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Q&A with Greek Life associate director

Learn about what Chris Hager hopes to accomplish in his new role.04

Sports

Reppin’ the kids of Muncie

Danny Pinter raised money for Muncie youth at the NFL Combine.08

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Sweet, salty and sour

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this festive treat.10

Opinion

On being biracial

Columnist says she deserves to be enough for both of her races.12

PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS

PLAN Ball State responds to COVID-19 concerns with unprecedented strategy to ensure community safety.

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Beginning March 16, all in-person classroom instruction for the duration of the spring semester at Ball State has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, said President Geoffrey Mearns in a campus-wide email.

However, he said the university is not directing students to leave campus, and university services and offices will remain open.

In-person classes will be replaced with virtual instruction and other alternative learning options, Mearns said.

Additionally, from March 16 until April 30, Ball State will be suspending all university-sponsored and funded events of 100 people or more. Event organizers, he said, should consider conducting events via alternative technologies.

The university, he said, will continue to monitor

athletic activities, practices and competitions in coordination with the commissioner of the MidAmerican Conference, the NCAA and other member institutions.

In a campus-wide email sent March 5, Susana Rivera-Mills, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State, said the university has canceled all summer and fall semester study abroad programs.

Currently, Mearns said, the university hopes to host commencement ceremonies May 2 but will make a final decision at a later date.

Apart from rare circumstances, Ball State has suspended all university-sponsored and funded international, domestic and intra-state travel until further notice.

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Joe Biden claimed victories in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia on Super Tuesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders won in California, Colorado, Utah and Vermont. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is the third candidate remaining in the Democratic presidential primaries.

in the Mid-American Conference Championship meet this past weekend. In each of the last two seasons, Ball State has finished in last place in the MAC Championships. This time around, it placed fourth out of five teams, 472 points behind champion Missouri State, while setting six new school records in the process.

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Hanks, Wilson test positive for COVID-19

NBA suspends season until further notice

Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, said in a Twitter post late Wednesday night they tested positive for coronavirus. “We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires,” Hanks said in his tweet. He added that there wasn’t much else they could do beyond taking it day by day.

announced Wednesday a player on the Utah Jazz has preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.

The test results were reported right before tipoff of Utah’s game Wednesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The player was not in the arena, but the game was canceled; all others are suspended indefinitely.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY

BY THE NUMBERS How Americans celebrate the Irish holiday

St. Patrick’s Day was originally recognized as a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who introduced Christianity to the country in the 5th century, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s website.

Eventually, the holiday evolved into a celebration of all things Irish, with the world’s first-ever St. Patrick’s Day parade occurring March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in English military units stationed in the colonies, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s website.

According to the NYC St. Patrick’s Day parade’s website, back then, wearing green was a sign of Irish pride that was banned in Ireland. The parade allowed participants the freedom to speak Irish, wear green, sing Irish songs and play Irish tunes meaningful to the Irish immigrants of that time.

In 1991, the U.S. Congress

passed a law establishing March as Irish-American Heritage Month.

President George H.W. Bush issued the first proclamation in 1991, and since 1997, presidents have issued proclamations for the observance and celebration of the month, according to the Library of Congress’ website.

This year, as of March 11, Muncie will still continue to host its St. Patrick’s Day parade 6 p.m.

March 14. The parade will proceed south on Walnut Street to Charles Street in downtown Muncie and

return via Mulberry Street.

Here are some facts and figures of how Americans celebrate the holiday more than 250 years since the very first St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery A 51-year-old employee opened fire Feb. 26 at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life. Before the shooting at the Molson Coors complex, there had been three mass killings nationwide in 2020, all shootings, with 12 total victims. In 2019, there were 44 mass killings with 224 total victims.

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New scholarship to benefit students The George and Frances Ball Foundation and Ball State are partnering to create an endowed scholarship initiative to financially assist Ball State’s undergraduate students from Indiana. The George and Frances Ball Scholars Program provides incentive for new donors to support Ball State students by matching each dollar raised by Ball State up to $5 million.

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President presents State of the Senate

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During his State of the Senate address Feb. 26 at the Student Government Association (SGA) weekly meeting, President Aiden Medellin detailed the progress made on each of the Elevate slate’s 15 platform points. Medellin claimed to have accomplished eight points and said three more points can be addressed by the end of the semester.

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NEW HEAD OF GREEK LIFE: Q&A WITH CHRIS HAGER Evan Weaver Reporter

piece of it as well. I feel like the leadership here now is going in a great direction, and I’m excited to come in, and be part of that and help push us into the future.

J. Chris Hager sat down with a reporter of The Ball State Daily News to answer questions about his new role at Ball State. Hager, the newlynamed associate director of student life, fills the role vacated since Kari Murphy stepped down from her position as director of Greek Life.

In his role, Hager will provide leadership and oversight to the fraternity and sorority community. This includes the three governing councils, 31 chapters and more than 1,900 members.

Q. Can you talk a little bit about yourself when you were a student?

A. I was a transfer student here. I came here because of the arts, really the journalism program, primarily looking at public relations and advertising. When I got here, I joined my Greek letter organization, which was Sigma Nu. I was active in the chapter for a few years, and I graduated with my bachelor’s and then I took a job with my national fraternity as a leadership consultant.

I did that for about a year and a half, and then I came back to Ball State to get my master’s in the Student Affairs administration and higher education program. I was on [Student Government Association], Cardinal Communications and [Public Relations Student Society of America] when I was an undergrad here. I was very heavily involved in my Greek organization as well as being involved in the Interfraternity Council, and I did Greek Week and was on [the] Greek Week Committee. The one thing that did not get selected for that I’m still a little bitter about was that I was not on the Homecoming Steering Committee. That was the one thing I really wanted to be part of but didn’t get selected for, but I did a lot when I was undergrad.

Q. What do you hope to accomplish in your role here?

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Being involved on campus kind of led me to this career and this profession. When I went off to go work for my national fraternity, part of being a consultant is that you meet with campus-based professionals. When I was having conversations with those professionals on different campuses, I was asking them about their career and how they ended up where they’re at. A lot of times, I was told, ‘You need to get a master’s’ ... that led me into looking at higher education programs and applying to different institutions. Ball State offered me a really good assistantship and a really good package for their master’s program, and I couldn’t turn it down, so I came back here.

Q. How did you first become involved in Greek Life?

A. I was always a very involved student in high school.

When I went off to college …

I just couldn’t find a natural fit for a [Greek] chapter, but I did join a coed honor fraternity there called Phi Sigma Pi. They were [a national honor fraternity] but did a lot of similar things that a

lot of the social Greek letter organizations do. We had bigs and littles. We had social, philanthropic and service events, as well as fundraisers.

When I transferred [to Ball State], I actually tried to get that organization started [here], but I was kind of steered to look at one of our social Greek letter organizations. That led me to Sigma Nu, and I ended up joining.

Q. You had previous positions like this at IUPUI, Stetson (Florida) and Troy (Alabama). Did you always know you wanted to come back to Ball State? When did you have that realization you wanted to come back?

A. A few years ago, the

associate director position was available, and I looked into applying for it before. But, at the time, I just didn’t feel like I was ready to come back [to Ball State]. I always knew it had to be when the time was right.

When this position [opened], I felt like the time had finally become right for me to come back to this institution.

Looking at the leadership …

I’d be serving under was a big

A. The best way that I look at this is breaking it down by looking at months and years to come. Right now, it’s about making new connections on campus ... and reconnecting with some of those people who are still here at the institution from when I was here … Another thing is making connections with our chapters and getting to know about what their goals and desires are and how they align with the direction that we are going in with [Greek Life]. I was just having this

conversation earlier about looking at the percentage of affiliated students on this campus, and … that number decreased a little bit, so I really want to work on turning that around and getting that percentage of affiliate students up.

I also want to work on leadership development.

They’re wanting someone to come in and figure out how we interact and engage with future leaders and how we get them trained to be the community member we want them to be. We have a lot of great leadership programs already offered in this office … Our desire is to build upstanding citizens to go out and impact and create change.

Q. What are some of your hobbies and interests?

A. I love traveling ...

and so I’m a little bit of an

adventure seeker. I love going to amusement parks and riding the newest, tallest, fastest roller coasters that are out there. I love music and finding different types of music … I have Shazam on my phone, so if I hear something, I’m like, ‘Oh yeah.’ I Shazam it, so I remember it and then download it. Music is a big thing for me.

I do a little bit of woodworking and restoration. I’ve done some projects where I’ve restored some furniture pieces, which is a hobby of mine. My wife and I are very big antiquers, and we like to go on random weekend adventures to flea markets and antique shops always trying to hunt for a special piece that we know would be a cool piece to our collection in our home.

To see the full interview, visit the Ball State Daily News website.

Contact Evan Weaver with comments at erweaver@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @evanweaver7.

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Continued from Page 1 “I provide this guidance to our campus community in order to help slow and mitigate the spread of COVID-19,” Mearns said. “We understand these steps will cause significant disruption, but we must act in a responsible manner consistent with our University values.”

As of March 11, there were more than 125,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 4,600 deaths and 67,000 recoveries due to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide, according to data from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, there are more than 1,200 confirmed cases, 36 total deaths and eight recoveries.

The Indiana State Department of Health has conducted 43 total tests as of March 10 — 10 of which tested positive for the virus. Zero deaths have been reported in Indiana as of March 10, the most-recent date for which numbers were available.

In Avon, Indiana, one elementary school student tested positive for the virus, and a second student is displaying symptoms. Avon Community Schools Corporation decided to close all Avon schools until March 20, according to the school corporation’s website.

Following their spring breaks, Indiana University (IU), Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame will suspend all classroom teaching.

IU’s suspension of classroom teaching will last through April 6 for all its campuses, Purdue’s suspension will potentially last through the end of the semester and Notre Dame will have no form of classroom teaching the week of March 15, followed by virtual or alternative instruction until April 13.

Jagdish Khubchandani, associate chair and professor of health science, said in an email prior to the March 11 email the university’s decision to suspend travel was appropriate given the medical and legal issues surrounding such programs and the growing threat of coronavirus worldwide.

“I understand the hassle. I had to cancel many of my obligations, but right now, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing hands with soap and water as the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. If soap and water are not readily available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol, but the latter does not get ride of all types of germs. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN ILLUSTRATION cure,” Khubchandani said.

For now, he said, the Ball State community “should not be worried but certainly be more vigilant about the virus affecting campus.”

“Despite that, I must say that faculty and students should watch out for personal flu-like illness and anyone they suspect could have flu-like illness,” Khubchandani said. “In such cases, ensure that this person is made aware of some similarities between seasonal flu and coronavirus and is given all support to seek healthcare. Compared to many other community avenues, our environment has a larger population that could be at risk and vigilance is a must at all levels.”

Evaluating the threat posed by the coronavirus, he said, is “a tricky situation,” considering people are more likely to die from other types of diseases and accidents.

“It is hard to prioritize at this point of time given the rapid spread of coronavirus across the world,” Khubchandani said. “In general, infectious disease epidemics have also started creating more fear in recent times.”

He said he believes fear and panic in some populations is unwarranted, adding lack of knowledge, poor preparedness of our health systems, viral mutations,

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT YOU ARE SICK • Stay home unless seeking medical care • Separate yourself from other people and animals • Call ahead before visiting your doctor • Wear a facemask if you are sick • Cover coughs and sneezes • Wash your hands often • Aviod sharing personal items • Clean all “high-touch” surfaces daily • Monitor your symptoms Source:CDC

global spread and mass media misinformation “have made these epidemics into infodemics.”

“We may not always have such troublesome exaggeration of disease events in [the] United States as long as we practice prevention and timely healthcarerelated help seeking,” he said.

Ball State’s response came hours after the university posted a tweet Wednesday afternoon stating it would have a decision about classes announced within 24 hours.

This tweet left many students, like architecture major Breanna Vernon, anxious, as she was concerned why Ball State didn’t suspend classes when other universities had taken the decision earlier.

The university’s decision was met with both relief and criticism online, with some arguing the university should not have canceled classes for the whole semester and concerns over regular campus events and the spring commencement.

Nicholas Kruger, sophomore music media production major, said he wasn’t surprised by the announcement but only thought the university would cancel inperson classes for two or three more weeks.

While he understands lecture classes can be dropped, Kruger said, activities such as choir practice are harder to do online.

“There really is no way to do that online. You have to be with all the other singers and practice together,” he said.

As a resident of LaFollette Complex, Kruger said several residents are both discussing whether to go home or stay on campus, with him leaning toward going home.

“I’m really not sure how that’s going to look because some

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I’m paying for room and board.

I’m paying for the food. The food services are still open, so I’m going to stay here.’”

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Before you break out the only green you have in your closet and sharpen your nails to punish those who don’t, consider these safety tips from University Police (UPD) Chief Jim Duckham.

Host a party

19% Attend a parade

22%

21% Make a special dinner

13 million pints of Guinness expected to be consumed on St. Patrick’s Day

Attend a private party

United States: 32 million (approximately 1 in 10 Americans) Indiana: 728,310 Delaware County: 13,682

Wear green

Number of people who claimed Irish ancestry in 2018:

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73% of 18- to 24-yearolds plan on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.

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Act responsibly According to WalletHub, this day of wearing green is the most-popular holiday for beer drinking, and each person celebrating consumes an average of 4.2 drinks.

With an estimated 57 percent of Americans planning to celebrate the holiday, Duckham said UPD is preparing for it like any other weekend, football tailgate or larger event.

“St. Paddy’s Day tends to be a holiday or a gathering where people tend to drink more,” he said. “We just ask that you be responsible. That’s really the

key to everything we talk about … Clearly, if you’re not 21, you can’t legally drink, but if you’re underage, and you do, we want you people to be safe.”

assistance, we want people to call,” Duckham said. “Call us so that we can take care of that and render the aid to people.”

Take care of each other

Going along with the last tip, Duckham said if you aren’t drinking or aren’t at a gathering with people who are, “if you see something, say something.”

Duckham added, for those attending late-night parties, to be mindful of residents around them.

“We just want people to be really responsible and to be considerate neighbors too,” Duckham said. “Community members live in these neighborhoods too, and, you know, they have to go to work the next day. They’re not at a party until 2 in the morning.”

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Now in his sixth year at Ball State, Duckham said St. Patrick’s Day has been a fairly quiet holiday in terms of emergencies. However, he still stressed the importance of looking out for your friends.

“If one of your friends is starting to get a little overserved, maybe tell them, ‘Hey, you’re being overserved,’ or intervene,” he said. “Be a good friend. Be a good bystander.”

If you do drink, he said, it is also important to have a designated driver or arrange a ride to pick you up.

“Certainly, if people need medical attention, and certainly

Be a good neighbor

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Team’s best round not enough for top finish Ball State travelled to Boulder Creek, Michigan, Monday to take part in the Jackrabbit Invitational. The Cardinals took eighth place through 54 holes over Monday and Tuesday. The team tallied a 310 and a 324 in the first two rounds. Despite the final round harboring the team’s best score of the tournament, the Cardinals were unable to make any ground Tuesday.

Softball

Graduate guard Jasmin Samz sings the fight song with her team Feb. 29, 2020, at John E. Worthen Arena. Samz scored nine points for the Cardinals on Senior Night.

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For Jasmin Samz, the relationships she has formed through basketball have come full circle.

Grant Covey Reporter Growing up in northern Wisconsin, graduate student guard Jasmin Samz wasn’t looking up to professional athletes or even college athletes. She idolized those who played on one of the area’s top girls’ basketball teams: the Wausau West High School Warriors.

Specifically, Samz looked up to Lindsay Quirt. From the stands to out on the driveway, Samz watched Quirt and tried to mimic her style as best as she could.

“I saw her all the time working out, running and preparing for the season,” Samz said. “It lit up my world, and I would try all the time to be like Lindsay.”

Samz attended every one of Quirt’s games at Wausau West. During her own

games, Samz mimicked more than just Quirt’s style of play. When Samz began playing competitive basketball, there were a lot of similarities between the two.

“I wear 24 because of her, I wear a sweatband because of her, I shoot a midrange pull up because of her, I wear a bun on top of my head because of her,” Samz said. “I would see her at camps, and I would purposely count out the right number to be in her group. I would switch spots in line so I could be with her.”

Samz admired Quirt all the way through high school, and Quirt had no idea how much she meant to Samz. Eventually, Samz built up the confidence to tell Quirt how she had looked up to her. However, once Quirt’s time at Wausau West came to a close and Samz’s began, the tables had turned.

Quirt went on to support Samz

throughout her high school career. She was in attendance when Samz reached 1,000 points. At the same time, Samz still supported Quirt during her time at Minnesota Duluth.

“My parents took me to go see her at Minnesota Duluth, and I had lots of pictures and T-shirts signed,” Samz said.

“I have a shirt of hers that I have hung up, and it has her signature from her senior year.”

Outside of being in attendance at her games, Samz took something Quirt told her to heart — something she still holds dear to her and continues to pass on.

“She was the best player. She was allconference and all-state,” Samz said.

“She told me two things: ‘Have fun, and play as hard as you can. If you can’t do that, be done,’ and that is all I have ever told anyone.”

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Ball State goes 8-4 over spring break While most Ball State students who were in Florida over spring break were there to vacation and relax, the Cardinals were there battling out 12 games in 10 days. The Cardinals ended with an 8-4 record over the course of the week while going 4-1 in the UCF Invitational, winning both games of a doubleheader against Bethune-Cookman and going 2-3 in the FIU Invitational.

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Cardinals come home, sweep Sacred Heart Ball State returned to Worthen Arena Saturday for the first time in three weeks, having finished a five-match Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association road trip. Taking advantage of their home comforts, the Cardinals defeated Sacred Heart 3-0 to begin a three-match series against non-MIVA opponents.

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Continued from Page 07 After transferring to Ball State prior to the 2017-18 season, Samz had the opportunity to volunteer at the Ball State kids camp hosted by the women’s basketball team. It was there she had the opportunity to take a young player under her wing and mentor her: Addison Jenkins.

Samz said Jenkins was shooting by herself at the camp and was too shy to make friends.

Samz saw this opportunity to take her under her wing and include her with the group.

“I know being an outsider sucks, especially at basketball camp when you are a little kid,” Samz said. “I went over there and invited her to come over and play with everyone else. She was my partner for the day, and I stayed with her the whole day, even though I wasn’t supposed to, so Addison would have a friend.”

The friendship between the two started because of basketball and has developed into something more. Jenkins’ grandmother, Melissa Messersmith, said she has enjoyed the relationship between the two.

“When she walked in, she was shy. She didn’t know what to do,” Messersmith said. “Jasmin

08 just looked over and saw her standing there and went over and talked to her. According to Addison, she showed her how to shoot the basketball.”

After that shy first day of camp, Jenkins quickly began to open up and was ready to get Samz’s autograph by the end of the week. When asked about Samz, her face lit up.

“We always go to basketball camps and play basketball together,” Jenkins said.

This season, Samz was able

to make it to one of Jenkins’ basketball games to show her support the same way she had for Quirt.

“It was a surprise for her when I walked in, and she saw me. Her jaw hit the floor,” Samz said.

“That warms your heart. It was the feeling that you would have when you win a National Championship, but it’s just someone coming to watch you play.”

Knowing the impact she has had on Jenkins has helped Samz realize the impact basketball can

have. For Samz, basketball has come full circle.

“I don’t think the circle or the cycle is over because I think Addison and my sisters will do the same,” Samz said. “I think it happens all over the country and on all platforms of sports. I think that is the best thing about sports. We all have a platform, and we should all use it to mentor younger kids or whoever.”

Jenkins’ love for the game of basketball has grown since meeting Samz, and she has

Graduate student guard Jasmin Samz drives to the rim Feb. 29, 2020, at John E. Worthen Arena. Samz averaged just fewer than 10 points per game in her final year as a Cardinal. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

FOR THE KIDS Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor

The first 17 reps are like nothing, the bar almost bouncing back and forth from his chest to an arm’s length above.

The next five take a bit more effort, the two 45-pound plates on each side seeming to weigh a little more, but he keeps the same pace.

He pauses for an extra second, arms extended and elbows locked.

Down, up. He struggles but pushes through to complete the rep.

He pauses again.

Down, up. His arms almost give in, but he’s still able to get it all the way to the top.

One last pause.

The bar hits his chest again, but it stalls halfway through the rep, and he is assisted in racking it.

Former Ball State offensive lineman Danny Pinter sits up and walks off the stage Feb. 27, having just raised $1,977 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie

with 24 bench press reps of 225 pounds at the NFL Combine.

Pinter said he was shooting for 25, but he was pleased with how he performed.

“I’m pretty happy with it,” Pinter said. “I mean, that was the range I wanted to get.

It’s a little different when you’re out there than when you’re just in the gym training.

All in all, I’m happy with the results.”

Pinter partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs in early February with a Pledge It campaign in which people could donate either a flat amount or a certain amount of money per rep he completed on his bench press test.

At the time of his test, flat donations had already surpassed $1,000, and each rep was worth an extra $38. When the donation period ended March 5, the final total raised was $2,160.

“I kind of joked with him and said, ‘I’m pledging for you. Don’t make me go broke and rep out 30 reps,’” Ball State offensive line coach Colin Johnson said

had the opportunity to sit right behind Ball State’s bench with her grandparents.

“She looks up to Jas as this person that is the end-all-be-all. She really considers her a role model that she wants to model herself after,” Messersmith said. “She says she wants to be No. 24 and play for Ball State just like Jas.” Samz has offered for Jenkins to call her up whenever she wants to go shoot around in the gym.

When asked about what stood out about Samz, Messersmith said it was one thing.

“Her character, absolutely, and the way that she plays the game,” Messersmith said. “I think Jas has a more personal level for doing what she’s doing. She’s so much more than a basketball player. She’s someone that you would love your child to be like, or granddaughter in my case.”

Seeing Jenkins sit right behind the bench at every home game cheering her on reminds Samz basketball is more than just a game. For Samz, it’s a little more personal.

“Sometimes, you get caught up in things like scouting reports and scoring. That’s not really what it’s about,” Samz said. “It’s about the people.”

Contact Grant Covey with comments at gacovey@bsu.edu or on Twitter @grant_covey.

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with a laugh. “In a sense, my wallet’s a little happy he hit 24.”

To really think that somebody who, while they’re pursuing their dreams, takes even the five minutes to say, ‘You know what, I want to give something back to the kids of this community’ is great.”

- JASON NEWMAN, Chief Executive Officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie Pinter said he is appreciative of all the support he received through this

campaign, and it just shows what the people of Muncie are all about.

“The Muncie community is awesome.

I think everyone knows that,” Pinter said. “I think that’s just another example — there’s a ton of people, and everyone cares about the betterment of Muncie and the kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs, so that’s awesome.”

According to its website, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie opens its doors to kids every day after school and all day during the summer “to ensure that our youth have a safe, fun and positive environment to be a part of.” By doing so, members have opportunities to “achieve academic success, to be instilled with good character and citizenship and to maintain healthy lifestyles.”

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Freshman to compete on Wheel of Fortune Sitting in front of the television at a young age, freshman journalism major Christian Dixie was introduced to the game show “Wheel of Fortune” by his grandmother. Ever since, Dixie has slowly fallen in love with the show. Now, Dixie’s dream has come true, as he headed to Sony Studios to participate in an episode of his favorite show. 410

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Live-action ‘Morbius’ to arrive in theaters Immanuel Simon dances during his class Feb. 13, 2020, at the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Simon likes to move around the room throughout his class, walking in between his students. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN.

Rec Fit dance instructor prepares for career by performing and teaching.

Demi Lawrence Reporter Editor’s note: “On the clock” is a Ball State Daily News series profiling Ball State students and their on-campus jobs. If you have any suggestions as to who we should feature next, send an email to features@bsudailynews.com.

Kamryn Tomlinson, The Daily News’ assistant features editor, and Taylor Smith, a Daily News reporter, are students in Immanuel Simon’s Rec Fit class.

Every Monday and Thursday at 5:30 p.m., senior acting major and Rec Fit instructor Immanuel Simon flips on the ceiling fans in RC 212B and starts his cardio hip-hop class. Feet tip-tap across the wooden floor while songs like “Just Fine” by Mary J. Blige and “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner

echo through the room.

After 45 minutes of intense swaying, sassy hips and stark arm movements, nearly all eight students and Simon are shiny with sweat.

As Simon leads the class through final stretches, he asks how their days were. Varied replies come from the circle of criss-crossed legs and panting chests — most students say, “Good,” but some say, “So-so.” Simon listens intently before offering his own comment.

This particular day was tough, he said. He is tired, but this class is what motivates him and gives him strength.

Then, he asks his students, “What are you guys scared of?”

The dance room is silent for a few moments. The class is slower to respond to this question.

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Ahead of its summer release, “Morbius,” starring Jared Leto as the movie’s living vampire, has been announced as the second film in Sony’s Marvel Universe. Morbius is a biochemist who attempts to cure his own rare blood disease when his experiment goes wrong, and he accidentally turns himself into a vampire. 4ByteBSU.com

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Decking out in green Nicole Thomas Features Editor

Over the Rainbow Cupcakes What you need:

From wearing green to visiting a bar for drinks with friends, there are several ways people can celebrate the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day. Instead of stopping by your local grocery store for prepackaged cookies or cakes to bring to your St. Patrick’s Day party, consider making these three festive desserts for some salty, sweet and sour treats.

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Cake mix of your choice Mixing bowl Cupcake baking tin Cupcake liners Green frosting Frosting tip Mini marshmallows Food-safe scissors AirHeads Xtremes Rolos Gold sprinkles

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‘America’s Game’ Hannah Gunnel Reporter Editor’s Note: Christian Dixie is a reporter at Byte Magazine, a Unified Media partner of The Daily News.

When Christian Dixie, freshman journalism major, was 9 months old, he fell in love with the game show “Wheel of Fortune.”

“My grandma and [I] sat in

front of the TV, and she got me on ‘Wheel of Fortune,’” he said. “That was our thing. We would watch it together.”

Dixie’s grandma died in 2005 when he was 4 years old, he said, but he has continued to watch “Wheel of Fortune” every night since then. Dixie’s dream to compete on the show came true, as he traveled to Sony Studios in Culver City, California, in February to film

Freshman journalism major Christian Dixie stands in front of the Wheel of Fortune Feb. 6, 2020, in Culver City, California. “Wheel of Fortune” films 24 episodes a month over a span of four days. CHRISITAN DIXIE, PHOTO PROVIDED

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these festive treats.

Directions: 1. In a mixing bowl, prepare your cupcake batter according to the package’s directions.

2. Line your cupcake baking tin with festive St. Patrick’s Day cupcake liners.

3. Follow the mix’s baking directions. Let cupcakes cool after baking.

4. Using the frosting tip, hollow out the center of each cupcake.

5. Fill the holes you’ve made in each cupcake with gold sprinkles.

6. Pipe green frosting on top of each cupcake.

7. Using food-safe scissors, cut each AirHeads Extreme candy in half, and place them on top of each cupcake, making an arch. This creates the cupcake’s rainbow.

8. Place two mini marshmallows on each end of the cupcake’s rainbow.

9. Pipe a small amount of leftover frosting onto the wide end of a Rolo.

10. Press gold sprinkles onto the frosted Rolo until all the frosting is covered.

11. Place the Rolo next to the mini marshmallows on one side of your cupcake’s rainbow. This creates the pot of gold at the end of the cupcake’s rainbow.

12. Enjoy your Over the Rainbow cupcakes.

Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu.

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Freshman journalism major becomes first Ball State student to compete on “Wheel of Fortune.”

an episode, which will air March 17.

Dixie participated in the game show’s College Week where he played against students from the University of Iowa and Berkeley College.

“To also be the first person to ever represent Ball State on a College Week on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ … it’s such a mindblowing moment,” Dixie said.

During the taping, Dixie was able to meet the show’s hosts, Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

“They are so down-to-earth, and they are just so amazing,” he said. “They made me really at ease during the show …

Vanna surprised all of us in the makeup room/greenroom area. She had no makeup on, and she was wearing sweats and a ponytail. It was just a really genuine moment. To see Vanna clapping for me — that made my entire life. She is truly an icon.”

Dixie’s journey to competing on the show began in May 2019 when he sent an online application with his audition video on “Wheel of Fortune’s” website. Ten days after he submitted his application, he received an email inviting him to audition in Detroit June 4, 2019. It wasn’t until January 2020 the producers at “Wheel of Fortune” called him and

invited him to play as part of the show’s College Week.

“I was in the [Art and Journalism] Building, [and] I was upstairs in my Journalism 103 class,” Dixie said. “I’ll never forget seeing the call.

[My phone] said Culver City, California, and I was like, ‘That’s weird. Culver City?’

I was thinking, ‘“Wheel of Fortune?” Why are they calling me?’ I thought I would never hear from them because I had to literally wait seven months after my audition to hear back from them.

“But, I called them back.

I had to walk out of class …

They were like, ‘Are you a college student now?’ because at the time that I auditioned, I just ended my senior year [of high school], and I was three days away from graduating.”

Ball State’s College of Communication, Information and Media (CCIM) is planning to host a watch party, as of March 11, of Dixie’s “Wheel of Fortune” episode at 7 p.m.

March 17 in the Unified Media Lab. Any Ung, CCIM’s program manager for community and digital engagement, organized the event.

“We wanted to celebrate him and his accomplishment,” Ung said. “This is the very first time that we have a Ball State student being represented at

‘Wheel of Fortune,’ and we were very excited about that.”

Ung said the event will

“My grandma and [I] sat in front of the TV, and she got me on ‘Wheel of Fortune,’” he said. “That was our thing. We would watch it together.”

- CHRISTIAN DIXIE, Journalism major be open to the entire Ball State community and will be broadcast on CCIM’s Facebook page.

“Initially, we started talking about it for alumni and people who ... are not physically

present in Muncie,” she said.

“I know we have a lot of them on the West Coast. [Dixie’s] family is in Fort Wayne, and I know that he is very close to his family, so we wanted to have that component where people can still be with us.”

Dixie said he is unable to discuss his winnings or how well the other students competed prior to the episode’s air date. Ung said she asked Dixie if he wanted a small party or a large party, which would let her know if he performed well on the show.

“If he bombed it, I don’t think he would’ve wanted a bigger group,” Ung said. “He said, ‘A big group is good,’ so I think he did well.”

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

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Immanuel Simon teaches his cardio hip-hop class Mondays and Thursdays at the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Simon said he does not come to class with songs picked out. He asks his students when he gets to class what they are feeling that day. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

Eventually, Simon told his students shooting for their dreams and overcoming their fears is the only way to move forward. One could hear a pin drop as Simon talked about never having too big of dreams and how his students should never be afraid to fall while shooting for their dreams.

When asked what he is scared of, though, Simon said he fears never achieving his own dreams.

Though this fear lives within him, Simon pursues many different avenues to ensure he achieves his dreams of becoming a performer and entertainer.

“I’m an actor, I’m a singer and I’m a dancer. I want to be a talk-show host,” Simon said.

“The big goal is to be able to be a creator, make money off of my creations and also have people remember my creations as something bigger than myself.”

In addition to teaching cardio hip-hop and being a part of Ball State’s Theatre and Dance

program, Simon also juggles being a member of Black Student Alliance, running an Instagram campaign to try to convince Ellen DeGeneres to let him host the show with her and helping his friends with their various projects.

Among all of Simon’s responsibilities, he said, dancing has always remained at the core of who he is. Growing up in New Orleans, Simon expressed himself through African-style dance in church from a young age. Those early beginnings led him to a creative arts high school where he focused on musical theatre, dance and hip hop.

“Since I’ve been alive, I feel like I’ve been dancing,” Simon said. “[It was] not even a question [in my life] — movement and dance.

People say, ‘I can’t dance.’ Maybe I can’t dance well, whatever that ‘well’ means, but you can dance.”

So, when he saw an opening for an on-campus job as a Rec Fit instructor in fall 2017 for a cardio hip-hop class, Simon said, he knew it would be “up his alley.”

The hiring process involved an interview, an audition with a few dance routines and a cool-down

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song and a shadowing process with the instructor at the time.

Eric Matcha, coordinator of fitness and wellness programs, first met Simon in August 2018, and he said Simon is one of the most highly-praised instructors Matcha has had.

“He has great energy, a great personality and always comes to class with a great attitude,”

Since I’ve been alive, I feel like I’ve been dancing.”

- IMMANUEL SIMON, Senior acting major and Rec Fit instructor Matcha said. “He works multiple shifts a day on some days and is still always on time for his classes. He is always willing to sub classes and work extra events on top of his own classes as well.”

Each instructor can run their class differently, Simon said, but

his class is fueled by his passion for music. Simon thinks of the history of hip hop in the streets of New York when he dances, as well as issues brought up by groups like NWA who felt the police were using their power to oppress minority groups.

Proud of the diversity and voice he brings to his Rec Fit class and Ball State as a nonbinary black person, Simon said, he takes pride in the fact that not everyone is doing what he is.

“The essence of what this class is — I’m doing this for action. It’s a call to action,” Simon said. “I go off of emotion and also feeling how I feel in that moment, how I feel that day … I live in the moment. [I say], ‘This is the song that I feel like doing, this the song that I think needs to be in the room at that time.’”

Junior early childhood and special education major Natty Good danced in high school, and Simon and his cardio hip-hop class helped spark her interest in dancing again in college. Now, she takes his cardio hip-hop class, a Zumba class and joined the belly dancing club.

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“His class always makes my day a lot better,” Good said.

“After we cool down, he has everyone lay down and close our eyes, and he does his little motivational speech with a song.

It’s one of the best things ever.”

That same speech is the one where Simon dwells on and thinks about his dreams each week. Right now, he said, he dreams of leaving Ball State with an artistic legacy, but, of course, his fears still linger.

Ultimately, though, Simon overcomes these fears by practicing self love and grace for himself.

If he messes up, he forgives himself, and if a task makes him happy, he finds a way to take it on. He does it all for a reason — he believes it helps him grow.

“Each thing is a lesson in the work that I want to create,” Simon said. “If I’m choosing to do it, it’s because I think it’s going to help me, and it can help someone else.”

Contact Demi Lawrence with comments at dnlawrence@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @DemiNLawrence.

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Elena Stidham poses March 10, 2020, in a Ball State photo studio. Stidham’s mother was born in Iraq, and her father was born in Michigan. JACOB

Loud and Clear

The in-betweener

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I am biracial, and I should not have to feel like I am not enough for either side of me.

Elena Stidham

Columist, Loud and Clear

Elena Stidham is a senior journalism and telecommunications major and writes “Loud and Clear” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

When I studied abroad last summer, I took a class on Japanese animation. In this

class, we learned about the different roles animators play, and one key role stood out to me: the in-betweeners.

With animated films, there are key animations with pivotal scenes and frames the lead animators draw. However, a whole movie could not be made with just key animations

and animators.

That’s where the inbetweeners come in — they draw what’s between each key animation to make the scene one single, fluid piece.

They recognize each other’s importance; one cannot exist without the other. However, I noticed this mindset is not

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carried over to real people, to someone like me who considers myself what I would call an in-betweener.

To people who are biracial.

Like me.

My mother was born in Iraq, and my father was born in Michigan. I got my mother’s never-aging complexion, and

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from my father, the fairness of my skin. I got my eyes from my white side, but I got my thick hair from my brown side.

I am from two different worlds that, at one point in time, were never allowed to collide with each other. Yet, they still collided and met in the in-between where they made me, and I am here.

I used to think I was so cool, despite the fact that I didn’t fully understand what I was. I knew my mother wasn’t born in the United States, but I had no clue

conditioner, my hair is always too thick for the products for white girls but not thick enough for the products for black girls.

It’s not just hair products.

Basically everything, including discussions about diversity, is made for people who are white or people who are black. I’m white enough to be immediately classified as Caucasian at first glance, but I’m not white enough to walk through an airport without being the one “randomly” selected. I’m Middle Eastern

their tones, and I can see it in their eyes.

They’re disappointed because I can’t speak any Arabic or Aramaic. They’re disappointed because I don’t know what box to tick off in every form I fill out. They’re disappointed because I’m not easily labelled one or the other.

They’re disappointed because I’m confused about who I am.

Why should people like me have to live like this? Why do I have to act like I’m on one side

They’re disappointed because I can’t speak any Arabic or Aramaic. They’re disappointed because I don’t know what box to tick off in every form I fill out. They’re disappointed because I’m not easily labelled one side or the other.”

- ELENA STIDHAM, Columnist, Loud and Clear what race was. I didn’t know how I was different, I just knew I was different, and I loved it.

I used to think I was somebody special because of my differences, but as I grew older, these differences started to turn against me.

I was the girl caught between two fish hooks sinking into her cheeks, and I can’t pry them out no matter how hard I try.

One of these days, I fear these fishing lines will pull on me harder than I can bear, and I will be ripped apart.

This is my reality of being biracial. This is where I grew up — in the in-between.

My worlds don’t exist solely in the home. They are prominent everywhere I go.

When I shop for shampoo and

enough to pronounce the culture’s locations and food correctly, but I’m not Middle Eastern enough to be allowed into groups with other people like me because I don’t have brown skin.

I’m never enough to fit in just right on either side.

I don’t fit in with Americans because I was raised with a family of Chaldeans who spoke Aramaic and ate rice with literally every meal. Yet, I don’t fit in with Chaldeans because I was raised with a family of Americans who spoke their mind and were allowed to be pulled over by a cop without the fear of being shot.

The only thing I feel I’m “enough” of on both sides is disappointment — I hear it in

or another? Why can’t I exist on a plane where I’m allowed to be both?

It wasn’t until I came to college when I actually met other people like me in the inbetween. During my freshman year, my RA was half black and half white. I could not tell you the immense joy I felt during our dorm’s Thanksgiving party when she told me about the food she ate on her “white side” and the food she ate on her “brown side.”

I had never heard anyone besides me use the term “brown side” before. I almost cried.

No matter how much I explained it to someone, they didn’t know what I was talking about whenever I said my family would have curry one night and

hot dogs with macaroni and cheese the next. Nobody could relate to me whenever I called my Chaldean grandmother “Nana” and my white grandmothers “Grammy” and “Mamaw” in the same breath.

No other person was able to relate to that until I got here.

We were mixed. We were in-betweeners. We were what happens when two worlds come together and then are ripped apart by fish hooks.

We’re here, we’re prominent, we’re important, we’re alive — even if we had to make space for our own selves to do so.

Just like in the world of animation, a whole movie could not be made with just key animations. There needs to be in-betweeners. The whole narrative surrounding diversity and the world as a whole cannot exist with just one or the other. There needs to be in-betweeners.

When there’s in-betweeners, suddenly, there’s a whole movie. Without people who are mixed, you can’t complete the whole picture — you can’t hear the whole story of diversity.

I’m tired of living in a world where I am identified as one or the other, and I am not accepted as either or. I am both, and I should be accepted as both because being both is enough.

There is nothing wrong with being an in-betweener. I had to learn this on my own.

In-betweeners are the ones who narrate your movie, and in-betweeners are the ones who fill the missing roles.

In-betweeners are the ones who are often overlooked and never recognized, and that needs to change.

People like me are the inbetweeners of everyday life, and we’re not going away.

Contact Elena Stidham with comments at emstidham@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @ elenastidham.

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Continued from Page 5 Here are some facts about the virus and how to avoid spreading the disease.

How is the disease spread?

According to the CDC website, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be spread from people who are in contact with one another or within six feet of one another.

The disease is spread through “respiratory droplets” that are produced when an infected individual sneezes or coughs, according to the CDC’s website.

The website states, “these droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are

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nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.”

The virus can be spread through contact with a surface an infected person has touched, but it is not thought to be the main form of spreading, according to the website.

The symptoms of COVID-19 may appear two to 14 days after exposure, which may include coughing, a fever and a shortness of breath, according to the website.

According to the website, the CDC recommends people practice the following to not be exposed to the disease: • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

• Stay home when you are sick.

• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

• Clean and disinfect frequentlytouched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning spray or wipe.

How can you help prevent the spread?

Follow five steps to wash your hands the right way

While there is no vaccine to prevent COVID-19, the best way to prevent the spread is to not be exposed to the disease, according to the website.

Washing hands, according to CDC’s website, is one of the most-effective ways to prevent the spread of germs. Clean hands, it states, can stop germs

What are the symptoms?

from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community.

• Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold), turn off the tap and apply soap.

• Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap.

Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers and under your nails.

• Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.

• Rinse your hands well under clean, running water.

• Dry your hands using a clean towel, or air dry them.

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When deciding what organization to partner with, Pinter said, he wanted to make sure it meant something to him.

Through Ball State Football, he had volunteered with many local organizations, and the Boys and Girls Clubs was first on his list.

“We had a lot of different volunteer opportunities, which all meant something and all were cool, but I think that was my favorite one,” Pinter said.

“Just seeing kids engaging in stuff like sports, being active and that type of stuff … It was an opportunity to be able to help them and give back to them.”

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Former Ball State offensive lineman Danny Pinter walks into the media room Feb. 27, 2020, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Pinter was one of the 52 offensive lineman selected to participate in the NFL Scouting Combine.

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have easily just gone into this thing and did it for himself. Yet, like Danny, it’s more than just about him, and it will always be more than just about him.”

Pinter told Johnson before his bench press test he was expecting to put up around 24 or 25 reps. Johnson said he thought Pinter might be able to squeeze out a few more with all the adrenaline surrounding the combine, but he was encouraged with how well he did.

“When you hit that number, it shows people that you’re strong,

you have the muscle endurance and you’re only going to get stronger as you go on,” Johnson said. “Danny has, I think, a lot of capacity to grow … He’s a great athlete, and 24 reps on the bench press just shows me that he’s definitely strong enough to compete in the NFL.” Pinter’s 24 reps have made the Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie $2,160 richer, and Newman said he’ll have a warm welcome when he returns to Muncie.

“If we can play any little part in … giving him the recognition

he deserves ... we want to play that part,” Newman said. “Our kids will be doing something, maybe making a day for him during Boys and Girls Clubs Week, which will be coming up at the end of March, just so we can let him know how much his work has meant for us.”

Pinter said his chest and arms are doing OK, but he definitely won’t be benching 225 pounds anytime soon.

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

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