Number 10Navy's football team will be joined by 500 Midshipmen undergraduates sitting in the stands tonight. Number 9The triple option is a high school offense, but it's really fun to watch. Number 8Ball State had 487 yards of total offense, only 71 fewer than Navy's rushing yard total in its first game.
Even though the Ball State University soccer team thought it played well against the University of Oklahoma last week, it still lost the game. This weekend the Cardinals (0-2) will look to get some positive results from their good play as they travel to Colorado to play Air Force (0-3) and Colorado College (3-0).
Freshman Jenny Pyle must have a fountain in her room. With a fountain, Pyle can guarantee herself good karma. "It's all about using design to boost your good karma," the journalism major said. "It's a little difficult to do it here [college] because the rooms are so small, but I made sure I had a fountain in my room.
Daily News: How much has the confidence you gained from your block at Navy last season led to your growth as a player? Brandon Crawford: It made me just focus more on the little things, making sure I paid attention to what was going on so I could know when the coaches made their calls what they wanted us to do on the field.
As setters for the Ball State University men's volleyball team, Dave and John Shondell's job was to control the tempo of the match and to run the offense. If things go their way this weekend, however, the brothers Shondell will be hoping a nationally-ranked rival Indiana school will utilize its own solid setter play against the Cardinals.
Know your enemy Ball State Cardinals Location: Muncie Founded: 1918 Enrollment: 17,285 Nickname: Cardinals Colors: Cardinal and white Mascot: Charlie (fake cardinal) Largest residence complex: LaFollette Complex (about 1,900 students) Famous alumni: Gregory H.
Ball State University student Ryan Ehresman said he found the passion in his life from getting a thrill out of making people laugh. "With acting you hide behind a character. With stand-up comedy it's just you and the routine you wrote," he said. Ehresman and his friend Joey Martin started the show because they wanted to start something different that was completely separate from teachers, he said.
After being involved with the Ball State University men's basketball team for the last two seasons, Jay Newberry will get a chance to be on the bench during game day. Newberry was promoted from director of basketball operations to an assistant coach Wednesday to finalize the Cardinals coaching staff for the upcoming season.
For one student, his effort to wake up at the crack of dawn and shoot a documentary has paid off with a television channel premiering the fruits of his efforts. Junior Telecommunications major Blake Fife shot a documentary about ROTC students at Ball State University during the 2008 spring semester.
Throughout the 2008 college football season, co-sports editors Vinnie Lopes and Kyle Shaner and a guest picker will pick the winners of Mid-American Conference football games. After one week one picking the games' winners, Lopes leads the competition with a 9-1 record.
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Driving around the city of Muncie, Ball State University students will see businesses closing or with fewer cars in their parking lots as others are trying to stay open. "Our sales are down quite a bit, even when school's in," general manager of the Long John Silvers on Tillotson Avenue, Mathiax Schindler said.
Ball State football player Kyle Hoke, nephew of coach Brady Hoke, was arrested for driving while intoxicated Aug. 30, according to Delaware County jail officials. Hoke was booked at the Delaware County jail at 3:30 a.m. and released at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, according to jail officials.
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A recent news release by the Indiana Department of Education revealed that the SAT scores for the class of 2008 remained flat in comparison to scores nationwide and in Indiana last year. Indiana's average scores on the college entrance exam showed a one-point gain in math (508), a two-point drop in writing (481), and a one-point drop in reading (496) making the combined average score 1485.
Sororities across Ball State University's campus kicked off fall recruitment yesterday. This year brings change to the once formal recruitment process. "This year Ball State's sorority recruitment will be using a partially structured form of recruitment," vice president of public relations for Kappa Delta sorority, Kimberly Fox said.
Play of the weekNATE DAVIS Ball State University quarterback Nate Davis' 49-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dante Love almost five minutes into the second quarter of its game against Northeastern University put the Cardinals up 21-0. Ball State would win the game 48-14 in its season-opener.
A sellout crowd at Scheumann Stadium is expected Friday night when the Ball State University football team takes on Navy in a 7 p.m. game televised nationally on ESPN. Two miles away at Muncie Central High School, the Bearcats will take on conference rival Marion High School in both teams' North Central Conference opener with their own 7 p.
Just because you're a college student, that doesn't mean you can't have power or influence - nor does it mean you can't find yourself in the public spotlight. Andrea Watts, one of our Student Government Association senators and Homecoming Queen hopefuls, found herself in a predicament this weekend when she was taken away to the Delaware County Jail after, police said, she was caught drunk in public and began arguing with a Ball State University police officer.
The largest sports entertainment company in the United States has arrived in Muncie for the Ball State University, Navy football game. Two semi's pulled in Wednesday afternoon outside Scheumann Stadium carrying all the equipment ESPN will need to broadcast Friday night's game.
