Making the jump from junior college basketball to Division I is difficult enough by itself. Ball State University junior forward Rob Giles's transition was made doubly difficult because he had to completely change his role. "It was a huge transition for me early in the season," Giles said, "going from playing [shooting guard] in junior college to playing the post.
Entering Saturday's 1 p.m. meet at Eastern Michigan University, the Ball State University swimming and diving teams are not expecting to win. "We'd like to win but we don't have the manpower to win at this point," co-coach Bob Thomas said. Eastern Michigan is coming off Mid-American Conference championships in both men's and women's swimming and diving.
WASHINGTON - Because of an economic stimulus package Congressional leaders and the White House agreed upon Thursday, Ball State University students could find themselves about $300 richer. The stimulus package would give most tax filers refunds of $600 to $1,200, and more if they have children.
Almost nine months after its season ended in Worthen Arena, Lewis University will return to the same arena for the first time. The Ball State University men's volleyball team will play Lewis at 7 p.m. This match marks the first time the teams have played each other since the Cardinals swept the Flyers in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament quarterfinals last season.
When the Ball State University track and field team travels to Bloomington today for the Gladstein Invitational, it will be a homecoming of sorts for head coach Randy Heisler. Heisler spent 18 years coaching track and field at Indiana University before coming to Muncie last year.
Since the first tip off earlier this season, Ball State University women's basketball players have had Saturday's date circled on their schedule. The Cardinals play host to Bowling Green State University, which represented two of Ball State's seven defeats last season, including a 16-point loss in the Mid-American Conference tournament championship game.
The number of reported cases of influenza on Ball State University's campus has increased considerably from last year, said Kent Bullis, medical director at the Amelia T. Wood Student Health Center. The Health Center was suddenly overwhelmed with flu patients this week, Bullis said.
LAS VEGAS - The house lights grew brighter as the Miss America talent preliminary ended without a scholarship for Miss Indiana Nicole Rash. The Rash family and friends left the theater undeterred before their daughter competes in the main competition Saturday, and they were ready to see Nicole in the ball room for a post-preliminary social.
Ball State University paid former men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson $200,000 Tuesday as part of a settlement released Wednesday. While the parties agreed to the settlement, according to the agreement they also agreed that each party denies it is liable of any inappropriate or illegal acts.
Kiley Jarrett spun around, faced Central Michigan University's bench and pumped her fist with an enthusiastic scream as teammate Porchia Green muscled a first-half layup through the net. With the included free throw, Green's 3-point play capped Ball State University's 20-5 run that handed it a 13-point lead midway through the opening period.
Even though it has been a year since men's golf coach Mike Fleck lost one of Ball State University's most productive freshmen golfers, there is not a day in which he does not admire Travis J. Smith. When Smith became a member of the golf team in 2006, Fleck knew he was an exceptional recruit.
With few senators at the tables, Wednesday's Ball State University Student Government Association meeting seemed a little quieter as there were fewer people discussing issues in the caucuses and committees. Below is what was discussed after the caucuses and committees met: CAUCUS REPORTS: On-Campus Caucus: Chairwoman Michelle Voss said she and her caucus would see what could be done with putting information into the B Book.
How retailers use dollar discounts and percent markdowns in stores affects purchases as much as the desire for the item. James Lowry, former Ball State University professor of marketing, co-authored a study that appeared in the Marketing Management Journal.
LAS VEGAS - As the Miss America festivities continue during the week, Nicole Rash sat in a Planet Hollywood hotel lobby. Across the hall, her directors, Frank Ricketts and Aren Howell, said they sat across the hall and could only wave hello. "We don't interact with her freely all day," Ricketts said.
Late in the second half of Wednesday's game, Audrey McDonald caught a pass at the top of the key, squared to the basket and released her seventh 3-point shot. The Ball State University faithful watched the ball sail through the air in anticipation of McDonald's seventh 3-pointer of the game.
If there's a more focused men's basketball player than Ball State University senior guard Peyton Stovall, he can feel free to step forward. Stovall's eyes remain trained on his target at all times. On offense, it's on the basket. On defense, it's on the man he's guarding or the zone to which he's assigned.
Nearing the one-year anniversary of student Karl Harford's death, a March 4, 2005 Daily News staff editorial discussed how campus felt different without any tangible evidence of change. "In the grand scheme of things, we are just a handful put in this situation," the editorial said.
INDIANAPOLIS - The final bullet that struck Michael McKinney came from a gun fired from less than six inches away from his face and hit him when his head was down, an expert testified Wednesday. Forensic pathologist Werner Spitz took the stand on the second day of the McKinney v.
Male Ball State University students tend to wait until the last minute to shop for their Valentine, but make up for their procrastination with big ticket items, according to a recent study. James Lowry, former professor of marketing and management, said after surveying Ball State students in marketing classes, he and other researchers found that men "tend to put things off a little more.
It started like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon, Britney Spears and K-Fed. It ended the same way, too. Ball State University's whirlwind love affair, marriage and divorce with former men's basketball coach Ronny Thompson is finally over; and men's basketball coach Billy Taylor moved in to take care of Thompson's orphans.
