Ball State University's players still worried about Dante Love's health less than 24 hours after beating Indiana University on Saturday. They didn't allow their concern to detour them from focusing on the rest of the season. "We had a tremendous practice last night," coach Brady Hoke said at his press conference Monday.
For the second time in his career, Ball State University running back MiQuale Lewis was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday. Lewis scored four touchdowns Saturday in Ball State's 42-20 victory at Indiana University, the team's first ever victory against a BCS school.
As Homecoming showed Monday, a bonfire can be a great way to get together with friends to relax. Students can also celebrate the first week of autumn with a campfire. Along with ghost stories, s'mores, song singing and hotdogs, a campfire can be the perfect place to relax and watch the seasons change.
Returning to Muncie after his teams' season opening match at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Ball State University's men's tennis coach Bill Richards is confident that his team is ready for the upcoming season. "Really from a performance standpoint, I think we did fairly well," Richards said.
Playing in its own backyard seemed to pay off for the Ball State University women's golf team as it captured another Cardinal Classic on Tuesday. The Cardinals set two school records and finished ahead of second place the University of Akron by seven strokes.
Charlie's Angels, a group composed of six freshmen and one sophomore, admitted their performance Tuesday night's had been their first together onstage. But "excitement, shock and disbelief" were the first words that came out of group member Sam Lopez's mouth after it was announced as overall Talent Search winner.
This week creates more memories than most. Giant bonfires. Fireworks. Air Jam. They're events we see in university marketing material, joke about on Facebook and will remember long after we've left here. This is Homecoming. At a school where athletics never routinely rule the limelight, this year's spirit party comes at a time when our football team is doing remarkable things.
Two weeks after the Cleveland Indians added a former Ball State University baseball player to their major league roster, they lost another former Cardinal from their organization to the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs claimed outfielder Brad Snyder off waivers Monday from the Indians and added him to their 40-man roster.
Each year, Ball State University recognizes a group of faculty and administrators as the best among their colleagues. Associate Provost Marilyn Buck said faculty members were nominated by people within their departments. A committee made up of former award winners chose the finalists and winners.
Senior Rachel Surowiec is one busy student. She is a representative of the Student Athlete Advisory Board, is enrolled in 16 credit hours this semester, as well as completing volunteer practicum hours and volunteering at the downtown YMCA twice a week. On top of those responsibilities, she also is a collegiate athlete.
Six Ball State University athletics teams will have their games broadcast on television and the Internet this fall by a new Ball State group. Ball State Sports Link, a semester-long immersive learning experience, will broadcast events on WIPB-TV and www.ballstatesports.
Senators were busy discussing issues and finding ways to better Ball State University during Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting. This week, the Senate members mainly met in their caucuses and committees. Below is a breakdown of what happened.
The search for new Homecoming Week events should never cease. Therefore, we have generated a list of potential future events. Sit back, enjoy and feel free to pitch a few of your ideas to next year's Homecoming Steering Committee. 1. Team time We realize the football team devotes a great deal of time to practice, but we're rooting for many players who we may not recognize if they sat next to us in class.
Let's keep thinking about Muncie. In particular, let's consider Ball State University and its relationship with the city. The first question to think about is relatively innocuous: what exactly do we mean when we say Ball State and Muncie have a "relationship"? It's not uncommon to use the term to refer to some sort of connection between two super-human entities, but the precise meaning is not clear.
For the second consecutive week, a member of the Ball State University men's golf team received a conference award. Senior Brian Maurer was one of three players named the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week on Wednesday. Maurer finished in second place at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational earlier this week.
In an effort to celebrate unity and help a battered women's shelter, sorority Kappa Delta celebrated National Women's Friendship Day on Sunday. In its 10th year, the Kappa Delta-sponsored celebration day is used as a day to honor women and the friends that make a difference in their lives, Kimberly Fox, vice president of Kappa Delta public relations, said.
When Bart Peterson took the podium at the Ball State University Alumni Center on Tuesday night he came with a message of hope not only for Muncie, but for many other struggling cities in America. The former mayor of Indianapolis titled his speech "Redeveloping America's Core Cities for Long-Term Prosperity: The Case for Mixed Income Housing.
Former Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson will discuss housing issues during a speech in the Alumni Center at 7:30 p.m. Peterson is a resident fellow at Harvard University, and he is a visiting distinguished professor of public policy at Ball State University's Indianapolis Center.
On a sunny day in Muncie, the Ball State University men's golf team kicked off its annual Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational at the Delaware Country Club. After 36 holes of golf, Ball State is tied for second place. Round two results are not official, however, because four teams have one hole remaining.
An art form has made its way from recess to campus, and it has drawn some attention from Ball State University officials because of a policy older than some of us. When the sun is shining, crowds of students emerge from dark, stuffy residence halls ready to write and draw.
