Instead of sitting on hard concrete benches outside Carmichael Hall, next fall students can curl up on wooden benches surrounded by flowers to study and talk with friends. Personalized bricks will go from the building doors to Carmichael Circle, which is in front of the hall.
Walking around Ball State University, it's easy to take for granted the beauty this campus radiates. It's easier for juniors and seniors to recall walking across an uneven and gray McKinley Avenue. Ask longtime faculty or staff, and they'll speak of a time before Shafer Bell Tower or the Art and Journalism building.
Whence conviction? Whence that utter certainty in speech and action that wins people to your side? As college students, we are completing our formative years. We often look to examples of people who eloquently state their opinions as fact and wonder if we will ever achieve such a level of certainty and conviction in our opinions.
Muncie resident Ruth Matson died at 8:19 p.m. Monday after a car accident at Jackson Street and Tillotson Avenue. Matson turned in front of Joseph Allart III, a Ball State University senior, causing him to swerve into a fire hydrant at 4:37 p.m., Muncie Police Sgt.
One year ago, Micah Rollin averaged 3.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while playing fewer than 10 minutes per game at the College of Southern Idaho. It was his sophomore year, and his second in organized basketball. One year later, after only participating in 31 organized basketball games, he is starting for a Division I basketball team.
If the Ball State University women's tennis team plans on having any success on the court this season, Haly Calderwood will play an instrumental role. After playing No. 3 and No. 4 singles+â-Ñ most of last season, the junior moves into the No. 1 singles spot when the Cardinals open their season Wednesday against Wright State University.
Three Ball State University students sat in a silent car before sunrise, waiting in traffic to turn onto I-69 from state Route 28 when a tractor-trailer slammed into them from behind. "We were just sitting there and there was nothing that we could do [because] we were just waiting in a line of cars," Kelley Wise said.
As Ball State University's men's basketball team looks to win three straight games for the first time in nearly two years, the Cardinals will play one of the best teams historically in the Mid-American Conference. Over the last eight years, Kent State University has won at least 20 games and had a postseason appearance.
As early as Fall 2007, students could be reading constantly updated news scrolling across a screen while eating lunch at the Atrium. The system will be available earlier than expected because Provost Terry King approved funding last week for a graduate assistant position to run it.
Despite soccer being popular, inexpensive and well-developed in Indiana, Ball State University chooses not to have a men's varsity level team. It's a shame. With all the talent in the Midwest, Ball State could actually have a men's team that wins more than half their games.
As more students begin to ride the Blue Loop shuttle, they need to be aware of the new rules for this east-of-campus bus route. Even though the route remains the same as the Muncie Indiana Transit System trolley ran last year , the Blue Loop is being operated by Ball State University this semester.
UPDATE - 1 p.m.: Cassie Marquis remains in unknown condition in the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, emergency room. Lindsay D. Scott remains in unknown condition in Ball Memorial's emergency room. Kelly Wise has been released from Ball Memorial and is in stable condition.
All of us are going to college to get a higher education that will hopefully land us that high-paying job we've always dreamed of. That's all some of us really want. However, most of us want something more out of life. We want to somehow make a difference in the world.
Once every two years, a Ball State University student gets the chance to step out of the student role and into a select position. Applications for the 2007-09 student seat on the Board of Trustees are now available for students to fill out. Applications are due Feb.
The battle between broadband Internet service providers simulates a boxing match in the ring. In one corner sit companies such as Comcast, with cable Internet, that boast of their fast connection speeds. In the other corner are companies such as AT&T, with DSL, offering lower prices for their services.
With a 15-2 record, including a perfect 6-0 mark in the Mid-American Conference, the Ball State University women's basketball team has piled up numerous statistical achievements. The Cardinals are currently on their second-longest winning streak with nine consecutive victories.
Students should be the focus of any decision Ball State University makes. Students are always a factor in university decisions because one student is chosen biannually to sit on the Ball State Board of Trustees. Obviously, this is one of the most important positions a student could hold, and the choices the elected student makes will affect Ball State students more than any other elected or appointed student's decisions.
A Ball State University professor will be appearing on the WISH-TV program "Eye on Kids" at 8 p.m. tonight. Carol Friesen, associate professor of family and consumer sciences, will participate in a three-person discussion panel about child obesity at the Indianapolis Children's Museum.
As soon as the next academic year, some Indiana high school graduates could receive a state-sponsored scholarship of $5,000 a year to attend Ball State University. However, there is a catch. These students would have to remain in Indiana to work for three years after they graduate from college.
Every guy needs a place to shoot pool, play video games and chill out, and Campus Cuts is the place for that, shop owner Algier Williamson said. There's just one rule, though: no profanity. After relocating to the Village during the fall, Campus Cuts is expanding into more than just a barbershop.
