Jo Ann M. Gora, Ball State president

Gora was quoted Oct. 18 on the Inside Indiana Business Web site concerning the recently announced renovations and renaming of the Ball State football stadium. 

Gora said that she was not only thankful to the Scheumanns, Kozels and Fishers, who donated large sums of money and for whom the stadium, press box and training center, respectively, will be named, but to all who donated to the campaign drive.

"We want to acknowledge all the individuals, families, foundations and businesses contributing to the renovation of the stadium," Gora said. "Now we are moving closer to a state-of-the-art athletic facility that can also host a wide variety of university and community events."

Other media outlets covering the renovation and renaming of the stadium included the San Luis Obispo (Cal.) Tribune, The Indianapolis Star, St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press, WFIE Channel 14 (Evansville), WANE Channel 15 (Fort Wayne), WTHR Channel 13 (Indianapolis) and WLFI Channel 18 (West Lafayette).

Robert Papper, professor of telecommunications

Papper was quoted in an Oct. 4 article in the Agence France Press about the use of media among Americans as part of the ongoing coverage of the recently released Middletown Media 2 Study.

"The average person spends about nine hours per day using some type of media, which is arguably in excess of anything we would have envisaged 10 years ago," he said.

Other media outlets covering the story included Television Week, The New York Times, Twice, National Journal's Technology Daily, San Jose Mercury News, BBC Monitoring World Media and The New York Post.

Walter Smith, professor of biology

An Oct. 18 SpaceDaily article quoted Smith about his class assignment to create an edible lunar vehicle. 

Building an edible lunar vehicle has many advantages. "If you build a vehicle made of food, you can cut down on the amount of materials needed to go to the moon," Smith said. 

Smith's class of teaching majors is teaming up with sixth graders from Australia to work on the project. The groups will communicate through the Global Media Network, the university's web-based videoconferencing system.

"This is an opportunity to build a working model while using technology to bridge two continents," Smith said.

"At the same time, my students will learn how to instruct youngsters to build this vehicle by using our videoconferencing system that allows for discussions in a real-time format, as opposed to weeks by letter or minutes by e-mail."

O'Neal Smitherman, vice president for information technology

Smitherman was quoted in an Oct. 11 article in The Indianapolis Star about Ball State's number one ranking in Intel Corporation's "Most Unwired College Campuses" survey.

While he was pleased with the ranking, Smitherman said that Ball State still had more work ahead.

"I don't want to give the impression that we've accomplished this and now we can rest on our laurels. Technology changes constantly," he said.

Other media outlets covering the story included the Evansville Courier and Press, United Press International, InformationWeek (N.Y.), Internet Ad Sales (Sweden), Inside Indiana Business, Indiana Daily Student, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Tablet PC Reviews, WMU News (Mich.), Daily Press (Va.), Akron/Canton News (Ohio), PhysOrg.com, Geek.com, M2 Presswire and WXIX Channel 19 (Cincinnati).

Teacher's College, Professor Garfield Web site

An Oct. 1 School Violence Alert article featured the Professor Garfield Web site created by Teacher's College; Paws, Inc.; and other experts.

Material on the Web site is designed for kindergarten through third grade, but Ball State plans to expand its material for all primary and secondary grades.