http://blogs.bsudailynews.com The blog of The Ball State Daily News Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:47:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of our avid readers noticed an error with our PDF archive during the Summer and into the start of Fall Semester.We've figured it out.A small line of code signifying the end date of the calendar needed to be updated. (As it turns out, someone didn't see a reason to ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/28/weve-fixed-it/ LEXINGTON, Ky. – It was almost a fairy-tale comeback for the Ball State University baseball team. I can’t describe the feeling I had when I walked out of the press box after Matt Singleton struck out to end the game. As a journalist, it is hard to be an impartial ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/05/cards-fall-short-in-ncaa-regional/ Racism has been a buzzword around Ball State University's campus this year. From people yelling racial remarks out of cars to the many, many events the university and other organizations have sponsored, racism has been a major topic of dicussion. Less than a month ago, a group of about 75 Ball State ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/25/the-spin-on-racism/ Today is April 20, 2006. It's 4.20, or depending on how you see it: 420, 4/20, 4-20 or just *giggle.*We're not naive at the Daily News, nor should we pretend to be. The staff is well aware of what today's date signifies to many people, as if the surplus of ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/20/to-be-blunt/ On Saturday, Daily News staff members and editors traveled to the University of Indianapolis for the annual Indiana Collegiate Press Association convention and awards ceremony. Overall, The Daily News tied with Indiana University's Indiana Daily Student for Best Division I Newspaper. That overall ranking is a measurement of the total ... http://blogs.bsudailynews.com/10/state-wide-pride/ 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/