There's no doubt if you've opened any sort of newspaper at any time this weekend, you've probably read some sort of discussion of whether or not Keith Ellison, Minnesota's new black Muslim congressman, should be allowed to swear on his holy Quran instead of the Bible at his inauguration ceremony.
Randy Litchfield, Ball State women's volleyball head coach, will not have his contract renewed, according to a release from Ball State Athletics.
In a hard-fought rivalry game, a pair of seniors led the Ball State University men's basketball team to victory in unlikely fashion. In a game that was close throughout, seniors D'Andre Peyton and Chris Ames made the plays that helped the Cardinals pull out a tight win, coach Ronny Thompson said.
I tend to think of myself as someone with a unique personality. That unique personality, however, includes an undying love for sports, everything 80s - especially Journey - and an ability to dominate board games. Shockingly enough, this does not translate very well when it comes to picking up the ladies.
A rare 3-pointer from senior D'Andre Peyton with 15 seconds remaining in overtime lifted the Ball State University men's basketball team over intrastate rival Indiana State University 73-70.DN|Online Exclusive: See a slideshow of the game.
var uslide_show_id = "05055a0f-23db-4076-8e94-b5a71ff802ac";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; The Cardinals dominated Butler 97-65 at Hinkle Fieldhouse Saturday, giving the team a 5-0 start to its season.
"There is a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend. There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend. And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb, but there's a fine, fine line between love and a waste of your time.
Ball State University has a great gem down in the Village that offers great opportunities and is universally enjoyable for faculty, staff and students. It is the White Rabbit Used Bookstore. The White Rabbit has been part of the Ball State community for quite some time.
"This is not a comedy, it's relatively serious and will get recognition for Muncie," Deputy Mayor Phyllis Amburn said. Last time we checked, mechanical bull riding in the midst of a bar full of drinking college students was anything but taking something seriously.
After the Ball State University men's volleyball team was defeated by the Ball State Alumni team in three games, 30-26, 30-23, 30-28, coach Joel Walton told both teams they would be playing a fourth game in this exhibition. With 18 players on the Alumni roster, Walton said the biggest reason for playing this extra game was to give all the Alumni members quality playing time.
A rare 3-pointer from senior D'Andre Peyton with 15 seconds remaining in overtime lifted the Ball State University men's basketball team over intrastate rival Indiana State University 73-70. The win ended a four-game losing streak for the Cardinals (3-4), and was the first overtime game of the season.
With the lights turned down at Carenza's Caravan dance studio, two women wearing simple outfits took the stage. As they prepared to perform, audience members huddled close to the edge of the dance floor in anticipation of what was to come: fire. From a simple candle on a mat in the back corner of the room, the first dancer took the stage, spinning and twirling to the music.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team will play against the Ball State Alumni team at 7 p.m. Saturday in Worthen Arena for its final game of the preseason. The Cardinals enter this match after going 2-1 in the Preview to the Final Four Tournament, with wins over Rutgers-Newark University and the Collegiate All-Stars.
Last year, the Ball State University women's basketball team got off to a 5-0 record for the first time in the program's history. Saturday, the Cardinals have the chance to do it two seasons in a row. Ball State will open its December schedule with a road contest against Butler University Saturday afternoon in the 2006 Hoosier Classic at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Muncie's mayor of 11 years announced he would not seek a fourth term, leaving behind a legacy of solving a major economic crisis and building bridges between the city and Ball State University. His biggest accomplishment during his 11 years in office was improving the financial shape of the city, Dan Canan said Thursday in a press conference.
What is wrong with us? Where did we get this idea that withdrawal without the enemy's surrender is an honorable way out? Where did we get this idea that leaving an entire nation in the hands of a bunch of bloodthirsty medieval savages was a good idea? Where did we get this idea that if we retreat and come home and just play nice with everybody, then all the mean kids will like us and we won't have to go to war anymore? Where do we come up with this stuff? Since when has despair become the fashionable outlook? Since when is "I wanna go home!" an effective battle cry? Since when is not killing our enemies more important than defeating them? Since when does taking out a blood-stained dictator make us just as bad as them? Since when does a pluralistic society rank lower on the moral scale than a misogynistic, racist, fundamentalist ideology? Since when? How come when they hijack our airliners and knock down our buildings and kill thousands of our innocent civilians, we sit around for years wondering what we did to make them angry? How come the world's foremost military and political machine behaves like a battered wife? How come we consider deliberate self-defeat a noble course of action? How come our own citizens think that our free and open society is more fascist and oppressive than a government that beat women for showing a little bit of ankle - Afghanistan - or a government that right now has a man on trial for his life on the charge that he tore a page in the Qu'ran - Pakistan - or a government that refuses to let its citizens own a holy text or build a place or worship for a religion other than its own radical strain of Islam - Saudi Arabia? How come people don't see that we're better than them? How come people aren't willing to fight to make sure we stay that way? I think John Stuart Mill said it best when he said that "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse.
The upcoming change in the mayor's office could mean big possibilities or big problems for Ball State University students. Students should be aware of potential candidates and learn about candidates' views on the university and its relationship with the city.
On the eve of his 75th birthday, Sir Winston Churchill proclaimed, "I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." It was with this fearless approach that Churchill lived, worked and died.
I'm a server at a restaurant that serves alcohol, which means I play a major role in getting people drunk. It also means, however, that I occasionally encounter people younger than 21 who attempt to buy alcohol with fake IDs. Under Indiana state law, selling alcohol to a minor, even unknowingly, constitutes a Class C misdemeanor.
Ball State University's men's basketball team will look to turn around a four-game losing streak as they return home to play intrastate rival Indiana State University. The Cardinals, who finally had a breather after playing five games in eight days, have dropped their last four straight games, including three road matches.
