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*Editor’s note: Emma Barkley is a pseudonym Emma Barkley* doesn’t remember anything about the night of her rape. It happened on New Year’s Eve when she was out with a large group of friends and acquaintances. Barkley knew she was supposed to go to work the next morning, and she wanted to leave. The rape kit she went to get the next day didn’t show any evidence of drugs — even though Barkley firmly believes she was drugged. But common date rape drugs like GHB, ketamine and rohypnol leave the body quickly, according to the Office of Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Barkley showed a copy of her rape kit to the Daily News. Barkley filed a complaint with the university’s adjudication process, which started a shorter, easier version of the criminal process. She had classes with the person who assaulted her, and she needed to report to the university to get him out of those classes. The goal of the university process is to find out if there was a violation of the student code or not. Because the university process isn’t a legal proceeding, it doesn’t end in an arrest, and the highest punishment possible is expulsion. Barkley had a positive experience with the university, but some university reporting systems have caused controversy. As of March 30, 174 postsecondary institutions have 220 sexual violence complaints against them about investigations, and many are calling for something to change.
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Gilman retires after 42 years at Ball State French professor looks back on career, relationships with students MELISSA JONES COPY DIRECTOR | copydesk@bsudailynews.com When Donald Gilman isn’t busy as a fellow in research at universities like Harvard and Yale, directing one of more than 50 honors theses or receiving a grant from the Canadian and French governments, he can be found in the North Quad Building teaching French and telling stories of his many travels. After 42 years as a French professor at Ball State — and after 16 teaching awards and two Outstanding Faculty Awards — Gilman is retiring.
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As a student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Gilman had no plans of becoming a professor. With intentions to earn a degree in English or history and pursue a career in law, he came to be a French professor by accident. “Life is built upon accidents, and in my case, it was serendipity,” he said. Gilman was required to take a foreign language course as an undergraduate, and that’s when he realized he could read American literature just fine on his own time. But because he had trouble reading in French, he decided to pursue a French degree to help him master the skill.
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WATTS LEADS BALL STATE IN 2ND YEAR Men’s golf team prepares for 2016 MAC championship
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hen Darren Sible first saw his future house, he knew he wanted to sign the lease. It had hardwood floors, just the right amount of bedrooms and a lot of character. The only problem — the landlord told him that he didn’t like college students, which Sible, now a senior English education major, was a little put-off by. But he and his roommates planned on being good tenants, so they signed the lease. After they moved in, there were a few things wrong with the house, like a missing door and door knobs, wet spots on the ceiling and a hole in the kitchen floor that they could see the basement through. When they asked the landlord to fix these things, the real problems started.
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Only three Ball State men’s golfers have won the Mid-American Conference championship individual title. The first was Kirk Schooley in 1983, and the second was Jamie Broce in 1997. But only one Ball State men’s golfer has won it in his first season. Johnny Watts in 2015. The now-sophomore was also an NCAA Regional Participant, All-MAC First Team and MAC 2. MOSTLY CLOUDY
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3. AL-QAIDA SAYS IT KILLED ACTIVIST, FRIEND NEW DELHI (AP) — The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights activist and his friend, undermining the prime minister’s insistence just hours earlier that her political opponents were to blame for the attack and for a rising tide of violence against secular activists and writers. The claim by Ansar-al Islam — which said it targeted the two
men on Monday night because they were “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality” — raised doubts about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s assurances that authorities have the security situation under control. The victims of the attack were identified as Xulhaz Mannan, an activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, and his friend, theater actor Tanay Majumder.
Delaware and Rhode Island. Clinton aimed to emerge from Tuesday’s contests on the brink of becoming the first woman nominated by a major party. She’s already increasingly looking past rival Bernie Sanders, even as the Vermont senator vows to stay in the race until primary voting ends in June. Sanders spent Tuesday campaigning in West Virginia, where he drew several thousand people to a lively evening rally.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rhetorical skirmishes continued Tuesday in North Carolina over a law limiting protections for LGBT people, as Democrats criticized a Republican’s plea to “keep our state straight” a day after dozens were arrested and dueling demonstrations were held for and against the law. Police arrested 54 protesters who came to voice opposition to the law late Monday as legislators returned to start their session. Earlier Monday, at a demonstration
by thousands who support the law, the state’s Republican nominee for attorney general exhorted the crowd to “keep our state straight.” State Sen. Buck Newton urged the crowd to “tell your friends and family who had to work today what this is all about and how hard we must fight to keep our state straight.” The North Carolina Democratic Party issued a statement Tuesday calling the comments hateful and discriminatory toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
a longer sentence, potentially putting Hastert behind bars for several years, because of allegations he molested at least four student athletes when he was a high school wrestling coach. Word that one of the accusers will speak at the sentencing hearing is sure to turn up the pressure on Judge Thomas M. Durkin to reject defense calls for probation and send the 74-year-old Republican to prison.
sister on Tuesday said the superstar musician had no known will and asked a Minnesota court to appoint a special administrator to oversee his estate, though the size of his fortune is unclear. Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only surviving full sibling, said in a court filing that immediate action was necessary to manage Prince’s business interests following his death last week. The
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PRINCE HAD NO KNOWN WILL, SISTER SAYS 2. HASTERT COULD FACE LONGER SENTENCE 5.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince’s documents don’t estimate how much CHICAGO (AP) — When Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty last year to breaking banking laws, sentencing guidelines suggested the former House speaker would probably serve no more than six months in prison for making illegal withdrawals to conceal a dark secret from his past. But after prosecutors lifted a veil of secrecy from the case, the judge made comments suggesting he might impose
his estate may be worth, but Prince made hundreds of millions of dollars for record companies, concert venues and others, and he owned about $27 million in property in Minnesota. Nelson asked that Bremer Trust, a corporate trust company, be named administrator of the estate. The court documents say Bremer Bank provided financial services to Prince for many years.
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1. The Geologic Society hosted its first annual Geode Smash Tuesday in front Pruis Hall. Students got to pick out and purchase a geode and then smash it open to reveal the crystals inside. The goal behind the event was not only to advertise the Geological Society, but also to provide students a chance to relieve some built-up stress. 2. On Tuesday, students attended the smashing rocks event hosted by the Geologic Society. The money to smash the rocks will go to funding future trips for next year. 3. Milo Banker, 7, came to the smashing rocks event to break open some rocks to find crystals inside them on Tuesday between Bracken Library and Pruis Hall. 4. Annie Booth, a sophomore creative writing major, and Aaron Davis, a sophomore telecommunication major, attended the Geologic Society’s smashing rocks event. 5. Megan Taskey, a freshman natural resources and environmental management major, and Ellie Tison a freshman art major, attended the smashing rocks event Tuesday hosted by the Geologic Society.
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Because of the Clery Act, universities have to report the number of sexual assaults that occur on campus to the public. Many universities try to cover up sexual assaults and don’t do anything about it, according to a USA Today study. This leads to issues when students want to report their assault to the university and the university wants nothing to do with it. In other countries, universities handling sexual assault cases is unheard of. Nina Burrowes, a British research psychologist who specializes in the psychology of sexual abuse, said it’s “insane” that universities can handle something as serious as sexual assault cases. “If someone was murdered on campus, would they also take over the criminal justice part of that, or would the police be like, ‘Oh no no, that’s us’?” Burrowes said. “Because sexual assault and murder, they both go under the category of serious crime.” All sexual assault cases are investigated by the police in the United Kingdom, Burrowes said. Just the fact that the U.S. is having so many problems with universities not doing a good job dealing with sexual assault cases shows they shouldn’t be in charge of it, she said. “Someone cheats on an exam, great, fine, perfect,” she said. “But rape? That’s just insane. I wonder if colleges have thought of the impact they’re having on the offenders. It’s having an impact on them, too, along the lines of, ‘That’s OK, carry on as you are, it’s not really important.’” But Mike Gillilan, director of community standards and student rights, said the university system was put in place to give students an option other than the criminal process. The system starts
when the complainant reports to Katie Slabaugh, the Title IX investigator and associate dean of students. If there’s enough evidence to proceed, then it goes to Gillilan and potentially to the sexual misconduct board. The university gives an avenue that is faster and more user-friendly than the criminal system, he said. But most importantly, it provides a forum for people to be heard. Gillilan said he’d be surprised if people were completely satisfied with the process because it can’t do everything, but it can help in other ways. “It can help [victims] get their lives back together and recover,” he said. “Sometimes being able to tell your story is part of the recovery process for folks.” Because of the amount of people coming forward to utilize the university process — 160 students since Fall 2014 — Gillilan said he thinks the university’s process works pretty well. He attributes more people coming forward to having an effective reporting process. “I think … they’re also starting to hear from the grapevine that you will be treated OK,” Gillilan said. “You may not get everything you want, but you’re going to be treated OK. So I think there’s a trust in the system.” He said whenever a school shows that there aren’t any reports, there’s an issue. Indiana University and Purdue University reported 22 and nine rape cases on campus in 2014, respectively, according to their campus security reports. Fellow Mid-American Conference school Kent State University, however, didn’t report any in 2014. In comparison, Ball State had 19. “The problem we have is that it happens,” Gillilan said. “The more reports we have, it’s not that it happens more here, it’s that people feel like they can report it.” These reported cases are a
small fraction of the sexual assaults that actually happen on campuses, however. An estimated 68 percent of sexual assaults go unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Along with that, college women are four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than other age groups. The main reason people don’t report their sexual assault is because it is a personal matter, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study. Barkley said going through the university’s process was helpful for her recovery. It was long and tough, but now a year later, she can say it was the right thing for her to do. “It’s more frustrating than anything, and I couldn’t really see the light at the end of the tunnel,” she said. “But looking back, I can without a doubt say I did everything I could have done to make sure my attacker was held responsible.” However, Barkley said the part of the process that involves the Sexual Misconduct Board is “broken.” The board is the one that ultimately decides if the respondent committed the act of sexual violence or not. “I think that the Title IX investigator and the director of student rights fight like hell for students, but I think the Sexual Misconduct Board will always err on the side of caution,” Barkley said. “They will never hold anyone responsible if there’s even a shadow of a doubt it could come back on them in the form of a lawsuit or a different appeals process.” But Larry Markle, a member of the Sexual Misconduct Board, didn’t see it that way. The board needs to think beyond a reasonable doubt that the violation was committed, which Markle identified as “50 percent plus one.” “Our role isn’t to err on the side of caution, but to make a determination based on what is presented to us,” he said. These are difficult situa-
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tions, Markle said, so there is a lot of work put into reviewing the cases and all information that it brings. “This is very sensitive inBall State and Indiana police departments formation that sometimes have different methods of sexual assault can be very tough info to read and hear and to try to investigation determine what’s the right DN GRAPHIC ERIKA ESPINOZA, KARA BERG AND STEPHANIE REDDING outcome in these situaThere are three possible ways to report a sexual assault in Muncie: tions,” he said. “It’s a very the Muncie Police Department, Ball State University Police difficult task. In most cases, it’s not clear-cut.” Department or Ball State University itself. MPD and UPD can However, many cases charge people for a crime, while the university can only find don’t even make it to the students responsible for a sexual misconduct policy violation. board. Since the board was created in Fall 2014, 160 SEXUAL ASSAULT INCIDENT cases have been brought to Slabaugh, but only 12 have BALL STATE UPD/MPD gone through the full adjuStep 1 Step 1 dication process. A sexual assault occurs and is Victim calls either department The lack of cases that make reported to a Ball State employee and an initial uniform officer it to the board can be bewho then has to report it to the goes to the scene. cause of a variety of reasons. university. Complainants may ask the Step 2 case to not be investigated, Step 2 The officer does an initial case there could be insufficient Title IX Coordinator for Student report and encourages the victim to evidence or the respondent Affairs, Katie Slabaugh, takes the go to a hospital for a rape study kit. may accept responsibility information and submits it to Mike Designated nurses collect the for the act, Slabaugh said. Gillilan, director of student rights forensic evidence they need. Barkley, who was one of and community standards. the few whose case went all Step 3 the way through the board, Step 3 The officer notifies a detective, chose to only go through the who does the follow-up university’s process. She The student can choose to stop at investigation after the initial report didn’t want to start a crim- the initial reporting or continue on is taken. inal investigation because with the university investigation. the process takes much longer and is more intensive. Step 4 Step 4 She has ulcerative colitis, If the student chooses to move The detective does a one-on-one which is made worse by forward with the university interview with the victim, who can stress, and the day of the process, Gillilan and Slabaugh choose the date of the interview. Sexual Misconduct Board review the evidence. The detective interviews the accused and any witnesses. hearing she was hospitalized for four days. Step 5 She ended up deciding that Step 5 If the student and the accused sacrificing her health wasn’t If the accused’s DNA is found in the agree, they can choose to deal with worth going through the rape kit, the detective uses the the case informally. Gillilan will criminal process and dealing evidence to show that physical decide the punishment himself. with the stress all over again. contact occurred. The detective “I just wanted to move on,” might choose to do further Step 6 Barkley said. investigations if the two stories Otherwise, cases go to the don’t match. And the university’s reporting process helped her university sexual misconduct board do just that, she said, no mat- where they hear both sides to make Step 6 a decision. ter what critics say about it. The detective compiles “I feel like it’ll feel normal evidence and statements and one day, but that day is not Step 7 sends it to a prosecutor. today, and I don’t feel like The board can only decide if there it’s going to be this year,” was a sexual misconduct policy Step 7 Barkley said. “I feel like until violation or not. Punishments include Rape is considered a level 3 felony, I get off campus, it’s not go- anything from disciplinary probation which can result in prison time. to expulsion. ing to [feel normal]. … Campus is like a daily reminder SOURCES: Katie Slabaugh, Mike Gillilan, Jim Duckham, UPD police chief, Joan Todd, university spokesperson and Amy Kesler, MPD investigator of things happening.”
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What’s in a home? A house needs to fit these criteria in order to be leased to a renter.
Drainage The property should be graded and maintained to prevent stagnant water on the ground.
Roofs Roofs shouldn’t admit rain or dampness to the inside.
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Screens From June 1 to Oct. 15 windows and doors used for ventilation should have a screen.
Windows should fit in the frame and be able to be opened.
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Should fit in its frame and be able to be closed easily.
Stairs Risers with more than two steps need a secure handrail and be capable of load-bearing.
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Outside doors Outside doors must keep out rain and wind and be able to be opened from the inside.
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Bathrooms
Every toilet and bathroom floor should be impervious to water and in a sanitary condition.
Buildings should be free from infestation. If infested, they should be exterminated and precaution should be taken to prevent reinfestation.
Exterior walls Walls shouldn’t have holes, openings, rotting boards or anything else that allows rain inside.
Interior sanitation
The inside of every dwelling used for human habitation should be clean, sanitary and free from built up garbage.
Foundation The foundation elements should adequately support the building at all times.
Sanitation Outdoor areas should be clean, sanitary and free from accumulated garbage.
SOURCE: City of Muncie Rental Ordinance, 2002
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “A couple of weeks after we moved in, I put all these down on the list of things that were wrong, and he said he’d take care of them. I asked him a few weeks later when that was going to happen and he called me back and blew up on me,” Sible said. “[He said], ‘You’re just beI don’t really ing so demanding. know how well You’re finding things to complain about. this ordinance This is just your probis advertised ... lem. I’ve never had complain because I still someone about so many things will run across in this house before. just being landlords in parts You’re needy and whiny.’” of town that The problems confrom there — don’t have a clue tinued a pipe burst and their that there’s all water was almost off by the city for these regulations shut their landlord’s failon renting ure to pay the bills. Sible said he didn’t property. know he could have TOM DAVIS, HVAC and taken legal action plumbing inspector against his landlord. Landlord and tenant disputes are cases Ball State’s student legal department knows all too well, John Connor said. Connor, who manages Student Legal Services, said out of all the cases the department dealt with during the 2014-15 school year, 186 — or 25 percent — were rental issues. The city of Muncie has a rental ordinance called the Muncie Housing Code of 2002 that outlines the rules for landlords and their properties, but due to a lack of funding, inspectors only come to houses after getting a complaint. Tom Davis, HVAC and plumbing inspector for the city of Muncie, said when the ordinance was passed in 2006, his department wasn’t given the money to advertise it, and they don’t charge for inspections. “I don’t know if we’ve ever published anything in the paper or any kind of main-
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stream type thing,” Davis said. “I don’t really know how well this ordinance is advertised ... because I still will run across landlords in parts of town that don’t have a clue that there’s all these regulations on renting property.” Davis said when the Building Commission receives a complaint, an inspector schedules an appointment with the residents of the building. Even if the complaint was only about one part of the house, an inspector checks the whole house against the ordinance. Connor said the inspectors have been very helpful in resolving problems between landlords and students and addressing safety concerns. He said his colleagues at Indiana University and Purdue University said they experience similar landlord/tenant issues. If an inspector were to look at Alex Balestra’s house, the senior music media production major said he’s sure it would be condemned between the poor insulation, rampant black mold and faulty heating system. Balestra moved into his house two years ago. He said he and his roommates were impressed with the low rent and were glad to find a place where they could all live together. They didn’t realize there were problems until after they moved in, which Balestra said was due to their landlord rushing them to sign the lease. “I like to think that because of the condition of the house and how really just awful a place it is to live … that our landlord just saw a bunch of kind of gullible kids that were willing to live there and just got us to sign the lease really quick,” Balestra said. “Since then, he’s been kind of nonexistent.” Balestra said he hasn’t seen his landlord since he signed the lease in the middle of the 2013-14 school year. Similarly to Sible, Balestra said he didn’t notice many of the problems until after they moved in. The first problem was the water heaters, piping and furnaces didn’t work. When
he called the gas company to come and fix it, the workman told him the furnaces hadn’t been cleaned out for about 20 years. It took two months to get them working again. According to section 155.30 of the Housing Code, “Basic Facilities,” “Every dwelling shall have heating facilities, and the owner of the heating facilities shall be required to see that they are properly installed, safely maintained, in good working condition, and that they are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms.” Each habitable room — a room used for eating, sleeping or living - is required to have a window, but Balestra said one of the rooms the landlord counted as a bedroom was windowless and didn’t have airflow to it. He and his roommates use it as a storage area instead. Finally, Balestra and his roommates had to scrub the entire basement with bleach to get rid of the black mold growing rampant when they moved in. According to the ordinance, landlords should keep the interior of their houses “maintained in a clean and sanitary condition free from any accumulation of rubbish or garbage.” Balestra declined to give the name of his landlord. The Daily News also reached out to Sible’s landlord April 20, but he did not respond for comment. Sible, who moved out of his house as soon as his lease was up, said after his experiences with his landlord he’s a lot more careful about who he rents from. He asks for references and tells his friends not to rent from his former landlord. Balestra renewed his lease another year to save the hassle of house hunting and trying to find a place to fit all five of them again. He said students should make sure to do their research before signing anything. “Don’t sign too quickly like we did. We really jumped on the opportunity for a house that was … really big and … really affordable — or at least it appeared affordable,” Bales-
tra said. “Do a little research, don’t act quickly and really, really consider your options.” Davis said renters should educate themselves on how to maintain a house before they sign their leases. Reading books and watching video about home repair and upkeep would help, he said. “I can just walk in a place and tell you whether it’s right or not just from my experience,” Davis said. “If you look through any of that literature about maintenance on a rental property or your own home, it’s going to make you aware of what to look for as far as potential properties.” Likewise, Connor encourages students to bring him their leases before they sign them, so he can go over the details and figure out potential problems and issues. Many times, students don’t Landlords are come into the office until there’s a problem. like everybody “I would prefer to else. They come handle it from a prein all different ventive-type situation where I could talk to dispositions,I’m students about how to sure there are prevent problems by reviewing their leases some landlords before they sign them, out there by considering their roommate selections that will take and things like that,” advantage of Connor said. “Too often I’m dealing with probpeople that lems that could have are young and been avoided with a little foresight.” naïve, but we Despite some of the also have some horror stories, Connor very good said there is no reason to be distrustful of landlords, … landlords in Muncie or landlords with a to make generalized statements about what lot of integrity. they’re like. “Landlords are like JOHN CONNOR, everybody else. They manager of Student Legal come in all different Services dispositions,” Connor said. “I’m sure there are some landlords out there that will take advantage of people that are young and naïve, but we also have some very good landlords, … landlords with a lot of integrity.”
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Sophomore golfer Johnny Watts has recorded five top-10 performances, seven top-20 performances and has scored in the 60s four rounds in the season for the Cardinals. He leads the team, scoring 73.50 for 18 holes this year.
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “My dad played in college and grew up playing golf, so they like to joke that it was predetermined that I would be playing golf,” Watts said. “I grew up with a golf club in my hand.” This year, Watts also leads the team in scoring average with 73.50 for 18 holes. He owns the three best 54-hole scores for the team this year and has been the leader scorer for the Cardinals in eight of the 11 stroke play events he has played this year. These statistics were much different entering the MAC Tournament last season, as Watts entered conference play with the third-best stroke average on the team behind senior McCormick Clouser and then-freshman Michael VanDeventer. Throughout high school, Watts was an avid competitor at Hamilton Southeastern. Still, he said making
the switch to college was no easy task. “The competition is obviously way stronger, and the courses are way harder,” Watts said. “You need to know that every week is not going to be perfect, and it’s going to be a grind.” Watts admitted the better part of his first year on campus was all a transition. He needed to adjust to his new role on the team and to his situation as a college golfer, but his teammates helped the transition. Most of the roster is from Indiana, and they had all played against each other in high school. Now they are working toward the same goal: moving into MAC championship play. Watts said he is holding himself to the same expectations he has every weekend. “I don’t hold myself to a different expectation this tournament than I did two tournaments ago. I expect to play well and to finish well,” Watts said.
Northern Kentucky’s one-run lead against Ball State would be quickly diminished as Ball State baseball went on to take the 13-1 victory. The Cardinals (25-17, 10-5 MAC) notched 12 hits in the win over the Norse (15-27, 4-15 Horizon League) in the victory. Head coach Rich Maloney was pleased with his team’s effort after Ball State dropped five of its last eight games. “It is good to get back into the win column, no question about it,” Maloney said. “To rebound like we did is very impressive, but that’s how these guys are, they are very resilient.” In the bottom of the second inning, junior center fielder Matt Eppers tripled to right center and junior third baseman Sean Kennedy hit him in on a sacrifice fly ball to make it 1-1 after two innings of play. Junior right fielder Alex Call hit the first of his two home runs on the day in the third inning, and he returned the following inning to hit a three-run home run to give the Car-
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Junior outfielder Alex Call hit two home runs in the game April 26 at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex against Northern Kentucky. Ball State won 13-1, improving its record to 25-17, 10-5 Mid-American Conference.
dinals a 6-1 lead. Junior left-handed pitcher Evan Korson started for Ball State, going five innings while allowing two hits, one run and striking out seven batters. He was removed after a 30-minute lightning delay, giving freshman pitcher Nick Floyd his first collegiate appearance. “I was happy to see [Floyd] out there; he has worked really hard,” Maloney said. “We were contemplating red shirting him, but we decided he was ready, so we brought
him in today and he did a nice job.” Floyd went two innings allowing only one hit and a walk in his debut. Freshman infielder Maverick Bacon also made his first college start as a designated hitter. He recorded his first hit after hitting a ground ball up the middle in the fourth inning. The lightning delay didn’t affect Ball State at the plate, as the team went on to score six runs in the sixth inning. Ball State had eight different players record at least one RBI against Northern
Kentucky with Call leading with four. With 14 games left in the regular season, Maloney is doing what he can to prepare his team for tournament play. “We can only take it one game at time, and we will see how many we can rack up,” Maloney said. “Then, we will get ready for the tournament. That is were the prize is.” Ball State’s next game is Friday when it travels to Buffalo for a three-game series against the Bulls.
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It opened up an entirely new culture, new civilization [and] a world that I really had not thought too much about,” he said. After earning his master’s degree, Gilman began looking for a teaching position. He was soon hired at a branch of the College of William and Mary. “I truly enjoyed students. … I truly enjoyed teaching,” he said. “I found it exciting and rewarding.” After teaching there for two years, Gilman went back to school to get his doctorate. As he finished up his PhD, a contract position at Ball State opened. Gilman applied, along with about 180 other applicants, and got the job. “In many respects, I came to teaching somewhat through a back door, but I still entered the house, and I have had no regrets about my decision,” he said.
‘AN AMBIANCE I HAD NOT KNOWN’
When Gilman first came to Ball State, he was surprised by the sense of community within the university. “There was very much a sense of community, not only within the department, but departments with other departments and also with the Muncie community. There was a community as well between teachers and students,” he said. “In many respects, it was an ambiance I had not known. In college and in grad school, everything seems to be much more impersonal.” Gilman said one of the communities he’s enjoyed at Ball State is that of his colleagues. “Teaching is necessarily an interactive expe-
rience,” he said. “If one doesn’t enjoy students and one’s colleagues, then it is difficult, I think, to enjoy the opportunities of teaching. And I have benefited tremendously from that.” Dorothy Stegman, an associate professor of French, has worked with Gilman for 15 years. She reminisced on hearing about Gilman’s travels, which includes all of the contiguous U.S. states except for Washington and all of Western Europe. “Besides being a gentleman and a statesman, he is a raconteur and has entertained us with stories of eccentric characters, cruises on the Rhine and hikes in the Rockies,” she said. Hannah Partridge, a sophomore creative writing major, said Gilman’s stories help build a relationship with the students, as well as keep them engaged. “Occasionally, he’ll tell us stories about his own life and where he’s traveled, and it keeps us really engaged,” Partridge said. “He asks where we’re from and [about] our lives, so it deepens that relationship between professor and student, and it makes it easier to talk to him when we do have questions about quiz material and things like that.” Since he began working here, Gilman has adopted a student-centered teaching philosophy. He even opted out of having a retirement reception, donating the money that would have been used for the event to create scholarships. “My reaction upon hearing of his retirement was to think about his legacy and how much he has given to the students, his colleagues, the university and the profession,” Stegman said. “One of his important contributions has been the
fostering of the Nancy, France, graduate and undergraduate exchanges with the University of Lorraine.” Partridge, a French minor who will be studying at the University of Lorraine in Spring 2017, said Gilman was the one who encouraged her to finish her minor and study abroad. Gilman has made it a point to encourage students to study abroad, as learning the importance and richness of diversity is something he values. “When an American studies in … France or another foreign country, they first of all have to begin to realize that they are a minority. And this is a wonderful [teaching moment],” he said. “They can now begin to empathize with diversity, and with that diversity, they then begin to see the richness of a culture and civilization.” Aside from engaging with the students and faculty, Gilman said he has enjoyed being able to further his own studies and research. “This has required some sacrifice on my part. I’m in a field that requires travel to France … and the time to write,” he said. “But the sacrifice is rewarding, and I am pleased that I have been able to publish three books, over 50 articles and reviews and to have presented my work at over 100 conferences in this country and in Europe.”
CLOSING THE DOOR
As someone who has enjoyed working with his students and fellow faculty members, Gilman said he struggled with deciding to retire. “There are other things I want to do, but in coming to the decision [to retire], I had second, third, fourth thoughts,” Gilman said.
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conferences in the US and Europe he has presented at Among those other things includes moving to Washington, D.C., and spending the summers hiking in Colorado. “I knew Washington many years ago, and I also spent a semester-length sabbatical in Washington two years ago,” Gilman said. “The city is gracious. It has numerous cultural activities, and it has an airport accessible to international destinations.” Gilman’s plans for the next year include traveling to Cuba and seeing the Greek ruins in Sicily. “I know he’s going to have an awesome time,” Partridge said. “He’s already told us about his plans, so I’m excited for him.” While his post-retirement plans are full of adventure, Gilman said his decision to retire came with bittersweet emotions. “When you truly enjoy teaching and the opportunities afforded by the university, it is difficult to close the door and walk away, but there is a time and place for everything,” Gilman said. “And this is a time for me to now pursue other interests.”
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