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THE DAILY NEWS GRADES OUTGOING SGA SLATE OPTIC414 Canada geese invasion: The geese have returned. Here’s what that means for campus.406

African students arrive to Muncie: 15 students will spend two weeks studing in the U.S. 416

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SGA is working on legislation that would allow American Sign Language to be counted as part of the university’s foreign language requirements.

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Tia Kiaku represents Ball State gymnastics

Park Hall hosts ‘A Day with Autism’

4April 9: Frank Felsenstein, the son of Holocaust survivors Moritz Felsenstein and Vera Hirsch, gave this year’s Holocaust Memorial Lecture after a March 21 cancellation of Maude Dahme’s lecture due to inclement weather. The presentation was held ahead of Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 12.

4April 9: Ball State gymnastics sent two gymnasts to the NCAA Central Regional in Columbus, Ohio, April 9. Freshman Tia Kaiku was a specialist on floor, marking the first time the Cardinals have sent a specialist to a national competition since 2016. Kiaku’s performance on floor scored a 9.825, putting her in a three-way tie for 20th place.

4April 10: Students were able to experience a simulation of sensory overloads people on the autism spectrum may experience April 9 in the Park Hall event ‘A Day with Autism.’ Participants could experience taste, texture, auditory, social and learning environment overexposure at the event, which was designed to bring awareness.

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Ball State baseball’s pitching staff shines

Strategic planning forum approaching

4April 10: Using a variety of pitchers, Ball State baseball (1615, 4-5 MAC) was able to pitch a 2-0 shutout at in-state rival Purdue (15-13, 4-2 Big Ten) April 10 in West Lafayette. Redshirt junior Evan Marquardt started for the Cardinals and pitched two shutout innings before giving way to four Ball State pitchers.

4April 11: The next strategic planning forum, led by President Geoffrey S. Mearns, will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon April 13 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Cardinal Hall B. Attendees will freewrite to explore their own thoughts about impactful teaching tools and strategies before sharing their ideas with colleagues.

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4April 11: After closing in October, the Minnetrista Farmers Market will open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday, starting May 5. Currently, there aren’t any changes to the market, but Minnetrista marketing manager Katy Maggart said the staff tries to add vendors every year to continue making more options available. VOL. 97 ISSUE: 29 CONTACT THE DN Newsroom: 765-285-8245 Editor: 765-285-8249, editor@bsudailynews.com

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NEXT WEEK: There will finally be a break from the wintry weather we have been experiencing. We’ll see spring-like temps back in play to close out the week. Cooler air returns Sunday.

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4ON THE COVER: A new American Sign Language, ASL, program could be offered to Ball State students in the future. ERIC PRITCHETT, MADELINE GROSH, DN

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CORRECTION In the April 5 edition, it was reported that the next strategic forum would be April 22. The correct date was April 13. The clothing brand NRML LIE.F was also misattributed to Josh Simmons and Nate Robert-Eze. Their brand is 2eze Apparel. To submit a correction, email editor@bsudailynews.com.

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Greenhouse to host student art show

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Ball State’s Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse will exhibit work from first- and second-year undergraduate students in an art show titled, “Inspired by Orchids.” The event, which planners hope will become a tradition, will run through April 28. The greenhouse plans to host a similar show in November.

Crime

UPD, ISP respond to dumpster meth lab The Ball State University Police Department was called to the area of North Reserve and West North streets on reports of a meth lab in a dumpster. UPD Chief Jim Duckham said officers secured the area and contacted the Indiana State Police to clean up the lab. Senior media strategist Marc Ransford said no arrests have been made, and there are no suspects at this time.

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Student Government Association senate welcomed President Geoffrey S. Mearns to its meeting for an open forum Wednesday. The forum, which is a part of the 2018 Strategic Planning Process, allowed senate members to discuss the future prospects, accomplishments and improvements of the university with the president.

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UPD dispatch officers sit down with The Daily News In the middle of Public Safety Telecommunications Week, Ball State officers answer questions about their jobs. Andrew Smith Reporter If you’ve called University Police recently, there is a good chance you talked to one of the five telecommunications officers. They are the connection between callers and the resources they need, like police officers or paramedics. Public Safety Telecommunications Week, which is from April 8-14, celebrates dispatchers, including those who work for UPD. The week, which started in California in 1981, was recognized by the United States Congress in 1991 as a week to thank the emergency telecommunications technicians, or more commonly, dispatchers. The Daily News sat down with two of the department’s telecommunications officers, Melody Davis and Jeremy Waymire, to ask them a few questions about their jobs.

Melody Davis Q: How long have you been working here? A: I have been here six years as a communication officer. I have been working for 29. Q: Where did you work previously? A: Indiana State Police Q: What made you want to be a dispatcher? A: To be honest, I wanted to be an officer, and my parents forbid me to at the age of 18. So then I went another route, and I stumbled into dispatching and realized I could do a lot for the public by being a dispatcher. You’re the first line of communication when someone is having an emergency. Q: What are some of those bad and great calls? A: Someone in emotional distress and they don’t know where else to turn to. It just heightens your sense of awareness. You treat those a little bit more delicately than you would another call. And then the simple calls, occasionally you’ll get that phone call from an elderly person thinking they’ve got AT&T and need help with their phone. So, if you’re not busy, you help them with their phone and make their day. Q: How do you stay calm while the callers are freaking out? A: Throughout your training process from day one, they tell you that your voice inflections and your behavior can create the other person to either be relaxed or to go into a complete meltdown. So, you want to keep that person as relaxed as you can. You just talk to them calmly, softly and keep asking repetitive questions, and at one point you might have to say, ‘I need you to calm down so you can help your mom better or your dad better.’ Or here, we get a lot of the emergency phone calls coming in through the campus elevators. You might get stuck in the elevator, and if you’ve got claustrophobia, that really escalates your situation. And just to have someone on that phone talking to you and talking you through it until the officers arrive and the firemen, it makes a huge deal. Q: If a call comes in, what do you do? A: We have a lot of students call because we also take phone calls for Charlie Charter for parking

services, so they’ll call us and need assistance with their vehicles, either a jump start or an unlock if they’ve locked their keys in the car. They will also call us with parking questions and situations. And then we have parents call to want to check on their children because they haven’t heard or talked to them for a day or two. And then the officers do their traffic stops. So we are there for them, too. It’s a lot of multitasking at times. We answer all 911 phones from all campus buildings. If you dial 911, it comes here first, and the emergency phones in the elevators are tied to our 911 system, so they come here. And the blue lights around campus are emergency phones. You pick that up or engage it and it immediately comes to us, and then all of the security alarms and fire alarms on campus come here, as well.

Jeremy Waymire Q: What are some of the things you enjoy about your job? A: The stuff I enjoy — helping the community, helping people in need. You know, making sure the officers working the road, fire and EMS guys — that are out there assisting with our calls — are safe and taken care of and they have everything they need as quick as I can get it to them so they can help the people they’re helping in need. It’s very rewarding. Q: What inspired you to get into a career where you are helping people to the level you’re helping them at now? A: Originally, I wanted to get into something with law enforcement. I was kind of looking at being a conservation officer. I spoke with a couple of conservation officers. They said it was kind of difficult at the time to get involved with it just because they didn’t have a high turnover rate and they weren’t doing a lot of hiring at that time. So, I was 18, I needed a job fresh out of high school, was going to college for architecture and I’d done an internship in high school with the local police department. So I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to get a job part-time as a dispatcher, kind of get my foot in the door, feel it out, see if I like it,’ and it just kind of snowballed from there. I got head over heels in love with it and just ended up sticking with it. Q: What keeps you calm when someone is panicking to the max? A: The training and the experience I have had over the years. You just kind of fall back on your training and know that this is the job you signed up for, so we have to keep our composure or it will all go downhill. Even if the officers on the radio hear that you’re excited, then they start getting a little bit of excitement in their voice and, you know, the adrenaline starts going. So, as long as we’re calm in here, everyone around us will stay calm — the officers, the other first responders, the callers, things like that. So you just have to fall back on your training, and keep telling yourself, ‘Stay calm stay calm.’ Q: How much training do they put you through? A: When I started, it was a couple of hours on the

TOP: National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, a week to say “thank you” to dispatchers, is takes place April 8-14. Local public safety agencies are bringing in food and gifts to dispatchers at the Delaware County Emergency Communications Center this week. ANDREW SMITH, DN BOTTOM: A former UPD dispatcher answer phone calls and alerts officers in August 1976. DIGITAL MEDIA REPOSITORY counsel with another dispatcher. Now, here at this department, we put you through a 40-hour basic telecommunicator course before you do anything else. After that basic telecommunicator course, then you go through a 40-hour what we call emergency medical dispatch course or EMD course that prepares you to give first responder instructions, CPR, things like that over-the-phone, some pre-arrival medical instructions. Once you complete that course, then you go sit down here at the counsel, depending on your experience. If you’re fresh — never done this before — you could be in here with another dispatcher or

trainer for another six to eight weeks before we start looking to get you out on your own. If you have previous experience, it may be a little shorter. You may be here for four weeks, six weeks — somewhere around there. So, you’re looking at minimum, before you even sit down to start answering phones or working on the computer, you’re looking at a minimum, 80 hours of classroom work. Kwaku Dakwa contributed to this story. Contact Andrew Smith with comments at ajsmith15@bsu.edu or on Twitter @AndrewSmithNews.

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SGA pushes to qualify ASL courses for university foreign language requirements Liz Rieth Reporter Silence, absolute silence. Some, such as Jeff Choates, Ball State American Sign Language (ASL) adjunct professor, are born into a silent world, into a deaf community. He, his parents and his brother are all deaf. Choate said ASL is the way his family communicates. Now, he wants “everyone to understand ASL as a language.” While ASL is the sixth most-used language in the U.S., according to Gallaudet University, courses in the language cannot be taken to fulfill Ball State’s foreign language requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree. “Why is ASL not offered as a foreign language?” Choate said. “ASL is the true language of the deaf. The deaf communicate with each other using it. “More and more deaf people become active in the hearing society, participating in any activities that most are in ...We now live in a multicultural country embracing people of different languages and culture.” Ball State students can currently take Chinese,

French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin or Spanish to earn at least the three credits of foreign language courses Ball State requires for a Bachelor of Arts degree or for University Core Curriculum (UCC). Student Government Association (SGA) senator Marcus Jennings wants to see change and coauthored a SGA resolution promoting ASL courses at Ball State. He said the resolution is the first step for the inclusion of sign language courses in the university’s requirements. “This resolution is supporting the steps to allow this. This is a foundation,” Jennings said. “I hope to increase the number of students that take the course. Then, there is an increase in the number of students who can communicate effectively.” Currently, students at both Purdue University and Indiana University can take ASL courses to fulfill foreign language requirements. Ball State ASL courses, however, are offered to all students with limited space due to a lack of resources, said David McIntosh, chairperson of the department of special education. Student Government Association (SGA) senator Marcus Jennings co-authored a SGA resolution promoting ASL courses at 4See ASL, 23 Ball State. Currently, students cannot take ASL as their foreign language requirement. MADELINE GROSH, DN

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Student creates virtually waterless car wash Andrew Harp Reporter One student founded a company where car washes that use gallons of water are a thing of the past. Rhett Barker, a senior marketing major, launched a company last summer called Flipside Mobile Car Wash with his business partner Caleb Young. The company is an on-demand, full-service and virtually waterless mobile car detailing company. Barker said his company was built to add convenience to people’s lives by allowing customers to order car washes through its website or app. Barker said because the washes are done by hand, they are of higher quality while also only using 2 to 4 ounces of water compared to the average car wash, which uses around 80 gallons of water. When he started his company, Barker said he didn’t realize the environmental impact his business could have. “We’re kind of disrupting the car wash industry by almost acting as global ambassadors of the water crisis,” Barker said. The company partners with hotels, country clubs, restaurants and apartment complexes. He said the company is currently beta-testing residential markets in northern Indianapolis, which will eventually be the most prominent area of focus for the company. Barker said the company will have its own line of waterless car wash solution in the spring to help procure that residential market, and despite the company still being young, it has experienced

significant growth. Barker decided to send a bid to the annual Texas Christian University Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, after he received an email from Krystal Geyer, the assistant director of the Ball State Entrepreneurship Center. Geyer said she heavily encourages students to participate in as many competitions as possible in order to put themselves out there, whether they’re accepted into the competition or not. “It’s kind of low-hanging fruit for student entrepreneurs,” Geyer said. “It’s a chance to gain early investments and validations for their concept.” Barker said when he filed the bid, he did not realize the true scope of the competition. Top winners could earn cash prizes up to tens-of-thousands of dollars to go toward a group’s company or project. Barker said more than 900 schools applied to the competition and only 55 groups were selected. “We didn’t realize we were going to be competing against literally, like, the top undergrad entrepreneurs from around the world,” Barker said. “It’s really cool to see Ball State up in the ranks with these insanely prestigious schools.” At the competition, he said it was great to be around students from schools all over the world who have come together for the same goal: to create and pitch ideas that can benefit society in one way or another. “Every single one of us shared the same values. All of us were just driven to benefit society in some way,” Barker said. “I’m really excited about what’s to come in the future.”

Barker said his presentation went well, with many judges and venture capitalists interested in Flipside. However, Barker said his chances of reaching the final round were small because the company was already making money. Still, Barker said being able to network and meet people interested in the company was a worthwhile experience. “By the time we took off from Indy’s airport to the time we came home, we were constantly networking with people,” Barker said “People have already started reaching out to us wanting to bring our service to a new area. It was a great, awesome weekend for Flipside and both myself and my partner in general.” Theodore Baker, executive director of Innovation Connector and instructor of entrepreneurship, said he first took notice of Barker in class. From there, Barker and Baker shared ideas on Flipside and Baker said he noticed Barker “gets it” when it came to this area of business. “Not every college student is building a business of their own while they’re in school,” Baker said. “It can go big really quick if he really wants it to. He’s not been afraid to try things, but he’s also not been afraid to get people to listen to him.” Baker said through Innovation Connector, Barker has been able to connect with the entrepreneurial community as well as pitch competitions at the university. Barker also was the first presenter at the university chapter of 1 Million Cups, a nationwide organization for entrepreneurial pitches and activities.

“I’ve had a great interest in seeing how resources at the Innovation Connector or what I do at Ball State could help him out and help him grow what he’s doing,” Baker said. Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.

Senior marketing major Rhett Barker launched Flipside Mobile Car Wash with his business partner Caleb Young. The company is a virtually waterless car wash. RHETT BARKER, PHOTO PROVIDED

Geese return to campus, create extra work for university Hannah Gunnell Reporter Geese are slowly making their return to campus — something that has both students and the university’s facilities planning and management department on edge. There are many different types of geese, but the most common goose around Muncie, and Indiana in general, are the branta canadensis, or Canada goose, said biology professor Kamal Islam in an email. They are defined by their long necks, black heads and white chins. The Canada goose makes its home near water, grassy fields and grain fields, but one can also find them on people’s lawns. This is because the Canada goose eats grass and a mowed lawn gives them a wide view of predators, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This type of goose is also territorial and hostile. “At this time of the year [the breeding season], male Canada geese are very protective of their mates,” Islam said. “So, if any person approaches a pair, the male will defend his female. Also, both parents raise their young; therefore, when their young hatch, both parents will be protective of their goslings.”

Islam said the best way to avoid being attacked is to give the geese space. On campus, the Canada goose primarily can be found around the two duck ponds by Johnson Hall and the pond behind Park Hall, associate vice president of facilities Michael Planton said. “They also like to hang out where the grass is short,” Planton said. “When it grows, it’s nice and fresh and they like to eat that.” These geese prefer to stay in flocks. They mate for life and like to migrate to places where the weather is above 35 degrees, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Planton said the geese are not migrating like they used to. “Because winters are a little milder, the water stays open, they have food sources, so they just don’t leave,” he said. “So, the populations build up and they chase off everyone else. They’re called duck ponds, but we hardly have ducks.” Since the Canada goose is federally

mind, they think this is not edible, so they move somewhere else.” However, Planton said the process is similar to dying hair. When the grass gets longer, it has to be mowed, but by mowing, facilities removes the grass covered in the product. Then they have to reapply it. For this reason, facilities stops applying it once they begin mowing the grass every week, which begins once the snow stops. Planton said this year facilities is going to try to use noisemakers to drive geese away. The only concern he has is the possibility of scaring the birds onto the road where they can be hit by cars. “You’re kind of just sitting there looking at them wishing I could do other things, but I can’t,” Planton said. In addition to trying to keep geese off of campus green spaces, facilities has to hose off walkways due to geese waste. However, Planton said the university doesn’t keep track of those costs because they are minimal. Contact Hannah Gunnell with comments at ELLIOTT DEROSE, DN ILLUSTRATION hrgunnell@bsu.edu.

protected, facilities is not allowed to remove the species from campus. The only thing facilities can do is discourage the geese from settling on campus without harming the bird, Planton said. Planton said facilities tries to keep the birds away by using a product called “Goose Be Gone.” He said it costs about $50 per bottle. “It is a product that we spray on the grass, and when the geese look at the grass it appears to be red and not green,” Planton said. “In their

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Muncie couple promotes use of solar panels throughout Indiana So far, the former professors have been an integral part of the installation of solar panels on 22 homes. Andrew Harp Reporter A retired Ball State University couple are taking their knowledge of sustainability and clean energy to the forefront of East Central Indiana to help households procure solar energy for their own properties. Solarize East Central Indiana, or Solarize ECI, which is directed by John Vann, retired marketing professor, and Carolyn Vann, retired biology professor, works to help Hoosiers obtain discounted panels. The couple has worked with various environmental organizations over the years. John helped develop a sustainability minor at Ball State, and Carolyn worked on the proposal for the solar panels at Kennedy Library — which now produce power for the building. The couple travels around Indiana giving presentations at places like Kennedy Library to educate the Indiana population on the benefits of solar panels. “Our goal is to get as many households as possible,” John said. At the end of these presentations, those who attend can sign up to get in touch with the solar panel installation company. This relationship leads to a 20 percent discount from the installation company, along with a 30 percent federal tax credit

and 15 years of net metering, or energy that is stored in an electric grid to offset costs. With these savings, John and Carolyn said the average pay-off time for Indiana homeowners is 10 years. John said he hopes forums like these will help guide people who are interested in solar energy but may have no idea where to even start. “We give them information about how it works, why they should do it, and we simplify it,” John said. John and Carolyn receive no financial benefit from directing Solarize ECI and work on it during their own time. John and Carolyn started doing presentations in September. So far, Solarize ECI has recruited 22 households to purchase and use solar panels. “It happened so fast in the fall,” Carolyn said. Adam Beach, professor and dean of the English graduate program, installed 18 solar panels on his house three months ago. Beach said he was always interested in solar energy, and when John pitched the opportunities Solarize ECI had to offer, he decided to take the next step. “For me, it’s been a really positive experience. I feel good that I did it,” Beach said. Beach said in March his panels were able to generate 500 kilowatt hours, which is about the amount of power his household will use, resulting in an even energy bill for the month.

John and Beach said the biggest obstacle for customers wanting to purchase solar panels is the upfront cost. Beach said the initial investment is difficult if you don’t happen to have the money to begin with. “It’s a long-term project where you have to be invested upfront, and you have to be able to wait long-term to get your money back,” Beach said. “But for me, because of my environmental interests, I just love having them.” Beach said the panels also have made him and his family more mindful of electricity use, and thanks to an app on his phone, he’s able to track how much energy the panels produce. John and Carolyn are now planning to install 30 solar panels on top of their barn to power their home. “If you have the money upfront, I can’t see why anybody would turn it down,” John said. Carolyn said many of the people who were most likely going to purchase solar panels in Muncie have already done so, which has led to lower

interest in solar panels in recent months. However, John and Carolyn plan to branch out from Muncie, scheduling forums for Anderson, Alexandria, Centerville and Richmond, with one coming up in New Castle soon. “It’s been kind of a fight,” Carolyn said. “A lot of legislators don’t like solar because the big money is with the electric companies.” Carolyn said people need to educate themselves on environmental subjects like climate change and pollution to garner an understanding of the importance of renewable energy like solar. In 2015, Indiana was ranked eighth in coal production and third in coal consumption within the United States. Coal combustion can create carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and many other gases that tend to affect climate and the environment. “We have to do something now,” Carolyn said. “We can make it better.” Contact Andrew Harp with comments at adharp@bsu.edu or on Twitter @adharp24.

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On Feb. 23, the third day of Indira Komanapalli’s solar installation, crew members of Third Sun Solar begin to drill the panels into the roof. Each panel weighs about 50 pounds, so each worker has to delicately carry it up a ladder and hand it off to be laid down. RACHEL ELLIS, DN

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Shirts against sexual assault Shirts hang in The Quad April 9 as a part of The Clothes Line Project, which aims to provide evidence that incest, domestic violence and sexual assault exist in communities. The project was put together by Ball Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Step In. Speak Up. MADELINE GROSH, DN

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Swimming & Diving

Coach Bob Thomas announces retirement After 39 years spent serving as Ball State’s men’s swimming coach, Bob Thomas has announced his retirement effective July 2018. Thomas became a coach in 1979 and will leave the winningest coach in program history with 217 total wins, including an undefeated season in 1991-92.

Volleyball

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Ball State men’s volleyball players Matt Walsh, Mitch Weiler, Jake Romano and Ben Chinnici all earned a spot on the 2018 All-MIVA teams. Walsh was named to the All-MIVA First Team for the second straight year. Weiler and Romano were the two Cardinals named to the All-MIVA Second Team, and Chinnici was named to the All-Freshman Team.

Track & Field

Ball State Challenge date adjusted With stormy and windy weather in the forecast for Saturday, Ball State track and field has adjusted this weekend’s Ball State Challenge to a Friday-only meet. This is the Cardinals’ first home meet of the spring season. It will begin at 10 a.m.

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Baseball returns home to face Miami Cardinals prepare to face MAC leader in three-game series Kara Biernat Sports Editor Ball State baseball returns home this weekend to host a three-game series against Miami. The Redhawks will come to Muncie boasting a 17-9 (6-3 MAC) record to sit atop the Mid-American Conference rankings. Coming off a win over Purdue Tuesday, Ball State enters the weekend a game over .500 (16-15, 4-5 MAC). “Miami’s in first place and they have great pitching and gets lots of steals,” head coach Rich Maloney said. “They’re very aggressive and we’re going to have to play really well and solid.” The Redhawk pitching staff is going to challenge the Cardinals this weekend. Spencer Mraz leads the rotation with a 1.02 ERA and a 3-0 record. The right-handed sophomore went a career-high seven scoreless innings in his last start and notched four strikeouts while walking none, to get the win over Bowling Green. Senior righty Gus Graham is also undefeated on the season with a pair of wins and a 3.63 ERA.

On the other side, Ball State has a pair of undefeated pitchers in Drey Jameson (2-0) and Nick Floyd (4-0). Jameson, the right-handed freshman, was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week Monday. Aside from the pitcher’s duel that is favored to take place, Maloney knows his team has to perform well on the field and at the plate. “We have to throw strikes and make routine plays,” Maloney said. “We have to try to barrel up as many balls as we can and hit the ball hard.” Junior Chase Sebby and redshirt senior Jeff Riedel lead Ball State’s bats on the stat sheet so far this season. Sebby holds a .328 batting average with 20 hits and five RBIs, and Riedel holds a .308 batting average with 33 hits and 18 RBIs. Off the Cardinals’ bench, Noah Powell is sitting at a .302 batting average with19 hits, two home runs and 11 RBIs. Powell served as the decision maker in Tuesday’s victory over Purdue, hitting a leadoff home run in the top of the sixth inning to propel the team to a win. “Noah has given the team a good lift,” Maloney said. “He won the shortstop job with grit and he’s given us a

Senior Justin Kirkpatrick strikes out in the bottom of the 8th inning March 16 at the game at First Merchants Ballpark Complex. The Cardinals face the Redhawks in a three-game series this weekend. REBECCA SLEZAK, DN FILE lot of great opportunities.” The first pitch of the series is set for 3 p.m. Friday at First Merchants Ball Park.

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With the regular season under wraps, and the postseason officially upon us, it’s now win or go home for No. 11 Ball State men’s volleyball and the rest of the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Riding a four-match winning streak, which includes a marquee comeback victory over No. 7 Ohio State to finish the regular season, Ball State looks to have built some momentum entering the MIVA Tournament. Ball State’s strong finish to the regular season earned the team the third seed in the conference tournament (17-11, 10-4 MIVA), and the team will host McKendree (11-14, 6-8 MIVA) in the quarterfinal round. The Cardinals split in their regular-season series with the Bearcats, each winning on their home court. Both teams tout players in the top 15 in multiple

categories. For Ball State, Matt Walsh ranks 11th in kills with 253, while Matt Szews sits 8th at 267. Senior outside hitter Nolan Rueter paces McKendree with 257 kills to sit 10th in the conference. On defense, both teams bring top 10 blockers into this matchup. Matt Walsh is tied with Lewis’s Tyler Mitchem for first in blocks per set at 1.18. Brendan Schmidt leads McKendree with .97 per set, which is good for 8th in the conference. If Ball State wins Saturday’s matchup against McKendree, it will move on to the MIVA Tournament Semifinals to face the winner of No. 6 Loyola-Chicago and Lindenwood’s quarterfinal matchup Wednesday. Should Loyola knock off Lindenwood, Ball State would travel to Chicago for a third match with the Ramblers. Ball State went 1-1 against Loyola in the regular season, winning in four sets at home and ending up on the wrong end of a sweep when it traveled to Chicago.

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Ball State men’s volleyball wins Senior Night against Ohio State Ball State men’s volleyball competed against Ohio on their Senior Night April 7 in John E. Worthen Arena. The Cardinals won against the No. 7 Buckeyes in a close 3-2 set. ERIC PRITCHETT, DN

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Texas A&M transfer making presence felt at Ball State Hank Hughes believes he has what it takes to fulfill his dream of playing college football. Zach Piatt Reporter Most college quarterbacks who transfer to a new program only to be third on the depth chart don’t have the most confidence in the world. Hank Hughes is different. After never touching the field in two seasons at Texas A&M, the sophomore came to Ball State to play. “I bring a different kind of swagger coming from a school like Texas A&M,” Hughes said. “I understand what it means to play big-time football.” Confidence and swagger are two things Hughes does not lack. In fact, Ball State head coach Mike Neu said he and the coaching staff noticed Hughes had a little something extra to him when he first arrived in Muncie for spring practices. “He likes to talk a little bit of noise, in the right way,” Neu said. “I think our defensive guys were caught off guard maybe the first time it happened. Like, ‘Wait a minute, what did he just say right there?’… That’s been fun to see, and they’ve embraced that.” Redshirt junior Riley Neal and redshirt sophomore Drew Plitt are currently ahead of Hughes on the depth chart. Neu said Hughes has

done a good job learning the offense and adjusting to the new system, but he just doesn’t have the experience of the other quarterbacks. “He knows the quarterback room is competitive,” Neu said. “He’s a competitive guy, and I think he’ll embrace the competition throughout the rest of the spring.” Plitt said having Hughes around has been a good thing and has helped in the development process. “Everybody’s got to be on top of their game because everybody’s good and pushing each other,” Plitt said. “He’s just another guy trying to do what I’m trying to do and get that starting job. We’re all competing for the same thing.” Competition is in Hughes’s blood. He grew up as the youngest of six, and two of his brothers also played collegiate sports. Hughes said watching his brother Rush play football at SMU was the beginning of his dream to play college football. Hughes had multiple offers out of high school, but growing up in Richardson, Texas, he chose to pursue the dream of following up Johnny Manziel at Texas A&M. Hughes joined the team as a preferred walk-on but never got the chance to play in two seasons. “When A&M asked me to come on board,

that was a dream come true,” Hughes said. “But then I realized if I really want to play and pursue my dream of playing college football, I should probably go somewhere where I’m going to get that opportunity.” Hughes said he loved the idea of coming to Ball State because he wouldn’t have to sit out a year. He loved the coaching staff, and the team made him feel welcome during his official visit. Hughes is third-string right now, but Neu said having an abundance of quarterbacks is never a bad thing, especially after having to use four due to injuries last season. “Every quarterback knows only one guy can play,” Neu said. “It’s unfortunate, but it’s a true statement that you are one play away, and you always have to be ready.” For now, Hughes is waiting for his opportunity, but he is more than confident he will be prepared when his time comes. “I’m just going to keep working, keep my head down and make sure I’m doing everything right,” Hughes said. “Whenever my number’s called, whenever that may be, I’ll be ready.” Contact Zach Piatt at zapiatt@bsu.edu or on Twitter @zachpiatt13. TEXAS A&M, PHOTO COURTESY

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Why Sinclair poses a threat to more than just journalists Evan Hatfield is a sophomore journalism major and writes “Never Being Boring” for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Evan at erhatfield@ bsu.edu. One of the biggest issues in the world of news as of late is a company that may soon have control of two major Indiana TV stations. Evan The name Sinclair Hatfield Broadcast Group has slowly risen in prominence over Columnist, Never Being the past year. The company Boring has gained attention for the insertion of its rightwing views into local news broadcasts through a number of methods. Their latest effort was a corporate mandate that led to dozens of anchors across the country being required to read a slanted message about “biased and false news.” A video with many of the resulting editorialized segments being played over each other has been making the rounds for more than a week. It’s chilling, perhaps even dystopian, to watch. It’s the sort of thing I might expect to see in a sci-fi film or even a bad dream. But no, it’s very real. This happening on even one station is disconcerting. But what about when it’s happening on 173 stations across the country? And what if that number could be about to jump even farther? Sinclair announced its intent in May of last year to purchase Tribune Media in a $3.9 billion deal, which would allow it to push its station count over 200 and expand its reach into such major cities as Chicago. They’d also gain control of CBS4 and Fox 59 in Indianapolis. And though the viewers might not notice

the change, that new ownership could have significant ramifications for local television news. It’s worth bearing in mind more people consume local TV news than any other news source, according to a Pew Research Center study from late last year. That means there are many people who get information about local politics and other important issues from their local newscasts that they otherwise might not hear about at all. With Sinclair in control, they still might not find out about those stories. A new study from Emory University in Atlanta found that local news on stations owned by Sinclair increased coverage of national politics by 25 percent at the expense of local political coverage. Consider that Sinclair owns dozens of what are supposed to be local news operations. Often, those stations are operating in areas where the local newspaper is a thing of the distant past. So, if those newscasts stop covering issues that particularly matter to the community, who’s left to speak up for the people? Being able to have some idea of what’s going on in the world around us is a significant part of what makes democracy work. Without that, we’re left in the dark in a sea of confusion. An informed democracy can’t survive in those conditions. And while it’s not necessarily a bad thing that they’re bringing up national politics more, it’s problematic when stations across the country are being required to insert what are essentially conservative opinion pieces into local newscasts that people have come to trust. Odds are, people won’t even notice that opinion is being injected into what should be objective newscasts. That could have massive ramifications, even more so than the talking points in other conservative media outlets such as Fox News. One line from the script anchors had to read about “fake news” was that “this is extremely

Garrett Looker is a junior magazine journalism major and writes “Finding Beneficence” and creates illustrations for The Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Contact Garrett at galooker@bsu.edu.

dangerous to our democracy.” They’re right — but not in the sense Sinclair may have intended. The question then becomes “what can we do about it?” And sure, it may seem hopeless, with this being a multi-billion dollar company with no signs of slowing down. But it isn’t. Opposition to what Sinclair is doing has been building over the last few days. Amy Schumer is avoiding interviews with Sinclair stations in promoting her new movie. Watchdog groups are buying anti-Sinclair ads to shed more light on what the company does. Political candidates across the country are

calling for boycotts of the company. But it goes beyond Sinclair. Disinformation still runs rampant, even without them. Above all, the best thing anybody can do is pay more attention to the sources we get our news from. Are they fair? Are they accurate? Are they reliable? My goal as a journalist has always been to present the truth. If we’re not able to do that, who will? So get informed. Get curious. Demand nothing less than the truth. Our democracy depends on it.

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Our View: Outgoing executive slate OPTiC completes 6 out of 9 platform points, earns a C+ Each year, The Daily News evaluates and assigns a grade to the outgoing Student Government Association slate. When campaigning, the outgoing executive slate OPTiC promised to accomplish nine platform points. During OPTiC’s tenure, five of the points have been adjusted or renamed, though SGA President Greg Carbó said six of the nine points have been fully completed with plans to accomplish the remaining three by the end of the semester.

Organizing UPD LiveSafe Initiative: Somewhat Complete Originally, Carbó said the point aimed to host a summit for chiefs of university police departments from around the state. Now, the point — which is spearheaded by senator Kaleb Chowning and secretary of student safety Drake Spangler — has been readjusted to support LiveSafe, a campus safety app, and its integration into Ball State’s campus. One of the app’s functions features a service that asks friends to watch each other walk across campus via GPS. Carbó said the bidding process for the safety app to be brought on campus has begun, and because OPTiC found and brought LiveSafe to campus officials, Carbó said he feels the point is complete. The incoming slate, Amplify, will continue to work to bring LiveSafe to campus, hopefully by spring of 2019, Carbó said. • Allocated budget: $200 • Used (as of April 4): none • Remaining: $200

Expand current academic resources on campus: Complete SGA created a cyber security team to collaborate with the Office of Information Security Services to help protect student emails from being hacked. Additionally, SGA is providing student feedback while the university evaluates Blackboard and Canvas, Carbó said. SGA will also host “Back to

the Books Bash” during finals week, where SGA members will provide free food, tutors and study locations for students, Carbó said. • Allocated budget: $1,000 • Used (as of April 4): $415.23 • Remaining: $584.77

Fostering student-teacher relationships: Complete SGA is recognizing teachers of students’ choosing through a survey. The winning teachers will receive a plaque, and the classes with the most student participants will receive a pizza or doughnut party. SGA treasurer Kaia Thompson said she received about 250 responses from students nominating about 160 teachers. Currently, Thompson said 21 of those teachers have won, though she is unsure if there will be an official SGA announcement about the winners. • Allocated budget: $3,000 • Used (as of April 4): none • Remaining: $3,000

Advancing technology on campus: Complete Carbó said this point had three specific goals: the Blue Loop bus route, adding charging stations around campus and making printers more accessible in Bracken Library. In September, SGA announced it extended the Blue Loop bus route to run from early November to early May. Printers have been added to every floor of Bracken Library. Ten charging stations have been bought by SGA — four are in the library, one is in the SGA office and the remaining five have yet to be placed. • Allocated budget: $3,550 and $3,150 rollover from previous SGA slate • Used (as of April 4): $2,653.01 and the rollover funds • Remaining: $896.99

Providing incentives for multicultural

organizations’ collaboration: Complete Carbó said this platform point was created to help multicultural organizations work together. In order to do so, a $5,000 collaboration fund was established. However, Thompson said $2,000 from the collaboration fund and $750 from the small organization fund has moved toward the co-sponsorship fund, which now totals $10,250.

Initiate 5-year art plan: Not completed Carbó said SGA has spoken with the director of the school of art, Arne Flaten; associate director for landscape and environmental management, Michael Planton; associate vice president for facilities planning and management, Jim Lowe; and President Geoffrey S. Mearns to start collaboration for the potentially grant-funded project. Carbó said several concepts for art, including student murals, posters and paintings have been established. Flaten, however, said he hasn’t spoken with any SGA leadership since the fall of 2017. • Allocated budget: Money used came from grants, not SGA funds • Used (as of April 4): none • Remaining: none

Establishing central location for diversity resources: Somewhat complete When the slate was campaigning, SGA secretary Lizzie Ford said OPTiC would attempt to make diversity resources more centrally available on Ball State’s website. Carbó said this goal was primarily completed through the creation of the SGA website. “For a 20,000-student school, for SGA not to have a website, it was ridiculous,” Carbó said. “So, we created a website and put our diversity resources on there.” Initially, the group reached out to associate director of disability

services Courtney Jarrett to have this accomplished. However, when The Daily News reached out to Jarrett April 10, she said she was unsure of the progress of this point. • Allocated budget: none • Used (as of April 4): none • Remaining: none

Mobilize discussions about open education resources: Complete This point has transitioned from its original goal, implementing OpenStax — a company that provides open-source textbooks to colleges and universities — at the university, to focusing on open educational resources. Carbó presented the idea of utilizing OpenStax to faculty council, where faculty gave him feedback on the initiative and asked questions about how it would fit into the current textbook publishing and purchasing process. Carbó said he partnered with the Open Textbook Alliance to write legislation regarding SGA’s support of open educational resources. The legislation passed in SGA senate and is currently in university council. • Allocated budget: none • Used (as of April 4): none • Remaining: none

Promote mental health initiatives on campus: Complete Ford helped SGA initiate events, partnerships and host speakers in order to promote mental health awareness on campus. “Our mental initiatives raised awareness not only of what the Health Center and Counseling Center does,” Ford said. “We raised awareness on a wide variety of topics, including mindfulness, stress management, body image and body positivity, sexual assault and violence and sexuality.” Bill Betts, director of counseling and health services, confirmed the Counseling Center partnered with SGA to bring Brittany Piper to campus and to

put on Springing into Wellness. While Ford said earlier there was a possibility OPTiC could work with Suicide Prevention Week, she said it “fell through.” • Allocated budget: $2,343.32 • Used (as of April 4): $950.56 • Remaining: $1,392.76 Considering all of these facts, The Daily News has determined OPTiC received a grade of C+ for its work. The executive slate set out a small, concise list of platform points and began work immediately after inauguration. This allowed them to accomplish most of their points during their tenure. However, one of the biggest issues The Daily News found was the lack of transparency when OPTiC changed its platform points or reallocated funds.

Additionally, at the beginning of the year, slate members said they would stay transparent with the Ball State community through the use of a website and social media; however, this did not happen. Finally, while executive slate members were responsive to the press, there was a general lack of understanding of both government and press functions. Overall, we feel that OPTiC saw various successes throughout the academic year, but the fact that they were not transparent about the processes and procedures it took to achieve its goals warrants the slate a grade of a C+.

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Pan-African Youth Leadership Program offers students learning opportunities Students will use skills learned in the United States to further improve their communities. Pauleina Brunnemer Reporter On Saturday, a group of 15 students and five mentors arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, to begin their five-day cultural journey to Ball State’s campus. “[The Pan-African Youth Leadership Program] is a two week long program in which a cohort of teens and adults come from various parts of Africa to Ball State,” said Jack Salzman, a student mentor for the program. “This is in order to learn various leadership skills to better their country. “For example, they come to a country where they need to improve their recycling, and they help learn the leadership skills to kickstart a leadership program at home. They meet with a tremendous amount of faculty and staff in various fields to learn various leadership skills.” Host families are the key to giving students in the Pan-African Youth Leadership Program, PAYLP, the experience of living in American culture because they open their homes and help transport students to and from classes each day. “We do say this is your host family, but they do initiate calling them mom and dad, and even son and daughter,” said Janice Miller, PAYLP project administrator. Kathy Ramos, Ball State’s homestay coordinator for PAYLP, works to pair families with participants by reviewing parental applications and conducting training modules and background checks. Ramos said after receiving a list of students

from the U.S. Department of State, the program then decides what families will host a male student, a female student, two male students or two female students. “Often people like to host in pairs because sometimes it can alleviate the tension,” Ramos said. “We often have older couples that have mentioned they like to host more than one because they feel they can’t entertain a teenager.” Both Mary and Kirk Robey and Michael and Kristin Sherman have been hosts in the past and decided to once again provide a home for PAYLP students. For the Shermans, opening up their home allows for a global experience right in their living room. “We’ve always really liked seeing how the world works from another perspective, rather than our own,” Kristen said. The families that PAYLP students stay with provide more than a bed to sleep in; they also offer a seat at their dinner table. Kirk, an assistant of culinary arts at Ivy Tech, said he enjoys creating a culinary connection with the students by having them cook with the family. He has found that the students take a “great deal of pride in sharing their culture.” Wednesday night, the Robeys and Shermans, along with many others, finally met and greeted their guests with hugs and cheers. “This is my first time living with people from another nation, so I want to learn from them. I want to share things from my country,” said Chimwemwe Jussa, pronounced [Chi-mwe-mwe,

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Ju-sa], one of the students staying with the Robey family. “I’m looking forward to making new friends and improving my basketball skills. And of course, learning the culture of this country.” Adam Kahimwei, pronounced [A-dum, Ka-him-we], is another student staying with the Robey family. He said he looks forward to learning more about American culture. The students will be in Muncie for less than two weeks, but their schedule is packed with events, like developing service projects that students will take home with them, and Miller said the students

will have an impact on the community. “This is a program that takes a lot of energy and effort,” Miller said. “We were not really sure if we were going to be able to provide for the program this year, [but] we had people saying, ‘Please bring PAYLP back.’ “I think it’s a program that impacts the students. I think it really impacts us, our community and our kids.” Contact Pauleina Brunnemer, a guest writer from The Indiana Academy, with comments at pdbrunnememer@bsu.edu.

Missing Our Mothers provides support, community for grieving Ball State students Justice Amick Reporter Some come to college looking for themselves, trying to figure out who they are and what they want. Others, like Noell Robinson, a freshman speech-language pathology major, come to college looking for someone they’ve lost. Robinson’s father, Carlyle Robinson Jr., died in July 2016. Before his death, Robinson said she had not experienced “real loss,” and visiting his grave for the first time was an uncomfortable experience. “In my mind, around that time, I didn’t really accept the fact that he was gone. I was kind of in denial, but when I got to [his grave] it was like a whole different wave of emotion,” Robinson said.

“When I went to his site, it really sunk in. That was my moment of ‘OK, this is really happening, I have to go about life now.’” Considering herself a silent griever, Robinson tried to deal with her grief on her own. But when she got an email from Bria Matemane, a junior risk management and insurance major, Robinson realized that she didn’t have to. This year, Matemane started a group on campus called Missing Our Mothers, MOMs, dedicated to helping students whose loved ones have died. When she started the group, Matemane was looking to help not only Robinson and other students who had experienced loss, but also herself. “I lost my mom, Joyce Taylor, on Oct. 10, 2015,” Matemane said. “When I lost her, I tried to find a good community [on campus], but honestly,

it didn’t seem like anyone around my age that I knew personally understood.” Matemane partnered MOMs with Muncie’s Destiny Christian Center International, DCCI, to create a space for students to find support. Some members from DCCI also act as mentors for group members alongside other Ball State students. The group isn’t exclusively for students whose parents have died, however. Robinson said the group is specifically about coming together to support one another through any kind of grief. “I think having a club like this on campus is important because people go through loss and don’t know how to handle it, which eventually leads them to become lost and self destructive,” Robinson said. “I think this club gives BSU students a chance to

grow and understand themselves, as well as others.” Eventually, the group hopes to plan events where they can bring in speakers, volunteer in the community and even start a book club. For now, the group is hoping to get more students involved to help create a welcoming environment for those in need of a community, like Robinson and Matemane. “Losing a parent really shifted the way that I view life and people that I care about. My father was really my best friend,” Robinson said. “His death really taught me to appreciate and cherish people you love and that love you. I have also become a much stronger and motivated person. My dad now is my sole purpose to do well and be successful. Everything I do is in his honor now, not mine.” Contact Justice Amick with comments at jramick@bsu.edu or on Twitter @justiceamick.

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Ball State biology professor shares knowledge, passion for research with students Professor Susan McDowell’s lab explores treatment options outside of antibiotics for bacterial infections. Adam Pannel Reporter As a child, biology professor Susan McDowell remembers all she wanted for Christmas was to satisfy her scientific curiosity. One year, she asked for a microscope. Another year, McDowell said while “some kids were asking for a soccer ball, I was asking for a chemistry set.” Now, McDowell is sharing that passion for research and science with students at Ball State. The research McDowell and her students conduct is centered around the use of alternative medications to antibiotics that treat bacterial infections. While antibiotics directly affect and kill bacteria, these alternative drugs directly apply themselves to human cells to make them resistant to disease. Melissa Tinsley, a microbiology major who conducts research alongside McDowell, said the motivation for their studies is the pursuit of the answer to a “bigger question.”

[McDowell] is just extraordinarily passionate and enthusiastic about this research, and it just radiates onto you because she loves it so much.” - MELISSA TINSLEY, Microbiology major “This bigger question is going to help people,” Tinsley said. “It’s going to either help them in their health, or it’s going to help them with a better understanding of the world.” In the pursuit of their question, McDowell’s lab may have found the answer to treating antibiotic resistance within bacteria. Over time, bacteria develop an immunity to the antibiotics used to treat them. However, because the drugs used in McDowell’s lab are applied directly to human cells, bacteria never have the chance to make contact and develop a defense to the medication. Since 2006, McDowell studied how these drugs might be used to treat bacterial infections called staph infections without contributing to antibiotic resistance. Staph infections can often be life-threatening, which was the case for McDowell’s father, Bill McDowell, who contracted a staph infection while in the hospital and died a few days later. According to a 2011 study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, 80,000 life-threatening staph infections occurred that year. More than 11,000 people died from infection — almost enough to fill the seats of John E. Worthen Arena at Ball State.

Staph infections commonly occur at the hospital, and about one in three people are natural carriers of the staph bacteria, according to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitals have procedures in place, such as washing hands, to stop the spread of the bacteria, but they can’t stop the spread completely. Of the 11,000 who died from staph infection in 2011, nearly 30 percent acquired the infection while in the hospital. Staph bacteria can live for a long time on a variety of surfaces, including the fabric of curtains between hospital beds and on medical equipment, making it almost impossible to keep an area completely sterile. McDowell’s father went to the hospital for a cold, but while his body was fighting the virus, the staph infection spread and his body began to shut down. “As I sat there in his hospital room, I knew that they were trying to treat him for staph infection that was resistant to our most common antibiotics,” McDowell said. “He was being treated with antibiotics … and they could not limit the infection.” Once the infection reaches the bloodstream, the kidney begins to deteriorate while trying to clean the infected blood. As a result, other organs begin to shut down. “It’s a very painful death, and it’s hard to watch someone walk through that,” McDowell said. “Part of what happens is your lungs start to fill up with fluid and it becomes very, very difficult to breathe.” Eventually, a patient’s heart is working so hard to keep the body functioning that it gives out. The death of her father and the work of her students motivates McDowell to continue her research to “help people in the future” so they won’t “lose their loved ones.” Their work will not only help in the fight against antibiotic resistance, but also aid in the prevention of immunocompromise in groups with weakened or fragile immune systems, such as children and the elderly. Because of what they have accomplished and how hard they work, McDowell is proud of the work that has been done in the lab and proud of her student researchers. “My favorite part about working with them is watching them develop as scientists right before your eyes,” McDowell said. “It’s rewarding because I get to pass along techniques that were passed along to me.” McDowell isn’t just passing on her knowledge of science, however. She is also sharing her enthusiasm for the work that she does with the next generation of scientists and researchers. “[McDowell] is just extraordinarily passionate and enthusiastic about this research, and it just radiates onto you because she loves it so much,” Tinsley said. When Tinsley first began to research and work in the lab alongside McDowell, she was unsure whether she wanted to pursue research as a career. However, Tinsley immediately “fell in love with the research” and “fell in love with the bacteria.” Tinsley describes McDowell as “instrumental” in fostering her interest in research and what she wants to do with science in the future.

Susan McDowell is a biology professor at Ball State University who leads Ball State students in research. The research is centered around the use of alternative medications to antibiotics that treat bacterial infections. MADELINE GROSH, DN “Being in Dr. McDowell’s lab, I have learned far more than I could have ever imagined about how to be successful as a professional,” Tinsley said. “She’s taught me how extraordinarily important science is.” Moving forward, McDowell is working with the Ball State Innovation Corporation to find a commercial partner who can initiate the next phase of drug development for an experimental medication called ML141 used in the lab. The drug is currently in an unusable powder form, so a commercial partner is needed to create a consumable tablet of the drug for mass-production. ML141 also requires extensive safety testing by a corporate entity before it enters the commercial market, but it promises to be a potential answer to the prevention of bacterial infection, and a substantial contribution from McDowell and her students to the fight against antibiotic resistance. Contact Adam Pannel with comments at arpannel@bsu.edu.

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Friday

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Interested in tracing your family history? After 70 years spent working on his own family history, Jack Carmichael will teach the community to do the same. Carmichael will provide tips and tricks on how to locate, examine and organize family records. The session runs from 10-11 a.m. at E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center.

Tonne Winery is hosting an evening of wine, music and comfort food. Robin Slaven will play music from 5:30-8 p.m., and Big Poppaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pork Pit will provide BBQ for purchase. The event is open to those 21 years and older.

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The Modern Gentlemen will perform classic Motown, pop, rock and doo-wop hits at 7:30 p.m. in Emens Auditorium. The group has been providing background vocals and choreography alongside Frankie Valli. Tickets are available for purchase at Emens box office and online.

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Celebrate Friday the 13th by dressing up in a costume and listening to music at Be Here Now. The party will feature live performances from BAI, Buddah, Byrn n’ Reefa, Casper, Conrad Jon, Ernie Wayne, Feo, ImJustBrandon, Tarin and Torin Messer. Cover charge is $10 for those 18 and older and $5 for those 21 and older.

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UNDISCOVERED WORLDS Ever wondered if other planets like Earth exist beyond our solar system? Undiscovered Worlds takes audiences to distant, exotic planets in different solar systems. The first show starts at 6:30 p.m., and a later presentation will take place at 8 p.m at the Charles W. Planetarium.

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STUNT DOG EXPERIENCE Chris Perondi and his cast of professional performers have been entertaining audiences since 1999 with stunts performed by dogs. All of the dogs were rescued from shelters around the country, and the show’s mission is to promote animal rescue, pet adoption, encourage spay and neutering, as well as remind people to spend more time with their pets. Emens will host performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Emens box office or online.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

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Muncie Civic Theatre presents “Peter and the Starcatcher” on the main stage. This theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels tells the story of how an orphan boy becomes Peter Pan. Shows run April 13-14, 20-22 and 26-29. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for groups of 10+ and $13 for students and children.

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Continued from Page 5 McIntosh said the department only has Choate teaching ASL courses and because of this, there are only one or two courses offered a semester. “We are in support of making it fulfill foreign language requirements,” McIntosh said. “However, we have to be able to provide a quality program and find faculty to teach it.” McIntosh said to offer a quality program, he would want to offer around four ASL courses with three full-time teachers per course. He estimated between 10-12 new professors would be needed if ASL was added to fulfill foreign language requirements. The average salary for all Ball State associate professors, assistant professors and professors is around $77,000, according to the Star Press’ 2017-18 Salary Database. This means hiring 12 new professors could cost nearly $924,000. “We don’t want to offer a program where we can’t offer the faculty resources,” McIntosh said.

“We don’t know what the demands for ASL courses would be if they were a part of foreign language requirements.” A survey sent out to the student body over email from SGA estimated the demand for ASL courses. It said 87 percent of the 300 student respondents said they would be willing to take a sign language course if it were a part of foreign language requirements. Additionally, McIntosh said he would have a difficult time finding ASL professors to teach the courses because there is a shortage of deaf education teachers in Indiana, according to the U.S. Department of Education. While finding the resources for ASL courses could pose problems, the process to allow ASL courses to fulfill the foreign language requirements is simple, said Marilyn Buck, interim provost and interim executive vice president for academic affairs. Buck said to make a course meet foreign language requirements, it needs to be approved by the Undergraduate Education Committee. To

meet UCC requirements, it needs to be approved by University Core Curriculum Subcommittee. To get approved, the department housing the course needs to write up a proposal and present it to the committees, which are made up of Ball State faculty. “Not all folks consider ASL a foreign language, or in the same category as foreign languages,” Buck said. “It is totally up to the faculty on the committee on why or why it wouldn’t qualify.” Zoe Harvey, a junior deaf education major, said ASL courses would benefit more students if it were a part of foreign language requirements. “When students take the classes, they get to be a part of a really amazing community. The deaf community is unique in the fact that they don’t consider themselves to have a disability. They are strong and independent,” Harvey said. “I was a swim coach and three deaf girls joined the swim team. I had to learn ASL to communicate with them and those girls took me in.” Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @liz_rieth.

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However, if a competitive Lindenwood team were to defeat Loyola like it did April 5, and Ball State defeated McKendree, the Cardinals would host the semifinal round of the tournament. Lindenwood’s 3-11 conference record doesn’t show how competitive the team has been in many of its matches. The Lions have forced a fifth set in five of their conference losses, including a loss to the Cardinals in which they let multiple match point opportunities slip away. Ball State ended up defeating Lindenwood in both meetings between the two teams. Ball State last made the MIVA Tournament Championship in 2009, where it fell to Ohio State in straight sets. The winner of the MIVA Tournament will receive a bid to the NC Men’s Volleyball Championship. Saturday’s quarterfinal match against McKendree is set to start at 7:30 p.m. Contact Nate Fields with comments at nefields@ bsu.edu or on Twitter @NateNada.

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