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‘I WILL BE READY’ Ishmael El-Amin has become the catalyst in Ball State Men’s Basketball’s road to success.

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Bringing the energy

Senior libero Nick Lavanchy stays positive and keeps things light on the volleyball court at all times.07

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Exercising outdoors around Muncie Work toward your New Year’s resolutions with these six walking destinations. 10

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Starbucks straws Two sides to the issue of Starbucks’ new lids.12

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Marking the start of Unity Week, the Ball State and Muncie communities honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a breakfast, march and speaker. 4

Ian Hansen Reporter 211 to 212. As water heats up inside a singeing metal pot, the slight jump in temperature means more than a single degree.

212 degrees Fahrenheit boils water. It creates steam. It powers the engine. The analogy means doing the small things and taking the extra step can lead to

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Since the first day I came here as a freshman, I told coach Whitford, ‘I will be ready for any role that you give me, and I will embrace it, and give you 100 percent and give you my all.’”

- ISHMAEL EL-AMIN, Junior guard

Junior guard Ishmael El-Amin looks for a pass Nov. 17, 2019, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Cardinals beat the Sycamores, 69-55. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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bigger accomplishments. This is what head coach James Whitford has preached to his team all season.

The 1-degree difference has left a long-lasting impact on junior guard Ishmael El-Amin.

This time last season, he was watching his team play from the bench with a wrist injury, and he knew he had to improve his body.

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Campus Democrats hold anti-war protest

Jan. 13: Shouting slogans like “We will not be silent, stop the government violence” and “We demand justice, we demand peace, get the U.S. out of the Middle East,” Ball State students protested against American military involvement in the Middle East.

The anti-war protest, held by Ball State Democrats, involved a march followed by speeches.

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Men’s basketball’s 3s key in comeback win

Jan. 18: With the RedHawks shooting 83 percent from deep and holding onto a 10-point lead, Ball State was looking for a spark heading into the half. Cue three straight threes from freshman guard Luke Bumbalough. Four more from a supporting cast gave the Cardinals a 33-30 lead at halftime. Ball State’s threes helped it pick up its first win over Miami (Ohio) since 2017.

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Holcomb says wait for teacher pay boost

Jan. 15: Gov. Eric Holcomb outlined to state legislators how to free up tens of millions of dollars to boost teacher pay but said he didn’t want them to act on it until next year. In his State of the State address, he also renewed his call for passage of a statewide ban on drivers using handheld cellphones.

He spent much of the speech highlighting the state’s economy.

Cardinals drop 2nd MAC contest in Ohio

Jan. 18: It was an offensive showdown Saturday in Athens, Ohio. Both teams were able to put together solid scoring displays, but Ohio was better down the stretch and was able to hand Ball State Women’s Basketball its second Mid-American Conference loss of the season, 79-71. Freshman guard Sydney Freeman led the way for the Cardinals with 13 points.

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Mayor proposes 5-member MSD board A new ordinance, written by Mayor Dan Ridenour and introduced by the Muncie City Council Jan. 6, aims to expand the Sanitary District (MSD) Board of Commissioners from three to five members. Raising the number of people on the board, Ridenour said, would help have “more eyes and more controls in place” at MSD meetings.

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Ball State launches new ‘We Fly’ campaign

Senior business administration major, Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, gets interviewed by NewsLink Indiana Jan. 22, 2020, in a Whitinger Business Building classroom. Benson’s Marketing 310 professor, Shaheen Borna, called the police on him after he refused to change seats because he was charging his laptop. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

Ball State student and university discuss incident caught on video.

Hannah Gunnell Reporter A Ball State professor issued an apology to his students after having police called on one of them during his class. The incident was not how that student said he wanted to start his final semester.

“I haven’t had the police called on me for throwing parties. I had

the police called on me for sitting in class, learning,” said Sultan “Mufasa” Benson. “That’s something I can tell my grandkids one day.”

Benson’s comments came while he reflected on the incident that took place Tuesday morning during Professor Shaheen Borna’s Marketing 310 class. Borna called University Police Department (UPD) officers on Benson for not moving seats. The incident

was caught on video, posted on social media and currently has more than 140,000 views.

Barstool Ball State, local affiliate of the platform Barstool Sports, posted the video on its Twitter account showing UPD officers arriving to a classroom during class. It shows Borna complaining about a student’s refusal to move seats.

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Ball State unveiled new banners, signage, billboards on interstate highways, a television an online commercial and more as part of “building on the success of its ‘We Fly’ marketing campaign,” according to a university press release. It said people had a more favorable view of Ball State after the launch of the “We Fly” campaign two years ago.

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Greek Life policy sent to University Senate The Student Government Association’s (SGA) “Zero-Tolerance Policy” resolution will now be reviewed by the University Senate, whose members will discuss the policy’s suggestions. Before winter break, SGA voted to pass the resolution, which would punish Greek Life organizations for acts of sexual assault or hazing by members.

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THE PROGRESS

OF PROGRESS Beverly Tatum reflects on civil rights and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

John Lynch Reporter Though more than half a century has passed since the birth of the civil rights movement, Beverly Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, believes the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for equality has much to teach us today.

“Words matter. Leadership matters. Organization matters.

Those who threaten the status

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Continued from Page 3 Benson responded to the Twitter post and claimed he was the student in the video.

He said the incident began when he arrived at the classroom in the Whitinger Business Building and found another student sitting in his assigned seat. He said Borna told him to sit in an empty seat at the back of the class. The seat was near an electrical outlet, so Benson plugged in his computer charger.

Halfway through the class, he said, another student sitting in the front row left early, and Borna asked Benson to take that student’s seat. Benson refused because his laptop was still charging.

Borna gave him two options — move to the front-row seat, or he would call UPD. When Benson refused to move again, the professor left the class and returned minutes later.

A student worker, at the request of Borna, made the phone call to UPD, said Kathy Wolf, vice president of

quo will become targets for those who don’t want change. Courage is necessary. Persistence pays off,” she said in an email.

Tatum, author of “Assimilation Blues: Black Families in White Communities: Who Succeeds and Why?” and “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

And Other Conversations About Race,” came to Ball State’s Pruis Hall for a conversation about the way race relations and civil rights have changed in America.

The conversation, moderated

by Bobby Steele, director of the Multicultural Center, and Marsha McGriff, associate vice president for inclusive excellence, focused in part on the very question her book asks — why are all the black kids

marketing and communications at Ball State. Following the call, she said, two UPD officers arrived to the classroom without much information to work with.

“Based on the limited information they had, they believed that there was a student in distress,” Wolf said. “That’s what they had in mind when they responded.”

Benson began recording the scenario on his Instagram Live prior to the officers’ arrival.

When the officers arrived, they asked Benson if he was a Ball State student and if he was disrupting class.

Both videos about the incident show other students in the class standing up for Benson and claiming he was not disrupting class. Benson said because the class supported him, he left on his own accord so he wouldn’t escalate the situation.

He spoke with the UPD officers in the hallway, who he said appeared confused about the incident.

Wolf said the officers were able to speak with Benson and offer him suggestions, advice and further steps for him to take.

sitting together in the cafeteria?

Tatum said the reason why this metaphorical and actual phenomenon continues to happen is due to the way people internalize racial cues from childhood onward.

She used the example of a black child growing up and internalizing the question of how he is perceived by others, as all children eventually do, but from the viewpoint of a person with pre-existing stereotypes leveled against them.

“When he’s 14, he’s 6 feet tall, and now people are walking across the street to avoid him,” Tatum said. “Not because he’s not good looking, but because they are perceiving him as potentially dangerous. And that response is not unnoticed by him.”

Beverly Tatum speaks with Multicultural Center Director Bobby Steele and Associate President for Inclusive Excellence Marsha McGriff Jan. 21, 2020, at Pruis Hall. The conversation focused on how civil rights have changed, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the movement he championed. JOHN LYNCH, DN That psychological response is part of one of several factors to which Tatum attributed many of the modern civil rights struggles: “Four Ps” — population, politics, polarization and psychology — and used the four most-recent

At around noon Jan. 21, 2020, Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, senior business major, tweeted that his professor had the University Police Department called on him during class. Ball State’s official Twitter account responded later that evening, stating they were aware of the incident and were reviewing the situation.

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Benson said he was afraid during the incident because of his perspective of the situation — he is a large, African-American man, and a white professor called the police on him.

“I’m from the south side of Chicago. I wasn’t supposed to make it to college if [I’m]

being honest,” he said. “I made it to college, and I got the police called on me for being in the classroom. It scared me to say the least. You don’t know what’s going to happen in that 20 seconds. If I hadn’t kept my composure, I could’ve been riddled with bullets, tased, beat

U.S. presidencies as an example.

Despite former President Bill Clinton’s assurance in 1997 that it was the best time to address the racial tensions in the country, she said the next two decades would prove too

down, handcuffed — there’s no telling.”

Despite his initial fears of law enforcement and social media comments alleging police use of profanity, Benson said UPD did not use any racial slurs toward him during the incident.

In the email Borna sent to Benson and his marketing class apologizing for the incident, the professor said he “mishandled” the situation.

“As a professor at Ball State University, it is my responsibility to ensure that you and all of my students receive an excellent educational experience,” he said in the email.

“I am sorry that my actions today did not contribute to that.”

Borna has refused to comment any further on the incident.

According to a statement released by Ball State, during such incidents, the university works to understand what happened and how to improve based on what is learned — including talking with those who were involved and putting into place measures that will prevent future situations.

As of Wednesday afternoon,

tumultuous to make progress.

The events of the 9/11 terrorist attacks threw the country into a state of war, which pushed off the discussion, and the 2008 housing collapse caused further economic inequality

Shaheen Borna, professor of marketing, has been teaching at Ball State since 1987. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY,

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Benson said university administrators had not contacted him.

On Wednesday, Benson said he met with Russel Wahlers, chair of the marketing department, and was moved to another Marketing 310 class.

After speaking with his family lawyer, Benson said he and his mother are thinking about taking legal action.

Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at hrgunnell@bsu.edu or on Twitter @hagunnellNEWS.

that disproportionately affected African Americans, she said.

Eventually, Tatum said, the election of the country’s first African-American president would also set back the country from having a discussion on race.

“Immediately after this election, we heard commentators on the news talking about whether or not we were now in a post-racial society, and so we don’t have to talk about it because we’re post racial, right?”

Tatum said. “Now, of course

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July 2, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. King attends the signing of the act into law and continues to press for non-discriminatory voting rights legislation.

Dec. 10, 1964 At 35, King becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

we know that a lot of things happened following President Obama’s election that reminded us we were not post racial.”

That reminder, she said, is an example of the pushback to racial equality that has been seen over the last several years,

referring to King’s 1967 book “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”

According to King’s book, Tatum said, every time social progress is made, there is a pushback against that progress and, following that pushback, a

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March 7, 1965 Voting-rights marchers are beaten by state troopers and civilians as they cross into Selma, Alabama. The violence turns them back but leads King to call for another march from Selma to Montgomery.

April 4, 1968 King is assassinated on the balcony outside his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee.

Five days later, his funeral in Atlanta sees more than 50,000 people march behind a mule-drawn wagon carrying his coffin.

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1955 King receives a doctorate from Boston University.

April 12, 1963 King is jailed for demonstrating without a permit while protesting segregated lunch counters in Birmingham, Alabama. While in jail, King writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Aug. 28, 1963 King speaks at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, delivering his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.

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1951 King receives a Bachelor of Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary.

Dec. 1, 1955 After Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, King leads a bus boycott aimed at ending segregation of public transport in Montgomery, Alabama.

1950

Sources: Library of Congress, The King Legacy, ShareAmerica, Benefits.gov, National Archives, TNS EMILY WRIGHT, DN

Jan. 15, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta.

1930

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the third Monday in January to be recognized federally as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate and honor the life of one of the leading figures in the non-violent civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.

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subsequent reversal.

“First, the line of progress is never straight,” King writes in the book. “For a period, a movement may follow a straight line, and then it encounters obstacles, and the path bends. It is like curving around a mountain

when you are approaching a city.

Often, it feels as though you were moving backwards, and you lose sight of your goal: But in fact, you are moving ahead, and soon you will see the city again, closer by.”

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Marching in unison Unity Week

Ball State and Muncie community members gathered Jan. 20 outside the Multicultural Center to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the annual MLK Unity March.

After the annual community breakfast event, participants walked along McKinley Avenue holding a banner and posters. This was the first time since 2017 the event wasn’t cancelled due to freezing temperatures.

Judy Hessel, acquisitions supervisor at Ball State, carries her daughter on her back during the MLK Unity March. Participants marched from the Multicultural Center to Shafer Tower and back. BAILEY CLINE, DN

University Police Department Lt. Terrell Smith hugs a participant during the MLK Unity March. UPD helped direct the traffic on McKinley Avenue during the march. BAILEY CLINE, DN

Following the MLK Unity March, Mayor Dan Ridenour presented a proclamation recognizing the 37th Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the city of Muncie. BAILEY CLINE, DN

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Nothing in reserve

Team not affected by break, earns 2 wins

Despite being out of action for over a month, the Cardinals showed minimal signs of rust Thursday, as they beat Mid-American Conference rival Toledo, 194-104. Two days later, the stands in Lewellen Aquatic Center were as full as they had been all season as Ball State defeated Indiana State on Senior Day, 159-141.

Nick Lavanchy’s energy and leadership helps keep Ball State Men’s Volleyball level-headed.

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Senior libero Nick Lavanchy celebrates with senior outside attacker Matt Szews after a play,Jan. 10, 2020, in John E. Worthen Arena. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor Head coach Joel Walton said one of the issues his team runs into is multiple players wanting to be the voice of the team, but to Walton, there’s one who sticks out.

In the forest of 6 feet, 4 inches; 6 feet, 6 inches all the way up to 6 feet, 8 inches, it’s 5-foot-10-inch senior libero Nick Lavanchy who speaks for the trees.

“Nick, in spite of being surrounded by a bunch of alpha males and guys that want to take the reins, he’s been able to get ahold of them,” Walton said. “The energy he brings is

respected by the team, and the guys do a good job of listening to the input he has to offer.”

Walton described Lavanchy as a vocal leader, and he’s been that way since he first joined the team.

Early in Lavanchy’s freshman season at Ball State, Walton said, he was already showing his outspokenness and suggesting ways to make practice drills more effective.

“I’ve always been a leader ever since I can remember,” Lavanchy said. “I’m trying to stay focused and keep everybody’s mind straight, realizing there’s an end goal we’re working for …

Volleyball can be a roller coaster of emotions at times.”

Those emotions, senior outside attacker Matt Szews said, can get to players when they’re out on the court, so it’s nice to have someone like Lavanchy around — someone with a fiery personality who constantly provides positive energy and brings his teammates up.

“He’s a bit of a firecracker,” Szews said. “It definitely helps relax me. I know it helps relax other people on the team too.

To have someone who’s always bringing a smile and joking around a little bit … If we’re having a rough match or things aren’t going well, it’s kind of nice to step back a little bit.”

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Ball State falls for 1st time in 2020 After improving to 3-0 Friday following a five-set battle with California State Northridge, the Cardinals found themselves on the opposite side Saturday against No. 4 UC Santa Barbara. Ball State struggled to generate consistency, as the Gauchos led the Cardinals in nearly every statistical category except for total attacks.

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“I wanted to get stronger. I was in the weight room a lot over the summer,” El-Amin said. “On the court, I knew this team was losing scorers after last year, so I knew this team was going to need a scorer on the offensive end. I got in the gym, got some shots up, worked on my ball handling and as the season went on, the team needed me to be a defender.”

Ball State lost its leading scorer last season in Tayler Persons along with another prominent player in Trey Moses.

El-Amin said he knew his role was going to increase, and he was ready to take that next step.

“Since the first day I came here as a freshman, I told coach Whitford, ‘I will be ready for any role that you give me, and I will embrace it, and give you 100 percent and give you my all,’” El-Amin said. “Whether that is starting or coming off of the bench, I was going to do whatever I needed to help the team get a win.”

His hard work and positive attitude have paid off, as ElAmin sits seventh in the entire country in 3-point efficiency at 46 percent. He is the team’s second-leading scorer at 14.6 points per game after averaging just 6.9 last season and is currently looking to solidify a

08 spot on the All-Mid-American Conference First Team.

However, El-Amin said it isn’t about the numbers. It’s about his team and adjusting his game by whatever means necessary to win. This even means weathering the storm of an ankle injury early in the season on redshirt senior guard K.J. Walton, who is considered the team’s “defensive stopper.”

“With K.J. going down, we lost our stopper,” Whitford said.

“Ish came to me and said, ‘Hey coach, I’d like to do that role.’

Those are the types of things that make a catalyst for a team.

You see younger guys watching someone like Ish and how valuable he is for us, and they want to take the mantle on as our defensive stopper.”

While El-Amin has the offensive numbers, it is the defensive side of the ball he is most proud of.

“I take the most pride in my defense,” El-Amin said.

“I wasn’t really looked at as a defender, but I feel like I have shown in a quiet way at the end of non-conference and the start of conference play, and I feel like I have answered the bell for my coaches with who I need to guard. I am excited to be able to show them that I can be a defender and still be there offensively.”

Whitford praised El-Amin’s ability to be a great teammate and a responsible role model for

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Junior guard Ishmael El-Amin goes up to the rim against Indiana State, Nov. 16, 2019, in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. El-Amin scored 11 points against the Sycamores. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN the younger players in the locker room by taking what the game gives him and running with it.

“He continues to be a great person, and he continues to be incredibly responsible,” Whitford said. “He has always been those things, but he has amped it up a little bit more, and the game has slowed down for him.”

The Cardinals currently sit at 11-7 and are 4-1 in the MAC in

large part because of El-Amin’s selflessness. He was given his moment to shine, and he is remaining humble about it.

“It took me a little longer to be able to get out here and let the fans and my teammates know that I have been capable for a while,” El-Amin said.

“It just feels great to see the success. I don’t shy away from any moment, but I am also not

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Lavanchy said his energetic, chirpy personality comes naturally and is something his teammates should consider adopting in a sport that requires up to 20 or more hours of work a week.

He related it to an everyday job, saying your life will be a drag if you hate what you’re doing.

Inversely, finding the positives will encourage you to perform to the best of your abilities.

“I like to just have fun on the volleyball court,” Lavanchy said.

“The biggest thing is keeping the mood light whenever possible because when you get too serious, guys tend to get tense and worry too much about mistakes … It’s all about finding fun in

volleyball. Otherwise, you’re just going to go crazy.”

Lavanchy’s animation doesn’t slow down when he comes off the court either. After high-fiving everyone down the line on the bench, he comes right back to the front, leading his teammates in cheers and celebrations. Walton said Lavanchy’s court presence is missed when he goes to the bench, but his leadership on the sideline is just as important.

“I think that’s where his personality and level of energy is very evident because he’s not checking out,” Walton said.

“If our bench can give our guys energy, it keeps everyone involved, engaged and moving forward. Nick, for sure — if he’s

Senior libero Nick Lavanchy sets the ball Jan. 11, 2020, in John E. Worthen Arena.

Ball State beat Queens, 3-0. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN on the bench, he’s one of the leaders there the same way he would be on the court.”

There are times, Lavanchy said, when he isn’t a nonstop ball of energy. Whether it’s watching

film, doing homework or just hanging around the house, he said he needs to find ways to decompress to avoid burnout.

“I like to be pretty easy-going and have fun with a lot of things,

tooting my own horn. I stay confident but remain humble and continue to feel blessed about the opportunities given.”

He was given the formula, and he made steam with it. Now, the train is rolling, and El-Amin is having the best season of his collegiate career.

Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ianh_2. but, especially during matches, there’s a switch that turns on,” Lavanchy said. “Being that energetic all the time is just impossible. I got to find time to relax. Just finding a way to turn that switch on and off is essential.”

Szews said he’s relieved when Lavanchy takes a break because being wired up all the time “might be a little exhausting after a while.”

For Lavanchy, he doesn’t see his style changing anytime soon.

“The energy I bring is always pretty positive, and I try to keep it that way,” Lavanchy said.

“There’s a fine line between just being stupid and having fun and bringing the energy up of the rest of the guys. I don’t think that’s ever been an issue, and I don’t plan on it being an issue.”

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Kim Welsh-Jeselskis stands with her “office dog,” Babette, Jan. 17, 2020, in Indianapolis. Babette stays in WelshJeselskis’ office but wanders around, sometimes into other people’s offices.

What’s in a vape?

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Ball State alumna Kim Welsh-Jeselskis creates a law firm in Indianapolis.

Kamryn Tomlinson Assistant Features Editor Growing up in Muncie, Kim WelshJeselskis, 1997 Ball State psychology masters graduate, said she always had an interest in going to Ball State, following in the footsteps of her brother.

Now, two of her nephews also attend the college.

“It is fun, especially now that my nephew is there,” Welsh-Jeselskis said.

“He shares things about the school and campus that are new, and my husband, [who’s] also a Ball State grad, and I

get to ask him if certain things are still standing — like The Chug.”

While Welsh-Jeselskis was a student, she said, she began pursuing her law career when she learned about organizational psychology and became familiar with several employment cases.

Since graduating from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2000, Welsh-Jeselskis has spent nearly 20 years primarily representing individuals with employment-related matters, such as discrimination, sexual harassment and contract issues.

“Currently, myself and my two other

partners represent the four women who have sued the Attorney General Curtis Hill for sexual harassment,” WelshJeselskis said. “It is still pretty early on, but our hope is that it will make an impact on how these issues are treated with legislative officials and employees.”

Throughout her career as an attorney, Welsh-Jeselskis said, technology has greatly changed. People did not text, instant message or email much, but now, “it’s all about electronic discovery and making sure you collect it and preserve it.”

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Carry two- or three-pound hand weights or wrist weights with you on your walks to tone your arms.

Use hills and inclines.

By adding these to your walking workout, you can build strength, as inclines work your hamstrings and quadriceps.

Find a bench.

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Benches can be used for multiple types of exercises including tricep dips, incline push-ups and box jumps.

In addition to its weekly indoor events, Minnetrista has gardens, nature areas and walking paths for visitors.

During the winter from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, walk through Minnetrista’s Orchard Garden, Rain Garden, Wishing Well Garden and Rose Garden.

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Different surfaces like trails, sidewalks and grass each work your lower-leg muscles in different ways and require your upper body and balance to help stabilize you through the different ground levels.

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With the new year came a new decade and more New Year’s resolutions. Nearly 30 percent of Americans said they made resolutions for 2020, and 50 percent of those people said their resolution was to exercise more, according to a YouGov survey.

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Continued from Page 09 “I don’t think I’ve ever thought of [the job] as being hard, definitely not representing my clients, but you do have to deal with certain issues like unpleasant opposing counsel that can make the cases not fun,” Welsh-Jeselskis said.

Halfway through her career, Welsh-Jeselskis met her colleagues BJ Brinkerhoff and Hannah Joseph.

First introduced by a mutual friend, Joseph and Welsh-Jeselskis co-counseled cases together. For several years, Joseph said, she tried convincing Welsh-Jeselskis to practice law at the firm where she worked. After agreeing, Welsh-Jeselskis met Brinkerhoff, and the three began working together.

Within the last several months, the three coworkers decided to branch out and open

their own law firm, now known as Jeselskis, Brinkerhoff and Joseph Legal Firm (JBJ Legal) in Indianapolis.

According to its website, the law firm will “focus on representing individuals, small businesses and entrepreneurs”

My favorite part [about being an attorney] is helping people.”

- KIM WELSHJESELSKIS, Attorney with “employment issues, corporate transactions and dispute resolution.”

“We have all been practicing for a while, and we are pretty fortunate to have a book where we have our clients that came with us, so we were able to continue providing them with

services,” Welsh-Jeselskis said.

By being centrally located in Indianapolis, Welsh-Jeselskis said this allows JBJ Legal to easily help its clients located in Downtown Indianapolis and litigate cases in the federal court right down the street from its office.

“My favorite part [about being an attorney] is helping people,” Welsh-Jeselskis said.

“I feel very lucky to have been able to help people navigate through difficult workplace situations for my entire career.

The majority of people have to work for a living. Our jobs impact our daily lives emotionally and financially.

When an individual’s job or career is impacted by discrimination, harassment, retaliation or even a breach of an agreement, I am very honored that they turn to me to help resolve these issues.”

Associate attorney Alexandra Blackwell also joined forces with Welsh-Jeselskis, Joseph and Brinkerhoff after interviewing to work at JBJ Legal.

Sitting on a shelf in Kim Welsh-Jeselskis office are books about the rules of Indiana courts for the new year. Welsh-Jeselskis and her coworkers share an office space on Massachusetts Avenue, which overlooks the skyscrapers in downtown Indianapolis. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN “[Welsh-Jeselskis] helps me every day,” Blackwell said.

“She is unbelievably bright, motivated and hardworking.

[Welsh-Jeselskis] also is a very good teacher. She is good at knowing when to make you try to work it out on your own …

The special thing about law is that you are never really done learning. [Law] evolves over time. Your clients change, the

laws change and the issues are constantly changing, so it is never boring.”

Throughout the transition process of moving to JBJ Legal, Blackwell said, the firm figured out what its policies and procedures are and how it wants to execute them.

“Everyone was able to use their background of what they did and didn’t like in previous

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offices [we worked at], and we were able to cherry pick and figure out what was going to work for us,” Blackwell said.

“It was fun because all hands were on deck. Everyone’s working and helping make everything start, which will give us an interesting perspective.”

Blackwell said she believes the setup at the new law firm is unique and believes it will benefit their team as it moves forward.

As law continues to interest her because of new cases constantly coming out, WelshJeselskis said, she has remained passionate about her work because it “clicks with who [she] is and what’s important to [her].”

“Ball State students [who are] thinking about going to law school, even though it has changed in the last twenty years I have been doing this — it is still a great profession and a great place to land,” WelshJeselskis said.

Contact Kamryn Tomlinson with comments at kptomlinson@bsu.edu on Twitter @peachykam.

Do-it-yourself ways to reuse and recycle spare paper Nicole Thomas Features Editor As new classes fill students’ schedules, some may also end up filling their trash cans with last semester’s assignments, essays, readings and newspapers to make room in desks and folders.

Instead of tossing out these papers, consider these two DIY ideas to transform last semester’s leftovers into useful objects.

Newspaper Gift Bag NICOLE THOMAS, DN

What you need: • Newspaper • Ruler • Glue • Scissors • Yarn or ribbon • Cardboard Directions: 1. Take two sheets of newspaper, and stack them on top of each other horizontally.

Lay the part of the newspaper you want to be the front of your gift bag face down.

2. Glue the two sheets of newspaper together.

3. With the right side of the paper, fold 1 inch of it toward the center. Press firmly to crease the fold.

4. Fold the left side over so it overlaps 3/4 inch over the folded piece, and glue the overlap together. Press down to crease the left fold.

5. Fold the bottom edge of the paper 4 inches up toward the center. Press firmly to crease the fold.

6. Separate the bottom fold’s two layers of newspaper,

and fold the left corner toward the bottom fold’s center to make a triangle.

Repeat with the bottom fold’s right corner.

7. Fold the top flap of the bottom section down toward the middle, folding the corners into triangles.

8. Repeat with the bottom flap so the two flaps meet. Glue together the two flaps to create the bottom of your gift bag.

9. Use scissors to poke two holes 1 inch apart through all layers at the top of your gift bag to create holes for your gift bag’s handles.

10. Gently open your newspaper, and place cardboard inside your gift bag to reinforce its bottom.

11. Cut two pieces of yarn 6 inches long.

12. On one side of your gift bag, thread the ends of your yarn through each hole. Repeat on the bag’s opposite side.

13. Tie three knots at the end of each piece of yarn so your

yarn stays attached to your gift bag.

14. If desired, take another sheet of newspaper to create “tissue paper” for your gift bag.

15. Enjoy your recycled newspaper gift bag.

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What you need: • Newspaper or a sheet of paper

• Soil • Plant of your choice Directions: 1. Take one sheet of newspaper or one sheet of paper, and fold it in half so the top and bottom meet evenly.

2. Fold your paper hot dog style. Press firmly to crease the paper.

3. Unfold your paper, and align your paper in front of you so the folded edge is closest to you.

4. Fold the bottom left corner of your paper toward the crease in the middle to create a triangle. Repeat with the bottom right corner.

5. At the top of your paper, separate one sheet, and fold its edge down to meet the edges of the triangles.

6. Taking the fold you just worked with, fold it down once more. Press firmly to crease.

7. Flip your paper over.

8. Fold the left side of your paper over to meet the center crease. Repeat with the right

side of your paper.

9. Fold up the bottom edge of your paper to the center of your paper.

10. Taking the fold you just worked with, fold it up once more. Press firmly to crease.

11. Unfold the fold you just made, and tuck its flap inside the pocket of your paper so your paper looks like a rectangle with a triangle on top.

12. Fold the triangle part of your paper over top of the rectangle. Press firmly to crease.

13. Unfold this fold, take the top point of the triangle and fold it toward the triangle’s left corner. Press firmly to crease.

14. Gently open your paper pot.

15. Place soil and plant into your paper pot.

16. Enjoy your paper plant pot.

Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu or on Twitter @nicolerthomas22.

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Resisting the straw Tier Morrow is a senior journalism and English studies major and writes “Caffeinated Conversation” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily Tier agree with Morrow those of the Columnist; newspaper.

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Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth find the sea turtle nest in the 2010 film “The Last Song,” they surround it with wooden stakes and wire fencing and set up lawn chairs, vowing to sleep outside until the eggs hatch.

If you’re like me, you were nervously yelling, “Go, go, go” at the screen as the pair fended off raccoons looking for a latenight snack.

Now, think back to yesterday’s morning routine:

Did you pop into Starbucks for a vanilla iced coffee or pull into the gas station for a soda?

No matter what your caffeine of choice was, you probably instinctively unwrapped a straw before taking a long swig intended to get you through the day.

If you did, you might have just choked one of those baby turtles clawing its way toward the ocean.

It is estimated every person in the United States uses at least two straws a day, amounting to more than 500 million straws across the country, according to the Be Straw Free Campaign.

The campaign also reported that by 2050, “there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish (by weight).”

2020 is the year to channel your inner child and switch to sippy cups.

Sip on that for a minute.

As a progressive company, Starbucks announced in March of last year it would remove straws from 30,000 stores worldwide by 2020, starting with the implementation of a strawless lid only offered with cold brew drinks. Later, in summer 2019, the company released an official strawless cold drink lid for all cold drinks except blended options.

“It sounds dramatic, but this lid is going to get used about a billion times a year,” said Andy Corlett, director of global packaging solutions and innovations for Starbucks, who has also designed packaging for L’Oréal and Proctor & Gamble, in a press release. “It’s going to take

PLASTIC IN THE OCEANS Each minute, the equivalent of a garbage truck full of plastic ends up in the ocean — more than 8 million tons every year.

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Each day, Americans use half By 2050, there will be more a billion plastic straws. Most plastic in the ocean than fish. of the straws aren’t recyclable, and many of them end up in the ocean where they can harm aquatic life.

billions of single-use plastic straws off the market.”

According to Starbucks, the new lid uses 9 percent less plastic than the former lid and straw combined, meaning there is less plastic to throw away and less plastic to end up in the oceans.

But beyond that, there is no straw, and straws are what lodge themselves in the nostrils and throats of sea turtles.

Because turtles can’t regurgitate anything they eat, straws either get trapped in the wrong place and cause blockages or sit in the turtle’s stomach, slowly killing the innocent reptile.

By 2050, it is predicted 99 percent of all sea turtle species will have ingested at least one piece of plastic because straw addicts can’t give up the comfort of an unneeded straw.

My grandpa told me stories about watching sea turtles in the ocean near his North Carolina home. I’ve been to see them once myself, and I hope to one day take my children. I want to know, without a doubt, that every time I return, the majestic creatures will be there to greet me.

But that won’t happen if the people in front of and behind me in the Starbucks line continue to instinctively grab a straw before their drink despite the redesigned, strawless lid.

When we were kids, we all learned to drink from sippy cups, a similar design, and we didn’t try to stab straws through the lid, so why is there such a problem now? If you got a hot drink, you wouldn’t think about putting a straw in it either, so why do you need one for a cold drink?

I know it’s hard to quit a bad habit cold turkey, but when you go to get your grande iced caramel macchiato tomorrow morning, ask yourself if you

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MUNCIE’S CHANGE Throughout the last few years, different businesses in Muncie have joined in the worldwide no straw initiative.

Below is a list of the businesses and how committed they are to the elimination of plastic straws:

Starbucks — uses the strawless lid with all types of drinks except blended options and is working to be completely strawless this year 625 Taphouse — only uses paper straws and only gives to people when they ask Savages — uses paper straws instead of plastic Even though there are not many businesses on the list, many restaurants have become more cognizant of the issue and have begun teaching their waiters to ask customers before handing out plastic straws.

Source: Starbucks, 625 Taphouse, Savages

need a plastic straw or if you can pick up a wooden stir stick and use it for its intended purpose, hence the name.

Or maybe you want to really push yourself, and you buy a reusable hot or cold drink cup Starbucks offers, and you start bringing it with you every time you need a refill. You’d be helping the planet, saving turtles and spending less money all at the same time.

I know it can be easy to get wrapped up in all the bad happening in the world and feel like you, one person, can’t do anything to make a difference, but you can. And it starts one straw at a time.

Contact Tier Morrow with comments at tkmorrow@bsu. edu or on Twitter at @tiermorrow.

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Destruction gone strawless Getting rid of straws really won’t do much.

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For more information on the events listed here, visit BallStateDaily.com/Events Shanghai Ballet: The Butterfly Lovers • Friday, January 24, 7:30 p.m.

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Burger Tuesday at Brothers • Tuesdays, 4-10 p.m.

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Mackenzie Diggs is a senior journalism major and writes “Diggstionary” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the Mackenzie newspaper.

Diggs As the Columnist; world Diggs-tionary pushes for advancements to replace our everyday single-use products, big corporations might be taking the easy way out.

Single-use plastics have slowly piled up, plaguing oceans and beaches all over the world. In 2018, a viral video of a plastic straw being removed from a turtle’s nose made a splash on Twitter and started a conversation on single-use plastics. The video shows the turtle in pain and bleeding, and #Savetheturles

quickly started trending on social media.

California was the first state to respond to this movement and was the first U.S. state to ban the use of plastic straws in sit-down restaurants at the beginning of 2019. Many other people began bringing their own reusable straws as well.

Starbucks was the first big company to announce a plan to ditch plastic straws in 2018 with the “adult sippy cup” lid. Coffee lovers and Starbucks stans everywhere applauded the company for its progression and dedication toward reversing the climate crisis with the announcement.

However, since the new lids have come into global use, the cons to these lids seem to have slipped the average user’s mind.

The new lids actually use more plastic than the original straw-lid combo. I weighed the different lids myself, and the new one weighed slightly

more than the other one, not even a full gram. So, while they may be sparing the turtles, they aren’t exactly helping the abundance of single-use plastic pollution.

Also, often times when customers are given these lids, they still reach for a straw out of either habit, preference or ignorance. This causes an entirely new issue where extra unnecessary amounts of plastic are used. Starbucks has said it will be eliminating the option of plastic straws completely by 2020, but until that becomes the case, people are actually causing more plastic pollution than before and might not even be aware of it.

Further, plastic straws are only a small portion of the problem. Starbucks continues to use plastic and paper cups as well, which cause much more waste than straws.

Large corporations have the opportunity to make a larger change but unfortunately often

just do the bare minimum to make the public feel like it’s making a large change.

Currently, Starbucks offers 50 cents off of your drink if you bring your own cup. However, that usually isn’t enough incentive for the average consumer to bring their own cup every time. Starbucks can realistically afford to make that margin of savings higher, but it doesn’t to protect its profit margins.

This shows how large corporations are continuing to put their profit margins above everything else, even with the demand for change amidst the climate crisis.

The changes they do make often seem like ways to appease the public or appear progressive despite the lack of time we have to get pollution under control.

Contact Mackenzie Diggs with comments at mddiggs@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @mackenziediggs3.

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That opinion on King’s vision of a post-racial America was shared by Angela Jackson-Brown, assistant teaching professor of English and community engagement liaison for the Black Faculty and Staff Association.

Jackson-Brown said in an email that pushback against racial equality has been reflected in the political landscape of the United States over the course of the last few election cycles.

“Had you asked me that question [of how race relations have changed] in November of 2008, I would have said we have entered to the King Dream years.

Now, I wonder if we have made any strides at all,” she said.

Additionally, the larger public perception of King and the movement he championed are areas both Tatum and Jackson-

Most people know that he was a civil rights leader who believed in nonviolence, that he gave a famous ‘I have a dream’ speech at the March on Washington and that he was assassinated. That’s about it.”

- BEVERLY TATUM, President emerita of Spelman College Brown said are often a simplified version of what King and the civil rights movement stood for.

They said King should be remembered for more than the fight for racial equality, citing his interest in ending economic inequality and improving education.

“In my observation, the average person does not know much about Dr. King,” Tatum said in her email. “Most people know that he was a civil rights leader who believed in nonviolence, that he gave a famous ‘I have a dream’ speech at the

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Similarly, Jackson-Brown said King’s modern perception should be more in line with his strengths as an organizer and planner than the purely ideological figure he is known for being.

“Many of the modern-day activists do not have a plan beyond the hashtag or the march,” she said. “King did more than gather up his friends to take a walk with him. He made sure that if people were going to put their lives on the line, that there was a purpose behind it.”

Former President Barack Obama, in a conversation at the Obama Foundation Summit in October 2019, also reflected on this issue, saying there is a sense sometimes that the way to make change is to be as judgemental as possible about other people.

“That’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change,” Obama said. “If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far. That’s easy to do.”

However, Tatum said she feels every person has the ability to affect change if they take the initiative to do so.

“I sort of felt that was beyond my charge as a professor to say you must become an activist, but we all have a sphere of influence,” she said. “If you recognize that you have the power to influence others, how are you using it?”

Contact John Lynch with comments at jplynch@bsu.edu or on Twitter @WritesLynch.

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