a defeat that left the Cardinals with a 3-3 record through the first half of the year - it's unclear where the program is headed.
The 30-foot flame was impressive, and the crowd at the Homecoming kickoff bonfire was great as well. It's been about 70 years since Ball State University had a Homecoming bonfire, but about 500 students showed up to the Monday night event, crowding around the immensely hot and tall flames, which were constantly monitored by firefighters.
College students are often known as the laziest and most pacified groups in the country. Why? It's because college students have one of the lowest percentages of voters. Either students don't care about what happens to them, or they don't think that their votes matter.
Hey Ball State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics: here's a news flash. Noon football starts don't work. That's because students (you know, the fans who set a record with almost 8,000 in attendance earlier this season and who raise havoc for opposing teams) don't show up.
With a pair of shutouts this weekend, the Ball State University soccer team remained undefeated in the Mid-American Conference, and set a Ball State record for most consecutive shutouts. The Cardinals (7-4, 4-0 MAC) recorded a school-record fifth consecutive shutout with a 1-0 win against the University of Akron (6-3-3, 1-2-1 MAC) Sunday.
More than 200 watermelons, 51 teams and a variety of watermelon games filled LaFollette Field on Sunday at Ball State University's 35th annual Watermelon Bust fundraiser. Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Delta Tau Delta fraternity sponsored the event. Event chairwoman Tara Hendrickson said the majority of the teams were all-men and all-women teams, but there were co-ed teams also.
World-class yo-yoing, baton twirling, singing and dancing are just some of the talents Ball State University students can expect to see at the 23rd annual Student Scholarship Talent Search at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in John R. Emens Auditorium. Admission is free, and the first 100 audience members will receive coupons for free Carter's hot dogs at Music on McKinley, which starts at 5 p.
When junior Andrew Rhodes arrived at Ball State University in 2005 his dream was to play on the men's golf team. Entering his third year at the university, Rhodes is now getting a chance to live out that dream. After two unsuccessful attempts to make Ball State's men's golf team, Rhodes was named to the Cardinals' team this summer as an NCAA student-athlete.
In 1918 the Spanish Flu pandemic killed more people than World War I and World War II combined, said Kent Bullis, medical director of the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. That year, he said, the flu killed 20 million people. "The best thing to prevent the flu would be to get the flu shot," said Denise Amschler, professor in the department of physiology and health science at Ball State University.
Ball State University's field hockey team got over the Mid-American Conference hump Saturday, beating Missouri State University 3-0 for their first league win of 2007. "It was a good win," coach Annette Payne said. "We did a lot of great things with the ball.
