With graduation approaching, college students' minds are occupied with thoughts of the future. Where should they live after college? Can they afford it? Will they find work? Indiana realtor Patty Torr said students' foremost concern should be finding a job.
Whenever I turn on the television set or pick up the newspaper and read the front page headline, I am confronted with tragedy; the headlines stare back at me bold and black, telling of another victim involved in one more heinous and brutal crime. The news never ceases to amaze me with the barbaric acts of violence that occur on a daily basis.
As the 2008 presidential election nears, an unending stream of alleged leaders begin posturing for president. Official candidates on the left comprise of such human travesties as Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich and Obama. Candidates on the right include Brownback, Cox, Giuliani, Hunter, McCain, Paul, Romney and Smith.
The Ball State University Police Department moved during Spring Break to a location that better fits the needs of students, staff and faculty, university officials said. Most of the UPD personnel moved to the former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at 200 N.
One season after a 24-23 loss to Indiana University at Scheumann Stadium, the Ball State University football team will get another chance at the Hoosiers in 2007. However, this time it will be in Bloomington on Nov. 3. Indiana is one of five non-conference games for the Cardinals this year.
Check out the slideshow of images from the Ball State University's women's basketball game against Kentucky University in the second round of the WNIT tournament. The Cardinals lost 82-85.
Sad, puppy dog eyes stare glistening in the light while a tongue wags with each passing second. This image is courtesy of a handmade, personalized paper clock from F.B. Fogg, founded by Ann Johnson, a 1972 Ball State University alumna. Johnson used clothes-dryer lint from her babies' washables to make her own paper and save money on art supplies.
Check out photos from the candlelight vigil in front of Muncie's City Hall. Gatherers held the event for the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war and wanting the troops to come home.
The story of the Ball State University women's basketball season is a lesson in making the most of what is given. The Cardinals had hoped for an at-large berth into the women's NCAA Tournament. However, after being left out of the field of 64 teams, Ball State will set its eyes on making noise in the Women's National Invitational Tournament.
The girl next to you in health class calls an assignment gay. One of your friends calls another a homo for not talking to a girl walking past him on the street. Someone refers to your bisexual friend as a switch-hitter. Statements like these are made across Ball State University's campus on a daily basis.
CLEVELAND - Ball State University's women's basketball team loses to Bowling Green State University 67-53 in the Mid-American Conference Championship game Saturday.
A difficult non-conference schedule is once again on tap for the Ball State University football team. The Cardinals will play four of its five non-conference games on the road. Ball State will travel to Navy and Nebraska on Sept. 15 and Sept. 22, respectively.
After failing to earn an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament, it was announced Tuesday that Ball State University's women's basketball team will host a game in the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. The Cardinals earned a first-round bye in the NIT and will play their second-round game on in Worthen Arena on Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m. against the winner of the first-round matchup of University of Kentucky and Oakland University.
CLEVELAND - Julie DeMuth, who averages 15.6 points per game, was held to seven, and Ball State University, a team that averages a 45.6 percent shooting mark was held was held to only 34 percent as Bowling Green State University completely shut down Ball State's offense.
Despite the combined 155 points scored in Ball State University's women's basketball team's 83-72 victory over Northern Illinois University, it was defense that won it for the Cardinals. Ball State was able to hold the Huskie's Kristin Wiener to 10 points and three rebounds.
Ball State University students should keep an eye on their computers this weekend, because technicians and analysts say a mini-Y2K is approaching. Because of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight-saving time will begin Saturday, about a month earlier than previous years.
Ball State University women's basketball team is one step closer to the "Big Dance" after topping Northern Illinois 83-72 in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals on Friday. Get the full report from Cleveland.
All season long, Ball State University has waited for one thing - the chance to earn the program's first-ever NCAA tournament bid with a Mid-American Conference Tournament championship at the hands of Bowling Green State University. After an 83-72 win in the MAC semifinal game against Northern Illinois University and nearly four months of anticipation, the Cardinals' wait is over.
CLEVELAND - Ball State University junior Julie DeMuth was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament team following the Cardinals 67-53 loss to Bowling Green on Saturday. DeMuth joined Bowling Green's Carin Horne, Ali Mann and Kate Achter and Nothern Illinois Stephanie Raymond in the honor.
A malfunctioning analysis machine contributed to a three-week delay for blood-alcohol test results in a fatal traffic accident involving three Ball State University students, a state official said Wednesday. The lab became backed up when a machine at the State Department of Toxicology stopped working properly after the department moved to a new location on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, department director Peter Method said.
