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Oct. 18: Ball State administrators held a ribboncutting ceremony at the Health Professions Building to celebrate the completion of its construction and how quickly staff and students moved in. After the ribbon was cut, participants could freely tour the five-story, 165,000 squarefoot building to see what it offers, including a practicum clinic.
Football extends win streak to 3 games
Oct. 19: The Cardinals are out to beat every team in the Mid-American Conference, and after Saturday’s 52-14 win over Toledo, they became the lone team undefeated in MAC play. At halftime, the Cardinals were up 380, which, if the game ended there, would have been their secondhighest scoring game of the season. Their next game is vs. Ohio Oct. 26. VOL. 99 ISSUE: 11 CONTACT THE DN Newsroom: 765-285-8245 Editor: 765-285-8249, editor@bsudailynews.com
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Multicultural Center construction begins
Oct. 19: Ball State held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Multicultural Center, just east of Bracken Library, where President Geoffery Mearns, Board of Trustees Chair Rick Hall and Vice President for Student Affairs Ro-Anne Royer Engle each spoke. Mearns said the center will be completed in a year to 18 months; it will be nearly 10,000 square-feet and cost $4 million.
Men finish 3rd, women have rough weekend
Oct. 22: In its final tournament of the fall season, Ball State Men’s Golf tied for third at the Musketeer Classic in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tuesday, shooting a total score of 873. Ball State Women’s Golf struggled to find its groove against the nation’s top teams at the Cardinal Cup Sunday. Up until this event, the Cardinals beat at least half of the field in every tournament this fall.
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The state of STDs in Indiana
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cases reached 34,926 in 2018, which is a 24.63% increase 2017 since 2013. 2015 2013 2014
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Southside principal talks tardiness While tardiness isn’t in itself an issue at Southside Middle School, Principal Craig Standish spoke Oct. 23 at the Muncie Community Schools Board meeting about the school’s breakfast in class program to ensure students who arrive late don’t miss classes for breakfast. Standish said managing the consequences of tardiness was labor intensive.
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Immersive learning class to provide sex education to adults. Amelia Cisna | Reporter Through an immersive learning class, a Ball State professor and nine students are working to spread awareness and education about healthy sex choices in the Muncie community. The Inclusive Adult Sexuality Education (IASE) class will use inclusive
sex education to teach people about safe, pleasurable sex, as well as how to communicate with one’s partner about the subject, said Hailey Ellis, junior psychology major and member of IASE. Ellis said sex education is usually seen as limited, secretive and taboo and
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has “made people feel shameful for the things they felt.” IASE is working to fight this stigma, she said, adding IASE members want to help people grow comfortable within their own sexual feelings and “open new doors” by providing thorough sex education.
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Reports of shots fired were investigated around 12:50 a.m. Oct. 19 near the intersection of Riverside and New York Avenues. In an interview with NewsLink Indiana, Director of Public Safety Jim Duckham said there was no indication the incident had any relation to the Homecoming festivities, and zero arrests or citations were related to the weekend.
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‘Blitz’ meeting brings awareness The Student Government Association spent its meeting Oct. 16 out and about campus to meet with students about the issues they want to see resolved by the senate. Before the “blitz” event, the senate held a brief session on a legislation detailing a plan to add water conservation posters to residence hall restrooms — the first new legislation in three weeks.
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2019 ELECTIONS
MUNCIE’S NEXT
MAYOR Mayoral candidates share their potential plans for when they take office. Rohith Rao News Editor On Nov. 5, citizens of Muncie will take to the polls to determine the next mayor of Muncie and other elected city government positions. With current Mayor Dennis Tyler leaving office after eight years in the position, the 2019 election will see three
candidates vying to take his place — Terry Whitt Bailey (D), Dan Ridenour (R) and Steve Smith (L). The Daily News sat down with the three mayoral candidates and asked them questions about the relationship between Ball State and Muncie, the Ball State-Muncie Community Schools (MCS) partnership and the future of the city:
Primary results
The Libertarian party did not hold a primary
Democratic
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Terry Whitt Bailey 1,794 votes of 4,103 votes cast
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Dan Ridenour
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View the full interviews online where candidates speak about subjects like the FBI investigations, the rejection of the proposed Waelz Sustainable Products plant, the Next Muncie project, public transparency and their visions for the future of Muncie, while also addressing some recent controversies.
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Terry Whitt Bailey (D):
Dan Ridenour (R):
Terry Whitt Bailey currently serves as director for community development for the City of Muncie and serves on the boards of various local health and community organizations.
Ridenour serves as the councilperson for City Council District 2 and works as associate vice president for regional retail lending with MutualBank in Muncie.
Ball State and Muncie: While Bailey said she does believe a “town-and-gown divide” exists, she said she doesn’t like the term “because it separates us [and] segregates us.” “We need to talk about how we are together. We have a university that’s in our community, but it’s part of our community,” she said. “As we work together to build the morale of our community and of the university, we see the relationships that we can have with students.” One subject Bailey mentioned was off-campus housing for students. She proposed a rental registry for landlords and said she wants to make sure code enforcement is utilized so students can have “a place that’s comfortable for them.” Bailey also said the university and the community need to work with merchants and property owners in the Village to determine their priorities. “The merchants have needs that are different than the property owners do,” she said. “That’s something I think we’ve ignored for too long, and we need to work with the university to make sure that we’re giving those individuals who are trying to better the Village more of our time and energy.”
Muncie Community Schools: At first, Bailey said, Ball State’s partnership with the public school system was “a little uncomfortable,” but now, in the second year of its partnership, she believes “it is something that can be good.” Bailey said she has already promised to provide $100,000 annually to MCS “for whatever they need.” Bailey said she thinks this could be “a good partnership” the City of Muncie could have with both the schools and Ball State. While she doesn’t have experience in K-12 education, she said her expertise in higher education could be helpful as well.
Looking to the future: If elected, Bailey said, she would become the first AfricanAmerican mayor of Muncie. “We are on the verge of making history, but that’s not why I’m running for mayor,” she said. “I’m running for mayor because I’m qualified, but people remind me of that as another opportunity for us as a community.” Going into the future, she said it was important to include younger generations like college and K-12 students in decisions, adding she would reinstate the Mayor’s Youth Council and make sure to meet with Ball State’s Student Government Association “quarterly, if not monthly.”
Ball State and Muncie: In order to address the divide between Ball State and Muncie, Ridenour said he would institute a 10-year infrastructure plan instead of the two-year plan that currently exists so mayors that follow him have a better understanding of the plan when they take office. While fixing roads and paving sidewalks in itself won’t solve the problem, Ridenour said, “When you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re never going to get there.” “I think you have to have a long-term strategy on what you’re trying to achieve, and that helps improve results,” he said. On the subject of the Village, Ridenour said there is a need to educate the public about places to park to take advantage of the businesses and activities offered. “It’s good for us if [the Village is] vibrant because that means that’s an increased tax base,” Ridenour said. “It’s good for the city to take advantage of those services.”
Muncie Community Schools: Ridenour said what Ball State and President Geoffrey
Mearns put together “is going to help Muncie have a vibrant, innovative school system.” Instead of coming in and making changes directly, he said he likes that Ball State “engaged the community” through multiple sessions. “I think that type of public input is very important as you try and move forward rather than Ball State just choosing, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do because we think it’s best,’” he said. As mayor, Ridenour said he would look into how Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts are used “because that pulls revenue out of the school system.” “I want to use my finance background to try and look at ways to where we can release some of those funds so that we can have more funding go into the schools, to the general fund and to the library here locally,” he said.
Looking to the future: “I am looking for Muncie to refind itself,” Ridenour said. With improved communication under his administration, Ridenour said, “Everyone is going to say, ‘We know what’s going on in Muncie’ when it comes to the work of the city government, city council and mayor. “The communication is going to flow back and forth,” Ridenour said. “Will it slow down the government? Probably. But is that the right thing? I think it is.”
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CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS Seventeen candidates to contest for Muncie’s nine council seats
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Steve Smith (L): Steve Smith currently serves as a pastor of Divine Truth Ministry - Spiritual and Market Place Community Outreach Center and is a Ball State graduate student in music and kinesiology.
Ball State and Muncie: As a Ball State alumnus, Smith said the city of Muncie has a lot to offer students, but there’s a “disconnect in informing the students [about] what is actually available for them.” “We have good housing, we have good jobs,” he said. “We have good amenities and different things they can do around the city, but we have to get them access to those things and inform them about what we actually have.” Homeownership for individuals to “buy into wanting a better community” and entrepreneurship for individuals coming out of school to start businesses in Muncie were two issues Smith said he was keen on. “I believe it’s going to have to be intertwined and brought together and make sure that we understand we have to work together to make the city of Muncie better,” he said.
Muncie Community Schools: Smith said the partnership is good for oversight and would “foster more talent coming into
Looking to the future: After “getting people to work together,” Smith said his vision, apart from homeownership and entrepreneurship, would be “revitalizing the city of Muncie” and “bringing some of those things that we’ve been promised over the years into place.” One example he gave was “a center that brings the whole community together to be able to work together.” He said they also want a facility for senior citizens and a rehab center to tackle the drug epidemic in the city instead of imprisoning people. Contact Rohith Rao with comments at rprao@bsu.edu or on Twitter @RaoReports.
This year, however, all but two City Council district seats will be contested. This year’s election also features one candidate each from the Libertarian and Green Parties. - Staff reports
district, and three at-large members will be elected by voters to represent every citizen in the city, the website states. Each elected member will then serve a four-year term. In 2015, five out of the six
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Muncie’s current City Council makeup
At-large: the school system” by having education students at Ball State serve as interns for MCS. “[MCS] will know [what areas they are lacking in] and what to actually push in the school to get [student teachers] credit in those diverse classes that we might need for the students that [are] coming up,” he said. The partnership, Smith said, would also give MCS students “a direct path” to Ball State. “We just kind of have to make sure we are making this a safety issue, dealing with the drug epidemic that we’re facing here in the community, and all those things that make a safer environment for students to learn and be able to prosper,” he said.
City Council district seats — including mayor, city county clerk and city court judge — were won by candidates who ran unopposed. Additionally, only three individuals contested for the three at-large seats.
The City Council, which consists of nine members who serve as the legislative branch for the city of Muncie, will see 17 people contesting for seats this year. Six members will be elected by voters in their respective
• Aaron Clark (R) • Troy Ingram (R) • Richard Ivy (R) • Nora Powell (D) Incumbent • Linda Gregory (D) Incumbent • WaTasha Barnes Griffin (D) District #1:
• Ralph Smith (R) • Douglas Marshall (D) Incumbent
7 Democrats
2 Republicans
Voter turnout in Muncie’s elections
District #2:
2019 Primary:
• Brandon Murphy (R) • Jeff Robinson (D)
8,214 (17.54%)
District #3:
• Scott Paluch (R) • Ray Dudley (D) • Brandtley Spicer (L) District #4:
• Bradley Polk (R) Incumbent • Monica James (G) District #5:
2015 General:
2011 General:
2015 Primary:
2011 Primary:
5,576 (8.97%)
9,962 (16.95%)
• Jerry Dishman (D) Incumbent District #6:
• Anitra Davis (D) City Court Clerk:
• Belinda Munson (R) • Melissa Peckinpaugh (D) Incumbent
5,107 (8.23%)
17,279 (28.41%)
City Court Judge:
• Amanda Dunnuck (D) Incumbent Source: 2019 Municipal General Election Ballot
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The state of STDs in Indiana Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea from 2013-17
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Recent data shows cases reached 12,193 in 2018. This is a 70.67% increase from 2013.
I think this event is providing ... a safe place for people to learn, and ask questions and know what their resources are when it comes to sex education in our community.”
Syphilis
11,835 cases
9,451 cases
7,843 cases
7,289 cases
7,144 cases
2017 | 319 cases
- FALISHA LEWIS, National Pure Romance director and IASE’s community partner
2016 | 326 cases
2015 | 285 cases
2014 | 168 cases
Although much lower than gonorrhea and chlamydia, the number of cases of syphilis in Indiana reached 367 in 2018, a 70.7% increase from 2013.
2013 | 215 cases
Continued from Page 3 Students are typically taught sex education in middle school, said George Gaither, associate professor of psychological science. In 2018, however, Indiana Senate Bill 65 was passed, stating all students must have written parental consent before learning about human sexuality in school. Gaither said in an email response high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and teen pregnancy could be credited to presenting sex education at a young age, especially if schools “suggest that sex should only happen in the context of marriage and no information about actual sexual behavior is ever discussed.” Each of the class’ nine members are researching different topics related to sex education, Gaither said, and will present their findings in 30-minute presentations Nov. 23 at a sexual education workshop in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Some presentations will be paired with videos or expert panels. Ellis, for example, said she is
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presenting on STIs and would like to include people who live with STIs to “personalize” the issue. Local clinicians, sex shops, therapists and other businesses surrounding sex and health will also have booths set up during the workshop. Ellis said no businesses have confirmed their attendance, but students in IASE are also looking into offering free HIV testing as well.
SEX ED IN SCHOOLS According to the Indiana Department of Education’s website, throughout instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases, an accredited school in the state shall: • Require a teacher to teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children
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• Include in the instruction that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-ofwedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems • Include in the instruction that the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems is to establish a mutually faithful, monogamous relationship in the context of marriage Source: Indiana Department of Education
Falisha Lewis, national Pure Romance director and IASE’s community partner, first introduced the idea for the event to Gaither after attending an event called #SexualHealthMatters in Cinncinnati, Ohio. Lewis said she worked with Gaither for a number of years prior to IASE’s founding by attending his sexuality classes and sharing her knowledge on sex and relationships. Later on, she felt the need to have a conference in Muncie similar to the one in Cincinnati. She said she also owns a business created to teach small groups of women about the challenges of a healthy sex life, but it is small scale compared to what an event like this could do for the people of Muncie. “I think this event is providing a much larger scale for what the parties have to offer,” Lewis said, “in terms of providing a safe place for people to learn, and ask questions and know what their resources are when it comes to sex education in our community.” Gaither said registration for the event should be available soon. He said he’s hoping to offer gift cards or goody bags for the first people that register. Contact Amelia Cisna with comments at amcisna@bsu.edu or on Twitter @AmeliaCisna.
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WELCOME HOME, WENDELL Wendell Brown was released from a Chinese prison last month. Saturday, he returned to Ball State.
Zach Piatt Assistant Sports Editor Wendell Brown isn’t quite ready to talk about it yet. He said he needs time to reflect with his family first — time to focus on the positives of today before reliving his last three years in prison. “I’m just enjoying freedom and enjoying my family’s presence with the love, the smiles, the jokes and everything I’ve been missing all these years,” Brown said. Brown, a Ball State Football linebacker from 2004-07, was coaching abroad when he was imprisoned in China in
September 2016 after his involvement in a bar fight during a party, which he said was in self defense. One month ago, he returned home. “Words can’t fully express the joy my heart feels to finally — to finally be home,” Brown said. When he first learned he would be returning home, Brown said there was a giant weight lifted off his shoulders as he started to feel hope.
“I could actually see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Brown said. “I knew I would go home. I just didn’t know when, so when I finally found out when, it was just a blessing.” When his plane landed in Los Angeles Sept. 25, Brown’s mother and aunt were waiting for him. Along with his family members, Jason Whitlock, former Ball State Football player and current co-host of Fox Sports 1’s “Speak For Yourself,” and Dante Love, Brown’s teammate at Ball State for three years, were also at the airport. Prior to that day, his mother, Antoinette Brown, hadn’t seen his face since a 15-minute FaceTime conversation right after a verdict was reached, determining he was guilty of intentional assault.
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Cardinals get revenge from championship Toledo ended the Cardinals’ fivegame winning streak Friday with a 1-0 victory. Ball State bounced back Sunday, getting revenge from last season’s Mid-American Conference Championship game where it lost to Bowling Green in penalty kicks. This time around, the Cardinals came out on top in double overtime, 1-0.
Women’s Volleyball
Ball State splits weekend in Ohio Freshman outside hitter Natalie Risi continued to shine as she helped propel Ball State to sweep Ohio Friday. Risi had 11 kills and an ace to show for in the win for the Cardinals. Ball State went on to get swept the next day by Kent State. The Cardinals’ next match is Friday at home against Miami (Ohio).
Friday Night Spotlight
High school football weekly roundup Former Ball State Football player Wendell Brown sings the Ball State fight song Oct. 19, 2019, in Charlietown outside Scheumann Stadium. Brown started 28 out of 47 games during his Ball State career, missing his senior year due to injury. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN; MEGAN MEGREMIS, DN ILLUSTRATION
Delta and Blackford both dropped their final games of the regular season Friday. The Eagles fell to New Palestine for the seventh straight time as the Dragons completed their seventh straight perfect regular season. The Bruins lost to Mississinewa to finish the regular season with a record of 5-4.
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Continued from Page 07 For the next two years and two months, Wendell and Antoinette Brown could only communicate through monthly letters delivered by the U.S. Embassy. During the remainder of his sentence, they were allowed one 10-minute phone call each month. Antoinette Brown said she still has every letter she received from and sent to Wendell Brown; she sent about 60 letters every month from family, friends and anyone who wanted to try to lift his spirits. To finally see Wendell Brown, Antoinette Brown said, was an amazing moment. “Finally, I could hug my son and put my arms around him again,” Brown said. “It was
08 funny because his beard was so long and grey to the middle of his chest. I was like, ‘Oh my goodness. What is he going to do with this long beard?’” Whitlock said it was a special moment to see Wendell and Antoinette Brown reconnect. “It’s not just the person in prison that feels like they’re incarcerated; it’s everybody that cares about that person,” Whitlock said. “To see his mom being able to touch her son for the first time in several years and the joy she felt knowing her son was home and safe, that was the overwhelming feeling.” Whitlock played a large role — a $40,000 role — in bringing Wendell Brown home. Having already spent nearly two years in prison, Brown was sentenced to serve a total of four years in June 2018. His accuser agreed to a financial
3Former Ball State Football linebacker Wendell Brown watches as Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns introduces him Oct. 19, 2019, in Charlietown outside of Scheumann Stadium. Brown recorded a career high 12-tackle game in 2006 against Kent State. JACOB MUSSELMAN, DN
compensation of $50,000 to reduce his sentence by a year.
After family and friends raised around $20,000 — about half of which went toward lawyer fees — Whitlock donated the remaining amount owed. “I’m just trying to spread that message to everyone — how much pride we should take in Ball State and how we should look out for each other,” Whitlock said. “I’m a Ball State graduate for life. That will be in my obituary. I want other alums to feel that same way, and I think Wendell is a great representation of that.” Saturday, Wendell Brown
returned to Ball State for Homecoming, and an event was held before the football game to acknowledge his journey. He said he was greeted with “nonstop hugs,” and it reminded him of the warm feeling he got from his first visit to campus before his freshman year. “They preached how no matter how long you stay, no matter what happens, this is a brotherhood. This is a band of family. The men and women that come through here will always be treated as family,” Brown said. “From my first day arriving on campus, they showed me that, and even to this present moment, they continue to show me that this is indeed a family. So, I’m just thankful to be a part of it.” Contact Zach Piatt with comments at zapiatt@bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13.
Following family’s footsteps
With a history of athletes in her family, MyKel Ivy shares her path to continue her family’s legacy. Ian Hansen Reporter For MyKel Ivy, freshman middle blocker for Ball State Women’s Volleyball, competition is everything, including why she came to Ball State. “I [grew] up in a competitive family, and throughout my whole life, everything has been a competition,” Ivy said. “Not just against each other, but against ourselves to do the best not just in sports, but in everything we do, such as academics and our personal lives.” When her mother, Crystal, was at Ball State, she competed in track & field. Her cousin, Tiffany Gooden, played basketball at Iowa and later in the American Basketball League for the Colorado Xplosion, and her other cousin, Rod Smith, is a two-time Super Bowl Champion and three-time pro bowler who spent 13 seasons with the Denver Broncos.
Ivy started her own athletics career playing basketball, and she credits her father for the startup because they would play against each other for hours. “I would be hooping all of the time, and even though my dad was much older and larger,” Ivy said, “I would always take him one-on-one, and we would play games for hours and just be competitive.” One day, while playing a routine game with her dad, he accidentally stepped on her and dislocated her knee. Unable to play with her basketball team, Ivy was frustrated. However, the injury opened a door to a new sport. “My sister Breana used to play volleyball when she was in high school,” Ivy said. “I played basketball at the time, but I would always [go] to her tournaments, and I always thought it was fun to be able to play with her in the backyard.” Playing with her sister gave Ivy a new passion she never
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Middle blocker, MyKel Ivy (15) prepares to hit the ball during the Ball State Women’s Volleyball game against Austin Peay Sept. 20, 2019. Ball State beat Austin Peay, 3-0. JADEN WHITEMAN, DN had before; something about volleyball sparked her interest in a way basketball didn’t. “The moment I stepped on the volleyball court, I knew it was what I wanted to do,” Ivy said. “I just loved everything about it, such as the intensity and the community around it.” Ivy wanted to follow her mother’s footsteps and play sports at Ball State, continuing the legacy her family has created.
“My mom was a runner here, so being able to continue that legacy and being a collegiate athlete is a big deal and special,” Ivy said. “It is an honor to be here. Ball State has everything I could possibly ever want. It is a very big deal for me to be here because of not only the academics but how competitive the volleyball program is.” Ivy said she has many aspirations as an athlete at Ball
State, and the competitive drive she was born with is the driving force for these prodigious goals. “I want this to be one of the best volleyball teams in Ball State history, especially with us being a young team,” Ivy said. “I want us to be able to work together, and get to the top of the MAC and be the top team.” Contact Ian Hansen with comments at imhansen@bsu. edu or on Twitter @ianh_2.
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Two students traveled to 10 Greek cities in six weeks this summer.
Nicole Thomas Features Editor “I couldn’t believe I jumped off the boat.” While studying abroad in Greece, Haley Elgin, junior marketing major, said she had several moments where she thought to herself, “I can’t believe I’m here doing this,” especially when she was cliff diving at Sarakiniko Beach, climbing an active volcano in Santorini and diving off a boat to swim in volcanic hot springs. “After we climbed the volcano, they took our boat down probably a mile, and they threw down the anchor, and they said, ‘Jump,’” Elgin said. “So, I just jumped off this boat — no life jacket or anything because you float in that sea. The Aegean Sea is so salty that you just float.” Elgin was one of 24 students who explored 10 different cities and islands during a six-week study abroad trip through the Kentucky Institute for International Studies. As Elgin prepared for her trip abroad, she said she was mainly worried about transferring her money to Euros and making sure she had a way to contact people because her cell phone provider didn’t work abroad.
Haley Elgin, junior marketing major, visited the Portara on the island of Naxos during her six-week study abroad trip throughout Greece. According to Greek myths, the Portara, a 2,500-year-old marble doorway, was built to honor Apollo as the doorway faces Delos, which is believed to be Apollo’s birthplace. HALEY ELGIN, PHOTO PROVIDED
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“Ultimately, what I did was I went to a Greek cell phone provider and bought a plan from them,” Elgin said. “All of the contracts were in Greek, and I had no clue what I was signing up for. So eventually, I was able to get money and get a phone. Once I had those things that I kind of consider essential, I was a lot less anxious.” Kayla Trowbridge, sophomore French, political science and public relations major, said as she looked at her orientation’s packing list for Greece, she wouldn’t have thought to bring a long skirt to wear to Hosios Loukas, a monastery her program would visit. “[Hosios Loukas] was up on this mountain, and you were completely isolated from everything else,” Trowbridge said. “You could look down from the pavilion, and you could see it was just mountains and greenery for miles. There was nothing else around.” As Elgin and Trowbridge traveled to Mykonos, Milos, Athens, Delphi, Delos, Olympia, Santorini and Naxos, they visited archaeological museums, including the Acropolis Museum, and historical sites, such as ancient Olympia and the Catacombs of Milos.
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4-day Indiana festival showcases short films At the Heartland Film Festival, audiences had the opportunity to see short films from storytellers, animators and documentary filmmakers. Some of the films shown during the festival were “Brotherhood,” the winner for Narrative Short, and “In the Absense,” the audience choice winner. 4ByteBSU.com
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‘Philophobia’ joins coming-of-age movies Director Guy Davies blends together aspects from high school dramas like “American Pie” and “The Dead Poets Society” with his film “Philophobia.” The film follows an aspiring writer named Kai, who is preparing for his last week of high school. After an encounter with one of the most beautiful girls at school, Kai struggles to keep himself and his love life in one piece. 4ByteBSU.com
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Gallery: Air Jam 2019 Nineteen teams competed in Air Jam, a dance and lip syncing competition that takes place during Homecoming week. There were 11 fraternity and sorority teams and eight non-Greek life teams. Ball State’s Outlet Dance Troupe took home their 11th consecutive Air Jam win. 4ByteBSU.com
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“It was really kind of humbling because those were the oldest things I’d ever seen,” Elgin said. “In the U.S., our history is really pretty new. [In Greece], you’re looking at stuff that they say is seventh century B.C., and we don’t have that here. It put time into perspective for me.” As their study abroad program traveled across Greece by bus or ferry, both Elgin and Trowbridge said their surroundings, especially in Mykonos, looked like a scene from the movie, “Mamma Mia!” “[Mykonos] was very much what you imagine in your head,” Elgin said. “They had really committed to the white buildings, blue door — the sidewalks were cobblestone. It’s an island, so you are surrounded by the beautiful Greek water, which is insanely blue.” From interacting with Greek locals, Trowbridge said she felt Greece had a friendly and welcoming culture, as they would greet her and other students every time they saw them. “I feel like if you ask me questions about Muncie, I really couldn’t tell you anything,” Trowbridge said. “We would go and ask [Greek locals], ‘Where should we go around here for this?’ or ‘How do I get here?’ And they knew a lot about it. They would be able to tell you a little bit of history behind it. I feel like a lot of them — they have a deeper connection to Greece than I do to the U.S.” While studying abroad, some of the Greek dishes Trowbridge and Elgin tried were pestitsio, a Greek pasta bake; Loukoumades, fried dough covered in honey and walnuts; gyros and chickpea soup only served on Sundays. But, there were American foods Trowbridge and Elgin were missing by the end of their six-week program. “There’s no ranch dressing in Greece anywhere,” Elgin said. “Throughout Greece, they also don’t really have a great water system to drink water … I think I was really homesick for refills because you had to ration [your water] out, and you couldn’t just keep drinking because [the servers] weren’t going to bring over another one unless you wanted to pay for it.” While eating and traveling throughout Greece, Trowbridge and Elgin took courses in travel writing and mythology, which Trowbridge said is what first drew her to the study abroad program. “I love stories,” Trowbridge said. “I really like writing, and I’ve always been a big reader, so anything story-related really just gets me.” Trowbridge said the overarching theme of her travel guide for their travel writing class was viewing Greece through the eyes of Romantic-era poets. “One thing I wrote about was … the Temple of Demeter,” Trowbridge said. “The Parthenon, I would say, is one of the most well-known temples. It’s very grand, very impressive, but [the Temple of Demeter is] sort of where you got the sense that these were Gods that were really close to the people and Gods you felt connected to. So, I wrote about that and the sense of intimacy with nature and with religion that you got there.” Elgin said one topic her traveling writing class talked about as she wrote her travel guide was how women are treated differently in Greek culture.
Why is the seawater around Greece so blue?
Blue wave lengths are scattered by water molecules and back to the observer’s eye, making water appear extremely blue. Water molecules scatter blue wavelengths by absorbing the light waves and then rapidly reemitting the light waves in different directions.
4,900 feet Average depth
16,800 feet Deepest point
Microorganisms in the water also absorb light. The blue light is absorbed more, and the yellow pigments from algae mix with the blue light waves to produce a color green.
Red, orange and yellow wavelengths are absorbed more strongly by water than blue wave lengths. In deeper water, sunlight doesn’t reflect off the seafloor, so a majority of the sun’s rays are absorbed by the water itself.
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“Being blonde isn’t very common — people are catcalled a lot because of that,” Elgin said. “When we were in Naxos, there was a diner that was a hub for these old men … As a blonde, I was hollered at, and it made me uncomfortable. So, those are things that [my professor] taught us to prepare other visitors for because I made my guide for college women who were planning to go.” At the end of each day of traveling, Elgin and Trowbridge would return to their hotel rooms where they would write for their mythology class, tying in the Greek myths they learned from their professors with the sites they saw in Greece that day. Trowbridge said after an overwhelming day, she was grateful to spend time with people who knew how she felt.
Because the Mediterranean Sea is landlocked and has limited tides, there isn’t much water exchange. Because of this, there aren’t enough nutrients in the water for phytoplankton, which are microscopic marine algae that make the water color green to survive. So, the water stays a clear, deep blue color.
“It was nice to relate to someone all the time because when I studied abroad in Ireland [during my junior year of high school], I was the only American student there, so a lot of the times it felt very much like, ‘I’ve got to figure this out myself,’ and that wasn’t really the vibe here,” Trowbridge said. Once she returned home, Elgin said, she felt the program had expanded her worldview beyond her small hometown in Campbellsburg, Indiana. “I think that this program sort of gave me a new perspective on how other people live,” Elgin said. “I think that will help me because I’ll be able to better communicate with people who are different from me. If I work for a large company, it’s pretty likely that I’ll be talking to people who aren’t
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from the U.S. The experience taught me patience and how to better interact with people.” Trowbridge said not only has her study abroad trip reaffirmed that she wants to travel more in her future, but it also helped her grow her confidence. “I had a really rough freshman year, and so getting to go on this trip and making a lot of friends and getting to know people — it really helped build my confidence,” Trowbridge said. “All my friends told me when I came back, ‘You seem much more sure of yourself.’ I got to know myself a lot better ... and I just became a person I really liked.” Contact Nicole Thomas with comments nrthomas3@bsu.edu or on Twitter @nicolerthomas22.
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Ball State alumna cast as an ensemble member, understudy in musical Grace McCormick Reporter When she was a Ball State theater student, Laura Sportiello said going to the rehearsal room felt like “a total escape” from the “crazy whirlwind of classes and studying.” Now, the 2015 Ball State musical theater alumna is living her dream as a Chicagobased actor as an ensemble member in “Sunset Boulevard,” a musical produced by the Porchlight Musical Theatre. “The training I received at [Ball State] was such an incredible phase for me to move forward as a professional actor in Chicago,” Sportiello said. “The Department [of Theatre and Dance] created such an amazing place for young actors to train and grow.” Based off the 1950 movie of the same name, “Sunset Boulevard” follows film actress Norma Desmond, portrayed by Hollis Resnik in Porchlight’s rendition, as she grapples with aging in the theater industry. “[Resnik] is a beautiful, iconic Chicago legend of an actress,” Sportiello said. “Watching her for the first time [is] certainly a rehearsal highlight.” In addition to being an ensemble member, Sportiello is the understudy for the role of Betty Schaefer, an aspiring screenwriter in the musical. After seeing Sportiello perform as Betty Shaefer when the actress was sick, Christopher Pazdernik, assistant director of “Sunset Boulevard,” said it is comforting to know Sportiello can perform if necessary. “Laura swooped in and was so prepared and really did a delightful job,” Pazdernik said. “Laura is terrific … she just nails the movements, speech and sensibility of someone from that time period.” Christie Zimmerman, associate professor of dance and Sportiello’s former dance professor at Ball State, said she was not surprised when Sportiello told her about her roles in “Sunset Boulevard” at an alumni event. “When Laura was a student [at Ball State], she approached her work with this very interesting balance of seriousness and joy,” Zimmerman said. “She always stepped into a place prepared and was willing to try different things and grow as an actress.” Compared to her theater experiences in high school and college, Sportiello said, professional rehearsals are “fast and furious” as actors are expected to have all their lines memorized within the first week of rehearsals. “That [first week] kind of felt like a bit of a boot camp week,” Sportiello said. “It was cool to see everybody come in and unapologetically make the show come to life.” Pazdernik said many actors in the show were unfamiliar with the musical’s story before auditioning. “The first rehearsals were really just learning
The cast of “Sunset Boulevard” performs during a preview night for the show. Performances of the musical will run until Dec. 8 at Porchlight Music Theatre. MICHAEL COURIER, PHOTO PROVIDED the lines and the notes, so there’s not a whole lot of interpretation that happens,” Pazdernik said. “Then, after knowing [the story] so well, [the actors] have learned that they’re adding their own interpretation to it.” With a cast consisting of actors who have performed for more than 40 years to those just
The training I received at [Ball State] was such an incredible phase for me to move forward as a professional actor in Chicago.” - LAURA SPORTIELLO, 2015 Ball State musical theater alumna beginning their professional theater careers, Sportiello said being in “Sunset Boulevard” has allowed her to make new friends while offering a new perspective on classic musicals. “It’s given me another opportunity to really take ownership of an ensemble role,” Sportiello said. “You can make an ensemble role just as enjoyable and impactful as a lead if you put the work into it.” During preview performances, which took place Oct. 10-14, Pazdernik said the cast and crew were fixing and improving the show’s costumes, set constructions, prop handling and blocking. “I always describe rehearsals as minor challenges one right after another,” Pazdernik said. “What
makes every production unique is different people will solve those [challenges] differently.” Pazdernik said one of the most difficult challenges that “Sunset Boulevard” presented was properly scaling down large, cinematic elements of the original movie. “Coming up with a design that keeps it all clear for the audience in a 200-seat house, you have to appropriately scale the action down for the set and the venue we’re working with but still keep that majesty that is inherent in the material,” Pazdernik said. Opening night for “Sunset Boulevard” was Oct. 1, which Sportiello said she enjoyed because the audience was full of friends and family. “There is a sense of an exhale on opening night versus previews because we know from now on, things aren’t going to change,” Sportiello said. Pazdernik said opening nights make him nervous, but now that “Sunset Boulevard” had a successful opening, he can relax. “I’m always a bundle of nerves, which doesn’t mean I think anything’s going to go wrong,” Pazdernik said, “I’m just so anxious for everything to go right.” After “Sunset Boulevard,” Sportiello and Pazdernik said they will work together again on “Wonder Women,” a show for the Chicago Music Theater Festival happening this winter. “Laura is extraordinary,” Pazdernik said. “I think she’s going to be a huge star one day, and you heard it here first.” Contact Grace McCormick with comments at grmccormick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @graceMc564.
Laura Sportiello, 2015 Ball State alumna, will perform as part of the ensemble cast for Porchlight Music Theatre’s musical “Sunset Boulevard.” Sportiello said her education through Ball State’s Department of Theatre and Dance helped her become a professional actor in Chicago. PORCHLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE, PHOTO PROVIDED
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Mr. President is at it again. Shocker. Trump’s Twitter is toxic and shows his lack of professionalism. “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have. The Democrats are frozen with hatred and fear. They get nothing done. This should never be allowed to happen to another President. Witch Hunt!” @realDonaldTrump
“PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” @realDonaldTrump
“So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!” @realDonaldTrump
“I’m hearing that the Great People of Utah are considering their vote for their Pompous Senator, Mitt Romney, to be a big mistake. I agree! He is a fool who is playing right into the hands of the Do Nothing Democrats! #IMPEACHMITTROMNEY” @realDonaldTrump
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10.24.19 Sophia Carson is a freshman public relations major who writes “Brutally Honest” for The Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with Sophia those of the Carson newspaper. Columnist, In a Brutally Honest whirlwind of tweets and videos, President Donald Trump has come for everyone at least once. For those who don’t know, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump after a redacted memo created by the White House was released of a call where Trump asked Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to dig up some dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The whistleblower who released the transcript claimed Trump was using the “power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.” More recently, a second whistleblower claimed to have “first-hand knowledge” about the issue but has yet to come out with a formal statement. Given his reputation, it isn’t hard to believe Trump would use his power to get his way. It’s more about whether or not the statement is true. Trump is making sure everyone knows, or thinks, the Democrats are going through all this havoc just to “undermine the President,” Republican Rep. Mark Green of Michigan said. Trump always takes to Twitter to express his extreme dismay with any situation, and this impeachment inquiry makes this rather apparent. This is not how any elected official, let alone the president, should act. It proves how childish, uninformed and unprofessional he really is. Trump’s presence on Twitter is a large one, and that’s why the way he tweets is such a big deal. According to his Twitter page, since 2009, Trump has
tweeted approximately 45,000 times — rounded. If you do the math, he tweets roughly 4,500 times a year, which then divides to about 12 tweets per day — give or take, obviously. And that 12 doesn’t include the mass of retweets as well. He’s been tweeting links and videos, retweeting fans and creating his own quotable masterpieces, such as, “There has been no President in the history of our Country who has been treated so badly as I have,” and my personal favorite: “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” He’s blamed the Democrats with all the hate in his little tweeting fingers by creating creative hashtags like “#fakewhistleblower” and “#DONOTHINGDEMS.” It’s entertaining, yet also terrifying, how much of an influence his idiotic words actually have. It also matters that he is spreading false information as well. Trump tweeted Oct. 5 that Mitt Romney, Utah’s senator, should be impeached because of Romney’s criticism of Trump’s handling of the Ukraine situation. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution states, “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Civil officers can be impeached, but senators are not civil officers. Senators can be expelled or censured though, as Article I, Section 5 says, “Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.” I know what you’re thinking: Trump messed up the terminology. So what? But listen, he is the President of the United States. He is the man that has power over the entire country. He should know simple things like this, even if they’re not entirely common knowledge. The whole situation is even
The typical procedures for impeachment and removal from office Announcement
Investigation
Articles Drafted
House Vote
Impeachment
Senate Trial
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more funny if you stop and actually watch some of the statements he’s made. My favorite would definitely have to be a clip from Fox News he tweeted Sept. 30 where he said, “Adam Schiff made up a phone call and he read it to Congress, and he read it to the people of the United States, and it’s a disgrace. This whole thing is a disgrace.” This alone is a downright knee slapper. He sounds like a middle schooler attempting to defend himself to a teacher
after getting into a fight with another kid over stealing some crayons at craft time. I want to make the whole clip my ringtone. I love it. Looking from a left side perspective, the way Trump’s administration is defending him makes absolutely no sense. In the videos he shared on Twitter from Fox and ABC News, he abundantly avoids questions and just fires shots at Biden. His administration made it all about ensuring the people know that — according to Trump — Biden got a prosecutor fired, and his son had received money immorally. I wish for once in basically the entire history of politics, we the people could get an honest, straightforward answer from the officials we are supposed to be able to trust with running an entire country. But I guess that’s too much to ask for. Social media is a good platform and all, but when do we draw the line? It’s clear that Trump’s Twitter hasn’t done much for the greater good. He doesn’t use it as an informational platform. He uses it to poke at sleeping bears and make fun of the opposing party. Trump’s tweets are literally presidential records. President Barack Obama passed a law during his second term in office that expands on the Federal Records Act to include electronic records. Even deleted or altered posts are required to be saved by officials in case they’re needed later. If he keeps tweeting with no thought, his characters could be used against him in court, or worse, affect those who have to live under his stupidity. The president should be more controlled on Twitter, if not for the controversy and spreading of misinformation, then at least for the spelling mistakes and spam. But by all means, Mr. President, keep tweeting. It’s not like the nature and status of our country is at stake, or anything. Contact Sophia Carson with comments at secarson@bsu.edu or on Twitter @sophia_elise0.
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