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Bounce-back season is here Ball State Softball didn’t fulfill expectations last year. The Cardinals are hoping things will be different this time around.08

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Lynn Teter wasn’t always politically involved.

While the 2016 election was her initiation into politics, the freshman elementary education major said the 2018 shooting incident at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the events that followed got her interested in political activism.

“I’ve always been aware of politics, but I think [that’s because] I grew up in

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That’s [the political parties’] lifeblood — keeping people active — because if they’re not active, then people … don’t turn out.”

- CHAD KINSELLA, Assistant professor of political science at Ball State

Bloomington, which was a really liberal town, and my school’s like — a lot of people are very politically active there,” Teter said.

Her interest in political activism and engagement is what drew Teter to the Ball State College Democrats and, eventually, Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) campaign for president.

Before Booker ended his presidential bid Jan. 13, Teter was working to get him on the ballot in Indiana by collecting Ball State student signatures.

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Jan. 28: The Muncie Community Schools (MCS) board meeting was replaced by Muncie Action Plan’s (MAP) community meeting and presentation by guest speaker Derek Peterson. During the meeting, Peterson introduced the audience to a new mentorship initiative called “Web of Support,” which MCS will be implementing over the coming weeks.

Feb. 1: Ball State headed to South Bend, Indiana, for what was statistically its toughest competition of the year: a quad meet with No. 19/21 Notre Dame, Michigan State and Indiana State. The Cardinals lost the meet, with the men falling 21978 to Notre Dame and the women losing 212-81. The loss brought Ball State’s record to 2-3 for the men and 5-4 for the women.

Men’s volleyball earns Movie star Kirk back-to-back sweeps Douglas dead at 103

Feb. 1: Coming off three consecutive losses, the Cardinals upset No. 7 Penn State in their fifth straight road contest by way of a sweep. They turned around and swept Saint Francis the next day.

Ball State’s sweeps over the Nittany Lions and Red Flash marked the first time the team has swept opponents back-to-back on the road since April 2016.

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Feb. 5: Kirk Douglas, star of “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films and opponent of the Hollywood blacklist, died at 103, People magazine reported Wednesday. Douglas was nominated for three Oscars — for “Champion,” “The Bad and the Beautiful” and “Lust for Life.” He also won an honorary award for “50 years as a creative and moral force.”

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Muncie Moral Mondays encourages community openness.

United Kingdom leaves European Union Three-and-a-half years after the British Parliament voted in favor of leaving the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom officially left the EU. The country was formerly an EU member since 1973. While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it “a moment of real national renewal and change,” many people mourned the loss of their EU identity.

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Muncie celebrates Black History Month

Members of Muncie Moral Mondays discuss institutional racial inequality Feb. 3, 2020, outside the Muncie Courthouse. City Councilman Jeff Robinson of Muncie’s second district and other community leaders visited the group that night. JOHN LYNCH, DN Grace McCormick Reporter Editor’s Note: Dominic Bordenaro previously wrote for the opinion section of The Ball State Daily News.

“The candlelight helps make the environment more peaceful and relaxing, so people are more open to sharing their opinions,” said senior political science major Dominic Bordenaro.

“It helps with the ambiance.”

The first Monday of every month, a group of Muncie citizens gather on the steps of City Hall before city council meetings to discuss concerning issues.

Muncie Moral Mondays were inspired by a national “Moral Mondays” movement that began in North Carolina in 2013.

The movement supported the Poor People’s Campaign, which was inspired

by Martin Luther King, Jr.’s claim of three evils in the world: racism, poverty and war.

The first “Moral March on Washington” took place June 19, 1968, to protest these three evils.

Bordenaro and Muncie citizen and activist Jason Donati, among others, wanted to unite the Muncie community through Muncie Moral Mondays.

“We don’t need more meetings. We need to see tangible progress,” Donati said. “Our goal is to establish a fusion coalition to lift the voices of people who are often unheard and build a broad fusion coalition of people from all backgrounds … an intergenerational, multigender, multiracial group of people who

want to come together and fight issues facing the Muncie community today.”

Bordenaro said there were more Muncie community members than Ball State students at the Jan. 6 gathering, which was held in candlelight.

While Bordenaro, who is the president of Ball State Democrats, said Muncie Moral Mondays’ anti-war economy and anti-poverty philosophies align closer with Democratic Party ideals, he acknowledged all opinions are welcome in their gatherings.

“As long as no one is being offensive, we just let people speak their minds to how they’re feeling and thinking,” Bordenaro said.

“The whole idea behind Moral Mondays is encouraging people to be open.”

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Students and community leaders from the Ball State and Muncie communities joined hands for Muncie’s annual Black History Month Kickoff. The event, held Feb. 1 at Minnetrista, featured an award ceremony for local community leaders and essay contest winners from local schools and a presentation on Muncie’s Race Relations Survey 2020.

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Ball State to consider sustainable gowns At the Student Government Association meeting held Jan. 29, Ball State representatives introduced the goal to switch to sustainable graduation gowns by spring 2021.

The new gowns are produced by the company GreenWeaver, which recycles plastic bottles, breaks them down into pellets and sews them into fabric to make the gowns.

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HIGH PLACEMENT Ball State ranks among top U.S. online programs.

Bailey Cline Reporter Ever since the rankings started eight years ago, the U.S. News & World Report has shown the differences in college online programs, which “helps prospective students who are trying to find a quality and meaningful online program,” Nancy Prater said.

More than 20 years ago, Ball State offered a master’s in nursing as its first online program. Now, in 2020, Ball State has received recognition in the top 30 in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” which analyzes more than 300 other online programs.

This year’s awards in the

category include master’s in curriculum and instruction, master’s in nursing education, masters in educational administration programs and more.

Ball State also ranked in the “Best Online Programs for Veterans” list: 10th in master’s degrees in education programs, 11th in masters degrees in business administration and 22nd in bachelor’s degrees.

Prater, executive director of market development division of online and strategic learning, said graduate programs and other classes aimed at nontraditional students have been the specialty for Ball State’s online learning.

“Ball State was an early entry to online education, and a lot of that was to meet the needs of those working adults who really want a career advancement, maybe career changes,” Prater said. “Now, most of those

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students are … the students who started a college degree and maybe didn’t finish.”

She added that this report is more in depth as opposed to other ranking lists. The report will send detailed surveys to colleges in August with anywhere from 250 to 280 questions asking how each college is delivering its courses.

“I always feel confident that this really is a pretty accurate gauge and how we compare with others,” Prater said. “I would also say that very small changes can take you from fourth to eighth.”

Senior Michaela Baker, business administration major, said she likes online classes because it allows for a flexible school schedule. Baker has taken a mix of face-to-face and online classes in the past two years.

Last semester, she took all of her classes online because she wanted to work full-time.

Ball State’s rankings for online programs “I like not being committed to a schedule,” she said. “If I have class at 12:30 [p.m.] on Tuesday/ Thursday, then I obviously can’t go to work at that time if I need to or if I have appointments … so I like just being able to have that availability.”

She said she’s taken online classes from both Ivy Tech and Ball State.

“I think with Ball State’s classes you do learn a little bit more information because you’re required to do more work for the class,” Baker said. “I think, at the end of it, you end up coming out with more knowledge than you would have.”

Besides switching from Blackboard to Canvas, Baker said she hasn’t noticed a lot of change in how classes are run in the past two years. She said she thinks this is because each class varies with the professor and the program.

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Ball State ranked in the top 30 for several online categories in the U.S. News & World Report, which weighs the university’s programs against other schools. Overall, 1,600 programs were assessed to see which colleges offered the best.

Best Online Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction Programs: 4/28 Best Online Master’s in Nursing Education Programs: 5/10 Best Online Master’s in Education Programs for Veterans: 10/37 Best Online Master’s in Educational Administration Programs: 11/27 Best Online Master’s of Business Administration Programs: 15/335 (Miller College of Business) Best Online Master’s of Business Administration Programs for Veterans: 11/80 (Miller College of Business) Best Online Master’s in Special Education Programs: 16/19 Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs: 17/183 Best Online Bachelor’s Programs: 29/353 Best Online Bachelor’s Programs for Veterans: 22/97 Best Online Master’s in Education Programs: 35/309

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According to the Indiana Secretary of State’s 2020 Candidate Guide, Democratic or Republican candidates participating in the U.S. presidential primary or seeking nomination in the primary election for governor must collect at least 500 signatures of registered voters in each of Indiana’s nine Congressional districts and a minimum of 4,500 signatures statewide.

Teter only worked for the Booker campaign for two days prior to Booker’s decision to drop out of the presidential race. During that time, she collected 100 signatures from Ball State students for his campaign.

Chad Kinsella, assistant professor of political science at Ball State, said being involved with the College Democrats and working with presidential campaigns are signs of both the Democratic and Republican bases becoming more politically active ahead of the 2020 race.

“That’s [the political parties’] lifeblood — keeping people active — because if they’re not active, then people … don’t turn out,” Kinsella said.

Working for individual campaigns is just the start for the College Democrats, who do not endorse primary candidates. Dominic Bordenaro, president of the organization, said he and the rest of his organization plan on supporting whoever secures the Democratic nomination.

Bordenaro said a more excited electorate will help the Democratic Party avoid a low voter turnout, which he believes contributed to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the 2016 presidential election.

President Donald Trump, despite winning 2.8 million fewer popular votes than Clinton, won 77 more electoral college votes than his opponent, according to the Federal Election Commission.

An activist’s job, Bordenaro said, is to make sure people turn out and vote by knocking on doors, registering voters and getting information out to the public.

In October 2019, Ball State’s Student Government Association recognized the College Democrats’ efforts to register more than 350 new voters prior to the 2019 elections.

“If they’re calling themselves an activist and they’re not doing those things … they’re not an activist,” he said.

Bordenaro said if the Democratic base turns out, he feels optimistic about the Democrats’ chances in 2020.

Across the aisle, Ball State College Republicans Chairman Gaven Schulz said he feels a similar sense of optimism for the Republican Party but for different reasons.

“I think [Trump’s impeachment] kind of united us to support him because I think there’d be a lot more people who would be iffy about supporting him if it weren’t for the three-year-long impeachment process that the Democrats have gone through,” Schulz said.

Following the conclusion of the presidential primaries in the summer, Schulz said, the College Republicans will also be participating in the 2020 election in the fall. He and members of the organization will be knocking on doors and phone banking for the reelections of Trump and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.

In addition to her work with the 2020 election, Teter said she is passionate about issues like gun control, having participated in her high school’s walkout protest after the Parkland shooting.

Being an elementary education major, she said she is also passionate about education reform.

Teter said Red for Ed and its goals of improving teacher pay and classroom support is another cause she would consider supporting.

“I definitely have taken interest in the Red for Ed movement,” she said. “I, unfortunately, was not able to attend the recent protest.”

Teter said she believes education in Indiana has become a challenging environment for new teachers to enter. After graduating, she intends to work as a teacher in Indiana.

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

WHAT TO KNOW FOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS PRIMARY ELECTIONS In 2020, apart from the presidential election, American voters will cast their ballots for all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the seats in the U.S. Senate, 13 state and territorial governorships, other state and local elections and possible ballot measures.

Important dates for the 2020 primary elections: April 6 (by midnight): Voter registration ends April 7: In-person absentee voting available April 23 (by 11:59 p.m.): Postal absentee ballot request deadline May 4 (by noon): In-person absentee vote deadline May 5 (6 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Primary election day

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Important dates for the 2020 general elections: May 19: Voter registration begins Oct. 5 (by midnight): Voter registration ends Oct. 6: In-person absentee voting available Oct. 22: (by 11:59 p.m.): Postal absentee ballot request deadline Nov. 2 (by noon): In-person absentee vote deadline Nov. 3 (6 a.m. - 6 p.m.): General election day Source: U.S. Vote Foundation, 2020 Indiana Election Calendar, USA.gov.

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Bordenaro said the idea for Muncie Moral Mondays was discussed after the 2019 municipal election, which he thought “had a tenseness surrounding it.”

“Muncie is still very segregated. It’s a very segregated city,” he said. “We’re just trying to build bridges and bring the community together so we can talk about issues in a more civil way.”

Encouraging open communication between Muncie community members is one of the main goals of Muncie Moral Mondays, Bordenaro said.

At the Feb. 3 event, which focused on institutional racism, personal experience with racism and the recent classroom incident at Ball State, many community members took hold of the opportunity to share their opinions, including Jonathan C. Mitchell, pastor of the Kirby Avenue Church of God. “If you’ve ever been in southern Alabama at 9:30 in the morning as a large black man and get pulled over by police officers, let me tell you something, lots of things go through your head, but you’re in survival mode,” Mitchell said.

Another attendee at the event was Muncie City Councilman Jeff Robinson, who reflected on the incident at Ball State.

“When incidents like that happen, it’s important to learn from [them],” Robinson said. “It’s a teachable moment, and what these people are doing here is to bring awareness to it.

As long as no one is being offensive, we just let people speak their minds to how they’re feeling and thinking.”

- DOMINIC BORDENARO, Senior political science major

Hopefully through awareness, we can start to get rid of it.”

Donati, a former Muncie Community Schools board member and co-founder of Reconciliation Achieved through Community Engagement (RACE)

Muncie, said gathering before city council meetings is meant to encourage political participation. He said current and future Moral Mondays events encourage students to register to vote.

Alongside educating students, Donati said Muncie Moral Mondays have built connections with other local organizations, including the NAACP, which also believes in eradicating the three evils. He said he hopes Muncie Moral Mondays can gain interest from a diverse representation of the Muncie community moving forward.

“A broad coalition has to include people from all backgrounds and groups of thought,” he said. “It has to be bipartisan. Everyone is welcome, but what is not welcome is hate speech — personally attacking people for their views, their characteristics or whatever. We are here to talk about ideas, policies and plans of action but not to personally attack people.”

Donati also said if there is enough interest, Muncie Moral Mondays may take a bus to Washington, D.C., in June 2020 to participate in this year’s Poor People’s Campaign, “Moral March on Washington.”

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

Poor People’s Campaign 1964-Present

Jan. 8, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his “war on poverty” in the State of the Union address.

Aug. 31, 1967: Martin Luther King, Jr. names “the three evils of society:” racism, poverty and war.

November 1967: King plans a “Poor People’s March” for 40 days in May and June in Washington, D.C. April 4, 1968: King is shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.

June 19, 1968: The first “Moral March on Washington ‘’ is inspired

by King under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy and the Southern Christain Leadership Conference.

April 29, 2013: “Moral Mondays” gatherings begin in North Carolina.

Gatherings were led by Rev. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP. June 23, 2018: The Poor People’s Campaign congregates at the National Mall for the 50th anniversary of the first “Moral March on Washington” under the leadership of Barber.

Jan. 6, 2020: The first Muncie Moral Mondays takes place in front of City Hall.

June 20, 2020: The prospective date for this year’s “Moral March on Washington” to support the Poor People’s Campaign.

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Team wins at Kent for first time since 1999 Aaron Simpson Senior Center Fielder

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Bill Clinton was President of the United States the last time Ball State Men’s Basketball traveled to Kent State and won. The long-awaited win finally happened Tuesday, as the Cardinals defeated the Golden Flashes 62-54. The Cardinals were led by senior forwards Kyle Mallers, who scored 16 points, and Tahjai Teague, who recorded 12 points, 17 rebounds and six assists.

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Cardinals fall to Denver, top Air Force

Ryan Peltier Sophomore Third Baseman

After starting off 5-1 this season, Ball State was met with a true test of strength against fifth-ranked Denver.

The Cardinals ended up falling just short to the Pioneers, but they were able to defeat Air Force. Finishing 1-1 in the meet, the Cardinals advanced to 6-2 on the season and will travel to Kalamazoo, Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 9 to compete against conference foe Western Michigan.

Noah Navarro Redshirt Sophomore Second Baseman

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Ball State continues winning ways at home

STARTING 9 Ball State Baseball’s first game of 2020 is just eight days away. Head coach Rich Maloney said the starting lineup is always subject to change, but as the Cardinals’ opening series at Georgia Southern approaches, here is who he projects will be on the field for game one.

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The Cardinals’ play has been consistently better when they have laced up their shoes in Worthen Arena, and that continued against Western Michigan Saturday. The Cardinals defended their home floor against the Broncos, coming out with the 68-65 victory, which keeps Ball State a perfect 5-0 at Worthen Arena in Mid-American Conference play.

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS After falling just short of a MAC Championship last year, Ball State Baseball has a chip on its shoulder.

Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor “Playing .800 ball in your league — nine out of 10 years, you’re winning the championship. 20-5? I mean — amazing. That’s all I could say.”

Head coach Rich Maloney didn’t mince words when talking about what could have, should have and would have happened in 2019.

After sweeping their last two series of the regular season, finishing with the second-best record in the Mid-American Conference and fighting through the double-elimination bracket to face top-seeded Central Michigan in the MAC Championship, the Cardinals found themselves with the same title they started the tournament with: second-best.

“They’re very, very hungry, as they should be. Last year is a bit of a sore spot for them,” Maloney said. “Because of them falling a little bit short last season, despite having an excellent year, their slogan [this

year] is ‘All gas, no brakes,’ and that’s who they are.”

After the first week of June, it appeared Ball State’s chances of bouncing back in 2020 would be slim, as both Drey Jameson and John Baker — the team’s top two pitchers the last two years — were taken in the MLB draft.

Baker’s time as a professional was short-lived, as things “just didn’t really work out” after a visit to Miami. He decided it would be best for him to return to Ball State for his senior season.

Maloney was recruiting at a showcase in Ohio when he heard the news, and he said it gave him mixed feelings. Senior catcher Chase Sebby agreed, mentioning he wanted Baker to go pro, but it’s definitely not a bad thing to have him back.

“When you get a chance to bring your sure-fire ace back on the staff, it’s obviously going to help the team a lot and give us a better chance,” Sebby said.

“John’s been elite for his whole career here.”

Baker made the All-MAC Second Team as a sophomore

and the All-MAC First Team as a junior. He also led the conference with a 2.14 ERA last season and ranks second in school history in

The biggest unfinished business for him is to put a ring on his finger, and it certainly won’t be because of John Baker that he wouldn’t have one. He’s a champion, that’s for sure. I’m really glad to have him back.”

- RICH MALONEY Head baseball coach

career strikeouts.

“I feel like this year I have more of something to prove,” Baker said. “I was a late-round pick, so hopefully I’ll prove

Finding their groove Jack Williams Sports Editor

We all respond to pressure. A lyric echoed from Billy Joel’s 1982 hit, the feeling of having hundreds, or even thousands, of eyes upon you can trigger a sinkor-swim mentality.

Last season, Ball State Softball was selected in the preseason poll to win the Mid-American Conference, and the lone prediction began to mentally affect the team day in and day out. The pressure to be the best haunted them throughout the season, leading to an 0-2 finish in the MAC Tournament to end the season.

“We didn’t quite manage that target on our back as well

as we wanted to,” head coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett said. “I

I learned a lot about myself just to be more focused and mental when I pitch. In high school, it was just me when I pitched, but in college, I had to rely on my teammates, and it’s much more of a team game.”

- TIEGHAN MORIO Sophomore pitcher

think this year we’re trying to be more process-oriented … The

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some other pro teams wrong.

Throughout this year, hopefully I can make them see that they made a wrong decision.”

Maloney said Baker hasn’t eclipsed all expectations because “when we recruited him, we knew he was special.” The first time Maloney saw Baker pitch, he allowed just one run in 10 innings to win the Michigan state final. The first time Maloney ever put Baker in a game, he pitched three scoreless innings against Louisville, the sixth-ranked team in the nation at the time.

“The biggest unfinished business for him is to put a ring on his finger,” Maloney said, “And it certainly won’t be because of John Baker that he wouldn’t have one. He’s a champion, that’s for sure. I’m really glad to have him back.”

Even if Baker hadn’t come back for his senior season, junior pitcher Kyle Nicolas said, the pitching staff still would have been in good shape with himself, redshirt sophomore Chayce McDermott and senior Garett

Simmons leading the way.

Add Baker to the equation, and the Cardinals have a “rock of consistency” to set the tone at the top of the rotation.

“Obviously, he’s had a huge impact in the past, and he’s still that good of a pitcher,” Nicolas said. “I think he just adds consistency to our staff and adds experience, which are two major things with the goals we have. He’s very important for winning the MAC, going to a regional and competing at the highest level.”

Baker’s return, combined with the talent Maloney said he has offensively, has Maloney looking forward to opening day Feb. 14 in Statesboro, Georgia.

“I’m excited for them because they’ve given us everything they have,” Maloney said. “It’s just a great group of guys, and I’m just rooting for them and just trying to help them reach their full potential, whatever that may be.

I like their chances.”

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

Ball State Softball’s mix of chemistry, talent may prove dangerous on the field this spring.

expectation of this program every year is to win the Mid-American Conference or go into a regional and make some noise. However, it’s not something that gets talked about less and less and how we’re approaching each pitch and each at-bat. I think keeping a short memory and really having an impact on things we can control will be a really heavy emphasis for this team.”

As the team looks to embrace “the process” on the field, in the dugout, the Cardinals are working on their own collective gel. Last season, the team struggled to find a collective groove, but senior Haley Dominique said there is something different in the air in the early season this year.

“If you like the person next to

you, you’re going to want them to do good, root for them, and you’re going to say, ‘Hey, get your head out of your butt,’” Dominique said. “You just want everyone to do well when you’re gelling and you all like each other.”

While the team comradery might not be thought of as much of a game changer, Bartlett said it’s everything. She said the team had enough talent to win the conference last season, but the connection wasn’t all the way there. However, the leadership from the senior class is changing that.

“I think they are leading well, and they’re loving their teammates well,” Bartlett said. “They’re so proud of the program, and I think there’s

so much we’re going to have so much valuable experience on the field and in leadership roles. They’ve all been four-year starters, and they’ve got to see three classes before them.”

The Cardinal senior class is made up of Dominique, Janae Hogg, Kennedy Wynn, Alyssa Rothwell and Gabby Magnifico, who have all left an impact for Ball State on the field. Hogg batted in a team-high 10 home runs and held a .613 slugging percentage last season, and Dominique led the team in hits (52) and runs (43). In the circle, Rothwell is coming into her final season with a MAC record 28 saves and is four shy of tying the NCAA record.

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At 123 W. Charles St., Normandy Flower Shop’s lights welcome customers inside Jan. 20, 2020. The building has been a flower shop since the ‘40s. PAULEINA BRUNNEMER, DN

Normandy Flower Shop aims to be a bright and welcoming place for Muncie residents.

Pauleina Brunnemer Reporter From the outside looking in, Normandy Flower Shop bursts with color from its bright yellow door and neon window lights to a sea of pinks and reds from its flower arrangements and bouquets.

In the flower shop’s back room, foliage paints the floor green. Judy Benken, owner of Normandy Flower Shop, can be found in this room taking orders, making flower arrangements and calling suppliers.

As a third-generation florist, Benken isn’t new to the flower business. She said she grew up in her father’s flower shop because it was attached to their house, and “there wasn’t any getting away from it.”

“I probably started working when I was around 12 [doing simple little things],” Benken said. “When I started [delivering flowers] after school, I was 16.”

After Benken moved from Muncie to Ohio with her husband, she said, she thought she had left the flower business behind her. However, once the holidays rolled around, Benken said, she found herself working for a flower shop in Ohio because she missed the “chaos and crazy” of the season.

Although Benken and her husband started their family in Ohio, they wanted their children to grow up in Muncie. In 1982, the Normandy Flower Shop, which was established in downtown Muncie in the 1940s, came up for sale. The Benkens decided to make the shop their own.

“It was the [floral] business that I knew,” Benken said. “I wasn’t making much of a living working for other people. It was [my husband’s] idea to buy the flower shop. I just wanted to come home.”

At the time she opened Normandy Flower Shop, Benken said, downtown was “pretty dead” because there were only banks, law firms, jewelry stores and flower shops in the area.

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“My pocket book said to move up to McGalliard, but my heart said to stay [in downtown Muncie]. I followed my heart … I stuck with it,” Benken said. “I’ve been here ever since.”

The shop offers arrangements for all holidays, celebrations

and seasons. There is a team of six employees who help make arrangements, two of which are Benken’s adult children.

Audrey Scott, Benken’s daughter, said she once left Muncie with her husband to move to San Diego. Scott made a career for herself working at a vet clinic but found herself missing Normandy Flower Shop. Now, she is her family’s fourth generation of florists.

“I delivered something to someone on [Ball State’s] campus one time, and she said, ‘It’s so pretty, thank you,’” Scott said. “You could just hear this college girl squealing because she was so excited to get flowers. I didn’t get to see it, but I heard it after she shut the door.”

Because of the internet, Benken said, the floral business has changed over the years.

Many times, customers will

come in with images of designs they specifically want, and this can lead to needing to substitute flowers within their desired design. “[Customers] find something they want, and they expect you to have all of that, and you got to do it today and get it delivered,” Benken said.

“Sometimes it’s possible, but sometimes we have to substitute things. We try [to keep supplies in stock]. I try

more now than ever to carry everything there is. So many people, instead of just calling us, a brick-and-mortar actual flower shop, go through what we call order gatherers …

They pretend to be flower shops, but they aren’t even a flower shop. They’re just getting your money.”

Even with the changing industry, Benken said she enjoys the challenge when someone gives the shop the

creative freedom behind a flower arrangement. “[I enjoy] when we can do something creative, and it’s not a picture of something [a customer] has seen online,” Benken said. “They give you some money, they give you a general idea and you just run with it.”

Contact Pauleina Brunnemer with comments at pdbrunnemer@bsu.edu or on Twitter @pauleina15.

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Last weekend, temperatures fell below freezing, layering campus in snow. Temperatures rose, near the end of January melting the snow and ice across campus into puddles and mud as the weather warmed up.

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Sipping with stanzas Cuplets at The Cup gives creatives the opportunity to share their work.

Taylor Smith Reporter Moth Danner, host of Cuplets at The Cup, said she has been moved to tears at almost every Cuplets event.

“Some people read some really intense stuff,” Danner said. “It’s always heartfelt, and authentic and brave — [it’s] brave to share what you think ever but especially to get up [on stage] and do it.”

Danner began hosting The Cup’s monthly poetry reading event nearly five years ago after

That’s what I do — I bridge people. I’m a chronic introducer.

It’s easy to feel isolated, even in a very connected world. It’s an endorphin hit to be with people.”

- MOTH DANNER, Host of Cuplets at The Cup the cafe’s owner, Martin George, mentioned to her that The Cup was in need of an open mic night. Danner said she thought the event was a creative addition to the cafe’s atmosphere.

“I think [Cuplets at The Cup] helps enhance the very ancient tradition of what a coffee shop is,” Danner said. “A cafe is a big part of intellectual culture and urban culture, and [cafes] always have been a place to share self expression.”

Every fourth Sunday, visitors fill The Cup’s booths and tables, drinking coffee and eating bagels and sandwiches while listening to others share a variety of written work.

“The infrastructure is the same, but it’s different every time you come,” Danner said.

“When I say everybody’s welcome, I don’t mean every

poet — I mean literally everyone,” Danner said. “This is a very inclusive event. You do not need to be actively writing poetry to participate.”

At previous Cuplets at The Cup, Danner said, audiences have ranged from a completely packed room of nearly 40 people to only 10 people, but most people don’t leave in the middle of the event.

“There’s some people who [have been] here for a few years,” Danner said. “Some move on. So, it’s a nice combination of both.”

Writing and reading poetry are two different skills, Danner said, and it’s not always likely someone will want to do both, so either option is available to those who attend the event.

“If you’ve written something and you’d like someone else to read it, I bet I know somebody who just wants to get on that stage,” Danner said. “If you want to get up there and read but you don’t want to read your work, I always bring a couple of poetry books, and your phone is a never-ending option of poetry books.”

Danner said she makes it her goal to add a few 10-minute breaks to each Cuplets event to get audience members to interact with one another.

“That’s what I do — I bridge people,” Danner said.

“I’m a chronic introducer. It’s easy to feel isolated, even in a very connected world. It’s an endorphin hit to be with people.”

Tim Stewart, who attended January’s Cuplets at The Cup event, read the first poem he had ever written to an audience of about 20 people. He said he wrote his poem about talking animals in the parking lot 45 minutes before the event started.

“This could either be my greatest triumph or my worst tragedy,” Stewart said.

His friend, Amanda Loper, a 2012 Ball State alumna, based her poem on her trip to the grocery store.

“Last night, something

happened that gave me the inspiration I needed,” Loper said. “I was like, ‘This is my poem right here.’”

When Loper arrived at the grocery store looking for sugar cream pie, she said, she was disappointed to find none on the shelf.

“I can turn this into a lighthearted poem, and that’s what I wanted,” Loper said. “I want to have more fun and try not to cry when I sit on the stage.”

As a town “very good in arts and culture,” Danner said, she believes there are many avenues, like Cuplets at The Cup, for people to express themselves in Muncie.

“I think one of the biggest misconceptions is poetry is like some old-fashioned thing,” Danner said. “Do you ever not sing along with songs?

Somebody wrote that poem.”

Contact Taylor Smith with comments at tnsmith6@bsu.edu or on Twitter @taynsmithh.

A flyer for Cuplets at the Cup is displayed on the first table inside The Cup’s dining area. Moth Danner, host of Cuplets at the Cup, always brings a few poetry books for the audience to skim and search for inspiration. KAMRYN TOMLINSON, DN

Amanda Loper finishes reading her poem about sugar cream pie Jan. 26, 2020, at The Cup. Loper said she stopped writing poetry for a little while because she lost her favorite poem she has ever written, but she decided to pick up the hobby once more when she discovered Cuplets at The Cup. TAYLOR SMITH, DN

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Take it back

February is Black History Month, but it cannot be the only month we care about black culture and history.

Kennedi Barnett is a junior journalism news major and writes “Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of Kennedi the newspaper.

Barnett I have beef Columnist, with Black “Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope” History Month.

Before you stop reading this and call me self-hating, I want to add that

I see the positives of having Black History Month. This is a time to commemorate and recognize progress, and as a black woman, I take deep pride in knowing how far we — not just black people but the whole world — have come.

I enjoy celebrating that I am not three-fifths of a person; no one can own me, I can vote, I can go to school and, for the most part, I can walk the streets without being harassed. Even considering every race issue this country still has, I am proud of my ancestry and my heritage.

My grandmother marched beside Martin Luther King Jr., and my great grandparents married each other knowing their interracial love would be illegal until 1967.

I am very proud to be black.

However, Black History Month can be problematic — and honestly, it can be annoying.

For starters, the initial purpose of having Negro History Week was to enforce acceptance of black history so it would become a normal and integrated part of everyday life. Now, I feel it’s the month

of woke gentrifiers blasting Tupac and N.W.A. while preaching about “the struggle” and how they are giving up saying the N-word for Lent.

And every year, like Christmas, black people are summoned to awkwardly discuss and write about how great it feels to sit at the front of the bus.

Politicians graze over black issues like there is not a clear racial divide still present in America.

My high school teachers and administrators encouraged me and my friends to separate ourselves from race issues as if

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we aren’t people of color. Race conversations make people, especially privileged people, uncomfortable and angry; therefore, Americans ignore history until it inevitably repeats itself. We see this today with the recent racially-motivated mass shooting in El Paso, which is something that, in theory, should be outdated and old-fashioned.

At some point in lower education, everyone learns about slavery, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. We were all taught about the Emancipation Proclamation, President Obama as the first African American president and the underground railroad, which many people believe was actually underground. These things are taught for a specific period of time, usually a pretty short and not exhaustive one, but then the rest of the year, students learn about European history. The art, architecture and religions are shoved down our throats as soon as we enter grade school. For a country that was founded by immigrants, for immigrants, everyone does

a great job of ignoring all other cultures that were here before colonization and brought here against their will.

Along with this, we are also taught discrimination is over, everyone is free and life is easy, breezy and beautiful. In school, my history teachers actually made a point to teach us Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy ended discrimination and segregation in the United States — like they didn’t live through the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

And to top it all off, we literally ignore the fact there would be no need for “history months” if history was taught and represented correctly. If no one was ever marginalized, why would marginalized people need a month to recognize they are “less” marginalized than they were 60 years ago?

Black History Month is about growth and moving past the racial divide, but ultimately, we would not need it if we were all truly equal.

Americans use Black History Month to over-glorify and over-

simplify the path to equality that still continues in America as well as the inequality many black people still face in most of the world.

Americans scream and shout about how they are grateful times have changed and then turn around March 1 and clutch their purses to their chests at the sight of a black man.

I am sure this sounds really ungrateful to colonizers and people who have never dealt with inequality. And maybe I should just suck it up and be grateful I am not a slave and I can use the same water fountain as white people. But, from my experience, Black History Month is the only time black history is actually talked about.

Black History Month should not be an excuse to ignore black history for the rest of the year. Black History Month should not be a time to pretend you care about injustice just because your boyfriend is black but then continue to use slurs and call black women “ghetto” and “ratchet” while you’re doing the same actions that

apparently make them “ghetto” and “ratchet.”

But unfortunately, that is what it has become.

It is frustrating to watch history be minimized so heavily that it almost amounts to nothing.

The worst part is most people won’t care because racial issues don’t affect them.

This country is composed of race issues that have gone unexamined and have been poorly dealt with for centuries. Until there are actual systematic changes made to ensure every marginalized person’s equality, we will be stuck in this space of creating trends out of people’s suffering.

Personally, I think a way to change what this month has become is to remember why it started.

The goal was to make sure black history would never be forgotten or repeated; it was to make sure people learned to care.

Maybe this Black History Month, we can try to bring that back.

Contact Kennedi with comments at kpbarnett@bsu.edu.

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“For example, my residential property classes a lot of times are due on Monday at 9 a.m., whereas a lot of my other normal classes are just due Sunday at 12 a.m.,” she said.

Keeping students updated on due dates and changes can also be difficult because communication, like announcements, can be missed easily, Baker said.

“I think that’s the tricky thing with online things too,” she said. “You have to pay really close attention to what’s going on in the announcements and things like that because, if not, it’s just so easy to miss things.”

Prater said Ball State’s desire to make quality classes that are meaningful is what has made it a leader among online programs in the U.S. “Over and over again, our students will tell us that, ‘What I learned in my class the night before, I’m using the next day in my workplace,’” she said. “They’re getting that experience; they’re passing that on to others, and you can’t pay for that – you have to work for it.”

Prater said it’s important all of Ball State’s online classes have weekly assignments

students can do within a certain time frame.

“You might have something due Sunday night, but you know early on when it is you can fit that in,” she said. “Maybe you’ll have it all wrapped up by Friday because the weekend’s too busy for you.”

She added how important flexibility is for nontraditional students balancing family and work alongside classes. At this point in someone’s life, she said, education comes last on the priority list.

“A sick kid [or] a heavy-duty deadline at their workplace will mean they have to put education third, so having that flexibility is incredibly important for them to be able to manage all those balls,” Prater said.

She said Ball State is proud of its success but plans to use these ranks as fuel for the future.

“I think we’re proud, we’re humbled, but we’re also just really thinking about the future,” Prater said. “What’s great today may not be great in the future – someone’s constantly evolving, and we’ve got to stay on top of it.”

Contact Bailey Cline with comments at bacline@bsu.edu or on Twitter @BaileyCline.

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Outside of the senior class, returners and rookies continue to build upon the Cardinals’ depth. Junior Stacy Payton led the Cardinals with 43 RBIs last season and tied for second in home runs with nine.

Amidst the Cardinals’ talent at the plate, Bartlett said they will be led off by freshman Haley Wynn. Wynn holds the Wisconsin state records for hits in a season, career hits, career triples and career runs scored.

“From the minute that kid has showed up on campus, she has showed out,” Bartlett said.

“She started as a leadoff from our first ball game, and this is just how well she performed. I don’t think there’s anybody in the program who isn’t excited

about her being up there.”

With the first pitch less than a week away down in Louisiana, the team looks for fulfillment to compliment success. Last season’s pressure to win took that away from time to time.

“I like winning, don’t get me wrong, but I want this last season to be memorable and fulfilling,” Dominique said.

“Obviously, it would be great to win MAC, but as long as we all feel fulfilled and we all feel like we put our 100 percent into it, I feel like that’ll be a great season. I feel like the result will come from that.”

Contact Jack Williams with comments at jgwilliams@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @jackgwilliams.

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Monday-Wednesday: 9:30 9:30 am-5:30 am-5:30 pm pm Monday-Wednesday: Monday-Wednesday: Monday-Wednesday: 9:30 9:30 am-5:30 am-5:30 pm Monday-Wednesday: 9:30 am-5:30 pm Monday-Wednesday: 9:30 am-5:30 pm Thursday-Friday: 9:30 am-6 pmpm Thursday-Friday: 9:30 am-6 pm Thursday-Friday: Thursday-Friday: 9:30 9:30 am-6 am-6 pm pm Thursday-Friday: 9:30am-4 am-6 pm pm Thursday-Friday: 9:30 am-6 Saturday: 9:30 9:30 am-4 pm Saturday: pm Saturday: Saturday: 9:30 9:30 am-4 am-4 pm pm Saturday: 9:309:30 am-4 pm pm Saturday: am-4 Sunday: Closed Sunday: Closed Sunday: Sunday: Closed Closed Sunday: Closed Sunday: Closed