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Sultan “Mufasa” Benson speaks to the crowd during the walkout Jan. 28, 2020, at University Green.

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More than a week after a professor called police on a student for not moving seats during class, the Ball State community remains unsettled about the incident.

Students and alumni have taken to social media to voice their aggravation, more than 100 faculty members signed a letter expressing their support of the student body, a sizable crowd

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gathered for a student-organized protest and President Geoffrey Mearns promised action.

Still, despite national headlines and constant chatter from all sides, the student at the center of the incident, Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, said even he isn’t sure what happens next.

“I thought it was going to get swept under the rug the day

it happened,” he said. Though he thinks students are more comfortable talking about the issue now, Benson believes no specific action was taken against Shaheen Borna and that concerns him.

The incident occurred Jan. 21 after Benson was directed to sit in an open seat rather than his typical spot in Borna’s Marketing 310 class. In the middle of class, a

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student sitting near the front left the room, so Borna requested Benson move to that seat. Benson refused because he was charging his laptop, so Borna gave him the ultimatum to move seats or leave class.

Benson initially declined to do either, so Borna left the classroom and instructed a student worker to call university police.

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I thought it was going to get swept under the rug the day it happened.”

- SULTAN “MUFASA” BENSON, Senior Ball State student

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BallStateDailyNews.com Monroe Central takes Tennis teams go 1-2 down Eastern Hancock over weekend

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Jan. 24: After a slow offensive start to the game Friday, Monroe Central found its groove on both ends of the floor to pull away against conference rival Eastern Hancock, 60-47, on Homecoming night for the Golden Bears. A big reason Monroe Central was victorious was offensive efficiency.

Shooting 50 percent from the field on the night fueled the team.

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Jan. 26: NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California. His sudden death at age 41 saw an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball.

The 18-time NBA All-Star spent 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers and won five championships.

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Jan. 25: Ball State’s Women’s Tennis couldn’t quite get things going Saturday afternoon, as Louisville ran away with a win in the second-ever meeting between the two Cardinal squads. As for the men, they split their doubleheader in East Lansing, Michigan, losing to Michigan State and defeating Niagara. The women will compete again Friday, and the men Saturday.

Men’s basketball loses back-and-forth game

Jan. 28: From tipoff, the Cardinals scored the first 10 points before the Falcons had a massive 32-11 run to close out the first half.

Ball State jumped out in the second half on a 9-0 run to take the lead.

However, in the final five minutes, Bowling Green went on a 20-7 run to pull ahead and eventually hand Ball State Men’s Basketball its second straight loss, 67-61.

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Survivors warn of rising anti-semitism Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland celebrated the 75th anniversary of their liberation, returning Jan. 27 to the place where they lost entire families.

They also warned about the growth of anti-Semitism and hatred in the world. About 200 camp survivors from around the world attended and were joined by their family members.

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Mallory Salmon, senior speech pathology major, worked at both 625 Taphouse and Neely House as a hostess. KATIE HAWKINS, ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN ILLUSTRATION

Ball State professor, student reflect on working two jobs.

Charles Melton Assistant News Editor While working two hostess jobs, Mallory Salmon said, she sometimes had to deal with picking up hours at the very last minute or was asked to work over her allotted time.

“It was worth it, but you still look back, and you’re like, ‘I did not make that much for working two jobs,’” said the senior speech pathology major.

Salmon said she has worked three jobs in her college career, usually two at the same time, as a way to help pay for her application to graduate

school and send her test scores to those schools.

From January to September 2019, she said, she worked at the Neely House restaurant as a hostess and the graduate school’s admissions department at Ball State.

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The 2020 Census kicked off Jan. 21 at a remote community in Alaska. Residents in the rest of the country, as well as the rest of Alaska, can respond to the census online and by telephone in mid-March.

This is the first census in which the Census Bureau is encouraging most people to answer the questions via the internet.

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Unity Week event simulates oppression The Tunnel of Oppression event was held Jan. 23 at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center as part of Unity Week. Seven organizations hosted rooms concerning different subjects — gender and race stereotyping during tests, oppression, socioeconomic issues, LGBTQ+ issues, the first woman to run for the presidency, historical injustices and more.

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SHARING THEIR VOICES

At 11 a.m. Jan. 28, students, faculty and community members gathered on the University Green for the student-organized walkout. Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, the student whose marketing professor had University Police Department officers called on him during class for refusing to move seats, was one of the speakers at the event. While President Geoffrey Mearns, who was in attendance, observed the proceedings, he did not speak about the incident during the event.

Sultan “Mufasa” Benson hugs a supporter after the last speaker of the protest finishes speaking. The walkout drew a large crowd of students demanding an end to injustice in the classroom. JOHN LYNCH, DN

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Students stand with signs supporting Sultan “Mufasa” Benson at the walkout. A sizable crowd gathered to listen to Benson and other students and faculty discuss the incident before inviting others in the crowd to come on stage and tell similar stories. DEMI LAWRENCE, DN

President Geoffrey Mearns stands in attendance at the walkout. The walkout was organized by senior Caitlin Maloney and junior Kwesi Rodgers. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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Police arrived, believing they were responding to a call of a student in distress, and Benson said the officers seemed confused once inside the classroom. When police ascertained Benson did belong in the class and was not causing a disruption — a point reiterated by his classmates — Benson agreed to leave the room.

Uniformed officers arriving in his classroom frightened him, Benson said, because of his experience living on the south side of Chicago where police intervention can result in the use of deadly force.

While he said he doesn’t want to see Borna fired, Benson does want him to do some form of community service and possibly take an “early retirement.”

The Daily News reached out to Borna, but he said he was asked by “university administration” to refrain from speaking with the media. Borna’s department chair, Russell Wahlers, after initial news reports about the incident were published, suggested the media had not fully grasped the complexities of the incident and offered to speak with The Daily News.

“I’d be happy to chat about this incident in person, at length, if you are the slightest bit interested in presenting a balanced and factual account in The Daily News,” Wahlers said in an email to The Daily News.

When contacted in an attempt to set up an interview, Wahlers then said he was unable to comment.

“I wish I could share my perspectives regarding the background on this incident,” Wahlers said in an email.

“However, I have been instructed to refer any interview requests to Kathy Wolf’s office.

Deeply sorry.”

When contacted, Wolf, vice president for marketing and communications, said information about “significant news stories” must be coordinated through her office.

“Our exchanges over [these] topics may be confusing when persons are acting in their official capacity as opposed to when persons are speaking in their private capacity,” Wolf said in an email. “As I have

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The crowd gathered to support Sultan “Mufasa” Benson at the walkout Jan. 28, 2020, at University Green. Others, including Kwesi Rogers spoke at the event. JAKE HELMEN, DN

The university’s response It’s not just this one incident, but it’s a series of activities, a series of events that [Mearns has] participated in that I’ve not seen other leaders of the university do.”

Former Democratic mayoral candidate Terry Whitt Bailey speaks to the crowd at the walkout. Bailey spoke to the crowd, saying to be patient while the university officials deal with the sitiuation. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN indicated, with all significant news stories involving the university, including this matter, the division of Marketing & Communications serves as the central point of contact for the news media who request to obtain information or comments from the university.”

A “united front” Angela Jackson-Brown, assistant teaching professor of English, was one of the faculty members who signed a letter in support of students and attended the Jan. 28 student-organized campus walkout.

Jackson-Brown said it is necessary for the university to see the Ball State community has

shared feelings about Borna’s behavior. She said the “united front” sends a message to the university to pay attention.

“We stand strong here at Ball State when it comes to issues like this, so I had no doubt that students, teachers and staff [were] going to show up [at the walkout],” she said.

While she wasn’t sure whether or not the events during the incident had racial motivations, Jackson-Brown said, “We all live in a country where we know the dangers of calling the police on a black person” — particularly when the individual isn’t committing any sort of crime.

“I would say [Borna], at the very least, understood the possible

- TERRY WHITT BAILEY, Former Democratic mayoral candidate outcome of calling the police on this innocent student,” she said.

Students at the walkout echoed Jackson-Brown, believing they should unite with one voice about the situation.

“If we don’t stand up and say something now … it’s just going to happen again, and again and again,” said Caitlan Maloney, senior history and sociology major. “We actually need to do something in response to it.”

Kwesi Rogers said when he saw how the university responded to the situation, he was neither pleased nor disappointed but instead felt like it was a “general PR response.”

Now, he said, he and “a thousand others” are concerned over what will happen next for Benson, wondering if Ball State will just “sweep it under the rug.”

The incident occurred the same day Ball State finalized its first Inclusive Excellence Plan, created with input from the university’s strategic planning process and recommendations by the President’s Advisory Council on Inclusive Excellence.

The plan identifies six diversity and inclusion goals for the university. It hopes to address deficiencies in recruitment, retention, rewards and recognition, inclusive excellence training, development and curriculum, culture and climate of inclusion and inclusive university policies, systems and infrastructure.

“The recommendations established in this new plan will help us build upon our existing efforts to achieve inclusive excellence,” Mearns wrote in an email to the university community about the plan.

“Together, we can take the next step in our journey to ensure that everyone on our campus experiences a sense of belonging and engagement.”

Two days after the Benson/ Borna incident, Mearns sent a campus-wide email detailing his plans for the university and the professor — including providing “appropriate training and oversight for the professor going forward.”

“This unfortunate incident provides all of us with another opportunity to get better and learn how to fulfill our commitment to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our University (sic) community,” Mearns wrote in the letter.

Benson said he is meeting personally with Mearns Feb.1.

Terry Whitt Bailey, former Democratic mayoral candidate for Muncie, spoke to the students at the walkout about her own personal experiences with the university. She said Mearns had the “courage and compassion” to attend the walkout — Mearns was in attendance but did not speak to the crowd — and be among students and faculty.

Bailey told the crowd the president was an “ally” to them, and they had to give him time to take action.

“He’s been here for two years … I’ve watched him over two years,” Bailey said. “It’s not just this one incident, but it’s a series of activities, a series of events that he’s participated in that I’ve not seen other leaders of the university do.”

Bailey Cline, Hannah Gunnell, Gabbi Mitchell and Rohith Rao contributed to this story.

Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu. edu or on Twitter @Cmelton144.

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What we actually found [is] that there really are no differences in the workplace between dual job holders and single job holders.”

- BRIAN WEBSTER, Assistant professor of management at Ball State working longer hours in a week than their counterparts.

“That was kind of suggesting that dual job holders really aren’t hurting the organizations for which they work. They can perform just as well, [and] they can be just as engaged,” he said. “They might actually be hurting themselves in terms of their family life because work seems to dominate such a bigger portion of their

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life, compared to the single job holders.”

Webster was a dual job holder, working in retail and finance in the late 2000s and working in academia as a researcher and consultant around 2015. He said he only had social obligations to his girlfriend at the time, who is now his wife, and he felt he was able to devote enough time into the relationship.

“But certainly, I would say, when you’re married and have a child, I would think a lot more about holding a second job,” he said.

After turning 21, Salmon said, she didn’t get to go out with her friends very often, as she worked two jobs and studied for an estimated 15 hours a week.

“I had a boyfriend during the last five years,” she said. “[I’ve] been able to maintain at least a relationship while having multiple jobs … not so much the friendship aspect.”

Now, Salmon only works one job as a hostess at 625 Tap House. She said she is also trying to get into graduate school.

“If I get into grad school, I wouldn’t mind having two jobs because it’s definitely doable and definitely tests your skills on just being organized and on top of things,” she said.

Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Cmelton444.

The rate of people who held more than one job at the same time reduced from more than 6 percent of the labor force in the mid-1990s to 5 percent in the 2010s. However, a National Bureau of Economic Research paper states the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Population Survey misses many instances of multiple job holding. A person selfemployed in both primary and secondary jobs is not counted as a multiple job holder — for example, someone whose only jobs are driving for Uber and Lyft.

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Participants in Brian Webster’s study worked an average of 33.97 hours per week at their primary job and 12.3 hours at their secondary job.

However, the dual job holders were more engaged at their secondary job than their primary job.

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Understanding the struggle of working two jobs because of his family, Brian Webster, assistant professor of management at Ball State, said there wasn’t a lot of research done on dual job holders, also known as moonlighters.

Along with Bryan Edwards, associate professor of management at Oklahoma State University, and Mickey Smith, associate professor of management at the University of South Alabama, Webster did a study in 2018 on the effects working two jobs can have on an individual.

Webster said he wanted to see if the negative stigma he found in news articles about dual job holders was true. He said he knew family members who would “flourish” from having two jobs.

One of the key ideas Webster and the co-authors of the study wanted to test was whether or not holding two jobs is a “bad thing.” They tested this by comparing dual job holders with single job holders on their job performance.

“What we actually found [is] that there really are no differences in the workplace between dual job holders and single job holders,” he said, adding they tend to perform at the same levels and be similarly gauged among other things.

Working two jobs, Salmon said she felt one of the more challenging parts was trying to get her work schedules to align.

Flexibility of a worker’s schedule, Webster said, was a factor that affects the decision to hold a second job. Someone who works a strict 8 a.m.to-5 p.m. job could have more difficulty finding a second job.

According to the Census Bureau’s report, which analyzed characteristics of

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multiple job holders in 2013, workers with multiple jobs were concentrated in the educational services, like school staff, healthcare and social assistance industry.

In a separate study, Webster said researchers found when dual job holders see one of their jobs as a passion, it tends to interfere more with their other job. He added people might be too drawn toward the job they’re passionate about and get burnt out at the other job.

The second finding from the 2018 study, he said, was the difference in work-family conflict — the way work interferes with a subject’s family life.

Dual job holders experience more work-family conflict than single job holders, Webster said, because dual job holders are

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MAMBA FOREVER Heroes come and go, but legends are forever; Kobe Bryant’s impact is evermore.

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Cardinals fall to NJIT for 1st time ever Prior to Saturday, Ball State had never been on the short end of the stick against the New Jersey Institute of Technology. However, the Cardinals’ 10-match win streak ended, as the Highlanders were victorious in a 3-0 sweep. The Cardinals are now .500 on the season after winning their first three matches to start the new year.

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Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died Jan. 26, 2020, in Calabasas, California. Bryant is currently fourth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. AP PHOTO Daric Clemens Columnist Daric Clemens is a senior journalism news major and is a columnist for The Daily News.

His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Kobe Bean Bryant, the mamba, the legend and the icon.

Saturday, I found myself reminiscing about the many memories Kobe Bryant left in his 20 years in the NBA as I watched LeBron James score a layup to propel him past Bryant on the total scoring record list. It reminded me how well-respected Bryant was around the league, as LeBron did it while wearing shoes that had “Mamba 4 Life” written on the side.

I found myself on Twitter moments after Bryant was moved

out of the top three of the all-time scoring list and saw him paying his respects, as he tweeted out toward James, showing his selflessness by how much he wanted others to succeed after him.

Little did the world know this tweet would be the last thing Bryant would say to the public, as America was left devastated the day after, finding out Bryant, his daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others were killed in a helicopter accident Sunday morning.

It was a shocking death that left many people in distraught, especially in the basketball world.

Bryant was one of the most important figures in basketball but also sports in general. He was a role model for many people who compete today.

His impact was evident, as

NBA teams Sunday and Monday honored Bryant by committing eight-second violations and 24-second violations to start the games to represent the two numbers he wore while playing in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons wore Bryant jerseys before the tip to pay their respects Monday, soccer star Neymar signalized No. 24 after scoring a goal and Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young wore a No. 8 jersey to represent his idol.

These actions were just a small glimpse of how impactful Bryant was as a person. He was a role model for many people, and the loss of him really hurt.

His presence went further than the professional level of basketball. I remember when I was in grade school, it was a normal

thing to toss a piece of crumpled up paper and yell out, “Kobe!” as you attempted to make it into the trash can. Or when you’re playing a game of pick-up basketball and take a contested jump shot, it was always recognized as a Bryant shot attempt, as you again said, “Kobe!” as it went up.

I could never forget the debates with other basketball fans about who was the best basketball player at the time. Bryant was one player who was never left out.

In my generation, if you were into basketball growing up, you wanted to be like Bryant — a champion, a leader, someone who has the mentality they can conquer anything that comes between them and their goals. That’s exactly what he set out to be.

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Ball State’s streak of three consecutive wins in dual meets came to an end Saturday after falling to Mid-American Conference foe Ohio, 188.5-110.5. The Bobcats won six of the first seven events and quickly jumped out to an 81-50 lead. The Cardinals’ lone win before the first break was sophomore Alex Bader in the 100-yard breaststroke.

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Unselfish play leads to Ball State victory Spreading the ball around helped the Cardinals take down Miami (Ohio), 80-63. Ball State had a healthy dose of passing, accounting for 15 assists, three more than its season average. The second half belonged to sophomore forward Thelma Dis Agustsdottir, as her 13-point second-half performance allowed her team to pull away.

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‘IMMEDIATE IMPACT’ Baseball

Ball State Baseball has found success bringing in transfers who contribute the right away.

Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor Noah Powell, Ball State’s starting shortstop the last two years, was brought in from Saint Joseph’s College on the other side of Indiana.

Ross Messina, the team’s 2019 leader in runs, hits and RBIs, played at Cowley College in Kansas and Seminole State College in Florida before coming to Muncie.

Aaron Simpson, the Cardinals’ on-base percentage leader in 2019, and Chase Sebby, the 2019 Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year, both came from Cypress College in California.

“We’re willing to go wherever to find [talent],” head coach Rich Maloney said. “Our reach has become bigger. Wherever you can find it, you want to be able to get it.”

Maloney has developed a knack for recruiting players to transfer to Ball State and make an impact right away. Not even a month into their first season as Cardinals in 2019, Simpson and Messina had already established themselves as the everyday leadoff and three-hole hitters in the lineup, respectively.

Messina said his decision to come to Muncie was based solely on Maloney’s constant communication and support

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Continued from Page 7 He did things on the basketball court nobody else could do.

On a nightly basis, he went out and dominated the games, and it was intriguing to see how much of a competitor he was.

He poured his heart out every contest, which helped him have a successful career.

His competitive attitude came into full fruition when he walked back onto the court after he tore his Achilles in a game. His team

because they exceeded what we could have expected at that time,” Maloney said. “That’s how you win. You win when people step up and do some things that you had hoped they would do, but

I wanted to come in here and make an impact immediately. It didn’t start off that way right off the bat, but I played for a coach who believed in me, so he stuck with me, and it ended up being a pretty good year.”

- ROSS MESSINA, Senior outfielder Then-junior outfielder Ross Messina slides into home during the third inning of the game against Indiana April 23, 2019, at Victory Field in Indianapolis. Messina was the only Cardinal to have multiple hits that the game. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN through the transfer process.

“Not to sound self-centered or anything, but my goal coming in here was to make an impact. You don’t want to go anywhere and just be mediocre,” Messina said.

“I wanted to come in here and make an impact immediately. It didn’t start off that way right off

the bat, but I played for a coach who believed in me, so he stuck with me, and it ended up being a pretty good year.”

Ask Maloney, and he’ll tell you “pretty good” would be understating how both Messina and Simpson performed.

The two were the only

Cardinals to start all 57 games last season. They tied for the team lead in hits with 71 apiece.

The duo was also in the team’s top three in batting average, home runs and slugging percentage.

“To say we thought they would do exactly what they did — I think that would be a pipedream

was down, they needed him and he came through, once again limping his way to the free-throw line, knocking down both in a game where the Lakers ended up winning by two points.

Bryant always made sure to be the best he possibly could, no matter what the circumstances were. It led him to be one of the greatest players to ever lace up for an NBA team.

The career he built in the NBA was legendary and something that will be remembered forever. However, what also made Bryant as great as he was is the way he carried himself

outside of playing basketball.

He touched so many people that were in younger generations, as he wanted to inspire them to do something special with their lives too.

Something that will always stick with me personally, and likely others, is the “mamba mentality.” It was first described as his drive, will power and lack of fear on the hardwood.

However, “mamba mentality” was bigger than basketball.

“Mamba mentality” was something that resonated with anything a person wanted to do while doing it with the intensity

and determination Bryant did himself. He made sure to preach the message of doing what you like to do, and the hard work will pay off.

He didn’t only work hard on the basketball court, but he also was set on being the best he could at everything he did. That’s what he did, as he passed on what he learned in his experience to the next generation.

He was an inspiration in my life just like many other people because of his determination to never give up. The way he continued to push through adversity in his life as a basketball

it was unproven, so you didn’t know if they would do it.”

Now, Maloney knows what they’re capable of, and he said he’s expecting similar numbers this year. He still, however, has to play the waiting game with this year’s crop of transfers. Maloney said he’s especially excited to watch Devin Porter, a junior out of Iowa Central Community College.

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player and as a human shows the grind is worth it in the end.

The impact he had on society will be forever lasting even after his tragic death. His legacy will always live on. We need to continue that “mamba mentality,” as that’s what Bryant wanted for other people. Get the best out of yourself every single day, and inspire others.

Kobe Bean Bryant, the mamba, the legend and the icon, you will be missed.

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Jazz musical visits Emens Auditorium Stopping in Muncie during its national tour, the cast for the Broadway musical “Bandstand” performed on Emens’ stage as part of the auditorium’s “Artist Series.” The musical addresses issues including alcoholism, addiction and PTSD as it tells the story of World War II veterans returning home from war. 11

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Get your hot chocolate fix at these local cafes around Muncie. 10 From snowy days to rainy weather, the Muncie community has had many chances to cozy up with a mug of hot chocolate in January alone. Finishing the first month of the year, Jan. 31 marks National Hot Chocolate Day. Instead of visiting a chain restaurant’s drive-thru for your chocolatey drink to celebrate, consider these four local cafes to fill your stomach with hot chocolate to keep warm this winter.

Queer Chocolatier

Address: 1624 W. University Ave., Muncie, Indiana, 47303 In addition to its homemade chocolate truffles, Queer Chocolatier also offers six different kinds of hot chocolate drinks:

Champurrado, House, Eggnog, Maple, Peppermint and White Chocolate and Orange.

The Cup

Address: 1606 W. University Ave., Muncie, Indiana, 47303 Located in The Village, The Cup not only offers hot chocolate but also an inviting atmosphere for visitors to stay a while with its large booths, photographs and paintings throughout the cafe.

12th Street Cafe

Address: 1900 S. Mock Ave., Muncie, Indiana, 47302 Advertised as “a southside diner with a

down home feel,” the Muncie community can eat a hearty breakfast while drinking hot chocolate at 12th Street Cafe. Visitors can get to 12th Street Cafe by taking the Muncie Indiana Transit System and getting off the Memorial and Mock Avenue stop.

The Caffeinery

Address: 401 S. Walnut St., Muncie, Indiana, 47305 Six minutes away from Ball State’s campus is The Caffeinery, founded in 2013 by owners Frank and Lauren Reber. Visitors can enjoy downtown Muncie’s atmosphere with The Caffeinery’s own roasted coffee blends or hot chocolate.

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Last semester, 11 Ball State students particpated in Ruth Jefferson’s immersive learning class to help 13- to 17-year-old residents at Muncie’s Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) advance their reading skills which were below grade level.

These Ball State students coached their “reading buddies” by practicing sight words, spelling and reading fluency. BallStateDailyNews.com

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A look behind Mac Miller’s ‘Circles’ Released a year after his death, Mac Miller’s posthumous album, “Circles,” contains 12 songs, including the single “Good News.”

The posthumous album’s release was announced on Miller’s mother’s Instagram account. The Instagram post explained Miller was working on the album before he died, and Jon Brion, a record producer who also worked with Miller on his album “Swimming,” completed its production. ByteBSU.com

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Jazz musical tells World War II veterans’ stories on Emens stage Grace McCormick Reporter Ever since she was in fourth grade, actress Shaunice Alexander has been in love with theater.

“I was introduced to a wonderful woman named Rhonda Cates,” Alexander said.

“She came to our school and taught an extracurricular musical theater program, which is when I realized I could dance, sing and act at the same time. Ten-year-old Shaunice’s mind was blown.”

Alexander visited Ball State as part of the touring Broadway cast for the musical “Bandstand.” Alexander plays Jean Ann Ryan, a local radio announcer, who Alexander said is a “fierce woman.”

“This is my first national tour, and it has honestly been both amazing and challenging,” Alexander said. “You’re traveling so much and finding the balance between the work, adequate rest and experiencing what each new state has to offer.”

Across a soundtrack of 24 jazz songs, “Bandstand” addresses issues including alcoholism, addiction and PTSD as it tells the story of World War II veterans returning home from war. To settle back into their lives, the veterans form a band. With the help of their community, they

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begin their individual journeys toward healing.

“One of my favorite songs in the show is ‘I Know A Guy,’” Alexander said. “I remember initially learning the music in New York. The ensemble’s vocal line is rhythmic, and dissonant and intricate … We staged it, [and] I fully realized

You’re traveling so much and finding the balance between the work, adequate rest and experiencing what each new state has to offer.”

- SHAUNICE ALEXANDER, Actress, “Bandstand” how well the number introduces you to each member of the Donny Nova Band … The musical will certainly leave you humming the tunes and feeling even more connected to those who have sacrificed so much for us to have the liberties we do.”

After watching “Bandstand,” Amber Jones, senior pathology major, said the song “Welcome What you need: • ½ cup of heavy cream • ¾ cup of condensed milk • 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder • 2 cups of chocolate chips • ¾ cups of mini marshmallows • Popsicle sticks

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Home” was one of her favorites.

“The song ‘Welcome Home’ really hit the feelings,” Jones said. “I thought it was a very interactive show too, compared to other Emens shows I’ve seen, especially when they held up applause signs during [the musical’s] audition scene.”

“Bandstand” was a part of Emens’ “Artist Series,” which welcomes between four and six traveling Broadway shows to campus each year.

Emens’ assistant director of marketing and communications Kristi Chambers said the series allows students to experience new art and cultural opportunities and see nationallyrenowned performances they otherwise may not have been exposed to.

“I have always loved Broadway but have not yet had the pleasure of seeing ‘Bandstand’ in its entirety,” Chambers said.

“The music and excerpts that I have seen are fantastic, drawing you into the story line, which is why I [couldn’t] wait to see this complete production for myself.”

Because of the musical’s “diligent and hardworking crew,” Alexander said, performing in a different venue every night has been easier than she initially thought.

“I feel like the hardest part • Glass bowl • Spoon • Ice cube tray

Directions: 1. Pour the heavy cream, condensed milk and cocoa

The cast of “Bandstand” stopped in Muncie during its national tour.

The ensemble cast of “Bandstand” performs a dance number to music from the “Donny Nova Band.” The musical won a Tony Award for “Best Choreography” in 2017. JEREMY DANIEL, PHOTO COURTESY of any rehearsal process can be putting all of the elements together,” Alexander said. “You work hard to build a show in the rehearsal room, and sometimes the most difficult part can be moving forward and adding the costumes, set and lights to the equation.”

Macey Arrington, senior musical theater major, said after watching “Bandstand,” she believes the musical did well in showing the perception of people who had gone through wartimes.

“I enjoyed the perspective

on how war affects people with PTSD,” Arrington said.

“I like how [the musical] portrayed people with PTSD, with other men following them or beside them, even though they weren’t there.”

Although “Bandstand’s” story is geared toward veterans and their experiences, Alexander said she believes Ball State students related to the musical’s “idea of encountering something that seems impossible to overcome”

because college students “often have to work through their own personal growth to excel.”

“I believe ‘Bandstand’ resonates so beautifully,” Alexander said. “Its lesson is ultimately one of love and learning that sometimes life’s hardest chapters can teach you the most about yourself and the people around you.”

Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.

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3. Stir until the mixture is smooth.

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What is your favorite hot chocolate topping?

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Being a black man in America Sultan Benson should not have to fear getting an education.

Zahria Hart is a freshman magazine journalism major and writes “Black Curtain” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

Zahria Being a Hart black man Columnist; in America Black Curtain has never been easy, and it probably never will be.

We constantly see our black brothers not being supported by the justice system, and in 2018, the Sentencing Project found that of U.S. residents born in 2001, one in three black men will face imprisonment at some point in their lives. We have gang violence ravaging our young men, and drugs ruling their lives, with “nearly 80 [percent] of people in federal prison … [being] black or Latino,” according to the Drug Policy Alliance.

These are some of the reasons why we encourage our black men and boys to stay in the classroom and take advantage of their education.

But what happens when that classroom is no longer a safe zone? What happens when black men are met with the same scenarios as being on the streets?

Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, a Ball State senior and business administration major, was faced with that exact situation.

On Jan. 21, a video showing the senior being asked to move to the front of the classroom by a campus officer began circulating on social media

Kwesi Rogers speaks on stage at the walkout at 11 a.m. Jan. 28, 2020, at University Green. Rogers questioned on stage why he and other members of the Black community have to demand respect when they deserve it. DEMI LAWRENCE, DN and around campus. Benson was originally asked by the Marketing 310 professor, Shaheen Borna, to sit in the back of the class as his assigned classroom seat was already taken by another student.

Then, a student left, and Borna asked Benson to move toward the front of the room.

“Either you can move your seat, or I call the police,” Benson said Borna told him.

Having the police called is something every black man fears, and though Benson was not physically harmed by this situation, he very well could have been.

“They don’t know what it’s like to be 6’1”, 270 [pounds] and dark-skinned,” Benson said.

All Benson wanted was to go to class and get an education, but this situation showed even

something as simple as that can be stressful for a black student.

Benson said as a Chicago native, Chicago was sometimes “scary,” and he wanted to get away and explore so he could become “a better person.”

Benson knew college was the place where he could further his education, make connections and learn the insides of the business world.

And he does not want to just stop at college.

“I plan on starting a job and pursuing many business ventures that will be in support of my all-time goal of owning my own record label,” Benson said.

This is the life he wants for himself — in every way he is just like me as an African American woman because I have a future for myself as well. I want to be a Ball State

University graduate and end up as a writer in the New York scene with a beautiful family with my well-educated first love.

But it seems like every time a person of color works toward their future, something comes in the way and shoves us down.

They tell us education is the only way and applaud us when we further our education but turn the other way when they see us struggling with our finances, our life goals and everything in between.

Two campus police officers arrived after Borna called them and asked if Benson had been “disruptive.” They got a resounding “no” from several of the other students.

Benson was simply following the PowerPoint in the back of the room. Is that now a crime? What are we supposed to do when we

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can’t even get an education in peace while living in a world that tells us otherwise?

Since the incident last Tuesday, Borna has issued an apology, specifically to Benson and the rest of that specific Marketing 310 class. In both emails, Borna apologized for how he “mishandled” the situation. Borna said the university has requested he decline media interviews.

In an email sent to the university, Ball State President Geoffrey Means said the situation had “unnecessarily escalated,” and he and the business school’s dean had established corrective actions that included appropriate training and oversight for the professor in the future. Benson is also scheduled to meet with Mearns Saturday.

“This choice was a gross error of judgment, and it was simply an unwarranted overreaction,” Mearns wrote.

I have all the trust in the world President Mearns will do what he says in the email.

But as a part of the African American community, one that already has the world against us, it is hard to believe someone outside our race will fight for us. Benson went to class like it was every other day and had to fear for what could have happened to him as a black man at the expense of a university employee.

That should not be his job.

His job right now is to learn and become the successful man he knows he can be. He deserves that much, not to nearly be turned into a statistic.

Contact Zahria with comments at zshart@bsu.edu.

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Letter to the Editor

Faculty condemn calling police on student Editor’s Note: The Daily News publishes Letters to the Editor with minimal copy edits and provides a headline only if the author does not provide one. The views expressed in letters do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. We reserve the right to withhold submitted letters depending on the content. Letters should be approximately 500 words and sent to editor@ bsudailynews.com.

Nearly everyone is now familiar with the events that transpired on Tuesday, January 21: Professor Shaheen Borna called the police on a Black student, Sultan “Mufasa” Benson, who declined to switch seats in the middle of class.

When the police arrived, they interrogated the student in front of the room. Fortunately, the student’s classmates spoke up in his defense and de-escalated the situation. The President has also responded by referring to Professor Borna’s actions as a “gross error of judgment” and as “unwarranted.” As faculty, we, too, must respond by condemning the misuse of police in the classroom, calling out the institutional racism behind it, and telling you, our students, that we are with you.

Our first concern is Borna’s rapid escalation of the situation and involvement of the police

A supporter holds up a sign Jan. 28, 2020, at the University Green. Faculty members and students stood in attendance at the walkout. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN to resolve a disagreement about seating. No disruption or physical threat existed.

Instead, the police were called in on spurious grounds, thereby violating the trust that students place in their professors and the university to provide a safe place to learn. We firmly believe that the police have no place in classroom management and should be relied upon only when real threats to the safety of those

in the room or building exist.

Calling the police when there is a disagreement creates a dangerous climate in our classrooms. This danger is felt most by our students of color.

The second concern we have as faculty is the racism inherent in calling the police on Black people and on Black students who have committed no crimes and who pose no threat. As scholars and scientists, we will not speculate

about the professor’s intent or reasons for involving police; his intent is unknowable and it is immaterial in this case.

His actions, however, reflect either an ignorance of or disregard for a national context where the over-policing of Black communities and the criminalization of Black children has been extended into every aspect of Black life, from the public park and train station to backyard barbecues and

even one’s own apartment. As Benson put it in an interview with Ball State’s Daily News: “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 down, handcuffed — there’s no telling.”

Just as concerning is the police response. Officers arrived with little information, according to the university, yet failed to assess the situation before engaging the student as a suspect and giving him the same ultimatum as the professor had. In the absence of an actual threat or report of a threat or disruption, the officers should have gathered information neutrally instead of automatically giving the professor the benefit of the doubt and pressuring the student to do what the professor asked. While conversations with the BSU PD have been initiated, review of and changes to policies and practices toward this end need to take place to ensure the safety of students.

Because of these actions, Benson was fearful. Benson’s fear is legitimate. The trauma inflicted on Benson and on the campus community is real, and it is inexcusable.

We are glad President Mearns has condemned Borna’s actions; however, we are afraid of the message faculty send to students if we remain silent. It tells you that your professors are afraid of you. We are not. It tells you that you do not belong on this campus. You do. It tells you that you may be met with swift, dangerous, and outsized

Letter to the Editor

Dear Shaheen Borna, ‘the student owes you an apology’ Editor’s Note: The Daily News publishes Letters to the Editor with minimal copy edits and provides a headline only if the author does not provide one. The views expressed in letters do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

We reserve the right to withhold submitted letters depending on the

content. Letters should be approximately 500 words and sent to editor@ bsudailynews.com.

Dear Dr. Borna, I wanted to write to you and offer you my support in the wake of recent events. I am the parent of a current Ball State student, and I was outraged that in all the media coverage of your having

had a student removed from your classroom, no one has made mention of holding that student accountable for submitting to your authority as a professor. I appreciated your apology for what you characterized as an overreaction, but I am dismayed that the student has owned nothing. I have been on the edge of my seat

waiting to hear someone call him out on the fact that he was disrespectful and defiant and has taken no responsibility for his actions, but there has only been silence.

I have two sons in college, one at Ball State as I mentioned, the other at Purdue, and both of them have been in classes in

which they’ve disliked or disagreed with something their professor has said or done. I have counseled them both the same, saying that unless said professor is asking them to do something immoral or illegal, it is their responsibility to submit and adjust. I’ve taught them that it is the professor’s prerogative to make the rules

for his or her classroom.

They don’t have to like it or agree with it but they do have to submit to it.

In my opinion, it is a sad, sad day when these kids are allowed to act out with no consequences, and can cry, “I was bullied!” or claim membership of a persecuted class as reason for being disciplined, instead of

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reprisals if you stand out, speak up, or simply exist on our campus. That is not acceptable to us. We desire both critical reflection and bold actions not only to address this violent act but also the institutional culture that allows acts like this to happen.

The use of police to get one’s way in the classroom is institutional violence. We support our students of color as they deal with the trauma of these events and navigate its fallout. We affirm the right of all of our students to learn without fear of arrest, police violence, or institutionalized racism.

We, the undersigned, stand with you.

Sheila Y. Abebe, DNP Lizz Alezetes, MA John Ambrosio, PhD John W. Anderson Jr., MA Jackson Christopher Bartlett, PhD Ben Bascom, PhD Laura Bassette, PhD Michael Begnal, MFA Susanna L. Benko, PhD Timothy Berg, PhD Douglas A. Bernstein, PhD Lindsey Blom, EdD Sharon L. Bowman, PhD Lori Boyland, EdD Jill Bradley-Levine, PhD Nate Brown, MA Rebecca Brown, EdD Tracy Caddell, EdD

recognizing that their own actions have brought it upon themselves. I believe we do kids no favors by allowing them to believe that they get to be in charge and aren’t under authority of any kind.

The natural outplay, if that were allowed to continue, would be chaos and anarchy, and nothing anyone would want. I fear that professors

Ruby Cain, EdD Jessica Calderwood, MFA Argnue Chitiyo, PhD Jill Christman, MFA Kristin N. Cipollone, PhD Jon M. Clausen, PhD Rachel Cohn, MFA Ashley Coker, MA SF Collas, PhD Patrick Collier, PhD David Concepción, PhD James Connolly, PhD Jennifer Cullen, PhD Mike Dalgety, EdD Elizabeth M. Dalton, MFA Andrew S. Davis, PhD Allyson C. DeMaagd, PhD Katherine J. Denker, PhD Katy Didden, PhD Olon F. Dotson, PhD Zina Eluri, PhD Fen English, PhD Jennifer Erickson, PhD Bryan E. Essien, PhD Max Felker-Kantor, PhD Molly E. Ferguson, PhD Kathryn Fletcher, PhD Holmes Finch, PhD Maria Hernandez Finch, PhD Sheron Fraser-Burgess, PhD Obed Frausto, PhD Rachel Fredericks, PhD Kathryn S. Gardiner, MFA Regina J. Giraldo-Garcia, Ph.D. Denise Harris Allison H. Hitt, PhD Emily Brown Hoffman, PhD Matthew R. Hotham, PhD Ashley Hutchison, PhD Angela Jackson-Brown, MFA Maura Jasper, MFA Ryan C. Jeske, PhD

I believe we do kids no favors by allowing them to believe that they get to be in charge and aren’t under authority of any kind.”

Emily Suzanne Johnson, PhD Darolyn “Lyn” Jones, EdD Alexander Kaufman, PhD Jungnam Kim, PhD Mary E. Kite, PhD Theresa Kruczek, PhD, HSPP Patricia L. Lang Amanda O. Latz, EdD David C. LeBlanc, PhD Shuning Liu, PhD Gennifer M. Mager, PhD Kendra Mann, MA Joseph A. Marchal, PhD Cassandra M. Martin, PhD Renae D. Mayes, PhD Tom J. McConnell, PhD John L. McKillip, PhD Jackie Grutsch McKinney, PhD Deborah Mencias McMillan, EdD Andrea McMurtry, MA Beth A. Messner, PhD Lauren C. Mims, PhD Deborah Mix, PhD Mary Moore, MA Winnie Mucherah, PhD Michael T. Ndemanu, PhD Ted Neal, MFA Mark Neely, MFA Laura O’Hara, PhD Michael M. O’Hara, PhD Gilbert C. Park, PhD Jessica R. Peebles-Spencer, PhD Robin Phelps-Ward, EdD Kerri Pickel, PhD Eric Pierson, PhD Jean Marie Place, PhD Jason Powell, PhD Marilynn Quick, EdD Gerardo Ramirez, PhD Vanessa L. Rapatz, PhD James N. Rediger, EdD Kristin Reeves, MFA

Jessica Reuther, PhD Rona Robinson-Hill, PhD David J. Roof, PhD Dan W. Royer, EdD Eric Rubenstein, PhD Lisa Rubenstein, PhD Jacinda Russell Emily Ruth Rutter, PhD Serena Salloum, PhD Janay B. Sander, PhD, HSPP Sreyoshi Sarkar, PhD Wilisha Scaife, MA Emily Jo Scalzo, MFA Maria B. Sciuchetti, PhD Michael Shaffer, EdD Bikram Sharma, PhD Erik James Shaver, PhD Serena Shim, PhD Carolyn K. Shue, PhD Evette Simmons-Reed, PhD Amber Spaw Lynne Stallings, PhD Angela J. Stefanski, PhD Mahamud Subir, PhD Shantanu Suman, MFA Tasneem L. Talib, PhD Kelsey Thiem, PhD Shannon Titus Dieringer, PhD Jason D. True, PhD Robert Turick, PhD Shauna Turner Sarah Vitale, PhD Broyny Vitatoe, MS Khirey B. Walker, PhD Jill K. Walls, PhD Jessica L. Ward, PhD Kiesha Warren-Gordon, PhD Ellen Whitehead, PhD Susan M. Wilczynski, PhD,

will no longer want to teach if their authority is continually undermined.

I am one person, with no real influence, but I wanted you to know that I support you and I am so sorry that things are being handled the way that they are. I think the student owes YOU an apology, and that the administration owes

you some support. If this had been one of my sons, they would be marching themselves into your office apologizing for their behavior and for putting you in a situation where you felt you needed to call the police.

Thank you for hanging in there, Amy L. Lex, parent of Ball State student

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IMPACT In his two seasons in Iowa, Porter batted .355 with 21 home runs, 96 RBIs and 100 runs scored. He also recorded an on-base percentage of .519 and a slugging percentage of .691 — stats his current coach described as “phenomenal.”

Maloney added that he plans to start Porter at first base and bat him fourth.

“Devin’s a natural hitter. He’s hit his whole life,” Maloney said. “He’s got a high ceiling … I’ve watched him really get better, and defensively, he’s really worked hard and done a nice job getting better. We’ll see how he does, but boy, I really, really like him.”

Porter said he’s been a fan of the team’s work ethic from day one, and his contributing goal is to simply do what he’s been doing for years.

“I just hit the ball hard. That’s my job, and that’s all I really want to do,” Porter said. “I see the amount of hard work and effort we put in. We should have a legitimate shot at winning the MAC this year. There shouldn’t be any big issues as long as we keep working hard.”

Other batters who have transferred to Ball State for the upcoming season include Adam Christianson, a catcher from Illinois Central, and Trenton Quartermaine, an infielder from Kalamazoo Valley Junior College.

At this point, having coached collegiate baseball for nearly 30 years, Maloney said finding the right transfer talent is all about knowing your needs and knowing the right people. Messina, Simpson, Porter and many others were recruited by direct contact through Maloney’s “network” of relationships.

“When we can find somebody to help us right off the bat, it’s a no-brainer,” Maloney said. “When I look at taking junior college players, they need to be immediate impact guys — guys you think have a good chance of winning the job. They make your team better. Fortunately, we’ve been able to do that.”

Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.

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CROSSWORD EDITED BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE LEWIS; SUDOKU BY MICHAEL MEPHAM ACROSS 1 Healthful berry 5 Sommelier’s concern 9 San Antonio cagers 14 Bananas 15 “... the __ blackness of the floors”: Poe 16 “The Fox and the Grapes” storyteller 17 Dutch cheese 18 Way to go 19 Queen’s milieu 20 “That’s fine” 23 Get going 25 “Knives Out” Golden Globe nominee de Armas 26 Lansing-to-Flint dir.

27 “That’s all folks” 32 1960s chess champ Mikhail 33 Mustard family member 34 They’re tapped 37 Bundle 39 On the money 42 Kentucky coach with 876 victories 44 Foolhardy 46 __ avis 48 Mex. title 49 “That’s not the point” 53 Withdrawal site

56 Carnival city 57 Words before “so sue me” 58 “That’s rich” 63 Polynesian language 64 Sitar music 65 Yemen’s Gulf of __ 68 Conclude with 69 Indicator 70 Feet-first race 71 Video chat choice 72 “What __ is new?”

73 MP3 player DOWN 1 Cream __ 2 Fish that’s salted and dried to make bacalao 3 Like Pentatonix numbers 4 Flying insect with prominent eyespots 5 Bookish type 6 Wind up on stage?

7 Fly like an eagle 8 Win over 9 Hapless sort 10 Ucayali River country 11 Grammarian’s concern 12 Type type 13 Just-in-case item 21 “The Caine Mutiny” novelist 22 Paternity identifier

23 Web address letters 24 Atheist activist Madalyn 28 Deface 29 “When We Were Kings” boxer 30 Pola of the silents 31 Poetic contraction 35 Dressed to the nines 36 Wild period 38 Uncommon sense 40 Actor Holbrook 41 Amount past due?

43 Ranch bud 45 Wonder Woman, for one 47 Plot-driving song, perhaps 50 Zilch 51 Rough around the edges 52 High-pH compound 53 Summits 54 “__ goodness” 55 Temperamental 59 Edit for size, as a photo 60 Follow 61 Confident juggler’s props 62 Candy __ 66 It may need a boost 67 Flanders who inspired the band Okilly Dokilly

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