Lila Fierek

Ball State led the meet for the first two rotations, but Eastern Michigan came back during the third event, leaving a .050 point difference between the teams’ scores. The Ball State gymnasts brought their ‘A’ game on the floor and ended the meet 196.400-195.150, bringing them 14-4 overall.

Ball State cheers for their fellow teammates as they perform floor March 23 at the Mid-American Championship at Worthen Arena. Ball State scored second in floor overall. Andrew Berger, DN

The Cardinals are proud of the team they’ve cultivated throughout the 2023-24 season.

The Cardinals fell to the Fighting Illini 195.825-195.775 in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Regionals Championships and ended the season ranked No. 34 nationally. Despite Ball State’s loss, five Cardinals will compete in the individual matchup April 4.

Freshman Delaney McMahon (left) gets a pep-talk from senior Hannah Ruthberg (right) during the Red vs White meet Dec. 8 at Worthen Arena. Mya Cataline, DN

Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this spring semester, challenging his students to find sustainability efforts in the Muncie area and pitch their ideas to Ron Wilkins, interim editor of The Star Press, Journal & Courier and Palladium-Item. This spring, stories related to health care will be featured.

Luke Hemmings’ aura shone brightly during his first solo concert in Chicago, and it wasn’t due to his signature sparkly blue eyeshadow. The 2500-capacity venue – The famed Riviera – teemed with enthusiastic showgoers. Hemmings, lead singer of 5 Seconds of Summer, opened the North American leg of his tour, “Nostalgia For a Time That Never Existed,” at the Riviera Theatre on Tuesday, May 21.

It was 1990. Tracy Cochrane, who was only 16 years old, was charged with first-degree murder. Two years later, he was sentenced to 67 years in prison in Illinois. He never thought he’d see the “real world” again.

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Lila Fierek | For The Star Press Editor's note: The following is part of a project with students from the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban from the spring semester.