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Ball State buys Northside Middle

4Nov. 12: Ball State men’s tennis

4Nov. 13: A powerful 7.3

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closed out its last tournament of the fall Nov.12 at the Mid-American Conference indoor. The Cardinals finished with seven players in the top 10 of their flights. The team’s next match will be against Indiana on Jan. 15 for its spring opener.

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Student arrested for breaking into cars

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were flagged down in the 1000 block of N. Wheeling Avenue on reports of people breaking into vehicles. One of the suspects, Zachary Nielsen, 18, was arrested on preliminary charges of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, possession of alcohol by a minor and illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.

caused problems for the Missouri State offense all night, leading the Cardinals to a 70-58 victory in at their home opener Nov. 13.

Ball State found itself in control early, starting the first quarter with a 17-8 lead and never looked back, maintaining a double-digit advantage for most of the game.

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magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast Nov. 13. Iran’s western Kermanshah province bore the brunt of the temblor Sunday night. Authorities say the quake killed 407 people and injured 6,700.

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it will purchase Northside Middle School, according to a statement released by the university. As part of the purchase agreement, MCS can lease Northside from Ball State for $1 per year for five years. In turn, the university will pay MCS $60,000 each year.

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Crime

Truck Terrorism While Chief Jim Duckham said a vehicular attack isn’t likely on campus, students still need to be aware.

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Muncie police looking for retail theft suspects Muncie Police are looking for information on two suspects after they stole cell phones from the Northside Walmart Nov. 13 before 3 a.m. Anyone with information is asked to call Muncie Police Detectives at 765-747-4867 or Crime Stoppers at 765-286-4050.

Campus

Woodworth Complex to be coed in 2018

Beginning in Fall 2018, the Office of Housing and Residence Life will implement changes to Living Learning Communities on campus.

These changes include moving the Health Professionals and Kinesiology LLC to Woodworth Complex and the creation of a Humanities LLC and a Human Services LLC, making Woodworth Complex coed.

Student Government

SGA working to bring safety app to campus

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SGA announced that LiveSafe, a safety app, may be an option for Ball State to implement. Off-campus caucus chair Kaleb Chowning said among other features, the app’s most popular function is a service which asks friends to watch each other walk across campus via GPS.

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Health

Campus

Students can now purchase birth control through app

The app Nurx allows people to get a birth control prescription and contraception delivered. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

People can purchase birth control without a doctor’s appointment.

Liz Rieth Reporter Nearly 80 percent of women in the U.S. use birth control, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.) Now, women can access the pill easier.

As of August, Hoosiers can download the app Nurx to get a birth control prescription and have the contraception delivered to their front door.

“I personally like going to a doctor. I feel like it is comforting for me,” said Dorien Scheets, a freshman undecided major. “For convenience sake, I think it is very, very nice because having to get refills is kind of a hassle.”

By filling out a basic medical questionnaire and exchanging a few messages with a doctor, women can get birth control through Nurx. No physical examination with a doctor is required.

Nurx’s web-app asks many of the same questions a doctor does during an in-person visit for birth control such as queries about weight, age, smoking, existing medical conditions and medications.

“I know a lot of students worry, especially young women, that they are frowned upon for trying to get birth control,” Scheets said.“If it were something that they didn’t feel embarrassed about but could do on their phone, I think they would be more apt to get on birth control so that they would be making sure they are safe and taking care of themselves.”

Nurx offers a variety of birth control including pills, the ring, the patch and emergency contraception including Plan B and Ella. Women

can choose the type of birth control they want, or have a licensed doctor working with Nurx make a recommendation for them.

“I am sure people are scared to go see a doctor.

Maybe if the family didn’t know about it, they could get birth control easier,” said Dan Council, freshman natural resources major. “However, a con is not seeing a doctor. If you notice a problem, you should take it upon yourself to see a doctor.”

After choosing a birth control type and brand, women can enter their insurance information for review. A doctor will issue and fill the prescription, which will then be delivered to their home.

“I don’t know if a report is a good way to see whether you get hormones or not,” said instructor of health science Dena Mullins. “If a woman is having some sort of complication from taking hormones — women die from birth control wrongly. My concern is that the app could help this increase if women don’t see a doctor.”

Birth control can increase the risk for breast, cervical and liver cancer according to the National Cancer Institute. Seeing a physician in-person, Mullins said, would help prevent complications.

“I like the idea because it’s convenient, but it’s too bad there isn’t a requirement in there to see a physician,” Mullins said. “You still need to see your regular healthcare provider or gynecologist before you take any medication.”

Currently, Nurx is only authorized to deliver in California, Washington, New York, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Maryland and now, Indiana.

The minimum age requirements for birth control vary by state, but the patient must be at least 12 years old to be considered for the Nurx app.

Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@ bsu.edu or on Twitter at @liz_rieth.

Hate speech protected by First Amendment, allowed on campus Unless hate speech provokes violence, it’s protected in a public setting Mary Freda Assistant News Editor On Monday, executives from Facebook, Snapchat and other technology-oriented organizations announced they will help the Anti-Defamation League reduce online hate speech by developing guidelines.

These guidelines won’t infringe upon the freedom of speech because Facebook and Snapchat are not government entities; therefore, the guidelines aren’t censoring speech, but creating a safer online environment for free speech.

While the Constitution doesn’t explicitly define what is or isn’t protected by the freedom of speech, the Supreme Court ruled in Cohen v. California in 1971 that the First Amendment not only protects speech, but communication as well.

According to “Guide to Free Speech on Campus” by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), “Speech has been broadly defined as expression that includes, but is not limited to, what you wear, read, say, paint, perform, believe, protest, or even silently resist.”

In addition, FIRE says speech can be an activity. “‘Speech activities’ include leafleting, picketing, symbolic acts, wearing armbands, demonstrations, speeches, forums, concerts, motion pictures, stage performances, remaining silent, and so on.”

Director of Student Rights and Community Standards Mike Gillilan, agrees that unless the speech begins to threaten a group, it’s protected.

“Hate speech, in general, like it or not, at least in a public space, on a public campus is protected speech. However repulsive and vile it might be, however racist, however homophobic, however misogynistic it might be, in the proper space, public space like a demonstration would be protected speech,” Gillilan said.

However, the term “free speech” is inaccurate to Gillilan, because all speech comes with a cost.

“But hate speech has a cost, but it is protected, and so perhaps as it’s often said, the best weapon against hate speech is better speech and more of it,” Gillilan said. “But again, that doesn’t solve all the problems of hate speech, it’s limited.”

For University Police Chief Jim Duckham, speech on campus, hate speech or otherwise, has to be a neutral topic.

“From the police perspective, we have to take a content-neutral approach, and the courts have been pretty clear on that,” Duckham said.

For Duckham, the prime example of a “contentneutral” approach is the photo of the African American police officer patrolling the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“That’s kind of like what we do here at our

Brother Jed Smock from Campus Ministry USA in Terre Haute, Indiana holds a sign listing the kinds of people they say are damned to Hell at the Scramble Light on Sept. 23, 2016. Campus Ministry, according to their website, used “confrontational Evangelism” to rebuke those they believe to be sinners. SAMANTHA BRAMMER, DN FILE events. That’s our mentality. We’re content neutral.

We make sure that the event goes off the way it’s supposed to go,” Duckham said.

Ball States’ Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities doesn’t provide any information on hate speech, but it states students are allowed the same rights as other citizens, including their First Amendment freedoms.

While the university hasn’t dealt with a direct violation of the freedom of speech recently, Indiana’s hate crime policy doesn’t consider hate speech a crime.

As one of the five states without hate crime legislation, Indiana prosecutors can’t charge someone with committing a hate crime, even if hate speech becomes violent.

When Jason Gardner was attacked in New Haven, Indiana, in June 2017, prosecutors charged it as an assault, despite the presence of hate speech before the attack.

Indiana lawmakers are working to propose hate crime legislation in 2018, but as of now, hate crimes — incited by hate speech or otherwise — are legal.

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

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Muncie schools, libraries partner to form $6 million catalogue of resources Program doubles monetary value of library’s available books, games Liz Rieth Reporter Six million is now the total worth of resources that nearly 5,300 Muncie Community School students can access at the school library.

This is a direct result of a partnership between the Muncie Public Library and MCS, which allowed the formation of a joint catalogue.

The catalogue is an online system that allows MCS students, faculty and staff to have access to the library’s materials of books, electronic books, audio books, computer games, CDs and DVDs. The program was started in 2016 by former library director Ginny Nilles, and has expanded to include resources from the nonprofit organization Motivate Our Minds as of Nov. 9.

MOM is the first nonprofit to join the program.

Akilah Nosakhere, the current library director, said there are many other nonprofits “curious” about joining.

“It’s neat to know that what you are doing is impacting every single student in the entire system in a positive way,” said Katherine Mitchell, MPL content management coordinator. “We have always had these resources. We haven’t had a way to share them before.”

The joint catalogue has doubled the monetary value of MPL’s available resources, bringing the total from $3 million to $6 million, Mitchell said. Additionally, MPL’s number of available resources went from 185,979 to 377,475 items — over 190,000 more resources, according to the Muncie Public Library/Muncie Community Schools/Motivate Our Minds Collaborative Partnership data.

“I had the pleasure of working with this project.

It was one of the most rewarding projects I have done in a long time,” Nosakhere said. “Together we can stretch and better utilize our resources for the better of the community as a whole.”

MCS students can pick up books at the schools, libraries or MOM. Nosakhere said students can have the books delivered to the location closest to them.

“For the kids, it makes it easier for them to find resources,” said MCS superintendent Steven Baule. “They all end up with a public library card and that’s a big deal … It is really encouraging, the partnership between us and the public library.”

Baule began working on this initiative with Nilles and MPL in 2016.

“Muncie school systems had not kept their card

catalogue system up to date really since the late ’80s,” Baule said. “The decision was simple for us to work together to make one system.”

Nilles wrote an initial grant for $20,000 to the Muncie Delaware County Community in order to work with MCS librarians to find a way to combine both the school and library’s materials and to provide a card to each of the students.

“Muncie schools, as you know, is in a little financial trouble and academically things were slipping,” Nosakhere said. “This was Nilles’ way of using the resources of the Muncie Public Library to increase access to learning materials for the students in the area.”

Because of this initiative, the library has been invited to attend a national conference in May at the Center for Community Engagement at the

It’s neat to know that what you are doing is impacting every single student in the entire system in a positive way.”

- KATHERINE MITCHELL, MPL content management coordinator University of Omaha, Nosakhere said.

MPL is one of four libraries in the nation that has been invited to present this catalogue system, which was made possible through Mitchell and her team said Nosakhere.

“A lot of these schools did not have material available electronically, so each book had to be scanned in,” Nosakhere said. “In one year Katherine Mitchell and her team put all of these books online — in one year.”

The cards used in the catalogue were designed using student input. In the future, Mitchell hopes to keep students involved by using high school students’ input to find a more permanent name for the catalogue.

Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@ bsu.edu or on Twitter at @liz_rieth.

The Muncie Public Library recently partnered with MCS to give all students and faculty access to a cataloging system that allows them to check books out of any of the Muncie libraries. The libraries delivered books to the locations closest to the students so that they could do research, read and learn. KAITI SULLIVAN, DN

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Greek Life

Phi Kappa Psi starts GoFundMe for Sigma Nu fraternity house repairs Mary Freda Assistant News Editor After winds from an EF-1 tornado knocked a tree down on top of Sigma Nu’s house, members of Phi Kappa Psi extended their help across Ashland and Beechwood avenues.

“It was kind of creepy to see how that actually happened to a house and it could have been our house, could have been anybody,” said Thomas Jacocks, former president of Phi Kappa Psi. Members of the fraternity created a GoFundMe to help offset the cost of damages, and even though Sigma Nu had the damages assessed by their insurance company, Jacocks said Phi Kappa Psi wanted to show their support.

Currently, the GoFundMe has $520 of its $1,000 goal.

“Well, they have Alumni Association and a housing core and alumni to kind of help the cost for it and all, but at the same time, during a social probation, obviously it’s kind of hard to connect with other organizations,” Jacocks said.

While the GoFundMe was nice for public relations, Jacocks said, it was nice to support a fraternity similar to his own.

“It was kind of nice to show our face and show support for a fraternity like us. They don’t have a big house, same as us, so we’re trying to support their organization as well as trying to help them out through a hard time,” Jacocks said. “If it happened to our house, I would want somebody else from another organization or fraternity to help us at as well.”

Former Sigma Nu President Austin Sventeckis said the insurance company has assessed damages,

but it’s unknown whether or not members will have to financially contribute to the repairs.

Kevin Gatzlaff, associate professor of insurance finance and insurance, said members of the fraternity would have to pay for repairs if their coverage left some expenses out. However, the repair costs are usually left to the insurance company.

“In most states, the insured will make the arrangements for the property to be repaired, but the actual cost is paid by the insurer,” Gatzlaff said in an email.

However, if the damages are lower than the owner’s deductible, the owner or the tenants would be responsible for repair costs, said professor of insurance finance and insurance Stephen Avila.

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

Members of Sigma Nu work together to clean up fallen branches after an EF-1 tornado touched down in Muncie .

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Greek Life activity at other schools in nation

GREEK LIFE ACTIVITY IN 2017

Ball State University University of Michigan Since March, various colleges across the U.S. have shut down, Ball State and 13 fraternities within the The University of Michigan’s student-run Council signed a joint letter on Oct. Interfraternity Council suspended all Greek Life ‘paused’ or suspended Greek life. Interfraternity 24 which “paused” all social events for the next social events Friday after multiple allegations of

March 20: Beta Theta Pi fraternity banned from Penn State

Penn State Following sanctions on social events, underage drinking and hazing, Penn State has banned four fraternities in the past nine months.

On March 30, Beta Theta Pi fraternity was banned from campus permanently. The ban followed a suspension regarding the suspected hazing and subsequent death of fraternity pledge Timothy Piazza.

The Daily Collegian, Penn State’s student newspaper, reported the university had previously levied sanctions on all fraternities.

On June 2, Penn State took control of the Interfraternity Council to better enforce the sanctions that included underage drinking, hazing and a limit on social activities.

Due to violating the sanctions, Sigma Alpha Mu was banned for two years.

Following underage drinking, Delta Tau Delta was placed on interim suspension on Oct. 4., according to the Daily Collegian.

The Daily Collegian also reported that Delta Upsilon and Phi Lambda Phi will not return until the end of the Spring 2018 semester and the Spring 2019 semester, respectively.

three months.

The pause came after a “trend or pattern” of behavior that is “unacceptable to the university,” said university spokesperson Kathy Wolf.

The fraternities are not allowed to host any social events such as formals or parties, and are required to complete educational requirements within that time frame. The Daily News found other suspensions or pauses at different colleges to see how the situation was handled elsewhere.

sexual misconduct, hazing and drug use.

The allegations include six instances of hazing, more than 30 hospital transports during an October football game and seven more transports during the Halloween weekend, according to NBC News.

The suspension includes a ban on social events, hazing rituals for new pledges and fraternity meetings involving alcohol. It is unclear how long the suspension will last.

Florida State University

All Greek Life at Texas State was suspended Monday after one Phi Kappa Psi pledge was found dead in an off-campus home.

It was unclear if the event was hosted by members of one fraternity or multiple different fraternities.

As a result of the death, the president of Texas State, Denise M. Trauth, shut down all Greek fraternity and sorority chapters at Texas State.

Unlike Ball State, “these chapters are prohibited from holding new-member events, chapter meetings, social functions and philanthropic activities until a review of the Greek Affairs system is completed,” Trauth said in a statement.

Florida State indefinitely suspended all Greek Life on Nov. 6 after the death of a Pi Kappa Phi pledge who was found unresponsive after party.

The suspension bans all new member events, council and chapter meetings, tailgates and other social events at the university.

FSU president John Thrasher said in a press release he didn’t know how long the suspension would last.

“For this suspension to end, there will need to be a new normal for Greek Life at the university,” he said. “There must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it.”

Oct. 4: Delta Tau Delta suspended from Penn State

Texas State University

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Nov. 6: All Greek Life suspended indefinitely at Florida State University Nov. 13: All Greek life suspended at Texas State University

June 2: Penn State took control of Interfraternity Council, Sigma Alpha Mu banned for two years

Oct. 24: Thirteen fraternities in Ball State’s Interfraternity Council put on social “pause” Nov. 10: The Interfraternity Council at the University of Michigan suspends all Greek life social events ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN GRAPHIC

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Vehicular attacks happen anywhere, could happen on Ball State’s campus Ball State sidewalks are constructed 7 to 8 feet wide, which is large enough for a vehicle to drive on Henry Davis, II Reporter In response to recent vehicular terror attacks, Ball State officials are encouraging vigilance and awareness from students.

Police said the attack was led by Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, who drove a truck down a bike path in New York Oct. 31, is the most recent in a trend of vehicular terrorist attacks in the United States.

In November 2016, Abdul Razak Ali Artan rammed his car into a group of people at Ohio State University. Eleven were hospitalized as a result of the attack.

“You have to be cognisant of what’s going on around the world. If you see that people are using trucks to injure people, you have to look at that,” said Ball State University Police Chief Jim Duckham. “You have to be prepared for what’s

going on around you.”

While the university doesn’t have a specific strategy to respond to truck terror attacks, Duckham said students should pay attention to the people around them, watch out for odd behavior and always be conscious of where all the exits in buildings are.

“Depending on the type of incident, we kind of cater the response,” Duckham said. “If it’s a fire, the response would look different than for an active gunman. But the incident command system we have in place will be pretty consistent.”

Ball State’s sidewalks were constructed seven to eight feet wide, said Jim Lowe, associate vice president for facilities planning and management.

“They’re built bigger because you wouldn’t want them so small that you can’t get two or three people crossing one another ... but the reason is more so snow removal,” Lowe said.

While Lowe said the sidewalks were not specifically made wide enough for a vehicle to fit on,

the average motor vehicle is around six to seven feet wide, which could make a vehicular attack at Ball State possible.

Instructor of criminal justice and criminology Brandon Murphy, says that the number of attacks

It’s fair to say that these sorts of attacks are increasing in their quantity and increasing in the number of people hurt and injured in each individual attack.”

- BRANDON MURPHY, Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology

each year is increasing in the United States.

“It’s fair to say that these sorts of attacks are increasing in their quantity and increasing in the number of people hurt and injured in each individual attack,” Murphy said.

However, Murphy doesn’t think Muncie is a city that particularly needs to worry about vehicular terror.

“Nothing about Muncie, Indiana or Ball State would stand out to make it vulnerable … but every city is vulnerable,” Murphy said. “When you’re in places with a number of other individuals, you should be vigilant about your own safety.”

Universities, generally, have places where students congregate, which makes them a likely target for such attacks.

“I don’t think it’s a situation where people should change the way they travel or the places that they go, but I think it’s worthy to know people should be vigilant in public places,” Murphy said.

Contact Henry Davis, II with comments at hldavis5@bsu.edu.

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Rally Against Rape Culture Protestors hold signs with painted words Friday at Progressive Student Alliance’s Rally Against Rape Culture on the University Green. The rally called for action against rape culture and provided support for survivors of sexual assault.

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Cardinals begin travel-heavy schedule Ball State men’s basketball is in its non-conference schedule as it prepares to host Stony Brook Friday for its home opener. In the next week and a half, the Cardinals will travel over 7,500 miles in 11 days with five non-conference opponents. Friday’s tipoff is at 7 p.m. at Worthen Arena.

Swimming and Diving

Swimming and diving teams host co-ed meet Ball State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will host Grand Valley Saturday in a co-ed meet. Grand Valley is on a four-meet winning streak, averaging more than 100 points each meet. The meet will start at 1 p.m. at Lewellen Aquatic Center.

Football

Former Ball State coach named interim coach at Tennessee

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Former Ball State football head coach Brady Hoke was named interim head coach at Tennessee Sunday, replacing Butch Jones, who was fired after Tennessee’s 50-17 loss to Missouri Saturday. Hoke was a linebacker at Ball State from 197780.

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From baseball fields to the chapel Former Ball State baseball standout becomes youth pastor in Muncie Elizabeth Wyman Reporter Two outs and a runner on third, where’s Caleb Stayton hitting the ball?

“Over the fence, there’s no other way,” Stayton replied to the unconventional question asked to him while preaching to a group of high school students at Union Chapel Sunday night. “I’m a big baseball guy in case you guys didn’t know.”

While a big baseball guy, Stayton’s an even bigger Jesus guy. The former Ball State baseball standout is living out his dream as a youth pastor in the town that pinned him a “big baseball guy.”

A voice of authenticity When Stayton arrived to Ball State to play baseball, he wasn’t vocal about his faith. Not that he wanted to stay quiet, but the redheaded Andy Dalton look-a-like was overwhelmed. The Goshen, Indiana, native had just graduated from Elkhart Christian High School with a class of 36 people — a number just above the 35 members on the baseball roster.

“I wasn’t always trying to be vocal,” Stayton said. “I always believe you tell people about your

faith not with your words, but with your actions.”

His actions gained him the respect of his teammates, and in turn, gained him a voice.

“I tried to come in and just work hard and prove myself just athletically before I prove myself as a person,” Stayton said. “I think if an athlete wants to have a voice, they have to get the voice with their athletic talent before they can get their voice with anything.”

Stayton used his voice to share his faith with those he was closest with — his teammates. By his junior season, the team Bible study he initiated and led was attracting nearly 20 of his teammates.

One regular bible study attendee was Jeff Riedel.

The redshirt senior outfielder said Stayton has a way of bringing people together by the way he carries himself.

“You always knew what he stood for,” Riedel said. “What he was and he never changed from that. He’s always who he is and everyone knew it.

You weren’t going to change him.”

Stayton has a word for the way he lives: authentic.

“I’m always trying to be authentic with my faith and my walk with Jesus,” Stayton said. “I think that’s just the reality; people love authenticity no matter what it is. If people know you’re authentic about it, they’ll respect you more.”

The business of people After graduating with a telecommunications degree in May, the 22-year-old got an internship at Union Chapel United Methodist church. In October, they offered him a full-time position as a youth pastor

Former Ball State baseball player Caleb Stayton is a youth pastor at Union Chapel United Methodist church. Stayton started a Bible study group his junior season at Ball State. CALEB STAYTON, PHOTO PROVIDED working with middle and high school students.

To Stayton, the job is a dream come true.

“My job is to just help lead people to a meaningful relationship with Christ,” Stayton said.

“That’s all I ever want to do.”

Stayton never had any huge ambition to work with kids, but found it came easy to him.

“I was a youth just not too long ago,” Stayton said. “I can relate to them pretty well having just been there.”

Stayton said he believes in the younger generation and enjoys helping them walk through a faithful life.

“[They] have real life issues; you half to walk through the good and the bad with them and that’s what I like about it,” Stayton said.

Stayton was doing that long before he came to Union Chapel.

Since coming to college, Riedel hadn’t always been as religious as he’d wanted to be, so he reached out to Stayton and his wife Rachel. The married couple of nearly a year and a half met Reidel for lunch. No baseball talk, just Jesus.

“He really took me in and showed me the way,” Riedel said.

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Ball State relying on defense, hustle to power early success Women’s basketball records early season victories over non-conference opponents after playing 3 games in 6 days Sam Barloga Assistant Sports Editor It was a fast start to the season for Ball State.

Ball State played three games in six days to start the season, against solid opponents in Cleveland State, Missouri State and Lipscomb.

“I’ve said it before — I’m not a big goal guy,” head coach Brady Sallee said. “We’re just trying to win them all, but we’re just trying to do it one game at a time.”

Ball State won’t retake the court until Monday when it travels south for a tough test against Vanderbilt. Two days later it stays in the Volunteer State to play Tennessee State.

Defense was key in Ball State’s season-opening victories over Cleveland State and Missouri State.

The Cardinals forced 43 turnovers in their first two games, and held their opponents to under 40 percent shooting in both contests.

“I think you just get a true sense of who you are, playing good teams,” Sallee said. “When we set up our schedule we try to put ourselves in positions

where we play teams we’re supposed to beat, we play 50-50 games and we play those games where we’re underdogs.”

Senior forward Moriah Monaco kept up her excellence from behind the arc, powering the Ball State offense with eight triples in the two games combined.

“Anybody can hit those shots,” Monaco said.

“Especially if you’re in the gym like our team is and I mean, we truly are in the gym shooting just so we’re ready to hit those shots.”

Now it’s on to the heart of the non-conference schedule for Ball State, as meetings with Butler and Purdue follow the trip to Tennessee.

It will also be two weeks until the Cardinals play again at Worthen Arena. Butler comes to Muncie on Nov. 29. The Bulldogs are already showing improvement in their early season schedule after going 6-25 in 2016-2017.

The game against Vanderbilt gives Ball State an early opportunity for its first win over a power five school in two seasons. Unlike many power five matchups, the Cardinals should have a

chance against the Commodores, who dropped an early season home game against Middle Tennessee State and struggled on the road against Central Michigan.

Junior guard Carmen Grande has also been a spark for Ball State on both ends of the court. She recorded 19 assists and four steals in the first two games.

“If I’m not hitting layups, I can find people, and I can get people open,” Grande said. “[I’m] just trying to find the part of my game that can help us in the game or the situation.”

In those wins, Ball State countered its lack of height with tremendous defense that swarmed to the ball and at times, wrecked havoc on opposing offenses. Both of Ball State’s first two opponents had assist-to-turnover ratios far under one.

They’ve also only been outscored in a quarter once all season.

Monday’s game against Vanderbilt starts at 1 p.m. Wednesday’s game against Tennessee State has a 2 p.m. first tip.

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

Senior forward Destiny Washington goes for a layup during the game against Missouri State Nov.13 in John E. Worthen Arena. That game was the home opener for the women’s team. ANDREA COOPER, DN

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Women’s volleyball Ball State to host aims for NCAA bowl-contending Tournament return Buffalo Thursday Robby General Reporter

Junior middle hitter Emily Holland prepares to serve to the University of Toledo on Nov. 2 at John E. Worthen Arena. Holland ended up having 13 points after the game.

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Volleyball has been looking toward to upcoming weekend Sam Barloga Assistant Sports Editor For Mid-American Conference volleyball, this is the weekend the whole season leads up to.

Ball State will look to make a run in the MAC Volleyball Championship next to seven other qualifying teams. The teams will compete for what will likely be the conference’s only bid into the NCAA Tournament.

While the Cardinals have not seen the NCAA Tournament since 2011, their journey begins Friday. Ball State bypasses the first round of games on Thursday and awaits the winner of Western Michigan and Central Michigan in the MAC quarterfinals.

“We have an idea that it’s going to be one of two [teams],” Ball State head coach Kelli Miller said. “We recently played both of those guys so that helps to have some familiarity going in. But at the same time, our practices all year have been based on what we need to work on and not so much worrying what the other team is going to do.”

If it’s Western Michigan who escapes the first round, Friday’s game will be a chance for redemption, as the Cardinals lost to the Broncos in the opening round of last season’s tournament.

“There’s definitely some rivalry there,” sophomore defensive specialist Kate Avila said.

“They beat us last year and we remember that, we don’t forget it, so we go in no matter who we play there’s going to be intensity and fight because of last year.”

But if it is Central Michigan, Ball State may have

its hands full. The Chippewas were the last team that defeated the Cardinals, and won four of their last five games to finish the regular season.

In that matchup on Oct. 27, Central Michigan rallied from 2-0 deficit to beat Ball State in five sets, dominating the decisive final set.

Avila received conference defensive player of the week honors for the second straight week for her 25 and 24 dig performances over the weekend. Junior outside hitter Ellie Dunn led the team in kills.

Last weekend marked the first appearance of the season for true freshman setter Ali Finch, who replaced sophomore setter Amber Seaman who did not play.

“I think Ali [Finch] did a great job,” Miller said.

“She got [the ball] to our hitters and got us into a rhythm really quick. She was delivering just really great balls. We spread it out well so we weren’t just going to one hitter or two, we had a very balanced offense and I think that helped.”

But no who matter starts for the Cardinals, Miller feels confident in the offense’s abilities.

“We just have so many moving parts,” Miller said.

“That has just been a strength of ours is our depth, all year. We have used a variety of people in a variety of spots and the setter position is no different.”

All matches of the tournament will take place at Millett Hall at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

First round matches start at 4 p.m. Thursday.

Ball State faces the winner of Western Michigan and Central Michigan at 7 p.m. Friday. The winner will then move on to play Miami on Saturday evening.

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

Buffalo has never won a game in Scheumann Stadium.

Ball State football (2-8, 0-6 MAC) has a solid track record against Mid-American Conference east opponent Buffalo (4-6, 2-4 MAC), too, leading the series 9-1 all-time.

This year, however, Buffalo is chasing its thirdever bowl game appearance. Being two wins shy of that mark, the matchup is a must-win for the Bulls.

“Buffalo is 4-6 right now, they have bowl hopes alive,” head coach Mike Neu said. “For them, this is do or die when they come here Thursday night.”

Each of Buffalo’s losses this season have come within 10 points. Some were even closer, with losses against Army, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois and Akron coming within five points.

Buffalo has scored the third most points per game in the conference this season, mainly due to its strong passing attack. After sitting out for several weeks with an injury, sophomore quarterback Tyree Jackson is back, throwing

Defensively, we’re going to be facing an explosive offense. If everyone does their job and we stay away from the self-inflicted wounds, then I feel great about our chances.”

- MIKE NEU, Head coach a career-high 406 yards in Buffalo’s win over Bowling Green last week.

While 10 different players have over 100 receiving yards this season, it’s clear who Jackson’s favorite target is — redshirt junior wide receiver Anthony Johnson. Johnson averages nearly 105 receiving yards per game, an individual best in the MAC. It’s going to be left up to Ball State’s defense, which is ninth in the conference in pass defense, to stop the aggressive aerial play.

“Defensively, we’re going to be facing an

explosive offense,” Neu said. “If everyone does their job and we stay away from the self-inflicted wounds, then I feel great about our chances.”

Offensively, Neu said Ball State has to sustain drives and execute more. The Cardinals, who focus on establishing the ground game, match up against a Bulls defense that gives up nearly 200 rushing yards per game, good for third-to-last in the MAC. Redshirt freshman Drew Plitt will likely start at quarterback, but redshirt senior Jack Milas has the possibility to make another appearance like he did against Northern Illinois last week.

Ball State has been out of bowl contention for two weeks now, but the goal for the team remains the same.

“My goal is to walk out of here with another W before the season’s over,” redshirt senior Anthony Winbush said. “I’m just trying my best to help all of the seniors get out of here with another win.”

“Those guys have put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears over the last four or five years and have given a lot to the program,” Neu said about the seniors. “It’s been a difficult year, but we need to make sure that everyone is positive, everyone is bringing their best and we’ve got to send those guys out the right way.”

Thursday marks two months since Ball State has won a game, with injuries being the main culprit of its 2-1 season, turning into a 2-8 season by week 10.

Kick-off between Ball State and Buffalo is set for 7 p.m. tonight at Scheumann Stadium.

What to watch: record books For Winbush, there’s another goal on the back of his mind — tying the program’s all-time sack career record.

The career record (25) was set in 1995 by current defensive line coach Keith McKenzie and Winbush sits just one shy of that mark.

“It’s on both me and Coach McKenzie’s mind about me breaking the record,” Winbush said. “A lot of people told me that I can’t do it and just to prove them wrong and be able to set an actual record here, that would be amazing.”

Winbush has been limited in conference play, recording three sacks after starting the season with 7.5 in four games. While he said teams have been double-teaming him after the quick start, he’s ready to make his name a part of Ball State history against a Buffalo team that has only given up 13 sacks to opponents this season.

Contact Robby General with comments at robbygeneraljr@gmail.com.

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Famine knows no nationality; it’s time we support the rest of the world Justice Amick is a junior news journalism major and writes “Pencil Shavings” for the Daily News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.

Write to Justice at jramick@ bsu.edu.

As I sit here and eat my oatmeal, I scroll through my various forms of news websites that I follow. I’m scrolling through funny twitter posts and hysterical memes on Buzzfeed JUSTICE until I stumble across a photo of AMICK a child.

Opinion He sits, being held up by writer, “Pencil the hand of a woman, looking Shavings” achingly alone, hooked up to what looks like an IV machine.

His beautiful espresso skin is stretched taut over his sharp ribs, making him look like more of a skeleton than a little boy -- his arms and legs are so thin that if you would put a ponytail on his wrist and tell him ,“Hang on to this,” he wouldn’t be able to because it would fall right off, no meat to hold onto. His chocolate eyes are glazed, no spark of a child’s delight in their depths of what has to be sadness over being vastly alone in a world of more than 7 billion people.

I immediately stop eating. I begin to read.

We have many problems within the United States right now, including the need for better healthcare, more gun control and a variety of other things I could go on about forever.

However, the people of the United States are not the only ones with problems. It’s taken me 10 minutes to write the first couple paragraphs of this, which means one child in Yemen, according to ABC News, has died from a preventable disease. The child in that photo, the one with the haunting eyes and starving belly, is a perfect example of what many children look like today in Yemen, according to The Guardian article, “Yemen reels under the weight of brutal cholera outbreak.”

The people of Yemen are dying; a slow and painful death at that. The war currently going on in the Middle East has affected them for quite some time, causing citizens to be so poor they can’t even afford bread.

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I found love in the church Jordan is a junior political science and history major and writes “Musings from Moorman” for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Jordan at jamoorman@bsu.edu.

“God does not love you, God is madly in love with you.” These were the simple words that Father Anthony, a visiting priest, spoke to the congregation. He spoke of the JORDAN sacrifice, of the suffering, that Christ MOORMAN endured for us, each and every one Opinion writer, “Musings from of us, each and every member Moorman” of humanity.

I looked to my left, where an elderly woman was crying. I thought, how could any form of love be more pure than a creator becoming human and allowing himself to be murdered gruesomely by his own creation? I became emotional; tears swelled in my eyes. I found my mind sailing to a place, wondering about the depth of authentic love represented by Jesus. The words of the priest pierced my mind and echoed through the church; this was the moment I realized how much I

was loved.

I discovered that love is misunderstood. I discovered that the “love” many people perceive the Church to possess is a mythical misconception. Of course, what people misperceive, through no fault of their own, is often different from reality. With so many distortions of love in our world, it is no wonder we tend to misunderstand it, myself included.

First, God calls everyone. Everyone. Many of you reading this will scoff, smirk, and call me naïve.

Brainwashed. A boy whose beliefs were spoon fed by a religious mommy and daddy (see comments on my previous columns). That is fine. However, this doesn’t change reality.

“The Catholic Church? Welcoming to all?”

Yes. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “God’s very being is love. By sending his only Son and the Spirit of Love in the fullness of time, God has revealed his innermost secret: God himself is an eternal exchange of love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and he has destined us to share in that exchange.” The “us” in “destined us to share in that exchange” means all of humanity.

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Continued from Page 14 The hot topic here at college is often God as it pertains to the LGBTQ movement. Yes, members of the LGBTQ community are part of “all of humanity.” Likewise, as a Catholic, I have been called a bigot and intolerant. I simply try to follow Church teachings, and I can assure you the Church is none of those things. Bigoted? I just shared with you how all of humanity is invited to share in the body of Christ.

I was always confused by the accusation of the Church being intolerant. To be tolerant, one first must disagree with something. Tolerance is not compelling someone leading a sinful lifestyle to stop sinning. Intolerance would be killing people living a sinful lifestyle. Tolerance is not acceptance that certain things are okay, nor is tolerance encouraging someone to continue to live in a way with which you disagree.

As far as condemnation goes, the Church condemns no person. It does condemn actions, and we can infer from scripture and Church teaching that certain actions can earn us a spot in hell, and that people are there, but the Church does not issue condemnations. It does, however, declare actions sinful and condemn actions and heresies. People, as the Church teaches, have a tendency to condemn themselves.

When the Church encourages people to stop living a homosexual lifestyle, it is out of love.

Christians want all souls to be with God. To say nothing would imply apathy, which is the opposite of love. In fact, the ancient Greeks had four different words for love, one of which is “storge.”

“Storge” is familial love; the brotherly or sisterly inclinations one has for people around them, and the love and gratitude for the things and blessings around them. It is compatible with hatred, but not hatred in the connotation we view it today.

Two types of hatred are loathing and hostility.

Loathing is not intrinsically sinful, as it might involve hatred of sin and rejection of evil. Hostility,

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The population of Yemen is 27.4 million people.

Of that 27.4 million, 7.3 million are on the brink of famine and 19 million are in need of some sort of humanitarian assistance. Earlier in the year, Sudan lost tens of thousands of people to famine and disease. In 2011, Somalia lost over 250,000 of their people. If things keep going the way they are, by the end of the month Yemen will lose over a million people, if not more.

To add to that, 4,000 people are dying every day of cholera. That’s right. Cholera. A disease easily treatable with clean water and a liquid diet, is taking 4,000 lives a day, with two-thirds of those deaths being children. The numbers are so great

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on the other hand, is hatred aimed directly at a person. This is the type of hate in which one would take joy in the suffering of the hated person. This is a grievous sin. When one says: “reject hate,” they are referring to hostility. We all loath racism, sexism, and discrimination. But I believe you will be hard pressed to find a practicing Catholic (or Christian in general) who is hostile toward any group.

Love and hate are not opposites; we want people to reject sin. We love people but hate the sin.

Apathy is the opposite. If the Church was not a universal Church, if it did not call everyone home, then it would risk souls forfeiting eternal life.

I do not wish to speak for all Christians, and I do not hold authority within the Catholic Church. But I do see myths and misconceptions surrounding Christianity, especially the Catholic faith.

Misconceptions of what Catholics believe is not limited to the nature of love or attitudes toward the LGBTQ community. It would be hypocritical of me, and other Christians, to point out the immoral nature of homosexuality without also pointing out sin that exists elsewhere. We all have our sins with which we struggle.

The testimony of my own friend who is a member of the LGBTQ community, and a Catholic, is a powerful example of the Church’s acceptance.

I sat across from Kyle in the Atrium; we had talked and hung out a few times prior. He showed me his pride pin, and explained that God created him who he is. I was nervous. I had never had this conversation before. I told Kyle that I would be there for him through whatever he needed, and that he would always have a home in the Church.

I carefully reminded him that I could not approve of the lifestyle associated with that identity, but my relationship with him need not change. We were still friends. He was still part of my Bible study, and we became quite close because of it.

Later on, I decided to interview Kyle. I needed to know how he felt he was treated, and how he felt about the difficult truths of the Church.

I asked, “Have you ever felt intolerance or unaccepted from people in the Church?” “Not in my experience,” he responded.

Later in the conversation, Kyle said, “Because

it is the people that live out the doctrine, beliefs, and truths of the faith.” He asked me, “In what ways do you think the Church is unfair to LGBTQ community members?”

I responded, “Well, I don’t think the church itself is unfair. Sometimes the members are. But one must differentiate actions of members from the objective truth. The Church condemns acts, not people. However, it is important to remember Hell is a place.”

“Exactly,” he said. “However, most people either don’t want to/like to/have to contemplate that deeply or think that extemporaneously. Because the conclusions might cause them to change their outlook or ways they go about life; people want things simple so they do not have to work that hard to get what they want.”

“And it is definitely hard to work toward heaven,” I responded. “Absolutely,” Kyle said.

Kyle taught me something. He taught me that Church teaching is difficult, and that is okay. In the words of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, “a saint is a sinner who keeps trying.”

God is love. The Catholic Church is so often believed to be intolerant or contrary to the nature of God’s love. My hope is that at least, in regard to this one salient issue of sexuality, you know now at least where the Church is coming from with its teaching.

Many misconceptions of the Church exist, and I hope, at the very least, you see that the teachings are rooted in love, even if some of them are difficult to accept. I know for me as a Catholic, there are a lot of difficult teachings with which I wrestle, but it comes down to love of God and trust in his Church that keeps me grounded in those teachings.

“For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous that he might lead you to God” (1 Peter 3:18). This is the message the Catholic Church wishes to show the world. This is what it’s all about. Christ is the answer for everybody. He died for everybody, regardless of how you’re living or what you have done. Like the prodigal son’s father, Jesus is waiting for us with open arms. All discourse, all hard truths, all pushing of hot-button issues are meaningless without God in the center.

that, by the end of November, over 1 million people are expected to be infected with the disease.

To put this into perspective, before Yemen, Haiti had the largest cholera outbreak to date starting in 2010 and ending in 2017. Haiti had 815,000 cases over those seven years. Yemen has exceeded that number of cases in just six months.

As a person who is lucky enough to live in a country that is not going through something like this, it breaks my heart. It should break yours too.

We have fellow people, fellow human beings, who are suffering. Many are dying.

The distance can seem polarizing. It can make it seem easier to look the other way or feel as though people in other countries really aren’t your human beings. However, they are. The basic principle I’m trying to explain here is that distance, cultural differences and all of those other things are not what define our identity. Famine does not know age, gender, race or religion. Violence does not

know age, gender, race or religion. These things can easily happen to any of us, and if it did, we would be asking for help as well and hoping every day someone would come.

We easily come together as fellow humans in the face of tragedy because tragedy breeds vulnerability. When one is vulnerable, and everything is falling apart, you don’t know what to do. You go to someone to hold you, to tell you it will be okay.

I understand many people can’t help in the form of money. I’m a broke college student, I know all about it. I may not be able to give money, but I am able to give them my voice. A voice they deserve, because it is not their fault they live in the wrong place at the wrong time.

As human beings, we are all in this together.

It is not country versus country. It should most definitely not be “Make America Great Again while we let other people in countries around the world

die and act like it’s not our problem because they’re not Americans.”

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others.” When you help other people, you also help yourself. You may not get a gift or a sticker on your sticker chart, but you get that little flutter in your chest that makes you feel a little bit better.

It makes you feel like, just maybe, there’s hope if we can come together and forget about all of the other stuff we constantly argue about. We need to help those who are less fortunate and who need other people now more than ever. The more hope you give, the more hope you get.

We owe it to each other and every other person on this planet to say, “I see you. I hear you. I won’t forget about you.” Nobody wants to be forgotten.

Everyone wants to be heard.

Awareness, not ignorance.

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Jennifer Mearns shares family Thanksgiving recipe on ‘Slice That Price’ First Lady enjoyed fulfilling her cooking show dreams, collaborating with students Carli Scalf Reporter Ball State first lady Jennifer Mearns has always wanted to appear on a cooking show, and on Nov. 28 she will finally make her debut when she appears on “Slice That Price,” making a special batch of her mother’s Thanksgiving stuffing.

“My husband found out about the cooking show when he toured the building, and he said, ‘My wife has been dying to be on a cooking show,’” Mearns said. Shortly after, plans were made for Mearns to appear on an episode later in the semester.

The stuffing recipe Mearns decided to demonstrate on “Slice That Price” fit the occasion for many reasons. The dish was simple and inexpensive, fit the Thanksgiving theme and also paid tribute to her mother, who passed away last year.

“Sometimes when I go to fancy dinners they try to put all this other stuff in the stuffing, and I find myself just wanting my mom’s stuffing,” she said during filming.

Lauren Ravenell, a junior telecommunications major and executive producer of the cooking show, said the crew has been preparing for her visit since late August. The show is run completely by students, many of whom live in the Living Learning Community for the College of Communication, Information and Media, which resides in Johnson East.

“We wanted to make sure everything went well and that filming was smooth,” Ravenell said.

The show provides an opportunity for younger telecommunications students, many of whom haven’t been through the Gateway equipment courses, to get an early start.

Mearns took part in the student cooking show “Slice that Price” Nov. 14 hosted by Cameron Bowen. Mearns demonstrated how to make her mother’s Thanksgiving stuffing. KORINA VALENZUELA, PHOTO PROVIDED

“There are older students, but there are also many freshmen on the show working lights and camera, and they’re able to get hands-on experience right away,” said Joel Bynum, the assistant director for the coordination of living learning programs. “We try to use equipment that is often cost-prohibitive for students to get on their own.”

Junior telecommunications major Isaac Andrews has been on the show since his freshman year.

While he started out in audio, which is his major concentration, he now directs the show.

“It’s been really fun to be a part of,” he said. “I want to get acclimated to all facets of TCOM, so that’s why I stepped up to directing.”

The show films bi-weekly, and releases episodes on the third and fourth Tuesdays of the month. One is an Instagram instructional

video and the other is a full-length cooking show episode on YouTube.

Mearns’ episode will premiere the Tuesday after Thanksgiving as a full-length episode on the “Slice That Price” YouTube channel.

While Mearns loved fulfilling her cooking show dream, she loved working with the student body even more.

“That’s my favorite thing,” she said. “The students are the lifeblood of the university. I’ve been really impressed by the students I’ve met — they’re mature, engaged and really taking advantage of the opportunities here.”

Mearns said she already has another recipe in mind if asked back in future: boursin chicken in a puff pastry.

Contact Carli Scalf with comments at crscalf@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @carliscalf18.

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Can new ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ video game live up to old favorite?

Gunner Masters Byte Reporter The first “Star Wars” film released in 1977 catapulted the franchise into a multi-billion-dollar empire that covers media from film, TV, books and gaming. With “Battlefront 2” nearing release and fans hyped to once again battle across famous planets and “The Last Jedi” just around the corner, perhaps it’s time to reflect on the past games that gave players so many hours of enjoyment.

“Star Wars Battlefront’s” name first entered households in 2004 and the arcade-style 3rdperson shooter produced by Pandemic allowed for players to conquer several planets in both the Clone War and Galactic Civil War eras in the famous Galactic Conquest and create quick matches in Instant Action either alone, with a friend or to compete in online instant action.

Its sequel, “Battlefront 2,” came in 2005 and expanded in every aspect of the game. There were more planets, space battles, playable heroes and a small, but enjoyable campaign that followed a Clone-Trooper of the 501st Legion, the eventual Vader’s Fist, from the Battle of Geonosis to

Order 66 and beyond. Players can’t fathom the hours spent conquering the Galaxy as the Empire or defending the beaches of Kashyyyk, the Wookie home-world, as the Republic.

This nostalgia is what hyped Star Wars fans because the films, books and games were a large part of Americans childhoods and having a new film and a “Star Wars Battlefront” series has stirred up excitement to once again travel to a galaxy far, far away.

However, nostalgia can only hold a fan base’s attention for so long before cracks and flaws begin to appear in the once perfect image of a renewed childhood experience.

A principal complaint of EA Games and Dice’s version of the franchise was the lack of content for a full-priced game. Namely, the first “Battlefront” lacked Galactic Conquest, space battles or any real campaign mode and there was a small number of maps. Single-player and co-op was lacking as well by comparison with only a few modes such as Battles and Survival.

Another complaint was the size of the multiplayer matches capped at 20 vs. 20 in

whereas the original “Battlefront 2” allowed 32 vs. 32.

However, EA’s “Battlefront 2” seems to have taken some of these complaints into account and added all eras from the Clone Wars to the New Trilogy with 11 heroes/villains, space battles and single-player campaign that tells the story of Iden Versio, an Imperial Special Forces pilot, after the destruction of the Death Star II. All of this is exciting, but there are still missed opportunities that EA and Dice could have taken advantage of to expand the depth of “Battlefront” such as adding in single-player/co-op Galactic Conquest, perhaps even online Galactic Conquest and allowing battles to be seamless between space and land with larger match lobbies and maps.

One can imagine two fleets orbiting a planet, the attacker sends down landing craft and vehicle support, while the garrisoned defenders do their best to set up their positions. Meanwhile, waves of fighters and interceptors engage in space and the skies while the capital ships and their frigates start pounding each other with heavy cannons and missiles. The destroyed fleet would

crash into the map, much like the Jakku map on EA’s “Battlefront,” and change the landscape.

Perhaps even the hero combat could be more fluid like the highly acclaimed “Jedi Knight” series’ where lightsaber moves and force powers were controlled by button presses, positioning and direction the player faced and moved.

These mechanics would make EA’s “Star Wars Battlefront” series a great successor to the originals and appeal to new and old players with more depth than a rushed product that lacked most of the components that made the franchise great. It might even revolutionize the idea of sci-fi multiplayer shooters as more focus is given to gameplay and being player and consumer friendly with a fully fleshed out game. Perhaps it is time for gamers to start demanding finished products with compelling expansions instead of sections of a game being stripped out and resold in season passes. And perhaps what gamers want is long-form stories that show characters interact with the galaxy and change over the course of a conflict rather than a 6-8 hour campaign that just offers a sliver of what could be a ground-breaking narrative with amazing multiplayer to boot.

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Ball State hosts part of international piano competition

Robert Palmer helped bring worldwide event to Muncie after judging it in 2015 Matt Keyser Reporter

Ball State hosted auditions for the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition last week. Daniel Baer is one of the 42 entrants in the competition.

DANIEL BAER, PHOTO PROVIDED

While teaching at a summer music festival in Spain, Robert Palmer, a professor of music, met Frank Wibaut, artistic director of the Hastings International Concerto Competition, and was invited to serve on the jury for the 2015 competition.

During that competition, Palmer and Wibaut decided there should be a series of live preliminary rounds in different parts of the world, including Muncie. Now, Sursa Hall hosts the auditions for all of North America.

Of the 42 competitors from the United States, only four will advance to the next round: Daniel Baer from the Eastman School of Music, Sylvia Jang from the Juilliard School of Music, Inyoung Kim from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and Priscilla Navarro from the University of Miami Frost School of Music.

When performing in Sursa Performance Hall, Kim said she was impressed with the performance space.

“I really enjoyed performing at the concert hall,” Kim said.

“Actually, the acoustic sound was really good and also the condition of the piano on the stage was very good. I think I could express what I wanted on the keyboard.”

The next stage of the competition will be in Hastings, England,

and only six contestants will advance to perform with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The first prize winner of the competition will receive a prize of almost $20,000 and other performance opportunities.

“The standards are extremely high at every stage of the top competitions,” Baer said. “Hopefully I’ll meet and learn from other great pianists and make friends with people who study and live throughout the world.”

Contact Matt Keyser with comments at mdkeyser@bsu.edu.

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The Faculty Artist Series presents The Musical Arts Quintet, a faculty ensemble-in-residence at Ball State. The Quintet features Mihoko Watanabe, Lisa Kozenko, Elizabeth Crawford, Keith Sweger and Gene Berger. The recital will also feature James Helton on piano. The event starts at 3 p.m. at Sursa Hall and is free and open to the public.

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Stayton gave him Bible verses to read and answered any questions he had.

That’s what Stayton does; he aids people in their journey in getting closer to Jesus.

“We’re in the business of people and that’s the only reason we do what we do,” Stayton said.

The Calling Stayton always said he would never be a pastor like his father, Fred. But, he just wanted to try something new.

During a service at a church camp his sophomore year of high school, God spoke to him.

“You could just feel it in the air, God spoke to me,” Stayton said. “Not audible, you just feel it in your heart.

From then on, it’s just kind of been confirmed.”

Stayton would pursue his faithful calling to the ministry.

However, he had another calling. This one came from Ball State head baseball coach Rich Maloney. Stayton came to Ball State on a half athletic scholarship and a half academic scholarship. As a senior in high school, he was awarded the John R. and Aline B. Emens Scholarship.

He couldn’t pass up the opportunity to play Division-I college baseball. Lucky for Maloney and the Cardinals, he didn’t.

“You got a guy that’s near a 4.0; you have a guy that’s a great player, exactly what coaches dream on and off

the field,” Maloney said. “He carries himself that way and certainly he brought to the team a tremendous personal faith that he has. He’s just one of those people that you always want to be around.”

The first baseman made his presence known for the Cardinals. His junior season he was ranked 10th nationally in RBIs (71), the second-most ever by a Cardinal in a single season. He was named to the All-

He carries himself that way and certainly he brought to the team a tremendous personal faith that he has. He’s just one of those people that you always want to be around.”

- RICH MALONEY, Head coach Mid-American Conference first team in 2016 and the second team in 2017. Stayton was also named Academic All-MAC in 2016 and 2017. Last May, he was named a finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award, which is a national award given to a player who excels on and off the field.

Coincidently, Maloney has been a member of Union

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Chapel during both his stints as head coach. He’s thrilled that Stayton is still in Muncie for the time being.

“What I’ve found in Caleb is he just wants to help people — on all fronts,” Maloney said. “When you got that kind of a heart, you don’t want to lose those types of people because they’re special, and he’s got a special gift of making people valuable.”

The Greatest Church While Stayton is elated to be living out his calling, he has greater dreams than being a youth pastor. His ultimate goal is to serve as a senior pastor in his own church.

“I want to impact people,” Stayton said. “I really enjoy leading leaders. I believe that the church is going to be better and better every year, and I want to be right there in the thick of it.”

He wants to change how people look at church — more as a community than a building.

“I say one of the best churches I’ve ever been a part of was the Ball State baseball team because there was a community there,” Stayton said. “I want to create that community among believers in everything that I do.”

But for as much as he talks about it, does Stayton miss baseball? No. “Walking off that field for the last time, it was fun and I felt like I accomplished it,” Stayton said. “Obviously, the dream is to go to the next level and it didn’t work out, but my hope wasn’t in baseball; my hope was always in Jesus and I knew whatever was next was better.”

Contact Elizabeth Wyman with comments at egwyman@bsu.edu.

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The Cardinals celebrate third baseman Alex Maloney’s home run with two RBIs in the first during the Cardinals’ game against Kent State on March 24 at Ball Diamond. This play put Ball State up 3-0. PAIGE GRIDER, DN FILE

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