Time to party
March 22, 2012Muncie's annual Mardi Gras festival is adding a few new attractions this year - including a zipline and wedding chapel that are expected to attract a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of at least 11,000 throughout the night.
Muncie's annual Mardi Gras festival is adding a few new attractions this year - including a zipline and wedding chapel that are expected to attract a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of at least 11,000 throughout the night.
On Wednesday afternoon, gas prices ranged from $3.95 at a Marathon about five miles out of town to $4.19 at stations closer to campus. This exceeds both the state and national averages.
The death of an Indiana University student on Ball State's campus last year shocked the student body. Jarrod Polston was visiting friends for a weekend of partying when it was cut short by his death.
Only a third of the members of this year's Student Government Association executive cabinet were a part of the organization before accepting their leadership roles, making this year's SGA executive leadership one of the youngest in terms of SGA seniority.
Students at Ball State now have the opportunity to travel to surrounding cities without the hassle of expensive gas prices.
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana gay-youth advocacy group said it will seek legal help and fight to keep its specialty license plate despite opposition from lawmakers and conservative activists.
The Excellence in Leadership program and the Muncie Public Libraries are working as partners on a project that will help both students and the Muncie community learn about globalization and its effect on small towns and cities in the Midwest.
SAN DIEGO - The director of a wildly popular video about brutal African warlord Joseph Kony has been diagnosed with brief psychosis and is expected to stay in the hospital for weeks, his wife said Wednesday.
Ball State's win over Ohio State didn't fix any of its issues this season. The team made that clear in losing to Loyola 3-1 (17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 17-25) on the road Tuesday.
Kelly Packard's inaugural season, 2008-09, as coach of Ball State women's basketball was the best in school history.
The back courtyard of Be Here Now is hot on Monday nights, and it's more than just the weather.
INDIANAPOLIS - The company that built stage rigging involved in August's Indiana State Fair stage collapse wants a judge to order members of country band Sugarland to provide depositions in lawsuits filed over the deadly accident.
On Feb. 4, the Ball State women's tennis team was off to a 4-0 start, and the rest of the 2012 season looked bright.
Downloading a free mobile application can be the sole reason someone finds their cell phone once it is stolen, University Police Department detective David Huff said.
The Adapted Physical Activity Club held a wheelchair slalom to give students an idea of the different activities that can be done in a wheelchair.
Ball State women's basketball coach Kelly Packard has resigned from her position, effective March 30 according to athletic director Tom Collins.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Front-runner Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary with ease Tuesday night, defeating Rick Santorum in yet another industrial state showdown and padding his already-formidable delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. - Hundreds of children returned to the business of reading, writing and arithmetic on Wednesday for the first time since a tornado tore through their school nearly three weeks ago.
Dominant hitting and pitching early this season has led to a flurry of individual awards for the Ball State softball team this season.
