Classes were interrupted at some Ball State University buildings Tuesday morning after a transformer at the Tillotson St. substation was damaged. Jim Lowe, director of engineering and operations, said the cause of the shortage of power that came from the transformer is unknown.
Any students planning to graduate this Fall or the upcoming Spring semesters are reminded to apply for graduation in order to participate in the official ceremony. Students must complete a three-step process as soon as possible. Students were encouraged to complete it in September, but the application deadline is open-ended.
Lee James Ray lives in Wilson Apartments in Muncie. He has been burdened by heart disease, diabetes and was not disciplined when it came to medications, making many of his physical health problems even worse. The man was lonely, depressed and not at all physically active.
Blaum made a defensive save - her second of the season - in the final seconds to secure the MAC victory over Missouri State, the first of the season for the Cardinals (3-8, 1-3 MAC).
Scott Wise, owner of Scotty's Brewhouse and a Ball State alumnus, lives by the philosophy that the character of a person is defined when their back is against the wall. This helps in the day-to-day operations of his five restaurants across Indiana and led to him being named the 2009 Restaurateur of the Year by the Indiana Restaurant Association.
Delaware County's Health Department got a shipment of 1,100 doses of the H1N1 vaccine Tuesday, but it's going to be a little while longer until Ball State University students will be able to get vaccinated. Kent Bullis, director of the Amelia T. Wood Health Center, said he doesn't know when Ball State will get a shipment of the vaccine or how many doses the university will get.
Ball State University students participating in Pi Beta Phi sorority's "Pi Fest" can expect just that from the event's festivities, which includes a pie-eating contest and a search for objects in a spaghetti-filled pool. The sorority's second annual "Pi Fest" will be held Oct.
Zombies are common now in cinema. They are the most overused movie monsters and they are becoming difficult to reinvent in possible ways. Slow moving zombies have evolved into running undead, but they still have one simple task: feasting on flesh. "28 Days Later" seemed to reinvent the genre, while "Shaun of the Dead" became the cornerstone of zombie comedy.
On Monday, I went to a city council meeting. How many of you know about Muncie City Council? Of course, you assume that Muncie has a city council. How many have even been to one? I'd actually be willing to bet that less than 10 Ball State students have been to Muncie city council meetings in the last five years.
Students from the Miller College of Business are in the process of reviving the American Marketing Association chapter at Ball State University. The chapter, which was closed due to lack of student interest, is being started again with the help of the AMA's Indianapolis branch.
The swine flu saga seems to come into and go out of students' minds every few weeks. But the threat hasn't ever left, it has just been slipping under the radar occasionally. It's still a danger; ruining a week or two of some of our lives or even forcing us into dropping our classes and ruining the whole semester.
Well, why are we here? That question, the issue and several opinions have dominated the online comments at the Daily News Web site the past few days. Is our education meant to prepare us for a career that can support us and our future families? Is it meant to give us a greater understanding of the world and the people and things in it? Is it a combination of the two? The issue could be debated for hours.
The Ball State women's golf team is headed to the Penn State Nittany Lion Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. After finishing second in the Cardinal Classic Tournament the team is looking forward to finishing strong in the upcoming tournament. "It was hard to take second after being in first but we lost to a great team," coach Katherine Mowat said.
Attempting to launch the University of Toledo's fourth-quarter comeback at Ball State University on Saturday, quarterback Aaron Opelt turned his eyes upfield to his favorite target wide receiver Eric Page. But the Cardinals had Page locked down in coverage, forcing Opelt to look elsewhere.
After the first day of competition at the Xavier Invitational, the Ball State University men's golf team is in ninth place out of twelve teams. Ross Cosat is tied for fourth overall after the first two rounds with a one-under-par 141. Eric Steger carded a seven-over-par, 149, which was good enough to be tied for 33rd.
It is a common belief that the third time something is attempted, it is more likely to succeed than the previous two attempts. Tuesday the Ball State University men's golf team showed that the third time could sometimes be a charm. Ball State's 278 in the third round was the lowest round of the tournament by any of the 12 teams, and allowed the Cardinals to finish in fifth place at the Xavier Invitational at the Oasis Golf Club in Loveland, Ohio.
Landscape photography from Indiana to Idaho is now on display in the Atrium Gallery to show students that interesting photography can be made anywhere, including in the Midwest. The photography, by Alexis Pike and Walt Bistline, will be on display through Nov.
It seems that the government is always looking for a chance to label a month National fill-in-the-blank Month or Blank Awareness Month. February is most noted for Black History Month, but it is also National Snack Food Month and National Boost Your Self-Esteem Month, April is National Poetry Month, but people who enjoy pets and pecans celebrate Pets are Wonderful Month and National Pecan Month.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Swine flu vaccinations began Monday with squirts up the noses of health care workers in Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee - it just tickled, shrugged one - as the government opened a massive effort to immunize over half the nation in a few months.
The phone rings and the caller ID reads "Eddy," as in Steady Eddy Waters. Longtime Muncie Burris High School volleyball coach Steve Shondell smiles and answers the phone quickly. It's former protégé and Ball State University's defensive specialist, Christie Waters, who Shondell tutored during an impressive and remarkable run of 12 consecutive volleyball Indiana state championships and 17 of the last 20.
