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Mahnensmith runs Paddock, Amos earn MAC weekly honors

Second-year Sarah Mahnensmith ran a 17:47.9 5k race time to beat her previous collegiatebest by almost 23 seconds. Mehnensmith’s time was good for fourth place out of 442 runners as Ball State finished ninth out of 57 teams in the Blue 5k race. Fourthyear Sarah Greer finished next at 18:53.6, which tied her career-best.

Oct. 3: Graduate student safety Jaquan Amos was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division Defensive Player of the Week, while redshirt junior quarterback John Paddock was named Offensive Player of the Week after Ball State’s double overtime victory over Northern Illinois 44-38 Oct. 1.

North Korea sends missile over Japan Ukraine land annexation signed

According to AP, Tuesday, North Korea fl ew a “nuclear-capable ballistic missile” over Japan in their longest weapons test ever. The Japanese government was forced to issue evacuation alerts and stop trains. In defense, United States and South Korean military forces sent fi ghter jets that fi red weapons at a target off of South Korea’s west coast.

Oct. 5: According to AP, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws to claim four Ukrainian regions as Russia’s territory Wednesday Oct. 5. The annexation is in violation of international laws, yet the Kremlin has made further land claims possible. Shortly before the annexation was signed, the Russian military struggled to control these areas.

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Category 4 storm, Hurricane Ian, made landfall in Florida Sept. 28, causing destruction unseen for years

Daniel Kehn, Adanna Mbanu Sports Editor, Reporter

One of the most powerful natural forces has surged across southwest Florida, bringing along devastating and even life-threatening effects, contributing to losses seen throughout the areas of landfall.

The tropical storm known as Hurricane Ian tore through regions in southwest Florida Sept. 28, causing severe flooding, destruction of important roadways and damaged houses. The 150 mph winds swept through the area, leaving a devastating

Campus Ball State opens Cardinal Center

Oct. 17, Ball State plans to have a virtual opening for a studentfocused service center. It will act as a “one-stop location for business processes, resources and information for students and their families,” a press release from Ball State’s Communications Center said. A space will be in L.A. Pittenger Student Center in summer 2023. There’s a temporary space in Lucina Hall.

Community Family Adventure Day at Minnetrista

Minnetrista announced its “Family Adventure Day: Fall Festival” taking place Oct. 12. It is a free community event, that will be broken into three two-hour sessions: 10 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Minnetrista asks that attendees pre-register for the event. There will be an apple cider pressing demonstration and baby farm animals to pet, among other

National Country Star Loretta Lynn Dies

aftermath to the residents inhabiting the areas.

Along with the rest of the country, researchers have been watching the storm closely.

“Right near where it landfalls, there’s going to be major destruction,” Dr. David Call, Ball State professor of geography, said. “The storm surge could be pretty catastrophic for places like Punta Gorda and around Port Charlotte. Right along the coastline, the storm will push a lot of water ashore.” This water ashore resulted in flooded streets and homes, causing houses and buildings to submerge into the flood.

The 1960s and 70s country star, Loretta Lynn, died Tuesday morning Oct. 4 at the age of 90. Her family asked for privacy to mourn, and they stated a memorial is to be announced later. The family stated that she died at her home Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. When Lynn launched her career, she already had four children, and she was known for wearing elaborated floor-length gowns.

“I’m hopeful that it will come back to the “Sunshine State” that it always was. I want it to go back to that one place that everyone has fallen in love with.”

- EMMA GSELL, Ball State second-year student

“Water is very dense, and so moving water can be quite destructive,” Call said. “It only takes a few inches of moving water to knock you off your feet. Toward Fort Myers, there’s going to be some pretty serious destruction from the waves coming ashore.”

Despite currently living in Muncie as a Ball State University student, redshirt freshman quarterback Kiael Kelly grew up in Tampa, Florida, where his family still resides. Kelly was in Tampa when Hurricane Irma hit in 2017 and said the mindset during a hurricane is to evacuate and hope for the best.

“You really don’t know what can happen with storms like that,” Kelly said. “Things change really by the minute, so you really just try

When Ian formed, Kelly’s parents evacuated to Bradenton, Florida where his grandparents live, but the hurricane still hit them.

“Still having to live your life, it’s kind of hard,” Kelly said. “Luckily, we didn’t have any serious damage, just some trees down

Almost 17 hours away and with most cellular data down because of the storm, Kelly was only able to talk to his family intermittently or after the worst of the storm had passed.

Originally from Antwerp, Ohio, Alex Hindenlang, 2022 Ball State alumna, said she felt torn between how she and her boyfriend should handle the new circumstance. She and her boyfriend thought the storm wouldn’t hit them, but when her coworkers started getting sandbags for their homes, she thought differently.

Hindenlang and her boyfriend were unsure of what their decision was going to be in terms of evacuating while still in Tampa. They decided to prepare by gathering supplies at an almost empty grocery store in preparation for the worst case scenario.

I was just so overwhelmed about losing all of my things, but things are replaceable, we’re not, so we ultimately decided that we needed to go. We almost felt a little guilty for leaving, which is the craziest part of it. I had coworkers and friends who were still there because they didn’t really have other places to go.”

- ALEX HINDENLANG, 2022 Ball State alumna

The morale of many Florida residents and natives is low after Hurricane Ian, yet many are hopeful their area will bounce back

A catamaran sits on top of a home in a canal on Sept. 30 in St. James City on Pine Island, Florida. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of Southwest Florida last week as a Category 4 storm, leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris.

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Savannah Lynch (right) hugs her father, John Lynch (left),, on Sept. 29 in Matlacha, Fla. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of South West Florida as a Category 4 storm Tuesday afternoon leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris.

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“It was just crazy because I had never experienced anything like this as far as preparing for a storm goes, and I was very overwhelmed and emotional,” Hindenlang said. “Feeling just like, ‘I’m not ready to die.’”

Getting the exact location of where the hurricane was bound to hit or the severity of the storm was extremely difficult for researchers to pinpoint, which caused even more confusion for inhabitants.

“With a hurricane, if it hits your town with a storm surge, your town could be leveled, but if the forecast track is just 10 or 20 miles different, your town could get some flooding, but it’s not total destruction,” Call said. “Getting that level of precision in meteorology is hard. We can tell that there’s going to be a hurricane that’s going to come ashore in Florida, but people on the ground need to know if it’s going to hit their house, or the next house or the next town. It’s the difference between getting a few trees down in your backyard versus your house getting washed away.”

Although mainly southern regions in Florida were heavily affected, with the death count reaching over 100 according to Reuters News, central areas in Florida still had weather complications such as flood-water rising.

Ball State second-year music education major Brenna Franklin didn’t live in the region where Ian landed, but her hometown of Jupiter, Florida, still experienced a shift in its normal weather.

“There was one day that it completely rained all day, there was never a stopping point,” Franklin said. “There’s an area in our town called Jupiter Farms that was completely flooded for a day. Some people were even driving their ATV’s down the road with boards on the back surface.”

Those affected by the catastrophic storm aren’t limited to residents living in landfall territory. Many people are stuck watching their loved ones from afar, experiencing the storm while only being able to offer emotional support rather than physical. Emma Gsell, Ball State second-year marketing and communications major, has family in Florida.

“Having family members that just moved down there, experiencing the storm for the first time, worried if they’re going to make it, if they’ve taken precautions or if they’re going to have enough resources until 911 or emergency vehicles can make it out there, is hard,” she said. “Fort Myers, where a lot of my family is, is currently predicted to not have emergency services for two weeks. Just knowing that some of them are alone and they don’t have somebody else watching out for them, trying to get through it alone, was very emotional.”

Some residents decided the best option for them would be to evacuate to a safer location. Hindenlang and her boyfriend were able to relocate to Salem, Alabama, for the time being due to his family connections, but the change was still challenging.

“I was just so overwhelmed about losing all of my things, but things are replaceable, we’re not, so we ultimately decided that we needed to go,” Hindenlang said. “We almost felt a little guilty for leaving, which is the craziest part of it. I had coworkers and friends who were still there because they didn’t really have other places to go.”

The rebuilding process after the storm is projected to take longer than ten years, leaving people worried if the infrastructure will ever be the same.

“You can drive around New Orleans and still see evidence of Hurricane Katrina, and that was 17 years ago,” Call said. “There’s such a large scale, there’s so much that has to be rebuilt, it just takes a long time. You can only build things so quickly.”

As of publication, over 1.5 million people remain without power and over 2.5 million residents were put under strict evacuation orders before the storm even hit, according to World Vision.

Franklin said the destruction that has come with Hurricane Ian is leaving her with a sense of gratitude for the things she once had. She said she can’t take her house for granted because even that is at risk.

For Hindenlang, she’s been collecting things, like furniture and a TV, which she had to leave behind.

“I finally felt like our place was a home, to think that all of that could be gone was really scary,” Hindenlang said. “Part of my biggest fears and where some of my emotions were coming from is that I was really just scared of how the two months we spent building a life in

the community is just going to be ruined.”

Despite the devastation, in Fort Myers, the town Gsell grew up in, many neighbors are reaching out to help her family and many others around them. She said communities in Florida are “tight-knit” and want to help others out.

Even though grief and feelings of misery are prominent, Gsell has a sense of hopefulness within her.

“I’m hopeful that it will come back to the “Sunshine State” that it always was,” Gsell said. “I want it to go back to that one place that everyone has fallen in love with.”

Contact Daniel Kehn with comments via email at daniel.kehn@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @daniel_kehn. Contact the Ball State Daily News with comments via email at editor@bsudailynews.com

It was just crazy because I had never experienced anything like this as far as preparing for a storm goes, and I was very overwhelmed and emotional. Feeling just like, ‘I’m not ready to die.”

- ALEX HINDENLANG, 2022 Ball State alumna

A man moves through gulf water flowing through a broken section of Pine Island Road on Sept. 29 in Matlacha, Fla. Hurricane Ian made landfall on the coast of South West Florida as a Category 4 storm Tuesday afternoon leaving areas affected with flooded streets, downed trees and scattered debris. MATIAS J. OCNER, MIAMI HERALD, TNS,

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Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Sept. 28 in Sarasota, Florida. The storm made a U.S. landfall at Cayo Costa, Florida, on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds exceeding 140 miles per hour in some areas. SEAN RAYFORD, GETTY IMAGES, TNS, PHOTO COURTESY

VOTING AWARENESSVOTING AWARENESS

Voter registration and turnout are not only low in the United States, but especially in Delaware County

Kyle Smedley News Editor

Leading up to United States Midterm Election Day on Nov. 8, voter registration and turnout in Delaware County has never been lower. In fact, for the 2020 General Election, Delaware County was reportedly tied for the lowest voter turnout in the state of Indiana at 58 percent, despite having 83,661 people registered, according to data sent by the League of Women Voters of Indiana.

Though much of Delaware County’s population consists of Ball State University students in Muncie, the county also had one of the lowest percentages of absentee voters in the state at 42 percent, according to data sent by the League of Women Voters of Indiana. For some Ball State students, if they were to vote, it would need to be via absentee ballot.

The application deadline for absentee voters is Oct. 27 at 11:59 p.m.

Linda Hanson, co-president of the League of Women Voters of Indiana, believes an education or awareness about voting has not been properly offered to younger generations. Hanson said this is why her organization puts an emphasis on encouraging people to vote.

“If we vote, we have a voice. If not, we don’t,” Hanson said via email. “The lack of civic education for at least the last 20 years … is a part of the problem for young people’s lack of awareness, but a lack of modeling and the lack of public attention to what local and state boards, councils and legislatures do are other factors.”

Pew Research Center encouraged the League of

Additionally, Hanson said findings from 2016 United States Presidential Election data from the Pew Research Center encouraged the League of Women Voters of Indiana to continue to focus on raising awareness for voter registration and turnout.

“The data also makes another point very clear: those who didn’t vote are as responsible for the outcome of the [2016] election as those who did,”

Hanson said via email. “About 30 percent of Americans were eligible to vote but decided not to, a higher percentage than the portion of the country who voted for either Trump or his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.”

The League of Women Voters of Indiana are partnering with multiple organizations statewide, such as Common Cause, and even organizations specifically in Muncie, such as Muncie Resists and the Muncie YMCA, to encourage voter participation. Hanson said uncontested races are another reason for low voter turnout.

“If there is no competition, voters feel they have no voice, so [they] don’t vote,” Hanson said via email. “The offices in midterm elections and municipal elections often have [a] greater impact on our lives than federal elections!”

Contact Kyle Smedley with comments via email at kyle.smedley@bsu.edu or on Twitter @smedley1932.

a higher percentage than the portion of the country participation. Hanson said uncontested races are kyle.smedley@bsu.edu or on Twitter @smedley1932.

Voter turnout percentage county-by-county in Indiana from the 2020 general election.

65% of all registered voters in Indiana voted in the 2020 general election.

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Helping Your

HOMETOWN

Women’s Volleyball Risi named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week

Fourth-year outside hitter Natalie Risi was named after smashing 24 kills and averaging 3.43 killsper-set in the Cardinal’s weekend sweep over Eastern Michigan. Risi ranked ninth in the MAC with a .339 attacking percentage while averaging 2.71 digs per set and recording her seventh doubledouble of the season in Friday’s win over the Eagles.

Cross Country Cardinals finish ninth at Butler Fall Invitational

First-year Sarah Gallagher earned a spot within the top ten individually at the Butler Fall Invitational, tying for seventh with a score of 18-overpar total after three rounds. The Cardinals finished in ninth place with a score of 947. Ball State will travel to Catawba Island Golf Club in Catawba Island, Ohio, for the Rocket Classic Oct.10-11.

Soccer

Derran Cobb Reporter

Giving back to his community was always something of importance to graduate safety Trenton Hatfield. Now, he has the opportunity.

Trenton has been instrumental in helping his father, Bob Hatfield, run the Grissom Leadership Basketball League in the Muncie Community School system. The league teaches kids not only the game of basketball but life skills and other lessons.

“The focus of the league is not on winning and losing, it’s a developmental league,” Bob said. “We emphasize sportsmanship, we emphasize the fundamentals of basketball, having fun, but really the primary objective is to give kids the social-emotional skills to learn how to be a part of something bigger than themselves.”

The Grissom Leadership League traces its roots all the way back to 1995, evolving out of another league Bob started at Morrison-Mock Elementary, he said. He developed the idea after noticing unhealthy tendencies in other programs.

“I had children that were participating in other leagues, and I just saw such a toxic environment with the competitive atmosphere, even with the kindergarten kids,” Bob said. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m a very competitive person, but I think there’s a time and a developmental age for that competitive nature to kick in and for kids to be exposed to it.”

He then drew out the plans for the league and built it on the basis of character development in local youth.

Around the time Trenton got to middle school, Bob had to stop doing the league due to his travels through AAU basketball. This past year, he brought

it back with the same intentions as the years prior. One of the biggest reasons to restart the program was the community.

“When we decided to kind of do away with the league, there were a lot of people that were upset,” Bob said. “The league had established quite the positive reputation in the community … A lot of our families reached out to me and asked me, ‘When are you going to do the league again?”

Trenton contributed to starting the league up, as well as being an influence on Bob.

“I couldn’t have done it this time around without the support and help of my son, Trenton,” Bob said. “He was very instrumental in not just encouraging me and motivating me to initiate the league again, but I mean, he did a lot of the dirty work and behind the scenes help.”

Moser named MAC Defensive Player of the Week

Second-year goalkeeper Bethany Moser was awarded the MAC weekly honor after the Cardinals went 2-0 this week. Moser made three saves in Ball State’s victory over Northern Illinois Sept. 29 and recorded her fifth clean sheet of the season as the Cardinals downed Bowling Green Oct. 2. Ball State takes on Toledo away from home Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.

Graduate student safety Trenton Hatfield helps his father, Bob Hatfield, run a local youth basketball league

Graduate student safety Trenton Hatfield poses for a portrait Oct. 3 at Scheumann Stadium. AMBER PIETZ,

Low attendance for Ball State football needs to be fixed

The fact Scheumann Stadium isn’t packed with the cheering Cardinal faithful every Saturday is an embarrassment

Grayson Joslin Opinion Editor

Grayson Joslin is a second-year journalism and political science major and writes for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

I have been going to Ball State University games since I was 10.

I was born in Muncie and grew up in New Castle. Ball State has been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember, and I take great pride and passion in this school and our teams.

I vividly remember the first game I saw; we were playing South Florida in October 2012. Keith Wenning and Willie Snead were tearing up the Bulls’ defense en route to a 31-27 triumph that day. That was the first time I got to experience the magic of college football, live and in living color.

On Saturdays, there is no other place I would want to be than at Scheumann Stadium. The atmosphere of going to a college football game is one that leaves me without any words; it truly is a cathartic experience and gives me time to forget about life.

Something else stood out to me that day that would remain a constant in the Cardinal football games I went to, up until the present – empty, aluminum seats baking in the sunlight, waiting for ravenous fans to fill Scheumann Stadium.

If we don’t have the people there to support us, do we even deserve a football team? Do we even deserve to be considered a Division I school?”

And it seems like old habits die hard.

The attendance totaled 10,012 at Scheumann Stadium Oct. 3 as Ball State got past Northern Illinois 44-38 in double overtime for their second win of the 2022 campaign.

You may think it is a good number for a Ball State game, however, that is only 44 percent of Scheumann’s listed capacity of 22,500.

The last time a Ball State football game got filled to 75 percent capacity was on Nov. 25, 2008, when the Scheu was filled over capacity with 23,861 people seeing the number 15 Cardinals cruise past Western Michigan 45-22. The Cardinals competed a 12-0 regular season that night.

There are definitely not many butts in seats when the Cardinals enter the battlefield; the average attendance for Ball State’s football games last season was 11,530 — only 51 percent of capacity.

I have been staring at these vacant seats for far too long.

Our football team deserves our undivided attention because if the seats at Scheumann Stadium keep staying empty come Saturdays, there is a serious chance we might not get to be in the top level of college football anymore.

Fifteen thousand people. That is the average, over a two-year period, that the NCAA asks for its Division I - Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) if it wants to stay in the top flight.

Theoretically.

All the big schools, the big bowl games, the College Football Playoff - that is all part of the FBS. The FBS makes big money for the NCAA and is the most visible part of college sports.

In the 2021 football season, 19 teams didn’t meet the requirement of 15,000 spectators on average — Ball State’s was the eighth worst of 131 teams.

Ball State’s pitiful attendance has been some of the worst in Division I FBS — it was the worst in the nation for three years running (2016–18) and has been consistently in the cellar for attendance average as far back as the 2013 season.

But yet, we haven’t been given our eviction notice.

Why is that?

I contacted the NCAA’s headquarters in Indianapolis to ask them why the attendance requirement hasn’t been enforced; I have not gotten a response by publication. With the onset of the pandemic, the NCAA passed a resolution waiving the attendance requirement until the 202223 school year.

It is unclear if the NCAA will enforce the rule again, but on a whim, those in power in the Circle City could send Ball State and many other schools back down to Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

Ball State’s attendance would actually flourish if sent down to FCS. In that hypothetical scenario, our 2021 attendance average would be the 15th best in FCS.

However, I don’t want that hypothetical to become reality. It should have happened by now, but it hasn’t. This inaction means the faithful of Cardinal country have the chance to redeem themselves of the past decade-plus of indifference.

But I hear, “Why do I care about what division our team is in?” The simple truth is this; FCS is simply less prestigious than FBS.

FBS teams get all the big television deals and coverage. FBS is more commercialized and therefore more coveted. And for most colleges, their football program is the pride of their athletic program, and in some cases, their whole university.

I cannot speak on behalf of the thousands of fellow Cardinals attending the school with me right now on why they don’t go to the games. ESPN’s Ryan McGee put “Baller State” as the eighth-worst football program in FBS right now; a probable reason as to why students are not attending games.

The fact of the matter is clear; by not showing up and cheering on your Cardinals, we are not giving our team the home-field advantage they deserve when they come out of that tunnel. If we don’t have the people there to support us, do we even deserve a football team? Do we even deserve to be considered a Division I school?

Community Through Heritage

program between Ball State University and Warsaw Community High School

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Dorm-Friendly Delicacies

Olivia Ground, Miguel Naranjo

Social Media Editor, Associate Lifestyle Editor

Every dorm building at Ball State University is equipped with kitchenettes, which students can use to make everything from honey garlic pork chops to TV dinners from the dining hall marketplaces. These small spaces, however, are kitchens in their own right and can be used to make more than Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Whether you’ve never touched the knobs on a stove before or rival Gordon Ramsey in the kitchen, here are seven recipe ideas to help you make the most of the kitchenettes in your dorm.

Up-scaled Ramen

Ramen is a staple of the college student diet, and there are a variety of ways to expand upon normal microwave ramen. Adding quick-cooking vegetables like spinach, scallions and watercress are ways to add to the health value of ramen; these can be easily found in the frozen vegetable aisle of your favorite grocery store.

If you have a little more free time:

• Adding fried or boiled eggs can also add some protein to your normal ramen

• Cubed tofu or shredded Jerky can be a great way to add meat

• Pairing a wild rice soup and creamy chicken ramen or vegetable beef soup with beef ramen can upscale your ramen as well

Mug Cooking

Most mugs are deep enough to hold a cup and a half of ingredients, so they make perfect pots to cook snacks in the microwave. Just check the bottom to make sure it’s microwave safe!

Pasta:

• ½ cup water

• ½ cup pasta shells

• Optional: milk and cheese (for mac and cheese)

Cook for a few minutes at a time while stirring occasionally.

Nutella Brownie:

• ¼ cup of Nutella

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons of flour

Once mixed into a batter, microwave for 45 seconds to a minute.

Burrito Bowl:

For a fun alternative to Chipotle, consider a burrito bowl in a mug!

• Microwavable rice

• Canned black beans

• Salsa

• Optional: any other burrito toppings

Make microwavable rice, then top with canned black beans, salsa and any other toppings you’d like. Then, you can microwave that for an easy burrito bowl.

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Egg Fried Rice:

• 1 cup cooked rice

• Frozen peas

• Frozen peppers

• Frozen onions

• 1 egg

Optional: vegetables of choice

Mix together all ingredients. Cover it with cling wrap, poke a hole in the cling wrap and cook it for a few minutes.

One-Pot Meals

For those who are well-versed in the culinary arts (or can at least comfortably cook meat all the way through), maybe the issue is just a lack of kitchen space. Try these recipes – they’re all cooked in the same pot or pan, so they require less equipment than other dishes.

Potatoes and Eggs (Courtesy of Linda Spiker; The Organic Kitchen):

• 2 Tablespoons butter/ghee/olive oil

• 1-1½ pounds rose potatoes, quartered

• 4 large shallots, peeled and sliced

• Salt and pepper to taste

• 3-4 eggs

• Fresh parsley roughly chopped (or sliced chives)

• Optional: red pepper flakes

Place cast iron pan on high heat. Add butter or ghee to cast iron pan. Add potatoes, cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally (lower heat if necessary).

Add shallots. Cook until shallots are caramelized and potatoes are browned and crispy (about 10 more minutes).

Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Stir.

Make three to four wells in potatoes with back of a large spoon, crack eggs very carefully into wells.

Cook with lid on until whites are solid and yolks are runny.

Sprinkle with parsley or chives and red pepper flakes if desired.

Chicken Mushroom Risotto (Courtesy of Chelsie Collins; BBC Goodfood blog):

• ½ stick butter

• 1 large onion, finely chopped

• 2 thyme sprigs, leaves picked

• 1 pack chestnut mushrooms (8 oz), sliced

• 1 ¼ cup risotto rice

• 6 cups hot chicken stock

• ½ lb cooked chicken, chopped into chunks

• Optional: ¼ cup grated parmesan, plus extra to serve

• Small pack parsley, finely chopped

Heat the butter in a large pan over a gentle heat and add the onion. Cook for 10 minutes until softened, then stir in the thyme leaves and mushrooms. Cook for five mins, sprinkle in the rice and stir to coat in the mixture.

Ladle in a quarter of the stock and continue cooking, stirring occasionally and topping up with more stock as it absorbs (you may not need all the stock).

When most of the stock has been absorbed and the rice is nearly cooked, add the chicken and stir to warm through. Season well and stir in the parmesan and parsley. Serve scattered with extra parmesan, if you like.

Serve!

Contact Miguel Naranjo with comments at miguel.naranjo@bsu.edu or on Twitter @naranjo678 and Olivia Ground with comments at olivia.ground@bsu.edu

Watch Associate Lifestyles Editor Miguel Naranjo become a chef

KwaTashea Marfo, Karla Toledo Associate Opinion Editor, Reporter

Editor’s Note: Miguel Naranjo, Associate Lifestyles Editor, and Evan Chandler, Managing Print Editor, were involved with this project as students taking SP305 in the Fall 2022 semester.

Sept. 30, Latino students from Warsaw Community High School (WCHS) visited Ball State University to receive information regarding opportunities that will help advance their education.

The heritage speaker visit was hosted by Ball State’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers (SP305) course which guided 76 students with an itinerary consisting of a campus tour, an interactive activity with the Latinx Student Union (LSU) as well as presentations on academic programs and financial aid.

As stated by the Ball State course description, SP305 is designed for native and heritage Spanish speakers. In a tweet from the Ball State advising department, the class aims to meet the needs and interest of Latino students, celebrate the rich linguistic and cultural assets of heritage speakers through the efforts of a community project intended to promote bilingualism and offer support for Latino individuals in public schools. These efforts were achieved through the

heritage speaker visit which enabled individuals in the SP305 course to promote the importance of visibility at a collegiate level.

“One of the important things of being at a university that is a predominantly white institution is the sense of belonging for underrepresented, minority students,” Chin-Sook Pak, associate professor of Spanish at Ball State, said.

The course has evolved since its introduction in 2015, yet the agenda has remained the same — focusing on assets minority students can bring to the university. This includes working on different community projects to connect with other Spanish speakers in other communities, Pak said.

“Giving them opportunities while serving shows that they are in a place of power, offering useful support for community building instead of feeling that they are minorities who barely made it to college and need extra support,” Pak said.

Through her time of instructing the course, Pak interacted with several of her students who expressed they were not granted adequate resources or support while in high school.

Upon this realization, Pak made the decision to partner with WCHS, a school that has a large Hispanic population, to lend a helping hand to high school heritage speakers where students enrolled in the course serve as role models to

One of the important things of being at a university that is a predominantly white institution is the sense of belonging for underrepresented, minority students.”

- CHIN-SOOK PAK, Associate professor of Spanish

show the high school mentees that “they too can make it, despite many challenges,” Pak said.

In addition to pursuing careers and opportunities the students may have never thought were possible for them, Pak said she hopes the visit was empowering and resourceful enough for students to see a diverse environment such as Ball State and consider the institution as

“Being a heritage speaker of Korean, I know firsthand what it is to grow up in a bilingual, bi-cultural setting where you do not belong in the dominant society,” Pak said. “In this way, I feel like I can connect with my students to constantly learn about people of other worlds and encourage them to consider [Ball State] as a safe place to

In addition to promoting Ball State as an ally of inclusion, the visit expanded its effort to the Ball State community, which provided LSU an opportunity to contribute.

“LSU was more than happy to help and participate in this event,” Alvaro Lagunas, a third-year student and secretary of LSU, said. “We wanted to teach about Hispanic Heritage month since a lot of people are uninformed of it, especially in high school. With the help of the treasurer of LSU, we explained the importance of this month through values of leadership, teamwork and the value of being together, which allowed us to incorporate a team-building activity that allowed everyone to have fun.”

The event strengthened the influence in SP305, as well as LSU, to build a means of community at Ball State, showing Latino high school students the importance of their heritage. In the future, the immersive learning program hopes to expand its influence among other schools to showcase the importance of valuing one’s heritage and visibility.

“[Latino individuals] need to be visible and seen on a daily basis, so even attending the event shows that we care about the students from [WCHS] and value their mentality for finding a way to pursue advancing opportunities,” Lagunas said.

Contact KwaTashea Marfo with comments at kwatashea.marfo@bsu.edu or on Twitter @mkwatashea. Contact Karla Toledo with comments at karla.toledo@bsu.edu or on Twitter @jazzbee626.

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Mentoring e orts with Ball State University’s advanced Spanish course aims to provide resources to heritage speakers at Warsaw Community High School

Eduardo Alvarez-Aguilar direct students in an icebreaker activity in front of North Quad Sept. 30. The Latinx Student Union arranged this portion of the students’ visit. ROBBIE MEHLING, PHOTO PROVIDED

A group of students from Warsaw Community High School take a campus tour Sept. 30. The students also viewed a presentation from the financial aid office regarding scholarships. ROBBIE MEHLING, PHOTO PROVIDED

Eduardo Alvarez-Aguilar (right) stands with his mentee from Warsaw Community High School (left) Sept. 30. They are both from Puerto Rico and spent most of the visit together. ROBBIE MEHLING, PHOTO PROVIDED

Powerlessness Politics

Politicians continue to use the Appalachian identity and exploitation to push personal ventures

Kate Farr Columnist

Kate Farr is a first-year journalism major and writes “Face to Face” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper.

I grew up in a town of less than 1,500 people.

The most excitement my hometown, Antwerp, Ohio, gets is the high school basketball team being runner-up at state, a car show every July along Main Street or a community potluck put on by one of the four churches in the 1.33 square mile area.

My hometown, like many others in the Midwest, is a place defined by little commotion, conservative ideals and opioid addiction.

As I got older getting into the territory of middle school and high school, I became aware of just how many kids in my community were living below the poverty line, dealing with parents and family members addicted to painkillers and wondering if there would be dinner on the table that night.

Since the 1960s, the Appalachian region, where many of my community hail from, has experienced a socioeconomic rut that has caused widespread poverty, rising mortality rates and discrepancies ranging from flawed healthcare systems to income inequality, according to the Appalachian Regional Commission.

While ventures from agricultural expansion to coal mining allowed for industrial inclination up to the mid 20th century, Appalachian communities throughout the Bible and Rust Belts — terms used to describe these regions of de-industrialization and Protestant Christian dominance — have slipped into a state of economic and moral decay as industries left, education funding weakened and more individuals became stuck in bluecollar jobs where, more often than not, wage growth lagged behind productivity growth.

Many of the common labor-intensive professions held by lower class Americans led to rises in medically prescribed opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thus fueling a long-term and generational addiction throughout crumbling communities in middle America.

The period of de-industrialization in the 1970s, as well as the 2000s and onward, has found many bluecollar workers without jobs. Thus, like many other towns existing within or bordering the Appalachian region, Muncie has seen its fair share of foreclosed factories, businesses and neighborhoods. Currently, the city’s poverty rate is 30.2 percent of the total population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

That’s almost 20,000 people.

Even as Appalachia has experienced a worsening economic lag over the past half century, little has been done in terms of domestic politics to lift the region from a trough of poverty, inequality and abuse.

That is where J.D. Vance comes in.

According to his memoir, Vance was born into an Appalachian transplant family settled in southern Ohio.

Starting at a young age, he became acutely aware of the opioid addiction, domestic abuse and poverty that afflicted his loved ones. In an attempt to break the generational ties of his hillbilly roots, Vance became one of the few to rise up the socioeconomic hierarchy. Vance served in the military, graduated from Ohio State University and Yale Law School, wrote a bestselling memoir – Hillbilly Elegy – that later became a film adaptation starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams and was nominated as Ohio’s Republican Party nominee in the Senate election for this November.

As a long-time Republican, Vance was reported to have considered a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2018, running against Sherrod Brown (D-OH) but declined to run. However, with the retirement announcement of Rob Portman (R-OH), Vance expressed an interest in running with the Republican seat being vacated. In July 2021, he officially entered the race for the Senate.

Within the pages of Hillbilly Elegy, Vance focused on the effects of poverty and addiction, social immobility and economic inequality. In his political promises, Vance reiterated the main point made within his memoir: politicians must provide a vehicle to increase economic and social mobility, thus pulling Appalachian and other lower-class Americans out of poverty and the grips of the opioid epidemic.

In fact, following the 2016 presidential election, Vance founded Our Ohio Renewal, a nonprofit charity that is, as stated by the charity’s Twitter profile, “dedicated to promoting the ideas and addressing the problems identified in J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.”

However, the organization was shuttered in 2021.

According to state records obtained and reviewed by the Associated Press, Our Ohio Renewal was shut down following Vance’s win in the Republican primary.

The group’s website and Twitter account quickly became inactive. Vance’s campaign didn’t provide any documentation on the project itself. The Ohio Democratic Party eventually bought and revamped the old site — renaming it “Our Ohio Ripoff” — and used it to expose how the nonprofit didn’t actually spend any of its funds on the opioid epidemic it was meant to be fighting.

One of the more noteworthy efforts for the organization was sending an addiction specialist for a year-long residency in Ohio’s southern Appalachian region. But this is where things get fuzzier.

An AP review reported the presence of ties between this addiction specialist, Dr. Sally Satel, and Purdue Pharma – the manufacturer of OxyContin. OxyContin, a highly addictive opioid, is still manufactured, prescribed and distributed in the United States.

There are countless ethical dilemmas in Our Ohio Renewal allowing for the employment of a doctor directly connected to Big Pharma. Vance said he wasn’t aware of this connection but remained “proud” of her work in treating patients, according to a statement by the campaign.

While the organization was well intended, its closure sheds light upon the shortcomings of possible political candidates.

provided by the CDC.

America’s working class is often hit harder in natural disasters and health emergencies because of uncertain living conditions or limited access to affordable health services.

During the summer of 2020, 60 percent of those residing in West Virginia alone said they were at risk of homelessness, especially those struggling with addiction, according to a study by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

Approximately nine percent of Indiana families are currently living below the poverty line based on 2020 statistic from Stats Indiana.

I never observed any sort of violence between family members. But I saw it. It coursed through the veins of my community.”

While community programs and some government funding have lessened the load of crippling poverty in the region, it is impossible to begin the rehabilitation in Appalachia without addressing the underlying causes. Through recognition, proper funding and political progress, the United States holds the potential of eradicating a larger portion of the American underclass.

If Vance is to secure a Senate seat for the state of Ohio, I hope he seriously works to enact policies that address the opioid epidemic, and after cutting ties with Big Pharma, I’d like to see him revive Our Ohio Renewal in aiding specific Appalachian communities.

Even as Appalachia has experienced a worsening economic lag over the past half century, little has been done in terms of domestic politics to lift the region from a trough of poverty, inequality and abuse.”

Vance’s failure in fulfilling the promises he made on his journey to obtaining the Senate nomination has shown a lack of commitment in addressing the opioid crisis.

Lower-class children are burdened with psychological damage after living in trauma-conducive homes and opioid-plagued communities, according to statistics on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

I did not grow up in the same strained, familial environment as Vance. I’m not a product of divorce. My parents weren’t stuck in relationships riddled with drug usage or domestic abuse. I never observed any sort of violence between family members.

But I saw it.

It coursed through the veins of my community.

I saw what opioid addiction could do. I saw the shaking, tremors and slurred speech. I saw my friends whose parents were laid off and couldn’t afford the Lunchables that many of us had in our lunchboxes. I saw the countless businesses that moved onto the mostly desolate main street — floundering and failing before the end of the year. I saw how hillbilly transplants and middle Americans felt left behind in political endeavors.

It’s not just about scoring political points off of the suffering of Americans. It’s focusing on limiting America’s demand for these drugs, regulating the drug trade and rehabilitating those afflicted.

Contact Kate Farr with comments at kate.farr@bsu. edu or on Twitter @katefarr7.

For Trenton, he said it was a pleasure. Growing up, Trenton was a part of the league, he started playing at 3 years old. In fact, his team developed throughout the years into the varsity basketball team at Muncie Central. They were part of the 2014 Muncie Central sectional championship team.

“It was really just an opportunity to be a part of something that [brought me] a lot of joy when I was a kid while helping out the community, a community that I have a huge passion for,” Trenton said. “I’m a kid from this community, born and raised in Muncie, so any opportunity I get that I can really give back is awesome.”

Trenton is a referee and coach for the league. He developed a bond with the kids on his team. One player struggled at times to focus on playing and would be easily frustrated. There was one weekend when Trenton couldn’t make it to coach, so Bob had to step in and fill the role. It was the hurt from Trenton’s absence on the kid’s face that let him know he was making a difference.

“Seeing him being saddened by it definitely impacted me and helped me see that even though it may have been hard and frustrating

at times, it really is making a difference and impacting these kids for good,” Trenton said.

Although he grew up here in Muncie, Trenton spent the past three seasons playing for Illinois State. Once he entered the portal, he knew where he would end up.

“When the opportunity arose for me to play for my hometown, I didn’t realize how much Muncie meant to me and how great of an opportunity it really was,” Trenton said. “Just to come back and spend these last two years finishing my career at home in the place that I’ve always had a deep passion for, it’s just nothing short of a dream come true for me honestly.”

Bob said Trenton’s return to help him out has been a great sight to see.

“It’s kind of been really fun to see life’s full circle kind of thing … which was really cool, and it’s very rewarding,” Bob said. “As a father, as a parent, you love to see your kids, not just be successful, but make an impact and make a difference for others.”

One day in particular, Bob witnessed something special. A little boy with special needs was struggling, and Trenton assisted him. Once he was close to the basket, he picked him up to let him dunk the ball.

“I love that and the smile on that kid’s face … I know all the

motivation and support for our fighting Cardinals.

students that participate in the league, and I will tell you, I’ve never seen that kid be more happy than that day at that moment,” Bob said.

“That was pretty darn special.”

Ball State defensive backs coach Josh Zidenberg described Trenton as “mature and wise beyond his years.”

“He’s definitely assumed a leadership role which isn’t always easy, especially coming in as a grad transfer … this season, he took significant strides,” Zidenberg said. “He’s become a guy that the guys go to with questions, and [he] put himself in a position to be that type of guy for other players to feel like they can go to him and trust him.”

Looking toward the future, Bob has hopes for expansion.

“We did have some plans to push the league out to other elementary schools within the Muncie Community System. However, that’s going to be a gradual process,” Trenton said. “We will be doing that next year, pushing it down to two other elementary schools, possibly three.”

The league starts February 2023 and is expecting approximately 300 players.

Contact Derran Cobb with comments at derran.cobb@bsu.edu or on Twitter @Derran_cobb

We have been outclassed by almost every FBS school, numerous FCS schools and even some Division II schools in the past. In 2018 Morehouse, a Division II school, had an average of 12,037 fans per game. Ball State, on the other hand, only had an average attendance of 10,288 fans per game that same season.

This lethargy and lack of school spirit is disappointing.

We Cardinals are supposed to live by the ideals of Beneficence and show support to our community; however, we don’t give our football team, the kingpin of our athletic program (much less the rest of our amazing student athletes) the time of day to support them.

Shame on us. Shame on this community for not stepping up as the

Battle of the Bronze Stalk

Pete Lambo, then-head coach of the Cardinals, said it best in 2011: “We have thousands of alumni that live within 90 minutes of campus. While Muncie is not a metropolis and Ball State is not Alabama, there is no reason why we should not expect to draw 15,000 fans to a football game.”

Seeing our football team, who pour out countless hours of their blood, sweat, toil and tears to compete out on that field, doing what they love, to hear a muted reaction and see empty aluminum seats is shameful to us as a fan base.

Where were all those fans who helped cheer us on from their television sets when we won our first bowl game in 2020, and we ended the season ranked 23rd in the nation?

It seems to me, from the difference in crowd sizes, that some Ball State students only care when their football team is competitive,

Ball State defeated Northern Illinois 44-38 in double overtime to win the Bronze Stalk Trophy

hence the last game at three-fourths capacity when we were nationally ranked.

The best college programs and professional teams have those diehard fans.

These fans are there through the mountains of success and the valleys of regression. I know that we can have that tradition of loyal fans; however, we need to change the culture of supporting our teams.

We must support our football team and all of our athletic programs for that matter, throughout the good and the bad.

For you, the fan, should have the same goal as the student athlete out on the field; “Bring glory to your name” — the name of Ball State.

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