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Softball sweeps Akron in opening MAC series
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March 15: The offense ignited
Men’s Volleyball upsets No. 7 Lewis
Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization hosted the second Cardinal Hackathon from 6 p.m. March 22 to 6 p.m. March 23 at the Innovation Connector. The event challenged participants to come up with and solve ideas within the community, and was open to everyone 18 and older.
game of the season, No. 15 Ball State took down No. 7 Lewis, 3-2. Junior outside attacker Matt Szews had 21 kills, and sophomore Quinn Isaacson had an .800 hitting percentage, guiding the Cardinals to their fourth conference win. The team will face Lindenwood Friday in St. Charles, Missouri.
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for Ball State Softball in its MidAmerican Conference opening series against Akron as they outscored the Zips 36-8 over the course of three games. Freshman Amaia Daniel led the team with four hits and five RBIs. The team has now won 14 of its last 15 games and is off to its best start since 2013.
Baseball brings home 20 runs on Broncos
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scored 20 runs Sunday in the last game of a three-game series against Western Michigan. This was the first time the Cardinals put up 20 runs against a MAC opponent since 2017. The 20-15 win capped off a series sweep for the Cardinals and their sixth straight win. Ball State hosts Kent State this weekend.
special counsel Robert Mueller’s completed investigation, Attorney General William Barr said there is no evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with Russia during the 2016 Presidential Election. Mueller’s investigation ended March 22 with no new indictments.
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Order speaks to speech
Students reflect on Trump’s campus free speech executive order.
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Jamba Juice closes for freezer malfunction Jamba Juice in the Atrium will remain closed until April 1 due to a freezer malfunction. DJ Cleveland, Ball State Dining marketing and communications specialist, said the unexpected malfunction lead to a loss of product. Cleveland said Dining “felt it was prudent” to halt business to “ensure the utmost service for our guests.”
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with students after signing an executive order to require colleges and universities to “support free speech” on campus or risk loss of federal research funding during an event in the East Room of the White House March 21, 2019. TNS, PHOTO Andrew Harp, Rohith Rao Interim News Editor, Reporter Editor’s note: Dominic Bordenaro has previously written for The Daily News. President Donald Trump addressed the issue of free speech at colleges and universities in his 100th executive order — his eighth in 2019. Trump issued executive order 13864, titled “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities,” March 21, to “enhance the quality of post-secondary education by making it more affordable, more transparent,
and more accountable,” according to the White House’s website. Section 3 of Trump’s executive order states that heads of all agencies in coordination with the director of the office of management and budget will “take appropriate steps, in a manner consistent with applicable law, including to ensure institutions that receive Federal [sic] research or education grants promote free inquiry, including through compliance with all applicable Federal [sic] laws, regulations, and policies.” “I think in a lot of colleges, students don’t have their voices heard based on different viewpoints,” said Julia Weis, president of
Ball State’s Students for Life Club. “I think [Trump]’s just really trying to make it known that everyone does have free speech.” The Daily News previously reported Students for Life sued Ball State officials in June 2018 when it was denied $300 of educational resources budgeted for pregnant and parenting students in February that year. Members of the club said the university violated its own policies with student groups after denying funding for the club but providing money to other campus groups, including Feminists for Action and Spectrum.
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Ball State held a candlelight vigil March 21 at the Beneficence Statue in memory of the victims of the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand. Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns, who spoke at the vigil, said the grief of the event was “compounded” because the shooting was “not the first act of such hatred.”
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SGA votes in new president pro tempore Student Government Association (SGA) voted for the next president pro tempore at the senate meeting Wednesday. The senate voted for one out of five candidates to run this year, with Carter Gallagher winning. Each candidate was given five minutes to present themselves and five minutes to answer senators’ questions.
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Ball State entrepreneurs pen best-selling book on Walt Disney. John Lynch Reporter Ball State’s Michael Goldsby and Rob Mathews never expected their book on the life and business of Walt Disney to become a best-seller on Amazon, but that’s exactly what it did after four months on shelves. The book, titled “Entrepreneurship the Disney Way,” was published Nov. 22, 2018, by Goldsby, chief entrepreneurship officer and executive director, and Mathews, director and operations manager, both from the institute for entrepreneurship and free enterprise. It quickly climbed Amazon’s entrepreneurial book list, reaching No. 1 on March 13. This was the first collaborative book effort between Goldsby and Mathews. It was a project that took 10 years of research and revisions, featuring rewrites, interviews with Disney executives and an estimated 10-15 trips to Disney Parks to reach publication. The book’s material was split between the two educators, with Goldsby handling part one — the Walt Disney story — and Mathews focusing on part two — the modern day entrepreneurial practices of the Walt Disney Company. “We wanted to respect the reader. We wanted to give them the best book we could give them,” Goldsby said. “If someone is going to take the time to read your book, and if they’re going to buy the book, you really need to respect them and give all the quality you can give it.” Mathews said there are lessons that can be learned from the modern company because leaders after Walt brought their own styles which separated each from their predecessors. “There’s a lot [sic] of different ways to accomplish the same things or to have good results,” Mathews said. “You really should own your style and your talents and your perspectives, not someone else’s or what someone else thinks you should be.” Goldsby and Mathews attributed much of Disney’s success to his commitment to taking risks during periods of both success and failure. Mathews cited his advances in animation technology like the multiplane camera, while Goldsby said creative ventures like the Disney Parks exemplified his most ambitious risks. Those risks and investments built the modern Disney business model, which still employs many of Disney’s original philosophies about entrepreneurship’s role in business. “Walt was the entrepreneur who founded it, but today [Disney executives] consider themselves ‘corporate entrepreneurs’ because they say they have to be entrepreneurial to stay relevant and innovative,” Goldsby said. When Disney died in 1966, Goldsby said the company lost much of Disney’s ambitious spirit that drove them to take risks. That period, which is often referred to as Disney’s “dark” or “bronze” age, was defined by average critical and commercial receptions
Mickey and Goofy are among the topiaries that welcome guests at the entrance of the 2018 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, March 3, 2018. “Entrepreneurship A Disney Way” was written by Ball State directors Michael Goldsby and Rob Matthews. JOE BURBANK, TNS PHOTO to Disney films and a lack of expansion of the Disney brand between the early ‘70s and ‘80s. “I often wonder, ‘What if Walt had lived 20 more years?’” Goldsby said. “It’s a fascinating thought experiment, and I believe that if Walt Disney was alive today, he’d be up there with Elon Musk and [Jeff] Bezos, talking about to figure out how to put a resort on the moon.” The authors believe future entrepreneurs can learn from the successes Disney experienced, as outlined in the book. “I believe strongly in what we wrote,” Goldsby said. “I’m proud of it, and there’s [sic] 10 years of hard work and love in it.” Contact John Lynch with comments at jplynch@bsu.edu.
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The lawsuit was settled with Ball State paying $300 and the student group’s attorney fees, totalling $12,000. The university also agreed to revise the student activity fees guidelines. Weis said her organization’s opinion is “in the minority” and there should be more awareness for stifling certain voices on college campuses. “I think everything needs to just be more open and people just need to be less judgy,” she said. Gaven Schulz, vice president of Ball State College Republicans, said any action taken to combat the suppression of free speech on college campuses “is a good thing to do.” Schulz said there have been instances where suppression of conservative speech in public universities wasn’t “adequately addressed,” but didn’t find any particular instance at Ball State. “I think it’s good that Ball State is open to speakers or any speech from either side of the aisle,” he said. As long as the speech isn’t “inciting violence directly,” then one must allow it because it’s a public institution, Schulz said. While not having personally reviewed Trump’s statement, Jim Hague, director of Student Life, said Ball State has a “rich and positive history” of allowing students and other members of the community to express ideas and thoughts. “Our goal is to ensure that all students have access
to free speech, to be able to voice their opinion,” Hague said. He provided the example of how the Student Activities Committee ensures the planning and execution of marches, vigils and protests, which are “content neutral” and communicated safely. “We’re not looking at the content of the expression that is being requested. It is focused on how do we allow and encourage and maximize that speech to occur, no matter what that looks like,” Hague said. Brooklyn Arizmendi, president of Spectrum, said the executive order “seemed really unclear” because freedom of speech already exists on campus. She said Ball State students already have polarizing views and different opinions that sometimes result in counter-protests. “I definitely see it doing more harm, especially [with] it being so unclear,” Arizmendi said. “That means that universities could utilize it in whichever way, or be forced to utilize it in whichever way, out of fear for lacking funding.” Weis said Trump’s threat of taking away taxpayer dollars from colleges will make these institutions more aware of certain students’ viewpoints and more willing to let them speak. The order also states that affected grants “do not include funding associated with Federal student aid programs that cover tuition, fees, or stipends.” According to the White House’s website, Trump said universities, under the guise of “speech codes,” “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings,” have tried to restrict free thought, impose total conformity and shut down the voice of young Americans.
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President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order to support students’ free speech on campus March 21, 2019, in the East Room of the White House. If campuses do not comply with the new order, they could possibly lose federal funding. TNS PHOTO “Trigger warnings are important — not because we want to stop you from saying things you want to say; they are important for the safety of your peers,” Arizmendi said. Weis also said trigger warnings should be allowed and are a good way to get voices out there no matter what. “If that’s what you’re going to be hearing, and that’s what you’re going to be seeing, then I think that’s OK,” she said. Dominic Bordenaro, president of Ball State Democrats, said safe spaces and trigger warnings don’t limit free speech but rather warn people about what is being discussed.
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Safe zones, Weiss said, “in some circumstances are great because sometimes people don’t want to hear certain things.” Schulz said, “[when] someone’s idea of “being triggered” impedes on my ability to speak or other people’s ability to freely speak on a public institution, that’s where [access to] free speech becomes an issue.” “It would be hard even for me to argue that universities are not liberal,” Bordenaro said. “I think universities are more prone to promote diversity and inclusion and there’s nothing wrong with that.” Schulz said while universities “generally tend to be more liberal,” he doesn’t think it’s an issue unless they try to censor or impede on conservatives’ freedom to speak. Bordenaro said speakers brought in by universities should reflect what the student body wants, and there’s an issue when they get someone who uses hate speech against a group of people. He said universities aren’t oppressing “rightwing” speakers and they provide them ample ground, but the problem is with the types of “rightwing” speakers that people want to bring in. “When you have people that are spewing hate against gays or black people or Jews, that’s a problem because being black is not a choice. Being gay is not a choice. But being a white supremacist is a choice,” Bordenaro said. Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24. Contact Rohith Rao with comments at rprao@bsu.edu or on Twitter @RaoReports.
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University Apartments to become a place for pets Chase Martin Reporter Black Beauty sits at home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, temporarily separated from her owner. “I just feel like a bad cat mom every time I come home,” said Katrina Brown, senior sociology and English literature double major, who has to leave her pet cat at home while she attends Ball State. Brown has lived in the Village Promenade (VP) for two years. This off-campus apartment complex does not allow pets. “Most people I know have pets that they would bring if they could, but it’s just not possible,” Brown said. Soon however, Ball State’s apartment complexes will be allowing residents to house pets. Anthony and Scheidler apartments will adopt a new resident pet policy for the 2019-20 academic year. Prior to the new policy, University Apartments followed the same guidelines as the residence halls — meaning only marine life in freshwater aquariums was allowed. It wasn’t until enough students and faculty showed an interest in forming a proposal that Ball State considered a change in its policy. “Having a pet is one of those things that you take for granted at home,” Brown said.
Under the new policy, students can go through an approval process if they wish to have their pet live with them in the apartment. Following the approval of the animal or animals, a $200 pet deposit is required along with a monthly fee of $25 per animal, according to the apartments’ Pet Policy & Agreement Form. Brown said, had she done more research, she would have chosen an apartment that allows pets so she could also live with her girlfriend, who owns a dog herself. “Cats aren’t great with moving,” Brown said. “[Black Beauty]’s pretty skittish anyway, but she can be comfortable. I think she would be OK in the long run.” Lisa Walker, assistant director of University Apartments, assesses the business side of the complex along with the pet approval process. After the proposal was put together, she said it was accepted by Ball State within a month. “Our competition in the Muncie area as well as the residents’ interest helped to bring up the idea of the policy,” Walker said. Although no resident has registered a pet yet, she said nearly a dozen residents signing for the upcoming fall semester have inquired about the new policy.
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With the new guidelines in place, Anthony and Scheidler apartments will be the only on-campus housing complexes to allow both service and nonservice animals. “It wasn’t that we didn’t want to have pets, it was just an extra layer of what had already been done at the apartments,” said Chris Wilkey, assistant director of University Apartments. “Essentially, it hadn’t been brought up as a need.” The apartments will allow common domestic pets such as cats and dogs, but the final decision comes down to the size of the animal, Walker said. Plans for allowing pets in on-campus residence
halls have not been mentioned because residents live in close enough proximity that there would not be enough space for the animals, Walker said. “The apartments typically serve as a test ground for policies that then get adapted to the campus,” Wilkey said. Walker said University Apartments plans to assess the issues and the data following the enactment of the policy in order to see what the future holds. “We want people to live as they want to live,” Wilkey said. Contact Chase Martin with comments at cgmartin@bsu.edu.
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BOSTON BOUND Ball State run club members prepare to run in America’s Oldest Marathon. 26.2. In any other city, the mile marker just stands for a marathon. Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. It just another race. However, in Boston, it means something more. “If someone talks to you about marathon running, they don’t ask you about Chicago,” said John Brown, pre-medicine major. “They ask you if you’re a Boston qualifier. It’s a standard.” Crossing the finish line at the Carmel Marathon on March 31, 2018, junior biology major Chris Meyer, junior architecture major Katie Fedoronko and junior chemistry and Brown punched their tickets to Boston. For the trio, some had their focus set on qualifying for Boston while others were there just to run. After being cut from qualification in 2018 due to the high number of people trying to run, Brown focused on making it to New England in 2019. “Halfway through, I wasn’t worried,” Brown said. “I was hitting pace and I wasn’t tired. Around mile 16 to 18, I started to get tired and every second started to count. About mile 22 to 23, I knew I was going to qualify and break three hours … It wasn’t until right at the end when it started to hit me, and the second I crossed the finish line, I broke into tears.” While emotions overtook Brown, Fedoronko said she wasn’t even focused on qualifying for Boston. Because the Carmel Marathon is a race most Ball State run club members take part in, she said she was treating the marathon as just another race. “I wasn’t actually trying to qualify,” Fedoronko said. “I was dealing with some injuries, and I wanted to run my best race.
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Women’s 2019 Qualifying Time 3:35:00
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About 17 miles in, I realized that if I kept my pace I would qualify and be well under the time. I gave it my all and it worked out.” Meyer, however, has been dreaming about running in the Boston Marathon for a long time. “I remember thinking about this in elementary school,” Meyer said. “I would watch it on TV, look for the results and track some of my favorite marathon runners. It’s always been my dream goal to make it to Boston. I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I’m going. It’s such an amazing feeling.”
Cardinals victorious against Valparaiso Ball State Baseball came away with a 14-8 win Wednesday by being patient at the plate and responding to adversity. The team finished with two walks and seven hit-by-pitches. The Cardinals will play Kent State this weekend in a three-game series.
It’s always been my dream goal to make it to Boston. I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that I’m going. It’s such an amazing feeling.”
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- CHRIS MEYER, Junior Run Club member With all the recognition and tradition that comes with running the Boston Marathon, there is a sense of difficulty as well. For the upcoming 2020 race, the Boston Athletic Association dropped both men’s and women’s times by five minutes to 3:00:00 for men and 3:30:00 for women. In all the training and preparation going into qualifying and racing in Boston, the group said they’ve received a tremendous amount of support from their fellow runners, family and friends.
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Junior Chris Meyer embraces junior John Brown after the two qualified for the Boston Marathon at the Carmel Marathon on March 31, 2018, in Carmel, Indiana. Junior Katie Fedoronko qualified alongside Meyer and Brown for the Boston Marathon. CHRIS MEYER, PHOTO PROVIDED
Men’s 2019 Qualifying Time 3:05:00
Chris Meyer’s Finishing Time 2:59:36
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Despite leading in the first two events, Ball State Gymnastics finished in seventh at the Mid-American Conference Championships. The Cardinals finished with a total team score of 193.500. With home-floor advantage, Northern Illinois won with a team score of 195.975.
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Ball State swept by Purdue Fort Wayne Junior outside hitter Pelegrin Vargas’ 19 kills and .351 hitting percentage were too much to handle for No. 13 Ball State Men’s Volleyball Tuesday. The 3-0 loss to No. 15 Purdue Fort Wayne kicked off the Cardinals’ fivematch MIVA road trip.
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Two roads to success
Rich Maloney coached at Michigan for 10 years where he developed a friendship with John Beilein. Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor
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“This is the third year that the club has had someone run in Boston, so there are now seven people who are going to or have run the marathon,” Brown said. “It’s a great community and the people who don’t run distance will come out with signs and support us. My family is great and they’ll make fun of me, and friends are always wanting to know [about] my next race and if I heard back from Boston.” As their supporters prepare to make the trip to Boston in less than a month, the three are still continuing to prepare themselves to run. “We’ve been training for 18 weeks,” Fedoronko said. “We gradually increase our weekly mileage,
Juniors Chris Meyer and John Brown keep pace with each other during the Carmel Marathon on March 31, 2018, in Carmel, Indiana. Both are members of Ball State’s run club.
Rich Maloney worked with John Beilein at the University of Michigan from 2007-12. Beilein gave an autographed basketball to Maloney, and the two remain close today. RICH MALONEY, PHOTO PROVIDED
evident in the way he interacts with them and the way they speak about coach Maloney.” Maloney filled out an NCAA Tournament bracket this year, and he has Michigan going to the Final Four. His champion is Tennessee, a team that escaped an upset with an overtime win over Iowa Sunday after leading by 25. Maloney related that game back to the one he coached that same day, and said March Madness may have made its way to the baseball diamond. On Sunday, Ball State played its third game of the weekend against Western Michigan. The Cardinals went into the bottom of the eighth inning with a 20-3 lead. The Broncos almost pulled off the comeback, scoring 12 runs in their last two frames. “That’s why I always say the games are never over. We put guys in games and try to give them opportunities to try to grow. Sometimes when you do that, other teams catch up. That’s part of the deal,” Maloney said. “You see it in basketball — I mean, look at those comebacks. Incredible. That’s the great game of baseball. That’s the great game of basketball. It’s never over until it’s over, so you don’t take anything for granted and you keep playing all the way through.” Maloney said he knows Beilein has a busy schedule this time of year and he probably won’t get a response for a few days, but he knows something’s coming. “I’m probably not at the top of the food chain right now,” Maloney said. “But he’ll get back to me. That’s how he is — he’s very conscientious.” Michigan will play for a spot in the Elite Eight Thursday at 9:39 p.m. against Texas Tech, and Maloney will be cheering Beilein and his team on from Muncie. Contact Zach Piatt with any comments at zapiatt@bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.
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Ball State head baseball coach Rich Maloney has an autographed ball in a glass case. Not a baseball, but a basketball. It was a gift from a friend. That friend is John Beilein, head basketball coach at the University of Michigan. “We’re good friends,” Maloney said. “John is one of the best in college basketball without question … I’m happy that coach Beilein and his team are doing so well.” Michigan earned a two seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines defeated Montana in the first round and Florida two days later to make their third consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearance. Having coached Michigan Baseball from 2003-12, Maloney said he has been following Michigan’s March Madness run whenever his team isn’t practicing or playing games. After the Wolverines’ second-round victory, Maloney congratulated Beilein on Twitter. “Congrats to my good friend John Beilein on taking his Wolverines to the Sweet 16 for a third straight year,” Maloney said in a tweet. “Couldn’t happen to better guy and a great coach.” Ball State Athletic Director Beth Goetz said it’s important to develop relationships throughout the world of sports, and sometimes who someone cheers for has nothing to do with the team. “I think it is more about — particularly for those of us who are in the industry and have these relationships — that we root for people,” Goetz said. “You root for people that you’re invested in and want to see them and their programs do well.” The success of Michigan Men’s Basketball hasn’t always been a constant. In the 10 years before Beilein’s arrival, the Wolverines finished in the bottom half of the Big 10 seven times and won 20 or more games only four times. In Beilein’s first season in 2007-08, the team finished with a 10-22 record and missed out on the NCAA Tournament. That was the same year the baseball team, coached by Maloney, won an NCAA regional and its second of three Big 10 championships in a row. Since then, Beilein has led Michigan to two Big 10 Tournament championships, nine NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of national runner-up finishes. “He came when my team was winning championships,” Maloney said. “He came on board and rebuilt the basketball program to the power it is now.” Goetz said Maloney has brought his winning culture back to Ball State, and he is committed to helping his players reach their full potential. “There’s a lot of mutual respect in the clubhouse,” Goetz said. “The thing that I would probably say that has resonated most with me is that he truly cares about those young men. That’s
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starting at eight miles and working up to 19. We’ll go on short runs and long runs” Beyond competing, Meyer said he is excited to experience the community surrounding the marathon, especially after the five-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. “That was a huge tragedy in the running community and just in general,” Meyer said. “I’m looking forward to seeing all the support from the city and how much the city has grown from it and bounce back.” With just 17 days left before the race, the three are balancing both nervous and excited feelings. “Don’t psych yourself out,” Brown said. “The nerves aren’t bad until the night or day of the race and you just have to calm down. You need to know that you did the training and go out to perform. Come, don’t overthink and just run.” Contact Jack Williams with any comments at jgwilliams@bsu.edu or on Twitter @jackgwilliams.
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McDowell-Nearing House Bed & Breakfast Jane McDowell, the owner of the McDowell-Nearing House Bed and Breakfast, said she wanted to make a change in her life after her parents’ home remained unsold for 10 months in 2005. Because she didn’t want the house to be torn down or used for student rentals, McDowell decided to turn the house into a bed and breakfast. Since opening in November 2017, McDowell has welcomed guests from across the country and the world.
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RIGHT TURN Ball State alumna has served at every level of education. Scott Fleener Reporter As a kindergartner, Jennifer McCormick said she was convinced she was going to be a race car driver. Later in life, she thought about becoming a chemist. Today, the 1996 Ball State alumna is far from the racetrack and not in a chemistry lab — instead, she has climbed the educational ladder to Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction. “Growing up, I had a lot of different goals,” McCormick said. “[Race car driving] certainly didn’t work out for me.” McCormick’s passion for education sparked when she was working in her high school’s special education department. After much thought, McCormick decided to pursue special education, first at Purdue University where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1993. Afterward, she received a master’s degree in special education from Ball State in 1996 and her school administrator license in 2000. “Ball State had a great special education department,” McCormick said. “They also had a wonderful reputation for educational leadership, so that was obviously a big pull which got me to Ball State.” Over the course of her career, McCormick spent 10 years as a middle school language arts teacher, three years as the principal of Yorktown Elementary School, three years as the assistant superintendent for Yorktown Community Schools, and seven and a half years as the Indiana Superintendent.
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Ball State Belly Dance Club hosts Hafla To celebrate National Women’s History Month, the Ball State Belly Dance Club performed during Ball State’s Women’s Week Hafla. On March 24 in Pruis Hall, belly dancers from Indy Tribal also performed their improvised routine alongside the a cappella group The Parallels. In addition to the three groups, Cory Gialamas, who is a drag queen performer going by the name of Anastasia, also performed at the event.
Jennifer McCormick is Indiana’s 44th Superintendent of Public Instruction. In her job, McCormick works to ensure everyone is working together for student success across Indiana. JENNIFER MCCORMICK,
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Retired chemistry professor Park Wiseman Far left: Park Wiseman attends a ceremony for the announcement of plans for Ball State’s Physical Science and Health Building June 6, 1965. Alongside Wiseman are John Emens, Robert Carmin and Alexander Bracken. Top right: An article from The Ball State Daily News Vol. 51, No. 158 highlights Wiseman as one of eight faculty members nominated for the 1972 Outstanding Teacher Award. Bottom right: Park Wiseman (far right) stands with Jerry Nisbet, Robert Cooper, Forrest Stevenson and Gerald Doeden in June 1959, in Ball State’s North Quad. Wiseman wore his academic robe during the 1959 graduation ceremony. DIGITAL MEDIA REPOSITORY, PHOTOS COURTESY
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shares a birthday with Ball State Kamryn Tomlinson Reporter 100 years. 100 years of memories, relationships and turbulence. 100 years of witnessing events such as the Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, the first moon landing and the first AfricanAmerican president. Park Wiseman, a retired Ball State chemistry professor, recently celebrated his 100th birthday in unison with Ball State’s centennial year. The Ball State Daily News sat down with him to talk about his experiences. Q: Tell me about your life before coming to Ball State. A: “Oh, goodness,” Wiseman said, before placing his hand gently over his eyes. Q: What was your family like growing up? A: “My father passed away when I was four, and he was a combination of teacher and farmer. There was four of us children. I had two older sisters, and a brother who was five years older than me. As for my mother, she was always very capable and knew how to run things. She was a really good seamstress, and she made her living making dresses. Women would order these patterns from wherever and bring them to her to make dresses out of them.”
Park Wiseman sits in a lounge in his new home, Westminister Village, Feb. 20, 2019. Wiseman taught at Ball State from 1941-81. KAMRYN TOMLINSON, DN
Q: What are some memories you have from your childhood? A: “One thing that [my brother and I] did that was kind of interesting — [people] didn’t have pasteurized milk in those days, but there was a farm just about a half mile from our house that had dairy cows and milk cows. So, my brother and I would get our wagon, I sat in it, and he would pull me and deliver milk around — I’d say about a mile square. “Oh, my brother and I caddied at the local golf course where we could make 50 cents or a dollar. In the mornings, [when] there were not too many playing golf, [my brother and I] would hunt for golf balls, and they would go for about 50 cents to 75 cents if you could get a good one. “Also, I went to a one-room schoolhouse, and this was a crazy
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experience. There were about three rows [of chairs.] On Monday, you sat in the front row. Tuesday, you went to the back row, and you would gradually move back up.” Q: What were high school and college like for you? A: “When I was in about the seventh grade, I [started] to go down to the high school, which was about two miles one way. That would be two miles each way, four times a day. Can you imagine? “During my four years [at DePauw University,] I could hitchhike back and forth to Defiance, Ohio, which was almost 200 miles. You just stand out there, stick out our thumb and nobody thought a thing about it.” Q: Do you have any fun stories from hitchhiking? A: “Oh, I remember one story — maybe it is good or maybe not — but on Sundays, I would hitchhike to South Bend to see [my wife]. I was riding with some man, the radio came on, and it was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘This is the day of infamy’ [speech.] He had just told about Pearl Harbor and what happened there. So, I just kept riding because I wanted to know what happened.” Q: Can you tell me about your wife? A: “The year after we got married, we got an apartment in West Lafayette. It was great. Her father wanted her to teach. So, she was a music and art teacher, and one year, she had these football players at South Bend High School. Here’s this girl teaching 6 foot 5 inch football players. “After I retired, my wife and I had a lot of fun [because] we could travel, and in the winters, we would go to Arizona.” Q: Can you tell me about your teaching career? A: “There was an opening at Ball State. I didn’t think I wanted to go to a teacher’s college, but it was a job. I started teaching in ‘47, and I taught until ‘81. Then I retired because I thought that was long enough, you know? But I’m still here [in Muncie.] It is funny how it all worked out. “[Teaching] never got old and never felt like it was work.” Contact Kamryn Tomlinson with comments at kptomlinson@bsu.edu.
NOTABLE EVENTS IN 1918
SUFFRAGE STRIKES
President Woodrow Wilson publicly declared his support for the federal woman suffrage amendment Jan. 9, 1918, but in August, suffrage prisoners were confined in an abandoned jail during their hunger strike.
RED CROSS PARADES
President Woodrow Wilson with General George R. Dyer of the New York State Guard march in a Red Cross parade May 18, 1918, during World War 1.
END OF WORLD WAR I
American citizens read about the surrender of Germany at the end of World War 1 in October 1918.
SPANISH INFLUENZA
During the Spanish Influenza, citizens were not permitted to ride on street cars without wearing masks. The disease killed 500 million people worldwide.
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“Teaching is a very complex and difficult job,” McCormick said. “But I feel like I was well prepared, and I had a great experience.” In her position as superintendent, McCormick said she and her team are “focusing more of [their] efforts toward making sure the most at risk get an equitable experience.” She also said she plays a large role in leadership development, the STEM field, career tech and literacy. “We are more in the field,” McCormick said. “We do a lot of on-site visits to make sure we are better serving schools.” McCormick said these visits are something she loves most about her job, and the days she gets to go into classrooms are “really good days.” Alongside her duties of improving classrooms, McCormick said she also helps provide guidance and information to legislators during legislative season. She gets to help “improve bad bills and support the good ones.” “The biggest learning curve is understanding the politics,” McCormick said. “When you don’t come from this world — it took a minute to figure out that the approach I was using at the local level as far as transparency, it wasn’t as politically driven.” Because McCormick has served at every level of education from K-12, she said she was blessed to have gained many personal and professional mentors. “[McCormick] is very bright, she’s very hardworking and she is very honest,” said Marsha Bugalla, McCormicks colleague since Jan. 2017 and the general counsel for the Indiana Department of Education. “What she says is what she means.” Bugalla also said McCormick is driven to always do the right thing because she truly
cares about the children, educators and staff in Indiana. “I obviously love serving kids, and I am very proud to work with a really great, competent team at the Department of Education,” McCormick said. “I’m honored to serve the millions of students, educators and schools of Indiana.” Moving forward, McCormick said she would like to continue serving kids, whether that be in K-12, higher education, a foundation or a business. “Education is extremely important to me,” McCormick said. Contact Scott Fleener with comments at jsfleener@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Scott_Reports.
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Again, Roncalli? Roncalli. On March 25, 2019, officials of the high school told Starkey her contract would not be renewed for the 2019-20 academic year. Starkey has been employed at Roncalli for 39 years and even won teacher of the year in 2009. I am appalled, but sadly, I am not surprised. Indiana is shrouded in controversy regarding blatant homophobia. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was passed in 2015 by then-Governor Mike Pence. RFRA provided a defense for people “whose exercise of religion has been substantially burdened or is likely to be substantially burdened.” A week later, after it gained national attention, Pence signed an amendment to the law prohibiting individuals or businesses from refusing services or goods to anyone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. It takes nothing more than a Google search to know that Pence is an outright homophobe. He has suggested his support for gay conversion therapy in the past, and as a member of Congress, voted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Act in 2010, legislation that kept openly LGBT people from serving in the military. Pence and his beliefs have tarnished Indiana’s reputation and ability to move forward instead of backwards. Roncalli administration, you’re telling me that the “protection” of students from these faculty you are treating as some sort of second-class citizen and their so-called “sinful nature” is more important than their education? That clutching to your outdated Leviticus and its views on homosexuality with pathetic tears rolling down your hateful eyes is more important than the careers of two women just trying to live their lives and guide students? You are denying God’s golden rule – to love your neighbor as yourself – to uphold a hateful opinion of people who just love a little bit differently than you. Don’t come at me with the “hate the sin, love the sinner” idea that has been screamed at me by every religious authority I have ever spoken with about being gay. You simply cannot separate the two; I am gay, but that is no more a sin than wearing cotton, getting a tattoo or even sitting down to a meal that includes shellfish. Or is lobster now a sin too? Your image is tarnished in your fakeness and inability to accept people simply trying to live their lives. You cannot actually live the golden rule then turn around and fire them for their innate
love for their same gender. God made us all in His image, didn’t He? We are all beautifully and wonderfully made, aren’t we? Nothing God does is unintentional, is it? Let people like Fitzgerald and Starkey not just exist, but thrive. If you are going to put your outdated, homophobic “religious freedom” above the betterment and education of your students then you don’t deserve to call yourself educators or advocates for young people. You are only furthering hate. You are the problem and a catalyst for Indiana’s reputation as a homophobic and “stuck in the past” state. I am sick and tired of my fellow LGBT citizens and I being treated as if we are not humans like the rest of the “normal” straight world. Indiana, specifically Roncalli, is a disgrace and embarrassment to the progression the rest of the world is trying to make. We are a million pound caboose holding up the rest of the train. As I sit in my church, I am scared. But through my fear, I pray. I pray for Starkey, and that ultimately God will prevail and protect her as His child. I pray for her marriage, and that this pressure from Roncalli
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and, I am sure soon the country, will not harm it. I pray for all LGBT people around the world, that we stand strong with our community and fight back against hate. But finally, I pray for those who put down me, Fitzgerald and Starkey simply because we are LGBT women. I pray they find peace, knowledge and wisdom. I pray they see the whole community as equal to them, because we are. I pray for them because that’s what my God taught me to do – to love my neighbor as myself. I pray someday they will begin to do the same.
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Demi Lawrence is a sophomore journalism news major and writes “Unspoken” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Demi at dnlawrence@bsu.edu. I walk into my church, and I am scared. I am scared they know. I am scared that wandering eyes will fall on my rainbow bead bracelet that says “LOVE WINS.” I am Demi scared they can smell me from Lawrence miles away, like a shark smells Columnist, blood in the ocean. I pray to a Unspoken God who I am confident loves me so much that He would soften their hearts, for if this was truly wrong He would have made me straight. But it is his disciples who strike fear into me, and it is they who drive me further from Him. Roncalli High School has once again made a fool of itself and given the whole country, even the whole world, a reason to believe it is not getting better, but worse, for LGBT people like myself. First, it was Shelley Fitzgerald. Now, it’s Lynn Starkey. Let’s review the past year. Fitzgerald, a guidance counselor at Roncalli, a private, Catholic high school in Indianapolis, was told in August 2018 that her contract would not be renewed for the following academic year. Why? Because a copy of her marriage license was presented to administration, a license that said Fitzgerald was married to a woman whom she’d been in a relationship with even before she began her 15 years of employment at Roncalli. Fitzgerald was given four options: resign, dissolve her marriage, hope that things stayed quiet so Fitzgerald could stay until the end of the academic year, but not have her contract renewed for the next year, or if things got loud, be terminated from her position. Things definitely got loud. The story got national attention, and as a result, Fitzgerald was put on administrative leave. I remember being appalled that a school in my beloved home state would clutch to their religious freedoms so tightly that they would compromise the education and betterment of their students by firing a valued alumna-turned-faculty member simply because she was married to a woman. Starkey is a current guidance counselor at
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