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Beneficence is Ball State’s institutional icon and a tribute to the five Ball brothers’ generosity. Daniel Chester French created the sculpture, completed in 1937. The university describes graduation photographs with Benny as a campus tradition.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Beneficence | Ball State University
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Frog Baby, by Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons, stands in a fountain north of Bracken Library. The university recounts an exam-luck legend from the sculpture’s museum days and a later tradition of giving it a hat and scarf in cold weather.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Frog Baby | Ball State University
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Shafer Bell Tower stands in the middle of McKinley Avenue. Completed in 2001, the 150-foot tower contains 48 custom-made bells spanning four octaves. Its name honors university benefactors Phyllis and Hamer Shafer.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Shafer Bell Tower | Ball State University
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Ball State’s Bed Race tradition began in 1980. Teams of five race a bed along a 100-yard course, with four people pushing and one riding. It is a Homecoming tradition rather than a football rule or competition.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Bed Race | Ball State University
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Ball State Athletics identifies Charlie Cardinal as its official intercollegiate athletics mascot since 1969. The earliest costume used a papier-mâché cardinal head; later versions changed the suit, head and feet to improve movement and comfort.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Charlie Cardinal - Ball State University Athletics
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The Scramble Light is the intersection of McKinley and Riverside avenues. Its name refers to pedestrians crossing in multiple directions while vehicle traffic stops. The university also describes it as a familiar campus meeting place.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Scramble Light | Ball State University
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Ball State’s marching band is called the Pride of Mid-America. The School of Music provides an official band-information page and a link to the ensemble’s own website, a useful starting point for exploring this part of Cardinal campus life.
Checked 2026-10-31 · Sources: Pride of Mid-America Marching Band | Ball State University
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