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Cardinal families flock to campus From yoga to tailgating, Cardinals and their visitors enjoyed a multitude of activities during this year’s Family Weekend.06

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Cracks in the foundation The NFL and NCAA have some work to do.12

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FIGHTING “We have to be part of the solution. Otherwise, there won’t be a solution.”

David LeBlanc, professor of biology, and Michael Planton, associate director for landscape and environmental management, both said they believe the issue of deforestation is one overlooked not only by political leaders, but by general society as well.

“When you cut down a forest, all the carbon that was there is released back into the atmosphere,” LeBlanc said. “The problem isn’t about the carbon going into the atmosphere. The problem is the carbon that we are no longer taking out of the atmosphere.”

On average, every tree can store hundreds of pounds of carbon dioxide over the span of its lifetime, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website.

“The temperature under a tree is approximately 10 percent cooler than the temperature in the full sun,” Planton said. “Trees act as filtration systems for the dust and other airborne particles humans create.

Unfortunately, people think there are enough trees.”

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Football loses game, turnover battle to FAU

Indiana hosted a fundraising event called “YWCA Champions — Women in Higher Education Fighting for Women’s Rights,” at Ivy Tech Community College in downtown Muncie. Ball State’s First Lady Jennifer Mearns and Ivy Tech’s President Sue Ellspermann helped run the event with the aim of raising $5,000 each for the organization.

17 with less than five minutes to play against Florida Atlantic. It had to go for it on fourth-and-6, but the Cardinals didn’t make it and turned the ball over to the Owls. It was the Cardinals’ fifth turnover of the day.

Three drives and four minutes later, Florida Atlantic locked up a 41-31 victory for its first win of the season.

With the loss, Ball State fell to 1-2.

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Cardinals finish 3rd, set 6 personal bests

Sept. 14: A third-place finish out of 26 competing teams highlighted Ball State Cross Country’s Spartan Invite performance in East Lansing, Michigan, Friday. Finishing ahead of the Cardinals was Grand Valley State in second place and host Michigan State who won the meet. Alongside a strong team finish, six out of eight runners set personal records on the day. Ball State’s next meet is Oct. 5.

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BUILDING WITH THE

COMMUNITY CAP, School of Art to develop Community Makers Hub.

Cost break down

Total amount of grants from Ball Brothers Foundation for Madjax projects Purdue Polytechnic Institute: $30,000 Ivy Tech Community College: $20,000

Ball State CAP: $40,000

Sustainable Muncie Corporation: $170,000

Total grants: $2.78 million

Madjax project grants: $260,000 These grants were awarded by the Ball Brothers Foundation’s board of directors during its spring 2019 meeting.

Source: Ball Brothers Foundation ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN

Hannah Gunnell Reporter With the help of a $40,000 Ball Brothers Foundation grant, Ball State’s College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) and School of Art plan to expand their reach into the community.

The grant was awarded to Ball State to fund the establishment of a Community Makers Hub in the Madjax building, which will allow CAP and the School of Art to take the lead in a collaborative effort between other local organizations, a July press release stated.

“The main intent is to use it as a hub of operation that can more easily reach out to the community,” said Dave Ferguson, dean of CAP. “Our [modus operandi] is to do hands-on design build projects that connect with community members.”

Within the new Community Makers Hub, there are plans for the development of metalworking and woodworking spaces, as well as the construction of a room called the “Innovative Space,” which will have sound-proofed walls and be used for brainstorming, Ferguson said.

“This grant and one of the major thrusts of Madjax is around workforce development as well as community involvement,” he said. “So when you think about workforce, some of it is around getting comfortable with and having access to sets of tools and shops where you can increase your skills.”

Janice Shimizu, assistant professor of practice at CAP and one of the leaders working on the development of the Community Makers Hub, said there is not a step-bystep plan in place for the development of the hub, but the grant money will go toward the equipment, people and materials needed.

“We know the type of catalyst we want this to be,” she said. “We know the sort of foundation, where we’re at and we have some initial partners, and we know where we want to get to. I think the discussion on the table right now is ‘How best to get that?’ As people step forward, we want to have the flexibility to refine that.”

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2 sexual assaults reported in 2 days Ball State sent out two campus-wide public safety advisory emails — one on Sept. 13 and the other on Sept.

16 — after the University Police Department received two reports of sexual assaults. One assault was reported to have occurred Friday on the 900 block of West Riverside Avenue and the other was Sunday at an on-campus residence hall.

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Mayoral candidates participate in town hall The three Muncie mayoral candidates — Terry Whitt Bailey (D), Dan Ridenour (R) and Steve Smith (L) — participated in a town hall discussion Monday at Kennedy Library. The candidates were asked questions from the people gathered and discussed topics including road maintenance, education and police pay.

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Medellin vetoes abstention resolution SGA President Aiden Medellin vetoed a resolution Sept. 11 which passed the senate and would have removed senators’ right to abstain from a vote without reason. Medellin said he believed it set a bad precedent for using resolutions to enact a policy that would violate senators’ privacy to abstain without reason.

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Continued from Page 1 As a result, “deforestation accounted for about 12 percent of all human carbon dioxide emissions” as of 2008, an article on NASA’s Earth Observatory website said. The article also said these high amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere result in “higher evaporation rates and a wetter atmosphere, which leads to a vicious cycle of further warming.”

The issue of deforestation is in many conversations right now because of the fires in the Amazon Rainforest. According to National Geographic, an estimated 7,000 square miles of the forest were burning as of Aug. 29.

As a solution to the issue of carbon pollution, people often believe planting trees in places they don’t currently exist is the answer, but LeBlanc disagrees.

LeBlanc said planting trees in improper areas like the Arctic or the Sahara Desert wouldn’t be countering the problem in a “meaningful way.”

“Some people are advocating for planting forests in places that forests don’t currently exist, and typically there’s not enough rainfall to support these trees in the area,” he said. “What happens is the trees will grow, but then they dry up the rivers.”

He also discouraged the attempt to convert agricultural land back into forests.

“Nobody’s talking about turning cornfields back into trees because we need the corn, the world needs corn,” LeBlanc said. “Our population is going to increase to probably close to 10 billion, and we’re going to need … more food than we currently produce if we’re going to feed that population. So, we can’t be converting productive agricultural land back to forest.”

When planting trees, it’s important to be conscious of where they are being placed. A tree in the proper environment can grow to maturity and help the environment, but placing it in the wrong spot may limit its potential.

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Instead, LeBlanc suggests homeowners plant trees such as maple, tulip, oak, black gum and river birch in their backyards.

“The unfortunate thing about trees and cities is that it takes somebody with foresight 50 years ago for me to have a tree in my front yard [today,]” he said. “But, it takes me an hour of idiocy to have somebody come and cut it down.

So, if you‘re not paying attention to it, it’s really much easier to lose trees than it is to gain them.”

Currently, Ball State has 10 common species on campus, as well as an arboretum to measure tree growth rates, the volume of carbon sequestered and the amount of stormwater filtered, Planton said.

The online database is used to “continue professional protection and care for existing trees and shrubs; and continue planting and removing trees and shrubs as needed to maintain a safe and diverse urban forest that

promotes learning,” according to the Ball State website.

“The arboretum is more than just trees. It comprises the entire campus and includes all the plants planted,” Planton said.

“This makes it a living laboratory for classes ranging from art to landscape architecture.”

Through the use of the arboretum, Planton said, Ball State also watches the 65 ash trees it is currently treating, attempting to control the Emerald Ash Borer infestation.

He added more than 700 trees were lost, but Ball State is using all of its time and resources to save as many as possible.

“People should pay forward,” Planton said. “If you only concern yourself with yourself then the world is doomed.”

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

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CHOOSING A TREE Height:

How tall will the tree be when it is fully grown?

Width: How big of a canopy spread will the tree have?

Shape: Is the tree going to be wide? Thin? Check out a tree shape guide to know what some different classifications mean.

Speed of growth: How fast will the tree grow?

Requirements: What type of soil does the species need? How much light and water will it need?

Hardiness zone: What climates is the tree good in?

Does this align with the one you live in?

Source: Arbor Day Foundation

WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANTING A TREE Carefully think about the placement of each tree.

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Larger (60’), deciduous trees work well in the back of the yard to avoid interference with utilities.

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Trees planted in the middle of the yard should grow to mid-height (40’).

Underground lines are possible in this area, so professionals should be contacted before digging begins.

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Shorter trees (20’ or less) work well in the front of the yard to avoid power lines.

Flowering trees are typically shorter and good for this area.

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Trees in the south or west of the yard also provide shade during the summer without blocking the winter sunlight.

Source: Arbor Day Foundation, International Society of Arboraculture. EMILY WRIGHT, DN

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School of Art instructor Maura Jasper said the Ball Brothers Foundation invited the School of Art to submit a proposal for a grant to offer programs at Madjax. She said the project is exciting because it allows the School of Art to take a formal step forward to get space at Madjax after being unable to do so in the past.

Shimizu said the development of the hub will allow CAP and the School of Art to collaborate with different Muncie community arts groups.

“A lot of it is building up this network of community partners and industry partners as well,” she said.

Currently, CAP already has a small space in the Madjax building where it offers classes and projects with groups such as Motivate Our Minds and Midwest Metals. Once a month, CAP

The main intent is to use it as a hub of operation that can more easily reach out to the community.

Our [modus operandi] is to do hands-on design-build projects that connect with community members.”

- DAVE FERGUSON, Dean of CAP

students also run an after-school club titled “We think it, we make it,” which focuses on teaching kids the design process, Shimizu said.

“We go through sketching, and we go through making models. We’re teaching them to use hand tools and woodworking,” Shimizu said.

“They learn how to prototype and then they’re making projects that support the garden [here] and we’ve been helping them work through with a community garden.”

Ferguson said a date has not yet been set for the School of Art to start programs at Madjax, but it hopes it will work with CAP by the end of the year.

He also added that Purdue Polytechnic and Ivy Tech Community College are also present in the Madjax building and discussion about collaborating with them is underway.

“We’re literally becoming the bridge to these industries and to these new applications,” Ferguson said.

Charles Melton contributed to this story.

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

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UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE GRANT IS FUNDING Four organizations were awarded a total of $260,000 in grants from Ball Brothers Foundation to build out spaces and programming inside the 80,000-plus-square-foot maker space in downtown Muncie, according to a July press release. Here are how the organizations will be using the funding: BALL STATE CAP: Ball State will use $40,000 in grant funding to establish a Community Makers Hub inside Madjax, expanding the College of Architecture and Planning’s current space in the building and establishing a new presence for the School of Art. A classroom and lab space will provide workshop areas for wood construction, metal fabrication and 3D fabrication. The space is meant to promote “design thinking” and act as a shared space with other local organizations.

PURDUE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: With $30,000 in funding, Purdue will design a custom certificate in engineering technology in collaboration with Muncie Community Schools for several purposes — custom skills training courses, non-credit workshops and STEM outreach activities for K-12 schools and to operationalize robotics and automated advanced manufacturing training equipment.

IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUNCIE-HENRY COUNTY CAMPUS: Ivy Tech will utilize $20,000 in funding to formalize its presence in the Madjax facility, expand the presence of Upward Bound — a program to give low-income students and potential first-generation students at Muncie Central High School tools, resources, and guidance for success in high school and college — and support the build-out of office space for Project Leadership, a local non-profit student success organization.

SUSTAINABLE MUNCIE CORPORATION: This organization will use $170,000 in funding to support general operations, capital projects and the infrastructure of the Madjax facility. Included in the grant is funding to develop a research and development lab to provide shared space for local businesses, higher education institutions, K-12 schools, robotics clubs and local makers to work together on collaborative, hands-on projects.

Janice Shimizu, assistant professor of practice for the College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) at Ball State, displays how to properly use a drill at Motivate Our Minds. CAP plans on developing a Community Makers Hub in the Madjax building with a grant from the Ball Brothers Foundation. CHARLES MELTON, DN

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Fun for the whole family

Ball State welcomed students and their families for a weekend of activities around campus.

Families could go to a tailgate, football game, children’s fair, sunrise yoga and Late Nite.

A Ball State fan watches the Cardinals’ game against Florida Atlantic Sept. 14, 2019, at Scheumann Stadium. Ball State lost 41-31. PAIGE GRIDER, DN

A child dances during halftime of the Cardinals’ game against Florida Atlantic Sept. 14, 2019, at Scheumann Stadium. Past, present and future Cardinals attended Family Weekend. PAIGE GRIDER, DN Participants stand in warrior position Sept. 14, 2019, outside L.A. Pittenger Student Center for sunrise yoga.

Morning yoga was part of the activities available for Family Weekend at Ball State. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

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Soccer

SIDELINE TO

STARTER Ball State Football’s Cody Rudy finds success one goal at a time.

Cardinals drop 2 straight without a goal

Redshirt junior fullback Cody Rudy lead blocks during practice Sept. 18, 2019, at Scheumann Stadium. Rudy made three starts before 2019. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor One shot.

That’s all Cody Rudy has ever needed throughout his life.

He wasn’t recruited highly out of Shenandoah High School, where he was a two-time all-state linebacker and threetime team MVP. He didn’t even know where he would be attending college until two months prior to graduation.

When Ball State offered him a walk-on spot, he was excited but said he didn’t feel quite right.

“I didn’t know if I would be able to make it at the Division I level or not,” Rudy said.

“Probably wasn’t the right mindset to have, but I came in with a mindset of I don’t know if I belong here or not.”

Despite his thoughts, Rudy quickly earned a reputation for his work ethic and willingness to go all-out in practice.

“My first impression of him was that he was eager to learn,” redshirt senior linebacker Jacob White said. “He was definitely more like stick his nose in it and hit people. When he’s in the game, you can expect pads to be poppin’ for sure. He’s running down the field with reckless abandon.”

Although Rudy’s work ethic didn’t

land him any playing time his freshman year, it did land him a new position and a new number.

When Rudy arrived at Ball State, head coach Mike Neu said the linebacker position was already deep and talented, but he still wanted to find a way to get Rudy on the field.

“The way he plays the game — the effort he plays with and physicality he plays with — You love those two things he brings to the table,” Neu said.

Given Rudy’s size, strength and skill set, Neu decided to try him out at fullback. As a redshirt freshman in 2017, Rudy was the only fullback on the team.

“I came into camp saying, ‘Hey, really I’m just competing with myself every day. I’m not competing against anybody, but the better I do, the more I’m going to get an opportunity to play on game day,’” Rudy said.

Rudy’s first opportunity came in the team’s second game of 2017 against UAB. He got one play. One shot.

“They gave me one snap, and I executed my job well,” Rudy said.

The next week, he got a couple more snaps. The next week, a couple more.

He continued to work and improve.

He ended up playing in 11 games that season with two starts, all while donning

the No. 8 on his jersey — a single-digit number, which Neu reserves for those who earn it through their work ethic, effort and accountability.

Even though Rudy had accomplished his top goal of getting onto the field, the new season brought a new goal with it: a scholarship.

Neu said every walk-on’s dream should be to earn a scholarship, and they achieve that through “good old-fashioned hard work.”

Rudy was given a single-digit number before taking a snap, so he had to be close.

August 17, 2018, former Cardinal offensive lineman Jason Whitlock FaceTimed the team during a meeting.

He talked about former Ball State greats and how they reminded him of Rudy, someone who “has proven he is worthy of a scholarship.”

Pandemonium ensued as teammates jumped on Rudy, who was sitting in the front row, taking his biggest sigh of relief to date.

“I was just like, ‘Oh, finally,’” Rudy said.

His hard work had paid off.

“It was cool to be a part of it,” Neu said.

“Certainly, it gives me chills, and you get choked up because you’re happy to see a young man and hard work pay off.”

Rudy’s fairytale wasn’t over.

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After winning its first five games of the season, Ball State has dropped its last two, failing to record a goal in either match. The Cardinals fell to Florida Atlantic Friday and Florida Gulf Coast Sunday, giving up three goals in the process.

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Ball State earns first road win of season While the Cardinals walked away from the Northern Kentucky Tournament with a losing record, their five-set victory over Northern Kentucky Friday was their first road win of 2019. The team also fell to Cincinnati and Notre Dame Saturday.

Field Hockey

UMass Lowell defeats Ball State with late goal In the Cardinals’ second game of a five-game road trip, Ball State lost to UMass Lowell, 2-1. The game was a defensive battle as the Cardinals recorded 15 saves and allowed two goals on 21 River Hawk shots. The River Hawks scored their second and deciding goal in the 58th minute to lock up the win.

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Continued from Page 07 He and Chris Crumb, Ball State’s starting nose tackle, had convinced offensive coordinator Joey Lynch to at least practice a few plays with the duo in the backfield.

“I told coach Lynch, ‘If you ever throw a ball to Chris before

08 I get a ball, I’m quitting that day,’ joking, obviously,” Rudy said. “He was like, ‘Alright, we’ll give you one shot. You better not drop it.’”

One shot. He got it Sept. 7, 2019, in Ball State’s opener at Scheumann Stadium. The Cardinals were at the 3-yard-line, knocking on the end zone’s door.

Rudy ran an out-route to the left, and he caught the pass with no one around him for the first

touchdown of his career. Again, his teammates mobbed him.

“Everything he’s worked for just paid off with one catch,” White said. “It’s definitely a special experience to see that happen.”

For Rudy, it was just another check mark on his list.

“It was pretty exciting,” Rudy said. “I guess it’s not really been a huge goal of mine, but it’s nice to just have under your belt.”

He’s no longer watching from the sidelines. He’s no longer waiting on a scholarship. He’s accomplished what he set out to do for himself.

So, what’s next on Rudy’s to-do list?

“Getting our team where we need to go,” Rudy said.

That’s the Mid-American Conference Championship, and Neu believes Rudy is one of many who can get the team there.

“Cody’s never looked back, we’ve never looked back and he’s been a major asset for our team,” Neu said. “He embraces his role, and he’s a guy we lean on a lot.”

For now, that box remains unchecked as the current mindset is winning one game at a time.

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

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From family reunions to casual games with her friends at Ball State, sophomore marketing major Courtney Berger said she has been playing ping pong all her life.

“I would be playing [ping pong] in the lounges at [DeHority Complex,] and people would come up [to me], and we’d play random games,” Berger said.

Through her interest in the sport, Berger decided to restart Ball State’s ping pong club with her friend Madison Jenkins, sophomore human resource management and marketing major, to gather everyone else who might be interested in one place and create a community of players at all different levels.

In the past, Ball State students have tried to start a ping pong club like those at Indiana University, Notre Dame and Purdue University, but Berger said there have always been problems with retention, and the groups eventually “fizzled out.”

Berger and Jenkins went through the Office of Student Life’s process to start their ping pong club, which included attending a Benny Link Workshop where they were taught how to start a club.

Then, they submitted an “Intent to Organize” form to the Office

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constitution, which outlines all of the club’s rules. Once approved, Berger and Jenkins had to present to a committee about the importance of the club and its purpose. The final step was meeting with a Benny Link advisor and submitting the new post.

“We got [the ping pong club] on Benny Link, and we were stoked about it,” Jenkins said.

After the first call-out meeting, the club accumulated 60 members, most of whom Berger and Jenkins knew from the Miller College of Business. Forty of the 60 who signed up attended the first official meeting.

“We have a lot of different perspectives, which is nice because even though we’re all part of the business program, we’re not similar,” Jenkins said.

Brayag Sharma and Shreyas Acharya, both information and communication science graduate students, are two who saw the email about ping pong club and decided to join. They have both played professional ping pong for the past 10 years in India.

“The people participating have so much passion and play with so much interest,” Sharma said.

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Experiencing ‘pura vida’ in Costa Rica Two Ball State students traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica, and immersed themselves in the country’s culture during their study abroad trip.

Senior exercise science major Edlecia Ward and senior Spanish and speech pathology major Tamia Manning were roommates at their host mother’s house, and they both attended Veritas University.10

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‘Marcus’ cast explores love, life changes The Department of Theatre and Dance will debut its newest production, “Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in University Theatre. Tarell Alvin McCraney, the writer of the play, also wrote the 2017 Academy Award-winning movie “Moonlight.”

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UPB hosts Midwest Dueling Pianos

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Hip hop, classic rock and pop songs filled the Student Center Tally Sept.

12 as Midwest Dueling Pianos gave a free, request-driven performance.

Students clapped, danced and sang along to songs such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, “Truth Hurts”

by Lizzo and “All Star” by Smash Mouth.BallStateDailyNews.com

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Ball State students reunite through Costa Rica study abroad experience Nicole Thomas Features Editor Throughout her travels in Costa Rica, senior exercise science major Edlecia Ward said she was greeted with the phrase “pura vida.”

While the phrase literally translates to “pure life” in English, Ward said, to her personally, it means to slow down and let everything fall into place.

At the end of her five-week study abroad trip, Ward had the two words tattooed on her calf to remind herself to take her time and relax while trying to create a normal schedule back in the U.S. “I’m always on my toes,” Ward said. “I always have something to do. Once I complete a goal, I have to go to the next goal. I don’t slow down. I’m always going. I’m always moving.

Sometimes, I need to learn to check myself. I don’t always have to be doing something.”

Living locally From May 25 to June 29, Ward studied in San Jose, Costa Rica, under The American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) program. There, she stayed with a host family, including a host mom, her son, and her son’s family who lived on the same lot.

Ward was also given a Ball State roommate, senior Spanish and speech pathology major Tamia Manning. Ward and Manning first met during their freshman year and were reunited right before leaving for Costa Rica.

“We lived in the same [residence] hall,” Manning said. “I didn’t find out she was going on the same trip until March, and I found out from [our trip’s] Facebook group page. We quickly got approved to room together.”

During their stay in San Jose, their host mom made home-cooked Costa Rican meals, which Ward said was the most memorable part of studying abroad for her because it allowed her to experience Costa Rican culture closer than just touring the cities. “[A typical Costa Rican meal] is rice, beans, chicken and plantains on the side,” Ward said.

“They usually make refrescos for the drink, which is simply a fruit mixed with sugar and water, and I usually had papaya or mango … Costa Rican food is so authentic. It’s seasoned to perfection.”

Manning added that their host mom also cooked meals from other cultures, such as Peruvian food.

“Our host mom has been with the AIFS program for over 20 years,” Manning said. “She’s had students from pretty much anywhere and everywhere. So, she also liked to adapt their cultures into her household, like decorations [and] meals. She would ask us questions to compare cultures.”

Because their host mother didn’t speak any English, Ward said she would communicate with her through body language and nonverbal cues.

Manning also said she would help translate, which

Senior exercise science major Edlecia Ward (bottom row center) volunteered with her health care class at Linda Vista, an elementary school outside of San Jose, as part of her study abroad trip to Costa Rica. Ward said she has reached out to her professor at Veritas University to send the students she volunteered with books about physical health. EDLECIA WARD, PHOTO PROVIDED

Senior exercise science major Edlecia Ward found several “Pura Vida” signs while she was studying abroad in San Jose, Costa Rica, in summer 2019. Translating to “pure life,” Ward said the phrase “pura vida” had such an impact on her that she tattooed the phrase onto her calf. EDLECIA WARD, PHOTO PROVIDED was good practice for her because she hopes to become a bilingual speech pathologist after college.

“I was nervous just because there’s different dialects in the Spanish language, and I wasn’t too familiar with Costa Rican Spanish,” Manning said.

“There’s some dialectal and lexicon that’s going to be different. There was one time when I was asking

her for more toilet paper … but [Costa Ricans say] ‘rollo de papel,’ which is ‘roll of paper.”

Veritas University Ward and Manning spent part of their time in Costa Rica attending Veritas University. Ward took a Spanish class for health professionals, as well

as a health care and conflict class, and Manning took a cultural heritage class and an advanced conversation class to finish her Spanish major.

In both classes, Manning said her professors made the classroom feel like a home and her classmates a family.

“They’re like literally parents — they’re so sweet,” Manning said. “Costa Rican culture is very touchy. They hug a lot. Every morning, all the professors would greet each other early really loud, ‘Buenos dias!’ It’s a custom that every time they see you, they greet you.”

With her classes, Ward volunteered at a nursing home and at Linda Vista, an elementary school, where she worked with 10 and 11-year-old students from a lower-class area around San Jose.

“This experience was very humbling because you learn to appreciate the little things in life,” Ward said. “Those children I was working with did not have AC, much school supplies or a stable learning environment. However, they were smiling. They were grateful.”

At Linda Vista, Ward said she helped with activities and asked students what they wanted to be when they grow up. She said many of them told her they wanted to be teachers, veterinarians and policemen.

“It was just crazy [to me] because of the saying, ‘you become a product of your environment,’” Ward said. “They live in a lower class area, [so] they only know what they see. One student, he said

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he wanted to be the leader of his block because that’s all he sees, and that’s all he knows. It was humbling … to reach out to the younger generation and encourage them to do things with their life.”

Around the country Ward and Manning also had the opportunity to explore San Jose and its surrounding cities, including Vista Los Suenos Adventure Park where Ward saw Costa Rica’s sights from atop a mountain and ziplined across 12 different lines.

“I kept telling my family when I would call them — it’s just things that a picture can’t really capture,” Ward said.

Manning said she was able to add to her stone and gem collection with healing stones from an indigenous tribe she visited. She also visited Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Cartago, Costa Rica where she took home holy water.

During her travels, Manning said she was able to recognize the U.S.’s influence on Costa Ricans because of the clothes they wear and the music they listen to.

“I got in an Uber, and [the driver] was telling me, ‘I don’t speak a lick of English, but I love the 1970s, early 1980s English music, like disco,’” Manning said. “I’m like, ‘I listen to that [kind of music] at home.’ We had a whole conversation, and it was the longest Uber ride I’ve had. We talked for like 30 minutes.”

Now having returned home, Manning said her study abroad experience helped her feel more confident in her goals of living or working abroad. She said she also wants to encourage other students to study abroad in Costa Rica because there isn’t much difference between the Spanish spoken in the U.S. and Costa Rica.

“My host mom has seen the shift — less and less people are coming to Costa Rica,” Manning said. “I think people just prioritize Spain and Argentina over any other [Spanish speaking] countries … You could go from the classroom to [speaking Spanish in] Costa Rica and be fine.

I definitely want to get people to come to Costa Rica. It’s more than just for vacations.”

Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu or on Twitter @nicolerthomas22.

Edlecia Ward shows her tattoo that says “pura vida” which means “simple life” or “pure life.” ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

Courtney Berger, president of the Ball State ping pong club plays a game during the club’s weekly meeting, Sept. 11, 2019, at the Jo Ann Gora Recreation Center. Berger and three other students from the Miller College of Business started the club in Fall 2019. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN

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Continued from Page 09 Acharya said being a professional player was rewarding because he was able to do something he is passionate about.

By joining a group with mixed talent, Sharma and Acharya have the opportunity to teach other members the techniques they use.

“The people who come here don’t come here just to play,” Acharya said. “They have an

interest in the game and want to learn.”

Another unique aspect of the club is its executive board, which consists entirely of female members.

“It’s something that not many groups have,” Berger said. “When people see that the ping pong club is run by all girls, that might change people’s perspective on who can run things.”

Lukas Kaylor, graduate chemistry student, said he joined the club for its social atmosphere. He said he wanted to find a club that wasn’t very competitive and offered a space where he could make friends.

“[The ping pong club executive board] hasn’t missed a beat,” Kaylor said. “They’re really organized.”

Berger and Jenkins both said they hope the club becomes bigger than it is, and they want students to know there is a place they can go and play and learn with other people.

“I want people to not think of ping pong like the goofy stereotype that it has now,” Jenkins said. “ I want them to know that [ping pong] is fun, and it’s a friendship-building process.”

Contact Jacob Musselman with comments at jhmusselman@bsu.edu.

HOW TO GRIP A PING PONG PADDLE Shakehand Grip

Penhold Grip

• handle is gripped like shaking hands • thumb, pinky, middle and ring fingers are wrapped around the handle while the pointer finger is laid flat near the base of the rubber • most common grip • great start for beginners • firm grip • performs backhands with ease • adds topspin to the ball

• handle is gripped like holding a pen • wrap the thumb and forefinger around the handle near the start of the handle while the other fingers are laid out across the back • second most common grip • ability to add topspin or backspin to the ball • covers a wide area with backhand and with forehand

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Why I’m regretfully excited about the NFL season Cheering with baited breath and a keen eye, being an NFL fan makes me feel dirty.

Blake Williamson is a senior journalism major who writes “Blake’s Beats” for The Daily News.

His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Blake Write to Williamson Blake at Columnist, bdwilliamson@ “Blake’s Beats” bsu.edu.

Sundays used to be a holy day. The living room was my church, and I prayed with conviction at the altar of the National Football League (NFL).

I would stroll into the old RCA Dome with my grandfather, knowing nothing else other than I was happy if the team with blue horseshoes on their helmets won, and I was so unreasonably sad if they lost.

I was blissfully ignorant to the carnage happening in front of me, as well as behind the scenes.

Part of me wishes I could go back to then, before my brain had the ability to recognize the truly evil corporation that is the NFL, an entity that makes its bread off of an assembly line of human bodies.

Back then, I thought I was watching something ‘“pure.”

All of these players I looked up to, they were happy to be out on that field because

the NFL did a good job at convincing a younger me they cared about the money signs that trotted onto the field every Sunday, Monday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday.

As I grew older, I started to become more aware of what I was taking in, and the lines started to blur. Even though I was fully aware of how problematic this league was, and still is, I still tuned in every game day to have the violence spoon-fed to me.

Knowing what I know now, though, why can’t it be enough for me to change the channel?

The issue with NFL viewership is these players are seen as commodities, just cattle in the yard. Not real people, but animals that entertain us.

I have witnessed the NFL actively silence player’s voices, entirely blackball a player who stood up for something he believed in — *cough cough* Colin Kaepernick — and attest that they have their players’ best interests at heart. Even as countless lawsuits from former players with diagnosed brain injuries flood his office, commissioner Roger Goodell sits in his lush corporate office in New York counting checks.

None of this matters to him or the corporation though, as long as they know there are junkies out there like me who continue to tune in every week despite how dirty it makes us feel.

Revenue in professional sports

The top 10 sports leagues by revenue from the 2015-16 season.

NFL (National Football League) MLB (Major League Baseball) Premier League (English/Welsh football league) NBA (National Basketball Association) NHL (National Hockey League) Bundesliga (German football league) La Liga (Spanish football league) Serie A (Italian football league) Ligue 1 (France/Monaco football league) Nippon Professional Baseball (Japanese baseball league)

Within the confines of the game, many not-so dirty little secrets lie. According to an investigation in 2017, 99 percent of former players studied were found with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in their brains. Not only that, but suicides of former players like Junior Seau, whose brain was later found to have CTE, and the controversial case of Jovan Belcher who shot himself at the Kansas City Chiefs training facility after shooting his girlfriend in their home, have more people asking questions about the mental health of these players we watch like zoo animals.

When is the NFL going to do something proactive instead of reactive?

My hope is that the average NFL fan just becomes aware of the addictive nature of this game

and that we have productive conversations with each other.

Imagine if you had thousands of drunk people showing up at your job yelling at you because you didn’t change the toner correctly in the copying machine. That’s what Sundays are for NFL players. They’re just playing a game, but too many times, the fans place all of their emotions into these players, these people.

There is nothing wrong with being a football fan, but there is something wrong with being blind to the product you’re consuming.

I’m ashamed to admit I’m excited for the NFL season.

There aren’t any local chapters of “NFL Fans Anonymous” I can go to, no 12 steps to follow on the path to recovery.

I like to think I’m going to try to wean myself off of it, but I

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Parts of the brain affected by CTE Frontal lobes control ability to make decisions and recall memories

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know that I’ll be sitting on my couch, like the rest of America, playing right into the owner’s

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grubby hands every time a game comes on.

You win again Mr. Goodell.

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Brock Hoffman’s mother’s brain surgery was not enough to retain his eligibility.

Mitchell Carter is a freshman journalism major and writes “MitchSlap” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Mitchell Write to Carter Mitchell at Columnist, macarter@ “MitchSlap” bsu.edu.

If you’re a Division I football player looking to transfer schools to care for your sick mother and be eligible to play immediately, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is not your friend.

The NCAA has been under fire for a multitude of issues in recent years, but the most recent gripe is one that has tugged on the heartstrings of both college football fans and all human beings with a soul.

Brock Hoffman, a former college football player for Coastal Carolina, transferred to Virginia Tech in February to be closer to his mother who had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Despite this surgery, she is continuing to work to pay off the medical bills.

Hoffman and his family sent in medical records alongside his request for an eligibility waiver that would allow him to play immediately upon his first

season at Virginia Tech. To any sane person, it all seemed like a done deal, until the news broke that his eligibility request was denied.

There are a plethora of rules for NCAA student athletes when it comes to transferring, and Brock didn’t fit the requirements for the “Family Medical Hardship” eligibility exception waiver he applied for two reasons.

See, Virginia Tech is 105 miles from Hoffman’s home in Statesville, North Carolina, and the maximum distance for a player to seek a waiver in the interest of supporting an ill family member from home is 100 miles. Not only that, but officials from the NCAA said they denied the waiver because his mother’s condition was improving, even though she still suffered from “facial paralysis, hearing loss and impaired eyesight.”

If players like Tate Martell and Justin Fields can be granted eligibility immediately after transferring to and from large Power Five schools for their off-the-field issues, the fact that an athlete cannot be granted eligibility after transferring to help take care of his mother after her brain surgery is a slap in the face not only to collegiate athletes, but to the human race.

The NCAA questioned why Hoffman’s mother didn’t just retire after the brain surgery —

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Brock Hoffman practices at Virginia Tech. Hoffman is not eligible to play this season. VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICS, PHOTO PROVIDED because obviously everybody in America is well-off enough to drop everything at a moment’s notice and continue living just fine. The family said they tried to explain that their medical bills are almost a million dollars, and she hadn’t worked long enough to get her pension yet.

It was fiscally impossible for the Hoffman’s to sustain their financial situation without her continuing to work.

The Hoffman’s provided insurance statements to the

NCAA alongside the medical records showing how the retirement of Mrs. Hoffman would have financially compromised their family, but to no avail.

The NCAA’s system of deciding who gets their eligibility reinstated upon transferring is broken and needs to be reworked sooner than later.

Brock Hoffman will sit out of the 2019 season for the Hokies.

He will be working out with the team, practicing with the

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team and be on the team. He will continue to build upon his skill for the game he loves so much and the strength he has developed over his years of rigorous training. He will see his teammates every day in the locker room, he will lift weights with them, laugh with them and sweat with them.

However, when Virginia Tech suits up, Brock will be at home, with his family, watching on television.

NCAA, from all of us – fans and athletes alike – do better.

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