Honors College sophomore Andy Ayers is familiar with the stereotypes about honors students. But as co-chair of publicity for the Student Honors Council, he said he is planning to do something about them. Ayers and the rest of the Honors Council will put on "The Battle" - a battle of the bands event - 3 p.
There are 53 days until the presidential election, and Nov. 4 America will finally decide on the 44th President in U.S. history. In one corner stands John McCain vs. Barack Obama. The other, Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden. Collectively, it becomes the Republicans vs.
Student Government Association President Frank Hood is adding to his list of duties after the Ball State University senators approved him to the Campus and University councils. Despite having classes and attending meetings for his SGA duties, now he will add an hour-long, weekly meeting the third and fourth Thursday of each month to his schedule.
Sept. 11, 2001 may be looked upon as a day that is now "in the past," but the effect it has on the families and loved ones of the victims is still present. "I think it's something our country has forgotten," freshman elementary education major Klara Howard said.
The Indiana Debate Commission has selected Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora to moderate the gubernatorial debate Sept. 23 in Jasper. She will be given a chance to represent not only Ball State, but also the interests of all college students in Indiana.
Stanley Jordan developed his interest in music playing the piano. Since then he's tapped into acoustics. Sometimes he plays two at the time. The guitar virtuoso will also use his "touch" - or "tap" - technique to add brilliance and sound to his melodies at 7:30 tonight in Pruis Hall.
Even after catching a tough break, the Ball State University administration is able to look at the positive side. Tom Morrison, associate vice president for human resources and state relations, is leaving Ball State after taking a position as associate vice president for public affairs and government relations at Indiana University.
Starting Oct. 1, Comcast will place limits on how much bandwidth its customers can use each month. In late August, the country's largest Internet provider announced that it would place a bandwidth cap of 250 gigabytes per month on residential users. According to Comcast, the move will affect about 14,000 users, less than 1 percent of its customers.
A new sensation has been crawling up from the musical underground. It's not a fresh concept and it already has a very devoted following, yet it's starting to creep its way into the iPods of the mainstream listener. Its names vary from Christian rock to gospel to devotional music, but the message remains the same: givin' major props to the big guy upstairs.
var uslide_show_id = "59c78db9-ed27-4ba1-8b5b-7607b5cf9f1b";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; Picture it: A replay of a Michael Jackson debacle happened Wednesday when Senior Damon Clevenger, dressed as the older Jackson, held a doll covered with blankets in Pruis Hall. Damon then went to the corner of the stage and dangled the doll over the stage, alluding to when the real Jackson dangled his child over the edge of a balcony. But instead of pulling the doll back, Damon dropped it and received cheers from the crowd. Shortly after, he grabbed his crotch in a Michael Jackson-like fashion.
Ball State University's entrepreneurship program is persevering despite overturning directors three times since 2005. "Entrepreneurship is about finding opportunities and pursuing those opportunities to successful implementation," Michael Goldsby, director of Ball State's entrepreneurship program, said.
After setting school records and earning second team All-Mid-American Conference honors last year, Rachael Murphy's starting position was thrown up for grabs - and she liked it. With Michael Lovett in his first season as the Ball State University soccer coach, sophomore Amy Cleeter was given the opportunity to earn the Cardinals' starting goalkeeper position.
As Ball State University's defense has improved during the past year, the unit has focused every day on developing an identity. Despite scattering solid team efforts during the past 15 games, defensive captain Brandon Crawford said, that identity hasn't come quickly or easily.
Quote of the week"What helps me make my moves is me just putting on head phones, and sometimes I'm just walking on campus and students come up to me. Students might be walking, and I might just make a move. Sometimes if I get alone and I go for a walk, I might just get in some grass, and if the music is going and I get a nice beat, I just picture me making moves and put my foot in the ground.
People wanting to see the Ball State University's football team's road game Saturday now have another choice other than traveling to northern Ohio. The Ball State Athletics Department announced Wednesday live video of the Cardinals' game against the University of Akron will be available on ballstatesports.
Don't ever call Jodi Mann an emotional player. "I prefer intense," Mann said. "When you say emotional I think of tears and I don't do that. I'm very loud. I like to talk a lot. I think I wear my emotions on my sleeve." Like what happens when she intercepts a pass.
In a sports world that is plagued by cheaters and criminals, it's refreshing to run across a team that will stop at nothing to do what's right. And they're right here on campus. It was a moment that will undoubtedly stick in my mind for the rest of my life.
Ball State University alumni Chris Piche and Brion Fickle didn't have any trouble coming up with a name for their bar a year and a half ago. "My nickname is peach, and his is Fickle," co-owner Piche, who named the establishment, said. The Fickle Peach resides in what used to be the O.
Today: precisely seven years to the day since the holocausts at the World Trade Centers and Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The memories are slowly fading. The scars are slowly healing. The loved ones we lost are remembered with fondness and sadness, but no longer actively mourned.
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