After a year off from football, former Ball State University defensive end and linebacker Cortlan Booker is hoping to be given a chance to play in the NFL. Booker was captain of the 2007 team that played in the International Bowl. But after an injury late in the season, he saw the interest in him dry up.
Panoramic pictures of Earth's atmosphere and surface provided a majestic backdrop for Story Musgrave at John R. Emens Auditorium on Tuesday night. Almost 300 people came to Emens to see the former NASA astronaut present "Earth As Art: A Message of Inspiration and Wonder.
Ball State defeated Buffalo in the first round of the MAC Tournament 4-0.
After finishing the Mid-American Conference season winless, the Ball State University women's tennis team will get a chance for redemption today. Ball State (5-13, 0-8 Mid-American Conference) will play Northern Illinois University (6-15, 1-7 MAC) in the first round of the MAC Tournament at noon today in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Several Ball State University students will flex their muscles on stage tonight at Emens Auditorium in the Mr. and Ms. Ball State competition. The annual body building competition is sponsored by Ball State's National Strength and Conditioning Association student chapter.
The hilarity started when Ball State University senior Nicholas Reczynski began doing sketch comedy in high school. He worked with his high school radio station to create a sketch comedy show. His freshman year in college he joined SomethingElse TV, a sketch comedy organization through the Ball State University Department of Telecommunications.
Undaunted by Ohio State University's No. 23 ranking, the Ball State University baseball team scored 20 runs in the final four innings Wednesday night to defeat the Buckeyes 20-8. The victory was the Cardinals' first against a ranked team since 2006, when Ball State defeated No.
The new University Core Curriculum will support cognitive development over content, university officials said. It will give students more direction with their major, while emphasizing how they learn. Students will progress through stages of information, knowledge, judgment and action, Sue Whitaker, associate director of family and consumer sciences, said.
The call came in at about 1:30 in the morning. It must have been important because my co-worker on the other end of the phone decided a text wouldn't be fast enough. "Hey Logan, there's a bomb threat at LaFollette," were his first words. The crisp Sunshine chicken fingers went from being the first thing on my mind to the last.
The Ball State University women's basketball team announced Wednesday that fans are invited to celebrate its season with the team at a reception luncheon on May 2. The Cardinals will have the reception at 12:30 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The cost is $20 per person to attend.
Ball State's season came to an end today as it lost to Northern Illinois in the opening round of the MAC Tournament.
Despite losing all three mid-week games this week, the Ball State University softball team tied a second school record Wednesday. Five days after Jen Reifschneider tied the Ball State single-season home run record, Lisa Rozanski tied the career stolen base record at 70.
With the start of the 2009 NFL Draft two days away, it looks like this could be the best year ever for Ball State University in the Draft. Scout.com NFL Draft analyst Chris Stueber said he thinks four former Ball State football players - offensive tackle Robert Brewster, quarterback Nate Davis, tight end Darius Hill and punter Chris Miller - could all be drafted in this upcoming weekend's NFL Draft.
Students are in line for praise all over the Web these days. The Ball State Daily News Player of the Year competition is under way at bsudailynews.com. We've selected the top athletes of the year, and now it's up to you to decide who the ultimate athlete is.
When feeling under the weather, the last thing most Ball State University students want to do is trek to the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. Student Government Association realizes this and made efforts at Wednesday's meeting to increase the parking surrounding the Health Center.
During the 1940s, pioneers of science began to focus on gerontology, the study of care of the elderly. It has been a department at Ball State University for about 20 years and its institute has several programs each year that reach out to the Muncie community.
For the Ball State University men's tennis team to win the Mid-American Conference Tournament, it will have to beat three of the conference's best teams in three consecutive days. "If you are going to win the MAC Tournament, you have to win three days in a row," coach Bill Richards said.
The Ball brothers started the Wooden Jacket Can Company in Buffalo, N.Y. They made their first jar in 1884 and called it a Buffalo jar. They moved to Muncie after the discovery of natural gas in East Central Indiana in 1876. Cities offered companies free land and natural gas to come to the area to stimulate growth.
Three Ball State men's players received all-conference honors Thursday for their performances in the regular season.
Muncie residents will help determine the fate of a famous Ball State University alumnus's newest movie. The screening of "My Name is Jerry," starring alumnus Doug Jones, will first be seen in Muncie at 8 p.m. May 7 at the Muncie Convention Center, according to a press release.
