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CHAMPION Ball State alumna shares her journey from 300 pounds to award-winning bodybuilder. Adam Pannel | Reporter At 12 years old, Rachael Heffner exchanged her memories of shopping, cooking and carving pumpkins with her “best friend” for the comfort of chips, soda and fast food. She spiraled down an unhappy path, searching for comfort after the death of her mother to systemic mastocytosis — a disease related to fatal organ damage. “[Food] was the only thing I could control at the time,” Heffner said. “I just lost my mother … I had no control over the events happening to me.” As a child, Heffner said kids in school would call her “hefty” or “Heffer from Rocko’s Modern Life.” Heffner was not alone in her experience. According
to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), 63 percent of overweight high school girls are victims of bullying. These victims are susceptible to increased “feelings of insecurity, low self-esteem and social isolation.” “When she passed away, I started emotionally eating and acting out and rebelling against my dad,” Heffner said. “I was so unhappy with not only her but also with my life, and I didn’t care about anything.” At 19 years old, she weighed 300 pounds. Burdened with insecurities and past grief, she started her freshman year at Ball State in 2010. During that point in her life, Heffner had little in the way of dreams or ambitions. The way she saw it, she didn’t think she would live past 25.
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Sept. 21: After being knocked out by Toledo in last season’s MAC tournament, the Cardinals avenged themselves with a 3-0 win over the Rockets to open conference play. The Cardinals fell to Bowling Green 3-0 later that weekend. “We made a mistake early on, but hopefully we can learn from this and regroup,” head coach Craig Roberts said.
Field Hockey falls to UC Davis 5-4 Sept. 24: Ball State Field Hockey was one goal away from capturing its first win of the season. Sophomore redshirt midfielder Rachel Pereira sent the game to overtime, but it was short-lived as the Cardinals fell in overtime, 5-4. Four different Cardinals combined for the most goals scored in the season.
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Sept. 21: For International Peace Day Friday, the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies held #WordsMatterBSU. The event aimed to “promote respectful conversation about difficult issues.” Students wrote responses to peace-related questions on hands and pieces of paper which will be displayed at a later date.
Sept. 24: After more than a year of making informal visits, President Geoffrey Mearns conducted his final visits Tuesday. He stopped by buildings including Burris Laboratory School, L.A. Pittenger Student Center and the Multicultural Center in an effort to get to know the campus and the community better.
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Former student charged with fraud University Police arrested and preliminarily charged a South Bend man on six counts of fraud for utilizing funds from a student’s Cardinal Cash account. Trail Little, 20, is accused of using the account to pay off his $7,955 student tuition and purchasing various items from the technology store and bookstore.
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Third sexual assault of semester reported A campus-wide email was sent Friday afternoon following a report of a sexual assault in an on-campus residence hall. This is the third reported sexual assault this school year, including the report of a sexual assault on the 1100 block of West Riverside Avenue in mid-August and in a residence hall on Sept. 8.
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SGA awards senator of the month
Brynn Mechem | News Editor Twice in his high school career, 6-foot-6 Kaleb Janness crammed into his family’s Kia Sorento, his three younger siblings and cocker spaniel mix, Cooper, in tow. His family stocked up on gas and started their long journey. After fighting over who gets to sit where they
cranked up the radio and sang along to country tunes. Somewhere on the way they broke out a deck of cards and played games like Kings Corner and War. Only this wasn’t an average family vacation — it was an evacuation.
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Senator Kinsey Reese was awarded senator of the month at the Student Government Association meeting Wednesday. Reese said she felt the award meant her work in SGA is paying off. She received the award unanimously because of her commitment to the group, said SGA president pro tempore Kam Bontrager.
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Statue that was missing for 50 years returns to Muncie Bob ‘Indiana Jones’ Good found the statue in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Adam Pannel Reporter After missing from Muncie’s landscape for more than 50 years, the statue of Charlie Willard has finally returned to Muncie by Delaware County’s very own “Indiana Jones.” At least, that’s what other members of the Delaware County Historical Society call board member Bob Good after he located the statue in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Good spent nearly one-and-a-half years investigating the disappearance of the statue from the area — which is made in the likeness of one of the first businessmen in Muncie. Charles Willard, born in New Hampshire in 1812, came to Muncie in 1831 on a business trip for the general store company he worked for. Good said Muncie “couldn’t have been no more than a few dozen log cabins” at the time. Despite that, Willard soon bought out the general store company and worked out of a brick building on the northeast corner of what is now Main and
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Walnut streets in downtown Muncie, also known as the Willard Building. While Willard died in 1871, his family wouldn’t commission the statue until 15 years after his death. It was made by stone carver Duncan Russell. The statue sat on the third-story alcove of the Willard Building until the 1960s when the building was demolished, and the statue was sold off by the construction company. It was then that Willard’s statue wandered down to Tennessee, and hope of its return was lost. That is until another relic-seeking adventurer in the 1980s by the name of Edmund Petty, thenpresident of the department store chain Ball Stores, found the 8-foot, 1,600-pound limestone statue at a flea market in Tennessee. Petty tried to buy the statue, but the vendor refused to part with it and Petty came back empty-handed. The statue vanished until nearly 30 years later when Good, who combed through old newspapers and joined online social media groups, found it. A quick Google Images search of statues in Tennessee gave Good what he was searching for, but Delaware County Historical Society President Chris Flook thought the news was too good to be true. “At first I didn’t really believe it simply because it’s one of those things where we knew it was gone, and there were rumors it was in Tennessee,” Flook said. “Sure enough, there it was.” Charles was waiting to take a train ride back home outside the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, a former railroad station whose last departure was in 1970. While Charles was in no rush to get back, the mystery of how he got to Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the first place still remains. Chattanooga locals knew as much about the statue’s origins as they did about who the statue depicted. Rumors spread and speculation percolated among the community. The local newspaper published a $100 reward to any adventurer worth his salt who could discover the statue’s forgotten history. Was he Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederate States, or maybe a Confederate general who defended the town during the war? When Good arrived in Chattanooga for the first time in 2016, the mystery statue’s identity was revealed to be none other than a grocery store owner from Muncie. Fifty years later, the statue is now back in its original home and available for public viewing in downtown Muncie next to the Delaware County Historical Society. However, an official unveiling will be held at this year’s ArtsWalk Oct. 4. While Good was unsure of his new “Indiana Jones” title, he said he couldn’t be more thrilled to have the statue back for the enjoyment of the local community. “It’s pretty exciting when you discover something that was created 130 years ago and it’s been missing for 50 years,” he said. “And to find it and be a part of bringing it home for Delaware County and the people of Muncie? It makes you feel good.” Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu. The statue of Charles Willard stands outside the Delaware County Historical Society at 120 E. Washington St. The statue will be unveiled to the public on Oct. 4, 2018. PATRICK MURPHY, DN
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Ball State professor imprisoned in library to raise awareness for banned books
Rohith Rao Reporter
In an effort to highlight the importance of literary freedom, Ball State English professor Rai Peterson is being imprisoned, not behind bars, but behind a wall of banned books at the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library in Indianapolis for the entire week. The week long imprisonment in the library’s storefront window is part of the annual tradition of Banned Books week, which seeks to bring awareness for books that have been banned or censored in schools.
This is a very symbolic imprisonment. I’m there to bring attention to the idea that we never want to have censorship. We never want to have thought and information censored in our country.” - RAI PETERSON, Ball State English professor “This is a very symbolic imprisonment,” Peterson said. “I’m there to bring attention to the idea that we never want to have censorship. We never want to have thought and information censored in our country.” The event also features discussions and presentations by writers, journalists and other professionals based around the social topics discussed in Indianapolis-native Kurt Vonnegut’s books, which have been banned from a variety of schools. “Books are still banned today,” Peterson said. “We think of that as a past practice but it still happens.” While Peterson will not be allowed to leave the building, she will blog from the library and interact with visitors. She also will read works associated with censorship like author Salman Rushdie’s controversial “Satanic Verses” and poet John Milton’s “Areopagitica,” an essay defending freedom of speech and expression. When Peterson is released on Saturday, she’ll be taking part in a panel discussing women writers and mental health challenges of creative minds. “You can imprison a writer. You can imprison an activist like Nelson Mandela. It doesn’t stop their ideas from getting out. It doesn’t stop them from speaking,” Peterson said. She said the library’s director, Julia Whitehead, told her past exhibit occupants initially looked
Rai Peterson, a Ball State University English professor who teaches modernism and queer theory, challenges persecuted books by being the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library’s “book prisoner” for Banned Books Week. Peterson is the Founder and Director of Book Arts Collective. KURT VONNEGUT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, PHOTO COURTESY forward to the opportunity, but were grateful to get out by the end of the week. “I do think that there will be a kind of psychological cost of being trapped in a glass window in downtown Indianapolis for a week,” Peterson said. According to the library’s website, Peterson, alongside Ball State students, had previously been involved in a project with the library in 2012, where they created a traveling exhibit, oral history interviews, a digital document repository, a business plan and items for the gift shop. They later took the exhibit to Dresden, Germany, and made public presentations around the country about Kurt Vonnegut’s life and his book, “Slaughterhouse-Five.” “Slaughterhouse-Five” has been subject to numerous attempts at being censored or banned in the past. In 2011, a Missouri high school board voted to ban the book, prompting the library to donate one free copy of the book to students at the high school.
The book was also a subject of the 1982 Supreme Court case ‘Island Trees School District v. Pico’ which concluded local school boards may not remove books from school libraries simply because they dislike the ideas portrayed in them. Peterson said the common reason people ban books is because they find a page offensive without understanding how the page fits into the context of the story. “I think that a lot of times books get banned because of that kind of hysterical fear,” Peterson said. Christina O’Connell, the programs and communications associate at the library, said students who are interested in reading a certain book should not have that choice taken away from them. “Reading stories and deciding whether they connect with them or not is very important,” O’Connell said. Contact Rohith Rao with comments at rprao@bsu.edu or on Twitter @RaoReports.
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FOR CHARITY Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Omicron Pi raise money for their philanthropies during the annual Island Wars Sept. 23 on LaFollette Field. Teams, comprised of other students, played tropical-themed water games to support the various causes.
Above: Jenna Ferguson tosses a ping-pong ball during a game of water pong. Left: Island Wars participants fight for the ball during wet soccer. Right: Sororities and fraternities pair up to compete in a variety of events during Island Wars. MADELINE GROSH, DN
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Ball State students and professors teach Spanish to Burris students Elena Stidham Reporter One in five U.S. residents speak a different language while they’re at home, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. However, in most elementary schools, only English is spoken. A new Burris Laboratory School program is seeking to change that. Spanish assistant professor Stephen Hessel started a program that partners Ball State student volunteers with a Spanish-speaking parent to provide Spanish lessons to children in kindergarten through fifth grade at Burris. Hessel said the program was created last year when his daughter started kindergarten in order to fill a need Burris has. “[Burris] ended up having the teachers that were teaching the K-5 classes teach more classes at the middle school level,” Hessel said. “Another parent and I started volunteering some Spanish in the kindergarten classroom and I wanted to kind of
It is so welcoming to encounter people who are putting in the effort to learn part, however small, of your own culture. This will most definitely help integrate the Hispanic community into our community.” - GABRIELLA HERNANDEZ, Speech language pathology major expand this to all K-5 classes.” This year, 30 Ball State students and five parents volunteered to teach Spanish to about 264 students, Hessel said. The partners will not only be teaching a different language, but the children will also be exposed to different ethnicities and cultures. “I think the big thing is showing students at a very young age that there’s cultural difference and people speak different languages here and abroad,” Hessel said. “[It will] help them develop those cultural competencies really early on so that they can understand that not everybody’s going to speak the exact same language, have exactly the same culture.” To volunteer junior psychological science major Duwon “Wop” Smithson, this exposure to diversity is “very beneficial.” “You get a great experience from that teacher. For me, I think personally, if I had a black teacher or any ethnically different than white teacher, I would just be excited to learn,” Smithson said.
“These students are aware that I’m not just a teacher, I’m a black teacher, and they’ll be very excited to have fun with me.” Smithson is paired with parent volunteer Paola Carter, who is a native Spanish speaker from Chile. Carter graduated from Temuco Catholic University in Chile with a degree in English and Spanish translation. When she was informed of the program , she thought it would be a good idea. “I had some experience teaching English to Chilean elementary students. Also, my daughter, who was in second grade back then, asked me if I could teach her class,” Carter said. “I am excited the students show interest in learning a new language, even if it is just the basics.” Carter and Smithson teach Stefanie Onieal’s second grade class, Carter said, and alongside them is senior speech language pathology major Gabriella Hernandez. Hernandez said she joined because of her Spanish 301 professor, Colleen Balukas. “After looking into it I became very interested and decided it would be a good opportunity that would allow me to gain experience for my future career goals,” Hernandez said. “I absolutely love kids, and I’m excited to get to interact with them, and even learn from them.” Hernandez said Hispanic populations are rapidly growing in the United States, and this program and others like it would help Latinx individuals feel at home. “It is so welcoming to encounter people who are putting in the effort to learn part, however small, of your own culture. This will most definitely help integrate the Hispanic community into our community,” Hernandez said. Apart from an exposure to different languages and cultures, Hessel hopes students discover a passion that they never knew they had. “Everybody excels in a different way. What’s really cool is when a student finds something what they do excel in academically, and they can kind of get that feedback from that,” Hessel said. “I think one of the most rewarding moments that I saw in the kindergarten class we were working … as we got farther in the semester there were few times where a student who has been struggling, has issues engaging with the other class, we’d ask a question, and that hand would shoot up.” It’s all about finding the right fit for each student, he said. To Smithson, a child’s mind is open to boundless things, with something destined to fit. “You can put a lot of bad ideas in children’s heads, but I’m just here to plant great ideas in these young guys and gals’ heads, especially with learning Spanish and a different language,” Smithson said. “I’m mostly excited about getting these younglings to say, ‘Hola, Señor Wop.’ It’s very funny to me.” Contact Elena Stidham with comments at emfloyd2@bsu.edu or on Twitter @ElenaStidham.
Ball State professor Beatriz Cobeta holds up six fingers to the third graders in Mrs. Karne’s class, Sept. 25, 2018, at the Burris Laboratory School. Cobeta volunteers at the school to teach Spanish for a brief time each week. Students or professors volunteer their time to teach Spanish basics, such as numbers and letters. STEPHANIE AMADOR, DN
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More than a year later, Bethel Avenue Dairy Queen set to reopen Mary Freda Reporter
When Suzanne Petro got the call, she was on her Labor Day weekend vacation, but she immediately turned around and came back to Muncie. The cause of the reversal? One of the three Muncie Dairy Queens she oversees was engulfed in flames. As DQ of Muncie district manager, Petro has worked with the company for nearly two decades. When she first heard the news, she said the biggest challenge was the uncertainty of it all. “That was never a doubt in our mind — that we were going to reopen this location. It was just getting with the insurance and getting everything mapped out and getting everybody together. It was slow moving at first just with the insurance and stuff,” Petro said. Rusty Booher, former assistant manager at the Bethel Avenue store, was coming into work the day of the fire. He said he noticed the building was smoky but figured it might’ve been the mulch outside — it wasn’t uncommon for a fire to catch in the mulch because of discarded cigarettes. “I checked it and it was smoldering. So, I went and got some water,” Booher said. “By time I came back out, the side of the building was on fire. So, I ran inside, got a fire extinguisher, came back out, by time I came back out, the whole side of the building was just engulfed.” Booher said the store had around 10-15 customers that day, with a couple of cars in the drive-thru. He said he was able to ensure everyone was out of the building while the general manager
called the fire department. Booher, who has worked at Dairy Queen for 11 years, said in the moment he was focused on everyone’s safety, but later the reality set in — his job was on fire. However, he, along with other DQ employees, were relocated to other area locations while construction was being done to the Bethel DQ. “I keep coming back. It’s a family, the employees are just, it’s not like other businesses where it’s going to work, leave,” he said. “You want to come in, we have fun. We are a very tight-knit crew. It’s a family, we’re all just family.” Since the fire, Petro said people ask her daily about the store reopening. Originally, Petro said the store was planned to reopen sometime in the summer, but construction pushed the reopening back a couple of months. Now, after the construction, 95 percent of the equipment in Petro’s favorite location is new, and the only memory of the former building is the windows. “It’s kind of like on all sides of town, so we have our South Madison [Street] location, our McGalliard [Avenue] location is more by the mall and this is honestly our Ball State location. It’s where we get all the Ball State kids,” she said. “It’s honestly my favorite location just because of the Ball State kids.” When the Bethel Avenue location closed, Petro said other stores like the DQ on McGalliard Avenue became “slammed” with business. Now that it’s reopening, she’s anticipating a booming business. “We know it’s going to be busy. Any time you
A belt of tools sits by the front door of the Dairy Queen on Bethel Avenue Sept. 20, 2018. The restaurant will re-open Oct. 1. REBECCA SLEZAK,DN
open something new or anything like that, it’s busy, and I wanted to be well staffed because I figured our fans had waited a year for us to open, so we want to actually deliver it to them when we do open and give them a good experience,” Petro said.
The Bethel Avenue location is set to reopen Oct. 1, with a larger lobby and a doubled staff. At this time, Petro said she’s unsure if there will be any reopening specials. Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.
Professor scrounges up 100 metronomes for performance
Mary Freda Reporter
When musicians sit down to play, it’s not uncommon for a metronome to help set a pace for the performance. But the metronomes of today are often housed in digital apps. Amelia Kaplan wants to change that. Since the summer, Kaplan, associate professor of music composition, has been tracking down 100 metronomes to perform “Poème Symphonique” a 1962 composition by György Ligeti. “All of our concerts are going to be partially dedicated to the centenary. So, we’re doing this in all kinds of ways, actually doing that piece was one of the first ones just because it has 100 metronomes. So, we were looking for pieces that had to do with the number 100,” Kaplan said. Currently, she’s gathered around 25-30 metronomes from staff members and places around campus. Now, she’s focused on securing the rest
from a California rental company for the 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 performance in Sursa Hall. Although the concert was originally planned for Oct. 17, Kaplan said another group was using the metronomes during that time. In order to cut costs of the performance, Kaplan said renting the devices will be cheaper — metronomes can cost anywhere from $20 to $70 for standard models. For the university’s centennial year, Kaplan tasked members of the New Music Ensemble that she oversees to find scores related to the number 100. Those pieces could feature 100 notes, 100 measures or could even been written 100 years ago. Additionally, composers were tasked to write a score relating to the centennial to perform during its April concert. “It’s better with these things, especially when you’re asking people to write things, to be really open about it because when you get really constricting and you’re asked to write a piece with a really specific kind of thing, I find sometimes those pieces end up not being the best pieces,”
Associate Professor of Music Composition Amelia Kaplan has collected 10 metronomes for her concert in December at Sursa Performance Hall. If Kaplan bought all 100 metronomes, then she would have spent around $2,000. PATRICK MURPHY, DN
Kaplan said. Typically, Kaplan said the ensemble tends to stick to music from the past 10-15 years, however, the centennial offered an opportunity to revisit some of the classics. Nonetheless, she said she likes to challenge the musicians with performances that tend to be more modern. A couple of years ago, she tasked musicians to take part in a 14-hour composition, where they repeated the same three lines of music 640 times. The hardest part, she said, was finding a place to do it. “I think it’s fun to always do something like that every year. You don’t hear a lot of things like that [at] Ball State. I mean, you’re more likely to see that in San Francisco or New York or something like that,” Kaplan said. “It’s good to experience these kind of performances, art performances.” Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Mary_Freda1.
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“It was just kind of stressful because everyone was getting gas, all the lines were crazy, the traffic was awful,” said the Ball State freshman. “It was still scary because everyone was just freaking out, grabbing all the water and batteries and normal hurricane stuff.” Tropical storms and even hurricanes are normal in Janness’ hometown of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. So, when he heard about Hurricane Florence, he wasn’t surprised, though it was the first time his family was evacuating without him. “I didn’t even know about it until the day before the hurricane was supposed to hit because they didn’t tell me,” Janness said. “I had to look it up online and I was like, ‘That’s not good, that looks like a bad hurricane,’ and then I called her back and was like, ‘Are you guys evacuating because that would be a good idea, I think.’” After speaking to his mom, Lisa, Kaleb found out his family was evacuating to a relative’s house in Florida. “When they first start talking about the storm, it’s pretty far out in the water so you don’t really think about it too much but once it gets closer and they start pinpointing everything you start thinking, ‘Well, is it really worth it to stay,’ because you really don’t want to go because it’s a lot of work and traffic and all that,” Lisa said. “We decided this time that it’s always better just to go and be safe.”
After school cancellations and business closures, the Janness family decided to evacuate. Just like the previous times, there was a mad dash for supplies and plenty of traffic, though it was eased just slightly by the reversal of lanes away from the city. “Everybody goes crazy at the gas station making sure their cars are filled up with gas,” Lisa said. “I think the night before we left there were lines and people had to wait like an hour to get gas and a couple gas stations even ran out.” After traveling more than 400 miles in the car after having surgery on her meniscus, Lisa said
The most important thing, of course, is your family and making sure everybody is safe. It’s very stressful just worrying about everything and every time you turn on the TV it’s all they talk about.” - LISA JANNESS, Kaleb’s mother she and the family were ready for the sun. But the rays and waves weren’t quite enough to take away the worry completely. “You never want anything to happen to all your stuff,” Lisa said. “The most important thing, of
course, is your family and making sure everybody is safe. It’s very stressful just worrying about everything and every time you turn on the TV it’s all they talk about.” While Hurricane Florence dropped a total of 35 inches of rain, making it the wettest tropical cyclone in North Carolina, it didn’t wreak much havoc on the town of Mount Pleasant. The town, Kaleb said, escaped with minimal damage and just saw some downed trees and minimal flooding, unlike previous hurricanes which uprooted trees that have destroyed family members’ cars and homes. “It’s definitely relieving to know that everyone is still there and nothing happened bad,” Kaleb said. “We’re not financially rich. We’re stable, but we don’t have extra money to spend because there are four kids and we all play travel sports and I’m in college now so if something would have happened and the insurance didn’t cover all of it we would have been kind of in trouble.” Packed back in the Kia Sorento, Kaleb’s family and dog made the long journey back to Mount Pleasant. They waited in traffic with hundreds of other cars. They sang along to pop music and played cards. When they returned home they moved all of their patio furniture back to its rightful place. They turned their air conditioner and water back on. They went back to work and school. And now they wait for the next sign of a hurricane. Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@bsu.edu or on Twitter @BrynnMechem.
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STUDENTS UNCOVER INDIANA’S PREHISTORIC PAST WITH GRANTS Adam Pannel Reporter Three grants from the National Park Service totaling more than $150,000 were awarded to Ball State over the summer in order to allow archaeology students to continue to uncover the past. Because of the grants, Ball State was able to employ almost 40 students to conduct research and uncover historic and prehistoric artifacts in Versailles State Park, Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area and Calvert and Porter Woods Nature Preserve. Their time at the sites uncovered evidence of prehistoric humans in Indiana. Probable burial mounds and a woodland habitat were discovered at Wilbur Wright, while arrowhead flakes were discovered at both Wilbur Wright and Calvert and Porter Woods, suggesting that ancient humans at least passed through the area. “The student opportunities that these grants provide are just very unique,” archaeologist Christine Thompson said. “They really give our students training opportunities they couldn’t find any place else.” To find these types of ancient artifacts, students often lug heavy equipment as they survey the ground and conduct shovel tests to find any treasures that might be hidden beneath the ground. At Calvert and Porter Woods, students conducted more than 2,000
The student opportunities that these grants provide are just very unique. They really give our students training opportunities they couldn’t find any place else.” - CHRISTINE THOMPSON, Archaeologist shovel tests over the 118-acre park. “You’re in the wrong place if you’re looking to be the next Indiana Jones or temple-runner,” said Lindsey Cron, senior archaeology and history major. Staff in the archaeology department joke that it has a 25 percent retention rate for hopeful archaeologists, but those who do stick around, like Cron, find a program that offers an abundance of opportunities for its students. Cron worked at Versailles State Park this summer to research the homesteads that date back to Indiana’s formation into a state and up until the 1960s. The number of artifacts at the site, which included glazed ceramics, whiskey-colored shards of broken glass and a near-complete frying pan,
Ball State received more than $150,000 in grant money from the National Park Service. This money helped fund archeology students as they searched for evidence of prehistoric humans in Indiana State Parks. PAIGE GRIDER, DN offered more than enough excitement for Cron, who sees this experience as a valuable asset to add to a résumé as she applies for graduate school. While work at Calvert and Porter Woods may be finished, department members hope to continue work at the Wilbur Wright Wildlife Area and Versailles State Park to give more students like Cron the opportunity to discover more about Indiana’s ancient history.
Assistant Communications Director Marty Benson said the “artifacts from this investigation will be cleaned, recorded and then curated at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis.” Results from the study will be made public in the Indiana Archaeology Journal. Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu.
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Men’s Golf
Cardinals finish strong in Dallas
BEGINNING A NEW
Heading into its second invitational of the fall season, Ball State Men’s Golf had a strong showing at the Trinity Forest invite.
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Women’s Volleyball
The Cardinals have put the first four weeks behind and are ready to take on the MAC. Zach Piatt | Assistant Sports Editor
Team heads home for back-to-back contests After a road win against Western Michigan and a road loss to Northern Illinois, women’s volleyball heads home to take on Eastern Michigan and Kent State.
Soccer
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The record may say 1-3, but Ball State Football is approaching the first week of Mid-American Conference play like it’s a new season. “We’re 0-0. We’ve got a weekly goal, and we’ve got to get to 1-0 at the end of this week,” head coach Mike Neu said. “We talked about last week dominating our job. Each guy has got to be able to do that… That’s at a premium this week.”
The Cardinals haven’t dominated the MAC in recent years. In fact, they haven’t won a conference game since they beat Buffalo for their lone MAC victory two seasons ago. Regardless, junior running back Malik Dunner said the attitude approaching this week isn’t changing.
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Showdown against Ohio and Kent State Splitting its first weekend of conference play, soccer heads to Ohio to face last season’s MAC champion Kent State and Ohio.
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OUT OF THE WOODS, INTO THE JUNGLE Seven reasons why the Cardinals’ 2018 MAC conference schedule is a whole new beast. Jack Williams Sports Editor Ball State Football came out of its first nonconference game with confidence through the roof. The Cardinals had floored Central Connecticut State, set a handful of school records and were ready to face a highly ranked Notre Dame squad in South Bend. The next three weeks would see the Cardinals go 0-3 against two Power Five opponents and one Group of Five opponent, being outscored, 90-54. While the Cardinals did hold their own against Notre Dame, a blowout by Indiana and a late game loss to Western Kentucky has the team looking into a foggy future. Heading into their conference schedule, the Cardinals will be going up against a MAC lineup that is experienced and ready to play at every snap of the ball.
Experience is of plenty The Cardinals open up conference play this weekend against Kent State. While the Golden Flashes hold the same record as the Cardinals at 1-3, Kent State has played some of the best teams in the country. The Golden Flashes faced No. 9 Penn State and Ole Miss in back-to-back weekends. The Golden Flashes held close with the Rebels last weekend in rushing yards, running for 211 yards to the Rebels’ 226. Cornerback Jamal Parker and linebacker Matt Bahr both recorded 12 tackles on the day. Chance of winning: BSU 69.5 percent
The offense is hot Week six sees the Cardinals taking on their neighbors to the west in Northern Illinois. The Huskies have been favored to win the MAC title this season, and it can be seen through their quick moving offense. From passing to rushing, it isn’t a surprise that the Huskies will break triple digits in one of these categories. In their loss to Florida State, wide receiver D.J. Brown was a featured target, as he collected 117 of the Huskies’ 215 receiving yards in the game. A week prior saw tailback Tre Harbison rush for 124 yards in a 24-16 win over Central Michigan. Chance of winning: NIU 59.9 percent
The chains will keep on moving
The Cardinals’ first away challenge in takes them to Mount Pleasant to take on Central Michigan, a team the Cardinals have not beaten since 2014. The Chippewas are a team all about forward progress. Against Maine, the Chippewas gained 127 yards rushing and only lost 30. In the loss to NIU, the Chippewas were in the backfield even less, as they would gain 193 yards and only lose 29. Three players didn’t lose a yard. Chance of winning: CMU 55.7 percent
Cornerback Gerald Smith reacts to a desperate pass thrown by Riley Neal in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter Sept. 22, at Scheumann Stadium that would have put the Cardinals one point behind Western Kentucky. The play was reviewed and called incomplete, resulting in Ball State’s defeat, 28-20. ERIC PRITCHETT ,DN
Sleepers can be a rude awakening In their homecoming matchup, the Cardinals will face Eastern Michigan. The Eagles have been the biggest surprise of the MAC West Conference, as they challenged some of the big dogs in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Eagles finished off Purdue in week two with a field goal in the final second of the game and recently took San Diego State to overtime. The Eagles are a team that likes to pass the ball, racking up more than 200 receiving yards in the last two games. Chance of winning: EMU 66.1 percent
Back-to-back with the best in the MAC Weeks nine and 10 see the Cardinals on the road taking on two favorites to win the MAC title: Ohio and Toledo. The Bobcats are coming off a four-point loss to an undefeated Cincinnati team which saw the Bobcats hold the majority of the possession time. After coming off their first loss of the season, reigning conference champion Toledo demolished Nevada, 63-44. Quarterback Mitchell Guadagni was a rocket, as he rushed for 154 yards and only lost 23. Chance of winning: OHIO 71.3 percent TOL 85.5 percent
Strong play on both sides of the ball In their final home game of the season, the Cardinals will face Western Michigan. While they aren’t the Broncos of 2016, the team has
shown to be solid on both sides of the ball. In their last two games, the Broncos have outscored the opposition 102-15. Quarterback Jon Wassink has been locked in for the Broncos, completing 23 of 30 passes against Georgia State and 20 of 25 against Delaware State. The offense has not been afraid to run wild, as they collected 543 total yards last weekend. Chance of winning: WMU 68.4 percent
Similarity and history The final game of the season will be against Miami (OH), the same as it has been for the
past two seasons. In the matchup right before Thanksgiving break, the Cardinals have been close, losing by one to the RedHawks in 2016. They also took a 28-7 loss last season. Both teams currently hold the same record with similar experiences, losing a close game to a Conference USA team and getting blown out by a Big 10 squad. Running back Alonzo Smith has shown to be explosive for the RedHawks, tallying 164 rushing yards against Bowling Green last weekend. Chance of winning: M-OH 63.2 percent Contact Jack Williams with any comments at jgwilliams@bsu.edu or on Twitter @jackgwilliams.
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“Our mindset going in is just win, win, win,” Dunner said. “For us, we’re hungry to go get the MAC. I feel like those non-conference games are measuring sticks. I’m just ready to go into the MAC and get some Ws. Now we should be full go with a full head of steam.” While a 1-3 non-conference record isn’t flattering, ESPN favored the Cardinals to win in only two of those games. They were heavy underdogs on the road against Notre Dame and Indiana. Neu said the start to the season was promising with a blowout win and competing with the Irish, but inconsistent was how he described the offense’s overall play. “We’ve had some challenges playing two good defensive football teams,” he said. “Certainly, after we started out the season with that opening night, everybody wants to maintain that. We’ve got to become more consistent. We’ve got to sustain drives and score more points. That really is what it comes down to.” Losing two road games may not have been the desired outcome, but redshirt junior running back James Gilbert said those games helped the Cardinals in the end. He said playing Power Five schools prepared the team for the rest of the season, knowing the toughest challenge is already in the past. “You play games like that so you can get ready to dominate your conference schedule,” Gilbert said. “We’re looking forward to getting our first win in the conference because we have so much in front of us. We can still go to the MAC Championship. We can still go to a bowl game. There’s a lot still ahead of us for this team.” The Cardinals haven’t left the state of Indiana yet this season and won’t until they travel to Central Michigan in week seven. Staying close to home has provided a sense of familiarity for the team. The Cardinals open their conference schedule at home the first two games.
Top: Redshirt junior quarterback Riley Neal runs for a first down Sept. 22, 2018, in Scheumann Stadium after no one was able to get open on Ball State’s offense. Neal made a 28-yard run that resulted in a first down for the Cardinals. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN
For us, we’re hungry to go get the MAC. I feel like those non-conference games are measuring sticks. I’m just ready to go into the MAC and get some Ws. Now we should be full go with a full head of steam.” - MALIK DUNNER, Junior running back “No better place to be at than home,” Dunner said. “Being in front of your family and friends and what not—just being at home having the atmosphere here, it can’t be matched.” The Cardinals will host Kent State (1-3, 0-0 MAC) at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Scheumann Stadium. Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.
Left: Redshirt junior safety Romero Wade high fives Dadrian Landreth as the Cardinals leave the locker room after halftime of their game against Western Kentucky. Ball State lost 28-20. PAIGE GRIDER, DN
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Above: There was entertainment for all ages at Charlie Town Sept. 22, 2018, including a bounce house for kids. Charlie Town takes place before home football games at the Alumni Center. Left: Kristen Olson and Taylor West play Jenga before Ball State played Western Kentucky. Right: Charlie Town is an opportunity to tailgate, where fans can play games, buy food and drinks and relax with family and friends. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN
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‘I’m proud to be MexicanAmerican’
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Stephanie Amador is a senior photojournalism major and writes “Café con Leche” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Stephanie at skamador@bsu.edu. These past few weeks I hadn’t realized September was Hispanic Heritage Month. I felt awful, having forgotten that this month was the month to celebrate my culture. Stephanie I could feel my half-sister Amador judging me from 2,000 miles away Columnist, in California. She always did say I Café con Leche wasn’t “Mexican enough” for not speaking Spanish. Even my friends have been sharing their pictures on social media celebrating “El Grito” on the Mexican Independence Day with music like Salsa, Reggaeton, Cumbia and even Duranguense. I was disappointed in myself for not screaming out loud, “I’m Mexican and I am proud.” In the midst of my guilt, my mom calls me. “¿Que haces?” or “What are you doing?” she asks. “Nothing, Mom. What is it?” “¿No que estas en clases?” or “Aren’t you in class?” “No Madre, I’m just laying in bed.” “Oh … ¿Me haces un favor?” or “Can you do me a favor?” We have this conversation at least three times a week. There are days when she just wants to talk. However, she calls me at the worst times; when I’m in the middle of class and I have to apologize to the professor that I have to answer my mom’s call. If I ignore her call, she will be persistent and continue to call me. These conversations are my culture. My father on the other hand, he’s a storyteller. He’s the man who loves talking about his life in Mexico.
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When I was a teenager, the advice he gave me was tedious and dull. Now I look back on those long conversations and I realize my father was actually a smart man – he was just annoying at the same time. He always told me the way to success is just like climbing the ladder; taking it step by step and taking your time. My dad taught me everything. His lessons are my culture. Last month, I went to my cousin’s Quinceanera. Like any party, there was dancing music, mouth watering food and friendly people. A Quinceanera is them most important day of a girl’s life because when she turns 15, she’s officially a woman. These Quinces aren’t like a Sweet 16. There’s a priest that blesses you, gold jewelry to symbolize your faith and belief system and the father-daughter dance that represents the final dance with his little girl. Just a couple of months before the Quince, my cousin lost her father. My mom asked my aunt, his wife, if she was going to continue with the party. My aunt said, “Yes, we couldn’t stop the Quince. Not on the most important day in a teenage girl’s life.” As a family, we stayed united in this tragic loss and helped her and the family get back on their feet to put on the Quince. My cousin buried her father’s ashes the next day. It was an emotional week. My aunt cried. My cousin cried. I cried. My family is my culture. My grandparents came to America with just three of their children. They didn’t have enough money to bring all eight to the country, so they had to pass their older children to a trusted loved one back in Mexico. My grandparents made such large sacrifices in giving only their younger children an education while the older children were put to work as young as 14. They were broke; they didn’t have an equal opportunity in Mexico as they did in America. The family broke up, like a band. My mom came to America when she was 18 only with the education of a fifth grader. When she was 20, she studied and earned her GED. My grandparents received their American citizenship just four years ago after they have been in the country for more than 27 years. As I reminisced on my family’s history, I realized I shouldn’t feel so guilty about forgetting it’s Hispanic Heritage Month. I don’t need to celebrate my Latino heritage for a whole month because I’ve been celebrating it since I learned I was Latina. I’m proud to be Mexican-American. I celebrate being Latina by calling my mom and venting to her about my stressful day. I commemorate being Hispanic by dancing to Cumbia when I’m cleaning my apartment. I honor my family by being there for them through the good and bad. Latinos are storytellers. We want to talk about our struggles, we want to talk about people that came in our lives and left. Sometimes we want to invite you in our home to have a carne asada, a steak taco. The month is to celebrate with the community all around the world and say, “We are here, we exist.”
Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope
Representation in every shade The lack of dark skin actresses in movies causes young women to have body dysmorphia based on their skin tone. Kennedi Barnett is a sophomore journalism news major and writes “Kennedi’s Kaleidoscope” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Kennedi at kpbarnett@bsu.edu. Kennedi “You are pretty for a dark skin Barnett girl” is the bane of my existence. Columnist, I was 9 years old the first Kennedi’s time someone slapped me with Kaleidoscope those words. I had no idea what it meant or why it did not feel like the compliment it was supposed to. Little did I know the phrase would become the 6-foot hole I would be buried in for the rest of my life. There is a major difference between taking something beautiful, ripping it off and shoving it into a small box as a compliment. At 9 years old I learned that no matter how beautiful I thought I was, people would still only see the color of my skin. Not only did the backhanded words break my 9-year-old heart, but it never left my subconscious. I would sit and watch movies with beautiful women like Paula Patton, Stacey Dash and Kerry Washington and pray to the universe that one day I could be as light-skinned as they are. So, like any other person yearning to be accepted, I became insecure with myself. I replaced my curly hair with hot combs, relaxers, and cheap extensions from Claire’s. My skin became saturated in makeup from brands that did not see a problem with not making foundation dark enough for my skin tone. I was left feeling shameful of my melanin because society buried me in backhanded compliments. Ones like, “You are pretty for a dark skin girl.” I felt unhappy in the body I was given and I cried to the sky, begging to be someone else. An actress, perhaps. A beautiful light-skinned actress. And I know black women are not the only ones who face this type of discrimination in media, specifically film. The same actresses are cast for roles of black women and those are the women I grew up wishing I would be like. Amandla Stenberg is a token light-skin black girl for teen romantic comedies that wish to sprinkle in the minimum amount of diversity, like the rebellious leader she plays in the science-fiction thriller “The Darkest Hour.” Stenberg will also be featured in the upcoming film, “The Hate U Give,” based on the novel by Angie Thomas. The book demonstrated so
Kennedi Benett poses for a portrait for The Daily News September 18, 2018, on campus. MAGGIE GETZIN, DN perfectly the struggles of a dark-skinned black girl, and unfortunately, I am afraid the film – set to come out Oct. 19, 2018 – will not do the book justice. Sure, we have amazing stories like “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” which features a strong Asian woman as the lead, and “Everything, Everything,” which is one of the first teen romantic comedies to feature a white man and a black woman falling in love. However, in 2017, Scarlett Johansson culturally appropriated a role in the Japanese manga phenomenon, “Ghost in the Shell.” This film called for a powerful Asian actress, not a popular white actress. According to a study done by the University of California, Los Angeles’ College of Social Sciences, white actors and actresses made up 78.1 percent of the roles studied while white people only make up 61.3 percent of the United States population. Black people came next with 12.5 percent of roles, then Asians with 3.1 percent. This is unacceptable – minority populations exist and we must represent them.
How do we insert diversity for casting within the black community and in all minority communities as well? How do we make sure little dark-skinned girls are not sitting up in their bathtubs trying to scrub the darkness away? I was that little girl, and sometimes I still am. There are iconic historical films like “The Color Purple” that accurately show representation in the black community starring Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. “Black Panther” is the first mainstream superhero film to have an all black cast. My little brother was so happy to see he will have options for Halloween costumes. Options of characters who look like him because he has never had that before. This is why we need representation, this is why representation is important. There are so many films and movies that had opportunities to get it right, yet once again we are caught staring at the same small pool of black celebrities. Why not turn that pool into an ocean?
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‘Green Day’s American Idiot’ open on campus The Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance are performing their rendition of the Broadway musical “Green Day’s American Idiot” until Sept. 30. The musical tells the story of three young men who are frustrated with the government after they are “disillusioned with Iraq involvement after 9/11.”
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On ‘Room 25’ Noname elevates her sound Transitioning from her debut mixtape to her debut album, the Chicago rapper, poet and songwriter, Noname, has changed her style from “synthetic” to “organic.” Noname’s background as a slam poet is evident within her newly released album, “Room 25.”
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Ball State’s chapter of Timmy Global Health sends students to developing nations to provide pop-up clinics to those in need. Alyssa Cooper Reporter It’s the end of the work day, and a small pop-up clinic in Ecuador is nearly filled to capacity, but another patient who can barely walk is escorted in by her son. Upon examination, doctors determine she has a uterine prolapse and needs to be rushed to the nearest hospital in the middle of nowhere. If there had been no pop-up clinic, the woman would have died with no way to get the care she needed.
“She came in struggling. It turns out that she had a prolapsed uterus, which means it was falling out. She was older, and if she hadn’t come to the clinic, she would have died,” said Ongelique Conflenti, a Los Angeles nurse and Ball State alumna. “Right after the doctors had figured out what was going on, they got her a taxi in the middle of nowhere, paid for her to get to the hospital and paid for her treatment.”
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Alter Bridge brings a new take on music The Parallax Orchestra joined Alter Bridge for the recording of their third live album in London. Alter Bridge’s set list included songs never played live before, which allowed “their more unknown songs to come out of the dark.” Having a 52-piece orchestra join them on stage added to the tone of Alter Bridge’s songs “The Other Side” and “Wonderful Life/ Watch Over You.”
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‘Music Bingo’ brings weekly entertainment to Guardian Brewing Company Community members gather for the opportunity to win free drinks with music trivia night. Trevor Weldy Reporter As a college student, “free” is the best word in the dictionary right next to “food.” Free t-shirt? Sure. Free food? Absolutely. Free beer? Only for 21-year-olds.
I didn’t even know music bingo existed until they started doing it here. It’s a fun evening. It’s very low key and very laid back. You listen to a lot of really good music, and every once in a while you win a free pint.” - JOE PECKINPAUGH, “Music Bingo” attendee “Music Bingo,” a weekly event on Thursdays sponsored by Guardian Brewing Company, combines all of the above into an evening filled with music trivia, casual conversation and drinks. Ryan Remington created the event, which he said he and a co-worker came up with about two months ago. Remington is also responsible for hosting the event, which means distributing playing cards, checking for bingos and buying winners a drink. “They flag me down, or they yell ‘bingo’ at the top of their lungs, however they want to do it,” Remington said. “Music Bingo” usually draws around 15 to 20 people every week and about eight of those players win. During the first week of the event, Remington said they had 18 winners. Jon Peckinpaugh said he and his friends have won six times. Remington already considers them regulars, even though the event is only four weeks old. Besides winning, Peckinpaugh said he enjoys the community atmosphere and gathering with neighbors.
“I didn’t even know music bingo existed until they started doing it here,” Peckinpaugh said. “It’s a fun evening. It’s very low key and very laid back. You listen to a lot of really good music, and every once in a while you win a free pint.” Remington said hosting the event has been a learning experience because he tries to diversify it every week. “Our very first week I had no idea what I was doing,” Remington said. “I’ve never played bingo before. I’ve since learned that if somebody gets a bingo, you should probably swap out the cards.” The music theme changes every week and has included song covers and 80s music. Remington said he has even toyed with the idea of doing movie quotes instead of songs. Besides changes in the music, Remington is looking to change the weekly day of the event. “We might change it from an every Thursday thing to an every Wednesday thing,” Remington said, “and just see what works out best.” Contact Trevor Weldy with comments at tjweldy@bsu.edu. Top: A bingo winner enjoys their pint from Ryan Remington. Remington is the creator and bar tender during “Music Bingo.” Left: A patron shows their 80s themed playing card at the Guardian Brewing Company. Each week has a different theme that corresponds with a specific music genre. TREVOR WELDY, DN
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This one woman’s example in Ecuador is reality for many across the world who constantly face pain, jungles and mountains that stand between them and the medical help they need. Timmy Global Health, an organization centered around healthcare, works to provide those pop-up clinics in developing nations, in order to make more options available to those who have none. Based in Indiana, the organization has chapters in high schools and colleges throughout the state that allow students to get involved and help whether or not they are pursuing a health-related major. One example is senior elementary and special education major Ella Penczek, the president of Ball State University’s chapter. Penczek joined her freshman year and now organizes meetings, tracks executive board members’ goals and deadlines and ensures all members feel involved. Since getting involved, Penczek said “the biggest impact” she has seen was during her second year. “We didn’t have to go back to one of the communities,” Penczek said. “They were able to kind of be self-sufficient after we had helped them for quite some time.” All of the organization’s chapters are assigned an area to go to every year with healthcare professionals to set up pop-up clinics. Trips occur every three to four months, and some people stay stationed within the communities after the majority of volunteers return home. Timmy Global Health keeps all records of previous patients from their pop-up clinics, so their records may be used for future references when they visit those areas again. “We ask for so many doctors and nurses to go with us over there; it’s not us treating them, but we’re working with them,” said Alyson Wittmer, vice president of BSU’s chapter. “It’s the impact on them that they bring back and [how they treat] their co-workers and their patients a different way
They’re going to these communities, they’re working directly with people that live in these communities and asking them what they need and then serving that need.” - ALYSON WITTMER, Vice president, Ball State Timmy Global Health chapter once they come back. Once they see the other side of [how] … it’s not the same in other places and some people here are maybe struggling to get healthcare as well.” Whenever they go to a new country, Timmy Global Health takes into account the economy of
the area by referring patients to local services as much as they can in hopes they will eventually eliminate the need of their help. “I always say Timmy’s not a one and done kind of thing,” Conflenti said. “The biggest thing I love about Timmy [Global Health] is that in everything they do, they make sure that it’s ethically appropriate. “So, they’re going to these communities, they’re working directly with people that live in these communities and asking them what they need and then serving that need.” In past years, Ball State students have had the opportunity to join other Timmy Global Health volunteers on trips to Ecuador, but they had to completely fund travel expenses on their own. Before, the chapter had dues and a few fundraisers, but this year they are only focused on fundraising. “We don’t have dues this semester just because that kind of turns people away from it, especially if you don’t really have the money to pay for the dues,” Wittmer said. “So we’re really going to turn to fundraising ideas to try and do trips and [other] stuff. It kind of is harder, so, instead of dues they’re going to do, six service hours a semester.” Due to how small the chapter has been in the past year, they have not gone to Ecuador and won’t be able to this year, but the chapter hopes to expand involvement on campus. Additionally, they hope to do smaller trips in order to help more local areas by contacting other chapters and connecting with them. Penczek said one such idea that they have in mind is the hope of partnering with a chapter in Michigan to do a
Top: A patient visits a dentist at one of Timmy Global Health’s pop-up clinics in 2016 in Ecuador. Every year, Timmy Global Health chapters visit an area with healthcare professionals to set up pop-up clinics. Bottom: Nurses and Ball State students make labels at Timmy Global Health’s pharmacy station in 2016 in Ecuador. The group counted pills for patients prescriptions. ELLA PENCZEK, PHOTOS PROVIDED clean water distribution in Flint. Ball State’s chapter meets biweekly, and for those who are not students, Timmy Global Health also offers general volunteer programs and takes donations. “One of the best things about being a student and being interested in Timmy [Global Health], [is] you don’t have to have a medical major at all,” Conflenti said. “[While I was a student,] we had communications majors, and we had a couple
marketing majors. One of our presidents [was] actually a communications major, and he did a great job. He went on three Ecuador trips as well. “You really can be any major, and as long as you have an interest in broadening your horizons and most importantly helping people and having an open mind, then anyone can join.” Contact Alyssa Cooper with comments at acooper6@bsu.edu
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In 2017, 32 percent of Delaware County adults also fell into the obese weight range, according to County Health Rankings. Alongside the mental effects, obesity can physically cause osteoarthritis, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes and potentially lead to death. Now, Heffner is an award-winning champion bodybuilder, weighing 130 pounds with an 11 percent body fat composition. She said an exboyfriend is to thank for the kickstart she needed to turn her life around. “He broke up with me, and I wanted to make him feel bad,” said the 2014 Ball State alumna. “I wanted to look the best I could look, so I decided to lose weight. I knew it was better for my health, so I decided to do it ever since.” The first person Heffner turned to after her decision to get healthy was her father, who’s a powerlifter himself. Growing up, Heffner recalls him teaching her how to lift weights and stay nutritious. “I decided enough was enough,” Heffner said. “I was tired of being unhappy, so I bought a pair of Nike shoes and told my dad I was going to start losing weight and that would be my New Year’s resolution.” She quickly proved her commitment after losing 20 pounds in her first two months. For Valentine’s Day that year, her father’s love and support came not in the typical chocolate kisses or candy hearts, but in granola bars and socks. Heffner spent four days a week at the gym running on a treadmill in pursuit of her goal until she lost 160 pounds. Stacey Grogg, the wellness nutritionist at Ball State, said people who lose weight gradually, roughly 1-2 pounds a week, “are more successful at keeping the weight off.” “The CDC states that any amount of weight loss is likely beneficial to your overall health,” Grogg added. “But, we have to focus on healthfully losing weight and not restricting ourselves so much that we are depriving ourselves of so many wonderful and necessary nutrients.” Last year, Heffner lost so much weight, she decided it was time to complete her transformation with an excess skin removal surgery that cost more than $18,000. To pay for her surgery, Heffner worked at Uber and a local spray tan store, in addition to her job as the director of operations at ARC Fitness. Adam Cayce, the owner, helped her reach a healthy weight to ensure a speedy recovery post-surgery. During the operation in October 2017, surgeons removed three pounds of skin from Heffner’s stomach, approximately equal to the weight of an apple pie. Afterward, Heffner said the body reflected back to her in the mirror felt simultaneously comfortable and alien. “That was the last piece of her 300-pound life that was removed from her,” said Jodi Alexander, Heffner’s best friend. “That was the last thing that connected her to that lifestyle, and it was gone. “She had lived that lifestyle for so long. … That was her closing that chapter of her life.”
Cayce said he believed Heffner was in a confusing place after the surgery since she was in the transition of feeling “insecure with her [former] body to still feeling insecure with her new body.” Although Heffner went through a drastic physical change from the first time she walked into ARC Fitness, Cayce said the biggest difference he’s noticed is her confidence. Just last year Heffner swore to him she wouldn’t be caught wearing a bikini on stage, but in August,
The whole process has been awesome, and it’s been motivational for a lot of people, especially me. She motivates me more than she thinks she does.” - JODI ALEXANDER, Rachael Heffner’s best friend she competed in the Indiana State Championship — her debut in both competitive bodybuilding and wearing bikinis. She won five first-place trophies, a state title and Best New Competitor. “To see her go from saying that she’ll never go on stage and feeling completely uncomfortable in her own skin to stepping on stage and not only feeling comfortable but strutting herself – it was mind-blowing and definitely a proud moment in my life,” Cayce said. Alexander also said she was really proud of Heffner. “Not many people who step on stage to be Miss Indiana weighed 300 pounds at one point in their life. It’s really cool to have somebody who’s been where a lot of people are at and where they think they’re stuck,” Alexander said. “You wouldn’t think that a matter of years ago, she weighed double what she is now.” Since the Indiana State Championship, Heffner made her second appearance at the Hoosier Flex in early September, where she earned five more first place trophies to add to her collection. In order to maintain her new body, Heffner said she eats roughly six meals a day about two to three hours apart. She is so strict with her schedule that Alexander recalled a time Heffner went home at 8:30 p.m. on a Friday night to eat her sixth meal. “I couldn’t do it; I couldn’t do the meal prep. I couldn’t do any of that stuff that she does,” Alexander said. “The whole process has been awesome, and it’s been motivational for a lot of people, especially me. She motivates me more than she thinks she does.” Now, at 27 years old, Heffner said she appreciates all the strength and hard work it has taken her to achieve a fit and healthy body – two years after she thought she’d die from her unhealthy eating habits. “It feels like for the first time in a long time that I’m in the body that I’m supposed to be in,” Heffner said. “I’ve never been comfortable in my body until now.” Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu.
Left: Rachael Heffner displays her diploma after graduating high school in 2010. Right: Heffner holds her first body building trophy after the Indiana State Championship on Aug. 18, 2018. She said she had never felt more proud of herself than after the competition. RACHEL HEFFNER, PHOTO PROVIDED
Left: Rachael Heffner, a 2014 Ball State alumna, poses for a photo on Feb. 12, 2017, before having surgery to remove extra skin left after weight loss. Right: Heffner poses for a photo Feb. 12, 2018, only four months after having the excess skin removal surgery. Heffner had not yet began training to become a body builder. RACHEL HEFFNER, PHOTOS PROVIDED
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