Ball State University funds Three Trails Music Series to promote arts in the Muncie community.16
Ball State soccer looks to earn its first MidAmerican Conference Championship.11 Soccer
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Larry Michael Elliott, an associate professor of theater and dance at Ball State University, died Thursday, July 18, 2024, at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
Elliott taught individual voice lessons and repertoire, conducted master classes, oversaw curriculum development and musicdirected various productions within the department’s season. Elliott’s composing work was selected for The Kennedy Center’s 2014 American College Theatre Festival, during which he received a Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Composition. In 2015, Ball State honored Elliott with its Creative Endeavor Award.
Elliott is survived by his wife of 15 years, Kate (Heine) Elliott — an associate lecturer at the School of Journalism and Strategic Communication at Ball State University — and their children, Rose and William, of Muncie. He is also survived by his parents, sister, and nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Ball State University’s David and Mary Jane Sursa Performance Hall, 1809 W. Riverside Ave. in Muncie, Indiana.
Yorktown local Theresa O’Brian provides a taste of home-cooked love to students through her baking business.
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Located in the basemnt level of the student center, the campus post office will have new hours of operation for the upcoming school year. The hours will now be Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a daily closure from 2 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. More information can be found online on the Ball State Communications Center website.
The new platform, which will eventually replace my.bsu.edu, is now available for all individuals who have Ball State login credentials. Users can log in to MyBallState.bsu. edu using single sign-on credentials three ways: on browser or via Apple and Android apps.
Happening on Aug. 24 at 7 p.m. in Canan Commons, the Sensational Barnes Brothers will be the next performer in the Muncie Three Trails Music Series. The duo’s self described sound is “a melting pot of the old and the new.” Doc Peterson’s Club Band will be the guest opener for the show. The series is free to the public and sponsored by Ball State.
Ellie Marker Reporter
Found on Facebook as Sweet Confections, Theresa O’Brian runs a small business baking cookies and cupcakes out of her Yorktown-based home. For the last three years, parents of Cardinals have been able to place orders for their students that O’Brian then hand delivers to dorms and offcampus residences.
O’Brian started baking years ago as a hobby, following the footsteps of her mother who would bake while O’Brian was growing up. Their family made everything homemade out of necessity, so they knew what was going into their food.
“I have always just been happy making treats and bringing smiles to people’s faces with them,” O’Brian said. “The homemade goods remind people of the treats they’d get at home.”
O’Brian tries to keep the recipes allergen-free by not using different types of nuts or flavoring that people are commonly allergic to. Instead, she substitutes certain ingredients or finds other recipes to fit the needs of the project on hand. She tries to keep her prices as low as possible as well, to allow for more parents to treat their students.
Because of this, O’Brian only creates a profit of about $3 per cupcake.
[Theresa] pays attention to her ingredients and she thinks about everyone as she’s doing that. I can’t tell you enough great things.”
- SHANNON WHITE, Customer
White said her two students love the taste and the thought behind the homemade goods.
“[Theresa] pays attention to her ingredients and she thinks about everyone as she’s doing that. I can’t tell you enough great things,” White said. “Honestly we just don’t have [enough] people in the world like her today.”
Out-of-state customer Holly Clohessy agreed with White and said that she’d “absolutely recommend” O’Brian’s business to others.
“In addition to providing some delicious birthday treats to my daughter when I couldn’t, she was very accommodating to the fact that my daughter has food allergies and was very careful that there was no cross-contamination,” Clohessy said via email.
I have always just been happy making treats and bringing smiles to people’s faces with them.”
- THERESA O’BRIAN, Owner
Parents can order up to three different flavors of cupcakes in a box. You’ll get 6 cupcakes for $35, or 6 cookies for the same price. Boxes can also include both cupcakes and cookies. The price also includes the cost of delivery, where O’Brian will drop off the sweets at the front desks of the students’ dorms. Parents can request special flavors for their students, and O’Brian can make the requests work most of the time.
Shannon White is a frequent customer and has ordered from Sweet Confections around a dozen times. She said her orders are each for special occasions like birthdays or a pick-me-up after a long week — all the things a mother would want to give their student a taste of love with.
Parents or students interested in ordering from O’Brian can find her on Facebook .
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Ally Becki has her eyes set on MAC Player of the Year in 2025.
Ball State soccer opens its 2024 season with a home contest against Purdue Fort Wayne Thursday, Aug. 15 at 4 p.m. The Cardinals are coming off an 8-8 season where they lost in the first round of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament.
Ball State field hockey head coach Caitlin Walsh signed a contract extension Friday, August 9th through the 2029 season. In her two seasons with the Cardinals, Walsh has led the team to a 14-23 record overall and one MAC Tournament appearance in 2023. Walsh is the third Ball State head coach to be extended this summer, following women’s basketball’s Brady Sallee and men’s volleyball’s Donan Cruz.
Indianapolis native Cole Hocker took home a gold medal in the 1500 meter relay with the United States. Hocker attended Cathedral High School and the University of Oregon. His parents – Kyle and Janet Hocker – are Ball State graduates (1987, 1988).
Missouri State
Sept. 7 @ 2 p.m.
Miami
Sept. 14 @ 3:30 p.m.
Central Michigan
Sept. 21 @ TBA
James Madison
Sept. 28 @ TBA
Western Michigan
Oct. 5 @ TBA Community and Family Weekend
Kent State
Oct. 12 @ TBA
Vanderbilt
Oct. 19 @ TBA
Northern Illinois
Oct. 26 @ TBA Homecoming
Miami (OH)
Nov. 5 @ TBA
Buffalo
Nov. 12 @ 7 p.m.
Bowling Green
Nov. 23 @ TBA
Ohio
Nov. 29 @ TBA
Kyle Smedley Reporter
Porchia Green knew Ally Becki was special when the current Ball State women’s basketball standout was a freshman at Brownsburg high school in 2017. Green was an assistant coach for Ben Davis at the time, and her Giants were squaring off against Becki’s Brownsburg Bulldogs.
Becki dropped eight points, grabbed eight rebounds and swiped two steals in the Bulldogs’ overtime loss to the Giants. Green felt the contest wouldn’t have even gone to an extra period were it not for the efforts of a freshman Becki.
Ever since that night, Green has kept her eye on “The Brownsburg Bucket.”
“She was hoopin’ hoopin’,” Green said. “She’s cold.”
The two have been linked by alma maters since Becki first stepped foot on Ball State’s campus back in 2021, as Green was a prominent member of the Ball State women’s basketball program from 2005-2009.
Green played alongside current associate head coach Audrey McDonald-Spencer during the Cardinals’ 2009 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship win and subsequent first round NCAA Tournament victory against Pat Summit’s Tennesee Volunteers. Green also has a storied individual career herself.
Green was the 2008-09 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, a two-time All-MAC selection and ended her career with the 10th most points in program history. Following in Green’s footsteps, Becki has made her mark the past three seasons as one of the premiere players in the conference.
“Ally could go to the next level, like the WNBA,” Green said. “Overseas, hands down, she’s going no matter what.”
Becki has earned All-MAC Third, Second and First Team honors during her first three seasons as a Cardinal. As her senior season approaches, she knows her time to reach her ultimate personal accolade is running out.
“I’m trying to be an all-around player. The goal is a MAC Championship, NCAA [Championship] and MAC Player of the Year,” Becki said. When Becki suited up for the Indianapolis-based City League’s Damien Center team July 31, she proved her objective toward improving her game on more levels than just scoring. Becki led her
squad to a 66-49 win with 16 rebounds, nine points, five assists, three steals and two blocks.
While the 5-foot, 8-inch Becki averages 5.4 rebounds per game across her three seasons in the red and white, she said she was out to put up big numbers on the boards on the 31st. This action thus proved to her father that she was capable of out rebounding anyone on the same court as her.
Green said Becki’s focus on both ends of the floor is what makes her fellow Cardinals’ game most appealing to her from afar.
“She has a package. She can shoot, she can dribble, she can go pull up and she’s a team player,” Green said. “You can tell she loves ball. She got that dog in her.”
Becki said she has been aspiring to reach MAC Player of the Year heights since she first joined the conference and witnessed 2024 WNBA Draft pick Dyaisha Fair earn the accolade for Buffalo in 2022. As the only current Cardinal playing in a summer league, it’s clear that Becki is taking any step necessary toward reaching the pinnacle of her conference.
Becki had never played in a summer league before this year, but when her high school teammate Destiny Thomas asked her to join her Damien Center team, Becki was all in. Once she was granted permission by McDonald-Spencer and assistant coach Moriah Monaco, of course.
“They were like, ‘Go have fun, just don’t get hurt,’” Becki said with a laugh.
Despite being the only current Ball State women’s basketball player in the league, current assistant coach Mariah King joins her as another member of the program playing in the City League.
King is heading into her second year as one of Ball State’s assistant coaches, and Becki still remembers one of her first bonding experiences with the former three-time Ohio Valley Conference Second Team member at Eastern Illinois.
Becki said when King first joined Ball State’s coaching staff, she challenged her to a game of oneon-one after a practice, something Becki has made a tradition during her three years in the program.
“She just buried me in the post,” Becki said. “I knew what I was up against. She’s got years of experience playing overseas, so I knew how good she was.”
Although King is a freshly-minted Cardinal, her ties to Ball State don’t start and stop with the current players and staff.
Green spent nearly 10 years playing professional basketball in Europe after graduating from Ball State in 2009, but her last season was a 2017-18 campaign in Romania. Once she became pregnant with her first of two children in 2018, she decided to call it quits on international travel.
Since then, she has been playing in city leagues in Indianapolis. In fact, it was during one of her last seasons in Romania when she met King.
Green described King as initially soft-spoken, but after spending lengthy time around her, she discovered that the Eastern Illinois alumna is funny and “swaggy.”
“This little orange thing made me travel the world, gave me a scholarship, speak different languages, meet friends and build relationships with people,” Green said.
Now, Green and King are on the same team in the City League, suiting up for “Catch the Stars.”
In their August 1 matchup against the Breakfast Club, Green dropped a game-high 26 points along with 10 rebounds, four assists and four steals. King had 13 points, four rebounds and one assist.
Although Becki wasn’t in the building that night, Green couldn’t say enough about how highly she thinks of the Ball State senior.
In fact, she wants to see Becki grab the MAC Player of the Year award, too, and she thinks the City League will only increase her chances.
“I think this gives her an edge,” Green said. “Not to say that she wasn’t confident already, but now she’s played against pros and against some of the best in Indiana.”
Becki has been a consistent starter since day one with Ball State women’s basketball, but for her first two seasons in the program, she knew former All-MAC standouts Anna Clephane and Thelma Dis Agustsdottir were the cornerstones of the Cardinals.
Heading into her last dance with the red and white, she now realizes that she, Marie Kiefer and Madelyn Bischoff are the ones who best represent what Ball State women’s basketball is all about.
“We stuck around, stayed loyal and Brady has been building the team around us now,” Becki said. “ … It’s different, it’s a lot and it’s crazy that next year I’m not coming back. Being one of those players is crazy to me.
I can’t believe it. I feel like everyone says this, but I feel like I just became a freshman. It fl ies by so fast, especially when you’re with your best friends.”
Ball State’s season will not officially begin until November, but the reality that Becki only has nine months left in Muncie is beginning to sink in.
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Trinity Rea Print Managing Editor
Last season, Ball State Soccer fell in the first round of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship to Ohio, a team they failed to beat in the regular season.
Despite a 6-2-3 conference record, the Cardinals went an even 8-8-3 overall, winning just two out of its last six matches of the year.
This reality was not due to a lack of talent or experience, but rather a lack of consistency with play and injuries.
This season, head coach Josh Rife’s squad aims not only to start strong but to finish strong. He said the key to this desired success is of course found within his players.
“We have a few young ladies — Delaney Caldwell, Avery Fenchel, Audrey Goodyear — that are proven All-Conference players in the past, so I think we hope for them to play key roles for us,” he said via email. “In addition, we have a great group of seniors that all have a wealth of game experience and postseason experience.”
Junior forward Delaney Caldwell was a 2023 All-MAC Second Team member while fifthyear forward Avery Fenchel made the 2023 AllMAC First Team. Sophomore Defender Audrey Goodyear followed suit with a 2023 All-Freshman Team placement.
Rife said he is sure these players are ready to make an immediate impact and Goodyear agrees. She said this year her goal is to grow and improve from her freshman season.
“A big thing for me is to focus on being a good teammate and finding my role this year. The
upperclassmen last year helped me to step into a starting position and this year I want to be able to do the same by leading others on and off the field,” she said via email.
Defenders Maya Millis, Alex McPhee and midfielder Kaitlyn Fraser make up Rife’s senior class with a “wealth of experience.” Each is entering their fourth year of play, looking to earn their first MAC Championship title.
Ball State also has two returning fifth-year students; defender Jordyn Jeffers and Forward Avery Fenchel. The two have brought consistency to an otherwise consistently different-looking Cardinal front and backfield.
Ball State Soccer begins its fight to win a Mid-American Conference Championship.
was lost, but rather on what was gained and how to move forward. He said on top of the talented returning cast of players, there is a large group of incoming freshmen and transfer players ready to make an immediate impact.
“Fortunately two of our transfers, [redshirt sophomore defender] Delaney Ahearn and [junior] Addie Chester, were able to join us in the spring so I feel like they were able to settle into the group,” Rife said via email. “In regards to our freshmen, I think they are a very talented group who [have] had a lot of individual and team success coming into college and I’m excited for them to bring those experiences to our team.”
A team goal, and personal goal of mine, is to win the MAC Tournament and have our first berth into the NCAA playoffs.”
- AUDREY GOODYEAR, Sophomore Defender
Fenchel said her continued success has spawned from the challenges she’s faced in her time at Ball State — something she is hoping to use to her advantage.
“Through my time here I have faced adversity that I can hopefully [use to] help newcomers get through and show them what it means to be part of such a special program,” she said via email.
Like Fenchel, Rife is not one to focus on what
Delaney Ahearn transfers to Ball State after two years at Mississippi State as a redshirt player — making just one match appearance. Out of high school, she was a 3-Star recruit.
Addie Chester on the other hand is a name most likely familiar to Muncie residents. Chester hails from Muncie’s Delta High School where she earned the title of fifth most goals (59) scored in a season all-time in the state of Indiana.
Over the course of her highschool career, she scored 201 goals — second most in state history.
Chester went on to start her college career at the University of Louisville in 2022. Last season, she became a key player for the Cardinals and started every game. In addition to her time at Louisville, Chester has played professional soccer with the Indy 11 since 2022.
The incoming freshmen class holds a lot of promise as well. Each of the seven incoming players are each capitalizing off career years, looking to make their mark as a Cardinal.
Like Rife, Goodyear said she is also excited to get back with her team and to meet her new teammates. She said while preseason is a time to have fun and bond, it is also an important time to “lock in” and establish team and personal goals.
“A team goal, and personal goal of mine, is to win the MAC Tournament and have our first berth into the NCAA playoffs,” Goodyear said via email.
“With the group we have this year, I am confident we can do it and I’m excited to get started.”
Ball State opens the 2024 regular season at home Aug. 15th at 4 p.m. against Purdue Fort Wayne. MAC play will begin Sep. 19th.
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Ball State’s sponsorship of the Three Trails Music Series seeks to connect campus with community.
Richard “Rick” Zeigler once owned one of the largest record shops in Indianapolis. Now, as the music coordinator for the Muncie Three Trails Music Series, he’s responsible for curating a list of artists meticulously selected for the Muncie community to enjoy at no cost.
The eleventh year of the series started off with the headlining performance by Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band on June 30.
“That [first concert] was probably one of the four or five largest audiences we’ve had in our 11 years,” Zeigler said. “I always like to try to get a big audience for the first concert because that helps publicize the remaining concerts.”
The purpose of the annual series is intended to help “improve Muncie’s quality of place” which, according to Zeigler, includes great concerts and musical experiences.
“The second purpose is to help promote Muncie’s existing attractions. The three trails: Cardinal Greenway, White River Greenway, Muncie Arts and Culture Trail,” he said. “Our motto for the series is ‘Explore the Trails, Enjoy the Music.’”
Joshua Peyton of Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has worked with Zeigler in the past and says it doesn’t surprise him he couldn’t stay away from music after selling his record store.
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is based in Brown County, Indiana, but they travel all over to perform. They play over 200 shows a year, and since the band’s creation, they’ve been to 38 countries.
Peyton said he was surprised at how “fired up” the crowd was for their show.
“It was awesome. The vibe is always determined by the people. It was a really wonderful crowd,” he said.
Peyton says the remaining acts in the series will be good shows: Doc Peterson’s Club Band with The Sensational Barnes Brothers and the Ball State University Jazz Ensemble with SYBARITE5.
“I’m glad it’s happening. It’s really cool that Muncie has a place to see free music,” Peyton said. “The arts is increasingly hard to come by. It’s hard to be accessible to people and a free show like that is incredible.”
When Zeigler begins reaching out to artists, he strives for a variety of music that will not only appeal to people but also introduce them to new styles of music.
“We span the gamut in terms of genres, you know, bluegrass, blues, rock, country, gospel, New Orleans, everything,” he said. A good proportion of our attendees, I would say at least a third, basically come to all the concerts, regardless of genre, because they know it’s going to be good.”
With two shows remaining in the lineup, Zeigler said the Barnes Brothers are a soul/gospel group who performed in the series about three years ago and he recalls it being a “fantastic” show.
Wrapping up the 2024 series, SYBARITE5 is a chamber group, a small collection of classical musicians. He describes them as a “very unique chamber music experience,” playing original songs in addition to music by artists such as Radiohead and John Coltrane.
Opening for the final performance, the Ball State Jazz Ensemble is led by Ball State’s Director of Jazz Studies, Mark Buselli.
With the school year starting in the midst of the series, members of the jazz ensemble have a quick turnaround time with auditions and preparation, but Buselli enjoys the process as this is their fifth year being included.
“We always look forward to the three trails concert because it’s our first concert of the year,” Buselli said. “This concert comes up so fast, it makes the students really jump on the ball here, as far as, we got to get ready for this because it’s right around the corner.”
Since preparation for the concert happens after classes begin and auditions are completed, Buselli said the mystery is something he anticipates each school year.
“I always look forward to seeing how the new band performs, what kind of band I’m going to have, who the vocalist is going to be. In the past, we’ve always had some great vocalists, and this year [will be] no different,” he said.
With Ball State University being the 2024 presenting sponsor of the series, the lineup for next year will expand. Zeigler, already selecting and booking acts for 2025, said there will still be the initial four shows in Canan Commons with an additional three shows at the Brown Family Amphitheater early in the academic year.
“If we can get more people from the community to go up and attend events at Ball State and more people at Ball State to attend events in the community, that’s a plus for both,” Zeigler said. “One of the reasons why President Mearns reached out to me to do this was because one of the mottos of Ball State is ‘Better Together.’” Contact Ella Howell with comments at ella. howell@bsu.edu.
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61 “Bummer”
65 Sunbather’s goal
66 Pitchfork-shaped Greek letter
67 “Just gimme a __!”
