Students representing their organizations expect to entertain the audience through dance and fun costumes today at this year's Homecoming Royalty Fashion Show. Diana Rangel, the homecoming queen candidate representing the Latino Student Union, said the experience she is living is exciting and slightly breath-taking.
The Ball State University women's volleyball team leads IUPUI 2-0, 25-20, 25-22. The first set was highlighted by Charde Phillips going 5 for 5 kills, an ace by Brittany McGinnis to make it 15-8 and back-to-back blocks by Alesha Green to make it 23-17. The second set was knotted at 15 when Ball State took a time out.
The '80s are memorable for bad hair, bright clothes, bodacious vocabulary and cheesy pop cinema. It is interesting to witness a return to these styles around campus with the cheap neon sunglasses, windbreakers and even some hairstyles. John Hughes thrived on the angst of teenage youth through films like "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
The struggling economy has left more unoccupied rental properties scattered in neighborhoods near Ball State University. This year 6,606 students are living on campus, compared to the 5,339 students who called the residence halls home in 2000, the first year of the Premium Plan, Alan Hargrave, director of housing and residence life, said.
Glee 9/8c Wednesdays on FOX The show follows Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), a teacher who hopes to save McKinley High's Glee Club in spite of opposition from his wife Terri (Jessalyn Gilsig) and the high school cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch).
After a long day of interviews and photographs, Ishmael Beah addressed a full house at Emens Auditorium to talk about his book, "A Long Way Gone." "I wrote this book because I realized that people didn't understand what was really going on. I realized that someone had to put a face to these experiences," Beah said.
The annual Charlie Cardinal mascot tryouts were held Tuesday night at Ball State University. To preserve the secret identity of Charlie, contestants in the running for the spot asked to remain anonymous. One Charlie hopeful talked with The Ball State Daily News about the experience during the tryouts.
It's almost Homecoming time again - time for bed races down Riverside Avenue, fashion and talent shows, and bonfires and parties among other things. Homecoming - Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 - is always linked to sports and in our case it's a football game. We were excited about the past two Homecomings because of our football team.
It seemed fitting that wide receiver Seth White caught Kelly Page's first career touchdown pass. After all that was the way it was ordained in spring, when Ball State University got its first look at both freshmen. Neither had played a game in a Cardinals jersey before, but with the connection Nate Davis and Dante Love displayed for three seasons fresh in fans' minds, Page and White seemed like the next dynamic duo.
If students are looking to spend less and save more for the school year, fashion merchandising instructor Aubrey Robbins recommends shopping at thrift stores to find classic-looking pieces and accessories. "Take a basic pair of jeans and a tee and you can dress it up with accessories.
Imagine a world where you are free to express your opinion but can have your phone tapped without a warrant. In this world you can have an ambulance arrive to an emergency in mere minutes and rush you to a hospital only so you can be turned away for not having health insurance.
The lineup of speakers at Ball State University is smaller this year. But, the prominence and value on the schedule make up for whatever disadvantage a lack of numbers poses. Money is tough to come by these days, so student and university organizations found the obvious, but right, solution of pooling their resources to bring somewhat big names to campus to offer their sage-like advice and insight.
Ishmael Beah, author of this year's Freshman Connections book "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. today in Emens Auditorium. Beah is from Sierra Leone, where at just 13 years old he was taken by government forces and forced to fight in the army.
A game that led coach Stan Parrish to say Ball State University couldn't run or throw the ball has led to big changes to the offense. At Monday's weekly press conference, Parrish announced that backup quarterback Tanner Justice will likely be used Saturday at Army.
Students dole out big bucks every year to get a college education. Fees increase and, with the recession tightening wallets, many are forced to cut things that at one time seemed necessary. This year, however, various organizations within Ball State University are not cutting the funds they spend to bring in various speakers.
in the '60s, Terri Barnes can still remember her mom's white wool dress with leopard cuffs and collar. It's the only piece in her mom's wardrobe she remembers. "It was very classy and had sort of that Jackie O look," said Barnes, who owns of the Chaos boutique in the Village.
Seeking to cut costs and bring new drugs to market more quickly as its best-sellers go off-patent, drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it will eliminate 5,500 jobs over two years and reorganize into five business units. The Indianapolis company said it will reduce its work force by nearly 14 percent, to 35,000 from the current 40,500, by the end of 2011.
Everyone has irrational fears - those situations or tasks, if given the choice, we'd rather go to class on Saturdays than confront. I know someone who becomes anxious at the thought of touching a newspaper. A friend of mine dreads checking her e-mail on Mondays, anticipating the week's workload.
On Oct. 14, 1960, then Senator John F. Kennedy stood on the steps of the University of Michigan Union at 2 a.m. He was there to sleep, fresh off a long day of campaigning, but he took a moment to speak to the students that had assembled there. In his speech, he asked these able-bodied men and women to serve, not only their own country, but the rest of the world as well.
Line struggles: After not allowing a sack last week to the University of North Texas, Ball State University gave up five in Saturday's 23-16 loss to the University of New Hampshire. Quarterback Kelly Page was on the run much of the night and when he did have time, the Wildcats secondary often had the Cardinals wide receivers covered.
