Muncie's only island was quiet on Sunday. Despite the planned art show that afternoon, there were only two people calmly enjoying smoothies at The Island Muncie. Owner Roger Conatser said this was how most of the art shows at the Island have turned out. "The artists are few and far between, really," Conatser said.
Inside the Cardinal football complex, today is football Wednesday. With the season opener against the University of North Texas on Thursday night, Ball State has to reorder their schedules which are normally designed with a Saturday game day in mind. "The older guys know that," coach Stan Parrish said.
One game into its season, the Ball State University field hockey team is already one win away from matching last season's win total. After finishing the 2008 season 2-17, Ball State defeated Davidson College 2-1 in its season opener on Saturday in North Carolina.
Students with AT&T service to their smart phones can now navigate the Internet and download files at greater speeds, thanks to an expansion of the company's 3G network in the Delaware County area. The new network is an upgrade in speed and efficiency, Steve Jones, director of the Center for Information and Communication Sciences, said.
BAINBRIDGE, Ind. (AP) - Republican Mitch Daniels has repeatedly insisted that his 2008 run for a second term as Indiana's governor was his last election and that he's not interested in the "savagery" of a national campaign. But like it or not, Daniels' name is being dropped in conservative GOP circles as someone to watch in 2012.
Ball State University libero Alyssa Rio pulled her left hamstring in the Cardinals' 3-0 Friday night loss to No. 19 Purdue University, the junior told The Ball State Daily News on Saturday night. Rio said she hopes to return to the lineup within a month. She is still awaiting to be evaluated by team doctors on campus to begin treatment.
One of the most well known shows in game show history was reenacted yet again at Emens Auditorium on Saturday. There were various prizes given away throughout the night ranging from a floor lamp to an Xbox 360. Some participants walked away with nothing but an LED Candle, while others walked away with futons.
Five bands, no cover and free pizza. People that were at Doc's Music Hall on Saturday night had a good time and were only asked one favor: to donate to the fund for the "Tipsy Trolley." Although the event only raised a little over $100, Michael Martin, owner of Doc's, said people became aware of the trolley's existence.
After a miraculous year in 2008, in which the Cardinals went undefeated in the regular season, Ball State University will begin another glorious season of football Thursday. The Cardinals will open the 2009 season against the University of North Texas at Scheumann Stadium on Thursday.
In the spring, Ball State University will begin offering accelerated online degree programs to accommodate the admission overflow to certain master's degree programs. This new program will target adult learners who may need to find a new degree or change careers, Nancy Prater, director of marketing and communication for distance education, said.
With the economy ailing, more non-traditional students are taking college classes - some for the first time, some not. More of these new or renewed academic quests are likely to take place at Ball State starting in the Spring Semester. Government programs help these students pay for their studies so they can become more qualified to compete for a job.
Despite hanging tough early on in the second set Ball State still fell 3-0 to Dayton 25-17, 25-16, 25-14.
Students gathered in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center on Friday night for Ball State University's annual Quad Bash, one of the last Welcome Week activities. The event was moved from the Quad to the Student Center last minute after rain came through campus.
Driving up I-69 into Muncie, the scenery is decorated not with rich, magnificent buildings or wide rivers with beautiful bridges gliding over, but rather with many sunshine-yellow flecks on green stalks. I'm talking of course about our lovely, enormous, maze-like cornfields that seem to fill every gap in between our cities.
In its final match of the Mortar Board Premier Tournament, the Ball State University women's volleyball team lost to Coastal Carolina University 20-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-20 on Saturday in West Lafayette.
Junior midfielder Meg Mellott scored the Cardinals' first goal of the season in the 54th minute of the second half to bring the Cardinals within one goal at 2-1, but the Hurricanes' offensive attack proved too much. Miami would go on a 3-0 run to end the game to improve to 2-1-0.
After a 2-17 record last season, the Ball State University field hockey team feels more confident and has more experience, which it believes will be the deciding factor in improving the team as a whole. The players have become very close knit during the off season and that is something that head coach Annette Payne believes will keep the girls together throughout the regular season, she said.
The Cardinals (0-1) continue play with two matches Saturday as they take on the University of Dayton (1-0) at noon and Coastal Carolina University (0-1) at 5 p.m.
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