Bill Barich's rhythmic voice filled a conference room in Bracken Library on Monday night as the audience enjoyed cookies, punch and a reading from Barich's novel "Carson Valley." The book, published in 1998, follows the stories of workers of the Torelli vineyard.
Ball State University is 6-0 and ranked in the Associated Press national poll for the first time in school history. Many Cardinal supporters saw this coming, but did anyone see it going this smoothly? Sure, everyone knew Ball State's offense would be able to score, but how easily it has come to Ball State has been a bit surprising.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts will be hosting Middletown Idol, a local contest similar to American Idol. The dance preliminaries will be held today, and the solo and group vocal preliminaries on Thursday. The final competition for both categories will be held on Saturday.
A Ball State University student remains with a twisted bicycle and a sprained ankle after being struck by a driver at the intersection of McKinley and University avenues Friday. Sophomore Dakota Smith was riding his bicycle west on University Avenue when Nancy Cunnington turned left onto McKinley, and she hit him.
Senior urban planning major Marino Solorio went to Sri Lanka expecting to help villagers cope with the wreckage left by a 2004 tsunami. Instead he found them to be self-sufficient when given the proper equipment and gained a new perspective from the experience.
Opposing teams are starting to take notice of Ball State University's talented freshman class and the players are starting to hear about it. "People will say stuff to me after the game, like, 'You know they were looking at this person or this person,'" freshman forward Brittany Hammer said.
The Launching Pad is closing its doors, making it the second business in a week to announce it was leaving the Village. Alan Maugherman, The Launching Pad founder, said the music venue was closing Nov. 1 after a unanimous decision by the Full Circle Arts Co-op, the group that runs the business.
The minimum wage increase that resulted in padded pocketbooks for some Ball State University students inadvertently cost others their jobs. According to a study released Sept. 24 by Ball State's Bureau of Business Research, July's minimum wage increase was responsible for the loss of about 160,000 jobs in the U.
The communications department will host an Open Forum debate regarding the legal drinking age in the U.S. at 7 p.m. today in John R. Emens Auditorium. Admission is free to for "Responsible Drinking Redefined." Derek Brey, a student organizer for the event, said the issue was chosen as part of an immersive learning program for a good reason.
As a senior at Ball State University, Brad Buhle said he understands the trouble Hoosiers encounter when trying to purchase alcohol. Indiana is one of 15 states that still has the prohibition-era blue laws in place that prohibit the carryout sale of alcohol on Sunday.
Ball State University's total fall enrollment increased to 20,243, up by 394, after decreasing for the past three school years. Tom Taylor, vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, said Ball State was turning a corner and would continue to grow in coming years because the smaller classes of past years were graduating and being replaced by larger freshman classes.
Delaware County Democratic chairwoman Marge Landers didn't think the last day of voter registration would be like this. Lines of last-minute registrants formed outside the county voter registration office all day. Monday's walk-in crowd became more than 500 registration forms waiting to be processed.
Defensive end and co-captain Brandon Crawford will appear and be interviewed on ESPN's "First Take" at about 11:40 a.m. "First Take" is a sports morning show that airs Monday through Friday on ESPN2 from 10 a.m. to noon and is hosted by Jay Crawford and Dana Jacobson.
...is the importance to communicate well. In a world where face-to-face communication is a lost art, society electronically communicates through e-mail, text messaging and Web sites such as Facebook. I am not ridiculing those students who prefer to speak through electronic means.
The Ball State University soccer team proved this weekend it does not want to play in close games. The Cardinals (7-5, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) won both of their games this weekend by three goals. They beat the University at Buffalo (4-5-2, 0-4 MAC) 4-1 Friday and then beat Kent State University (5-6, 2-2 MAC) 3-0 Sunday at the Ball State Soccer Field.
Sami Torres didn't intend to get muddy. The sophomore special education and elementary education major couldn't participate in Botsford and Swinford halls' annual Mud Volleyball tournament this year because of a soccer-related broken toe, but she came out Saturday afternoon to support her friends and hall directors, she said.
TOLEDO, OHIO - In years past, three points in a first half spelled defeat for Ball State University's football team. Times have changed. While the offense struggled against a University of Toledo scoring defense that ranks last in the Mid-American Conference, the Cardinals' defense provided one of the most dominating performances in school history.
When coach Brady Hoke addressed his players Sunday, he drew from his previous coaching experiences to keep No. 25 Ball State University's first national ranking in context. Hoke was an assistant coach at the University of Michigan in 1997, when the Wolverines won a national championship.
Ball State University students will have another doctoral program to choose from in Fall 2009. The nursing department will add the option to earn a doctorate in nursing practice. This will make the 17th doctoral degree Ball State offers. "There have always been doctoral programs in nursing," Beth Kelsey, interim associate director doctorate of nursing practice, said.
After each win this season, Ball State University football coach Brady Hoke has downplayed the importance of his program earning its first national ranking. That milestone was reached Sunday when the Cardinals received 97 votes to jump to No. 25 in The Associated Press Poll.
