BSU 12-11-15

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DN FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 2015

OPINION

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MUNCIE’S

MARVEL

THE DAILY NEWS

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Ball State cancels teaching program Students have 3 U.S. options rather than going to Germany ALLIE KIRKMAN MULTICULTURAL REPORTER | aekirkman@bsu.edu Only weeks before a group of around 15 students was set to leave for a 16-week student teaching course in Germany, Ball State canceled the program. Lydia Newland, a senior elementary education major who was going on the trip, had already quit her job and found someone to sublease her apartment when she heard the news. Although Newland was able to find a student teaching job through Yorktown Pleasant View Elementary, where she had spent her practicum in a first grade classroom, she said it was tough to figure everything out. “I had lots of feelings when I first read the email,” she said. “I was in shock and went into defense mode. I had given up everything. My lease was ending, and I had to find a new house and job. I felt like I had to scramble to put the pieces back together.” After a $500 deposit and months of preparation and planning, students were told via email on Nov. 24 that the program — which they were set to leave for on Dec. 27 — was canceled.

See TEACHING, page 4

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Award-winning freelancer has written for ‘Superman,’ ‘Daredevil,’ ‘Archie’ ABBIE WILLANS GENERAL REPORTER | ajwillans@bsu.edu

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ark Waid may be a famous writer, but he doesn’t live in New York City or Hollywood. His home is Muncie, Ind., where he and his partner Christina Blanch own Aw Yeah Comics downtown. Waid has influenced countless people in his 30 years of work, even if they don’t know it. He has written stories for almost every superhero one could think of — from Superman to Daredevil — and received prestigious honors such as Eisner Awards while doing so. He’s starting a new series starring Black Widow, one of the main heroes in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Growing up in Alabama, Waid fell in love with comics while reading them as a small child. ”Truthfully, I never really consid-

ered anything else [as a career],” he said. He worked at industry trade publications right out of college, was hired as an editor of DC Comics in 1987 and left in 1989 to strike out as a freelance writer. “I’ve lived a charmed life ever since,” he said. He added that many people still don’t understand that he doesn’t draw the pictures for the comics he writes. There’s a lot of collaboration and teamwork involved in making a comic book, he said. He was working as a freelancer in Los Angeles when he met Blanch in 2010 at C2-E2, a pop culture and comic book convention in Chicago. Blanch and Waid began dating soon after, and Waid eventually moved to Blanch’s town of Muncie. “[Waid] is amazing,” Blanch said.

“He is my partner in business and life and my best friend. He is the smartest person I have ever met. And the nicest.” She said she loves everything about comics. She used them to teach her son to read, and they soon became an important part of her life. Blanch said that science fiction and fantasy like “Star Wars” have inspired her. She writes her own original series called “The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood,” which is published by Dynamite Entertainment. Living in the same house as writers and business partners could be challenging for some couples, but they manage to make it work. Waid and Blanch have their own office spaces for their writing.

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Junior swimmer Tanner Barton is one of approximately 1.25 million people in America who suffer from Type 1 diabetes. Barton also serves on the international council for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Barton acts as advocate for diabetes Swimmer represents athletes, young adults with disease WYMAN MEN’S VOLLEYBALL REPORTER | ELIZABETH @Heavens_2betsey

See MARVEL, page 3

UPD WARNS STUDENTS OF BREAK-INS Police have received nearly 70 reports in Fall Semester CASEY SMITH CRIME REPORTER | casmith11@bsu.edu The University Police Department is warning students and other nearby residents about home and vehicle break-ins after UPD and the Muncie Police

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Department received more than a dozen reports in recent weeks. Since August, nearly 70 reports of car and home burglaries on or near campus have been reported to the two police departments combined, although MPD Chief Steve Stewart said that number could still be low. “Unfortunately, there are still many break-ins that aren’t being reported,” he said. In cases where little to no items are stolen, Stewart said CONTACT US

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some people aren’t reporting the incidents altogether. When a break-in occurs and only items of personal value are taken, Stewart said there “isn’t a whole lot” police can do. Katelyn Howell, a senior family and child studies major, has been the victim of four break-ins over the last year. After her car was most recently broken into in November, she said all she could do was file a police report.

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“I left my backpack in the back seat of my car — which is something I never do — and sometime during the night, my car was broken into and my bag was gone,” Howell said. “I have to be really careful and make sure my car doors are always locked and that nothing of value stays in the car. People will break in for anything, it seems like.”

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Sept. 2, 2003, is a day that will forever stick in the mind of Tanner Barton, it was the day he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Barton is a junior captain on the men’s swimming and diving team, and one of the approximately 1.25 million people in America who suffer from Type 1 diabetes, according to diabetes.org. Barton, a Dublin, Ohio, native, lounges back in his first-class seat as the plane cruises 35,000 feet in the air en route to Copenhagen. Many can only dream of visiting such a destination, but this will be the second time Barton has traveled there in three months. Barton serves on an international council for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) called the Type 1 Diabetes Voices Council. The 17 members who make up the council each represents and speak on behalf of a different population. Barton is the youngest in the council and represents all young adults and athletes living with Type 1 diabetes. “When I was younger, I never saw myself being such an advocate,” Barton said. “I was always in an advocacy position, and I was always a spokesperson for the disease.” THE PULSE OF BALL STATE

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Above normal temperatures are sticking around, and we may have the chance to challenge a few heat records this weekend. - Adam Grimes, WCRD weather forecaster

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