With one race under its belt, the Ball State University cross country team will now face the hills of southern Indiana in the Indiana Intercollegiate in Bloomington today. The Cardinals are ready to show the rest of the state what they have been training for, coach Randy Heisler said.
Ball State University's Chris Miller was one of 50 punters from across the nation who were named to the Ray Guy Award watch list Tuesday. The Greater Augusta Sports Council announced the candidates for the award that honors the nation's top collegiate punter.
At the Delaware County Election Board meeting yesterday, a handful of Republicans stood against a room full of Democrats. The Republicans knew going in that it would be an uphill battle. When the issue of putting up a satellite early voting center was brought up by Phil Nichols at the Sept.
In the final weekend before Mid-American Conference play begins, the Ball State University soccer team is looking for momentum that will propel it into the conference season. The Cardinals (3-3) are on a two-game winning streak after beating Eastern Illinois University and Southern Methodist University last weekend.
While it won't play the bulk of its schedule until January, the Ball State University men's tennis team will play in its first tournament this weekend in Milwaukee. The Cardinals will participate in the Milwaukee Tennis Classic this weekend along with Marquette University, Northwestern University and Wisconsin University.
Despite rumors that Mo's Tavern has changed locations or gone out of business, it will reopen upon completion of repairs to a broken water main in the building. Zita Kramer, the property manager for Mo's, said it ran into a multitude of problems that contributed to its closure more than a week ago.
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Throughout the 2008 college football season, Co-Sports editors Vinnie Lopes, Kyle Shaner and a guest will pick the winners of games involving MAC teams. This week's guest for the second consecutive week is Will O'Hargan, former Daily News sports editor and sports columnist.
Memorial Stadium won't be the only place where Ball State University and Indiana University take the gridiron to continue an in-state rivalry Saturday. Ball State Turf Field will also play host to a matchup between the Cardinals and Hoosiers when the field hockey team takes the field.
The idea of a glass arts major excites Michael Prater, Interim Chairman for the Department of Art. Because Ball State University will add the major in about 2010, Prater can not only see students working with glass in a cutting edge facility, he can just imagine area elementary school students seeing glass artists' work.
Ball State University women's volleyball coach Dave Boos can sum up the University of Cincinnati - his team's first opponent in this weekend's TIS Bookstores Indiana University Invitational - in one word. "Physical," Boos said. "Cincinnati is just big." The Bearcats (6-3) feature eight players taller than 6-foot and provide a challenge Boos said he thinks his squad is ready for.
Play of the weekRACHAEL MURPHY With three saves against Eastern Illinois University Friday, goalkeeper Rachael Murphy moved into sole possession of first place in the Ball State soccer record books for career shutouts. The shutout was the 19th of the senior's career, passing Alison Becker in the record books.
Bill Bruns said he knew he was going to vote down an early voting site at Ball State University before the Delaware County Election Board meeting began Wednesday. When he announced his deciding vote, a standing-room only crowd knew it was coming. "For this election [nothing could have changed my mind about the site]," Bruns said after the meeting.
Irem Tunc n Photo Editor Two bicycles collided Thursday on McKinley Avenue across from the Art and Journalism Building. Charles Kleemann, a Ball State University sophomore, was riding north on McKinley and Ben Steinbrunner, a Ball State junior, was crossing the sidewalk when the two ran into each other.
After seemingly hitting bottom Sunday, the Ball State University field hockey team continued its downhill slide Wednesday afternoon. Ball State lost 5-0 to No. 18 Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The loss is Ball State's fifth in a row and leaves them with a 1-6 record with one game left before the Mid-American Conference season starts.
Former Ball State University punter Reggie Hodges signed with the New York Jets Wednesday and will punt for the team this week against the San Diego Chargers. Hodges replaces former Jets' punter Ben Graham, who was waived by the team Tuesday. Hodges was originally selected in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL draft by the St.
Ball State University senior men's golfer Andrew Rhodes has been named Mid-American Conference Men's Golfer of the Week on Tuesday. Rhodes was Ball State's best player last weekend, finishing sixth-place individually at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate. Currently, Rhodes leads Ball State with a 74.
The Republican campaign for president is shaping up like a bad episode of "I Dream of Jeanie," with John McCain as the Navy flyboy who finds a magic lamp and Sarah Palin as the quirky "Jeanie" who always manages to create hilariously improbable circumstances for her master.
Even as Brady Hoke greeted the football fans he attends church with Sunday, he couldn't escape the hype surrounding Saturday's game against Indiana University. "I had a guy at church ask me for four tickets," Hoke said. For Ball State University's football coach, it was a reminder of how big the in-state rivalry with the Hoosiers is to the Cardinals' fan base.
Controversy has been raised regarding Ball State University's slogan declaring itself a "smoke-free campus." Ball State began producing and distributing pamphlets and signs announcing its smoke free status following the smoking ban that was implemented during Spring Semester.
