Muslim students upset over Ft. Hood
November 9, 2009The Muslim Student Association will hold activities on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 as part of a week of Islamic awareness at Ball State University.
The Muslim Student Association will hold activities on Nov. 17, 18 and 19 as part of a week of Islamic awareness at Ball State University.
Ball State University and Muncie community members are working on a bike trail that will lead through the city's historical and culturally significant areas.
Ball State University men's swimming and diving won seven events in their season debut Saturday, but fell short to the University at Buffalo, losing 158-137.
Ball State University's Teachers College is unsure of what a new teaching license proposal will mean for Ball State's education majors.
The H1N1 flu vaccine will be available for Ball State University students Monday at the Amelia T. Wood Health Center.
CHICAGO — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars. But in the quest to prove his innocence, they may have to defend themselves, too.
I was sitting in my public policy course last Thursday and the topic was about globalization and the middle class. The thought came up about how the middle class is being squeezed by stagnating wages as globalization takes manufacturing-based jobs to other countries, leaving only unskilled jobs or very highly skilled jobs. While there was an intense discussion among myself and several classmates as to the cause, there wasn't much time to get into how we could help smooth the inevitable transitions that were bound to take place in an increasingly globalized world.
Amanda Mills said she has always been a little overweight, but never thought much of it. The senior public relations major and Student Government Association vice president was comfortable with herself and how she looked. However, she said she's always had a gut feeling that she could be healthier, but she's never had the motivation or cared enough to make a plan and do something about it, she said. That all changed since she heard about the Health Education Center's Fall Weight Loss Challenge.
For safety Kyle Hoke, Ball State University football is a family tradition.His father, Jon, played for the Cardinals from 1976-1979 and his mother was Homecoming Queen and the daughter of former assistant coach Jim Hilles. And of course, Kyle's uncle, Brady, the former Ball State captain and head coach can't be forgotten either.
Audience interaction is the whole idea behind the IDEAS09 exhibit. This exhibit is more than art; it is created to be an experience. This exhibit uses more than one of your senses to experience the art.
What is Something Else?Something Else originally was a half-hour show. Now, the group produces sketch comedy for the Web. Members also produce a weekly radio show/podcast on WCRD and iTunes, produce short films, write and compose music and keep an online blog.
Junior libero Alyssa Rio was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday afternoon. She is the first Cardinal player to earn the defensive award this season. Rio's combined performance over the weekend against Eastern Michigan University and Central Michigan University earned her the honor. Against Eastern Michigan Friday, Rio posted a season-high 34 digs. She followed that performance up with a 19 dig effort Sunday in helping the Cardinals to a 3-0 sweep of Central Michigan while holding the Chippewas to a -.412 hitting percentage in the third set, the lowest output by a Ball State opponent in rally scoring.
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Five time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne with perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the John R. Emens Auditorium. Osborne, best known for her 1995 hit, "One of Us" will perform individually and with The Holmes Brothers and Paul Thorn.
Five-time Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday in John R. Emens Auditorium. Osborne, best known for her 1995 hit "One of Us" will perform individually as well as with The Holmes Brothers and Paul Thorn.
Three Ball State University men's volleyball players won a state title this weekend as coaches for local high school girl's volleyball teams. Libero Billy Ebel, middle attacker Andy Nelson and setter Ethan Pheister each were assistant coaches on teams that won an Indiana class championship on Saturday at Worthen Arena.
A group of elementary and middle school students will be changing the look of Frog Baby this Saturday. The students will be wrapping the statue in green industrial construction fabric, as part of a children' art class on Ball State University's campus.
The Ball State University women's swimming and diving team lost at the University of Akron 186-109 on Friday.
A Ball State University student was released from Ball Memorial Hospital Friday after being attacked on Thursday morning. Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Evans was transported to the hospital early Thursday morning, where he was treated for cuts and bruises on his head.
