When Celebs Don't Get Their Way

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It's beginning to become the norm for the Hollywood scene. Your average multi-million dollar celeb get's upset and throws the world into a vortex. For example at the recent 2009 VMAs this past Sunday evening, when rapper Kanye West rushed the stage, disrupting country starlet Taylor Swift. West argued that singer/song writer Beyonce Knowles should have won the award.

I'm not a fan of Swift or West, but this is insane, how some stars act up. Let me dive deeper into the issue. This was just one of many attacks from celebs. I remember the reports of domestic abuse in the Chris Brown vs. Rhianna episode. Yes, Brown apologized but it's that kind of celeb violence that we are subjecting to America.

Athletes aren't eliminated from this discussion. Just a few days Serena Williams (Left) went on a rampage after she disagreed with a line judge about a call that was made to decide her match in the US Open Women's Tennis Tournament.

I can't count on my hands, how many times celebs have attacked honest, hard-working camera men and women and photographers. Those poor photographers out in the streets are just trying to get a shot of their favorite stars, and what do they get in return; an all-out assault from loud bad-mouthing to hardcore UFC throwdowns. I could understand if the celeb told the security to let them pass, but the celeb has their own squad team of bodyguards for protection. All I'm asking is "Why the hell can't those poor camera men and women get one picture?"

I think celebs that want to attack people need to cool it. There are many, many, many celebs out there in Hollywood that know how to behave, but this is becoming the norm for the American public view. Sorry or not, I think the millionaires of the world need to get their act together or begin to watch the millions go bye bye. I don't think America has been hard enough on celebs for their outbursts and I'm sick of seeing this three ring circus continue. Whose with me? You can message me about this issue on the comments section at the bottom of this column.

Thank You and Goodnight!!! Until next time this is Matt "Night" Rider for the BALL STATE BUZZ!!!!

Football Whoos Don't Scare Me

Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Muncie, Ind.- As a youngster, I remember coming to watch Ball State football with my Dad, who is an alumni here at BSU. When I transferred to BSU this Fall, I was excited to see some great football. Frankly, no offense, Indiana State University football isn't that good, so I was pumped. I'm still pumped. After an undefeated regular season last year, the Cards started the year 0-2. Now it seems that everyone is calling it a season from hell.

Frankly, I'm sick of hearing about how embarrassing our BSU football team is in the Ball State Daily News. I might catch some flack from saying this, but haven't you ever heard the saying, "If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all." I know they call it hard news, but we should be providing encouragement to the BSU football team and students, not making them feel bad.

It's not the part of the school's newspaper reporter to ask the coach, why the game was an "embarrassment". Instead you should look forward and talk about what to do better for the next game or how the team is improving for the next game (Saturday September 20th @ Army).

Ok, so we lost to two good schools in North Texas and New Hampshire, but this shouldn't spell disaster. We have a young offensive line, with a redshirt freshmen (Kelly Page) at QB. We lost senior tight end Madaris Grant in the season opener. Yes, losing Grant is a big blow for the offense, but we still have senior standout MiQuale Lewis running the ball. The offense just needs a few weeks to jell together, and the outlook will become brighter.

I'm tired of hearing about negative publicity written about the Ball State football team. We are not that BAD, so do me a favor and quit writing about how much of an "embarassment" the game was. Instead write about the positives. For instance about what we can do to improve, and about how we are going to be playing an always good Army squad this saturday.

My view of the whole situation is we need time to adjust. Nate Davis went to the 49ers, but good for him. Time to move on. New coach (Stan Parrish), QB, and offense lines equals growing pains. The offense doesn't need to change one bit, they just need time.

If you want to way-in on this topic, send me a message in the comment box at the bottom of the page.

Thank You and Goodnight!!! Until next time this is Matt "Night" Rider for the BALL STATE BUZZ!!!!

A Fresh Start

Written By: Matt "Night"Rider
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The reason I decided to start this new "THE BALL STATE BUZZ" blog is because I think as a journalist, I owe it to my blog readers to continue my writing. I will not rule out an attempt to write for the Ball State Daily News (Ball State's official newspaper), but for the time being I would like to stay on the web. I've tried to fit in with the sports writers at the Ball State Daily News, but were unsuccessful so I will continue writing through "THE BALL STATE BUZZ".

The summer of high-flying dirt track racing ended for me, when I transferred to Ball State University from Indiana State University this Fall semester. I am adapting well to my new surrounding. I transferred to BSU, to better my education. No offense to any journalism majors at ISU, but in my opinion BSU has a better Communications department than ISU does.

Like I said earlier, I really didn't fit in with the writers at the Ball State Daily News, so I will try again next year. This is more of a blogged column. Each day of the week, after I get done with my classes, I will come up with a new topic to blog about for the day. There will be no guarantees for a blog post each of the five days out of the week, because my schedule gets very busy sometimes. I will make every effort possible to come up with a news topic to blog about for each day.

I would like to thank you the readers for taking some time out to read my columns each day, and I look forward to sharing my views with you.

Thanks,
Matt "Night" Rider