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MUNCIE, BALL STATE RECOVERING FROM TORNADO 406 Men’s basketball has high hopes for season: Team looking to win conference title411

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Did you miss it? Catch up on the news from Nov. 6 through Nov. 9…

BallStateDaily.com Gunman kills 26 at south Texas church

Property tax increases in select counties

Obama shows up for Chicago jury duty

4Nov. 6: A gunman dressed in

4Nov 8: Indiana voters passed five of six questions about property tax increases Nov. 7, as select school districts in Lake and LaGrange counties received a mandate from voters to spend extra money. The questions passed in Hobart, Indiana, Hammond, Indiana, and in the Westview Community School District.

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black tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle opened fire inside a small south Texas church, killing 26 people in an attack that claimed tight-knit neighbors and multiple family members ranging in age from 5 to 72 years old Nov. 5. Authorities didn’t identify the suspect until later that night.

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Barack Obama showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty Nov. 7. Shortly before noon, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans told reporters that the former president had not been selected for jury duty. However, Obama was ready to serve if told to do so, Evans said.

US tightens travel rules to Cuba

Football looks to defeat Northern Illinois

Motivate Our Minds hosts 2nd spelling bee

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4Nov. 9: Ball State will travel

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to visit Cuba must navigate a complicated maze of travel, commerce and financial restrictions unveiled Nov. 7 by the Trump administration as part of a new policy to further isolate the island’s government. Cruise ship visits and direct commercial flights between the countries will still be permitted.

to Northern Illinois in hopes of snapping a six-game losing streak. This is the first of just three remaining games of the season for the Cardinals. The Huskies are currently on an eight-game win streak as they battle the Cardinals for the Bronze Stalk Trophy. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Nov. 9.

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4ON THE COVER: Ball State introduced its rebranding on Monday with the new slogan “We Fly.” The central message is that Ball State is one to watch. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

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Student Government

SGA creates Cardinal Kitchen committee

SGA tabled a vote to approve a bill creating a Cardinal Kitchen Review Committee within student senate Wednesday. The bill gives the committee power to make financial recommendations, not to mandate where funds are spent. It was created to address student concerns last year about Cardinal Kitchen food quality.

Law Enforcement

Delaware County Jail officer placed on leave A Delaware County Jail officer was placed on leave after an apprehension on Tuesday morning.

The leave comes after a video was posted on Twitter showing the incident. In the video, you can see the officer holding a man on the ground at gunpoint.

Crime

Police chase ends in suspect arrest

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After a deputy with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department initiated a traffic stop, the suspect fled the scene. Dequan Jones was later arrested and preliminarily charged with resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, running from an officer and leaving an accident scene or property other than a vehicle. Jones is being held on a $10,000 bond.

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What does it cost? Indiana tuition debt Editor’s Note: “What does it cost” is a monthly series that highlights prices of certain things on campus.

A study from The Institute for College Access & Success determined how much student loan debt Indiana college graduates had on average.

Out of the whole country, using data from public and private four-year institutions in Indiana, the state is ranked the 20th highest in average student debt.

Utah had the lowest state average student debt at $19,975, while New Hampshire had the highest state average student debt at $36,367.

Ball State was placed as the sixth highest ranking compared to 12 other public universities in the state of Indiana, with an average college graduate debt of $27,617.

Purdue University had an average graduate debt of $27,530, Indiana University Bloomington had $28,039, Indiana State University had $27,705 and Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis had $28,951.

Indiana-Northwest was ranked highest at $29,701. The institute said the data were the best and most recent available figures that were voluntarily provided by the schools, even though colleges aren’t required to report debt levels of their graduates.

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Ball State professor becomes American citizen Katie McDonald Reporter To most, the American dream means the opportunity for prosperity and success. But to one Ball State professor, the American dream means life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

“Going through the process, you must have a lot of patience and trust that the system will work.”

- KESHA COKER, Social Media Marketing Professor Kesha Coker, a professor of social media marketing, was recently granted U.S. citizenship after more than a year of waiting.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Coker wanted to become a U.S. citizen for education and opportunity.

She first came to the United States with

a passion for marketing and a Fulbright academic scholarship.

In 2009, Coker visited Washington, D.C., which she said made her want to become an American citizen even more. She was inspired by the history in the capital city, and “felt stronger in her decision.”

“There are bright sides and dark sides to the history, and I think with any country, dark or light, at the end of the day, the values are what define us,” Coker said.

Coker applied for citizenship in 2016, but has been working in the U.S. for years. She previously taught at Eastern Illinois University.

There were one million U.S. citizenship applicants in 2016, but the United States only welcomed a little over 700,000 naturalized citizens. On average, the process to gain citizenship after the initial application is about two to three years.

“Going through the process, you must have a lot of patience and trust that the system will work.” Coker said. “The journey is probably not ever going to be easy but you have to persevere and you have to trust, and you have to believe in the dream, because when you believe in the dream, the dream becomes a reality.”

Coker, who began teaching at Ball State a few months ago, says she came to Muncie because she likes the campus, the people, the opportunities and the focus on students and their learning.

“Ball State culture is that people do care even after only being here two months — they are very supportive of you,” Coker said as she sat by the celebratory red, white and blue flowers her colleagues bought her.

“Beneficence is the wings of gratitude and gratefulness that’s the way I view it.

I’ve been grateful ever since I started here grateful to be part of an experience where I can make a difference, where I could walk into a classroom and help students learn.”

Coker was initiated in Indianapolis on Oct. 25, where she became a naturalized citizen.

“It feels amazing. I feel like I am living the dream now,” Coker said. “I have more responsibility to this country being a part of it It’s not just about being an American citizen it’s being a part of the community and something bigger it’s being part of helping people continue to dream the dream and live the dream and move forward.”

Contact Katie McDonald with comments kmmcdonald5@bsu.edu.

Social media marketing professor Kesha Coker was recently granted U.S. citizenship. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

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Ball State releases its new brand slogan ‘We Fly’ replaces Jo Ann Gora era ‘Education Redefined,’ emphasizes Beneficence and university values Brynn Mechem News Editor After months of research and planning, the university released its new brand slogan — “We Fly.” “This is an institution that has a great history, but has an even more promising future and so, we feel that this is an institution that’s only beginning to take flight,” President Geoffrey S. Mearns said Monday.

The new brand, which cost the university around $930,000 according to university spokesperson Kathy Wolf, puts an added accentuation on Beneficence. The university chose the words “we fly” after researching many different slogans.

“I think very quickly we gravitated toward those words and those visual images, one because they are distinctive, memorable. They also are consistent with our institutional aspiration,” Mearns said.

“Then of course, it’s consistent with our two most prominent visual images — the cardinal and Beneficence. So, when we started to look at it all pieced together, both verbally and visually, it just resonated with all of us.”

“We Fly” replaces the Jo Ann Gora era slogan, “Education Redefined.” Banners and signs including the new slogan have been placed across campus, and the newly altered Benny logo appears on the university website.

The research combined both qualitative and quantitative data collected from thousands of students, faculty, staff and the general public about what they believe is distinctive about Ball State. The key messages found were: · Immersive learning opportunities · The university’s community-based approach to education · Empowerment · The Beneficence Pledge The university unveiled the new brand at a ceremony Monday, and since then, it has received a lot of attention from the Ball State community.

“I think it was pretty good, it’s been a while since we’ve had a good brand, or any brand at that,” said Andres Nieto, a senior urban planning and development major. “I’m excited to see President Mearns bring some passion back to this place. He’s a pretty good guy so I’m looking forward to this year.”

“I feel like they are taking more of a youthful and fun approach because it used to be ‘Education Redefined’ and it used to be very serious,” said Erika Espinoza, an emerging media design and development graduate student. “But now, it’s more bold and youthful.”

While some students were excited about the change, many took to Twitter or had group discussions in their classes to express their grievances about the new brand.

“When I talked to the students, I hated the fact that I heard in three different classes students bringing up the idea that it kind of has a drug reference. You know, we fly high,” said Rich Swingley, a digital audio instructor. “Here we are in Muncie, the meth capital of the world, basically, and we’re saying we fly? That kind of worries me because I heard that repeatedly.”

Another thing that Swingley said bothered him was the lack of student involvement in the new campaign.

“They hired a company [from out-of-state], which I get. But, why wasn’t the company mandated to work with our students? We always talk about immersive, immersive, immersive — but really, did you let our students work at all on this new campaign,” Swingley said.

“If you’re talking about $930,000 and you go to a company, I don’t care how big they are. You tell them, ‘Hey, in this case, you’re going to have to work with some of our students. You’re going to have to get them involved in the situation.’ …

That would’ve been absolute winner. It would’ve mattered what the words were at that point. Anytime students are involved, that’s a win.”

Swingley said the one aspect all of his students seemed to like was the new Benny logo and the appearance it brings to items like university documents, webpages and productions.

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I think very quickly we gravitated toward those words and those visual images, one because they are distinctive, memorable.

They also are consistent with our institutional aspiration.”

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President Geoffrey S. Mearns speaks at the rebranding ceremony Nov. 6 in Sursa Performance Hall. BRYNN MECHEM, DN

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Crews work to clean up debris, branches and several trees that fell in the Quad after a brief EF-1 tornado touched down in Muncie Sunday. Power was expected to be restored by 6 p.m.

Nov. 8. ANDREW SMITH, DN

Muncie, Ball State recover after storm Muncie Fieldhouse, Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Sigma Nu fraternity house all sustained damage Mary Freda Assistant News Editor After a brief EF-1 tornado touched down in Muncie on Sunday, crew members are still assessing damages. As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, 500 residents in Delaware, Blackford and Jay counties were still without power. However, most Muncie residents had power restored by 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to Indiana Michigan Power.

Muncie Damages Muncie saw large-scale damage to the Muncie Fieldhouse, three schools in the Muncie School Corporation and various neighborhoods throughout the city.

“If you look at the Fieldhouse … they probably got 100,000 gallons worth of water in that facility before they were able to get the water shut off because that was a 4-inch water main that burst

when the roof collapsed on it and broke it,” Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said.

Tyler said it will take tens-of-millions of dollars to repair the Fieldhouse and other damages in Muncie.

“I can’t even put into words the cost of just repairing the Fieldhouse,” Tyler said.

In addition to the Fieldhouse flooding, Tyler said the Madison Street underpass — an area infamous for flooding during storms — experienced minimal flooding due to the new storm drainage system that was installed in early October.

“It was pumping at maximum capacity. It was filled to the 750,000 gallons and it had water pumping out of the top of it and down into the storm water route and getting it out into the river,” Tyler said.

“And just a few weeks ago, 50,000 gallons of water would flood that. If we hadn’t of had that in place yesterday, there isn’t any doubt in my mind, as quickly as that was coming in, because it was coming in to the equivalent of a 10 percent chance of a 10-year flood and more than likely that would

have completely filled up that underpass.”

On Monday afternoon, Tyler signed an emergency declaration along with Delaware County Commissioners James King, Shannon Henry and Sherry Riggin. The declaration was released by Jason Rogers, director of Delaware County Emergency Management.

Tyler said there is no timeline for damage repairs, but Indiana-Michigan Power Company was out restoring power to the thousands of homes that lost electricity. Additionally, workers were out picking up fallen trees and branches.

Beyond the Fieldhouse, Salvation Army Muncie experienced minimal flooding, but Jonathan Taube, corps officer at the Salvation Army Muncie, said his biggest concern was the freezers defrosting.

“We have close to 400 pounds of ground beef alone, frozen in one of our freezers,” Taube said.

“We consolidated it to three freezers that we’re now running off the generator. But if we had to throw that all out, there’s no way we’d even be able to afford to replace it.”

I had just gotten home. I had been visiting friends in New Castle ... I thought that the tornado warning had passed through. I had thought a different tornado had cleared the area so I wasn’t expecting any more bad weather when I got home.”

- KELLI HUTH Director of immersive learning

07 According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, refrigerated food will last four hours in an unopened refrigerator and 48 hours in a full and unopened freezer.

While the pantry is closed until early January 2018, Taube said if the freezer would have defrosted, they wouldn’t have had any meat to give out when the pantry reopened.

“At this time of year, we’re focusing on our holiday distribution and, as I mentioned, we didn’t actually order that food yet, thankfully,” Taube said. “So, we still would have been able to give out the holiday baskets as planned, but we would have really felt the absence in the new year when we didn’t have any meat to give out in the pantry.”

Ball State Damages The university experienced minimal damages, said Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management.

Lowe said approximately 40 trees were damaged by the storm, including uprooted trees and branches. According to heat plant censors, high winds were recorded up to 114 mph during the storm Sunday.

Additionally, there were minimal reports of flooding in the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center and Burris Laboratory School.

Few buildings were damaged on campus.

“As a cautionary measure this morning, even though nothing was readily available on the ground, I had staff go around and look at every building, particularly in the old quad area, like Ball Gym, like Cooper, Fine Arts, the Administration building,

Lucina Hall, Burkhardt Building — buildings that were in that pathway — and we did find some minor damage in certain locations,” Lowe said.

Facilities began cleaning up on Sunday night and continued to clean up throughout Monday.

With a half-day of cleanup Tuesday, Lowe said the cleanup should be complete, minus leaves scattered throughout campus.

After continued cleanup Tuesday, Lowe said facilities found minor roof damage to Lucina Hall, damaged tunnel vents in the old quad area, seven broken windows at the boiler plant, greenhouse panels pulled from their slots and a few exhaust fan covers blown off buildings.

The damages come at no extra cost to the university, Lowe said, because additional workers weren’t hired to clean them up.

While campus didn’t have severe damage, Kelli Huth, director of immersive learning, had tree branches fall on top of her home’s roof, causing a hole.

“I had just gotten home. I had been visiting friends in New Castle ... I thought that the tornado warning had passed through. I had thought a different tornado had cleared the area so I wasn’t expecting any more bad weather when I got home,” Huth said.

Huth had just dropped off her kids at their father’s house when the wind started to pick up.

When she looked out her window, Huth saw tree branches scattered throughout her yard, so she moved into a hallway and after 30 seconds, she said, it was over.

“The main thing is that no one was hurt. There are a lot of trees and power lines down throughout

the neighborhood and it’s going to be a while before power is restored, but we are lucky that there were not any injuries,” Huth said.

Although Huth will have to replace appliances, some flooring and repaint parts of her home, she said the support from the community has been overwhelming.

“I can say that the people in this town are wonderful. All of the offers to help and bring me things — my colleagues came by and brought me coffee and breakfast and they came and brought coolers and ice so I could save the things in my refrigerator,” Huth said. “I have had dozens of calls and text messages from people at Ball State and the community asking what they can do to help.”

Austin Sventeckis, president of Sigma Nu, felt the same community support after a tree crashed into the roof of the Sigma Nu house Sunday.

“Most of the IFC presidents reached out to us to see if we were all right and that they could help at all, so I’ve been really enjoying the community support here,” Sventeckis said.

Most of the damage, he said, was contained to the exterior of the house.

“Everybody is fine, it was just the house that got damaged and it wasn’t even that much damage.

Some of the porch roof is kind of caved in — the gutter on the attic knocked off a little bit. Our fence got knocked over. But other than that, it’s not too bad,” Sventeckis said.

Phi Kappa Psi started a GoFundMe Monday to help offset repair costs.

Andrew Smith contributed to this story.

Contact Mary Freda with comments at mafreda@ bsu.edu or on Twitter at @Mary_Freda1.

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Trees were blown over near the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass after a brief EF-1 tornado touched down in Muncie Nov. 5. Seven windows were pulled out of the greenhouse.

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Weather: Indiana Winter Outlook

La Niña’s potential impacts to Central Indiana Patterns could mean cooler temperatures, wetter winter Nathan DeYoung Reporter The forecasters at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center released the U.S. Winter Outlook in October ahead of the upcoming winter season, which is December through February in the Midwest.

Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said the biggest wild card for this winter is the onset of La Niña for the second year in a row.

“Assuming a mild or moderate La Niña, I predict low-to-medium chances of slightly cooler temperatures, particularly for the northern twothirds of the state. However, given Indiana’s fickle response to La Niña in the past, there’s a reasonable chance that temperatures could be average or even somewhat above average,”said Petra Zimmermann, director of Ball State’s meteorology and climatology laboratory.

Halpert and NOAA give a 55 to 65 percent chance of the La Niña developing before winter sets in for much of the United States.

Zimmermann predicts La Niña could bring slightly cooler temperatures and a wetter winter for Indiana.

“The response in Indiana should be more muted than in some other parts of the nation,”

La Niña could bring slightly cooler temperatures for Indiana. La Niña is defined as cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. NOAA, PHOTO COURTESY Zimmermann said. “Generally, one can expect slightly cooler and wetter winter conditions, but again that depends on the severity of the La Niña.”

La Niña is defined as cooler than normal seasurface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. La Niña affects the polar jet stream, making it more fluid in movement, which results in more dips and valleys called ridges and troughs. The result affects storm tracks and the movement of cold Canadian air to the south toward the U.S. “Typical La Niña patterns during winter include

above average precipitation and colder than average temperatures along the Northern Tier of the U.S. and below normal precipitation and drier conditions across the South,” Zimmermann said.

Slightly above-average precipitation is certainly possible for Indiana and the upper Midwest.

Zimmermann said if cooler temperatures arrive certainly much of winter precipitation would fall could be in the form of snow.

“The southern half of Indiana will even be more likely to see increased precipitation, though the

somewhat warmer conditions farther south might yield more rain or possibly even more ice events,” Zimmermann said.

In preparation of the potentially active winter season, the National Weather Service in Indianapolis will conduct a winter weather preparedness campaign Sunday through Saturday to remind residents of winter’s hazards, how to stay safe and educate about preparedness.

Contact Nathan DeYoung with comments at nmdeyoung@bsu.edu

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Printing services allows department to save on costs 3-year-old program has cut paper usage down by standardizing, assessing print services across campus Andrew Harp Reporter In 2014, the Managed Print Services program was introduced to campus, allowing many departments to cut down on both environmental and economic costs.

The program was created to cut down on costs and paper use by standardizing and assessing print services throughout the different departments on campus.

Ryan Hourigan, director of the School of Music, said his department was one of the first to switch over to the Managed Print Services three years ago.

Hourigan said the switch was an adjustment

for the department since previously, individual printers and supplies were paid for through the department’s yearly technology budget. Due to consolidation of printers from individual to more department-oriented printers, departments now pay per-print fees to the university.

“It’s money taken out of our supplies and equipment budget versus our technology budget, and our supplies and equipment budget hasn’t changed for 30-something years,” Hourigan said. “It’s just a new line item that we weren’t expecting, whereas, in previous years, we would just buy printers and ink out of our yearly faculty technology refresh.”

Hourigan said the department had no idea how to project the cost of the unit for the year

when the program was first enacted, but he thinks the program is a good change in terms of environmental concerns.

Professors were encouraged to post things like syllabuses on Blackboard so students may print it out themselves if they choose to.

Hourigan said the department has saved roughly $6,000 since the policy change.

Fawn Gary, interim associate vice president for information technology, said in an email while the Managed Print Services haven’t been completely implemented, they have been expanded.

“There are now two different deployments of the program — the first being Employee Print Smart, and the second being Student Print Smart,” Gary said.

Student Print Smart was launched during the

2016-17 academic year with 19 printers placed throughout the campus.

Gary said students printed 3.5 million pages of paper, while faculty printed 2.1 million pages during the 2016-17 academic year.

Still, Gary said students saved 478,421 pages of paper while faculty saved 89,993 pages.

Gary said a true dollar amount of savings cannot be assessed to show how much money has been saved by the printing policies yet.

“Moving forward, we will be able to show the actual cost of printing by each department as we gather the data through our print management software,” Gary said.

Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @retr0andrew.

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Swimming and diving progresses into season Ball State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will both compete against Tiffin on Saturday in their first co-ed meet of the season.

While that’s the only meet of the weekend for the men, the women will first host Illinois State on Friday.

The co-ed meet will start at 1 p.m. at Lewellen Aquatic Center.

Men’s Tennis

Tennis competes in MAC Indoor Ball State men’s tennis will close out fall play as it competes in the MidAmerican Conference Indoor. The tournament is hosted by Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The team will compete Friday through Sunday.

Women’s Basketball

Ball State coach to speak at Insider Luncheon

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Brady Sallee, head coach of Ball State women’s basketball, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming Insiders Luncheon presented by Ball State Federal Credit Union on Monday. The Insiders Luncheon takes place once a month on campus at the Ball State Alumni Center.

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Ball State prepares for Ball State football travels to play Northern Illinois’ end of regular season Cardinals look to improve tournament seeding, win MAC West outright Sam Barloga Assistant Sports Editor Before the last week of play, consistency had been a problem for Ball State women’s volleyball.

Now, not so much. The Cardinals have won three in a row and four of their last five contests to take control of the Mid-American Conference West Division and put themselves in a position to get a top three seed in the MAC tournament, which is less than two weeks away.

Last week, Ball State grabbed victories over Toledo and Akron in four sets and three sets.

This weekend, the team will finish the regular season with trips to Northern Illinois and Western Michigan, both of whom were knocking on Ball State’s door for the top spot in the division.

Although it was a rough past weekend for the Broncos and Huskies who went a combined 1-3, that doesn’t mean that mean that this weekend’s matchups are any less important.

“This weekend will important for a lot of reasons,” head coach Kelli Miller said. “Number one, to get as good a seed as possible in the MAC tournament, and that’s important. You want to put yourself in the best position possible going in.”

Ball State split its previous games against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan this year, both of which were played in Muncie.

“We had a great night on night one against Western,” Miller said. “We weren’t able to maintain that consistency versus Northern, and so the challenge this weekend is to see what have we learned, are we able to maintain that consistency against two tough opponents back-to-back nights?”

Ball State is highly unlikely to get a bye to the MAC tournament semifinals, which is awarded to the conference’s top two teams regardless of division ranking. However, the Cardinals are in a fight for the third spot and to clinch the full division title this weekend. “[We need] to make sure we continue to get better every week heading into the MAC tournament,” Miller said. “We don’t want to get complacent, we don’t want to peak too early or anything like that.”

These two contests will be the last before the postseason for Ball State, who is aiming to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011.

“When we’re kicking, it’s pretty hard to stop [our offense], I have to admit,” senior outside hitter Jessica Lindsey said. “When we’re going on all cylinders, and we got everyone going, we’re pretty lethal.”

Friday’s contest with Northern Illinois starts at 7 p.m. The game against Western Michigan has first serve set for 7 p.m. Saturday.

Contact Sam Barloga with comments at sabarloga@bsu.edu.

The Ball State women’s volleyball starting line up huddles up before their game against the University of Toledo on Nov. 2 at John E. Worthen Arena. They ended up winning the game 3-1. ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN FILE

top-ranked MAC defense Cardinals will look to balance run, newly developed passing game Thursday

Redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Plitt runs a trick play with freshman running back Caleb Huntley during the Cardinals’ game against Toledo on Oct. 26 at Scheumann Stadium. PAIGE GRIDER, DN FILE

Robby General Reporter No matter who they’re playing, Ball State has the same goal in every week — establishing the run game.

This week, however, Ball State (2-7, 0-5 MAC) plays Northern Illinois (6-3, 4-1 MAC), a team that has the best rushing and total defense in the Mid-American Conference.

“No secret, we’ve got to be able to run the ball,” head coach Mike Neu said. “Credit to them because they’re playing good defense right now, but we’ve got to rise up to the challenge.”

Northern Illinois’ run defense has limited its opponents to just 112 yards per game and seven scores on the ground this year. The Huskies defensive unit has only allowed 15 offensive touchdowns overall, playing against teams like Boston College (5-4) and then-ranked No. 19 San Diego State (8-2).

With junior running back James Gilbert and quarterback Riley Neal officially ruled out for the season, Ball State will once rely heavily on its young running back duo consisting of freshman Caleb Huntley and sophomore Malik Dunner.

Last week against Eastern Michigan, however, Ball State showed a facet of its game that wasn’t seen in the previous five games — the ability to throw the ball downfield.

Part of that comes in the confidence the coaches have put in redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Plitt, and the other part is the Cardinals receivers increasing ability to get open down field.

“Not only can [Plitt] throw, but you’ve also got guys like Khalil [Newton], now starting to get in the swing of things,” Neu said. “A guy like Khalil has come a long way to kind of know what he’s doing from a mental standpoint.”

Newton, a freshman out of Lithonia, Georgia, caught his first pass of the season on a 25yard touchdown pass across the middle of the field, where he ran untouched past the Eastern Michigan secondary.

Paired with options like Justin Hall, Riley Miller Antwan Davis and Nolan Givan, Plitt has options down the field, and he’s proven he can connect, throwing for 266 yards and two touchdowns in two games.

But, for an offensive line that’s given up 24 sacks going against a Northern Illinois team that has had 26 sacks this season, giving Plitt time to throw remains a concern moving forward.

Ball State’s offensive line lost redshirt freshman left tackle Kaleb Slaven last week after he broke his left foot, while redshirt sophomore center Andrew Poenitsch remains out with a neck injury.

“You always expect that there’s going to be some sort of injuries,” redshirt senior Vinnie Palazeti said. “O-line is a physical position, so you’ve got a lot of guys getting reps behind them in the spring and fall camp. We’ve got guys who have been ready to come in when we really needed them.”

Palazeti played left tackle last week while redshirt junior Kadin Booker played right tackle.

Zac Ricketts, Chris Beech and Curtis Blackwell, all underclassmen, round out the remainder of the young offensive line.

While Palazeti said the amount of injuries have been tough, he’s confident in Ball State’s “next man up” mentality.

Northern Illinois is currently on an eight-game win streak in the battle for the Bronze Stalk Trophy, with Ball State’s last win coming by way of a 45-14 win in 2008.

Contact Robby General with comments at rjgeneral@bsu.edu.

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Men’s basketball has eyes on MAC championship Cardinals picked to finish second in Mid-American Conference West Division Robby General Reporter It’s been 18 years since Ball State men’s basketball hung a banner from the rafters of Worthen Arena – this season, head coach James Whitford wants to change that.

“To me, there’s two goals that I think about a lot,” he said. “One is to hang a banner in Worthen Arena, to win an overall conference championship, and the second one is to get to the NCAA tournament.”

Ball State hasn’t won a conference tournament since the 1999-2000 season, but Whitford has gotten his players to buy into the mindset of being the first to do so in nearly 20 years.

In the preseason media poll, Ball State was picked to finish second in the Mid-American Conference West Division behind Western Michigan.

Ball State has been close to winning the conference tournament, winning back-to-back MAC West Division titles and finishing with 20plus win seasons each of the past two years.

Last season, Ball State came just short of a conference championship appearance, losing to No. 1 Akron 74-70 in the semifinal game.

This year, Ball State returns 70 percent of its scoring and seven out of its nine-man rotation from last year. Only three players, Francis Kiapway, Jeremie Tyler and Sean Sellers, were a part of the Cardinals last losing season in 2014-15.

“I think the seven-win season, or whatever, was also about who we had on the team and our team chemistry,” Kiapway said. “This year, I think the culture of the program took a big swing ... I think the culture has kind of been built and I think [this year] is the best it’s ever been since I’ve been here.”

Talking about his approach to success, Whitford doesn’t constantly focus on a conference championship. Instead, he talks about “being consumed with the process of excellence.”

“It would be perfect if we could go back and make it to March Madness,” Tyler said. “Our goal right now is to get better. Coach is putting us in the perfect position to be successful by putting those teams on our non-conference [schedule] because those games are going to help us get ready for conference and we can take it from there.”

Ball State opens up what is debatably one of its toughest non-conference schedules in Whitford’s tenure, playing five opponents who have appeared

in at least one NCAA Tournament in the past two years.

It will also play in front of some of the biggest crowds some of these players have ever seen.

To me, there’s two goals that I think about a lot. One is to hang a banner in Worthen Arena, to win an overall conference championship, and the second one is to get to the NCAA tournament.”

- JAMES WHITFORD, Head coach The highest-attended game Ball State has had in the past three seasons was on Dec. 20, 2014 when it traveled to San Diego State to play in front of 12,414 fans. This season, Ball State opens up play against Dayton, a team that averaged 13,018 fans

per home game in 2016-17, good for No. 22 in the nation.

From there, Ball State will travel to Oklahoma and Oregon, both of which were among the top 50 Division l basketball attendance leaders, according to last season’s NCAA attendance report.

“It’s going to be really fun going out to these places that have big crowds and nice arenas,” redshirt junior guard Tayler Persons said. “But you know, we’re excited to play any team right now. ...

We’ve been on road trips against tough opponents and things of that nature.”

After traveling over 7,500 miles in its first five games, Ball State will return home to play six out of its last seven non-conference games at home, with the exception being playing No. 22 Notre Dame Dec. 5.

On top of its three returning seniors, Kiapway, Tyler and Sellers, Ball State returns a lot of depth offensively and defensively. Persons was an AllMAC second team selection, and junior forward Trey Moses, who is set to return to play after suffering an offseason hip injury, made the MAC All-Defensive team.

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Ball State alumnus inducted into IATA Hall of Fame

Head athletic trainer Neal Hazen celebrates 31-year career with Indiana Athletic Trainers Association statewide honor Michelle Kaufman Reporter

Ball State head athletic trainer Neal Hazen after his induction into the IATA Hall of Fame Nov. 5. TROY HERSHMAN, PHOTO PROVIDED

Neal Hazen’s 31-year career as an athletic trainer has been shaped by a rule that led him to a statewide honor Sunday.

Hazen, a Ball State alumni and current head athletic trainer, was inducted into the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame.

He graduated with a physical therapy degree in 1986, the last year Ball State offered the degree as an undergraduate program.

Hazen follows the golden rule when it comes to working with athletes and other trainers: treat others the way you want to be treated.

In a field where treating people is the focus, Hazen said the rule has served him well.

“If you can keep that in mind and instill that in the new young professionals, it gets them off to such a good start,” Hazen said.

“Because as much as you know, you start to realize there’s a lot more you don’t know. But if you treat people the right way, it goes a long way.”

Hazen worked in Fort Wayne right after graduation, but said the family atmosphere of Ball State brought him back. “[The atmosphere] was here when I was here as a student and it was a big selling point to me and a big point of what I’ve tried to keep going and our staff has kept going as a team through all of our years here,” Hazen said.

He was involved in sports in high school and college but saw an opportunity to continue his involvement in sports through sports medicine. Hazen was the assistant athletic trainer from 1987 to 1996 before becoming head athletic trainer. Hazen said there have been a

variety of personalities, students, faculty and staff throughout the years.

“I think just the culmination of everybody I’ve had the opportunity to work with … I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to learn from so many people,” Hazen said. “Every day I think is a learning opportunity, and I always try to keep that in mind. If you take advantage of those opportunities, it’s amazing the things that you take away.”

Hazen said he wishes he did more patient care, but still works daily with Ball State’s 19 teams made up of over 400 student-athletes. He’s seen a monumental change in athletic training, as the medical and legal aspect is a lot bigger now, while patient care was a bigger focus in the past.

“We all evolve,” Hazen said. “None of us are the same person, the same athletic trainer today that we were a year ago or even a month ago for that matter … it’s just hard to imagine three decades of being blessed to be in this profession.”

Hazen was nominated for the award by assistant athletic trainer Troy Hershman, who said Ball State has the most alumni or people connected to the athletic training program in the IATA Hall of Fame.

Hazen was working at Ball State when Hershman was a student. His earliest memory was meeting Hazen at a football practice “Being the physical therapist, he was spending more time with patients,” Hershman said. “So if you really wanted to learn something, if you were smart, you hung out with Neal. You would learn stuff from Neal cause he would have more time for you [than some of the other trainers.]”

Hershman graduated from Ball State in 1992 and joined the staff in 2007.

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Empowered, Engaged, Exhilarated.

A guide to our new brand This is a special place, inspired by

our core values and focused on creating a meaningful impact across our community and the world. By now you probably have noticed the banners, signage, and other displays representing Ball State’s new brand and marketing campaign. Our new brand helps us tell the Ball State University story with renewed passion and energy.

We would like to share with you the key messages supporting our new brand.

These messages will help you better understand who we are, what we do, and why it matters.

Ball State University is the one to watch.

Propelled by an innovative, immersive approach to education and guided by clear and enduring values, Ball State is on the minds and in the hearts of every potential student, elected official, and community leader. We are a source of pride for our alumni and our community.

meaningful lives. We are committed to excellence, honesty and integrity, social responsibility, gratitude, and respect for the inherent worth of every member of our community.

There is more to Ball State University than you may think.

We empower students and faculty to fly. And they love it.

While we are proud of our roots as a Teachers College, we have grown far beyond them. Ball State is a world-class university. Our students and alumni are designing extreme weather shelters, providing animation for major motion pictures, holding key positions in major media and news organizations, and winning songwriting competitions. We have more than 190 undergraduate majors, more than 140 graduate programs, and more than 200 study abroad programs.

We are Benny. We live Benny.

We live the Beneficence Pledge because it is the right thing to do and the foundation of our ultimate education goal: to propel students to successful careers and

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Never Being Boring

Leave the past behind? Never say never Evan Hatfield is a sophomore journalism major and writes “Never Being Boring” for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Write to Evan at erhatfield@bsu.edu.

When I walked into Sursa Hall more than a week ago for a choir concert, I couldn’t help but notice something seemed different.

EVAN As I showed the usher my HATFIELD ticket and settled into my seat, I Opinion writer continued to consider what had changed. Sursa Hall seemed as familiar as it’s ever been: warm, welcoming, the perfect place for a choir concert.

It took a few minutes for me to realize that perhaps it wasn’t Sursa Hall that had changed. It was me that had changed.

Choir was one of the biggest parts of my life from sixth grade on up. Some things may have changed through the years -- the people around me, the kinds of music we sang, the dilemmas I had to put up with outside of choir -- but being in some sort of choir remained a constant in my life … until now, that is.

I kept choir in my schedule for the sake of familiarity when I came to Ball State last fall. It was as fun as choir had ever been, but I had to eventually come to accept that it wasn’t the same sort of experience I had with choir in high school.

I loved the program, to say the least. The directors were all great in what they did, the music was some of the best I’ve ever had the opportunity to sing and the people in the program were wonderful. The problem was my own mindset; I was attached to the power of the music in the same way I’d been for years, but otherwise, I didn’t think much of my experience in the program.

There’s something to be said for knowing when the time has come to keep moving forward in life. It’s a hard feeling to admit, especially knowing that what you’re leaving behind has been such an integral part of how you go about life. It’s even harder when you know there’s a good handful of people from your life out there who would prefer for you to maintain the status quo.

EVERYONE’S

WIRED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY

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Everyone’s wired a little differently In the never-ending story of growing up and creating oneself, 1 student reflects on her journey through life with OCD Elizabeth Wyman is a senior journalism major and writes “Wyman’s Words” for the Daily News.

Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Elizabeth at egwyman@bsu.edu.

I hate the number four.

I have absolutely no reason to hate the number four, but the sound, the look and the way my fingers feel spelling out that ELIZABETH dreaded number makes me cringe as if somebody put nails to a WYMAN chalkboard. Seem odd? Maybe Guest quirky? Crazy? It is.

Columnist But that’s Obsessivecompulsive disorder.

And that’s my life.

OCD is a mental anxiety disorder causing recurring thoughts, obsessions and compulsions.

It’s often portrayed on TV and in movies as comical and lighthearted.

It’s not.

It’s so much more than needing every inch of the bathroom floor tile to be clean or needing all of your sweaters to be hung up next to each other.

That’s called being tidy, not OCD. It’s a constant mental battle ensuing inside my head. Sometimes stalling me for 30 minutes while I complete a menial ritual, my OCD — I call it mine because everyone’s is different — forces me to complete before I can move on with my life.

I should have known at a young age my brain was wired differently. I had a completely irrational fear of holding other people’s hands. Most troublesome, I would assume, for my parents who were trying to keep track of an energetic young child without being able to say, “hold my hand as we cross the street.”

I wore long-sleeved shirts and had my parents hold my sleeve instead of my hand. Sure, there were stares as we walked through the grocery store like that. Or standing in the pews at church reciting the “Our Father” as my overly stretched-out longsleeve shirt firmly grasped in my dad’s hand.

Why did I hate people touching my hands? I don’t know, but it felt wrong, and my OCD is a constant struggle of trying to feel “right.”

Really, a sub-type of OCD is deemed “Just Right” OCD. The need to perform tasks until they feel “just right,” and the number four will never feel

right to me.

In elementary school I used to blink excessively.

I couldn’t stop until it felt right. People would stare. Kids and teachers would ask why I blinked so much or if I was having trouble seeing. What do you say to that? Sorry, my brain is telling me to do those things. I have to listen to my brain. If I would restrain myself from blinking I felt uncomfortable and unable to concentrate on anything else.

Or in high school, when I had to start taking my tests in separate rooms, receiving extra time because my OCD forced me to reread test questions three or more times — never four though, duh — just to be able to answer them.

My compulsions weren’t all bad. I used to force myself to hit a 3-point shot — luckily there’s no 4-point shot in basketball — a free throw and layup, without missing, before I could walk off the court.

Maybe I’m a better journalist for it, always feeling the need to excessively check name spellings and titles.

That’s what real OCD is.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, just over 2 percent of the United States population suffers from OCD — roughly one of every 40 people.

Most of those 2 percent suffer in silence. It’s embarrassing, it’s weird. It seems pointless. Why can’t we just forget about it?

When you have three deadlines, two papers and bills to pay, you can’t be stuck in that feeling of “wrongness.” Stuck in that feeling that you can’t stop obsessing about until you complete that compulsion. Whether that be needing to tap the kitchen table three times every time I walk past it, or being stuck on the fact that I can’t remember if I said thank you to someone who gave me a cookie.

I’ve described my OCD to my family in the past as being a “prisoner of my own mind.” In the past it has felt that way, but you learn to accept who you are and control only what you can.

Nobody’s OCD is the same. But the way we portray all mental illness should be; with compassion. Whether you suffer from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or despise the number four like me, it shouldn’t matter. Everyone’s wired a little funky in the head due to no fault of their own.

So let’s talk about it, address it, acknowledge it.

Chances are somebody else has it, too.

KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

NEVER

Continued from Page 14 The bigger problem lies in how to go about it all when that time does come. It’s a painful feeling at first, but it can’t be denied.

Part of me would like to think of my stepping away as giving someone else a turn in the musical spotlight, so to speak. Being in choir changed my life; who’s to say it couldn’t change someone else’s life for the better?

For all I try to rationalize my internal feelings, it doesn’t change the fact that the decision is long since over. For the moment, for better or worse, I am just a witness to the music.

It’s a surreal feeling, getting to see an activity you’ve been a part of for so many years from the other side of things. I wasn’t at this concert as part of the performance, I wasn’t there because a good friend was in the performance, I wasn’t even there for a class … I was just there.

When you’ve been in a program like choir for long enough (or any sort of organized activity, for that matter), you get a real feeling for what’s going on that you might not otherwise have. As I waited for the concert to start, I pictured being back in the choir room for the pre-concert pep talk. I chuckled as if I’d just been let in on some private joke when the program started more than five minutes behind schedule. I imagined the hectic goings-on backstage as the stage crew frantically took down chairs and music stands so the choirs could take the stage.

And then the music started.

I hadn’t thought about choir in months, but I was back in the zone within moments — it felt like I’d never left. Questions of ‘what if?’ started to flood through my mind. What if I’d stayed in Concert Choir? What if I’d tried to audition for Chamber Choir? What if I at least kept men’s choir in my schedule?

Memories of music past flooded my mind at the same time: the madness of hours upon hours of traveling Illinois as part of my high school’s

vocal jazz group, the ever-crazy rush leading up to concerts, the pure emotion I often felt while I was singing the music on stage.

Suddenly, I realized just how much I missed this. Here was something that had been part of my life for such a long time, and yet, I’d walked away from it at the end of the last school year without much of a thought.

Not long after that, the reality set in; the music never left me. It was me who left the music.

I’m still a choir kid in some senses, I suppose.

When I hear a song on the radio, I’m instantly in the “music nerd” zone, analyzing the song up and down trying to pick out the harmonies or the bass line so I can sing along (such are the joys of having a low voice). I still get annoyed when people clap along to the first and third beats of a song (let’s face it, clapping on the second and fourth beats sounds so much better). I’ll even occasionally find myself yearning for the past, going back to listen to the recordings from my high school concerts (almost drowning myself in nostalgia in the process).

I don’t deny missing choir. For all the drama and madness that often ensued, it was still one of the best parts of life for me. Even in spite of that, I don’t think there’s any sort of void to fill in my life right now. My love for music is still there, just as it ever was. I just choose to express it in a different way for the time being.

And who’s to say what the future holds?

There’s nothing stopping me from coming back to all of this some day (and I’m sure my high school choir teacher wouldn’t have it any other way). I can only hope I’ll get the chance to do that.

When I left Sursa that day, the weather and everything else around me mirrored how I felt having to leave choir behind again: cold, gloomy, perhaps even lonely. I walked back to DeHority Complex deep in thought; it was in those thoughts I eventually managed to find some comfort. Though choir may be out of my life for now, at least I’ve got seven years or so of good memories to fall back on.

So long as I have those, I’m content.

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We screamed so loud, I’ve never heard people scream so loud in my life,” Amanda said. “It’s worse than a concert. When she came up, we were all screaming, some people were crying. I kept it together — I’m surprised I did — and then it’s so surreal. I mean you’ve always seen her in pictures or whenever, I’ve seen her in concert, I’m always pretty far away so it just doesn’t seem like it’s real and then she’s, like, two feet away from you, so it’s just … yeah, it’s beyond words.”

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PRSSA awards students with diversity grant Justice Amick Reporter The Public Relations Student Society of America awarded its first diversity grant as part of a goal to promote inclusiveness in the organization on Oct. 12.

“We didn’t think people felt like they weren’t included. We thought we were being open and inclusive of everybody, but when we started to hear from other people and students, they didn’t feel that way,” said Shanetta Pendleton, the faculty adviser of PRSSA. “We wanted to make specific efforts to recruit different members into our organization.”

The diversity grant is $65, which covers the membership fee for incoming students of the organization who are part of a minority group.

Applications were open to freshmen and sophomores who were not already part of the organization. Applicants wrote an essay on why diversity is important in public relations.

After reading the applications, the PRSSA executive board decided to award Ida Cage and Mariah Brown with the grants.

Ida Cage

“Being one of the first people to receive this grant is an honor. It makes me feel as if I’m important enough to be considered,” said Cage, a sophomore public relations major. “I like to know that others see the potential I have and are willing to help me

reach my goals in my career.”

Cage is from Chicago and is double minoring in sports marketing and communications and event planning.

“I plan on starting my own public relations firm that works directly with the entertainment industry and those part of it,” Cage said.

Cage said she will use the skills she has learned at Ball State and from PRSSA to promote athletes, artists, musicians and anyone in need of PR services.

Cage is not only involved in PRSSA, but is also a member of the University Programming Board and a current contestant for the 2018 Miss Black and Gold Pageant through the Theta Xi chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

Cage is also currently a resident assistant in Shively Hall in LaFollette Complex. As a resident assistant, Cage said she utilizes the networking and community growth skills she practices through her PR major.

“My job challenges me to find new ways to assist my residents in any way possible, meaning I am constantly coming up with ways to build a community amongst my residents,” Cage said.

“This is to help them transition into the Ball State community, in order to find and understand their path here on campus and potentially life.”

major from Fort Wayne, said receiving the award is a “phenomenal opportunity” to grow an already “successful organization.”

“I have only been a member since August and I feel like part of the PRSSA family,” Brown said. “Not only do you learn so much about public relations, but you have great supporters and mentors in PRSSA to guide you every step of the way.”

Brown considers herself a “floater” and aims to join as many organizations as possible on campus.

The most recent organization she has joined is Operation Black Out, a Ball State dance club.

“You never know when you might find something new. No matter how grown we all feel or intelligent we may be, there is always something new for us to try, learn and grow in,” Brown said. “I am newly the PR director for the dance group on campus called OBO. I can’t wait to really be a part of the group and put my PR skills to use.”

Brown uses many different platforms to connect with a variety of people, including her current job at Jamba Juice and vlog on YouTube, mariah kiera.

Contact Justice Amick with comments at jramick@bsu.edu.

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Mariah Brown, a sophomore public relations

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Student pursues love of makeup

When taking her 1st stage makeup class, Jordan Sible found her passion Maggie Stolfa Reporter

KAI COHEN, DN

Editor’s note: Behind the Curtain is a Ball State Daily News series profiling various students that are involved in theater beyond acting.

As the audience stares at the stage while actors enter the spotlight, Jordan Sible watches what were once drawings in her sketchbook come to life.

For her senior capstone design class, the senior theatrical design and technology major designed the hair and makeup for the production “Pride and Prejudice” performed at the University Theatre.

Months of planning went into making the 22 actors look like the characters described in the script based off of Jane Austen’s novel. Theater instructor Rob Dirden said Sible went through the entire process on her own for the class.

“Since ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is set in 1813 England, she had to research the hairstyles and makeup of people during that time period,” Dirden said.

“It is a lot of meetings. A lot of rehearsals. A lot

of figuring out what works for each character and figuring out what works for the time period.”

Sible said she has always had a love for the stage, but it wasn’t until she took her first stage makeup class her sophomore year that she realized backstage is where she wanted to be.

“I have a particular interest in special effects makeup,” Sible said. “My biggest dream is to one day work on movies or theater projects that have special effects makeup involved.”

While her other classes give her an opportunity to delve into the making and applications of both special effects and prosthetic makeup, it was this semester’s immersive capstone course in particular that allowed her to see what working her dream job truly entails.

“It gives me a rush of energy whenever I am focused on a project, and I am so proud to be able to say I am a designer at Ball State,” Sible said.

“My love of theater grows every single time I am able to design, and that is a feeling that I will never be able to replace.”

Dirden said Ball State’s Department of Theatre and Dance organizes its productions and schedules

the same way Broadway and regional theatres do.

The department mirrors the standards used in the industry from the amount of time students rehearse to the number of rehearsals they have in a row.

“That is the idea, so when students graduate, they are prepared, and they understand the life already and what that means,” he said. “I believe our students learn what they need to know here to go into any professional art field. It’s a hands-on thing. You never stop learning this craft.”

Sible has been committed to practicing her craft outside of school too. During her four years at Ball State, she has done face painting at Late Nite, elementary schools and fairs in the community.

She has also been involved in BSU Backstage, and over the summer, she designed hair and makeup for the production “Seussical” at the Muncie Civic Theatre.

After graduation, Sible said she plans to go to cosmetology school in Muncie, then hopefully further her career as a makeup artist.

Contact Maggie Stolfa with comments at mjstolfa@bsu.edu.

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Ball State student attends ‘Reputation’ Secret Session AMANDA JAEGER, PHOTO PROVIDED

Amanda Jaeger was chosen to listen to Taylor Swift’s new album before its release on Friday Brooke Kemp Features Editor Since fifth grade, Amanda Jaeger, a freshman nursing major, has dreamt of meeting Taylor Swift.

On Oct. 12, Jaeger received a notification from Twitter promising to fulfill that dream.

While Swift has commented on a few of her pictures on social media, Jaeger never imagined she would be contacted by Taylor Nation, Swift’s management team, telling her she had been handpicked to attend a “Reputation” Secret Session.

“When they sent that to me, I just started, like, freaking out. I’m like, ‘This is not real, like, this cannot be happening,’” Jaeger said.

Swift often pays attention to her fans’ social media, and in preparation for the release of her new album, “Reputation,” she invited a group of fans to enjoy a private party where they would listen to and talk about the album.

Jaeger attended a secret session in Swift’s parents’ home in Nashville and said she was pleasantly surprised that her family was so supportive of such a last-minute trip.

“I’m really proud of her and happy she got to live her dream out and she never gave up on meeting her,” said Samantha Jaeger, Amanda’s sister. “It shows that it was worth it in the end, never giving up on it, and I’m really happy for her.”

The fans attending the Nashville secret session were all given the location of a hotel they would meet at before boarding a bus to Swift’s house.

When Jaeger arrived, she was surprised to hear several voices calling her name.

Jaeger has made friends through social media, many of whom are Taylor Swift fans, but she

had only met a few in person. When she arrived at the hotel, however, she found that several of her online friends were going to the same secret session as her.

The group of fans was treated to a variety of foods and drinks and were also able to interact with Swift’s parents and their dog while waiting to meet Swift herself. While the shock of being in Swift’s family’s house was setting in, Jaeger looked up the stairs and saw Swift walking toward the group.

“We screamed so loud, I’ve never heard people scream so loud in my life,” Jaeger said. “It’s worse than a concert. When she came up we were all screaming, some people were crying.

“I kept it together — I’m surprised I did — and then it’s so surreal, I mean you’ve always seen her in pictures or whenever, I’ve seen her in concert, I’m always pretty far away so it just doesn’t seem like it’s real and then she’s, like, two feet away from you, so it’s just … yeah, it’s beyond words.”

As the group sat around listening to the album, Jaeger said Swift made her feel like she was just hanging out with a friend.

“She would look at everybody multiple times in the eyes, so when she would look at you it just felt like she was talking and it was just you and her and no one else,” Jaeger said.

Jaeger said Swift made the fans laugh and cheer over and over again, but whenever her songs came on, a silence fell over the group as they were analyzing the lyrics to hear the meaning behind them.

Afterwards, fans were able to talk one-on-one with Swift and get their pictures taken. When it was finally Jaeger’s turn, she said Swift opened her arms to hug her and asked her how she was doing.

“It didn’t feel like I was meeting a celebrity, it felt like I was meeting my best friend that I hadn’t seen in a few months or something,” Jaeger said.

Since the secret session, Jaeger has been sharing all her stories with her sister. They are looking forward to listening to the album this weekend after it is released.

“I know on Friday, when I listen to the album again, it’s definitely going to bring back more memories,” Jaeger said. “It’s a connection that us secret sessioners and Swift have that no one else has, and it’s very special.”

The album will be released on Friday, and Jaeger said it is different from anything Swift has ever done before. “[Swift] has talked about in the past how all of her albums, she doesn’t want to be the same, and she wants them to be better than all the rest, and she definitely did that,” Jaeger said. “She played [the album] and I was just like, ‘Oh, this is beyond whatever I could have expected.’”

Contact Brooke Kemp with comments at bmkemp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @brookemkemp.

Freshman nursing major Amanda Jaeger got to go to a “Reputation” Secret Session in Nashville at Taylor Swift’s parents’ house on Oct. 25. Taylor Swift hand-picked the people to go to the session. AMANDA JAEGER, PHOTO PROVIDED

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Professor lets interest in history, languages lead the way Frederick Suppe has studied, taught, experienced history through his travels, work Justice Amick Reporter Surrounded by hundreds of books, articles and manuscripts, his words are powered by his passion for his studies. Sitting in his office in the Burkhardt Building, Frederick Suppe immerses himself in his favorite subject: history.

Suppe, an associate professor of history and the assistant chair to the Department of History, is from the East Coast.

“I grew up in upstate New York so when somebody from New York tells you that, it means not New York City,” Suppe said. “It’s a place called Schenectady, it’s halfway between New York and Montreal. It’s sort of like Muncie in a way, it’s Muncie size.”

Suppe has always been interested in history and has a curiosity for other languages, cultures and ideas, so when it was time for college he applied to a variety of schools that could offer him the best education in those areas.

He decided to study at Princeton University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1969 and then began to travel the world.

Suppe became part of the Fulbright Fellowship Organization, which allows students to study abroad. Suppe chose to attend the University of Wales for two years and now considers Wales his “second home.”

“When I go back to Wales and I hear Welsh being spoken and see the signs in Welsh I feel very at home there because I’ve lived there,” he said. “I understand the society.

The Welsh people like their language and their poetry and music and puns.”

After his junior year in college, Suppe decided to live and work in Colon, Germany, for the summer to improve his German, which he started learning in high school.

In Colon, Suppe worked as a tri-lingual bank teller

where he began to acquire his understanding of many different languages. As a bank employee, he was required to speak basic French, English and German.

He still knows French and German, and now understands Latin, medieval Latin, Middle Welsh and Irish.

“I encourage Ball State students to study abroad. It’s a good thing because you learn about some foreign countries, including how they do things a little bit differently,” Suppe said. “It also gets you to think about your own culture here in America.”

In traveling, Suppe has visited places such as Edinburgh, Munich, Dublin and Cork, where he has witnessed history as it happened.

“I was actually in Germany when East and West Berlin reunited and I actually bought the German version of TIME Magazine and I still have it at home,” he said.

The year he graduated from college, his sister graduated from high school and his parents had their 25th anniversary, but instead of buying each other gifts they decided to save money to travel even more of the world.

After traveling with his family, Suppe attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with his master’s degree and doctorate, specializing in medieval history.

Suppe stayed at the university as a professor for 15 years where he taught a variety of courses in Welsh, Irish and Scottish history.

In 2001, he came to Ball State where he met his wife, Ann Blakey, who is a biology professor.

“I remember meeting Fred in great detail to the date — the weather, the drive to the EB Ball Center and even the crab dip served at the Honors College fall faculty gathering,” Blakey said. “I found the meeting to be very humorous with tall, thin Fred standing next to the shorter, more rubenesque Dr. King, particularly with his

sANDI GARCIA, PHOTO PROVIDED handle-bar mustache, tweed coat with suede elbow patches and corduroy trousers.

“He reminded me of Mr. Chips from the 1969 version of the movie ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips.’”

It has been 16 years since the couple met, and they now have a dog and three cats.

“The dog tries to look after the cats,” Suppe said. “The dog thinks she’s in charge and the cat’s don’t agree.”

Currently, Suppe said he doesn’t just teach history.

He also studies it and tries to connect his knowledge in it with other areas of study like archeology.

“For a couple of summers I participated in an archeological dig on the River Daniel in southern Germany,” Suppe said. “I was hanging out with a bunch of archeologists who were excavating a Celtic site, Kelheim.”

Suppe and another professor wrote an article about the excavation, and he has also written a book with multiple volumes on Welsh military history as well as reviewed and edited various journals and books.

As a professor, Suppe enjoys teaching courses that cover a variety of topics and continue his learning through his students.

“It gives me a legitimate reason to continue to learn more about the things that interest me, but it’s also really satisfying to help students learn about it too,” he said. “Although I know a lot about Celtic history, I continue to learn more from my students and it’s kind of fun guiding them.”

Suppe also enjoys showcasing his medieval music skills to his students. During many of his classes, he brings his recorder to show students what music

sounded like in medieval times.

“I started doing this when I was in Wales. I really got enthusiastic and bought many of my recorders from when I was living over there,” he said.

“I have over a dozen recorders, and also an instrument called a crumhorn.”

He also plays regular recorder music for the public as part of a musical group, the White River Recorder Ensemble, which includes four other members

and on the first weekend of December, the group will be playing at the Minnetrista cultural center.

In the near future, however, Suppe hopes to be able to take time off to finish a book he is working on which covers the entire history of the Celtic peoples.

Contact Justice Amick with comments at jramick@bsu.edu.

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YOUR WEEKEND GUIDE

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Friday

7:30 P.M.

Saturday

5 P.M.

JUSTIN MOORE: HELL ON A HIGHWAY TOUR

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Arkansas native Justin Moore hits the road with his new album “Kinda Don’t Care” in the Hell On A Highway Tour with special guest Dylan Scott. Moore spent three years creating his fourth studio album, which features No. 1 hits like “Point At You” and “Lettin’ The Night Roll.” The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at Emens Auditorium.

Muncie Civic’s Youth Theatre Education Program presents Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” at First Baptist Church, 309 E. Adams St. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children. “Aladdin Jr.” will run all weekend and seating is general admission.

The South Asian Muncie Association, or SAMA, is partnering with Cornerstone Center for the Arts this year to host a night of food, dance, fashion and performances from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for ages 7 to 18 and children 6 and under are free. The event will be held at Cornerstone Center for the Arts from 5-9:30 p.m.

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Saturday

6:30 P.M.

PLANET NINE

In July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft gave us clear images of Pluto and a world more complex than our own. Planet Nine focuses on those images, and it also takes a look at dwarf planets on the far reaches of our solar system. The one-hour show starts at 6:30 p.m. at Charles W. Brown Planetarium.

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7:30 P.M.

Kenny Broberg, a Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition award winner and a silver medalist of The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, is set to play with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Hall.

Enjoy a night of music with featured songs like “Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco” and “Alla breve.”

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Sunday

Saturday

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THE REVELERS

HALF-PRICE SUNDAY AT THE MUNCIE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Crossing the line between traditional and original, Cajun, country, zydeco, swamp-pop and the blues, The Revelers are a unique collection of musicians. The group’s show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Pruis Hall.

The Muncie Children’s Museum, located at 515 S. High St., will have half-price admission Sunday. Tickets cost $3 per person ages 1-100. The museum hours on Sundays are 1-5 p.m.

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CROSSWORD EDITED BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE LEWIS; SUDOKU BY MICHAEL MEPHAM ACROSS 1 Animated film set partly in Insectopia 5 By way of, to Burns 9 Try 13 Like many trees in winter 14 Respond 16 Approximately 2.2 lbs.

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18 “Are you calling me __?”

19 Currier’s partner 20 Moment-of-truth words 22 Fight 24 Geological period 25 Track-and-field events 27 Bugs often caught 29 DOJ chiefs 30 Cough syrup amt.

33 Jessica Simpson’s popsinging sister 35 Extreme degree 36 Cookie with a limited-edition Swedish Fish variety 37 Went over the limit 38 Hidden supply 40 Club charges 41 Some twitches 42 Nigerian native 43 Not covering much 45 Calligraphy supply 46 Corvallis sch.

47 Like either main face of El Capitan

48 Slightly embellished truth 50 Decay 53 Energetic worker 56 Part of a proverbial secretive trio 58 Jet engine sound 59 “The Wonder Years” mom 61 Old El Paso product 62 Related 63 Move quickly 64 Quickly, in memos 65 Alice’s workplace 66 New Year’s Day word 67 Orch. section

26 It may be beaten 28 Bygone automaker 30 Tongue-in-cheek presidential tribute?

31 Barely flow 32 Bouquet 33 Italian wine city 34 Public relations distortion 35 Mil. category 36 “Garfield” dog 39 Touch on 44 Board and lodging 46 Electrical unit 47 Hit hard, as the brakes 48 Yells “Fore!” at 49 Junior Jetson 51 First name in bologna 52 Features of some sports cars, and what this puzzle’s four longest answers have in common 53 Eighth of a fluid ounce 54 Oxen coupler 55 Carpentry fastener 57 Sch. support groups 60 Army training ctr.

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Other players expected to raise their roles this season include redshirt sophomore Tahjai Teague, sophomore Kyle Mallers and junior Jontrell Walker, who sat out last season due to transfer rules.

While Whitford said he expects a lot of returning players to step up, he expects Mallers role to increase significantly.

“He’s just more athletic,” Whitford said. “He’s always been a good shooter, but he did not shoot the ball well for us last year and I know he’s really invested that time and now he looks like the guy I would have seen all summer watching him play.”

Ball State also has a pair of newcomers — freshman Ishmael El-Amin, son of former Connecticut point guard and professional player Khalid El-Amin and Zach Gunn, Hamilton Southeastern’s all-time leading scorer and

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rebounder — who proved their worth in Ball State’s exhibition victory.

El-Amin finished the game with a team-highs in blocks (2) and assists (4) adding to his 8-point night, while Gunn was one of two Cardinal players to finish with a double-double, pulling in 11 rebounds and scoring 12 points.

The biggest question mark coming into this season was finding someone to replace Franko House, not on the court, but as a leader.

Early on, Ball State has seems to have found that man. “[I] definitely need to be a leader for this team, and to be honest, I look up to Francis 100 percent,” Persons said. “He shows me and puts me in perspective every day in practice of how hard you’ve got to work.”

Ball State begins its highly anticipated 201718 campaign at 7 p.m. Friday at the University of Dayton.

Contact Robby General with comments at rjgeneral@bsu.edu.

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He saw the opportunity as a way to give back and also saw the family atmosphere in the program.

Hershman said Hazen is highly respected in the program.

“We respect his decisions that he has to make and they’re not always easy decisions sometimes, but I think the mutual respect back to us as professionals and the mentorship he provides our younger staff is really what makes this whole deal

really, really special,” Hershman said.

Senior athletic training major Fabian Munoz described Hazen as funny and someone who brings life into a room.

“The first time I ever met him, I was intimidated just by his title and immediately, it was like a breath of fresh air almost because of his personality and how nice he was,” Munoz said. “Working with him and being around him is awesome. He always has good insight and always is complementing and/or giving me tips and tricks on how to better myself as a student and clinician.”

Contact Michelle Kaufman with comments at mekaufman@bsu.edu.

“Frankly, there really was no other alternative,” Mearns said. “[Benny] is a beautiful symbol of our proud past. Beneficence is a prominent visual reminder that in the future, some things won’t change. We will retain our commitment to the enduring things represented by our beloved icon. Those values include a commitment to excellence, integrality, social responsibility, respect for all people, and yes, gratitude.”

In an effort to focus on the future, the university switched up Benny’s look by extending her community-welcoming hand and her wings past her

shield, which Mearns said is to show that “with Beneficence as our guide, we fly.”

“We want everyone to know, not just here in Indiana and not just across the country, but truly around the world, to know that Ball State is the best option for students who want an exceptional education that prepares them to have a successful career and lead meaningful lives,” Mearns said.

Mearns said the university plans to begin marketing through TV and radio ads throughout November. After that, the ads will appear in key markets around the nation.

Contact Brynn Mechem with comments at bamechem@ bsu.edu or on Twitter at @ BrynnMechem.

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The Daily News is reinventing itself this year! Instead of the big, clunky broadsheet we published three times a week, we are switching to a once a week tabloid format that will be published every Thursday.

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We’re excited for our new publication and want to celebrate with you! In exchange for picking up our tab, we want to pick up yours. Each week through December 7th, we will be giving away a gift certificate for free pizza from HotBox. On December 8th we will be drawing a winner for our Grand Prize – we will pick up one student’s tab at the Ball State Bookstore for Spring semester textbooks (up to $500).

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