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WHEN THE BOARD GAME BATTLESHIP COMES TO LIFE11 Cardinals win ThinkPink game: After trailing 10 minutes in, Ball State came back to win by eight.08

Timeless typewriters: Writing the old-fashioned way is the best way to keep work safe and sentimental.12

A Valentine’s Day beyond roses and chocolates 2020 Valentine’s Day trends05 Prolonged intense exercise can lead to a larger heart.08 Make your own heart-shaped card holders.10

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Jan. 30: Ball State suspended all work-related travel to China, according to a statement sent out by the university. The suspension comes after the U.S. Department of State’s Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory to China due to the corona virus first identified in Wuhan, China. The suspension is consistent with Ball State’s international travel policies and procedures.

Feb. 8: Finding a rhythm on offense was not the Cardinals’ forte Saturday, but their defensive effort made up for their offensive struggles. Ball State Women’s Basketball turned to a physical defensive presence to overcome an early deficit and defeat Akron 60-52. Senior guard Arbrie Benson collected seven of her career-high 10 rebounds in the fourth quarter.

Men’s volleyball earns Borna not to teach 4th straight sweep this semester

Feb. 8: Ball State swept Daemen Saturday, but the final results didn’t show how close the match was played. Ball State controlled most of the first two sets, winning 25-18 in the first and 25-20 in the second. In the third set, the Cardinals had to battle back after falling behind 19-11.

They eventually pulled off the comeback in extra points 29-27.

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MEET THE SLATES

SGA slates discuss campaign goals if elected to office.

Rohith Rao | News Editor With the Student Government Association (SGA) elections underway, The Daily News sat down with the three slates to discuss their top five platform points or lack thereof.

The following is a description of the slates’ platform points and focuses. A more in-depth version of this story is available online.

ALLIANCE

BOLD

AUREUM

Unlike the other two slates, Alliance is campaigning without any platform points.

Instead, the slate has “focuses” for slate members to revisit when looking at what issues need to be tackled at Ball State.

Claiming to be “one of the most organizationally diverse” of the three slates, Bold’s presidential candidate, Connor Sanburn, said he wanted to ensure diversity among his slate members and their platform points.

Aiming to set “a golden standard” for SGA slates, the four current SGA senators named their slate after the Latin word for gold, said Miryam Bevelle, Aureum’s presidential candidate.

Resources The slate members intend to make students aware of the resources Ball State offers and provide any resources students need that are not available.

Aric Fulton, presidential candidate of Alliance, said the only times SGA has cared about the needs of black students have been after racial incidents occurred on campus.

To fulfill the needs of minority students, Fulton said he has already been working with Bobby Steele, director of the Multicultural Center, on a website that will have professional internship opportunities for minority students.

This platform point intends on addressing microaggressions and unconscious biases experienced by students, Sanburn said.

He said he plans to have the course start as a pilot program in the Honors College, after which it could be expanded to all students as a University Core Curriculum (UCC) course.

The slate members hope to create a scholarship fund for students from the LGBTQ+ community through grants provided by LGBTQ+ organizations, said Dylan Lewandowski, Aureum’s vice presidential candidate.

Bevelle said the scholarship would be made available to students on an as-needed basis, and SGA would fund the advertising of the scholarship.

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Pursue intercultural dialogues course for students

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Senate acquits Trump on both charges President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Feb. 5 in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close the third presidential trial in American history. The final tallies — 52-48 favoring acquittal of abuse of power and 53-47 of obstruction of Congress — fell short of the two-thirds “guilty” votes that were required to remove Trump from office.

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Ball State updates free speech statement Ball State updated its statement about freedom of expression present for the first time since 1968. It endorsed the adoption of a statement based on the “Chicago Statement,” the free speech policy by the Committee of Freedom of Expression at the University of Chicago, which has been adopted by more than 70 colleges.

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Senators discuss finals week classes Student Government Association (SGA) Academic Affairs Chair Ruby Yantz introduced a resolution eliminating mandatory classes the Monday of finals week. At its Feb. 5 meeting, SGA held a Q&A session for “The Elimination of Classes the Monday before Exams” resolution, which, if passed, would not take effect until 2024.

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From left to right: James Schwer, treasurer; Aric Fulton, president; Malachi Jones, vice president; Avery Pollard, secretary. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN When The Daily News reached out to Steele about Fulton’s involvement, he said it is not his professional practice to publicly disclose what he discusses with students. Steele said the Multicultural Center’s website is periodically updated to include more information and resources for students.

Avery Pollard, the slate’s secretary candidate, said she is interested in working on a website, a Twitter account or an email address for Ball State students to forward their concerns to SGA. Slate members also intend to continue their outreach efforts during the SGA campaigning season throughout the academic year, said James Schwer, the slate’s treasurer candidate.

Transparency Alliance slate members said they will advocate for more transparency from the university and ensure transparency from SGA regarding its regular business, including when legislation or a project doesn’t come to fruition.

Mental Health

This focus, Fulton said, is a subsidiary to the resources focus with the slate members pushing for greater accessibility to the university’s mental-health resources.

He said this includes meeting with personnel from the Counseling Center and the university about concerns students have and advocating for mental-health counselors minority students can identify with.

Inclusivity Fulton said this focus is about creating spaces for students to come together and for SGA to listen to them regularly, not just during times of crisis.

He said this includes increasing faculty-student interaction and student interaction with university administration.

While not listed as platform points or a focus, some subjects the slate members said they intend to address include peer advising and peer counseling when the Counseling Center is not open, assisting Spectrum with Safezone training, working with organizations on sexual assault prevention and advertising the resources provided by disability services.

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From left to right: Amanda Mustaklem, treasurer; Connor Sanburn, president; Jordyn Blythe, vice president; Gina Esposito, secretary. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

From left to right: Miryam Bevelle, president; Dylan Lewandowski ,vice president; Mariah Bowman, secretary; Hugo Madrigal, treasurer. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Push diversity training for all faculty

Increase accessibility to SafeZone training

Expanding Achievements App

Under this platform point, Sanburn said, SGA would offer a student perspective to assist the university in creating a diversity curriculum or training program for Ball State’s faculty.

He said the slate members first wish to speak with Marsha McGriff, associate vice president for inclusive excellence, before detailing their own ideas to ensure their plans aren’t completely different.

His slate members intend on gathering student perspectives by holding forums and sending out Google Forms or Qualtrics Surveys to Ball State students.

Sanburn said he and his slate members aim to help Spectrum and the Counseling Center push more Safezone training at Ball State — meant for people who wish to educate themselves about the LGBTQ+ community and become allies and advocates for members of the community.

He said they would want to hold as many training sessions as SGA can and as many training sessions Spectrum and the Counseling Center wish to do.

Through this platform point, Bevelle said, she and her slate members want to expand the number of events and activities for which students are awarded achievements, or “Bennies,” through the university’s Achievements App. As SGA senators, she said she and Lewandowski have been considering a recommendation that would award points to students for subscribing to the university’s emergency alert system.

Bevelle said they hope to increase the number of SGArelated events that award points to students and possibly events of other organizations.

Build Counseling Center partnership and host event Through this platform point, Sanburn said, he and his slate members want to support the Counseling Center and its pursuits in the next academic year — be it creating a type of curriculum or presentation for students, volunteer support, monetary support or any other needs the center might have.

He said they want to keep this platform point open-ended because they aren’t sure what “the big campus issue” will be for the Counseling Center in the next academic year.

Expand metered parking app and grow awareness Sanburn said this platform point would be focused on advertising the Passport Parking App to Ball State students.

At this time, Nick Capozzoli, manager of the university’s parking services, said in an email there is no plan to implement a parking app for the pay stations on Ball State’s campus.

ON BALLSTATEDAILYNEWS.COM | Read more about the platform points and focuses, their feasibility and the cost estimations by the slates.

Pay-by-app Parking Meters According to the Passport Parking App, which allows users to pay for parking through their phones, there are two payby-app parking locations in the Village and near Ball State.

The app is operated by the City of Muncie and not used by the Ball State’s Parking Services, Capozzoli said.

Bevelle said her slate members hope to persuade university administration to implement the parking app in a few paid parking spaces on campus.

Hugo Madrigal, Aureum’s

treasurer candidate, said Ball State using the app would help students avoid the risk of receiving a parking violation while they are in class.

Meatless Monday Event Aureum slate members want to hold this monthly event to provide students with more vegetarian and vegan dining options as well as educational resources about the lifestyle.

Similar to SGA’s Dining in the Dark, an energy-conservation event which takes place two to three times a year, they hope to hold the event at the Retreat dining location in Noyer Centre.

Bevelle said the plan is for SGA to not fund food and drink but fund activities during the event, just as it does with Dining in the Dark.

Community Garden Slate members hope to establish a student-led community garden behind the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, which will be open to the community to grow their own fruits and vegetables, Madrigal said.

Madrigal said similar ideas of a community garden have failed in the past, and organizations that pursued the idea are no longer existent. Doing it through SGA, he said, will ensure the establishment and success of the garden because the organization will not cease to exist.

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How Americans celebrate the day of love

VALENTINE’S DAY

BY THE NUMBERS 5th century and came to be celebrated as a day of romance in the 14th century.

Legend has it a martyred priest bearing the name St. Valentine signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter while imprisoned. Other accounts credit the naming of the day for different saints. Although, it is possible they might have been the same individual.

While candy, greeting cards, flowers or an evening out have been the clear choice to mark the annual celebration of love, the historical origins of Valentine’s Day are a lot more murky.

According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the holiday’s origins come from the Roman spring festival of Lupercalia, which was replaced

by St. Valentine’s Day in the

Another common legend, the encyclopedia states, is the saint defied his emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war — which is the reason why the holiday is associated with love.

Today, however, the holiday has expanded beyond lovers, with people celebrating it with their friends, coworkers and pets.

- Staff reports

55% of Americans plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day

14% of women and 12% of men plan to treat themselves for the holiday this year

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Total expected Valentine’s Day spending (in billions) Individually, consumers plan to spend an average of $196.31 on their loved ones.

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DANCING FOR A CAUSE Dance Marathon returns to Ball State this weekend.

Bailey Cline Reporter Haylee Brock had two cousins treated at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. One needed a feeding tube, and the other had open heart surgery.

Thanks to the treatments they received, the senior finance major said both her cousins have recovered. Today, she said, the cousin who needed heart surgery plays sports regularly.

“She plays soccer and everything,” Brock said. “You would never imagine she had open heart surgery.”

Ball State Dance Marathon (BSUDM), an annual philanthropic event benefitting Riley Children’s Hospital, will take place this Saturday with more than 12 hours of dancing, games, crafts and food.

Brock plans to attend the marathon as a member of Miracle Makers, the Ball State team that has raised the most money so far — more than $33,000 — for the marathon. “[BSUDM] will completely change your life,” she said. “I personally didn’t realize that until I started working with the marathon.”

This year, BSUDM will move to the Jo Ann Gora Recreation Center instead of the Field Sports Building where it has been held in the past.

Alli Kimmell, president of BSUDM, said the Recreation Center will still be open for people to work out or, if they wish, join the marathon.

“I think that new layout and that new location [are] going to be something that will completely change the environment of our marathon,” Kimmell said.

“In our previous location,

the layout of the marathon was kept the same each year.

This space allows for a more creative and interactive layout of the marathon.”

BSUDM funds two different programs at Riley Children’s

A lot of people say your first collegiate marathon will be like the best and will be the one you remember forever, and that is completely true.”

-TIFFANY LY, member of the BSUDM moral committee and the leadership team Hospital — the Magic Castle Cart and the Pediatric Palliative Care Team.

At Magic Castle Cart, volunteers hand out free toys to patients. Palliative Care specializes in care for children with serious illnesses and works with families to decide how to improve the child’s quality of life.

In 2018, Riley Children’s

Hospital admitted and observed more than 22,000 children, according to its website. It also recorded more than 47,600 emergency room visits and more than 10,500 surgery cases.

Throughout the Ball State event, Kimmel said, different family members will speak about their experiences.

Christian Daugherty participated in BSUDM last year. At the time, he was receiving Palliative Care for brain cancer.

Christian died in July 2019. His family, however, still plans to attend this year’s marathon, where his father, Brad, will speak. “[Brad]’s really taken this situation and turned it into motivation for other people, which is really amazing,” Kimmell said.

Alex Mast, BSUDM vice president of internal affairs, said at least 23 families and 32 kids from Riley are registered to attend this year’s marathon.

“This hospital reaches so many different people across the state and even sometimes across the country,” Mast said.

Tiffany Ly, a member of the BSUDM moral committee and the leadership team, said her favorite part of the marathon is

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“A lot of people say your first collegiate marathon will be like the best and will be the one you remember forever, and that is completely true,” Ly said. “When you stand in the front and see all the exact numbers pull up how much you made at the end, your heart is racing … people are crying, and people are laughing and hugging each other.”

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

MONEY RAISED OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS Since 2003, BSUDM has raised more than $1.2 million for Riley Children’s Hospital, a milestone acknowledged by the hospital in 2015 with a room named after BSUDM. HIGHEST TOTAL RAISED

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Team focused on small adjustments ahead Ball State currently sits at 6-3 and 1-1 in Mid-American Conference competition on the season. However, head coach Joanna Saleem said smaller mistakes set the Cardinals back in the squad’s first conference loss of the season to Western Michigan Sunday 195.750-193.775.

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Isaacson’s leadership, dedication valued by Ball State Men’s Volleyball.

Connor Smith Reporter Junior setter Quinn Isaacson has spent his entire life surrounded by sports. Playing volleyball in high school, in addition to having parents as coaches, Isaacson knew his transition to Ball State as a freshman would be smooth.

During the 2018 season, Isaacson spent most of his time as a reserve, observing now-senior setter Jake Romano. Though he only played 23 sets, Isaacson said his freshman season was a valuable learning experience.

“All of the setters really took me under,” Isaacson said. “It was me, [Jake

Romano] and Courtland Scharenborg.

We’ve kind of carried that tradition with our freshman, David Flores.”

At the beginning of his sophomore season, Isaacson’s role with Ball State did not change much from his freshman campaign. That was until Romano suffered a thumb injury in early February 2019. This put Isaacson into a difficult position — carrying the workload put forth by Romano.

“It was unfortunate,” head coach Joel Walton said. “Jake got injured in the middle of the season, and we had to make the transition to Isaacson as our setter. We gave Quinn some opportunity setting — he played against all of our conference

opponents last year, so that was a really valuable experience.”

Finishing the 2019 season with a .394 hitting percentage and 759 assists, Isaacson has come a long way since filling in during Romano’s absence.

When the Cardinals voted on a team captain last fall, Isaacson was the top choice by the majority of his teammates.

With Isaacson’s constant development, in addition to having a veteran in Romano, Walton has an interesting problem: who to play at setter on any given night. Walton said there is a natural competition between the two but also a sense of comradery and support.

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Ball State won its game Tuesday 63-59, defeating the top team in the Mid-American Conference West Division. Junior guard Ishmael ElAmin led all scorers with 22 points, including a late three to clinch the game for the Cardinals. He was followed by redshirt senior forward Tahjai Teague and senior forward Kyle Mallers with 12 points apiece.

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Kim, women take 2nd; men fall to 6th

Placing four in the top 10 in individual competition, including runner-up Liz Kim, Ball State Women’s Golf finished the Battle at Boulder Creek in second place out of four teams. The same couldn’t be said about the men, as they finished sixth out of eight teams after entering the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play as the No. 1 seed.

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Continued from Page 07 “They’ve been competing for that starting job,” Walton said.

“They’ve done a really good job managing that competition and wanting to have the opportunity to be out there themselves. When they don’t have that opportunity, they’re still supporting the other guy on the court.”

Although Isaacson has started nine of the Cardinals’ 10 matches this season, Walton has continued

to use Romano in key moments and situations that best fit his play style. Since returning from last season’s injury, Romano said he has been impressed with Isaacson’s leadership, even if it means less playing time for him.

“He’s a great kid,” Romano said. “When I got injured last year, as unfortunate as it was, he really stepped in and led the team in a great way. He did a lot of good things, and he’s really been helping the program this year as well.”

Isaacson said he has embraced his friendship with Romano.

The two constantly give one

another feedback during matches and practices, both on areas of strength and improvement.

“Off the court, you get to see what the mindset is,” Isaacson said. “You get to talk to [Jake] and say, ‘Hey, what did you see here?’

You get to learn from him, and it’s more of, ‘Yes, I can go and do it.’ But if I’m not learning on the bench, then I’m not doing my job.”

Currently, Isaacson’s father, Tim Lester, is the head football coach at Western Michigan. His mother, Brie Isaacson, is the head coach of varsity girls’ volleyball at Naperville Central High

School in Naperville, Illinois.

“A lot of times, just the fact those kids have grown up at a dinner table where their parents are talking about what it is to build a team and improve — they learn some of the pitfalls that teams go through just by being a part of those conversations,” Walton said.

This season, Isaacson leads Ball State with 238 assists and is second on the team in digs with 50.

Recently, Isaacson played a major role in sweeping No. 7 Penn State, tallying 29 assists and a perfect hitting percentage in the win.

The Cardinals currently have four options at setter: Isaacson, Romano, Scharenborg and Flores. Walton said he is pleased with the team’s depth at the position, with Isaacson’s work ethic being a major factor.

“I think the guys have a lot of respect for [Quinn],” Walton said. “That’s not to say they don’t for Jake, but to be the guy that’s voted captain by your teammates says a lot as far as their confidence in you.”

Contact Connor Smith with comments at cnsmith@bsu.edu or on Twitter @cnsmithbsu.

MORE EXERCISE, Ball state zips past Akron

MORE HEART How exercising and playing sports affect the heart

- Staff Reports

A REGULAR HEART VS. AN ATHLETE’S HEART Changes are subtle: Exercise increases both the ventricle and atrium of the heart. There is also an increase in the width of the main blood vessel. Most athletes have an enlargement of 60-70 millimeters throughout the whole heart.

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Ball State took on Akron Feb. 8 at John E. Worthen Arena for its 42nd annual ThinkPink game, which has always been played against Akron. The Cardinals won 60-52 against the Zips, improving their ThinkPink record to 25-17. The win also kept the team undefeated at home in MAC play. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN

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EXERCISE RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended everyone get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intense activity, which can include dancing, brisk walking, gardening, household chores (vacuuming), playing tennis or swimming.

When sports are in season at Ball State, they can only practice up to 20 hours in a week based on NCAA rules, according to Michael Clark, associate athletics director for strategic communications. That is 1,200 minutes a week, 8 times more than the recommended average.

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Blake Lively, Jude Law star in action drama “The Rhythm Section” follows a character by the name of Stephanie Patrick, played by actress Blake Lively, in the years after her family was tragically killed in a plane crash.

Later, Patrick finds out the plane crash was not a coincidence, and it leads her down a vengeful path as she tracks down those responsible for the death of her family.

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Guy Ritchie directs gangster comedy film

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Spend your Valentine’s Day with popcorn and these romantic comedies.

Love triangles, swelling music and kissing in the rain are all aspects of the romantic comedy movie genre.

Film companies, such as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal and Paramount Pictures, have made

between $196 million to nearly $378 million in box office ticket sales from their highest-grossing rom coms, according to The Numbers, a movie industry data and research service.

With Valentine’s Day coming up,

instead of clicking “next episode” during your usual Netflix binge, consider celebrating the loving holiday with the top five highestgrossing romantic comedies.

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“The Gentlemen” follows a drug lord by the name of Mickey Pearson, played by Matthew McConaughey, and his bodyguard Ray, played by Charlie Hunnam, as they make their way out of the drug business and attempt to sell the empire Pearson has built for himself. Throughout the journey, the retired drug lord finds that everyone wants a share of his business. 4ByteBSU.com

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“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”

“There’s Something About Mary”

Released: April 19, 2002 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76% Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan Synopsis: Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos is 30 years old, unmarried and still lives with her Greek immigrant parents.

When she finally falls in love, she struggles to get the rest of her family to accept her nonGreek boyfriend.

Released: July 15, 1998 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83% Stars: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon Synopsis: Ted’s dream prom date with Mary goes terribly wrong. Years later, Ted is still in love with Mary, and he hires a private detective, Healy, to find Mary so the two of them can reconnect. When Healy and many others fall in love with Mary as well, Ted tries to be the one to win her heart.

“Jerry Maguire”

“What Women Want”

“As Good As It Gets”

Released: Dec. 13, 1996 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83% Stars: Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Regina King Synopsis: When sports agent Jerry Maguire is fired from his successful job, he forms an independent agency with only one athlete and his secretary, Dorothy Boyd. As they struggle to start their business from scratch, Jerry and Dorothy begin to form their own relationship.

Released: Dec. 15, 2000 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 54% Stars: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Ashley Johnson Synopsis: After falling into his bath tub holding a hair dryer and shocking himself, Nick Marshall awakes with the ability to hear women’s thoughts. He learns what the women at his workplace truly think about him.

Released: Dec. 24, 1997 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85% Stars: Jack Nicholson, Greg Kinnear, Helen Hunt Synopsis: Romance novelist Melvin Udall is known for being a misanthropist. His outlook on life starts to change when he has to take care of his neighbor Simon’s dog after Simon is hospitalized.

Incidentally, taking care of Simon’s dog draws the attention of the only waitress in town.

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HEART HOLDERS: Taylor Smith Reporter Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and alongside the chocolates and roses, people often receive heartfelt messages written inside Valentine’s Day cards. Each year, approximately 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged around the world, according to Hallmark. Instead of hiding these cards away or tossing them in the trash, consider making these three do-it-yourself greeting card displays to share the love with others.

Classic Card Stand

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your Valentine’s Day card.

2. Lay the copper wire out flat in a straight, horizontal line.

3. Beginning at one end of the wire, start to roll the wire in on itself in a circular motion. This should begin to form a flat spiral.

4. Continue rolling the wire until you have made a spiral of your desired size.

5. Repeat this process on the opposite end of the wire.

6. Once both of your spirals are complete, take either end of the wire, and cross them over one another, creating a large loop in the middle of the wire.

7. Bend the loop backward so the top of the loop is even with the spirals. This should create a type of pyramid structure that stands on its own.

8. Place your card behind the spirals, rest it against your copper structure and display your card for all to see.

Stand with Heart Base

What you need: • Colorful copper wire • Scissors Directions: 1. Cut the copper wire to your desired length, taking into consideration the size of

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HOW ROTTEN TOMATOES’ SCORING WORKS Rotten Tomatoes’ scoring, called “The Tomatometer,” represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or TV show.

• “Rotten” status: When less than 60% of reviews for a movie are positive.

• “Fresh” status: When at least 60% of reviews for a movie are positive.

• “Certified Fresh” status: When 75% or more of reviews for a movie are positive Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Display your Valentine’s Day cards with these DIY card holders.

What you need: • Colorful copper wire • Scissors Directions: 1. Cut the copper wire to your desired length, taking into consideration the size of your Valentine’s Day card.

2. Lay the copper wire flat in a straight, horizontal line.

3. Starting with one end, twist the wire to create a heart shape. This heart will serve as the base of your display stand.

4. Lay the heart flat on a surface, making sure it is resting evenly on every side.

5. Keeping your heart base flat, bend your remaining wire so it is standing straight up.

6. Twist the end of your remaining wire three to four times around the tip of your finger. These swirls will be the structure that holds your Valentine’s Day card in place.

7. Stabilize your heart holder, making sure your heart base is even on the surface.

8. Place your card in between two of the spirals on top.

9. Enjoy your heart holder.

Heart Stand with Clay Base

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What you need: • Colorful copper wire • Scissors • Heart-shaped cookie cutter • Plaster

Directions: 1. Cut the copper wire to your desired length, taking into consideration the size of your Valentine’s Day card.

2. Lay the copper wire flat in a straight, vertical line.

3. Take the top of the copper wire, and shape it into a heart. Repeat this two to three times to make at least three overlapping hearts.

4. Once you have finished molding your wire, start to prepare your plaster, following the instructions on the box.

5. Place your heart-shaped cookie cutter on a paper or plastic plate and pour your plaster mixture to the top of the cookie cutter, making

sure to flatten the top of mixture as much as possible.

6. Take your copper wire and place the bottom in the center of the plaster mixture,standing straight up with your hearts on top. Stabilize the wire if necessary.

7. Let the plaster mixture set for 30 to 40 minutes. Then, carefully remove the cookie cutter to prevent it from sticking to the plaster.

8. Let the plaster mold sit for another 24 hours.

9. Display your Valentine’s Day card for everyone to enjoy.

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

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Water flew across the pool during Recreation Services’ human Battleship tournament Feb. 5 at Ball Pool. Students were armed with squirt guns, buckets, kickboards and paddles to battle each other on the water. After three rounds, “Team Exes and Flexes” and “Team Woody” beat out “Two Girls and Dot Dot Dot” to battle for the win. In the end, “Team Exes and Flexes” took home the title.

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Bold Type

Why every writer should own a typewriter Taylor Smith is a sophomore news magazine major and writes “Bold Type” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

My mom had a typewriter in her old office. I would sit at the desk in the back corner and type my name over and over again Taylor until I reached the end Smith of the line, and then, I Columnist, would push the lever Bold Type on the left-hand side until I was back to the beginning — just one line lower — and type “mommy” below my name. The pattern continued until I exhausted every name of every family member I could think of, and then, I started over again.

As I got older, the names turned into short stories and letters I would write to my aunt, who was sitting less than 20 feet away from me at her own desk.

I would slide my letters under the door to her office, and when I went back to work with my mom a few days later, they would be taped to the wall above her desk. They were barely legible because I typed letters over other letters, and sentences traveled across the page diagonally, moving up and down because I never positioned the paper correctly.

But I kept typing.

I loved the sound the keys made when I clicked them, the way my hands traveled up and down the keyboard as I wrote whatever story my imagination

Taylor Smith got her first typewriter for Christmas when she was 15. She got her second one as a gift when she was 17. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN ILLUSTRATION created at that moment, the way I immediately had a physical copy of my work in my hands as soon as I finished typing.

Everything seemed simpler.

I currently own two typewriters, both given to me as gifts. One is incredibly old.

It weighs upward of 20 pounds and sits on an armoire in my bedroom as a reminder to always keep writing. The keys still click, but the ink has dried up, and it is

so old that replacing the ribbon wouldn’t help much. The other one was a Christmas present. It still works. It’s baby blue and yellow and comes with a carrying case that weighs what feels like a hundred pounds. The keys click and mark the pages with whatever I tell them to, and as soon as I finish writing, my work is in my hands, and there’s only one copy of what I have written in the entire world.

That’s what makes typewriters so

special — my work is instant. My work exists only in one place. There are no databases or flash drives holding on to coded files with my words somehow saved in them. There is just a single piece of paper, a piece of paper I can physically hold in my hands.

Every writer should have a typewriter, not because they don’t require Wi-Fi or electricity to function (although it is a plus) and not because the keys are

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dates back to at least 1714 after an English inventor named Henry Mill filed a patent for “an artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another.”

Although this was the first proposal for a typewriter, the first working typewriter was later built in 1803.

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An unrefurbished antique typewriter typically sells for no more than $75.

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fun to click — but because they keep your work safe. A Clark School study at the University of Maryland concluded that, on average, every 39 seconds, hackers are able to attack computers with internet access.

Not only that, but the computers used in the study were attacked, on average, 2,244 times per day — nearly 100 times every hour. I imagine having everything I have ever written stolen and find comfort in the fact there is still a way I can keep my writing private, safe and protected.

With a typewriter, my writing is completely my own. There is no risk of anyone hacking me and stealing what’s mine, and because of that, I prefer using my

Carriage A box-like structure that contains the parts that hold and position the paper. It moves from right to left as you type.

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typewriter over anything else.

Not only do typewriters keep your work safe, but they offer a distraction-free way to write. With no way to connect to the internet, with no screen to show your dad’s status update on Facebook, there is no way to access what ultimately causes the most distractions while I write.

At that moment, it is just me, my typewriter and my words, and nothing will distract me from the ideas that continuously develop as I type away, enjoying the clicking and clacking of each key. The only thing to distract me is the noise of my own typing, and I find that each letter I type only makes me want to write even more.

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Yes, it is 2020. Yes, laptops have been around for decades. And yes, sometimes it is a lot easier to write on a computer, but something about writing on a typewriter helps me feel connected to what I am writing. Everything feels more personal, and because it is impossible to erase any mistakes I make or delete any paragraph I don’t like, it forces me to take my time, truly think about what I want to say and write it in the best way I possibly can.

My typewriter transcends time, it helps me keep my work safe and it makes me a better writer.

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

Platen A large roller made from rubber. The paper wraps around the platen, providing a firm surface to type on.

Typebars The thin, moveable metal arms that are used to print ink on the paper.

Ribbon and Ribbon Spools A thin strip of fabric covered in ink and is positioned on two spools. The ribbon runs in front of the paper. When the keys are pressed, the typebars are pushed against the ribbon leaving a print behind.

Keyboard This consists of the keys you use to type. It includes letters, numbers and punctuation marks.

Keytops The coverings placed on typewriter keys to make typing more comfortable.

They indicate which character is being pressed on.

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