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rchitecture students are helping the university redesign a part of campus, and all students can vote on what features they want to see. The East Mall is a student-designed architecture project to improve the area from the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center to Ashland Avenue near the Village, in the area around Noyer and Woodworth Complex. The goal is to make a path for both
pedestrians and cyclists. About 30 undergraduate students spent a week working with professional design firms to come up with blueprints for the area. During this week, professionals came in to work with the students. Spencer Harvey, a senior landscape architecture major who is working on the project, said a lot of their classes let them go work, since their work time went from 8 a.m. until dinner time.
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• Separating pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the East Mall • Creating an elevated bicycle track with a bridge over Riverside Avenue • Reinforcing a connection to the Village area • Establishing a central plaza in the center of the space
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• Using a bio-retention area south of Noyer as a primary landmark • Incorporating a music theme in the design of the lawn area of Emens (rhythm movement) • Creating lounge spaces throughout East Mall • CAP and College of Business (greenhouses)
• Creating a more informal design compared with the more formal streetscape along McKinley • Utilizing natural systems to create a functional stormwater system • Creating a strong water feature near Emens Auditorium • Incorporating health and wellness into the overall design of the spaces • Establishing an outdoor events staging area near Pruis Hall
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Beneficence Dialogue report to be released Council shares progress on students’ diversity concerns RAYMOND GARCIA ACADEMIC/EDUCATION REPORTER | ragarcia@bsu.edu
The Council on Diversity and Inclusion will release a progress report detailing its latest achievements in accomplishing the solutions proposed in the Beneficence Dialogue Report almost a year ago. The report was created from the dialogue sessions that took place March 2015, when more than 100 students participated in group discussions about diversity while then Ball State President Paul W. Ferguson and Kay Bales, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, listened to the different groups. The solutions were grouped into five themes, and members of the council were placed into teams to address each one.
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•C reating a life-size chess board between Bracken Library and Pruis Hall •E stablishing an wooded bosque area in the location of the current Emens parking garage •U tilizing new water features as a unifying theme throughout the East Mall • I ncorporating health and wellness into the overall design of the spaces •C reating direct pedestrian connections that respond to desire lines
Gymnasts prepare for regionals Five Cardinals qualify after record-setting MAC performance
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The Ball State gymnastics season is not yet over, after a school record-setting 195.650 performance at the Mid-American Conference championship, the Cardinals will be sending five gymnasts onto regional competition. Senior Denasiha Christian,
juniors Sarah Ebeyer and Kayla Beckler, and sophomores Baylee Bell and Jordyn Penny all qualified for the 2016 NCAA Iowa City Regional on April 2. Beckler talked about the feeling she and her teammates shared following the second-place overall finish. “It felt amazing. We hadn’t been watching the scores, we had just been out there doing our thing,” Beckler said. Both Christian and Ebeyer both qualified to compete in floor and vault in Iowa after strong individual season performances.
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Senior Denasiha Christian has qualified to compete in floor and vault on April 2 at the 2016 NCAA Iowa City Regional. Christian was named champion of floor (9.950) and vault (9.900) at the Mid-Western Conference championship.
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EMAIL HACKER TARGETS COLLEGE WOMEN Former State Dept. employee sentenced to 5 years in prison
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en’s email accounts from his computer at the American Embassy in London and threatening to expose their sexually explicit photos. Michael C. Ford, 36, sent “phishing” emails to women — including some at Ball State — specifically targeting members of sororities and aspiring models. Ford hacked into at least 200 victims’ accounts and forwarded at least 1,300 stolen emails containing sexu-
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ally explicit photographs to himself, according to court documents. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross sentenced Ford to four years and nine months in prison, followed by three years on supervised release. However, Ross granted a request to delay the start of his prison term until after Aug. 1 so he can be present when his wife is due to give birth to their second child in late July. In total, Ford’s charges
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In Monday’s edition of the Daily News in “Cardinals fail to qualify for regionals,” we incorrectly reported no Ball State gymnasts advanced to regional competition. Five gymnasts qualified individually.
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1. DEATH TOLL RISES TO 34 AFTER ATTACKS BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian security official says the death toll has risen to 34 in attacks on the Brussels airport and a subway station. The official did not specify how many people were killed and wounded at each site. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because precise numbers were expected to be announced early Wednesday. Earlier, the government had reported 20 dead at the Maelbeek metro station, in the heart of the
European Union’s capital, and 11 dead at the airport, and scores of injured. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks. President Barack Obama has ordered that all American flags in the U.S. be flown at half-staff through Saturday out of respect for victims of the Brussels attack. Obama said in a proclamation issued hours after Tuesday’s attacks that “the American people stand with the people of Brussels.
and vote for their own leaders. And with Cubans watching on tightly controlled state television,Obama said they would be the ones to determine their country’s future, not the United States. “Many suggested that I come here and ask the people of Cuba to tear something down,” Obama said. “But I’m appealing to the young people of Cuba who will lift something up, build something new.”
NEW YORK (AP) — For more than a month, federal investigators have insisted they have no alternative but to force Apple to help them open up a phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. That changed Monday when the Justice Department said an “outside party” recently showed the FBI a different way to access the data on the phone used by Syed Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in the Dec. 2 attack. The magistrate judge in the case
postponed a hearing scheduled for Tuesday and gave the government two weeks to test its method. But federal officials have been mum about who came forward and what method they’ve proposed. One likely scenario involves making multiple copies of the iPhone’s flash memory, which investigators could use to restore the phone’s data should they inadvertently trigger the phone’s “self-destruct” feature by making too many wrong guesses at the passcode.
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2. TERRORISM LOOMS OVER CAMPAIGNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fought to extend their delegate leads over underdog presidential rivals Tuesday in primary election voting across three Western states as the world grappled with a new wave of bloody attacks in Europe. The contests in Arizona, Utah and Idaho were largely an afterthought for much of the day as the leading
HAVANA (AP) — Capping his remarkable visit to Cuba, President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to the “last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas” and openly urged the Cuban people to pursue a more democratic future for this communist nation 90 miles from the Florida coast. With Cuban President Raul Castro watching from a balcony, Obama said the government should not fear citizens who speak freely
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators will add their strongest warning labels to the most widely prescribed painkillers, part of a multi-pronged government campaign to stem an epidemic of abuse and death tied to drugs like Vicodin and Percocet. The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday plans to add a boxed warning — the most serious type — to all immediate-release
White House hopefuls clashed over how to stop the spread of the Islamic State group. The organization claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in Brussels that left at least 31 dead and dozens more wounded. Even before Tuesday’s violence, foreign policy had emerged as a central theme ahead of the Western elections with candidates in both parties courting pro-Israel activists this week.
opioid painkillers, including some 175 branded and generic drugs. Those medications, which often combine oxycodone with lower-grade medications, are among the most commonly used drugs in the U.S. and account for 90 percent of all opioid painkillers prescribed. Roughly three years ago the FDA added similar warnings to long-acting opioid drugs like OxyContin, which slowly release their doses over 12 hours or more.
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TODAY Men’s basketball takes on Columbia in the CIT quarterfinals. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. in New York City.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL TO TAKE ON COLUMBIA IN CIT QUARTERFINALS Ball State men’s basketball will play Columbia for its first REMAINING CIT time ever in the quarterfinal GAMES matchup of the CollegeInsider. TODAY com Invitational Tournament. Grand Canyon (27-6) @ This is the Cardinals’ 35th Coastal Carolina (20-11) game of the year, which ties TODAY Irvine (26-9) @ UL the program record for games UC Lafayette (19-14) played in a single season. The THURSDAY Cardinals are coming off back- UT Arlington (23-13) @ NJIT to-back overtime wins in the (19-14) CIT, while Columbia is coming off of a second-round bye after beating Norfolk State 86-54 in the first round. The Lions finished third in the Ivy League this season and boast a 22-10 overall record. Ball State is 21-13 this season and, with a win, has a chance to become the first men’s basketball team in Cardinal history to reach the semifinals of a postseason tournament. Columbia has four starters who average more than 10 points per game. As a team, the Lions average 76.5 points per game this season, while giving up 68.8 per game. Ball State, on the other hand, has allowed 66.7 points per game, while averaging 70.9 of its own. Tip-off for the game is set for 7 p.m. today at Levien Gymnasium in New York. – STAFF REPORTS
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Ball State baseball (12-10) came back from a 7-run deficit to beat in-state rival Purdue (4-13) 9-8. In the bottom of the second inning, the Cardinals trailed 7-0 but came back to score all 9 of their runs over the next three innings. In the second, Mid-American Conference Player of the Week and junior outfielder Matt Eppers doubled to right center to score junior shortstop Alex Maloney for the Cardinals’ first run of the game. Sophomore third baseman Colin Brockhouse scored on a wild pitch in the same inning. The Cardinals took advantage of the northeast-blowing winds and saw back-to-back home runs from junior first baseman Caleb Stayton and junior catcher Jarett Rindfleisch. Ball State scored 5 runs on six hits while leaving one left on base in the third. Three hits led to the Ball State’s final 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Maloney led the Cardinals’ offensive attack with three hits, while a number of other players finished with two. Ball State nearly doubled Purdue’s seven team hits with 13 of its own. Ball State returns to action Friday for the start of its Mid-American Conference schedule with a three-game series against Miami. – STAFF REPORTS
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At the MAC championship, Christian was named the floor champion for the third consecutive year with a career-high of 9.950, as well as vault champion posting a 9.900. While gymnastics is score-based, Christian is focused on being the best every meet. “I think it’s a matter of that I walk into every meet with a mindset that nobody should beat you, so whatever that score is that day is what you should get,” Christian said. “Knowing that you’re the best and you’ll be the best is my mindset.” Ebeyer was also impressive at the championship, scoring a 9.775 on vault and 9.825 on floor exercise, where she hit her career-high of 9.850 three separate times throughout the regular season. Knowing that senior Erin
Patchey and Christian will be graduating, Ebeyer has been holding herself to a higher standard. “If I am making it this year, I definitely want to make it next year,” Ebeyer said. “I am now going to really need to focus and try and fill those shoes and do my job, just as they did theirs.” Head coach Joanna Saleem also has some goals of her own already in the works for the team to work on next season. “I would like to get to top three during the regular season and top three in the MAC championship,” Saleem said. “I would like to have a few more individuals qualify for next year and probably the year after that.” Penny earned a qualifying spot on uneven bars, but is also an alternate on the vault and balance beam. While Penny is pleased to compete at a regional level, she had a different goal competing in college. “I never really set goals based on qualifying for things; it was always just to hit clean routines at all
The Ball State football team, along with new head coach Mike Neu, met at Scheumann Stadium on Tuesday for its first spring practice. What was most notable about the practice was the team’s energy from Neu and the players. “I expect that every day. I’m a passionate guy; I expect our staff to have energy,” Neu said. “I told those guys last night that when we laid out the spring goals that they could expect positive energy from me, and I expect the same thing from them.” During the practice, loud music was being blasted
from the south end zone. This was a tactic Neu purposely put in place. “Scheumann Stadium’s going to be packed here when we play, and on the road it’s going to be challenging,” Neu said. While every player is dealing with a new head coach, it was particularly unique for older players like redshirt senior linebacker Zack Ryan, who was coached by former head coach Pete Lembo for the previous four years. “That was a big change for someone coming in and some of the older guys,” Ryan said. “We all have a lot of respect for these new coaches, and we’re all having a lot of fun.” Other than the heightened level of energy Neu has brought to the field, his know-how of the game ties into the respect the players give him. “I mean, obviously, [Neu] won a MAC championship when he was here and he
was statistically one of the best passers,” sophomore quarterback Riley Neal said. “He definitely knows what he’s talking about.” Ball State senior wide receiver KeVonn Mabon came second in receptions on the team last year with 745 yards and spoke on the importance of his connection with Neal for the upcoming season. “We have the chemistry down, and we had to work through last season, [but] we have it down already,” Mabon said. “I feel like with me coming back and him coming back, we’ll be good on offense.” Ryan also commented on what Neu will bring to the team as a whole. “With ... Neu, I think we’re going to play really fast,” Ryan said. One of those that were in attendance on Tuesday was former Ball State wide receiver and New Orleans
Saint Willie Snead, who praised the team’s energy on the field. “I’m glad to see the tempo’s picked up and the guys are competing,” Snead said. “I feel like guys are excited for the new coach.” Tuesday’s practice concluded with a small scrimmage that started at the offense’s own 10-yard line. With Neal at the helm, the Cardinals marched down the field, Neal completing all five of his passes. Neu spoke of what he thought of the team as a whole, and what they will do moving forward. “We can accomplish anything we want to,” Neu said. “This is a starting point for us, and we’re going to just grow and build confidence on a daily basis.” The Cardinals hit the practice field again at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in preparation for their spring game on April 23.
Soccer uses spring schedule to prepare for regular season Team developing different ‘scheme’ for upcoming year
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Ball State soccer started its spring schedule with two wins as they look to experiment with tactics and integrate new midyear players. The Cardinals will play eight games this spring as a tune up for next year’s competitive fall schedule. The Cardinals will look to shake off the rust of winter and use the games to find out the best scheme for the team. “We need to advance on what we did last season and scheme a little bit differently than we did last season,” said head coach Craig Roberts. “Last season, we primarily played with one forward, and I felt that was the right fit for the team, but we’re developing this scheme now where we have two forwards to try and get a bit of a partnership up top.” Last season ended with a Mid-American Conference regular season championship, but the Cardinals lost a few players from its lineup. my competitions, and if I could do that, it would hopefully end up paying off,” Penny said. Bell qualified for a spot on balance beam after posting her career-high of 9.825 at the MAC championships. “I probably never had so much fun doing gymnastics,” Bell said. “One of my goals was to be constantly in the beam lineup, and then I wanted to make it to regionals. It was awesome.” Beckler will be competing as an alternate on the uneven bars after setting a career-high of 9.825 twice this season. While Saleem doesn’t want anyone to get hurt before the regional, she said Beckler will be “ready to be able to perform.” While each gymnast will be competing on an individual basis, Beckler said they will be there for each other. “We just have a very good mindset toward this team and each other. We want success for each other more than anything — even more than ourselves,” Beckler said.
The team used a number of different formations on March 19 ranging from three and four in defense, as well as the aforementioned two striker lineup. These games are not just about experimenting with lineups and tactics, but they also allow the team to integrate new players into the squad. Ball State has two incoming transfers who got their first taste of action with the team over the weekend. Allison Abbe, a junior midfielder from the University of Cincinnati, played in her first game and also contributed her first goal as a Ball State player. “I played left back at Cincinnati, but I used to be an attacking player, so it felt great to score again,” Abbe said. “I felt good. I’m shaking the rust off a bit, but it felt great being back.” Another player who saw her first minutes is junior goalkeeper Tristin Stuteville, who transferred from Saint Louis University. Her and veteran junior keeper Alyssa Heintschel combined for two shutouts, continuing Ball State’s defensive success from last season. The team was tied for first in the MAC with Western Michigan in shutouts (6) but led the con-
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ference in goals against average (0.54) and goals allowed (6). Senior defender Leah Mattingly said the team will need these games to build confidence in order to win the MAC again. “We have a new team, and we have a goal to win the MAC, and these games are building towards that,” Mattingly said. “We have a lot of freshman who didn’t get enough playing time. It’s good to see people come in and do a great job when they’re asked to step up.”
Roberts is also looking to see which players step up for next year. “We’re looking to see what impact they’re going to have on the game,” he said. “We’re looking for players who take over the game and who are pivotal in how successful we are going to be.” The team will continue their spring games April 2 against Indiana State at Carroll Stadium on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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Being able to work on this type of project is unique, especially because they will actually get to see their work come to life, Harvey said. Most of their projects end up just being a drawing on a piece of trace paper. “This case specifically is the first time we’ve done something on Ball State’s campus that has the potential to be built, as opposed to something that might not go anywhere,” Harvey said. “One of the most meaningful things will be to come back here in 20 years and be able to see people enjoying the space you had a hand in influencing.” In order to figure out what needs to be improved in that area of campus, the architecture students had to spend some serious time scoping out the area. Harvey said one of the big things missing around campus seemed to be quality outdoor gathering and event spaces. “It’s absolutely vital to know what the problems are and what the potentials are before you start plopping in things, otherwise in five years you’ll have the same problems and you won’t really fix anything,” Harvey said. “To actually interact with someone to create ideas that may actually get built in your undergrad career is a really rewarding experience.” Weston Rogers, a senior
Team Two HOW TO VOTE •Go to vote.bsu.edu to learn about the project •Look at the blueprints to see what students came up with •Take a short survey about what you want to see on campus landscape architecture major, has been involved with the project since August. He too said he was excited to be working on a project that will have impacts so close to home. “It’s exciting to work on a site where you know the project, you know the campus and you know the dayto-day workings of the site,” Rogers said. “You can visualize what you want to see from the campus.” One of their biggest challenges was trying to create a protected pedestrian experience as well as maintaining all the day-to-day operations of the university, like vehicle access to service areas, parking lots, garages and emergency areas, Rogers said. Now, the students and university are looking for student input on the designs. Up until Friday, students can learn more about the project and vote on the set of blueprints they like best. These surveys are important as the process continues because it gives the designers an idea for what the area should look like, Rogers said. “We’re designing for other people, so if we don’t have their input, our design could end up being not functional or worthless,” Harvey said.
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE SURVEY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU FOR THIS SPACE? •Outdoor eating areas/cafes •Event Plaza •Clear separation of pedestrian and cyclist systems •Natural Amenities (i.e. greenspaces, trees, plantings)
•Water Features (i.e. fountains, pools, streams) •Better defined gathering spaces
WHICH OVERALL DESIGN THEME DO YOU FEEL WOULD BE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN RE-IMAGINING THIS SPACE? •A natural eco-system emphasizing native plants, bioswales,
and ecologys •An active event space emphasizing outdoor events, cafes, and eating areas •A transportation corridor emphasizing moving people between places on campus •A series of gathering spaces with different themes and purposes WHAT ELEMENTS ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU WHEN LOOKING TO MEET OUTDOORS WITH PEOPLE? •Seating Areas •Privacy/separation from noise •Grassy areas/lawn space •Lighting
•Water features
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES ON CAMPUS WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE CAMPUS’ PRIMARY GATHERING PLACE? •The Old Quad area •The Shafer Tower area •Frog Baby •The Scramble Light
•Benny •None of these
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES BSU NEED MORE OF ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW? •Places for students to gather •Outdoor event spaces •Outdoor cafes/eating areas •Better defined bike paths
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Thomas Gibson, associate vice president for student affairs and co-chair of the council, said the council wants students to know their concerns were heard and they are progressing with the proposed solutions. “We want to make sure that we have a campus climate that’s welcoming, that’s inclusive and provides an opportunity for all students to be successful,” Gibson said. According to the progress report, the council’s timeline is implementing the more achievable recommendations through the end of the Spring Semester, while the more challenging recommendations will extend into the 2016-17 academic year. Gibson said the plan is to have a progress report on the Beneficence Dialogue released every semester.
Theme One: Recruitment and retention of a diverse student body
Key accomplishments: Admissions brochures have been revised and now include financial literacy brochures written in Spanish. Multicultural Ambassador Corps members have been hired as campus tour
guides. Gibson said these students are recent hires and are well informed about the diversity and multicultural resources on campus. Key future priorities: The council plans to ensure marketing images of the university reflect the true diversity of the student population. They also are looking to increase gender identity options on the university application and in the Banner system.
Theme Two: Diversity awareness/education initiatives for students
Key accomplishments: The council is working with Digital Corps to create a diversity app to connect students to campus resources. Gibson said the app should launch sometime in April. The app will provide tips and resources for students on what to do when incidents regarding diversity occur. “What we are looking to do is help students recognize if they witness or have been the subject of a bias incident,” Gibson said. Strategic Communications is leading efforts to create a web-based central calendar for all diversity and cultural events. Key future priorities: The council plans to create and launch a pre-college online module to ad-
dress diversity. It also plans to provide resources to financially atrisk students.
Theme Three: Education/training for and support from faculty
Key accomplishments: Diversity training is offered to staff through the human resources office’s “Learning and Development” program. A resource list of courses that address diversity in the core curriculum has been created. Each major has identified where diversity is covered in the curriculum. Key future priorities: The council hopes to create and launch a required diversity course as part of the core curriculum. It also plans to add an assessment of faculty diversity competence to course evaluations and ensure student representation and transparency on all award committees.
Theme Four: University response/student body and administration interactions
Key accomplishment: A student Multicultural Advisory Board has been created with representation from various student organizations. According to the Ball State website, the board works with the Mul-
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The Council on Diversity and Inclusion will be releasing a report about its latest achievements dealing with the Beneficence Dialogue report. The report was created from the dialogue sessions that more than 100 students participated in about diversity in March 2015.
ticultural Center to identify student concerns about diversity and inclusion. Key future priorities: The president will deliver a university state of diversity address. While no date has been set, Gibson said the university is committed to delivering the address. The council plans to create “Lunch with an Administrator” program, allowing students to express their thoughts and concerns. The council hopes to host a “listening event” each semester called “Proactive
Plan.” This is a forum that would allow students to engage in group discussion about issues on diversity, inclusion and social justice.
Theme Five: Campus climate
Key accomplishments: Bias incident informational posters and cards were posted in residence halls and classrooms in Fall 2015. Strategic Communications is creating a diversity website landing page, which will centralize diversity resources. Key future priorities:
The council is looking to have an audit done of current gender-neutral restroom and locker spaces on campus to identify gaps. A map of gender-neutral restrooms will be made available on the Ball State website. The council will continue to explore the relocation of the Multicultural Center. The center is currently located at 325. N. McKinley Ave., behind the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. Gibson said this is one of the more challenging objectives.
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Editor’s Note: This is the first of four stories to run that will feature the slate members leading up to their inauguration. It’s safe to say that Brock Frazer’s life has revolved around hockey. With a great grandfather who has won the Stanley Cup twice for the Detroit Red Wings, a grandfather who played professionally in Germany, and a brother who played in the Air Force, hockey is in the blood of the future Student Government Association secretary. Since he was 3 years old, Frazer said he always seemed to have a stick and puck in hand. He moved out of his family’s home in Noblesville, Ind., when he got recruited at age 14 to play hockey at the Culver Military Academy, a boarding school almost two hours away. At age 14, he had to learn to organize his own life and plan his day out, on top of school, friends, the military and playing three sports. “I’ve traveled for hockey since I was like 5,” he said. “I was always in dif-
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ferent countries, different states playing hockey, so it wasn’t a big adjustment, but it definitely set me up for success later down the road.” Frazer said he likes hockey because it’s not a person’s everyday choice of a sport. “I think because it difficult — I like difficulty and everything like that,” he said. “It’s something that not just everybody can pick up. It takes a lot of training, and I’ve put in a lot of work for it, so it’s nice to have fun with it.” Not only has he traveled since he was 5 years old, but he has also played hockey in different countries like Canada and Sweden. Hockey also helped determine Frazer’s choice of coming to Ball State. He was originally going to play junior hockey instead of going to school. But he decided he didn’t want to take the chance, and he quickly settled for Ball State because of all the great things he had heard about the school from his friends. He wasn’t recruited to play hockey — the university doesn’t even have a Division I team — but he started a club hockey team his freshman year at Ball State so he could continue to play, even if it wasn’t at as high of a level. On the academic side, Frazer, now a professional
situation without having to say he was a quitter, adding that he suffered from severe depression and suicidal thoughts. “What I did was a low and cowardly act by a person who was desperate,” he said in court on Monday. Ford said he’s “truly sorry”
selling major, started out as a double major in biology and pre-dental. “I’ve had pretty much every surgery or procedure on your teeth or mouth that you can have, and now they look great,” he said. “Mom still hates that I play hockey, but that’s OK. So I knew a lot about the industry and stuff, and I thought I’d like it, but I found out sitting in a [chemistry] lab for four to eight hours a week is not what I wanted to do for four years.” After his major and hockey team were established, Frazer was recruited to run on the Summit slate for the 2016-17 SGA executive board. He said there are aspects that can carry over between hockey and SGA, mainly regarding leadership. He said he’s taken a different approach to the “hockey mentality” than a lot of players do. “Typically, the hockey players on other campuses are stereotyped as being the jerks and cocky, and I feel like I do the best I can to take a step back and put others before myself,” he said. “That’s the leadership style I’ve tried to pursue in hockey, both on and off the ice, and I think that’s something I could do for SGA — taking what everyone else wants to see and making sure that’s my focus before doing anything that I would want to see.” to his victims. Ford was arrested at an Atlanta airport in May and pled guilty in December to nine counts of cyberstalking, seven counts of computer hacking to extort and one count of wire fraud. Ford claimed he was a member of Google’s account
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Brock Frazer, a junior professional selling major, has been playing hockey since he was 3 years old. He decided to come to Ball State after not wanting to risk playing junior hockey instead of going to school.
“deletion team,” which doesn’t exist, to get victims to hand over their passwords, prosecutors said. After accessing the email accounts, Ford used the women’s passwords to access their email and social media accounts to search for sexually explicit pho-
tographs and personal information. He then sent messages threatening to put the images online or send them to the women’s families and friends if they didn’t do what he wanted, a practice known as ‘sextortion’ in the legal field. In a single day last April,
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When RJ Mitte was a child, he had leg braces and sometimes casts on his legs. He considered this a normal part of life until he went to school and was bullied because of his cerebral palsy, which he was diagnosed with at the age of 3. Kids at school would point his leg braces out to him, but he didn’t let this stop him from achieving his goal of becoming a well known actor. Popular for his role as Walter White Jr. in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” Mitte spoke about
“Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage” on Monday in Pruis Hall. This was part of the Excellence in Leadership lecture series. Mitte’s career in acting began after his younger sister started out in 2005. His mother took her to an agent and brought him along, too. While there, the agent asked Mitte if he wanted to act as well; he’s been doing it ever since. The entertainment industry has not always been so willing to hire actors with disabilities. Mitte said a disability is often seen as a liability for a job. People were afraid that he was going to break bones while on set. “When you are a business owner and you see someone with a physical disability or you see something wrong, they look at that as a liability. And I think the hardest thing
is reminding them that a disability is not a liability; it’s a strength. It’s knowledge. It’s an opportunity for you,” Mitte said. Now, years after having to put up with school bullies and building his acting career, Mitte is a spokesperson for many different advocacy groups, such as the National Disability Institute’s Real Economic Impact Tour, I AM PWD, United Cerebral Palsy and PACER’s National Center for Bullying Prevention. “If you have a true platform and you have something that you can actually communicate with people about and be on the same level and actually utilize that, then I think you should take advantage of that,” Mitte said. Mitte told the attendees to never settle and to always fight for their goals and beliefs.
“You should never settle because now is not the best time that it is ever going to be your lifetime. ... You don’t need to live in fear and intimidation,” Mitte said. Mitte shared his experience with bullies throughout his life and told the audience that everyone has a choice of how they will affect people, and it’s up to them to decide whether that will be a negative or a positive effect. “You don’t have to be afraid of a bully. Bullies really don’t have any strength; it’s all fluff. A lot of times they are weak-minded individuals who are suffering in their own way,” Mitte said. Mitte also used interesting comparisons throughout the lecture to convey his message. “We’re all on the same sinking ship, just some people are deeper in the water than
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RJ Mitte, known for his role as Walter White Jr. in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” spoke at Ball State Monday about “Overcoming Adversity: Turning a Disadvantage into an Advantage” at Pruis Hall as part of the Excellence in Leadership lecture series. Mitte was bullied as a child because of his cerebral palsy.
others ,” Mitte said in an interview with student media. During the lecture, Mitte talked about how everyone has a disability, or a challenge, that we have to overcome in our lifetime. “We all have these disabilities,” Mitte said. “Some can
be physical, mental, family, friends, things in life or objects that are blocking us. That’s what a disability is. I think that they’re all there to show us who we really can become or what we’re going to do with our life.”
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This week is Women’s Week, which features activities that explore identity issues. One of the events is “An Evening with Roxane Gay,” where the New York Times Best Selling author of “Bad Feminist” will give a talk about her experiences at 6:30 p.m. today in Pruis Hall. “Bad Feminist” is a collection of essays that cover topics from Scrabble tournaments to “The Hunger Games.” Throughout the book, she encourages people to accept who they are rather than striving to be a “perfect” feminist. In addition to writing the book, Gay is a blogger, editor and professor of English at Purdue. The event is sponsored by the women’s and gender studies program, Excellence in Leadership, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Communication Studies, Housing and Residence Life, the Department of English and the Multicultural Center. Ashleigh Bingham, the doctoral assistant of the women’s and gender studies program, said the program wanted to have a woman of color for Women’s Week since feminism is often represented by white women. She thinks Gay’s message will resonate with people because “humans can relate to problems” rather than ideals. Lisa Pellerin, the director of women’s and gender studies, said the event is free and there will be a question and answer session. However, Gay will not be reading from “Bad Feminist.” – ALLISON NUSBAUM PHOTO COURTESY KELLY WRITERHOUSE FLICKR
This week is Women’s Week at Ball State, and one of the events is “An Evening with Roxane Gay,” the author of “Bad Feminist,” at 6:30 p.m. today. In this photo, Gay is shown talking to a crowd on April 21, 2014, at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia.
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