The Ball State University track and field team opened its season Saturday at the Southern Illinois Classic. The Cardinals finished as runner-ups at the Carbondale, Ill., classic, ending up just nine points short of Illinois State, with a score of 138. Highlighting the day for the Cardinals was sophomore Voni Ferguson, who won the 200-meter (24.
The Ball State University gymnastics team landed in last place at the Mid-American Conference championship Saturday, ending its season. The Cardinals finished with a final score of 188.225. Ball State held one of the last two places in every event with 47.
The legislation to eliminate Saturday finals - and thereby alter the entire Fall Semester calendar - has wound through a number of organizations and committees throughout the several years it's been under debate. All of the people who've worked on the plan have made changes to it, and on Thursday the University Senate will make a decision on the latest suggested plan - the most complicated one so far.
Ball State University students are getting the chance to recycle through Recyclemania, a nationwide recycling competition. "We want students to carry themselves in such a way that they respect their environments," Brian Tomlinson, chair of the Environmental Action Team, said.
Organic foods, while sometimes overrated, are an important and healthy alternative to a steady diet of preservatives and high-fat foods. In a market where healthy things are relatively expensive - and horrible frozen gunk is relatively cheap - finding a meal that contains, for instance, more than one color can be difficult.
Instead of focusing on one or two issues for Women's Week, the Women's Studies program is providing a variety of programs to attract people across campus. Ball State University Women's Week 2006 marks the end of the National Women's History Month with discussions and presentations on topics from women in the workplace to health and sex issues.
Gov. Mitch Daniels plans on making full-day kindergarten his top priority during the 2007 General Assembly, despite unsuccessful attempts from two previous Indiana governors. With budget and campaign issues no longer factors, this initiative is being hailed by the House Education Committee and the state school superintendent - but at a major cost to the children this will affect.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team started off the season with an 11-game winning streak that made it the only undefeated Division I team. A little over a month later it has struggled down the stretch, winning four of the last nine games. On Friday, the Cardinals lost 3-1 (30-27, 31-29, 28-30, 30-19) and moved to 15-5 (4-4 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association), while Loyola improves to 17-6 (7-1 MIVA).
The No. 70 Ball State University men's tennis team lost its final match of the Boise State Invitational, but the team's overall performance was good enough for a fourth-place finish in the three-day, 16-team tournament. The Cardinals started the tournament Thursday, defeating a pair of foes in Lewis and Clark State College and Central Florida.
For the fifth time since President Jo Ann Gora began at Ball State University in 2004, the school has lost another administrator. Deborah Balogh, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs, has been hired as the provost at the University of Indianapolis.
The Ball State University softball team split its four games this weekend at the Iowa Hawkeye Classic. On the first day, the Cardinals (6-10) snapped its four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over South Dakota State and followed that up with a 3-0 defeat of Loyola .
After a layoff of more than two weeks, the Ball State University women's tennis team may have been too well-rested. The Cardinals (6-8, 0-2 Mid-American Conference) opened up conference play this past weekend by falling to Toledo 4-3 and Eastern Michigan 6-1.
Solid bullpen pitching and an errorless defense helped the Ball State University baseball team take two of three in its Mid-American Conference openers at Akron. "Some days, you're not always going to get hits, but something you can count on every day you come to the ballpark is defense," said Ryan DeGeeter, who won Sunday's game.
In keeping with Washington's historical inability to look at the big picture or invest in the long term, Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. have an exceptionally ignorant idea. Unless China revalues its currency, the yuan, a bill the senators are sponsoring will slap a 27.
The Ball State University women's golf team is looking to continue its strong performance at this week's UNC-Wilmington Lady Seahawk Invitational in Wallace, N.C. The team is hoping that the momentum gained last week can lead to more success. "We hope to pick up where we left off at Butler," coach Kathy Mowat said.
Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Deborah Balogh accepted a position at the University of Indianapolis starting June 15. Balogh was named interim provost in June 2005. She started working at Ball State University in 1981. For more about Balogh and her new position at the University of Indianapolis, keep checking DN|Online or read it in the Daily News Monday.
After 10 months, six open forums and two searches, Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora named Terry King as provost on Thursday. Gora said she chose King, the dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, because of his experience in several areas including developing external partnerships, working on strategic plans and communicating across colleges.
In light of the recent war that's being waged in the media nationwide between South Park and Scientology, the Church of Scientology has risen to even a higher bar of weirdness. A lengthy article about Scientology was published last month in Rolling Stone, the Bible of pop culture.
Dear Editor, It was unfortunate to read about the incident on Monday in which the police asked a group of Ball State University students to take down their banner. While the police might have been technically within their rights in asking for the removal, we should be asking ourselves why these rules exist on campus in the first place.
