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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State takes revenge in sweep over St. Francis

Cardinals cruise to third win of the season at home

As both teams played through a match marred by mistakes and errors, Ball State managed to come out on the fortunate end of the turmoil. Full story

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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: George Mason's late run downs Ball State

Leading 14-11 in the final set, the Cardinals fail to close out the match

Following a crushing five-game loss to George Mason that still featured several quality performances by Ball State players, coach Joel Walton was asked what positives there were he could take away from the match. Full story

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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State faces two rematches this weekend

George Mason's star player to likely miss tonight's match with injury

Ball State faces a rematch with a George Mason team at home tonight at 7:30 that will likely be missing its star outside attacker, junior Mark Jones. The match comes a day before Ball State's rematch with St. Francis on Saturday, also at 7:30 p.m.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Freshman to start in Ball State's home opener

Walton mixing up lineups early in the season

Ball State has a team full of new faces this year, but that doesn't mean they're playing much differently than they did last season.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Menendez leaves team

Redshirt sophomore was projected to receive more time on the court in 2011

An already thin amount of depth at middle attacker for Ball State has now become even thinner.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Carmel outside attacker signs with Ball State

Jack Lesure becomes the first official member of the 2012 recruiting class

Ball State's goal toward improving its offense at outside attacker has taken its first step in the 2012 recruiting class.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Volleyball MAC Quarterfinals

CHIRP TV: Postgame Extra (Ball State men's volleyball vs Ohio State)

PHOTO GALLERY: Men's Volleyball vs. Ohio State

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Volleyball Tournament Changes

A committee organized to make changes to the Mid-American Conference women’s volleyball tournament didn’t get quite what it wanted. While the final decision was made to downsize the field from 12 teams to eight, the committee recommended a six-team conference tournament, according to documents obtained by the Indiana Access to Public Records Act. 1 comment

First round NCAA picks

Just because Ball State was left out of the NCAA Tournament (it and about three or four other quality teams led by Pepperdine, SMU, and the St. Mary’s in California) doesn’t mean we can’t have fun with or brackets. Here’s my first round picks in the NCAA Tournament.

Loss seemed apparent from the start

TOLEDO, Ohio — Friday night was an opportunity to put everything behind Ball State. The Cardinals could put all the failures from past seasons behind them — burying them six feet deep. Instead the 2009 team, an inconsistent and mistake prone team, made a cameo at the worst possible time.

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Obama waives No Child Left Behind law in Indiana

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North Quad rededicated Wednesday

The North Quadrangle held a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony Feb. 8 to celebrate the building's renovations.

Indiana police: Man tried to steal woman's dentures

NEW CASTLE, Ind. — An eastern Indiana man faces a battery charge for allegedly trying to pull a woman's dentures out of her mouth.

Students interact with Finnish counterparts

Communicating across an ocean and nearly 5000 miles of distance, about 15 people participated in a videoconference Wednesday morning with a handful of Finnish students at the University of Helsinki.

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'The Last of the Red Hot Lovers' arrives in time for Valentine's Day

Ball State alumnus directs dramatic comedy production for Muncie Civic Theatre performances

Muncie Civic Theatre's presentation of "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" will give audiences a glimpse at relationships in 1969 — in the midst of the sexual revolution.

Sigma Nu hosts annual Miss Greek contest

14 students to compete in philanthropic event

On Saturday, Sigma Nu is hosting their annual spring philanthropy Miss Greek. Miss Greek is a beauty pageant for the social sororities at Ball State affiliated with Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council. This year, there will be 14 women competing from eight sororities.

Sports

MEN'S BASKETBALL: Ball State wants consistency on offense against BGSU

Team averaging nine points per game under season average in four game losing streak

Confidence often goes hand-in-hand with continuity on the court and coach Billy Taylor has switched up his starting lineup twice over the past four games looking for it. 1 comment

BASEBALL: Cardinals make use of warm weather

Ball State practices outside three times in first preseason week

The same weather that drew rave reviews from the out-of-town visitors to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl last week has also been a boon for Ball State baseball.

Opinion

STAY PERFECT: Social media has an actual purpose

Frankly, I don't enjoy social media as a past time. I have neither Facebook nor Twitter.

EUROPEAN EXPERIENCES: Beligium waffles do exist, but don't forget about the chocolate

This past weekend, I traveled outside of the UK for the first time. Needless to say, I was very excited to have my first European adventure.

Super Bowl

Amid Super Bowl kudos, Indy cleans up, looks ahead

INDIANAPOLIS — Bleary-eyed and jubilant, Super Bowl organizers swung into cleanup mode Monday and hoped the rave reviews from fans and journalists over how it pulled off its first Super Bowl will draw the NFL's showcase event back to town.