For the 11th straight match, the Ball State University women's volleyball team came up short. The Cardinals were competing in the Iowa Invitational this weekend and lost to the College of Charleston 3-0 (30-24, 30-15, 30-25), the University of Iowa 3-0 (30-23, 30-26, 30-28) and The University of Texas at Arlington 3-2 (30-18, 26-30, 23-30, 30-23, 15-13).
Americans are spoiled. Everyone (older than 18) is allowed to vote. We can say what we believe without being arrested. Due processes ensure we get a trial if we break the law. The police can't search us or our property without a reason. We're lucky. People in many other countries aren't assured these rights.
Annapolis, Md. - After relying heavily on its passing game during the first two weeks of the season, Ball State University's offense was finally able to find success in the running game. The Cardinals used the dual attack of sophomore running back MiQuale Lewis and freshman Frank Edmonds to tally 262 yards on 42 carries.
The newly renovated Cardinal Creek Tennis Center will see its first collegiate game action this weekend when the Ball State University men's tennis team hosts the Ball State Invitational Friday. The ten teams will also play at Muncie Central High School for the invitational, which Ball State is hosting for the 29th consecutive year.
While the Ball State University athletic department has been criticized by the media, fans and alumni, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Tom Collins has recently been questioned about his honesty at past jobs. A fax to the Ball State Daily News in late August and a blog entry posted Tuesday on hoopwise.
This weekend's Iowa Invitational represents the Ball State University women's volleyball team's final three matches before kicking off Mid-American Conference play. The Cardinals (1-8) will play College of Charleston (4-3) today before playing the University of Iowa (5-3) and The University of Texas at Arlington (5-5) Saturday.
We've got bad apples in Ball State University's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Too many athletes and employees are giving the department, and the university, a bad name. For too long, too many stories about wins and losses have been overshadowed by news about arrests, scandals, alcohol, drugs, robberies and alleged racism and cover-ups.
With uncertainty at the goalkeeper position due to injury, coach Michelle Salmon said, the Ball State University women's soccer team took all three goalkeepers on this weekend's road trip. Starting goalkeeper Rachael Murphy is questionable for today's game at Eastern Illinois University and Sunday's game at Indiana University after being kicked in the head Sept.
The Monday after the Nike Active Ankle Challenge in August, sophomore for the Ball State University women's volleyball team Madison Monk decided she no longer wanted to play volleyball. Instead she has decided to be just a student. "She's done playing volleyball," coach Dave Boos said.
Everyone needs a soapbox. During the weekend a mild war of words took place in the faculty and staff inboxes. The All-BSU e-mail list, an easy way for faculty and staff to e-mail everyone at once, filled with conversations about the impending vote on a campus-wide smoking ban.
For the first time since Ball State University coach, Brady Hoke, came to Muncie five years ago, the Cardinals will play a team with a true triple-option offense when it meets the Naval Academy Saturday. Hoke said Navy is one of a small handful of teams, including Army, Air Force and Rice, that continue to run a triple-option offense.
Do you remember? It's the week of the sixth anniversary of those attacks on secular, Western, capitalist culture. Do you remember? Six years ago Tuesday, nineteen fundamentalist Islamic terrorists hijacked four airplanes, three of which reached their targets as fuel-laden kinetic missiles.
In an attempt to retrieve his confiscated IDs, Ball State University basketball player Kevin Ford called the police to Dill Street Bar & Grill on Sunday morning. However, Ford's IDs ended up being shredded and he ended up in jail. According to police documents obtained Thursday, Ford was arrested at 2:44 a.m.
After losing their previous five games, the Ball State University field hockey team gets to reset its record at 0-0 with the opening of Mid-American Conference play Saturday. The Cardinals will face Miami University at 1 p.m. Saturday at BSU Turf Field to open league play.
After a three-month investigation into who placed racist notes around the men's basketball offices, the Ball State University police department announced Thursday it was closing the case even though it was unable to find out who did it. Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said all available leads in the case were exhausted and new evidence will be needed to find the source of the notes.
Guitar Hero, slide shows, cookouts and songs were all part of the week-long process for Ball State University's fraternity and sorority recruitment. Panhellenic Council President Deanna Pogorelc said recruitment was a week-long, formal process where all potential new members who sign up for sororities rotate in groups, visit and learn about each one.
Two members of the Ball State University men's basketball team arrested in the last week are no longer with the Cardinals. Forward Kevin Ford was dismissed from the team and guard Jalon Perryman voluntarily decided to leave the program, according to a statement Friday by coach Billy Taylor.
A Ball State University basketball player was released on a $6,000 bond from Delaware County Justice Center at 12:51 a.m. Wednesday after being arrested on multiple charges, according to jail officials. Junior Jalon Perryman, 20, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, minor consumption and failure to appear in court late Tuesday, according to jail officials.
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Ball State University students interested in business attended an organizational fair coordinated by the Miller College of Business Thursday. There were 12 organizations at the event, which was from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second floor of the Art and Journalism Building.
