The Ball State men's basketball team defeated Western Michigan Wednesday evening at Worthen Arena with a 75-68 win. Click on the photos to the right for a view of some of the images of the game.
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Sometimes movie audiences just don't want to see a retired wrestler dressed up like a fairy.According to Box Office Mojo and Metacritic, the first few months of a new year have the lowest number of quality films and commercial successes. Between 2000 and 2009, only two film releases at the top of the year made $100 million at the box office. Metacritic calls January the "cruelest month" for movie releases, and February is not close behind.
Former Sen. Mike Gravel will be at Ball State University on Feb. 15 to give a lecture on his 2008 presidential campaign for the National Initiative for Democracy. Graham Watson, Web development specialist for Ball State, said he booked the former senator because he wanted the university and Muncie community to learn about the campaign.
Since returning from Winter Break, new Daily News columnist Dillon Kimmel has written two columns about the Student Government Association and its upcoming elections. Having dedicated more than two years of my life to the organization, I was quite pleased to see that others were willing to use their column inches to discuss SGA. What started as excitement ended in extreme disappointment.
After Saturday's meet, the Cardinals on Sunday travel to Fishers, Ind., to take on Butler University, Eastern Illinois University, Youngstown State University, and Valparaiso University in a five-team meet.
Sign-ups for the University Program Board's annual ski trip Feb. 6 are now available at the Office of Student Center Programs, which is located at 305 N. College Ave. In a press release, UPB President Dillon Kimmel said the group will leave for Perfect North Slopes, located just outside of Cincinnati, at noon and return around 8 p.m. He encourages students to sign up as soon as possible, because only 25 spots are available.
In the wake of last week's earthquake in Haiti, there have been misconceptions or plain misinformation floating around in the media as to the country itself. Here are a few details about Haiti's long history.
One goes. Then the other. Pieces gracefully move about the board. Finally, one player's king falls. Ball State University's chess club history runs deep. Its popularity has varied through the years, at one time boasting a membership of more than 60 students. Yet enthusiasm for the game seems to be down these days. Students and community members flocked to the Wendy's on West Jackson Street on the weekends for several years to find a competitive chess game. Now that's gone, too.
At 4:53 p.m. last Tuesday, some students were in class. Some were doing homework, and others were having a good time. At the same time, the ground was shaking in Haiti. The people of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere were experiencing 30 seconds they will never forget. In response to the tragedy, the Ball State University women's rugby team is organizing 'Ruggers Helping Others,' an effort to collect money and cans to help the people of Haiti. 'We take everyday things for granted,' senior advertising major Krista Hess said.
Improvement from last week's showing will start this Friday and Saturday at Bloomington, where the girls will compete in the Gladstine Invitational. So far, practice this week in preparation for the meet has been mostly encouraging, according tocoach Randy Heisler.
Seven Ball State University students from the College of Architecture and Planning were a highlight at the American Institute of Architecture Students-Kawneer competition.
Several people around campus have fallen victim to this morning's ice storm. Kent Bullis, director of the Amelia T. Wood Health Center, said the staff has seen at least five people with injuries caused by slipping on the ice.
As students, we think of property taxes as something our parents have to worry about. Our greatest financial worry is finding a way to pay rent and have leftover money for weekend movies or parties. But you might want to take notice of a hotly debated issue coming to the polls next winter. In November, Indiana voters will get to decide whether the already implemented statewide tax caps, which were passed in 2008, will be put in the state constitution after the Indiana Senate voted to include the referendum Tuesday.
Lately, it seems the commercials for the two companies on TV and their competitive cell phone plans are dueling with one another nonstop. Verizon's commercial shows its network on a map, which is almost completely filled and has hardly any spots without service. It then compares its map to AT&T's map, which has a noticeably smaller network nationally. A couple minutes later comes AT&T's TV advertisement discrediting the previous ad. So who is right?
Students in Gerald Waite's introduction to peace studies class exceeded their goal of raising $2,000 for Haiti last week after taking donations at the Scramble Light and the Ball State University Village.
In these tough economic times every dollar counts, especially to poor college students. College is likely one of the biggest investments we, or our parents, will make. As with any investment, it is important to try to maximize our return.
Ball State also defeated Dayton and Wright State in succession in 2008, the last time Ball State began the season 2-0.
Pulling from episodes of childhood memory and make-believe, an Anderson native will debut her first epic fantasy novel at the White Rabbit on Friday night. Kimber Grey, a self-employed graphic designer, waitress and art director, said the plot and characters for her novel 'Quietus' were largely influenced by 10 years of playing make-believe with her sister as a child.
