The Ball State University Board of Trustees approved a 4.4 percent increase in room and board costs for Fall 2009 in its meeting Friday. Students who have finished one year of the two-year premium plan will not see an increase, Student Trustee Kellie Conrad said.
The Ball State University men's basketball team has already played the Mid-American Conference's top three overall scorers, rebounders, 3-point shooters and shot blockers this season. Next up on the list? The reigning MAC Player of the Year. Ball State plays host to Kent State University on Saturday.
The Ball State University men's volleyball team did not start off the way coach Joel Walton wanted it to in serving, which led to the team being swept by George Mason University. Ball State started off with six serving errors in the first game and lost by five points.
About 40 minutes after the match finished, coach Joel Walton sat on top of press row staring at the Worthen Arena court. After suffering what Walton called one of his worst losses in recent years, the 11th-year coach said he was still searching for answers.
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The Ball State University swimming and diving team will finish its dual-meet season tonight against Miami University. "Miami is probably the premiere team in the [Mid-American Conference] this year," coach Laura Seibold-Caudill said. "They give us the best competition we have seen all year.
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Below is how teams in the top 15 coaches poll have fared this week. No. 13 Ball State University will play George Mason University at 7:30 p.m. today in Worthen Arena and Rutgers-Newark University on Friday. 1. Penn State (plays Springfield College on Saturday) 2.
Kipp Andrews said he downloads nearly three CDs a day and has downloaded about 20,000 songs since he first began in 1998. He has used nearly every peer-to-peer file sharing software over the years, including Morpheus, Kazaa, LimeWire, Frostbite, eMule and Napster.
Students and local residents walked through the second floor hall of the Cornerstone Center for the Arts building Thursday night, eating cheese and crackers and analyzing paintings and photographs on the walls. The reception for Mary Barczak's first solo art show, "Periodically, Nothing Happens," took place at the center from 6 to 8 p.
"Don Giovanni," one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most prestigious operas, will be performed by the Ball State University Opera Theatre this weekend. "Il Dissoluto Punito," "The Unrepented Rake" is the long name used back in the time Mozart created the opera, assistant professor of voice Joseph Levitt said.
When coach Bill Richards made his schedule during the summer, he was well aware of the challenge he was giving his team this week. For the first time this season, the Ball State University men's tennis team will play match on back-to-back days this weekend.
The jazz ensemble was silenced as senior telecommunications major Raphiael Chester walked onstage, took the microphone and started reading W.E.B. Dubois' essay "Double Consciousness." His own composition, "Dou Consciousness," brought the audience to its feet.
The No. 13 Ball State University men's volleyball team lost to George Mason University 30-25, 30-26, 30-24 Thursday at Worthen Arena.
Injury has been commonplace through four weeks of competition for the Ball State University gymnastics team. So has been the theme of Ball State's wintery campus: the flu. "We've had eight girls with the flu this week," coach Nadalie Walsh said of the week's practices.
As the Ball State University football team added 22 new players Wednesday, athletics director Tom Collins looked to add more supporters for the team. Collins announced the formation of the "Touchdown Club" at the Cardinals' National Signing Day Celebration Wednesday at the Alumni Center.
Oxford, Ohio - Leading the Mid-American Conference West Division after a four-game home winning streak, the Ball State University men's basketball team headed east to take on Miami University. The Cardinals' road show still needs a bit of work. The RedHawks handed the Cardinals their third-straight defeat on the road, 59-41.
Our heads did a double take. Our eyes popped. The room started to spin. And that was before we read the Kinky Cardinals article on the front page of today's Daily News. The Kinky Cardinals are gathering to discuss an issue that lacks mainstream attention.
Four weeks into the season libero Billy Ebel will finally play in the match he has been waiting to play. For the last two seasons, Ebel has watched from the bench as the No. 13 Ball State University men's volleyball team's matches against George Mason University would consistently have long rallies - a libero's dream chance to get digs.
After dropping a game to the best team in the Mid-American Conference East Division, the Ball State University women's basketball team looks to get back on the winning track when it travels to Buffalo, N.Y., to take on the University at Buffalo at 2 p.m. Sunday in Alumni Arena.
