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Junior vocal performance major Emma Nossem will participate in her third Ball State Dance Marathon Saturday. Nossem will be dancing to support two friends she lost to cystic fibrosis and a lesser-known cancer.

BSUDM: More than a fundraiser Junior Emma Nossem has personal connection with Riley Brooke Kemp Daily News Reporter It’s unusual to hear of an organization that is working toward not existing. A club that believes that if it really does its job, one day it won’t be needed. This, however, is exactly the case for Ball State University Dance Marathon. BSUDM raised $75,288.05 during its Day of Hope Wednesday, surpassing the goal of $75,000, which originally seemed “overzealous” to junior Emma Nossem. After a long day of excitement, encouragement and fundraising, Nossem was left without much of a voice to express the amount of hope it had given her. During this week alone, the vocal performance major has been attending chamber choir rehearsals, Dance Marathon meetings and recruitment practice for her sorority, Sigma Kappa. On Sunday morning, Emma Nossem is expected to be on a bus, in her choir dress, ready to perform in Carmel with the Ball State Chamber Choir; however, just hours before, she will be participating in the 13.1 hour-long Dance Marathon. “It is the most insane week of my life, but I have lost no motivation,” Nossem said.

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The Ethnic Theatre Alliance held a Call To Action Rally Thursday at University Green to peacefully protest the recent approval of Indiana Senate Bill 423, which prohibits universities in the state from admitting undocumented immigrants. ETA’s mission for the rally was to make Ball State a Sanctuary Campus and demonstrate that students will not stand for the bill.

"Immigrant students are NOT the problem" Indiana Senate committee measure prohibiting undocumented immigrants from admission meets student resistance Gabbi Mitchell Daily News Reporter

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Sophomore theater directing major Lily Schwab holds a ‘Make BSU a Sanctuary’ sign for the Call to Action Rally Thursday at University Green. The Ethic Theatre Alliance organized the rally to stand against Senate Bill 423. The bill will prohibit sanctuary policies at state education institutions.

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Women's basketball plays for first place Ball State and Central Michigan face-off tomorrow in a pivotal conference game Colin Grylls Sports Editor

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n Indiana Senate committee approved a measure to make sanctuary universities illegal in the state this week, prohibiting universities from admitting undocumented immigrants. Senate Bill 423 was brought to the Corrections and Criminal Law Committee, with six voting yes and two opposed. The bill to make “sanctuary universities” illegal is still in progress. Under the bill, undocumented students will still be protected under the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, which allowed universities to admit these students.

Ball State travels to Ypsilanti, Michigan to face-off against defending MAC Champions.

First place in the Mid-American Conference is on the line when Ball State women’s basketball hosts Central Michigan Saturday. The Cardinals (19-8, 12-3 MAC) are second in the MAC West, one game behind the Chippewas (21-6, 13-2 MAC). The two teams are also currently in line to get the No. 1 and 2 seeds at the MAC Tournament. “Should be a high-level game with both teams’ ability to

score and how well both teams shoot the ball,” Ball State head coach Brady Sallee said. “You just kind of run down the stat line of both teams and it just looks similar.” Ball State leads the MAC by hitting 45.3 percent of its shots and Central Michigan is second with 44.8 percent. The Chippewas, though, are second in the conference with 78.7 points scored per game, and Ball State is third with 76.0 points. The Chippewas are second in the MAC with a 35.8 percent 3-point percentage and the Cardinals are third with a 34.1 percent 3-point shooting percentage, but Central Michigan held a significant advantage in its 101-92 win over Ball State Jan. 11.

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CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better part of a year, searching tents and huts and arresting three dozen holdouts who had defied a government order to leave. It took 3 ½ hours for about 220 officers and 18 National Guardsmen to methodically search the protesters’ temporary homes and arrest people, including a man who climbed atop a building and stayed there for more than an hour before surrendering. Native Americans who oppose the $3.8 billion pipeline established the Oceti Sakowin camp last April on federal land near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to draw attention to their concerns that the project will hurt the environment and sacred sites — claims Dallas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners disputes. The camp gained increased attention starting in August after its population had grown and authorities made their first arrests. At its height, the camp included thousands of people, but the numbers had dwindled during the winter and as the fight over the pipeline moved into the courts. The Army Corps of Engineers said it needed to clear the camp ahead of spring flooding, and had ordered everyone to leave by 2 p.m. Wednesday. The agency said it was concerned about protesters’ safety and about the environmental effects of tents, cars, garbage and other items in the camp being washed into nearby rivers. Most protesters left peacefully Wednesday, when authorities closed the camp, but some stayed overnight in defiance of the government order.

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Authorities chose to enter the camp “cautiously and tactfully” to ensure the safety of officers and protesters, according to Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson. The arrests were a last resort, he said. Only one person resisted arrest; otherwise there were no major incidents, and there were no injuries, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said. Afterward, officers showed visible relief, smiling, shaking hands and patting one another on the back. Guardsmen and officers entered the camp from two directions shortly before midday, alongside numerous law enforcement and military vehicles and with a helicopter and airplane overhead. As they checked and cleared buildings, they marked them with a fluorescent orange “X.” They declared the camp cleared shortly after 2 p.m., though Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said 15 protesters crossed the frozen Cannonball River on foot to the south bank. That land also is Corps-managed but is on the Standing Rock Reservation, where North Dakota authorities don’t have jurisdiction. They planned to station officers on the north shore to keep anyone from re-entering the camp. Before authorities moved in, Gov. Doug Burgum had said those remaining at the camp still had a chance to leave without facing charges. The state sent a bus to the site on Thursday to transport anyone to Bismarck, where officials were doling out basic necessities, along with hotel and bus vouchers. No one took advantage of the offer Thursday, and only nine people used the center Tuesday and Wednesday. The center was closed Thursday due to the lack of use, state Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily Fong said.

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Warm weather or global warming?

Ball State professor discusses unusually warm month Brynn Mechem & Sara Barker Daily News Reporters

With the current trend of increasing temperatures, students are grabbing their frisbees and hammocks and heading outside. However, some can’t enjoy the weather without first worrying about climate change. Petra Zimmermann, associate professor of geography, warns to not jump to conclusions because of sudden warm weather, and to remember that climate and weather are not the same. “Whether this is a sign of global warming, we would have to look at the changes over time,” Zimmermann said. “If we see this regularly, then we could think about possibly attributing this to climate change and global warming. I’m not saying it’s not, but we have to look at

all of the data.” Leo Sonnefeld, a junior accounting major, feels the the current weather is bittersweet. “It’s nice, but at the same time it shouldn’t be this warm right now, and it is kind of scary, but it feels good out. I’m not really complaining that much,” Sonnefeld said. “It’s just kind of weird when like, a week ago it was like 30 degrees and now it’s like 60.” 2016 was the warmest year on record, breaking the record previously held by 2015, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Zimmermann attributes the the current warm temperatures to meteorology. A ridge of high pressure over the eastern part of the country leads to higher temperatures, whereas a trough in the West contributes to colder temperatures because it acts as a funnel to channel Canadian air down to the lower 48. “The fact that it’s very warm right now is not necessarily an indication of global warming. It may be, but that has to be

examined within the context of the entire temperature record,” Zimmermann said. Although this year’s unusually warm winter may not be a direct result of climate change, the environment may be negatively impacted this spring and summer. “On the quad near the administration building, the crocuses and flowers are starting to come up, and I’m seeing evidence of trees starting to leaf out,” Zimmermann said. “As pleasant as it is, this is really not good. We should have some cold temperatures.” Kamal Islam, professor of wildlife biology, said the sudden change in temperature can cause flowers to bloom prematurely and insects to reach maturity sooner, which can have an adverse effect on migratory birds. “When the birds come here it’s usually because of abundant food source,” Islam said. “If you have warming, insects and caterpillars that come out early might mature early, which means they wouldn’t have nutrients they need to

raise their families.” If the birds can’t find the food source they need here, they are likely to migrate somewhere else, which could affect our ecosystem, Islam said. For now, though, students are content with enjoying the warm weather while it lasts. Clare Collins, a junior communications studies major, feels the weather is perfect, but doubts the current status of climate change is far from it. “I think it’s a really good in-between of it being really hot and cold. It’s kind of perfect out. I like how it’s a little overcast,” Collins said. “I’m definitely passionate about the environment, so if it’s going to be warm here for us, but it’s also going to be warm somewhere where the ice is melting, then maybe it shouldn’t feel like that.”

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Continued from page 1 The bill, authored by Sen. Michael Young, R-Indianapolis, and Michael Delph, R-Carmel, defines and prohibits state colleges from establishing a sanctuary environment. However, if President Donald Trump repeals the program as part of his set of orders to increase immigration enforcement, Indiana universities will no longer be able to allow undocumented immigrants. In response, the Ethnic Theatre Alliance held a peaceful protest on campus Thursday against efforts to bar undocumented students. The group wants to make Ball State a sanctuary campus and demonstrate student opposition to the “violent bill,” ETA vice president Jennifer Popovich said. “Imagine a stranger coming to your house, searching your house, and then kicking you out of something you have worked so hard to accomplish,” Popovich said. The alliance is calling for the campus to be a sanctuary to all immigrants because ETA believes the country is where it is today because of immigration, she said.

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Students gathered for ETA’s Call To Action Rally Thursday at University Green to oppose Indiana Senate Bill 423. The bill would prohibit public universities in the state from admitting undocumented immigrants.

“Immigrant students are not the problem,” said junior acting major Jacob Barnes. “They’re trying to further themselves, trying to further their families, educate themselves. “America is made up of immigrants. They are the backbone of our society, and especially with the divisiveness that’s in the political realm right now, people are

succumbing to that. This event is to stand in solidarity with the immigrant community.” Protesters, some chanting “social justice is love in action,” met on the University Green and marched across campus. “We are walking the wrong direction in many areas, such as immigration and bathroom policies,” said Veronica Santoyo, an assistant professor of theatre and dance.

Barnes said ETA won’t stop with Thursday’s protest. “There is too much hatred and fear in this world, and it feels like it is just escalating, and we are taking a stance against it,” Barnes said. Contact Gabbi Mitchell with any questions or concerns at gnmitchell@bsu.edu.

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SGA platform points feasibility check Each year, the Daily News takes a look at the SGA slates platform points to see if they're feasible Casey Smith & Max Lewis Daily News Reporters GUIDE

YES = This can be completed/implemented in one year. PROBABLY = This can be completed/implemented in one year, given obstacles and/or some current uncertainties. MAYBE = This can be completed/implemented in one year, but there are still questions, unseen obstacles and/or some current uncertainties. UNLIKELY = This likely can’t be completed/implemented in one year due to obstacles and/or some current uncertainties. NO = This can’t be completed/implemented in one year.

Ignite — Gabrielle Lloyd, Zoe Taylor, Theodore Hoffman and Caleb Conley POINT: BIAS INCIDENT POINT: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP POSTERS CONFERENCE FEASIBLE: Yes

WHY: Lloyd said they want to put up Bias Incident Procedure posters in classrooms and Residence Halls in partnership with the Multicultural Center. Bobby Steele, interim director of the Multicultural Center, said that Lloyd has been working with the Center to “put up posters and expand their influence across campus.”

POINT: CONTINUE WORKING ON BENEFICENCE DIALOGUE POINTS

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Dr. Charlene Alexander, associate provost for diversity and director of the Office of Institutional Diversity, said that because there are “so many topics that could be discussed,” continuing the dialogues would be beneficial to the campus community. “Our office would be delighted to assist in establishing the pedagogy around dialogues as we have done in the past when invited to do so,” Alexander said.

POINT: MENTAL HEALTH DIALOGUE

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Tim Hess, associate director of clinical services, said that both slates seem to be expanding on current programs hosted by the Counseling Center. Hess said the center has partnered with SGA in the past and is open to partnering up with the future slate.

POINT: CARDINAL KITCHEN + SCHOOL SUPPLIES FEASIBLE: Yes

WHY: Taylor said the slate would provide an additional $1,500 to Cardinal Kitchen at the beginning of each school year for school supplies. The addition is reflected in Ignite’s proposed budget, and if implemented, Cardinal Kitchen vice president Madison Lyon said the extra funds could be used to buy school supplies. “This addition to Cardinal Kitchen’s inventory would allow us to expand our reaches of helping students in need. In addition to offering food, we have a stock of toiletries,” Lyon said. “Adding school supplies would be a lovely way to continue our mission of giving students struggling with money one less thing to think about.”

POINT: SPORTS PROMOTION FEASIBLE: Yes

WHY: Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Fan Engagement Shawn Sullivan spoke to Zoe Taylor, vice president candidate, and Theodore Hoffman, treasurer candidate, back in January about athletics promotion. While Sullivan said it was more of a brainstorming session, it appears that athletics is looking to continue working with SGA. “From the athletic department standpoint, we are open and willing to participate in just about anything that involves Ball State students,” Sullivan said. “Athletics hosts at least a hundred home athletic events every year, and the more we can do to increase attendance at those events, we are supportive of.”

FEASIBLE: Maybe WHY: The Daily News was unable to get in contact with Kevin Carey, the assistant director of Greek Life, who Ignite said they spoke to regarding this platform point. There are, however, many conferences similar to this that are held on Ball State’s campus, so creating this one should be possible.

POINT: PEOPLE’S CHOICE PLATFORM POINT: ROTC PARTNERSHIP

FEASIBLE: Unknown WHY: Ignite is proposing to create a cabinet position for ROTC. This platform point was announced at the SGA debate on Thursday night, and the Daily News was unable to fact-check the information.

POINT: NAVIGATE THE TRANSITION FEASIBLE: Probably

WHY: Lloyd, a student member of incoming President Geoffrey S. Mearns’ transition team, said she wants SGA to hold an open forum allowing students to meet the new president and express their expectations. University spokesperson Joan Todd said the transition team will meet soon to discuss various options. “Right now, most anything will be considered — but it will be up to the team and Mr. Mearns ultimately to decide which activities will make the best use of his time,” Todd said. “ One thing we do know for sure is that Mr. Mearns is very student-focused.”

POINT: ALLOCATE MONEY TOWARDS DIVERSE PROGRAMS

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Ignite will make funds available for organizations to support diversity events and programs for students in addition to the small organizations fund, which provides grants and co-sponsorships for student organizations' events and services. Current SGA treasurer Emily Halley said she’s spoken with both slates about platform points regarding additions to the small organizations fund and believes the implementation is possible with the proposed budgets from each slate.

POINT: COLLABORATE WITH STUDENT RIGHTS FOR BOOK LOANS

FEASIBLE: Unknown WHY: Lloyd said Ignite wants to help alleviate costs for the Student Rights and Community Standards’ book loan program via money in the slate’s proposed budget. However, neither slate has contacted the student rights office regarding the loan program, Student Rights and Community Standards secretary Cindy Cox said. The slate would have to meet with director Michael Gillian, and Cox said she could coordinate such a meeting.

POINT: WEBSITE

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Junior marketing and communication consultant Matthew Hood created the website Ignite utilized for their campaign. He said he is in the process of creating an official website that either he, or someone elected by SGA, will manage if Ignite wins.

“It’s totally a feasible point for them, I’m working on [the website] currently, and if they win the election, it will definitely be published within two weeks after they win,” Hood said.

POINT: SGA COUNCIL FOR ORGANIZATIONS

FEASIBLE: Maybe WHY: This platform point would create monthly meetings with student organization leaders that will allow them to address issues without being directly involved with SGA. The success of this program would rely on the willingness of other campus organizations to participate as well. “There’s a need to have a plan laid out on how to properly oversee this — how will the Office of Student Life play a role, and what is the true purpose of this platform point?” SGA President James Wells said. “Is it to just score points with smaller organizations in the elections or is there really a benefit to having it? And if so, what is that benefit that is different than having the Office of Student Life?"

POINT: WEEKLY VIDEOS

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: According to Erika Espinoza, communications director of SGA, the current Facebook live videos they stream don’t reach very many viewers. Espinoza also said that it is likely that the videos can be hosted online, but is unsure of the success of sending them through campuswide email. “It does seem reasonable to have these meetings videotaped and put online, but not necessarily distributed via email,” she said. “If the videos live somewhere online, say the SGA website or a YouTube channel, and you sent email newsletters or reminders, students might watch them.”

POINT: BENNY TALKS

FEASIBLE: Maybe WHY: Benny talks will be monthly dialogues designed to help connect students to resources on and off campus while also expressing possible concerns. This is possible, provided that representatives from different campus, community and organizational resources will be in attendance to help guide the conversations.

POINT: ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION

FEASIBLE: Maybe WHY: Taylor said the new commission will help strengthen the environmental cabinet position and create a new environmental council that connects cabinet members, senators, student organizations and university departments to discuss more ways to make Ball State “even more environmentally friendly.” The success of this commission will be determined by voluntary involvement from those individuals.

POINT: SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: The Counseling Center has done other QPR suicide prevention training with SGA within the past year and Tim Hess, associate director of clinical services, said the center is willing to partner again. Hess also said IGNITE’s goal with having 50 to 60 students go through the program to start is not unreasonable, but will depend on SGA’s vision and the resources of the Counseling Center.

Optic — Greg Carbo, Katy Volikas, Kaia Thompson and Lizzie Ford POINT: MOBILIZING DISCUSSION ABOUT OPENSTAX CORE TEXTBOOKS FEASIBLE: Unknown

WHY: On the OpenStax side, many other universities offer OpenStax textbooks for their common core classes, so that would be possible. But Dani Nicholson, association director of marketing and communications for OpenStax, said it would be up to the professors to decide if they want to use the books or not. The slate said they did reach out to several common core professors, but the professors did not want their names to be used.

POINT: ASSISTING AND EXPANDING CURRENT ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES ON CAMPUS

FEASIBLE: Maybe WHY: Assistant Director of Academic Advising Laura Pittman said she had an email exchange with Greg Carbó regarding the REACH and PACE programs in regards to promoting their usefulness. However, there is no firm plan in place at this time.

POINT: FOSTERING STUDENTTEACHER RELATIONSHIPS

FEASIBLE: Unknown WHY: Carbó said that this will be a $4,000 fund that students, not professors, can apply for portions of to help make classes “more fun.” Carbó said that he was “110 percent sure” that this will be started if OPTiC takes office. However, he also said that no administrators or other offices are involved in this fund at the time.

POINT: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY ON CAMPUS FEASIBLE: Maybe

WHY: Carbó said his slate has contacted the staff at Bracken Library to discuss making printers more accessible to students on different floors of the building. Assistant Dean for Public Services and University Libraries Suzanne Rice confirmed that OPTiC has started conversations about the printers with library staff. “We are looking into the issues associated with and the feasibility of expanding public printing to the upper floor(s) of Bracken Library,” Rice said. Carbó said OPTiC is also proposing to implement more charging stations around the campus, which is reflected in the slate’s proposed budget.

POINT: ORGANIZING UPD CADET INITIATIVE FEASIBLE: Maybe

WHY: The Daily News was unable to reach a representative from the University Police Department, but when Carbó presented a similar platform point with the 18 slate in 2016, UPD Chief Jim Duckham said he was interested in learning more about the point and was willing to have conversations about the initiative. Carbó did meet with Duckham on behalf of the slate to discuss this point.

POINT: INITIATING A FIVE-YEAR ART PROGRAM

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: School of Art director Dr. Arne Flaten confirmed that OPTiC discussed the need for public art on campus. Flaten said this would not be a means of displaying student art around campus, however. “Our discussion was about getting students involved in the fabrication of large-scale public art: sculpture, murals, computer-mapped projections, etc.,” Flaten said. “I suggested that it could be paid for in several ways, including immersive learning courses, and that students could and should be intimately involved in the process. The School of Art would be interested in helping to apply for grants, to speak with upper administration, to work with the Office of Facilities and to help write compelling proposals.”

POINT: ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR DIVERSITY RESOURCES

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Ford said she spoke with associate director of Disability Services Courtney Jarrett about making diversity resources more centrally available on Ball State’s website. Jarrett, who works for the Council on Diversity and Inclusion, confirmed the conversation and said she recommended that OPTiC reach out to the council because they are “already planning changes to she website.” “It wouldn’t be challenging for [OPTiC] to be in on that conversation,” Jarrett said.

POINT: PROVIDING INCENTIVES ON MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION COLLABORATION FEASIBLE: Yes

WHY: With this platform point, OPTiC will connect multicultural organizations for programming and events by adding and allocating funds to collaborative efforts. “Adding a fund is definitely feasible, it will just require the slate to consider how to budget out for all other platform points to have enough to make those feasible as well,” current SGA treasurer Emily Halley said. “[The current slate] were fortunate that many of our platform points did not require funding, allowing us to allocate almost 5 percent of our budget to this fund.”

POINT: PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES ON CAMPUS

FEASIBLE: Yes WHY: Hess said these proposed programs appear to be expansions on existing programs the Counseling Center has. SGA has partnered with the Counseling Center in the past. Last year, they had programs on mental health awareness and had a Ball State alumni speak on her experiences.

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Baseball to take on former champions

Ball State travels to play former No.1 team, Coastal Carolina Colin Grylls Sports Editor Ball State baseball takes on defending national champion Coastal Carolina Friday, and senior catcher and first baseman Caleb Stayton said the Cardinals won’t be intimidated. “We expect to win,” Stayton said. “If we don’t expect to win, then why are we driving 12 hours down there to play?” Coastal Carolina is 2-3 on the season, but Ball State head coach Rich Maloney says he expects Coastal Carolina head coach Gary Gilmore, who was named 2016 National Coach of the Year by six different organizations and has won more than 1,100 games in his career, to have his team ready. “Trust me, right now they’re like a hornets’ nest,” Maloney said before Coastal Carolina beat Charleston 16-7 Wednesday. “We’re going in at a time — I would much rather have them be 4-0 ... because they’re going to be really hungry to get back on the winning track, and they’re not used to losing three in a row very often.”

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Caleb Stayton, a junior catcher and first baseman for the Ball State Cardinals, attempts to hit the ball while up to bat in the game against Ohio April 1, 2016. Ball State will play against defending national champion Coastal Carolina today in Conway, South Carolina.

Ball State is 2-1 after beating then-No. 22 Maryland Feb. 17 and defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Alabama State Feb. 19. Junior right-handed pitcher Colin Brockhouse was named Mid-American

Conference West Division pitcher of the week after striking out eight batters without allowing a run in 4.1 innings against Maryland. “I don’t know who wouldn’t like to play ranked teams and knock ‘em off,” Brockhouse said. Though the Cardinals were unranked, Maloney said losing to Maryland would have been a disappointment. “I don’t know how to think differently, and I don’t teach my team differently,” Maloney said. “These kids have been raised in an environment where they expect to win … so when we lose, it hurts.” In college baseball, teams generally put their best pitcher on the mound on Friday nights for the first game of the weekend series. Maloney said beating Maryland on a Friday night, as well as then-No. 6 Louisiana State last year, shows just how good Ball State can be. “That’s the biggest indicator, when you beat them on Friday it’s the best versus the best,” Maloney said. Senior right-handed pitcher BJ Butler (0-0, 1.83 ERA) is scheduled to start against Coastal Carolina Friday. Last season, Butler was named First Team All-MAC as a relief

pitcher, but he’s starting off the 2017 season as the Cardinals’ No. 1 starter. At the plate, Ball State hit .257 last weekend. Senior centerfielder Matt Eppers was named MAC West Division Hitter of the Week after going 3-9 with the go-ahead two-run RBI double against Maryland. He also hit a gametying RBI triple against Alabama State before scoring the go-ahead run on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore left fielder Roman Baisa. Maloney has made a habit out of scheduling tough teams, and the win over Maryland marked the fifth consecutive season Ball State beat a ranked team. He said he schedules tough teams so the Cardinals can test themselves. “If you don’t play those teams, you’ll never know,” Maloney said. The Cardinals and Chanticleers play at 4 p.m. Friday. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Ball State plays a double-header against George Mason, and then closes out the Caravelle Resort Tournament with an 11 a.m. matchup Sunday against West Virginia. Contact Colin Grylls with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

Spring sports embrace unseasonal weather Teams benefit from outdoor practice time in February Colin Grylls & Kara Biernat Daily News Reporters February is usually a tough month for Ball State’s spring sports. The baseball and softball teams each spend the first month of their seasons on the road because it’s normally too cold to use their fields — but this week temperatures were in the 60s, so both teams were able to practice outdoors. “Any time that you can play and make everything more realistic to actually what happens in a game, then it’s better for you,” head baseball coach Rich Maloney said. “When we’re inside, there’s certain things we do prepare, and I think we do a really good job at that, but this is primo." While both teams are used to practicing indoors this early in the season, head softball coach Megan Ciolli Bartlett said it

can create spacing issues. “It’s just kind of crazy to think that, when we train indoors, we don’t even have proper field dimensions,” Ciolli Bartlett said. Wednesday, the baseball team ran a simulated game on Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. Instead of wearing tennis shoes and shorts and hitting in the batting cage, the players put on their pants and spikes and dug into the batters box. A few players even hit home runs in batting practice. “You can run relays, where you can’t run them inside, [and] you can get fly balls, where you can’t get them inside,” Maloney said. “You can see an open space when you’re hitting, see where the ball goes. Those are all big factors. The speed of the ball when you can play — I can hit a ground ball on the inside, but it doesn’t play the same as when it comes off the bat.” Even with the warm temperatures, Maloney said the baseball team wouldn’t be

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It’s just kind of crazy to think that, when we train indoors, we don’t even have proper field dimensions.” — Megan Ciolli Bartlett, head softball coach

able to practice outdoors without recent renovations to Ball Diamond, especially the artificial turf. “If we didn’t have the [artificial] turf, we wouldn’t have the chance to be on the field still,” Maloney said. The Varsity Softball Complex also features a turf outfield, though the infield is entirely dirt. “Being able to defend on dirt while we’re home is such a luxury,” Ciolli Bartlett said. “We’ve gotten a lot of quality defensive reps in today and I know it seems a little bit silly, but just to be able to have

baserunners going, the pitch going up, and the outfielders having even a wall to train against right now is a great thing for us.” Junior right-handed pitcher Colin Brockhouse, the Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week, said practicing outdoors helps the baseball team. “One of the things is long toss,” Brockhouse said. “We don’t have much room inside, so we come outside and just loosen up the arm.” Temperatures are expected to drop into the 30s this weekend, but the baseball team will be in South Carolina playing against the defending national champions and the softball team plays in Orlando, Florida. But it would be nice, Ciolli Bartlett said, if it warms up again next week. “It’s amazing,” Ciolli Bartlett said. “If we could keep this weather year-round, that would be wonderful." Contact Colin Grylls & Kara Biernat with any questions or concerns at @dn_sports.

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Cardinals travel to MAC indoor championships Track and field to compete in against best in conference Olivia Adams Track & Field Reporter Ball State track and field is traveling to Ypsilanti, Michigan, for the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships Friday and Saturday. The Cardinals will go up against 11 other teams this weekend to try and better their standing of 11th place last year. Ball State has competed against one of their opponents, Western Michigan, twice this season — Jan. 7 and last weekend

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“We’ve got to have a little bit of a different plan, I think,” Sallee said. “We’ve got to be a little more conscious of what they’re doing with the 3-point game. But it’s easier said than done because they’ve got Tinara Moore, Reyna Frost and Jewel Cotton, who can really hurt you down in the post ... there’s a delicate balance there.” Moore, a junior forward, is Central Michigan’s primary shot blocker and leads the MAC with 2.2 blocks per game. Frost, a sophomore forward, leads the MAC with 11.0 rebounds per game, and Cotton, a redshirt senior forward, is second in the MAC with a 59.4 percent shooting percentage. But senior center Renee Bennett fills

at the Ball State Tune-Up. The Cardinals have fallen short both times. Head coach Brian Etelman is going into this meet a lot more confident than he was last year. He said if the Cardinals do their job this weekend and get the projected scores they need, and Western Michigan makes one mistake, they will win. “We are going to be so much better this weekend than we have been probably in any point of the past five or six years indoors or outdoors,” Etelman said. Last week at the Ball State Tune-Up, freshman Breyana Byrdsong placed second in the 200-meter race. She was ahead of the

all three roles for the Cardinals. She leads the team with 17.6 points (fifth MAC), 8.3 rebounds per game (fifth MAC) and a 55.9 percent shooting percentage (fourth MAC). She also blocks 0.8 shots per game, the second-best rate for Ball State. “Every team we’re playing is just selling out trying to keep her from killing them — and she still is," Sallee said. "We need her to be Player of the Year good on Saturday.” Though there are still two more regularseason games after the Cardinals and Chippewas face off, the matchup could determine the top of the division — and the quality of the two teams has Sallee excited. “Honestly, I think this is why our players chose to come to Ball State,”

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The Ball State track and field team hosted the only home indoor meet of the season in the Field Sports Building Feb. 17. The Cardinals will travel to Ypsilanti, Michigan to compete against 11 other teams in the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships today and Saturday.

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Sallee said. “They knew they could play in these kinds of games.” Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Worthen Arena.

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a little in the final last year by scoring so well as a freshman. She said she is not nervous at all going into it. Stewart also got her personal record this season and she said it boosts her confidence. “I feel confident for this weekend, but it is just another meet,” Stewart said. The MAC Indoor Championship starts at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Eastern Michigan’s Bowen Field House. The meet will start back up again at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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MAC defending champion and Western Michigan senior Sarita Dotson until the last 20 meters. “I didn’t know that she was the defending champion going into the meet last week,” Byrdsong said. “But now that I know that, I feel like I can compete with anybody in the MAC now.” Byrdsong is going into the MAC Indoor Championship for the first time in her college career. But sophomore Peyton Stewart already has a year of the MAC Indoor Championship under her belt. Last year, Stewart placed fourth overall in the 60-meter dash. She said she surprised herself

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Mark III Taproom hosts one-night-only show 'Hedwig and the Angry Itch' to be performed for charity Alexandra Smith Theatre Reporter

Seven Ball State students and alumni will bring Broadway to Muncie with a performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” The performance will be at Mark III Taproom in partnership with Cornerstone Center for the Arts. The show follows Hedwig, a transgender woman who, after fleeing East Berlin, makes a name for herself by forming a band called The Angry Inch. It’s a show about self-discovery, said Zachary Alan, who plays Hedwig. Alan also plays Dr. Frank N. Furter in Cornerstone’s performances of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” “I think a lot of people go in thinking, ‘I don’t have anything in common with a transgender rock star,’ but this show takes you to so many different levels,” Alan said. “Theater has a certain pretentiousness about it, but this show throws that away. It’s honest.”

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Mark III Taproom will show a performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” in partnership with Cornerstone Center for the Arts Saturday at 9:30 p.m. The show follows Hedwig, a transgender woman, as she makes a name for herself by forming a band called The Angry Inch.

Jeff Robinson, director of community relations at Cornerstone, said Alan helped pick “Hedwig” as the fundraiser show this year, as well as the venue of Mark III Taproom. “Almost all of our fundraisers are done at Cornerstone, but from what I know

about the show and what I’ve been told, the atmosphere is better at Mark III,” Robinson said. The money raised from the onenight-only performance will go toward the center’s low-cost education programs and preservation of the building, he said. This is Alan’s third time performing the show; he also put it on in 2014 at Be Here Now and in 2015 at the Muncie Civic Theatre. Five of the seven performers have also

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been in the show before. “It’s like getting back on the bicycle,” he said. “We started rehearsing on [Feb. 19] because it’s so familiar to a lot of us.” Even though he’s no stranger to the show, he said he’s still learning new ways to perform it. “With every show, by the time you get to the last performance, you’ve discovered things you wish you could do differently,” Alan said. “For this performance, we’ve really been focusing on the relationship between Hedwig and

her husband and trying to flesh out the characters and make it more realistic.” The script is also written with parts that tell the actor to improvise. Alan said each space he performs in becomes the setting of the show, and he has the power to “stop” the show and talk to the audience without actually stopping the script. “Topical jokes from when I did the show in 2014 or 2015 don’t work anymore,” he said. “There’s a new pop culture and political climate, so I have to revise my jokes. I practice some of them just in case I need them, but I mostly rely on what the audience is giving me.” Another aspect of the show is genderbending. Hedwig is played by a man, though the character presents as female for most of the show. Her husband is a man, but played by a woman. Alan said the decision was made by the original composer of the show. On Broadway, Hedwig has been played by Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs, Darren Chriss and Andrew Rannells. “The ‘leading lady’ has a male singing voice, so to balance the harmonies in the music, he cast the husband as a woman,” Alan said. “The gender-bending is interesting. I like to see who buys into it and thinks that [Haley Dillon] is actually a guy.” Everyone in the show, even the tech crew, is affiliated with Ball State. All three of the main actors are Ball State alumni, and The Angry Inch band is made up of an alum, a graduate student and two undergraduate students. The performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” will start at 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $10 and can be bought online. Contact Alexandra Smith with any questions or concerns at ajsmith9@bsu.edu.

89th Academy Awards show airing on Sunday night Diversity and politics expected to be at forefront Robbie Moscato-Goodpaster Daily News Reporter

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The 89th Academy Awards will be hosted by late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday. Helping to present the awards to those in the film industry include Leonardo DiCaprio, Alicia Vikander and Brie Larson. And it wouldn’t be a night at the Oscars without a little drama. It is expected that some winners will use their time to speak and reflect on behalf of political issues and social injustices, just as Meryl Steep did at the Golden Globes in January. Streep used her time during her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award to call

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out the unjust actions of those in the government, and it is anticipated that many will follow in her footsteps. While in recent years there has been much backlash from the public toward the Academy over a lack of diversity and representation in lead categories, the academy has addressed the issue this year. Big names such as Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Denzel Washington and Ruth Negga are just a few of the strong actors and actresses who will represent minority groups in the industry and in film. Additionally, movies such as “Moonlight,” “Fences” and “Hidden Figures” are all nominated for Best Picture and all have strong leads played by a diverse group of actors and actresses in Hollywood. The Oscars will announce winners for

major categories such as:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: • Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea” • Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge” • Ryan Gosling, “La La Land” • Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic” • Denzel Washington, “Fences” ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: • Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” • Ruth Negga, “Loving” • Natalie Portman, “Jackie” • Emma Stone, “La La Land” • Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins” BEST PICTURE: • “Lion” • “Hacksaw Ridge” • “Arrival” • “Hell or High Water”

• “La La Land” • “Moonlight” • “Hidden Figures” • “Manchester by the Sea” • “Fences” Although the night is dedicated to those in film, the Academy still recognizes the importance music plays in film. The Academy will not only award the film with the best original score, but it will also have special musical guests to perform the songs that are nominated.

MUSICAL GUESTS WILL INCLUDE: • Justin Timberlake — “Can’t Stop the Feeling” from “Trolls.” • John Legend — “City of Stars” and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land.” • Auli’I Cravalho and Lin-Manuel Miranda — “How Far I’ll Go” from “ s.”

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Friends and family aren’t surprised by Emma Nossem's passion and positivity, though. Her mother, Diane Nossem, recalls her daughter as having always been this way — the type of person who “wholeheartedly gives of herself to everyone she meets.” “Sometimes she doesn’t realize how much of herself she gives away, and I feel like it’s my responsibility to replenish that for her when she forgets to do it for herself,” Diane said. “So sometimes I send a small gift or care package, sometimes just a text.” Emma feels humbled by the amount of support that she is given and is reminded often that what she is doing is for a cause greater than herself. During her senior year of high school, Emma found herself, along with the rest of her school, rallying behind fellow classmates Erin and Colleen Lusk. The sisters were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, and Colleen's state was worsening. Colleen Lusk was sent to Riley Hospital, and while she was fighting, Emma and her classmates were busy “painting the school in purple,” the color representing cystic fibrosis. Colleen, however, died that week. “She was a lot like me, she was just a little ray of sunshine that I was just so in love with,” Emma Nossem said. “She made an impact across many, many

towns next to us just [by] being her.” Whenever Emma gets a chance to visit her hometown, she does all she can to support Colleen and the Lusk family. Her friends are currently in Washington, D.C. fighting to find a cure for cystic fibrosis, and Emma does her part by visiting the tree planted in Colleen Lusk's honor and helping #colleenonellen trend, in an attempt to achieve Colleen Lusks's goal of being on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” “Helping Emma to understand her grief and to deal with death, Colleen's and others, has been a journey for us both," Diane said. This Saturday, Emma will be dancing for Colleen Lusk, inspired by the fond memories that she has with her, and also for another friend she lost to a lesser-known cancer. When Emma attended Blue Lake’s Fine Arts camp, she met a group of girls that she is still close with today, along with a special source of inspiration, Lauren Yates. The two shared a cabin and they immediately formed a bond. “A couple years after we got out of camp, she got diagnosed with bile duct cancer, which is something you never hear about. There is not nearly enough awareness about it. In only three months she passed from it,” Emma Nossem said. “You take a step back and, like

what if I only had three months to live, don’t sit down, as you know, but and I had no idea.” everybody kneels in respect for them,” Above Emma's garage are lights that she said. “Hearing their stories is an are tinted green, the color representing incredibly emotional time and even if bile duct cancer, for Yates. She also I’ve heard them before, which I have, it’s keeps purple ribbons for Colleen Lusk. nice to let people know why they’re there, Yates and Lusk were the reason especially if they are first-year dancers.” Emma's freshman year as a dancer at Emma said there are three things BSUDM was not “just going to this that dominate her thoughts while philanthropy” for Sigma Kappa. participating in Dance Marathon: “pure After attending the passion, inspiration event her freshman and happiness.” year, Emma was “You never lose motivated by the any of those three While I have students sporting things the entire dance positive, energetic love for every other marathon, or at least I attitudes and tie-dye never do,” she said. committee and I know shirts. Emma said she's This year, she is on always amazed to we need all of them, the morale committee see the amount of and is also the for me there is no other work people put dance commander the event. She subcommittee chair. committee that I could into enjoys seeing each As dance committee’s work see myself being on.” commander come together to subcommittee — Emma Nossem, committee member create BSUDM each chair, Emma is in year and is encouraged charge of the line dance. She creates by the new faces that join the cause. choreography groups and works with “You figure out all those things as the co-directors of the marathon to you go along," she said. "It makes it so make up the line dance song. She also decides who will be teaching much more worth it and so much more intense as a person in a committee the line dance to everyone during the because you have something to fight event, and helps create a script for for every single day.” those people so they can teach it in a The fundraising continues way that is relatable to everyone. throughout this week and especially “While I have love for every other during the marathon itself, but BSUDM committee and I know we need all of them, for me, there is no other is about much more than the money. committee that I could see myself “This committee, this cause, has being on,” she said. really helped Emma to feel like, During the day of “hectic, controlled although she can’t change the past, she chaos,” as Emma refers to it, can impact the future,” Diane said. there are a variety of different Everyone, from donors to dancers, activities for people to take plays an important part in BSUDM part in, and different — even simply educating someone families from Riley on what Dance Marathon is helps to Hospital are scheduled further the cause. throughout the day Ball State Dance Marathon continues to share their to help in the hopes that one day, stories. its impact over the years could be “We so significant, it won’t be needed anymore.

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