http://blogs.bsudailynews.com The blog of The Ball State Daily News Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I walk into Student Government Association’s Student Senate every week I usually do not know what I will be writing about in the paper the next day. The article usually involves legislation or issues brought up in the meeting. But sometimes, how something happens is more of a story ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/30/how-not-what/ Frequent visitors to the DN|Online may notice a new addition to the top of the site today: the Ball State Media Partners' bar. No - not that sort of bar, but rather a series of links representing our fellow student media outlets at the university. (It's missing from this blog site ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/23/converge-for-the-better/ Each day, the staff of the Daily News tries to have a package story prepared to fill the main news hole on page one. (That would be the big story in the middle of the front page.) We have planning meetings once a week, along with other smaller group meetings ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/21/switching-package-stories/ The hot topic within the sports program at Ball State University is the search for the next men's basketball coach after Tim Buckley and his assistants were relieved of their coaching positions. On BSUFans.com, the Ball State sports fan message board, just about every single person you can think of ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/21/who-will-be-the-next-basketball-coach/ Writing at a college newspaper, you're not quite sure if people react to what you write. Feb. 16 I wrote "Where's The Rock?" wondering why this campus does not have more major rock concerts. Country is good, but there's only so much you can take. One student shared with me his ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/19/this-ones-for-the-rock-gods/ NEW YORK CITY -- Seven members of the Daily News Staff, DN Adviser Vince Filak and I are closing out our stay in New York City for the Spring 2006 College Media Advisers Convention. In our print edition, we make a habit of not tooting our own horn too often. As ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/19/a-bite-of-the-big-apple/ You've stumbled upon the latest addition to the DN|Online — welcome to DN|Blog. This is the Daily News' testing ground for all things news and opinion. As a newspaper, the DN is typically restricted to the space we have in print, but with the launch of the updated DN|Online in January ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/14/experiment-in-dissemination/ With a clear victor standing, the 2006 Student Government election season ended Tuesday night. Team Lisec is the winner by means of statistics, but in regards to the election season itself — everyone took home a piece of the gold. After a dismal 2005 election with only one slate, Team US, ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/01/more-than-average-involvement/