A group of Ball State University students who have travelled around the world will share their experiences at 4 and 8 p.m. Monday in the Architecture Building Room 100. Senior landscape architecture major Jessica Day said she and about 30 students and two professors traveled with the College of Architecture and Planning throughout Europe, Asia and Africa this past summer.
Kappa Delta sorority had its fourth-annual Twister tournament for the American Brain Tumor Association Friday. Event coordinator Alexis Crouch said the philanthropy event had a special meaning for the sorority because it was in honor of their member, Lindsey Arnold, who died of a brain tumor in 2005.
Two weeks ago the Ball State University football team was 5-3 fresh off a win at Western Michigan University. It seemed a lock that the Cardinals would be playing in a bowl game for the first time since 1996. However, after two losses the bowl berth is in question.
After losing two seniors off last year's bench, Ball State University has an inexperienced group of reserves that will be maturing as the 2007-08 season progresses. Ball State played its starting five for the majority of Saturday's game against the University of Louisville.
Go Cardinals! Well, more precisely, go move your cars around in a mad scramble as you attempt to figure out the round-about system Parking Services uses on football game days during the school week. Here's the plan's synopsis. Freshmen and other on-campus residents without spots by their residence halls move from the Scheumann Stadium lot to commuter parking lots.
var uslide_show_id = "e53fee9a-e787-4cc7-a4c8-140aa7a6cd0a";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; After 110 minutes of scoreless soccer Friday, the semifinal game between Ball State University and Bowling Green State University came down to penalty kicks. The Falcons connected on their first three shots while the Cardinals could not, allowing Bowling Green to advance to the finals of the Mid-American Conference tournament. "I just didn't want the season to end," senior defender Lindsay Martin said. "You never want the season to end like it did, on penalty kicks."
First-year Ball State University coach Billy Taylor's Cardinals career did not get off to the smoothest of starts on Friday night. In the first half of the Cardinals' season-opening game, Butler University out rebounded Ball State 21-15, including an 11-1 advantage at one point, jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the first five minutes of the game, and used a last-second three-pointer from Muncie native Pete Campbell to take a 31-17 lead.
Ball State University senior captain Cortlan Booker darted past Eddie Burk, who was leaning on a couch talking to a reporter in Fisher Football Training Complex. "Shut up, Eddie," Booker said quickly. Burk glanced at Booker, and then looked back at the reporter.
Ball State University sorority members, some holding Greek-letter signs, filled John H. Pruis Hall while cheering on representatives from their organizations during the Miss Greek pageant on Saturday Alpha Chi Omega member Christy Hamilton took home the crown after beating 13 sorority members from seven sororities.
Two weeks ago, the Ball State University football team looked like it had a lock on its first bowl game in 11 years, while the University of Toledo was struggling to reach .500. In tonight's 7:30 p.m. match-up, the two teams are playing different roles. After two consecutive losses, the Cardinals are 5-5 and looking for the third consecutive week to become bowl eligible.
First-year Ball State University coach Billy Taylor's Cardinals career did not get off to the smoothest of starts on Friday night. In the first half of the Cardinals' season-opening game, Butler University out rebounded Ball State 21-15, including an 11-1 advantage at one point, jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the first five minutes of the game, and used a last-second three-pointer from Muncie native Pete Campbell to take a 31-17 lead into the locker room.
Entering Monday's women's basketball game at Wright State University, the depth and experience level of Ball State University's bench, which includes three freshman, may have been viewed as the Cardinals' biggest weakness. In the season opener against the University of Louisville, Ball State's bench had no points in 19 combined minutes of play.
Changes are in store for faculty and students who use inQsit testing labs. David Pearson, assistant professor of physical education, said University Senate decided to make changes in inQsit labs to make students feel more comfortable. The changes will go into effect at the beginning of Spring Semester.
Junior Ali Bishel led the Ball State University cross country team again this weekend as she finished seventh overall at the 2007 NCAA Great Lakes Regionals. As a team, Ball State finished ninth overall with 285 points at the meet. The meet was led by Big Ten schools.
With the recent success Ball State University's women's basketball program has experienced, expectations of coach Tracy Roller and her players have risen to the point where no loss is acceptable. That mantra stays consistent, even after a 81-62 defeat to No.
The future of Muncie for the next four years, which will hold great consequences for the prolonged fate of the city, is being decided by less than a dozen votes. The Muncie mayoral election illustrates the importance of voting. Only nine votes separated the two candidates before the recount was requested in order to confirm the outcome.
Almost a month removed from its last competition, the Ball State University men's swimming and diving team lost at the University at Buffalo Saturday. The Bulls defeated the Cardinals 129 to 113. Junior Mark Augustyn won the 200-yard freestyle and sophomore Ben Battjes won the 50-yard freestyle.
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Students gathered at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center on Friday to receive help guiding their lives down the path of success. Nine students attended the first Words of Wisdom book club meeting of the semester, which was organized by the Multicultural Center.
Journalist Lisa Ling's opening remarks were greeted with much applause from her audience Thursday night. "I can't stand the New England Patriots," she said. Aimee Ash, associate director of Student Life, said more than 750 students, some of whom sat in the aisles or stood against the walls, packed into Cardinal Hall at the L.
