Women's soccer coach Michelle Salmon has announced the addition of Abby Richter to the Ball State University program. Richter comes to Muncie after serving two years as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, where she was the team travel coordinator and goalkeeping coach.
Assistant English professor uses birth of son, married life as muse, recording an album of folk-influenced songs in basement closet
I don't know about you all, but I'm over this celebrity baby hype. I'm serious. I don't care if TomKat's baby Suri hasn't been spotted in 63 days (People Magazine filled me in on that one while on my lunch break at work), I don't care that magazines are feuding and suing each other over who gets to publish the first Brangelina baby pictures, and I don't understand how anyone else cares either.
Jill Scully dashed across the finish line to win her eighth consecutive individual Mid-American Conference championship in May, sporting a fake cardinal tattoo that took her five years to find. Scully, a recent Ball State University graduate was named Ball State's Female Athlete of the Year.
Four members of the Ball State University men's golf team are still playing in the 106th Indiana State Amateur Championship. C.D. Hockersmith, Wayne Denger, Andy Skillman and Travis Smith all made the second-round cut. Hockersmith and Denger are tied for ninth place after three rounds with a score of six-over par.
What do a cookbook, my high-school nickname and the dumbest idea in the world all have in common? If you answered "The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection" then you either have magical psychic powers that defy the wildest inclinations of mortal man .
East Residence Hall will be named Park Hall, after Don Park, emeritus vice president of University Advancement, and his family. Ball State University Board of Trustees President Thomas DeWeese announced the naming at Park's retirement reception Thursday afternoon.
Ball State University will welcome a new director for the Office of Charter Schools next week. Larry Gabbert, former education associate for the Office of Charter Schools in Delaware, will join Ball State, July 1. Gabbert said he was looking forward to being at Ball State and had many plans for the Office of Charter Schools.
After several days of trying, Ball State University contractors have found a way to prevent the pollution of a local creek. Cardinal Creek, the stream connected to the Duck Pond, was being polluted by pond sediment. Workers discovered the contamination during a draining that was scheduled to remove several feet of leaves, soil and other matter from the bottom of the pond.
There's no such thing as a free lunch - or a free education. While student loans can offer temptingly accessible funds to students with tight budgets, the high interest rates can make them difficult to pay back. So the more you borrow, the more you'll eventually owe.
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." George W. Bush said that in 2000, about one month before he took office. Perhaps anyone could have dismissed that comment as a joke, albeit a grossly irresponsible one - the leader of the free world saying he wanted to be a dictator.
With George Mason University reaching the Final Four in this year's men's NCAA Tournament, there is now talk to expand the tournament field from its current status of 65 teams. The Patriots were one of the last teams to make last year's field, which is why some coaches are in favor of the change.
Nine members of the Ball State University men's golf team, led by 2006-07 seniors C.D. Hockersmith, Wayne Denger, Kyle Cox and Andy Skillman, will open play Monday at the 106th Indiana State Amateur Championship. Joining Cox, Denger, Hockersmith and Skillman at the 2006 Indiana Amateur will be sophomores Chris Hanson, Brian Maurer and Matt Schumaker along with freshmen Ross Cosat and Travis Smith.
Until recently, I was under the impression that the rocket scientists working for NASA had some common sense. I quickly changed my mind when I learned the space shuttle Discovery has been cleared for takeoff even though some officials are concerned about foam insulation damaging the shuttle during flight.
When people are asked to leave their jobs, they often wonder what opportunity will come next. But for Tim Buckley, finding new employment was easy. Buckley was removed after six seasons as the Ball State University men's basketball coach and has since accepted a job as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa under head coach Steve Alford.
I am glad John Kerry is not the President of the United States. His ideas regarding the war in Iraq are ridiculous, even scary. The very last thing we need in Iraq is to set up a timetable for withdrawal. It is simply a recipe for disaster. Senator Kerry is pushing for a timetable for withdrawal when what we truly need to focus on is giving our troops the support they need so they can finish the job they started.
Summer is not just about movies. Check out the new music hitting the air waves this summer.
Former Ball State University assistant softball coach Cristina Lukas was hired last week as the head softball coach at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Lukas will serve as the department of athletic and recreation's business manager and senior woman administrator.
Teams of Muncie community members walked, ran or jogged for 24 hours at the Delaware County Fairgrounds overnight Friday to raise money and celebrate survivors while honoring those lost with luminaries lining the track.
Ball State University's Department of Information Technology will be awarded for its innovative practices by a national information technology magazine. CIO Magazine will present the 2006 CIO 100 award to Ball State University at the eighth annual CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony on Aug.
