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he 14th annual Muncie Gras took place in downtown Muncie Saturday. The four-block, New Orleans-style party was open to those 21 and older to drink, eat, take part in activities and enjoy live entertainment from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Some events included human orbs, a mechanical bull, the Budweiser go-go cage and oxygen bars. There were also Micro Wrestling Federation Shows, fire spinners, aerial acts and belly dancers. Muncie Gras is Muncie’s biggest party, according to its website. See PARTY, page 6
RJ Mitte to speak on campus ‘Breaking Bad’ actor to talk about achieving goals despite obstacles
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RJ Mitte, known most popularly for his role as Walter White Jr. in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” will be on Ball State’s campus today to speak about “Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage” at 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall. Mitte has been involved with different organizations that raise awareness of equality and diversity. Currently, Mitte works with PACER’s National Center for Bullying Prevention. He openly talks about RJ MITTE Actor taking part in his cerebral palsy and beEIL Speaker Series ing bullied, as well as the ways he has overcome obstacles and achieved his high goals.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Ball State wins 83-80 in CIT Round 2 Cardinals overcome 2nd consecutive overtime game
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Ball State won its second consecutive overtime game of
the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, this time beating the University of Tennessee-Martin, 83-80. The Cardinals trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half, but staged a comeback to tie the game at the end of regulation, 71-71. Head coach James Whitford said it was a thriller. “That was an unbelievable
win and a great college basketball game,” he said. “We have a knack of playing for 40 minutes and that is why you do. It was a great ending for us.” Junior guard Ryan Weber hit a 3-pointer with 1:28 left in the second half to start the comeback for Ball State, cutting UT Martin’s lead to 71-63. Weber’s shot started an 11-0 run, capped by a game-tying
layup by junior forward Franko House with eight seconds on the clock. In overtime, Ball State and UT Martin traded buckets. Sophomore guard Sean Sellers was fouled with 53 seconds remaining in the period and made both his free throws to give the Cardinals an 81-80 lead.
See BASKETBALL, page 4
CARDINALS FAIL TO QUALIFY FOR REGIONALS
Ball State finishes 2nd in MAC with season-high score
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Despite the second place win at the Mid-American Conference Championships, the gymnastics team did not qualify for regional competition as a team or individually. Even with Ball State’s season high of 195.650 points, its overall season score average was not enough to qualify them for re-
gional competition. Senior Denasiha Christian finished with top scores in the vault and floor during the championships, but did not qualify as an individual either. Christian, who was named Floor Champion for the third consecutive year, was not expecting any further postseason competition at Regionals. She finished her collegiate gymnastics career feeling proud of both her individual and her team’s accomplishments over the course of her four years. “I feel really good. I actually feel even better about the fact that we got second as a team [for
the first time] in the four years I have been here, and that’s incredible,” Christian said. “College athletics is incredible and, on top of that, doing this for 20 years, this was an amazing end to it. It is very bittersweet, but I am completely satisfied.” After Christian matched her career high on floor (9.950), Ball State was hoping to send her to Regionals to compete as an individual on the event. Christian, however, did not qualify. Throughout the regular season, Ball State struggled to win meets, especially against competition within the MAC.
See GYMNASTICS, page 4
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GOALBALL Learn how to play goalball, a sport designed for blind athletes, at 7 p.m. in the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Teams try to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opponent’s goal, and the players must use the sound of the bell to judge the position of the ball. Players are blindfolded during the game so the sighted players can be equal with the blind players.
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WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES PANEL Hear several female students with disabilities talk about their life and school experiences, and learn more about disability awareness from 11 a.m. THURSDAY to 1 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room. SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD Stop by the Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign a banner to get rid of the word “retard.” There 7TH ANNUAL WOMEN OF SONG will be pledges to sign to not use the word, encouraging students to eliminate it from their Come hear the Ball State Women’s Chorus, student a capella group vocabulary. Ladies’ Choice and student and faculty soloists at this women-centric recital from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sursa Performance Hall. FAT AND FEMINISM: THE OTHER TWO F-WORDS Learn about how to include women of size in the current women’s and feminist movement in this mix WEDNESDAY of a presentation and discussion from 1 to 2 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 301. The event will talk about issues of body image and how fat-phobia impacts women across the country. DISABILITY FILM SERIES Alliance for Disability Awareness and the Office of Disability Services are KNOW MORE SECRETS sponsoring a film series to celebrate Disability Awareness Month. This Students, faculty and staff will be coming together to read excerpts from their childhood journals from week’s film is “Sugar Babies,” which is about kids being diagnosed with 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Tally. The event is inspired by the documentary Type I and Type II diabetes. There will be a discussion after the film. The “Mortified.” movie starts at 7 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 306. AN EVENING WITH ROXANE GAY Come hear Roxane Gay, author of New York Times best seller “Bad Feminist,” speak about writing the book, blogging and editing. Gay will be speaking from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at Pruis Hall.
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“THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES” Come watch Ball State students perform “The Vagina Monologues” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom. Tickets are on sale in the Student Center Room 116 or at the door for $5. Proceeds from tickets go to the YMCA of Muncie. SPREAD THE WORD TO END THE WORD Stop by the Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sign a banner to get rid of the word “retard.” There will be pledges to sign to not use the word, encouraging students to eliminate it from their vocabulary.
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THIRD ‘DIVERGENT’ MOVIE LETS DOWN AT EVERY TURN ANNA BOWMAN FILM ANNALYSIS ANNA BOWMAN IS A SENIOR ENGLISH AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAJOR AND WRITES ‘FILM ANNALYSIS’ FOR THE DAILY NEWS. BOWMAN’S VIEWS DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THOSE OF THE NEWSPAPER. WRITE TO ANNA AT AABOWMAN@BSU. EDU.
I want to start off with an apology to anyone who thought “Allegiant” would be good. I’m so sorry you thought that. Coming after two unremarkable other films in the “Divergent” series, the only surprise I had was that it could be even worse than the last. From the opening shot to the last line, it made me physically uncomfortable and infuriated that anyone thought it was ready to come out. If you ask me, it was a rough draft at best. First, I’d like to discuss the chemistry, or complete lack thereof, between Shailene Woodley and Theo James. Watching them together was like watching the courtship between Anakin Skywalker and Princess Amidala. Nothing but evil could come from this relationship. The kissing scenes would have been better between anyone else in the movie. Especially considering Woodley has kissed both Miles Teller and Ansel
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 As fan of his character in “Breaking Bad,” freshman telecommunications major Erin Stanis is looking forward to seeing Mitte at his lecture. Stanis said she enjoys the speakers Excellence in Leadership brings to campus. “I think it will be powerful and inspiring. [The EIL Speaker Series is] some-
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thing interesting to do,” Stanis said. Lauren Berger, assistant director of student life, hopes students will want to overcome their obstacles and achieve high goals after hearing Mitte’s lecture. “I hope that students walk away feeling empowered to face challenges that may come their way while they’re students at Ball State or in the future,” Berger said. Mitte’s lecture is part of the EIL Speaker Series.
cringing every time a character opens his or her mouth, you know the dialogue has reached a new low. There was so much exposition in the conversations that the movie could have been a radio drama instead. Did they spend so much of their budget on CGI that they couldn’t hire competent writers? How bad can the dialogue get before an actor just flat-out refuses to say the lines? These are the questions you have to look forward to if you decide to waste your money on this movie. What makes this issue even worse was the pacing. It was horrific. Every scene felt like the second sneeze fake-out. You know, when you sneeze and think another one is coming, so you sit there and wait for it to come and nothing happens. Each line of dialogue, each scene transition, each point of action lasted a bit too long, and I was left feeling unsatisfied. This was mostly due to lazy ed-
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The Moscow Ballet Festival will be performing “Sleeping Beauty” at 7:30 p.m. today at John R. Emens Auditorium. Despite the story being adapted and recreated often, the Moscow Ballet Festival will be telling the original story.
The Moscow Ballet Festival will be presenting “Sleeping Beauty” at 7:30 p.m. today at John R. Emens Auditorium. The show has three acts and the music for the ballet was put together by renowned Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, who is also known for composing “The Nutcracker” and “Swan Lake.” Over the years, the story of “Sleeping Beauty” has been adapted, recreated and retold many times by various people, including both an animated and a live-action adaptation by Disney. However, the Moscow Ballet Festival company will be telling the original story of “Sleeping Beauty,” which was written by the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault. The company was founded 25 years ago by its current artistic director Sergei Radchenko, a former ballet performer of the Bolshoi Ballet, and his wife Elena Radchenko, who was a prima ballerina for the Mariinsky-Kirov Theatre. In order to reach audiences at smaller venues, the Moscow Ballet Festival company routinely tours in small groups. The main goal of the company is to present classical Russian ballet to all audiences all over the world and “to stimulate modern viewer interest and need for the art of Russian classical ballet is a main task of our team,” according to its website. – SAMARIA HAMILTON
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Residence Life to bring Mitte to Ball State. She believes his lecture — and the series — will cover important issues to help Ball State students grow as leaders. “I believe overcoming adversity is an important topic because, at some point, all of us will face a difficult situation, but it is how we handle the situation that allows us to move forward in a positive direction and grow as a leader,” Berger said.
iting, which should have tightened up the poorly written scenes but instead dragged them out to a slow, painful death. If the pacing was horrible, the green screen was ungodly — I felt like I was watching a video game or “The Hobbit: Part 4.” And there was so much CGI, it was like George Lucas directed it. Not only was it awful, but a lot of it was completely unnecessary. The Fringe could have easily been shot in the desert somewhere, but instead,
it was constructed from scratch for absolutely no reason. It makes me wonder if the movie was actually trying to be ridiculous. This film, which unfortunately isn’t even the end of the series (“Ascendant” is due to come out next year), exceeded my expectations, but in the worst way possible. I know the point of “Allegiant” was to show the triumph of the “damaged” characters, but that doesn’t mean the actual movie should look damaged, too.
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Big innings propel team to wins Cardinals go 3-1 in weekend series against Dayton
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The Cardinals won three of their first four home games against the University of Dayton over the weekend. Ball State increased its team batting average to .280 after hitting against Dayton.
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In its first home stand of the season, Ball State baseball (11-10) won three of four games against the University of Dayton (4-14). The Cardinals scored four or more runs in an inning in each of the three victories. After Ball State scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning of its 9-3 home win in the first half of Friday’s doubleheader, head coach Rich Maloney said the team’s lineup is dangerous. “I don’t remember one like that [this season], and it’s kind of surprising with the team we’ve got,” he said. “We think we should be able to do that once in a while.” The Cardinals didn’t have to wait long to top their performance — in their 10-0 win Saturday, they hit three home runs and scored 10 runs in the third inning. It was the first time Ball
State scored 10 or more runs in a single inning since the third inning of its 15-9 victory against the University of Toledo on May 14, 2009. Ball State hit around the order in the inning, and junior right fielder Alex Call said the team nearly earned a sugary treat from junior third baseman Sean Kennedy, who led off the inning with a ground-out to the shortstop before working a full-count walk in his second at-bat. “If a guy makes two outs in the same inning, he has to buy the whole team doughnuts,” Call said. “We had a chance.” Call leads Ball State in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage this season with a triple-slash line of .388/.474/.625. In the series against Dayton, Call was 8-16 at the plate, with two walks, three doubles, three RBI, three runs scored, a home run and a stolen base. Ball State increased its team batting average to .280 after hitting .333 against Dayton. In each of the three wins, the Cardinals’ starting
pitchers allowed three runs or less in six or more innings. Maloney said the performances complement the lineup well. “You start getting quality starts with the lineup that we have, [and] we’ll be a tough team to beat,” he said. Sophomore pitcher and designated hitter Colin Brockhouse went 3-11 at the plate with four walks and earned the win on the mound in the second half of Friday’s doubleheader after allowing one earned run and striking out eight in 6.2 innings pitched in the 6-1 victory. He said the Cardinals were ready to play at home after spending the first month of the season on the road. “We’ve been gone for four weekends, and it gets kind of tiring with all of the bus trips and stuff like that,” he said. The Cardinals lost the series finale on Sunday 3-1, but Maloney said winning three of four was still a good weekend. Ball State will host Purdue University (4-12) in its next game at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Ball Diamond at First Merchants Ballpark Complex.
Cardinals beat No. 13 UC Irvine in 5-set match Ball State remains tied for 1st in MIVA with Ohio State
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Ball State men’s volleyball took on its seventh ranked opponent of the season in No. 13 University of California Irvine. The Cardinals, who are ranked 10th in the NCAA, took down the Anteaters in five sets (25-23, 29-27, 19-25, 22-25, 15-12). The win propelled Ball State to 17-5 on the season and 4-3 against ranked opponents. Head coach Joel Walton admitted it wasn’t his team’s best game, but he was happy with the win. “It wasn’t a real pretty match either way; we were just good enough to win,” Walton said. The first set was filled with service errors by both teams. Ball State finished the first set with a service percentage of .833 while UC Irvine had a .792. Defensively, the Cardinals were strong, recording 4.5 team blocks in the set. Junior middle attacker Alex Pia had four block assists in that set. Senior outside attacker Edgardo Cartagena got the start in place of junior outside attacker
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Mike Scannell, who usually starts on the right side. “[Cartagena] played well ... at IPFW, and we wanted to give him another chance to step on the court,” Walton said. UC Irvine lost the first two sets but kept both of them close. There were 18 tied scores, which pushed the second into extra points before Ball State slipped away with the 2927 victory going into the locker room. Junior outside attacker Brendan Surane had six kills in that set alone. He finished the match with 22 total kills. “They kind of had smaller blockers, so I was taking advantage of that whenever I could and that amounted to a lot of kills,” Surane said. After the 10-minute break between the second and third set, Ball State came out in the third set without once having a lead. UC Irvine showed its dominance on the offensive side with its .423 attack percentage compared with the .125 percentage Ball State put up. Set four, Ball State briefly led but ultimately fell to the strong kills from senior middle back Jason Agopian and junior opposite Michael Saeta. Agopian and Saeta, along with senior outside hitter Kyle Russell, all played for Walton during the summer in South Korea.
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Despite winning second in the Mid-American Conference Championships, the Ball State gymnastics team’s overall season score average wasn’t enough to qualify them for regional competition. The team had a season high of 195.650 points.
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The Ball State men’s volleyball team won in five sets against the University of California, Irvine, making its record 17-5. Marcin Niemczewski, a senior outside attacker, has had 122 kills this semester.
“They changed some of their personnel; they started to study out,” Walton said. “Game one, they made a lot of attacking errors; game two, they made a ton of serving errors, so they just gave us points. We didn’t have any offense going.” Ball State came out with more fight in the fifth and final set, Walton said. “I liked that our guys fought in the fifth game. ... Surane was big for us in a lot of different moments, taking good swings,” Walton said. Ball State remains tied
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• Kills — Brendan Surane (22) • Blocks — Alex Pia (9) • Assists —Hiago Garchet (42) • Service aces —Brendan Surane (2) • Digs — Mitch Weiler (21)
with Ohio State for first place in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association conference. The Cardinals will take on the Buckeyes at home Friday in their second to last home game of the season.
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The team finished with a conference record of 1-5. One of the team’s goals since the start of the season was to finish in the regular season top three. The Cardinals finished short of that, tying for last place with Bowling Green in the regular season. “We fell short of [third place] a little bit, but every meet we competed, we [finished] just a couple tenths away,” head coach Joanna Saleem said. Despite not having the regular season record to prove it, the Cardinals continued to make improvements throughout the season, working on consistency within their respected routines.
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UT Martin’s Twymond Howard missed a jumper, which was rebounded by senior guard Bo Calhoun. In transition, Calhoun missed a 3-point attempt, but House hauled in the rebound and drew a foul in the process. House made both free throws to give the Cardinals an 83-80 lead. UT Martin had one last shot but missed, securing a victory for Ball State. House said the Cardinals were ecstatic. “The feeling right now is just crazy,” House said. “After the game, we were all sitting there wondering how did we win.” Calhoun and House both posted double-doubles
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Even with the regular season record, Ball State came into the MAC championships knowing the competition was wide open. “The MAC championship was really about which team was on the floor at that time period doing the best because the MAC is a really strong conference, so it’s exciting to see us do well,” Saleem said. On top of the team’s overall success, several individuals posted season highs on multiple events. Several gymnasts matched their career highs. Saleem was proud of her team’s perseverance in the competition and happy with how far they have come. “It’s just nice that we are here. It was really exciting to be able to see them in a great, fun meet, and I think they did really well,” Saleem said.
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The Ball State men’s basketball team won its second consecutive overtime game in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament against University of Tennessee-Martin 83-80. Junior forward Franko House scored the game-tying layup before overtime.
in the game. Calhoun finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and House
pitched in 10 points and 13 rebounds. Ball State will head to New
York City Wednesday to take on Columbia University at 7 p.m. in the CIT quarterfinals.
Ball State women’s basketball advanced to Round 2 of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament following its 77-72 victory over Iowa Thursday. Iowa was a potential team to play in the NCAA Tournament. Ball State (22-9) will play Saint Louis (25-7) today. The Billikens took down the Trojans of Arkansas-Little Rock in the first round of the tournament 70-69. With a victory over Saint Louis, Ball State could continue its season in Round 3 of the WNIT and play either the University of Tennessee Martin (22-9) or Western Kentucky (25-6). There were five Mid-American Conference teams that entered the WNIT, but Ball State and Ohio are the only two who remain. Ohio already advanced to Round 3 of the tournament after its 64-57 victory over Virginia Tech. The only way the two remaining MAC teams could meet in the tournament is in the championship, since they are on different sides of the bracket. Tipoff for Ball State’s game against Saint Louis is set for 8 p.m. today at Saint Louis. – STAFF REPORTS
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Latino Student Union pays for Quinceañera for 3 local teens Girls celebrate coming of age in traditional way
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Three local teenage girls received a birthday celebration they said they will never forget on Saturday — a traditional quinceañera hosted by Ball State University’s Latino Student Union. A quinceañera is a comingof-age party in the Latino culture for girls when they turn 15 years old. The tradition of throwing these parties dates back centuries, according to quinceanera.com. Similar to a “Sweet 16” in American culture, a quinceañera is an important step in a girl’s life. The event was the first of its kind for Muncie, and LSU president and junior telecommunications major Carlos Mata said he hopes they can begin providing a Quinceañera celebration annually for local girls who cannot afford to host their own. “Usually quinceañeras run from $5,000 to $10,000. The food, the dress, the mass — it’s almost a year-long process to plan for just one day. And many families don’t have the means to do so,” Mata said. “This is a way for us to not only give that girl and her family the relief that they don’t have to do this [alone], but for them to realize that there is a sense of unity and inclusion here in Muncie.” Creating unity and inclusion between different cultures — not only on Ball State’s campus, but in the entire Muncie community — is something Mata and members of LSU strive to do. Both he and Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said they think this quinceañera will help Muncie grow as a city. “I do think Muncie is growing daily in a very positive way. We’re growing in the right way,” Tyler said. “But I do think that there was a disconnect [between cultures]. Many times, different cultures will stay in their comfort zones, within themselves. But now Muncie’s welcoming [Latinos]. I think they’re becoming more comfortable here. And it’s good. It’s long overdue.”
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Three local teenage girls received a traditional quinceañera from Ball State University’s Latino Student Union on Saturday. A quinceañera is a coming-of-age party in the Latino culture when girls turn 15, similar to a “Sweet 16” in American culture.
Tyler supported the party in numerous ways, including commemorating it by proclaiming March 19, 2016, as Quinceañera Day in the city of Muncie. “We thought that something that might really be heartfelt with everybody here was if we did a proclamation,” Tyler said. “I don’t think that there’s ever been any type of recognition for this culture in our community, and I think the timing is perfect for us to do that.” Before the party began, the three girls all said they felt grateful for the party LSU had planned for them. Alicia Vazquez, a 14-yearold Yorktown Middle School student, will turn 15 in August. She was born in Muncie, but her parents and her heritage came from Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico. Her father said without LSU, she could not have had the celebration she had on Saturday. “I just feel really grateful. It’s really cool to be able to have something like this, and for free,” Alicia said. “I feel really excited and nervous at the same time.” Her father, Joaquin Vazquez, said he was proud of his daughter and said her quinceañera is just as important to him and his wife as it is to Alicia. “Well, I’m just so thankful to everybody. She’s going to be talking about it forever. … It’s gonna be un-
forgettable,” Joaquin said. “And in my family’s story, she’s the first one to get [a quinceañera]. Alicia’s gonna know she’s special.” Cristal and Noemy Pacheco are sisters. They live in Anderson, Ind., and attend Anderson Preparatory Academy. Cristal, 14, will turn 15 in October. She said she felt thankful, happy and nervous at the same time during their quinceañera. While she said she was excited to meet Mayor Dennis Tyler, she said the best part of the evening was being able to share it with her close friends. Noemy turned 15 last June. She said she felt happy to be at her quinceañera, but also nervous and worried that something might go wrong during the night. She and her sister had found out LSU was throwing their birthday celebration just two weeks prior to the event. Traditional quinceañeras contain several ceremonial events that take a lot of work and planning. Victoria Voelkel, a sophomore hospitality and food management major and member of LSU, had her own quinceañera with her family in Ecuador. “Mine wasn’t very traditional, … but this will be a pretty traditional [quinceañera],” Voelkel said. “There will be Las Zapatillas, [the changing of the shoes] from the flats to the heels.
This signifies going from a girl to a woman. Then there’s the last dance with a doll, la muñeca. It’s the last time you have that youthfulness.” The girls also had a court of friends with them — 15, including themselves — one for each year of their lives. “It’s a very ceremonious event. It’s not just ‘Congratulations, we made it.’ It’s just something we take very seriously, hold near and dear to our heart,” Voelkel said. The idea to throw this important party for local Latina girls came from both LSU President Mata and Maria Williams-Hawkins, a telecommunications professor at Ball State. Though not Hispanic herself, different cultures are important to Williams-Hawkins. “I just didn’t feel that the Hispanic community had been reached out to enough,” she said. “And our time on earth is not always disclosed to us in advance. So for me it was, ‘I want to do this now.’” Williams-Hawkins not only worked closely with LSU to help plan the event, but even helped fund it. She said making sure different cultures in Muncie feel appreciated and recognized is something that is important to her. She also said she’s hopeful Muncie will change for the better because of this quinceañera. “We learned more about this community, and in turn this community has given us many, many smiles of satisfaction for what we’ve done,” she said. “Before, members of the Hispanic community have all had the same comments: ‘We never thought anybody cared.’ Now I think they’re really starting to feel like, ‘Maybe Ball State has an interest in us. Maybe Muncie has an interest in us.’” Mata said from the beginning, this event was not only about helping families in need, but also about helping bring everyone together. “What we realized was the Latino community, the Muncie community, the Ball State community and the Latino Student Union haven’t really worked together on one thing to help one another,” Mata said. “And it’s something we’ve always wanted to do.”
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis won a national competition for its website that shows how climate change could impact Indianapolis. It was awarded first place by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
WEBSITE SHOWS OUTCOMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IUPUI wins 1st in national contest for interactive site
An interactive website showing how climate change may impact Indianapolis could change how some people look at it. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis won a national competition for the website, and it was awarded first place prize by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Although the site is currently a prototype, it displays Indianapolis’ Near Westside community and will be featured in the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. The toolkit, created by the White House, provides scientific tools, information and expertise to help communities manage climate-related risks and improve resilience to extreme events. Robert Koester, chair of the council on the environment at Ball State, said projects like these will help convince Indiana residents to focus more on climate change and how it can affect people in the future. “Unless we make changes in current operations and practices, things will only get worse,” Koester said. When users navigate the website, they have multiple options to see what effects climate change has on the future of local communities. Users can choose among the following to see the future outcomes of environ-
mental hazards: • Flooding: The effect of increased precipitation on vulnerable and hazardous areas. • Air pollution: The effect of temperature on ozone formation. • Extreme heat: The effect of urban heat on cardiovascular health. In a telephone survey of more than 900 randomly selected Americans, 65 percent of people who believe in climate chance said they were “very confident” in their position, according to thinkprogress.org. Many people are beginning to agree global warming is becoming a major issue, but are unsure on how to prevent it from continuously getting worse or how to put an end to the increasing temperatures and hazardous environmental changes. The biggest cause of global warming is the carbon dioxide released when fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, are burned for energy, according to nrdc.org. The website offers more beneficial ways to help fight global warming: • Limit global warming pollution. • Drive smarter and less often. • ”Green-ing” your house. Family consumer science major Katie Taylor said this website will benefit students on campus. “I think our university really needs things like these to help us all understand what is going on around us and what could potentially happen in the future if we do not change our ways,” Taylor said.
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