FOOTBALL: Quarterback bounces back

Following a subpar showing in the first game of the season, Ball State University second-year quarterback Nate Davis waited all week to prove his opening performance against Miami University was a fluke. On the first offensive play of Saturday's game at Eastern Michigan University, Davis got off to a good start.



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FOOTBALL: Cards' starting kicker spot up for grabs

After missing half of six field goals attempts to begin the season, Ball State University redshirt freshman place kicker Jake Hogue might not be attempting field goals next week at Navy. Cardinals' coach Brady Hoke said Monday he had opened the competition for the kicking position Sunday night between Hogue and backup Ian McGarvey.


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FOOTBALL: Cornerback makes impact

When redshirt cornerback Trey Lewis arrived at Ball State University three years ago, the Cardinals' defense was in desperate need of improvement. The Cardinals ranked last in the Mid-American Conference the last two years in total defense and no higher than eighth in scoring, passing or rushing defense.


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Letterman visits BSU for building dedication

Red and white confetti fell and the thunderous tones of Ball State University's fight song played Friday afternoon as David Letterman cut the ribbon outside the building carrying his name. An estimated crowd of about 5,000 people gathered outside the David Letterman Communication and Media Building to watch the event, Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for Marketing and Communications said.


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SOCCER: Cardinals' goalkeeper suffers injury during Friday's game

Although the Ball State University women's soccer team was 1-1 this weekend, it actually suffered two losses. Ball State (2-2, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) lost to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1-0 Sunday and defeated Florida Atlantic University 2-1 Friday at the FAU Kickoff Classic.



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BEWILDERED SOCIETY: Enjoy college life, it's ever-changing

You have no idea what in the hell you'll be doing in four years. There might an idea in your head, but it will change. No worries. This theory holds true for most of college, so expect your conventional wisdom to be challenged. Allow me to debunk a few other myths or questions for your reading pleasure - or until the boring lecture in front of you ceases to exist.


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MEN'S GOLF: Cardinals in fifth after 36 holes

The Ball State University men's golf team teed off their fall season Monday at the Piper Intercollegiate in Bowling Green, Ohio. After 36 holes, Ball State is in fifth place out of 15 teams. Junior Andrew Rhodes leads the Cardinals with a score of 68 from the second round.


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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: BSU tries to stop skid

The next chance for the Ball State women's volleyball team to snap its school-record seven-match losing streak comes today in Indianapolis against IUPUI. The Cardinals are 1-7 on the season, marking the worst start in Ball State history, and most recently lost both home matches in the Ball State Classic this past weekend.



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FIELD HOCKEY: Ball State falls to nationally ranked Hoosiers

Ball State University's field hockey team didn't come out on top Saturday, but the team said they believed the result marks major progress in their final non-conference game before the Mid-American Conference season begins. No. 19 Indiana University defeated Ball State 2-0 "Today was a turning point," forward Brooke MacGillivary said.


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FOOTBALL: Linebacker wins MAC Player of the Week

Two days after recording 12 tackles in a 38-16 win at Eastern Michigan, Ball State University linebacker Bryant Haines was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Haines' 12 tackles led a defense that limited the Eagles to 252 yards offensively and a single offensive touchdown.


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Police find military training grenade near campus apartments

A training grenade was found Sunday near Ball State University's Scheidler Apartments, but there was no information about how it got there, Bob Fey, deputy chief of the University Police Department, said. Fey said this was not the first time a military device has been found on campus.


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SPEAK SOFTLY: Money should be distributed more evenly

Last week, Ball State University had quite a scare when an elevator got stuck in the Brayton/Clevenger residence halls of the LaFollette Complex. An overheated motor left seven people, one of whom was four months pregnant, trapped in an elevator for approximately two hours.



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OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL: Muncie reflects country-wide poverty issue

Shame on us and our supposedly "great nation." According to an Aug. 30 article in "The Star Press," one-third of Muncie lives in poverty. Muncie ranks ninth among the top 10 most impoverished cities in the country with populations greater than 65,000. The list also includes Gary and Bloomington.


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OUR VIEW: 'They' know

They know what you look like. They know your favorite books. They know what you did last weekend. And they know about your 21st birthday. No, "they" isn't Homeland Security or the FBI. "They" is anyone - your best friend, ex, parents, a potential boss. And they all have access to your Facebook account if you don't snoop-proof it.


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WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Historic struggles continue for Cards

The Ball State University women's volleyball team lost two matches this weekend and in the process tied a school record. Having lost its last seven matches the Cardinals tied the school's longest losing streak and are now off to their worst start, 1-7, in the program's 35-year history.


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Line 'em up for a dance

Students gather in a small Irving Gym classroom early Tuesday morning as Professor Emeritus Ya'akov Eden writes Country Walkin', Electric Slide and Rebel Strut on a movable dry erase board. Students will be practicing these three dances to songs such as "Don't Be Stupid" by Shania Twain and "I Feel Lucky" by Mary Chapin Carpenter.


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FOOTBALL: EMU game is a must win for Cardinals

Following a heartbreaking loss to Miami University, Ball State University knows it can't afford losing to Eastern Michigan University, a team that spent last year in the basement of the Mid-American Conference. "This is a situation that I don't think anybody was prepared for," senior captain Cortlan Booker said of coming into week two with an 0-1 record.


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THE BOGEYMAN: Smoking isn't human right

What's the point of human rights? The founding fathers were, of course, dedicated humanists: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.






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