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On Oct. 7, 2015, Lyle Dotson, an 18-year-old North Central High school student, was eating beignets in the New Orleans French Quarter with his father’s Ball State architecture students. Less than an hour later, he was arrested by Louisiana State police officers for a crime he had not committed.
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“It feels like black lives don’t matter. It just reinforced that fact,” said Olon Dotson, Lyle’s father and Ball State professor of architecture. Nearly three years after the original incident, Lyle and Olon reached a settlement with Louisiana State Police in a federal lawsuit after the unsubstantiated, false imprisonment and unlawful profiling of Lyle.
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4Aug. 23: The Office of Student Life announced two new speakers for its Excellence in Leadership series. Elaine Welteroth, the youngest and second African American editor-in-chief for “Teen Vogue,” will speak Nov. 12 and Karamo Brown, the culture expert on “Queer Eye,” will speak March 18.
Ball State alumnus drafted into MLB 4Aug. 27: CENTENNIAL:
Bryan Bullington was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ No. 1 pick after his junior year pitching for Ball State. During his final year as a Cardinal, he went 11-3 and recorded 139 strikeouts. After a stint in the MLB, he currently serves as a scouting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.
4Aug. 25: Arizona Sen. John McCain died at 81 after battling brain cancer. In 1967, his plane was shot down while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. He was injured and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war. He lost his bid for presidency to Barack Obama in 2008.
Dunn, Seaman lead Cardinals to two wins
4Aug. 27: Ball State Women’s Volleyball picked up two wins over the weekend in the Dayton Invitational. The Cardinals took down South Alabama three games to two and swept Marshall 3-0. Ellie Dunn led the Cardinals with 30 kills in the victories. Amber Seaman added 74 assists in the wins.
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4Aug. 28: Starbucks released its Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL) in its earliest release yet Tuesday. It also released the Salted Caramel Mocha and Teavana Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea Latte. The owners of The Caffeinery said they would release their seasonal drinks after Labor Day.
4Aug. 29: Tinder, the mobile dating app, released a new feature specifically for college students called Tinder U. The feature allows college students to add their .edu email address to the app, which will allow the user to only swipe on users from their university or nearby schools. MADELINE GROSH, DN
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Dining services changes hours Dining Services adjusted its official breakfast, lunch and dinner times. Breakfast hours were extended 6:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. This means students now have the ability to use two meal swipes for lunch and dinner between 11:01 a.m. and midnight.
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& BREWS How beer sales at Ball State will work Mary Freda | Reporter Starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, fans can order a 16-ounce beer while the Cardinals face the Blue Devils in Scheumann Stadium. On Aug. 23, Ball State Athletics announced its beer sales pilot program,
which will allow those 21 and over to purchase beer at football and men’s and women’s basketball games. The program will be a part of Ball State’s effort to promote the fan experience at games.
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Parking Services added a temporary pass to its lineup that allows expectant students or faculty to use six designated spots around campus. The spots are located in McKinley Avenue parking garage, Student Center parking garage and Emens parking garage.
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Nine new SGA senators voted in New senators were voted into Student Government Association senate Wednesday. The nine members were voted in after completing applications and obtaining the necessary 50 signatures. Additionally, current SGA senators evaluated the students by questioning them on prior experience, time availability and commitment to SGA. The new recruits required a majority vote to pass.
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Charles Melton Reporter The Centennial Celebration list of events is long for Cardinals past and present. For starters, Ball State will celebrate its 100th birthday with a public opening event Sept. 6 at Emens Auditorium. The university’s external kickoff Centennial Celebration, which follows an internal celebration in June, will feature a wide variety of events and activities. Emens Auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m. with a casual red carpet preview. At 7:30, Ball State will show its very own student-produced documentary “From Normal To Extraordinary: Ball State’s First Century.” The Ball State Symphony Orchestra will perform along with the documentary. “This is a very special year,” said Kathy Wolf, vice president for marketing and communications. “It’s already a special year for Ball State because of some of the wonderful things going on, but this milestone of our centennial makes it even more special.” To date, 1,800 tickets of the available 3,000 have already been distributed for the kick-off event. Tickets are free to anybody who stops by the Emens box office.
This is a very special year. It’s already a special year for Ball State because of some of the wonderful things going on, but this milestone of our centennial makes it even more special.” - KATHY WOLF, Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Ball State is livestreaming the documentary for those not able to view it in person on bsu.edu/live and the university’s YouTube channel. “We will have food trucks, music and entertainment,” Wolf said. “It’s pulling out some of the unique parts of campus to start to take the centennial public.” In a further effort to take the centennial public,
Seniors attend the 10th annual commencement exercise at Ball State Teachers College Friday, June 29, 1929, at Ball Gymnasium. An innovation in the exercises for the year was the procession from the Administration Building to the gymnasium, led by faculty members in caps and gowns. THE EASTERNER,DN FILE Ball State established a Road Show, a traveling celebration of Ball State’s centennial that partnered with United Way to provide families with literacy kits. According to Ball State’s website, the Road Show kicked off in July, and has already visited Marion, Fishers and Gas City. On Sept. 7, the Road Show is scheduled to appear in South Bend. “We’ve selected key areas where we have the most alumni as well as the need, again, input from United Way on areas of need, to promote literacy as well as key cities where our alumni can come, be part of it and support it,” Wolf said. Possible future locations of the Road Show include Cincinnati, Valparaiso, Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne, Kokomo and Evansville. In addition to the Road Show, Ball State is partnering with Walk Indiana on Sept. 8 for the eighth annual Walk Indiana charity event, which promotes a healthier community through a noncompetitive 10K or a family fun 5K. To promote community involvement, all Ball State employees who participate will earn an extra $12.50 to their October paycheck. Another upcoming celebration event is the Community Arts Expo from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 in Emens Auditorium. The event will feature many exhibitors and have light refreshments, door prizes and live music. Events listed for later dates include “Arts Alive:
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis” set for Oct. 13. The Chase Charlie 5K, the Alumni Parade Viewing Party and a CharlieTown Tailgating event will be part of centennial and Homecoming festivities Oct. 20. Senior public relations major Brielle Hill said with all the centennial events, it is an exciting time to be at Ball State. “I think that there is a lot of excitement around campus, particularly within the classes, about upcoming events for this school year in particular, but looking towards the future of Ball State in general too,” Hill said. Contact Charles Melton with comments at cwmelton@bsu.edu.
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Before kickoff Thursday, here’s what football fans and Cardinals alike need to know:
There’s (kind of) a limit Only two beers can be purchased per transaction, with sales being cut at the end of the third quarter for football and women’s basketball and at the 10-minute mark of the second half for men’s basketball, according to a press release. The number of beers purchased during the game won’t be limited, however. Director of Athletics Beth Goetz said staff will receive annual alcohol management training and after will be able to identify signs of intoxication.
Patrons can order domestic or craft brews Although Goetz, along with Shawn Sullivan, associate athletics director of marketing and fan engagement, anticipate on selling beer at the first home game of the season Thursday, the university has yet to nail down a distributor. The contract likely will be signed prior to the game, however, serving beer isn’t contingent upon having an agreement in place, Sullivan said. A 16-ounce-beer will run $7. Domestic and craft brews will be offered during games, but it’s likely the craft beer won’t make it to Thursday’s game.
... I think it’s really important, in terms of trying to support some of the local breweries both here in our community and in the greater Indiana area.” - BETH GOETZ, Ball State athletic director
“We’re also planning on what we’d like to incorporate from local craft beer at some point in time. Although it’s been in the work for some time, we’re just working through the approval processes on how to implement it,” Goetz said. “That might take a game or two to get some of those folks in there, but I think it’s really important, in terms of trying to support some of the local breweries both here in our community and in the greater Indiana area.”
Alcohol-free zones will be established Although some fans have expressed interest in alcohol sales through surveys, social media and conversations with athletics, Goetz said it’s important that a safe environment is maintained throughout the games. “I think it’s very thorough from top to bottom about how long the steps are going to take to ensure an environment where fans that are interested in having alcoholic beverages can enjoy them, but also creating a safe environment and being respectful for those that don’t,” Goetz said. The alcohol-free zone will be located in Section Q at Scheumann Stadium during football games and is slated to occupy the same section in Worthen Arena during basketball games, Sullivan said.
Alcohol sales will begin at Ball State sporting events in the 2018 school year. MADELINE GROSH, DN
Attendance wasn’t the driving factor Over the last five years, Ball State’s average football game attendance — compared to current universities in the Mid-American Conference — ranks in the bottom quarter. In 2017, the average game attendance was 9,899. Boosting attendance numbers, however, wasn’t the plan when a committee met nearly a year ago to work on the year-long pilot program. “I think anytime we implement any sort of element to a game day, the hope is that, and our drive is, to increase attendance and revenue overall,” Sullivan said. “Talking to other schools, it hasn’t necessarily been a boom from an attendance standpoint as far as they can tell. So, it’s not something we’re banking on.” In a study published in a 2018 edition of Journal of Sport, researchers found no correlation to beer sales and attendance, despite universities implementing alcohol sales to increase attendance.
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There’s emphasis on safety and responsibility Even though Ball State is a university, Sullivan said the sales aren’t geared toward students. “We want to be clear that this isn’t a student-targeted initiative. This is when a consumer, a fan, an alumnus, sports fan, they have discretionary income and they have decisions to make to spend on that money,” Sullivan said. “We’re in a crowded marketplace with professional sports in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, other college properties here in our state. We want to continue to be on par with the fan offerings with our competition.” Along with targeting an older audience, Goetz said there will be public service announcements about drinking responsibly. University Police Chief Jim Duckham said the police department is adequately staffed to manage the football and the men’s basketball games. However, Duckham said UPD plans on adding an officer to women’s basketball games because of attendance. Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.
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App helps spread school spirit Hannah Gunnell Reporter Ball State students now have the ability to chirp like a true Cardinal with just the shake of a hand. Ball State’s Digital Corps, a program that allows students to enhance their creativity and abilities with technology by working on real-world projects, released an update for its phone app, The Chirper. The Chirper is designed to increase school spirit by allowing the user to chirp, play games, listen to the fight song and use stickers in messaging apps. Elizabeth Schapker, junior project manager for the app, said it needed to be updated because the original version, released in 2008, used software too old to be compatible with the newer smartphone operating systems. “On Apple, you couldn’t even download it,” said Vivela Melo, a representative from the user experience team. The original version of the app included an image of the Cardinal head, which would chirp after tapping the screen. The background alternated between red and white with each chirp. The development team decided to add more to the app, including the fight song, stickers and three games: Ball State Trivia Game, Charlie Destroyer of Worlds and Charlie Eats Worms. “[User experience] and design sat down and brainstormed what would be content that would continue the goal of school spirit,” Melo said. “We already had the games themselves made, it was just a matter of making sure it fit into the phone size.”
Digital Corps students created these games as a way to practice their technical skills, and all games are available to students on the giant touch screen outside of the Digital Corps lab in BC 210. The trivia game is exactly what it sounds like –– select the correct answer to the question in order to increase the time on the countdown clock by five seconds. If the wrong answer is selected, five seconds are subtracted from the countdown clock. In Charlie Destroyer of Worlds, the objective is to clear all the planets by shooting ammo of the same color at them, lining up three in a row. When the three are lined up, they are destroyed. Charlie Eats worms is comparable to Fruit Ninja –– the objective is to collect worms that are thrown up from the bottom of the screen by tapping on them. When a worm is dropped, the player loses a life. A player should be sure to watch out for the bombs. Seth Campbell, a representative of the design team for the app, said the most difficult part about updating the app was trying to learn a new system. In order to release an app for both Apple and Android products, two different apps must be made because Apple and Android devices have different operating systems. The new system would allow one universal app to be created for both products. “It’s a fairly new system,” Campbell said. “That’s the way the industry is leading, so we decided to learn this new system.” The app is now available for free in Google Play and the Apple App Store. Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments hrgunnell@bsu.edu.
A Ball State University student opens The Chirper app Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in the Arts and Journalism Building. The Chirper is an app created to let student chirp like a cardinal. MICHAELA KELLEY, DN
The new Five Guys is under work by Pridemark Construction, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Muncie. Five Guys is a chain restaurant, famous for burgers and fries. MADELINE GROSH, DN
Five Guys restaurant chain may come to Bethel Avenue Taylor Smith Reporter
A Five Guys restaurant is rumored to be opening in Muncie sometime in the near future. The chain burgers-and-fries restaurant, founded in Virginia in 1986, is rumored to open on 3911 W. Bethel Ave. near McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Jimmy John’s. The owners of the property received an application for variance – typically awarded to business owners who face an obstacle with the city’s municipal laws – after the franchise began to search for possible locations in Muncie earlier last year. Applications also were filed at other properties, including 3000 N. Wheeling Ave., which was previously occupied by a Ford Men’s Wear that closed in 2013. The application was filed by Estep and Co. Inc., a company located in Columbus, Indiana, that is mainly known for its work with Subway. As of April, the possibility of breaking ground on the property was not set in stone, but the Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals approved the application of variance later in the month. The man behind the project is George Estep, who operates another 20 Five Guys restaurants, 10 of which are located in and around the Indianapolis area. He stated in multiple interviews that plans for opening another Five Guys in the Muncie area have been in the works for quite a while, but the process officially started over the summer.
Freshman psychology major Madison Small is excited at the prospect of having another burger joint in town. “I think it would be a really popular option, especially if they took Cardinal Cash,” Small said. “I think they’d probably do really well here.” The burgers-and-fries restaurant serves hamburgers in regular and “little” sizes for customers who desire a smaller serving. The burger prices include up to 15 free toppings ranging from basic pickles and tomatoes to jalepeño peppers and A1 sauce. In addition to burgers, the restaurant also offers hot dogs with toppings like cheese and bacon, BLT and grilled cheese sandwiches, signature Five Guys french fries — fried twice in peanut oil — and vanilla milkshakes with a variety of mix-ins ranging from bacon to banana to Oreo chunks. The price for a cheeseburger at the Noblesville location is $7.48, a bacon burger cost $7.80 and a cheese dog was $5.13. A regular french fry is $4.06. Sophomore math education major Kurtis Stuckey said while the prices are cheap, he has mixed feelings about a Five Guys opening in Muncie. “I would be both happy and sad,” Stuckey said. “Happy because I love Five Guys, but sad because I would get very fat very fast. I feel like the students would definitely go to Five Guys.” Contact Taylor Smith with comments at tnsmith6@bsu.edu.
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The arrest In the fall of 2018, Olon, along with faculty member Dr. Karen Keddy, an associate professor of architecture, took nine undergraduate and graduate architecture students to explore the social and environmental justice-themed architecture of the southeastern United States for an architectural design class field trip. The itinerary included visiting various landmarks, museums and universities for a week. New Orleans was one of the final stops of cities the class would visit. Lyle, now a 21-year-old Ball State student, was there accompanying his father, Keddy and the students while he was on his high school fall break, just like he had done since he was 4 years old. Olon has been to the New Orleans area 22 times with students and faculty. Many of them were volunteer-based after the devastation Hurricane Katrina wrought on the area. The group arrived in New Orleans around 7:30 p.m. and stopped at the famous Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter around 7:45 p.m. Olon and a student driver left to check in at Hyatt Hotel, pick up room keys and meet the rest of the group at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets. Olon gave instructions for the group to walk through Jackson Square, past the St. Louis
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Cathedral, up to St. Peter Street to Bourbon Street and finally make a left on Bourbon to Canal streets for the meeting. Olon encouraged the group to cut through Pat O’Brien’s, a restaurant bar with a traditional interior courtyard space. At the time, Lyle was under 21 and was unable to enter the bar, so he was instructed to walk around the side of the bar to meet the rest of the group.
This is a universal problem that goes far beyond, and is much bigger than Lyle and I.” - OLON DOTSON, Lyle’s father and Ball State professor of architecture
Lyle walked around to what he thought was the other side of the building but ended up walking to the other side of the block instead of the exit of the bar, getting lost near the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon streets, waiting to reunite with the group. While Lyle looked for his group — talking to his dad on the phone, trying to figure out where everyone was — he was attacked by three Louisiana State Police officers, with Olon still on the other end of the line. Lyle said the attack was quick and he was barely able to process what was going on. Within seconds his phone was taken from his hand and his wrists were cuffed after being apprehended from behind. The officers forced Lyle against the wall and interrogated him. Despite checking his Indiana identification card, North Central High School identification card and running a background check that showed no previous criminal record, the officers were still suspicious of him. The original police report stated the officers thought Lyle was following undercover narcotics officers for an extended period of time. “What they saw was somebody on a street corner looking for somebody and that’s exactly what I was doing,” Lyle said. “I was looking for the people who I was with previously before I got separated.” From there, the officers wanted to take a picture of him. Lyle refused and with handcuffed hands tried to cover his face by bending over and lifting his thigh. The officers claimed Lyle kicked, but not injured, one of the officers. He was arrested and sent to the New Orleans Police Department 8th District Precinct. Still on the line, Olon heard a scuffle, scream and then disconnection of the phone call. After trying to call his son back several times with no answer, Olon thought Lyle had been mugged, so he called the police and let them know Lyle was missing. Later, the police called back and said they had Lyle. “I was so happy and excited. I went down there to meet them,” Olon said “When I got there, he was
Lyle Dotson crouches outside of the High Museum of Art Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Atlanta. Lyle was arrested three days later by Louisiana State Police troopers in New Orleans. OLON DOTSON, PHOTO PROVIDED chained to a bench and that’s when they told me that he assaulted a police officer. I said, ‘No, not him. You got the wrong person.’”
The imprisonment Despite Olon’s pleas, Lyle was taken away and sent to the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) and charged with the battery of a police officer. According to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Louisiana has the highest average annual mortality rate per 100,000 of state and federal prisoners with numbers taken from 2001 to 2013. The highest of those numbers was in 2013 at 628 prisoners. Two years before Lyle was arrested — 2013 — a video recording was leaked showing prisoners from OPP doing drugs, gambling with real money and brandishing a gun with bullets. Lyle said the facility he was put in was new yet it already seemed aged and run-down. Elevators were slow, doors were slow and the prison staff at the facility were mean and unorganized. He was given a jumpsuit and a pair of flip flops — no toothbrush, toothpaste, bed sheets or pillows. The food was nasty, Lyle said, so he didn’t eat the entire time he was there. Lyle was granted one phone call, which he used to assure Olon that everything would be OK. “I was focused on getting out,” Lyle said. “But I knew I would get out.” Lyle said by the time he left, his cellmate, a kind 40-year-old, had run out of toilet paper after not being given any in weeks.
The man used the toilet in their cell, resorting to his girlfriend’s letter to wipe himself. That night, Olon said he sat in his car crying outside of OPP, hoping his son would not be harmed, aware of the extreme danger present within the prison. “This is a universal problem that goes far beyond, and is much bigger than Lyle and I,” Olon said.
The release The next day, Olon and the rest of the group attended Lyle’s hearing at the New Orleans Municipal Court. Lyle was in an orange jumpsuit, chained to another man who had been charged with attempted murder. Olon said the disorganized hearing lasted four hours and he pleaded with the court to release Lyle. After the hearing, around 4 p.m., Olon posted the bail for Lyle’s release, though he wasn’t discharged until 1:30 a.m.
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Labor Day: A holiday stemmed from the Industrial Revolution
The national holiday was placed on Mondays because people used to take Mondays off to protest. Hannah Gunnell Reporter Labor Day isn’t only a reminder to stop wearing white, it is also a marker of the Industrial Revolution. James Connolly, professor of history, said Labor Day is a creation of the Labor Movement, founded on the idea of organizing laborers into an economic and political force in response to the Industrial Revolution. P. J. McGuire, the first Vice President of the American Federation of Labor, proposed the idea of a Labor Day celebration in New York according to a 1921 copy of the Bridgemen’s Magazine, a monthly publication produced in Indianapolis by
the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers. “McGuire was one of the labor leaders in New York City,” Connolly said. “A group of them proposed to have a celebration in September in 1882 that was designed to honor the contribution that workers have made to the country.” Due to the rise in factory production and mass producing everyday items, many artisans feared losing their businesses. Also, the factory jobs were difficult, dangerous and didn’t pay very much, Connolly said. “There was a sense that we needed to reassert the role of workers in our economy and in our society,” Connolly said. “That gave rise to the
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demand for celebrations of workers, of which Labor Day was one.” The Union approved McGuire’s proposal and held a parade through the streets of New York City in 1882, where the union was headquartered at the time, according to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Connolly said Labor Day is on Monday because workers would randomly take Mondays off to protest the rigid schedule. “In a factory where you have assembly line work, everyone needs to be there at once,” Connolly said. “Everybody shows up at 6 a.m. Everyone leaves at 4 [p.m.] or whatever it was … so they would do things, they would take days off collectively.”
These Mondays became known as “Saint Mondays,” Connolly said. Many of the workers were Catholic, so these days built upon the idea of the Catholic “Saint Days,” such as All Saints Day or Saint Valentine’s Day. Even though the first celebration was in New York, Oregon was the first state to establish Labor Day as an official holiday on Feb. 21, 1887. Congress established Labor Day as a federal holiday on June 29, 1894, although thirty states, including Indiana, already celebrated Labor Day as a state holiday. Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at hrgunnell@bsu.edu.
TOWING Editor’s Note: “What does it cost” is a monthly series that highlights prices of certain things on campus. With the return of football season and weekday games comes the return of the student struggle of moving a car to the right location. Students parked at the stadium and overflow lots — at Scheumann Stadium, Anthony Administration, Oakwood Avenue and the baseball complex — are expected to move their vehicles to the Delaware County Fairgrounds the day before kickoff. Those who don’t may find an empty spot where their car used to be when the stadium lights turn off. Here’s a quick look at what to do if you find your car has been towed: Where is my car? The university uses Nye’s Wrecker Service, located at 801 S. Liberty St. How do I get it back? To get a car back, students need to go Nye’s office and bring their driver’s license. How much will it cost? Getting a car back from Nye’s can cost anywhere from $80 to $110, depending on what it took to get the car towed. Students should be sure to bring that amount in cash when picking up their car. -Staff Reports
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Dominance over previous two decades With 15 NCAA National Championship qualifiers and a NCAA National Champion, track and field has cemented itself as one of the nation’s most successful programs.
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Soccer took down Morehead State on the road Sunday. Freshman Jenna Dombrowski proved to be the overtime hero as soccer defeated Morehead State, 1-0.
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Danny Pinter is making the transition from tight end to offensive tackle and has added some necessary weight in the process. Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor Danny Pinter gained 27 pounds in 23 days last winter, not because he was making a sequel to “Super Size Me,” but because it was confirmed he would be changing his position from tight end to offensive line. “He went home for winter break, and he came back and he was already at 292 pounds,” said Ball State head coach Mike Neu. “Danny is one of those guys that pays such close attention to his body and
taking care of it. I felt Danny was kind of starving himself to stay at that 265-pound weight.” According to Neu, 265 pounds is the team’s weight limit to carry the football. With the 6-foot4-inch redshirt junior constantly flirting with going over that number, Neu said a position change may have been in the team’s best interest to keep him on the field.
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Not an ideal start to Cardinals’ season Field Hockey looks to get back on track against Dartmouth and Iowa after dropping its first three games of the season. The Cardinals are looking to build on their 5-12 2017 season.
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Expect run-heavy game from Cardinals, Central Connecticut State Ball State is looking to get the offense going in its home opener against Central Connecticut State. Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor It’s game week. Ball State football head coach Mike Neu has preached that all week long, making sure his players know all their hard work is about to come into play. Even with the excitement of Central Connecticut State coming to town Thursday, Neu is focusing on preparation. “We still got a lot of work to be done between now and Thursday as far as game plan goes, making sure we’re greased up as good as we possibly can be,” Neu said. Neu has made it known he plans to run the football. The Cardinals run game has been an exceptionally strong part of its offensive attack in recent years. Redshirt junior James Gilbert tore apart defenses in 2016, rushing for 1,369 yards and 12 touchdowns. Gilbert took a medical redshirt season in 2017 after getting injured in week three. Caleb Huntley took over the starting job as a freshman in Gilbert’s absence and did not disappoint, racking up over 1,000 yards on the season. “That’s not a secret that one of the biggest strengths we have offensively is the running back
position,” Neu said. “We’re going to make sure and establish the run because that’s one of the strongest position groups in our team.” The Cardinals’ backfield also features an allpurpose back and dynamic kick returner in junior Malik Dunner. All-MAC receiver sophomore Justin Hall will give redshirt junior quarterback Riley Neal a solid target to balance out the run game. With so many weapons on offense, Neal said the expectations are clear: “Hopefully a lot of points— that’s the plan.” The Blue Devils like to run the ball as well. They averaged just under 185 rushing yards a game last year and are returning a 1,000-yard rusher in senior Cameron Nash. Stopping the run was a struggle for the Cardinals last year, as their defense surrendered 188 yards on the ground per game. Neu said if his team is fundamentally sound, it will wind up in a good place. “Something you preach always defensively is making sure you are gap sound and making sure guys are 100 percent sure on whatever defense is called what their assignment is,” Neu said. “Those are things that are very critical every game, especially early in the season.” Neal said he is ready to get back on the field, and his teammates are chomping at the bit to see some action.
“I think everybody is excited,” Neal said. “We still have [to finish this week] of practice before we’re ready to take the field, but I think once the time comes we’ll be ready.”
The Cardinals will host the Blue Devils Thursday at 7 p.m. in Scheumann Stadium. Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13. Players on Ball State University’s football team position themselves on the line of scrimmage at practice Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 at Scheumann Stadium. A player on the offensive line snapped the ball after the quarterback called the play into motion. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN
Wiseman to lead men’s golf Men’s Golf enters 2018 with a team full of underclassmen and one senior. Connor Smith Reporter
Junior Johnny Watts practices before putting the ball during the Earl Yestingsmeier Memorial Invitational Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Delaware Country Club. The Cardinals placed second in the invitational. KAITI SULLIVAN,DN
Ball State Men’s Golf began its fall qualifying for the upcoming season over the weekend. Having placed second in the Mid-American Conference Championships the past two seasons, this year’s team features a mix of fresh faces and returners. The Cardinals will not begin the fall portion of their regular season for nearly three weeks. However, last weekend gave head coach Mike Fleck a sense of what to expect throughout the upcoming season and how to better determine lineups. Fleck said scores are added up to determine who gets the privilege of traveling to tournaments away from home. One unique aspect is out of seven athletes, there is only one upperclassman: senior Timothy Wiseman. Wiseman, the first Ball State golfer to compete in the U.S. Open this past summer, is looking forward to taking a greater leadership role.
“In the past, most of the guys were a year or two older than me, so [being a leader] will be something new,” Wiseman said. This season, the team welcomes two freshmen: Yianni Kostouros and Joey Ranieri. Kostouros is excited to travel and enjoy the perks of collegiate athletics, yet he realizes he will need to work with the team in order to achieve his personal goals while on the green. Kostouros said he was used to being the top guy in high school, but adjusting to college play has been a new experience. Although Fleck knows the team may be relatively inexperienced at the collegiate level, he views this as an opportunity to continue developing his coaching style while pushing the newer athletes out of their comfort zone. “It’s a young, fresh team, and my job as a coach is to connect with [the athletes],” Fleck said. “I kind of want to toughen them up a little.” The Cardinals’ first tournament of the regular season will take place Sept. 16-18, where they will attend the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Contact Connor Smith with comments at cnsmith@bsu.edu.
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Pinter said resisting late-night snacking was one of the toughest challenges to keeping his weight down. Now that he doesn’t have to worry as much about his weight, Pinter said he has enjoyed eating what he wants. “When I put the weight on, I didn’t want to go crazy and put it on sloppy,” Pinter said. “It’s definitely nice with three years not really being able to eat like that.” Kim Pike, Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, said she understands the benefit of body size in certain positions, especially linemen. “Many sports require rapid body weight fluctuations, and usually these weight changes call for extreme dietary adjustments,” Pike said. “The impact on health will come down to how the weight was gained.” Pike said eating processed foods and others high in fat to put on extra weight is not the way to go. Rather, athletes should stick to loading up on calories along with plenty of nutrients. Pinter took the latter. Pinter said Ben Armer, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, put him on a diet of 5,100 calories a day, eating a good deal of eggs, chicken, rice and other foods of that nature. Pinter’s mom might be the most excited about his switch to O-line. She, according to Ball State offensive line coach Kyle DeVan, was eager to serve her son seconds at the team banquet. Pinter said a weight is off his mom’s shoulders now that
Redshirt junior offensive lineman Danny Pinter participates in a blocking drill during practice Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 at Scheumann Stadium. Pinter received the 2017 Ball State Ray Louthen Award after last year’s season. REBECCA SLEZAK,DN
to prepare for his new position on the football team. she doesn’t have to worry about what to feed him. “She was one of the first people I called,” Pinter said. “It’s nice to go home and have some homecooked meals, and she can cook whatever she wants.” Having done his fair share of blocking at tight end, Neu said the transition hasn’t been a difficult one. He added that Pinter’s cooperation and attitude toward the switch have been positive.
“Pinter is as rock solid as you could ask out of a young man from a character standpoint, work ethic standpoint—represents everything you want out of a student-athlete,” said Neu. DeVan said Pinter has developed into a leader among the Cardinal offensive linemen, and he’s always looking for ways to get better, never making the same mistake twice. “When he came into spring ball, the one thing I truly admired about the kid is he comes to work every day and works his butt off,” DeVan said. “It’s been fun to really watch him grow as an offensive lineman. That’s probably been the most special thing.” Pinter recorded 11 starts at tight end from 2016-2017. He suffered a season-ending injury on the first play of the game Oct. 21, 2017 against Central Michigan.
Many sports require rapid body weight fluctuations, and usually these weight changes call for extreme dietary adjustments. The impact on health will come down to how the weight was gained.” - KIM PIKE, Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics
Pinter said he’s been taking it day by day, making O-line feel more natural while he waits for his first game action in 10 months. “I’ve been waiting on this since the day I got hurt,” Pinter said. “I just love being out there with the guys. It’s something I’ve been waiting on forever, so I’m excited for it.” Now and again, Pinter says he reminisces of making big plays and scoring touchdowns, but he’s content with protecting his quarterback if it helps the team. Neu said Pinter’s pass-catching days might not be over, as he hinted at the possibility of slipping him in for an occasional tackle-eligible play to grab a pass. Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.
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Dunn, Cardinals look to continue winning in upcoming tournament
Senior Ellie Dunn earns All-MAC West honors after dominate weekend at Dayton Invitational.
Gabi Glass Reporter Starting the season at 2-1, Ball State Women’s Volleyball (2-1, 0-0 MAC) prepares to travel to Springfield, Missouri to compete in the Mary Jo Wynn Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Last weekend’s Dayton Invitational saw the Cardinals taking down South Alabama and Marshall, but suffering a four-set loss against host Dayton. According to head coach Kelli Miller, serving and passing were the culprit of their struggles. “We definitely had ups and downs offensively,” Miller said. “Serve-receive passing is going to be a major focus for us moving forward. When you do those things well, your offense does well and vice versa.” Senior Ellie Dunn, recently named All-MAC West Division, currently leads the team with 46 kills and 49.5 points scored in just three matches. With a .336 hitting percentage, Dunn is a force to be reckoned with at the net, scoring a .571 attack percentage in just one match last weekend. “I feel as though I’ve grown in terms of the mental side of the game as well as in-game play,” Dunn said. “You definitely develop and mature through this game and I think that has given me an upper hand now that I’m a senior.” Last season, Dunn finished with a .189 hitting percentage, scoring 367 points for the Cardinals and contributing 42 blocks. The senior also achieved her first career double-double in the first match of the Dayton Invitational against South
Alabama, tallying 17 kills and 10 digs. “Being a leader on and off the court is a responsibility you have to take on as a senior,” Dunn said. “We do a number of things off the court that require just as much attention to detail as what goes on during the games, as well.” Dunn was also named to the All-Tournament Team for the Dayton Invitational, along with junior setter Amber Seaman. With kills in the doubledigits for all three matches and a .336 attack percentage on the weekend, Dunn was a shoe-in for the accolade. “My main focus for this season is to not take anything for granted,” Dunn said “It’s easy to lose sight of just how close the end is, and realizing that this is my last season makes me really appreciate every moment that I am out on the court.” Looking toward this weekend in Missouri, the Cardinals will face Grambling State (0-3, 0-0 SWAC), Oral Roberts (1-2, 0-0 Summit) and Missouri State (0-3, 0-0 MVC). Grambling State recently fell to another MAC squad in Kent State, 0-3, at the North Texas Tournament last weekend. “Missouri State has been at the top of their league for a long time and they always play well at home,” Miller said. “They will definitely bring energy, and we’ll have to match that. Oral Roberts and Grambling are athletic. We can’t get overly concerned with each team we’re playing, but rather focus on what we’re doing on our side of the net.” The Cardinals’ first match of the weekend will be against Grambling State at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Contact Gabi Glass with comments at grglass@ Sophomores Amber Seamen and Sydnee Vanbeek and junior Ellie Dunn celebrate after getting a point against the University bsu.edu or on Twitter @gabiglass. of Toledo Friday, Nov. 2, 2017 at John E. Worthen Arena. They ended up winning the game 3-1. ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN
Cross Country aims for high placement at invitational Cardinals have not finished higher than third place since 2014. Olivia Adams Reporter Looking to start its season on a high note, Ball State Cross-Country will be heading to Indianapolis for the Butler Twilight Invitational. Since first competing in the meet in 2014, the Cardinals have never placed higher than third place out of the four teams. This year, with new runners
and a new coach, hopes are high. “Honestly, I think we will do better than last year for sure,” sophomore Cayla Eckenroth said. “I think everyone is really on top of things right now and focused and we are all ready. I think we will do really good as a team, and I think we will work together.” Last season, the Cardinals narrowly missed second place by five points to IUPUI. While the team has not placed highly in the last few years, assistant coach Rachel McFarlane said this year will be different. “I think some of the girls are going to surprise themselves with their fitness,” McFarlane said. “Hopefully, we will be in a better spot going into
every race and after every race than we were last year and keep building on that.” Eckenroth is expected to lead the team again, given her second place finish at the meet last season. Junior Maritza Rodriguez, another top runner, placed eleventh. Like Eckenroth, Rodriguez is planning for a strong start to the season. “My goal is to not do any worse than last year, because that means I will being taking steps forward,” Rodriguez said. “At the end of the day, I am really just trying to focus on myself and the team.” While the team’s immediate focus is on Butler, the strength of the overall season isn’t far from their minds. Last season, the Cardinals finished in 11 place out of 12 teams in the MAC. Earlier this
season, Rodriguez spoke about the team’s goal of winning a MAC Championship. She acknowledged it might be a tough task, but big dreams are their motivation, so they are focusing on the MAC Championship meet at the end of October. “Our sport psychologist told us that we shouldn’t be ready by the first meet. It’s all about MAC, and we don’t want to burn out at the end of the season,” Rodriguez said. “It’s all about people having a good step forward, but I don’t think it needs to be our best, because all we care about is MAC.” The Butler Twilight Invitational will begin Friday at 6:45 p.m. Contact Olivia Adams with any at omadams@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @olivia_adams5.
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Pencil Shavings
Justice Amick is a senior telecommunications journalism major and writes “Pencil Shavings” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Justice at jramick@bsu.edu. When I was little I thought people went missing for the weirdest reasons. One of my more comical thoughts was that when people jumped in a puddle, they went straight through into another world. Another was that they were Justice whisked away to Narnia or something Amick of the like when they hid in a closet. Columnist, As I got older, I realized that people Pencil Shavings don’t go missing because they jumped in a puddle or hid in a closet. They go missing because of fear. Passion. Aggression. Rage. Mollie Tibbits. Does the name sound familiar? It should. Mollie’s face has been plastered across TV screens and the morning news. She’s been missing since mid-July, last seen jogging around her rural Iowa farm town. Her father has been funneling thousands of dollars for her to return home safe.
A safe return that, according to state authorities, isn’t going to happen. According to reports, a suspect has led them to Tibbits’ body, located in a field near her small town. This is all horrible. I’m devastated because for some reason I had hope for her. I wanted her to be found so badly. I followed her story so closely it was almost like I knew her. Now, not only am I angry about what happened to her, I’m angry at the focus that people are trying to get from her case. The suspect in Tibbits’ case, Cristhian Rivera, is being held on a $5-million bond. Rivera is also an illegal immigrant, which has become the headline for various news outlets across the country. Already people, such as our own president and other supporters of the immigration policies that are ripping families apart, are making this about the fact that they think we have too many illegal immigrants and that they are the problem. That they are the reason people are jobless, getting killed or getting kidnapped.
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In reality, this has nothing to do with illegal immigrants. Don’t get me wrong, it is terrible that he was allowed into our country. But this should have nothing to do with his immigration status. It may be important if he ever goes to court for being here illegally, but in this specific situation, they should be referring to him as a murderer. Because, after all, that’s what he is. One person does not represent the whole. If that was the case then we could take Christopher Lee Watts, the Colorado man who strangled his pregnant wife and two young children, ages three and four, and let him represent white men. Watts went on national television and pleaded with the public to help him find his wife and small children in the days before they found where Watts had hidden them: in oil tanks at an oil work site. For two days he knew exactly what had happened to them, where they were, that they were dead and proceeded to go onto national television and lie straight to the public. The hypocrisy that can be found with this case is astounding and there are three things that funnel into it. One, it’s not like we don’t have our fair share of predators in the United States already. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are already over 850,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. There are over 190 sex offenders just in or around Muncie. Which means that illegal immigrants are not the reason we have problems like this with young women getting kidnapped, killed or raped. We created the problem ourselves, long before immigrants like Rivera came over the border. Two, if this was a minority woman, none of this would even be on the news. No one would know about it except for the people of her community. President Trump wouldn’t have commented, and news outlets wouldn’t be reporting on it. A recent example would be the disappearance of three women on the West Side of Chicago, with the first women going missing in April. Two of them have been found dead, one still hasn’t been seen. These cases were not nationally reported despite neighborhood outcry and push for investigation from local community activists. The lost women of the West Side of Chicago have, according to the Black and Missing Foundation, joined the other 322,000 minority women who go missing every year in the United States. Three, just a couple of months ago we were told not to make the school shooting in Parkland, Florida about gun control but to focus on helping the families heal. To not politicize a horrible tragedy, to not turn it into a political agenda. Yet here we are. The second people heard Rivera was an illegal immigrant, political houses crawled out from their dens and have gone out crusading the cause of building a wall and cutting off immigration entirely. Those in Mollie’s family have come out and openly told people of a political nature to not talk about this for their own personal gain. I can’t imagine how they feel, especially because people are trying to turn this into something else and are taking away from the fact that Tibbits’ is gone and her family is wrecked. Our women are dying, disappearing, getting raped, being stabbed and it’s not because immigrants are coming over the border. We already have our own problems when it comes to predators assaulting, kidnapping and killing women. If we do something about it, put up safety measures, help women in our country, teach people that they need consent, make it possible to put away rapists and the like instead of 994 out of 1,000 of them going free, maybe things will change. Or we do nothing. We politicize her death. And women keep disappearing, jumping into puddles and going straight through.
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Too Little, Too Late
An analysis into the statements and decisions made by The Board on the topic of Papa John’s words. Demi Lawrence is a sophomore telecommunications journalism 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. On Aug. 3, Ball State University’s Board of Trustees released a statement regarding alumni John Schnatter’s - more popularly known as Papa John - use of the N-word during a meeting. This statement from the Board told that “John has acknowledged, notwithstanding his intentions, that his use of the word was inappropriate,” but Demi they would keep his name on the Institute for Lawrence that Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. Columnist, In this statement, what I found most interesting Unspoken was this sentence: “He [used the N-word] not in a derogatory manner seeking to demean any individuals or groups; rather it was used as an example of improper conduct.” The N-word itself is derogatory, so the Board’s attempted defense of Schnatter is unwarranted. This racial slur was used as a way to demean, punish and enslave black people for hundreds of thousands of years. Not to mention, the N-word is continually used today as a way to continue to segregate society since the law no longer allows for it. Slavery may be illegal, but racism still exists and is fueled by the use of racial slurs such as the one used by Schnatter. Maybe Schnatter did not intend to use this word in that specific way, but only as a reference of “improper conduct” in someone else’s words. But the problem with this assumption is that Schnatter could have used others phrases, such as “the N-word” or “racial slurs.” He did not have to say the entire derogatory term, but the fact that he did shows his ignorance to issues that have been present in our world for centuries. On Aug. 16, The Board of Trustees released a statement that was a complete 180 from the previous one, stating that in a 8-1 vote, they decided to remove Schnatter’s name from the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. Chairman Rick Hall wrote, “The Board of Trustees strongly condemns racism, both implicit and explicit. Our condemnation extends to include John Schnatter’s comments that are the subject of controversy and have no place in our society.” Social media erupted with responses to the Board’s decision, both the original and the second statement released. Many Letters to the Editor were sent, many tweets published and many conversations were had on if what was decided by the Board was right. Many Ball State organizations and faculty members wrote and signed statements. As a member of Black Student Association, sophomore Tailynn Downing is not satisfied with the second statement released by The Board of Trustees. “I believed - and always will believe - that the Board’s original decision was equal parts deplorable and completely uneducated,” Downing said. “The second decision, though valid, came in a letter than in the end made me and other students feel as though the Board couldn’t care less about what is morally correct or socially responsible.” Don’t get me wrong, the release of this second statement is great step forward. But there are still issues, my number one being
the fact that they could have done the right thing first, but instead decided to stand by Schnatter. It wouldn’t be disingenuous to believe that the Board likely flipped their stance as a result of the backlash they received from faculty, alumni, students and so forth. This has to make you wonder if public pressure is the only reason they changed their minds, and not the fact that Schnatter used a completely offensive and unnecessary racial slur. My second issue with this is timing. It took the Board nearly two weeks to go back on their original statement. Two weeks is a long time, and in this situation time does not heal all wounds. In fact, in this situation time only festered the wound. This switching of stances, overall, is a good win. But in my mind, I see a band aid that was put over a surgical wound that required staples and stitches. A half-hearted solution to a serious matter. It’s good, but not good enough. Too little, too late. While the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise will no longer sport Schnatter’s name, the ghost of Ball State’s original decision to support and defend his racist remarks will haunt not only the institute, but Ball State as whole. Ball State’s Beneficence Pledge states that members of the Ball State community pledge “To treat each person in the Ball State community with civility, courtesy, compassion, and dignity.” I do not believe the statements and decisions made by The Board of Trustees align with this idea that is so intrinsically tied to Ball State’s identity and values. While the Board ultimately made the right choice in no longer supporting or defending Schnatter, the way in which they went about it was incredibly poor. I can only hope we as a university learn from this, and learn that defending racism in any way is unacceptable.
Ball State’s Board of Trustees decided to remove John Schnatter’s name from associating with the university. MADELINE GROSH, DN
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Grammy-nominated artist returns Afroman, a rapper and singersongwriter, performed Aug. 25 at Be Here Now. He is known for his hit single “Because I Got High.” The concert marked Afroman’s eighth year playing at the venue. 416
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Crafting with clay Ball State hosts community pottery class for the 12th year Tier Morrow Features Editor On Aug. 22, Ted Neal hosted Ball State’s 12th annual community pottery class, allowing students, alumni and community members to test their skills and grow in the art of crafting vessels from clay. During the Wednesday night class, the professor of art offers technical lessons for everyone, as well as creative lessons for advanced students. Attendees can come and go as they please throughout the 10 weeks.
“The class existed before I came to Ball State in a different form, but it had faded, so I wanted to give it a new look,” Neal said. “A lot of the students that come in for the class just want access to the equipment, but I get a wide variety of all levels of involvement. When I was a full time artist, all of the programs I did involved the community, so I wanted to share that with my students.”
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New clubs to be featured on campus For the upcoming school year, Ball State students will have the opportunity to get involved on campus by considering six new clubs that were introduced this year. From playing cardboard games to researching microbiology, Ball State’s newest clubs and organizations benefit a wide variety of students and their interests. 420
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RETURNS Afroman performs Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at Be Here Now in Muncie, IN. This was Afroman’s eighth year performing at Be Here Now. MALLORY HUXFORD,DN
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Continued from Page 15 This semester’s class demonstrates the diverse students and community members who come together to create personalized art. Carol Burt, an alumna who has taken the class since 2002, said she keeps attending because she loves learning new techniques and working with clay is a great stress reliever for her. “You can spend years learning about clay and never run out of ideas,” Burt said. “The more you learn, the more you realize what you don’t know.” In addition to experienced members, the class also has members who are just starting out. Anjolii Diaz, assistant professor of psychological science, is a first-time member of the class who has some experience from high school. Diaz said she decided to go to the class because she needed to focus more on her “self-care,” her work-to-life balance, and she remembered how much she enjoyed ceramics when she was younger. “I have never used a pottery wheel before as my experience has only been with slab building ceramic,” Diaz said. “I am excited to learn how to use a wheel and actually learn from someone with vast experiences in the field.” Every student who attends the class has the opportunity to make as many clay pieces as they want, which means some may walk away with boxes full, while others may only have one. For this 10 weeks, Burt said she wants to create functional pieces with the hand building
Kielan Williams and Carol Burt work side by side on their first projects Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in the Arts and Journalism Building room 225. Participants watched experienced students to learn the basics of working with clay. TIER MORROW, DN
technique she has been working on, and Diaz said she does not have a particular object she wants to make. “80 percent of the projects made are vesselbased since most people work on a pottery wheel,” Neal said. “But this class is like any other class here at Ball State. The students have access to the room outside of the allotted three hours on Wednesday nights, so the students who are always in here practicing will most likely go home with more than the students who only come to the class.” Because the class includes a wide variety of talented artists who make varying projects, Neal said it can be a challenge to keep everyone rising together, but he has always welcomed the test. “Each student has their own goals in here, and it is very individualized, but my goal overall is for everyone to grow in some way,” Neal said. “New students may seem to make more progress than returning members, but returning students are fine-tuning their skills or maybe learning new techniques, which means they are still progressing upward. “If, by the end of the class, everyone is educated about the process and they have more appreciation for the time and work that goes into creating pottery, it will be a success,” Neal said. Along with understanding the background of pottery, Neal also said the class will be a success if his students create lasting relationships with the community. “If you’re a new contemporary artist and you don’t get involved with the community, it’s a huge mistake,” Neal said. “The community around you will always be your customer. It’s a give and take relationship. So, if my students don’t start building those connections now, they could really lose a lot opportunities to create a market already.” From the perspective of a community member, Diaz said she loves seeing the work students at Ball State are doing who are not in her department. “Muncie is a great community and outreach is paramount,” Diaz said. “Not to mention, it provides students with the opportunity to know, acknowledge and learn from the experiences of others.” In addition to gaining a stronger network, Neal said members also get to practice professional leadership. “This class is a completely different atmosphere than a normal class because students don’t feel the pressure from grades,” Neal said. “They get to help teach others who don’t have as much experience, and they get to work on their problem solving skills. Even when they aren’t actually talking to others, they are constantly teaching. “This class is a learning experience for everyone, no matter what skill level they have, and I love being able to watch those who have never done anything with art interact with those who hope to pursue art as a career.” Contact Tier Morrow with comments at tkmorrow@bsu.edu or on Twitter @tiermorrow.
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A kure 4 (Right) A little boy watches a movie on a cell phone in a back office of the Benson Motorcycle Inc., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the Kure4Kam fundraiser in Muncie, IN. (Far right) A young boy patiently awaits for the raffle ticket winners with his dad at Benson Motorcycle Inc. during the fundraiser. (Below) Two-year-old Kameron Kadinger looks up at his mother Amanda Jordan while held by his nana Jodie Hatcher. Kure4Kam is a fundraiser to raise money for Kameron Kadinger who was diagnosed with homozygous AIP in August of 2017. GRACE HOLLARS, DN
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Senior looks back on internships, thinks about the future Nicole Thomas Assistant Features Editor Editor’s note: Intern Spotlight is a Ball State Daily News series profiling Ball State students and their internships. If you have any suggestions as to who we should feature next, send an email to features@bsudailynews.com. A senior art history major spent the summer driving hour-long commutes from Muncie to Noblesville, Indiana, from one internship to the other, researching art and sharing their knowledge with the surrounding communities. Joan Seig accepted the challenge of working two internships simultaneously, one as an education program intern at the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) and the other as the guest experience coordinator for Nickel Plate Arts, a community art organization in Hamilton County. “I was asking myself why did I do this and bite off more than I can chew?” Seig said. “It was an adjustment for sure. It was a little hectic at first getting into the groove of things. Ultimately, it was all about the experience.” Since the second semester of their sophomore year, Seig has been a docent for DOMA, leading tours around the museum. “If I hadn’t been a docent before, I probably wouldn’t have felt comfortable enough with the
I was interested in really getting in touch with the community and bringing them in the realm of art in general and getting them in touch with creative expression.” - JOAN SEIG, Senior art history major museum and with the people who work there to even consider an internship,” Seig said. Additionally, Seig helped create the DOMA Project App during their previous museum studies class. Writing and editing blurbs about works of art featured in the app helped Seig get into the mindset of making research at their summer internship “concise and readable by anybody.” During the internship, Seig compiled their research on one item at a time of more than 11,000 works in DOMA into an art object summary describing the piece’s cultural background and time period. The summaries would be discussed at team meetings and revised based on group feedback.
“It’s good to have that kind of quick-thinker who’s reading what’s in front of [them], has an idea of what the object is and knows what more [they] want to know— that was Joan,” said Tania Said, director of education at DOMA. “[Joan] was always leading discussions about the art object summaries and contributing to the success the research that other team members were doing as well.” Beyond researching, Seig also had the chance to share their knowledge about art by helping plan public programming events for both the Muncie community and the Noblesville community with their internship at Nickel Plate Arts. Aili McGill, executive director of Nickel Plate Arts, reached out to Seig in mid-April with the opportunity to be their guest experience coordinator for the summer since Seig had previously interned there when they were in high school. “Before Joan came on board, we all felt like we were putting out whatever fire or the worst crisis at the moment,” McGill said. “With Joan on board, everybody was able to soak into their jobs and focus on quality a little bit more, which was a big relief for all of us.” During Sieg’s internship at Nickel Plate Arts, McGill said Seig was someone who would “keep the mood light” at community events and was very engaging with guests. “[Joan] was very sensitive about trying to take care of other people’s needs, which is exactly what we wanted from someone who’s being our greeter and an ambassador at community events,” McGill said. Seig said they learned just how important public programming is when connecting the public to local art and artists while organizing public outreach events such as Festival on the Green in Muncie and Maker Faire in Noblesville. “Nickel Plate Arts is all about promoting local art and artists throughout the communities they serve,” Seig said. “I was interested in really getting in touch with the community and bringing them in the realm of art in general and getting them in touch with creative expression.” Even though both internships have ended, Seig is still one of six students on the education team at DOMA working as a program assistant. Even though Seig is unsure of what they would like to do after they graduate, Seig said they could see themself working at a nonprofit organization like Nickel Plate Arts “where the focus is 24/7 being a part of the public and getting them in touch not only with art history or art but also artists living in their communities.” “With anything I do in the future,” Seig said, “keeping the community in mind and creating programs for them [where I] will be able to share what I know is definitely important to me.” Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu.
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400 organizations offered to students
Almost every year, Ball State features new clubs, allowing students to explore a wide range of interests. Justice Amick Reporter With the start of a new school year, many students are looking to create friendships and find their “fit” on campus by getting involved in new groups. Fortunately, Ball State offers over 400 organizations students can join to get involved. What students may not realize, is that engaging in co-curricular activities actually improves their success while also helping them socially, according to Jim Hague, director of student life. “We are focused on our students and creating opportunities for their engagement related to leadership, service and co-curricular experiences,” Hague said. “Students who get involved in student organizations find connections with peers and develop community.” With the idea of fostering connections in mind, here are six new clubs created last semester at Ball State.
1. Cardinal Cardboard
Cardinal Cardboard is an organization on campus that caters specifically to people’s competitive side through board and card games. The club was created after the co-founder, Chris Hatfield, and his friends noticed game nights happened across campus all the time, but there was not a club devoted to playing games on a regular basis. “Nothing brings people closer, faster than a good game,” said Jerod Hartwell, treasurer of Cardinal Cardboard. “It’s also a great way to make friends and meet new people. Anyone is welcome so long as they are ready to have a good time.” Cardinal Cardboard welcomes everyone from students to staff and meets Friday evenings from 6-9 p.m. in Robert Bell 106.
2. Caring Cardinals Caring Cardinals is a service-focused organization that provides a meal once a month to the local homeless shelter in Muncie, Muncie Mission. Natalie Stewart, the founder of Caring Cardinals, said the organization was created to allow people to serve without the lengthy time commitment. Stewart also added that beyond helping the community, club members also gain great friendships during the time they spend together cooking. “All are welcome to join Caring Cardinals,” Stewart said. “If you’re looking for an organization to be a part of that serves but doesn’t take up a lot of your time, then our organization is perfect for you. We’re ready to make a name for ourselves and grow our organization so that we can reach out and help more people.”
3. Chinese Student Christian Fellowship (CSCF)
Yufeng Xue, president of the Chinese Student Christian Fellowship (CSCF), said the fellowship is an opportunity for students not only to learn about the gospel, but also to share thoughts with people of different backgrounds. “CSCF was created to provide distinctive opportunities for student learning, develop innovative experiential programs that support student academic success, wellness and personal growth, foster an inclusive, diverse, safe and accessible campus community, cultivate individual, campus, civic and global responsibility and ensure opportunities for the development of leadership skills,” Xue said. The main goal of CSCF is to provide a way for
students to build connections through meeting fellow Christians, improving themselves and gaining spiritual growth. CSCF has not yet decided on meeting times, but will post them on Benny Link in the future.
4. Fine Focus Fine Focus originally started as a Ball State class in fall 2014, but recently became a student organization as well. As the first international undergraduate microbiology research journal, Fine Focus showcases the research of undergraduates throughout the world. The purpose of the journal is to teach students the process of producing scientific peer reviews and show them what goes into publishing an academic journal. The journal is produced twice a year in both digital and print forms. “Rarely is an opportunity like this given to undergraduates,” said Betsy Kemp, a member of Fine Focus. “Fine Focus gives students the opportunity to be a part of the creation, editing and marketing of an academic journal that publishes original research by undergraduates anywhere in the world. Fine Focus is a great opportunity for students of any major. Everyone has a place at Fine Focus.” The group will host their first organizational meeting at 8 p.m. Sept. 6 in the Cooper Life Science Building room 126 (CL 126).
5. Pre-Genetic Counseling Club The Pre-Genetic Counseling Club is an organization that helps its members gain relevant information on topics with the field of genetic counseling, build a resume and narrow down their future goals. During the year, the club offers trips to visit various graduate schools and attend conferences
that offer networking opportunities. “All are welcome, especially those considering a career in genetic counseling,” said Maggie Myrice, vice-president and co-founder of the Pre-Genetic Counseling Club. “Being a part of this club can provide you with a community of students with similar interests and passions.”
6. Student Animal Activists (SAA) Student Animal Activists (SAA) is a group on campus that advocates for animal and environmental rights and protections. “Across history, and even more recently, we see people disregarding the environment and the animals who have lived here much longer than us,” said Cat Teague, secretary for SAA. “Whether deforestation, pollution or animal abuse, this group hopes to change that. We plan on involving the community of Ball State and Muncie, but we hope many of our members will continue to spread this awareness globally.” SAA members already have a variety of goals planned for the club such as raising money and hosting donations for supplies for the Muncie animal shelter, taking field trips to Indiana animal sanctuaries and doing fun activities with Muncie elementary school children. “What makes SAA different from other clubs is that we want every student to feel like a leader,” said Mariah Bowman, founder and president of SAA. “We want them to feel confident in their abilities to provide information to insightful people and to feel like they have a role in this university as a productive student.” Contact Justice Amick with comments at jramick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @justiceamick.
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Olon said after Lyle was released, he returned to New Orleans and hired a team of local attorneys to help with the criminal defense. A portion of the legal fees were supported by family, friends and Ball State faculty, staff and alumni. The attorneys proved the charges were false and they were dropped. The next step was expunging Lyle’s records. The expungement was successful, but there is a permanent FBI file resulting from the charges. After a year of emotional and financial distress, Olon and Lyle decided to pursue legal action against the Louisiana State Police from the chief to the original officers in a federal lawsuit.
The lawsuit They had three separate legal teams: one for the general counsel, one for the dismissal of the charges and the expungement of the records and one for the lawsuit which was handled by the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC), a non-profit law firm devoted to civil and human rights, in New Orleans. “I don’t have a lot of faith in our criminal justice system. I don’t have a lot of faith in our police force and their integrity. I don’t have a lot of faith in the relationship of those to the prison industrial complex,” Olon said.
Filing the lawsuit was against the recommendation of their previous lawyer — the expungement lawyer — who said they would not be able to win in Louisiana. The lawyer said the suit was futile considering the state’s corruption, and advised it would be best to forget about it and move on. Lyle said he was unsure of how his trial would turn out but remembered thinking, “Whether I lose or not, my story will continue to travel.” With the help of MJC attorney James Craig, Olon said he and Lyle went to New Orleans several times to handle legal proceedings.
I don’t have a lot of faith in our criminal justice system. I don’t have a lot of faith in our police force and their integrity. I don’t have a lot of faith in the relationship of those to the prison industrial complex.” - OLON DOTSON, Lyle’s father and Ball State professor of architecture
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At the federal trial held in January 2018, Olon said the jury that was summoned for the case did not represent the population of Louisiana as a whole, with only one black juror. According to census data from July 2017, 59.8 percent of the population of New Orleans is black with 34 percent of the population is white. Olon said the predominantly white jury found only one of the four officers guilty on one of the more than 40 charges brought against the officers. The Dotsons and their lawyers said this verdict was inconsistent, and the U.S. District Judge granted a retrial. Before heading to retrial, however, a settlement was reached out of court in August, ending the legal battle. Olon said while the settlement did bring some closure to the case, he is still disappointed by the verdict of the first predominantly white jury in January. “I really don’t feel like we won. I feel like we came to a point of resolution on the case. But I would’ve felt if we had won, if they had found officers guilty of what they actually did in trial, in front of a federal judge back in February, January,” Olon said. “I see time and time again officers getting off and I’m just glad that my son is alive and that they didn’t shoot him or tase him or injure him because that could’ve easily happened.” Olon said he believes if the officers had killed Lyle, the result of the original jury would have still been the same. “I feel the same way,” Lyle said. “Not a victory.” The settlement will be used to support Lyle’s college education as he studies studio art with prospects to study visual communications at Ball State. Neither Olon nor Lyle could disclose the amount of the settlement as part of the settlement agreement. Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.
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Lyle Dotson covers his face at the Cafe Du Monde after arriving in New Orleans. Olon said this picture was taken by Karen Keddy, associate professor of architecture, moments before Lyle was attacked by Louisiana State Troopers in the French Quarter. OLON DOTSON, PHOTO PROVIDED
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