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Carli Hendershot, a junior political science major, has struggled with depression for many years. She resigned from her role as Student Government Association Vice President after she attempted suicide six months ago. She has found a way to cope through counseling and medication, along with support from family and friends, but she said she still struggles daily.
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A common metaphor for depression depicts it as a little creature sitting on a person’s shoulder or colors to be painted on a canvas, Hendershot said. That’s not how she experiences it. “I kind of think of it as part of my brain. It’s this little place in my brain that’s dark and gloomy,” Hendershot said. “Like a black cloud almost. And when I have my bad weeks I feel it taking control of my brain.” When that dark part takes hold, she falls into a hole, a narrow pit that she can’t escape from. Sometimes, she said, she can see over the top, only to catch a glimpse at everyone else before she falls back in. Her trips into the hole can be brief slips or deep falls that last for weeks or months, she said. It’s hard to function on days like that.
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Junior forward Nathalie Fontaine was named First Team AllMAC for the second straight season in her career at Ball State. Fontaine is averaging 16.3 points per game this season and has a total of 1,469 points.
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“A bad week is a lot of sleep,” she said. “I don’t want to get out of bed; I probably skip class or classes. I won’t go to an event I was going to go to. … All my muscles ache kind of. I don’t want to get out of bed because I feel physically sick almost.” Nights are even worse. “Nights are where I am with my thoughts and I don’t have anything to distract myself,” she said. “I constantly replay things, constantly think about things. That’s when I get so deep in that hole. Waiting for sleep is the hardest thing.” In middle school, she began taking antidepressants, not for depression, but for medical issues she has with her stomach. It wasn’t until high school that she experienced the onset of her first bout of major depression. The most confusing part was not knowing the cause.
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Of the people that exhibit symptoms of clinical depression, more than 80 percent are not receiving any form of treatment, according to healthline. com. The number of people diagnosed with depression increases by about 20 percent per year. “The diagnosis for clinical depression is two weeks, feeling the effects of depression for two weeks,” said Ellen Lucas, the associate director at the Ball State Counseling Center. “Some people have it for years and don’t know it’s depression until something raises awareness on that. ... You can suffer from depression at any age. The research says that it is more likely to be college-aged students.”
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AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR TO VISIT CAMPUS Young adult writer to discuss blurring boundaries in works MILLER KERN STAFF REPORTER | mskern@bsu.edu When author Eliot Schrefer visited Ball State for the first time, he did it virtually through Skype. Today, Schrefer will finally step foot on university soil as part of the English department’s Mari-
lyn Cory Speaker Series. He will present his talk at 7 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building Room 175. Before any visits from Schrefer occurred, virtual or otherwise, assistant professor of English Susanna Benko met the author through his writing. She read Schrefer’s novel “Endangered” and said she “thought it was a really lovely story.” She felt the book could appeal to a diverse group of students, so 1. CLOUDY
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arli Hendershot, wearing a paper robe, sits next to her partner in the lobby of a psych ward. Her mind, numb. “How could I let myself get to this point,” is the only thought she can muster. She looks up and sees a whiteboard. It lists the week’s activities. Tomorrow is pet therapy. She smiles. That morning was the culmination of a years-long battle with depression. Six months ago Hendershot resigned as vice president for Student Government Association for mental health reasons. The days leading up to that decision were the lowest point of her life, she said. She was admitted to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital psychiatric ward on suicide watch. STUCK IN A “HOLE”
The Mid-American Conference honored three Ball State women’s basketball players when it named its postseason awards for the 2014-15 season. Junior Nathalie Fontaine was named First Team All-MAC for the second straight season. Sophomore Jill Morrison earned Third Team All-MAC honors, and Moriah Monaco was named to the MAC All-Freshman Team. Fontaine is averaging 16.3 points per game this season and has eight double-doubles. She is currently sixth on Ball State’s all-time scoring list with 1,469 points and has scored in double-figures in 27 of the Cardinals’ 29 games this season. This is Morrison’s first career All-MAC honor. She ranks second on the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game. She leads Ball State in 3-pointers made, steals, assists and free-throw percentage. Morrison was named the MAC West Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 19.5 points, five rebounds and seven assists while shooting .632 percent in wins over Central Michigan and Toledo. Monaco has played in 29 games and started three for Ball State this season. She is averaging 15.9 minutes per game and is putting up 6.3 points per contest. Ball State enters the MAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will play at 2:30 p.m. March 13.
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Help line, information service available after Anthem hack RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rnpodnar@bsu.edu
After a number of Ball State employees experienced tax fraud identity theft, the university responded with a help line and online information service. Starting March 9, employees can call the Identity Theft Information line, use the email or online information to help guide them through the process after identity theft, like filing a police report and how to file taxes. The Daily News tested the line and the call was answered quickly. A Unified Technology operator who could not provide their name said they are there to help employees work through the information on the web page. “We can provide information,” the operator said. “We can’t do people’s taxes for them but we can provide further information. There are so many things you have to do, so many steps you have to take. [We can help] figure out what’s the best step.” The operator said they are keeping track of how many inquires the line receives.
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she began using it in her classes. Benko soon found her way to Schrefer’s website, where she discovered that he visited schools. She reached out and set up a Skype visit so Schrefer could talk to her class about his writing. Schrefer has Skyped with Benko’s classes for four semesters. Benko has her students write questions for Schrefer so his “visits” can be discussion-based.
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(This review contains minor spoilers for season three.) Compared to past seasons, season three of “House of Cards” is the most polarizing. Most viewers will either be more excited to watch another season, or be done with the show by this point. While the first two were about now-President Frank Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey, who was nominated for an Emmy as Underwood the past two years) and his rise to power, this season has an entirely different feel. After all, it has to. He has nothing left to conquer as leader of the free world, no more ranks to rise. While the first two seasons were “Mean Girls” for grownups as Underwood worked the members of the United States government, this season has everybody on a more level playing field. The story line of Underwood’s opponent is easier to follow in season three. While season two had billionaire Raymond Tusk for Underwood to do battle with, “House of Cards” ups the ante in season three with Russian President Viktor Petrov – a clear Vladimir Putin knockoff. Underwood’s duel with Petrov (played by Lars Mikkelsen, who also played Charles Magnussen in “Sherlock”) centers around a negotiation they are trying to complete. The show does a great
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job of giving Petrov purpose and ambition, at least much better than Tusk in season two. The episodes featuring Petrov are some of the season’s best. While Underwood can trick, lie to and manipulate his American political opponents, Petrov is another story. He is as cunning and manipulative as Underwood is. Anytime they are on screen together, it’s a mental chess game that’s incredibly fun to watch. Overall, though, season three isn’t about Underwood and his power struggles; it’s – as his PR writer/biographer said
with heavy-handed symbolism – “about the marriage” between Frank and Claire Underwood (the latter played by Robin Wright, who was also nominated for two Emmys in the past two years). Season three, and seasons one and two by some regard, build up to the season three finale. Frank and Claire have always relied on each other for support, just in an unconventional way. In the first two seasons, they seem to be more like business partners than a couple in a loving relationship. A strain is put on their relationship from
early in the season with Frank and Claire’s rise to power. The finale is a great way to wrap up the long-term story line the writers have crafted. That’s not to say there aren’t issues with season three. The show still finds a way to explain problems too easily. After the Senate doesn’t approve Claire’s entry as United Nations ambassador, she pleads with Frank to appoint her himself. He does, with a cost of “political approval,” some magical currency that never comes up again. If there are no visible consequences to Frank simply appointing Claire himself, why go through the process with the Senate in the first place? However, probably the most polarizing aspect of the show is the dialogue. While there is some merit in the opinion of those who say “House of Cards” is too bloated with over-exaggerated dialogue, it’s a political show about the workings of Congress and the President. If the dialogue were less extravagant, fewer people would watch. Despite the dialogue and the easy explanations for what should be real problems, season three of “House of Cards” is my favorite of the show so far. I’m excited to see where creator Beau Willimon takes “House of Cards” for the next season. Rating: 4/5
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TODAY Baseball takes the field at the newly-renovated Ball Diamond against Miami. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.
FRIDAY Women’s basketball opens MAC Tournament play in the semifinals as the No. 2 seed. Tipoff is at 2:30 p.m.
The Ball State men’s volleyball looks to win a second straight match, hosting MIVA opponent Grand Canyon at 7:30 p.m.
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Cardinals finish year with school-record 17 straight defeats ANTHONY FLETCHER STAFF REPORTER | @Ant_Fletch25 Entering the Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 12 seed, the Ball State men’s basketball team rallied late but ultimately fell short in an 88-75 loss to No. 5 seed Bowling Green on Monday. Ball State committed a sea-
son-low seven turnovers, but Bowling Green shot 54.9 percent from the field, 50 percent from beyond the arc and made 23 free throws to end the Cardinals’ season. “I thought it was a combination of us not having a good first half on defense, but I thought we had a great second half. But we came up short,” head coach James Whitford said. Bowling Green was without All-MAC center Richaun Holmes, but his absence was not a big factor for the Falcons throughout the game.
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In the game’s first 20 min- locker room at the break trailutes, Bowling Green held a 19-9 ing 50-34, their largest deficit of rebound advantage over Ball the night. State, mostly based on its work An 8-0 spurt to start the secon the offensive glass. ond half pulled Ball State within Though both 10 at 52-42. teams shot effiThe Bowling ciently from the SEASON OVERVIEW Green lead was perimeter, the Fal- Check out more men’s then cut to six off cons converted of- basketball coverage online a couple of free fensive rebounds + BALLSTATEDAILY.COM throws and a fastinto 11 trips to the break layup from free-throw line in freshman Sean Sellthe first 17 minutes to keep a ers, who finished with 13. comfortable lead for most of “That 12-minute stretch was the half. what we we’ve been trying to do The Cardinals went into the consistently,” Whitford said.
“We had great intensity on the defensive end; we played with pace and we got the ball from the left side to the right.” After the Cardinals drew a charge on defense, they used that as momentum to cut the lead to three following a floater by junior Jeremiah Davis. Davis finished the game with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Bowling Green responded with a run of its own, however, and regained a 10-point lead with five minutes remaining. After a 3-pointer from junior Bo Calhoun to cut the lead to
six, Bowling Green answered back with a 3-pointer and controlled the remaining three minutes to seal the win. Calhoun led Ball State with 17 points in the loss. He played 32 minutes, as fifthyear senior Matt Kamieniecki was limited to 13 minutes with back pain. With the loss, the Cardinals end the season with a 17game losing streak, the longest in school history. “We put this season behind us, and we’re going to get right back to work,” Whitord said.
Sophomore finds her role Aggressive style builds confidence, helps team defense. CHASE AKINS STAFF REPORTER | @akins27_akins As a freshman for the Ball State women’s basketball team in 2013-14, Renee Bennett was a backup post player. She didn’t expect much of her first season and said she didn’t think others expected much of her either. This season, however, Bennett has started 15 games compared to three last year. She has increased her minutes by about five per game and her scoring and rebounding averages as well. Her performance in the post has brought confidence, and Bennett said she thinks she is playing to the best of her abilities. “I feel that I’ve been a big-
ger and stronger presence in the post,” Bennett said. “I feel that I improved that way - not being as timid as I used to be.” Bennett’s 6-foot-5 frame allows her to be a force under the basket and cause other players to either go around her or pass it out to someone on the perimeter. She is productive in helping anchor one of the best defenses in the Mid-American Conference. And while not often being one of the top scorers for the Cardinals, Bennett is still averaging 7.6 points per contest. Much of her success can be attributed to a more aggressive style of play. “I feel like people have expected this of me for a while and they’ve known that I could do this,” Bennett said. “It just took me to a certain point to realize that I could be putting up that many
points a game.” While this new aggressive style of play is helping her game, it is also causing her to pick up more fouls on the interior. Bennett has fouled out a few times this year, but head coach Brady Sallee said he isn’t too worried about the way she’s picking them up. “The big thing with Renee is that she’s competing,” Sallee said. “That’s where we want her to be is really competing, and if she picks up those fouls in the competition part of it you gotta live with them.” Bennett’s role on the team has increased, and she is expected to help the Cardinals as they go into the MAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed. With another year of experience under her belt and the rest of the sophomore class, Bennett and the Cardinals looked poised to compete for years to come.
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Freshman forward Sean Sellers was named to the 2014-15 MAC All-Freshman Team on March 9. He leads the MAC freshmen in scoring with an average of 11.9 points per competition.
RECORD HOLDER NAMED TO MAC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM INDIVIDUAL STATS SEAN SELLERS, FORWARD • Minutes per game: 29.7 • Points per game: 11.9 • Field goal percentage: .436 • 3-point field goal percentage: .432 • Free-throw percentage: .807 • Rebounds per game: 2.9 • Assists per game: 1.2
Mid-American Conference’s 12 head coaches honored Ball State freshman Sean Sellers on Monday when he was selected to the 201415 MAC All-Freshman Team. Sellers leads all MAC freshmen in scoring this season at 11.9 points per contest. He scored 26 points in his collegiate debut against nationally ranked Utah and has put up double-figures in 18 games. Sellers has scored 346 points this season and is tied for fifth on Ball State’s all-time freshman scoring list. For the season, Sellers set a Ball State record for most 3-pointers made by a freshman with 63. He is fourth is the conference in 3-point percentage and ranks second in the MAC in free-throw percentage. The Cardinals enter the MAC Tournament as the No. 12 seed and will take on Bowling Green at 7 p.m. tonight. – STAFF REPORTS
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Fraternity member reacts POLICY WILL ALLOW FIRING UNDERPERFORMANCE to video of racist chanting FOR Tenured professor After a video of the Oklahoma University Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter yelling a racist chant went viral Sunday night, the national fraternity closed the Oklahoma chapter and the university president ordered them to have all of their belongings out by “midnight [today].” “As far as I’m concerned, it won’t be back, at least not while I’m president of this university,” Oklahoma University president David Boren said in a press conference late Monday morning. The video shows fraternity members on a bus, chanting, “There will never be a n----r in SAE. You can hang him from a tree, but he can never sign with me.” Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s national headquarters apologized for the behavior of the individuals in the video in a statement published on Twitter. “We are disgusted that any member would act in such a way,” the statement said. “This type of racist behavior will
not be tolerated and is not consistent with the values and morals of our fraternity.” Ball State’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter directed The Daily News to Brandon Weghorst, associate executive director of communications for Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Weghorst did not respond for comment. Malik Ojuri, a sophomore accounting and finance major and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, said he thought it was a pretty bad situation for Greek Life as a whole, as well as Sigma Alpha Epsilon. “I’m an African American male in an IFC fraternity, ... and I know when someone like me joins a fraternity that is very similar to SAE, I want to be welcome,” Ojuri said. “It’s a bad look for all Greek life because we already have so many negative connotations against us. So when that chapter of SAE does something like this, not only does it make Greek Life look bad, but it turns away people who could look at Greek Life in a positive light.” Ojuri said the members’ chant sounded like something they had learned and said before, something that was second nature to all of them. “I don’t think racism [should] be second nature,” he said.
Ojuri said the video made the fraternity seem like a joke. “As a Greek male myself, it’s everything we work against. [Ignorance] and bigotry – we work against that,” he said. Ojuri is originally from upstate New York, and he said since New York and Oklahoma are places that look at racism and the N-word in different lights, if this had happened in New York, it would have been taken a lot more seriously. “I think the punishment was a start, but I honestly think this isn’t something they came up with the day before, this is something that was taught, just like racism,” Ojuri said. “Racism is taught. No one is born saying, ‘I hate black people,’ or, ‘I hate Mexican people.’” But even so, Ojuri said he thinks Sigma Alpha Epsilon will be able to move past the video’s backlash. “As a whole, Greek Life, we have worked toward this and have to work away from this, because I don’t think I would have even been able to be a member of Alpha Tau Omega or Sigma Alpha Epsilon 50, 40 maybe even 30 years ago,” he said. “But I do think that it’s hard. It looks bad, and it looks really bad on Greek Life, but extremely bad on SAE.”
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Ball State is now one step closer to being able to fire underperforming tenured faculty, following a vote before Spring Break by the University Senate. The policy, which passed 37-19, creates an evaluation system to hold tenured faculty to a level of minimally acceptable standards set by individual departments. It allows for the creation of a peerdriven process to improve underperforming tenured faculty and a method by which consistently underperforming faculty can be dismissed. The chronic unsatisfactory policy will need to be approved by the Ball State Board of Trustees before implementation. Implementation could take a year, said Michael Hanley, faculty council chair and a professor of journalism. The policy stems from the process departments use to determine faculty raises each year. Rather than have evaluations come from the administrative level, from offices such as the provost or president, the evaluations start at the department level, Hanley said. Each academic department de-
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“I have never had a high selfesteem,” she said. “If someone laughs at me or says something I say is stupid, that ruins my whole wall around me that protects me.” Her struggle was compounded with another self-discovery. She didn’t feel comfortable being the typical woman or girl. “My friends would pressure me to put on makeup, wear dresses and to go shopping,” Hendershot said. “I was not comfortable with myself at all in high school… I had friends, but never that one person you could go to with anything and completely relate to. I never really fit in.” In her senior year of high school, she caught a glimpse of hope. She saw college as a place where she could finally be herself, to “find her voice,” as her parents said.
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Carli Hendershot sits in her room and pets her 13-year-old Calico cat, Callie. Hendershot said Callie with helping her through depression. Callie was always there when she needed her.
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Interim Associate Vice President of University Marketing and Communications Joan Todd said the university is keeping a record of employees who report they are victims. The university is not disclosing the number. “It’s personal information, we can only keep a record of the ones who want to tell us,” she said. “Yes [we are keeping track]—but with the caveat that we might not know how many were affected, if people decide to keep that private.” Todd said some employees may not yet be aware they are victims of tax fraud, and the tax filing deadline is not until April 15. Assistant professor of public relations and a victim of identity theft, Becky McDonald, said the site and help line are good first steps towards help from the university.
“Did I get help from the university? No,” she said. “Did I ask for? No, because I was too worried [about everything else].” Before she realized she was a victim, McDonald received a GreenDot prepaid card in the mail and did not think anything of it. According to guidance put out by the Indiana Attorney General, receiving those cards is a warning sign of identity theft. She checked her tax filing transcript through the IRS and the second time she checked, she saw a fraudulent tax return had been filed. That set in motion the process to fix the fraud, which has included contacting credit bureaus, filing a report with the federal trade commission and sending paperwork to the IRS, among other steps. She worries she will be dealing with this problem for the rest of her life—now that her social security number has been compromised. “We’re just collecting in-
formation anywhere we can get it. Starting a file, adding to the file and trying to check off everything,” McDonald said. “I’m sorry for whoever has to go through this, it’s very unsettling.” McDonald is not alone at Ball State. There have been reports about numerous employees victimized by identity theft and speculation that it is linked to the Anthem security breach that occurred on February 5. Muncie Police Department Sergeant Scott Sherwood in the records department said he has seen 50 reports for some type of tax fraud this year and another 18 reports filed online. Some of those may be duplicates of paper reports. He said the attorney general has instructed victims to file with their local police department for possible future state or federal investigations. Not all Ball State employees live in the Muncie or Delaware County area, he said. Employees who live else-
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After my debate for SGA, I pretty much told myself that I had a deadline on my life. If I didn’t win this, I didn’t want to continue.
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Patti Hendershot, Carli Hendershot’s step-mother, and Michael Hendershot, her father, visited Carli when she was in the psych ward at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Patti and Michael discussed the next steps to recovery with Carli.
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termines how faculty are evalu- current Faculty and Professional ated and the way the department Personnel Handbook. defines unsatisfactory. Every step of this policy can be Under the policy, if a tenured appealed using the same appeal faculty member receives two process for the salary decisions consecutive unsatisfactory of departments. evaluations, or three in a fiveIt took two years for this policy year period, a to go through remediation the university You wouldn’t want process will governance begin. A com- your students going to a system. mittee of the Two points faculty mem- school where there was about the ber’s peers not accountability. We policy’s effects will form and have prevailed create an im- need to embrace the idea t h r o u g h o u t provement its developof being accountable. plan. ment. “There If the tenare some facKAREN KESSLER, associate ured faculty professor of theatre ulty within member comthe College of pletes his or Business that her remediation plan, then they have been here for a long time are considered satisfactory for that are contributing positively the calendar year for which he or to the university and they would she was under the remediation. get thrown under the bus in this The plan replaces the typical policy,” Chapman said. evaluation for that year. Karen Kessler, an associate proHowever, if the faculty mem- fessor of theater, voiced a second ber fails to complete the reme- opposing point and said the powdiation plan, he or she will be er to protect faculty who perform classified as having chronic un- well lies within the departments. satisfactory performance. “There are lots of different ways Faculty deemed chronically to protect faculty who are doing underperforming will work with a good job. I feel like there is a their dean or chairperson to find baseline place where people are a solution. If a solution is not de- afraid of accountability,” Kessler termined, the dean or chairper- said. “You wouldn’t want your son can either drop the issue if students going to a school where the allegations are unsupported there was not accountability. We or terminate the faculty mem- need to embrace the idea of beber, according to page 102 of the ing accountable.”
Hendershot didn’t leave her room unless it was for classes or food during her first month at Ball State until she joined Spectrum, Ball State’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally support organization. Although facing a whole new group of people was scary, she decided it was something she needed to do, for herself. “I came to Spectrum after a month of being holed up in my room,” she said. “I [went] to Spectrum and it really gave me a family at Ball State.” where would file with their local police department. Certified public accountant for Estep, Doctor & Co. Ben Smith helps Muncie citizens file their tax returns. He contacted the Consumer Protection Agency and IRS after noticing an unusual number of their customers with affected returns were Ball State employees. “It looks like we kind of have a rash of identity threat going on here,” Smith said. “For us it’s just been a big pain for those who have been impacted. This year it’s been kind of a storm of these fraudulent returns and a large portion seem to be coming from the Ball State community.” He said taking the appropriate steps and getting their own tax return once someone is affected can take up to a few months. The Identity Theft Information Line is 765-285-4883 and the email is IDtheft@bsu. edu. Additional information is available at bsu.edu/idtheft. Alan Hovorka contributed to this story.
CARLI HENDERSHOT, former SGA Vice President After that, Hendershot’s first two years at Ball State were some of her best, she said. She found purpose in her life helping others accept themselves. “The first year of college and her second year, she had come out of her shell and gained a lot of confidence,” Michael Hendershot, Carli’s father, said. Carli wound up finding people to relate to at Spectrum and men’s clothes that made her feel comfortable. Eventually she became a Student Government Association senator for Spectrum. The feeling of serving and representing the student body on campus filled her with pride and satisfaction, she said. She decided she wanted to run for the SGA executive board during her sophomore year. “I really saw that as a great opportunity. … I saw that as a way to my happiness,” she said. “I saw achievements suddenly as happiness. If I was successful I would be happy.” She said running for SGA office gave her a purpose, something to distract her from that dark, nagging part of her brain that is constantly looking to drag her down. For a while this worked, until she failed to live up to her own standards at the vice presidential debate. She didn’t do as well as she had hoped. “I found I couldn’t argue at the debate, and I just wanted it to be over. I felt like I let down my slate. … I felt like words were spilling out of my mouth and I couldn’t control them,”
Carli said. “After my debate for SGA, I pretty much told myself that I had a deadline on my life,” she said. “If I didn’t win this, I didn’t want to continue. If I wasn’t going to be successful, I didn’t want to continue.” Thinking about suicide wasn’t new. She had fought with those thoughts for years. “The idea of not existing is in the back of your head. When you face it, you fall into two categories of people,” she said. “The kind that find those thoughts peaceful or those that find it scary. For most, it’s scary; for me, it always seemed peaceful.” Her slate, Cardinal Connection, won the 2014 election. “I was really excited for the next year,” she said. “I thought I was finally going to be happy with who I was and what I was doing with my life.” Christopher Stephens contributed to this story. FROM A PROFESSIONAL
“Self-esteem should come from within you, not from what you do. … The comparison game is very dangerous because you can always find someone who is better or worse than you are. … No one is perfect,” Lucas said. “While we might set a goal for you, having those goals as long as they are realistic is a good thing. We don’t know what is going to happen one day to the next. It’s not a very practical or healthy way to think about yourself, and in the end you won’t be happy.“
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WHAT IS TAX FRAUD IDENTITY THEFT?
Tax fraud is a means of identity theft through which thieves steal someone’s information and file a fraudulent tax return in the victim’s name. Through additional steps they claim the fake tax refund. IS IT JUST BALL STATE EMPLOYEES?
Tax fraud identity theft happens everywhere and the risk cannot be avoided completely, according to the Indiana Attorney General. Last year, the Indiana IRS reported 11 percent of all 2013 requested Indiana tax refund dollars were attempted identity theft. HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT IF THEY ARE A VICTIM OF IDENTITY FRAUD?
1. Receiving a letter for the Indiana IRS even though you filed a return for 2014. 2. Having state or federal tax return rejected because one was already filed. 3. Receiving an unsolicited Visa or MasterCard debit card in your name such as Green Dot, etc. 4. Checking the IRS’ tax return transcript WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO IF THEY ARE A VICTIM?
1. File your taxes through the U.S. mail. 2. Confirm your 2014 state return if you have already filed. 3. Respond to any tax notices received via U.S. mail. 4. File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. 5. File a police report. 6. Check free credit report for fraudulent activity. 7. Consider freezes and fraud reports on credit. 8. Close any fraudulent accounts. IS IT CONNECTED TO THE ANTHEM SECURITY BREACH?
An email sent out to staff from Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer Bernard Hannon said ongoing analysis does not indicate Ball State systems were involved in the breach. The email cited a number of other recent data breaches, any of which could have contributed to the increase in tax fraud affecting Ball Sate employees. Much of the information needed to file fraudulent taxes, the email said, is available openly on the internet, such as salary. SOURCE: Email from Bernard Hannon dated March 9, bsu.edu/idtheft and ID Theft Prevention from in.gov.
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He thought they were a good model for humans to follow. To begin his novel, Schrefer spent six months reading about primates and the countries in which they live and taking notes. With every book, he likes to write the first draft as quickly as possible so as not to lose his creative train of thought. He then edits his draft. Schrefer wrote his first book after graduating from Harvard. He applied to graduate school, but did not get in, so he took a year off to write. Now he has won awards such as the National Book Award, Walden Book Award, Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award and Green Earth Book Award. When it comes to writing advice, Schrefer said there are two important parts of writing: the creator and the critic. The two are equally important, but should be kept separately. “Create and look forward,” Schrefer said. “Then let the critic in.”
| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It’s been lovely to have my students hear about his writing process,” she said. “I’ve enjoyed it every time and my students have too.” Schrefer said his physical visit will entail informal talks with English students and a speech entitled “Getting Others Into View: Crossing the Lines Between Teen and Adult, and Human and Animal, in Young Adult Literature,” open to the public. “I write about borderlines,” Schrefer said. “I like to muddy the border.” This explains why his Great Ape quartet focuses on relationships between humans and apes. The first two novels of the quartet are titled “Endangered” and “Threatened.” Along with his primate stories, Schrefer also writes about topics such as the SAT.
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Author Eliot Schrefer is visiting Ball State as part of the English department’s Marilyn Cory Speaker Series today at 7 p.m. in Art and Journalism Building Room 175. Schrefer has Skyped with assistant professor of English Susanna Benko’s classes for the past four semesters
He said he does not confine his work to one genre. Although, a friend of his did point out that all of his stories involve “outsiders trying to belong.” Schrefer thought up the idea
for “Endangered” after buying a pair of pants from Bonobos clothing company. He thought “bonobo” was a made-up nonsense word. After doing some research, he discovered bonobo apes are peaceful creatures.
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