Surfing in Australia, frequenting the pubs in Ireland and looking at the lights of the Eiffel Tower in France sound like a vacation, but they can also help students find a job after graduating college. Even getting hopelessly lost on the London Underground subway can show impressive problem solving skills during an interview.
It's crazy to think that another school year has gone by. I feel like I just moved into my dorm room, took the time to make my room look swank and was getting ready for another year of tough classes and new adventures. I know at the time days passed like molasses, but now that the end is in sight, you come to understand that these college days do not go on forever.
Ken Burns has his next 14-hour epic documentary, "The War," ready to air on PBS. He hopes it will eventually become the definitive record of the World War II experience once it airs in September. But Burns didn't count on hearing vocally from several Latino leaders and military veterans who argue his film fails to consider the Latino experience in the war.
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. That's right; it will soon be here, that most dreaded time of the semester - finals. Even now, professors are piling it on us and we have no choice but to do the best we can to plow ahead.
Muncie police continue to search for a suspect involved in an assault that led to the arrest of a Ball State University student Friday morning at Linden Place Apartments, police said. Investigator Darrin Clark said someone pistol-whipped apartment resident Anthony Lee in the head, then fired a single shot through Lee and roommate Stephen Brandon's apartment door.
After spending countless afternoons standing in the rain, snow and freezing cold due to a construction project setting off the fire alarm, the women of Woodworth Complex are looking forward to the opening of the dining location in the Fall. The campus police as well as the local firefighters had their work cut out for them, having a fire drill at Woodworth Complex several times a week and several times a day on certain occasions, junior Kesley Hoover, Brady Hall resident assistant, said.
It didn't take coach Joel Walton long to put outside attacker Todd Chamberlain back into the starting line. Walton said Chamberlain will start at left outside attacker when the No. 15 Ball State University men's volleyball team plays Lewis University 7 p.
While the Ball State University softball team suffered another loss Tuesday, one Cardinal made history against the University of Michigan. Senior Kelli Jeziorski led the Cardinals (13-23, 4-4 Mid-American Conference) at the plate, as she went 2-3 with a single and a home run.
Quarterback Zach Jones, a redshirt freshman on the Ball State University football team, has decided to leave the program, coach Brady Hoke said Monday. Jones, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound freshman from Morris, Ill., did not see any action in the 2006 season after redshirting in 2005.
The virtue of a thing, Plato tells us in "The Republic," is that state or condition which enables it to perform its proper function well. The virtue of a knife is its sharpness; the virtue of a racehorse is its fleetness of foot. So too the virtue of any measurement tool lies in its reliability and validity.
Having lost six of the last seven games, the Ball State University baseball team now has a two-game break from Mid-American Conference play. The Cardinals (12-18, 3-6 MAC) play two mid-week games this week, with the first being today against the Indiana Institute of Technology, a member of the NAIA.
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Despite a bad hitting day, the Ball State University baseball team was able to pick up a victory in extra innings against Indiana Institute of Technology. Ball State had two hits and one run in the bottom of the first, but did not pick up its third hit of the game until the seventh inning.
In honor of National Student Employment Week, the Ball State University Career Center is encouraging campus employers to recognize deserving student employees by nominating them online, said Janet Puckett, student employment representative. All students nominated will be eligible to win prizes, such as sweatshirts and food coupons, Puckett said, and one employee will win free books for a semester.
In college, money is a big issue for everyone from students to university administrators. It's great when students can save a few bucks with coupons or student discounts, but when Ball State University saves millions it's even better. Ball State's School of Nursing saved $1 million by implementing existing technology in a smart and innovative way.
There are several points to address when we discuss the state of Muncie's music scene: first, let us realize that "music scenes" occur in cycles. This transcends Muncie's scene and can be applied to "rock 'n' roll" in general. The 1980s saw mainstream music being taken over by both fluffy hair and fluffier lyrics.
The Ball State University women's golf team finished tied with No. 31 University of Nevada-Las Vegas for 15th place overall in the Indiana University Invitational on Tuesday. Ball State began the event with a strong first day, coach Katherine Mowat said. Individually, Ball State's senior captain Kallie Harrison was tied for second place and shot a 74, freshman Amy Roberts was tied for 13th and shot a 76 and freshman Kirsty O'Conner was tied for 30th shooting a 78.
The Ball State University men's tennis team hosts No. 6 University of Notre Dame 1 p.m. today.-á Notre Dame dropped to the No. 6 in the national rankings after losing to No. 3 Ohio State University. The Fighting Irish had an 11-match winning streak before losing to Ohio State last week.
"These guys ... they become like your family." OK, that's not actually a quote from anyone. But it's the sentence that best exemplifies baseball fans' relationships with their teams. You see, baseball is unlike any other sport in the level of community you feel with your teams.
For some Ball State University students, work involves more than the typical class projects, homework and tests. Every year, 4,400 students work at various campus jobs to pad their pockets and help the university at the same time. This week is National Student Employee Week, which means university students who work on campus have the opportunity to win prizes from the Career Center.
