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n 2008, Ball State football went a perfect 12-0 in the regular season, launching itself into the conversation for a spot in one of the most coveted bowl games in college football: the Bowl Championship Series. At the time, no Mid-American Conference school had ever played in a BCS game, and Ball State was riding high at No. 12 in the country, entering the conference championship game against a 7-5 Buffalo team.

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Daily News investigates Fact Book data errors Some departments have had misrepresented enrollment ALAN HOVORKA SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR | afhovorka@bsu.edu The past few years have treated the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences well, whether it’s been the announcement of McKinley Commons (now on hold), partnering with hotels in Downtown Muncie, renovations to facilities in the Applied Technology Building or large increases in online enrollment. But that didn’t show when looking at Ball State’s College of Applied Science and Technology Fact Book. Department headcount — a measure of how many students are in a department — showed the department had a 42 percent decrease in enrollment between 2010-11 and 2014-15, going from 1,612 students to 937 students in just five years. However, there were discrepancies. “We never had 1,600 students. Otherwise, I would have known that by now,” said Sotiris Hji-Avgoustis, chair of family and consumer sciences. That data placed FCS as the third-worst department on campus in terms of headcount, which is just one of many metrics used to decide how much funding and what resources departments get.

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VGR, Let’s Spoon vandalized Student creates GoFundMe page for new picnic table SARA BARKER GENERAL REPORTER | slbarker3@bsu.edu A recent wave of vandalism was the last straw for a Village business owner. Travis Harvey, owner of Village Green Records, couldn’t take a recent act of vandalism lightly. The picnic table in front of the store was overturned and broken, and instead of fixing it himself, Harvey decided to take a different approach. Harvey left the table where it lay and made a sign to set next to it, calling attention to the act of

vandalism. “Instead of just picking up the pieces and just acting like nothing happened, I wanted to really make more of a public statement,” Harvey said. Although this is the first time Harvey has called attention to the destruction of his business, he said the act itself is nothing new. “I’ve been targeted for eight years,” Harvey said. “At one point, I had a little container that was full of CDs that I would make for people, like little mixes, and after about the first three times that that was ripped off or had been kicked or thrown, I kind of stopped doing that.”

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Recent destruction and vandalism have taken place in the Village at Let’s Spoon and Village Green Records. A Ball State student started a GoFundMe page with a goal of $500 to raise money to buy a new table for VGR.

INDIANA’S GOVERNOR RACE ‘TOSS UP’ In 2012, Gregg narrowly lost to Pence. Now, he’s looking to close that gap. KAITLIN LANGE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In Indiana, no elected Republi| editor@bsudailynews.com can governor has failed to win a Gov. Mike Pence, seeking reelection after a controversial first term, has history on his side; Incumbent governors get reelected 72 percent of the time in America, according to the Center on the American Governor.

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second term. But the governor’s plans could be derailed by a force even more potent than his Democratic foes: a raft of headlines portraying Pence as out of step on social issues and hostile to women. “We’ve got the governor’s race as a toss-up,” said Brian Howey,

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creator of the nonpartisan Howey Politics and a Statehouse media veteran. Former House Speaker John Gregg, who will be on the ballot alongside Pence May 3 as the Democratic governor nominee, narrowly lost to Pence four years ago. This time, he has attracted little public attention until recently, choosing to let the media spotlight stay on his adversary. “When he was running in 2012, there was no record of an incumbent,” said Robin Win-

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Election season is like Christmas to me, in that it starts earlier and earlier every year and I find more things wrong with it the older I get. Case in point: the disastrous voting legislation enacted throughout Indiana. Hoosiers have been dragged into the national spotlight because of the fine men and women in our legislature passing laws that were met with loving fanfare like SB 101, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA), and HB 1337, the sweeping anti-abortion bill that is hated by Republicans and Democrats alike. So why aren’t we outraged at long-standing legislation that discriminates against a myriad of demographics having equal access to the fundamental right of voting? Indiana requires voters to have state-issued photo identification, does not allow for on-site voter registration and requires absentee voters to have an excuse for being away from their home county. All of these measures have valid arguments for their inclusion in election policy, but they inhibit the level of

civic engagement that could be reached in their absence. Let’s just say 2,624,534 Hoosiers voted in the 2012 presidential election, but about 4,968,880 were eligible. Requiring voters to have identification is like enacting poll taxes, which, as we learned in high school, were widespread in the South following the Civil War to suppress the voices of black voters. Whether it’s for the ID itself or the documents required to obtain that ID, no one should be putting money down to vote. The state’s laws have been put under the greatest level of national scrutiny, having traveled to the Supreme Court in 2008 in the form of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. The plaintiff argued that the law would impose undue burden on voters, especially from low-income areas. The defendant ensured the court that the laws were in place to prevent voter fraud. When the two parties were asked to procure witnesses for either argument, they could not follow through, and the court

ruled in favor of the defendant. The ruling was issued in April 2008. In May, about 12 nuns were turned away from the polls because they had insufficient identification. None of the nuns had a license. Throughout the state, college students were also denied access to the polls. From this evidence, such strict voter ID requirements are elaborate solutions searching for a problem. Proponents for the laws fail to demonstrate that in-person voter fraud, the only type of fraud that could be prevented by showing a state-issued ID, is a problem. In fact, Sen. Cory Booker once said, “You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas” when asked about the likelihood of in-person voter fraud being a problem. It turns out he was right. According to Politifact, there is one instance of in-person voter fraud for every 18 million ballots, and there is a one in 1.35 million chance that a person would be struck by lightning in Texas. Requiring a government-issued ID at the polls boils down to being a discrimina-

tory practice. The Brennan Center estimates that 25 percent of African-Americans do not have government-issued IDs. According to an NPR article, the cause of this stems back to cultural and economic disparities African-Americans faced in the early 1900s. Older African-Americans may not have birth certificates, as they may have been born in family homes instead of hospitals, delivered by midwives instead of doctors. But that’s not for lack of trying to get into hospitals. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, African-Americans were routinely turned away from medical centers. But even for the families who were granted entrance, Dr. Jim Crow probably wasn’t too eager to record the birth. Voting legislation is not a socially charged topic on the surface. There’s no flag to fly when the court rules in your favor, and no puns about bodily functions to put on picket signs. But it’s a serious problem, and a misguided step backward from expanding our voting rights.

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Muncie Animal Shelter finds new home Future building will provide more than 3 times the space

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In about 12 weeks, the Muncie Animal Shelter will have a new home at 901 W. Riggin Rd. Shelter director Phil Peckinpaugh said the shelter’s services have grown greatly in the four and a half years he has been director, which has led to a need for more space. The shelter opened in 1988, and Peckinpaugh said it was never fully adequate due to being built quickly by the city to replace the problematic animal shelter at the time. “The space that we have [is] very outdated. … It’s built like a dog pound, and we are really trying to get away from being a dog pound and being an actual animal care facility,” he said. The new building is 17,000

square feet; their current building is only 4,500 square feet. More kennels and a room for community-based activities are just two features of the new building. When Peckinpaugh was appointed director by Mayor Dennis Tyler, finding a new building was one of the first things the two talked about. He said the new shelter will be something other cities can come see, and it should set a high bar for what shelters should be. “Everything just seemed to click with this building. It was divided up perfectly, it had great community access, it’s a great location — everything just added up very nicely,” Peckinpaugh said. “I think it’s great for the community. I think it will really give the community a source of pride … it’ll be a very friendly and welcoming environment here.” The classroom space in the shelter will offer enrichment programs for youth and adults, dog obedience

classes and a junior animal control officer program. A reading program that allows youth to read to the animals is currently in place, but the program takes place off-site. The program will be moved on-site to the new facility. “There’s really just endless possibilities,” Peckinpaugh said. “I just get giddy thinking about it, … just that our animals will have an incredibly comfortable place and we’ll have something that we can all be so proud of, … everything about it makes me excited.” There is currently an online fundraiser taking place for the new shelter, but Peckinpaugh said they haven’t been pushing it much yet because the shelter needs to figure out exactly what they need so they can start advertising. “We know that we’re going to need some new cages for cats, some paint … and raise some money. … We plan on DN FILE PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY really pushing it pretty hard The Muncie Animal Shelter will be moving to 901 W. Riggin Rd. in about 12 weeks. The current building was never over the next couple weeks,” fully adequate because the city built it so quickly to replace the other animal shelter at the time, said shelter director Phil Peckinpaugh. Peckinpaugh said.

bers, the university and leadership of the National Panhellenic Conference chapters on campus recognize the growth of the chapters in the past few years. Both parties realize the chapters are outgrowing their suites or homes. Melissa Ginotti, assistant vice president of student affairs and director of student life, said because there are 10 National Panhellenic Conference chapters with about 150 members each, it’s becoming harder to obtain space on campus for chapter meetings and events. “The university commitment to a sorority housing project reflects our desire to offer the most immersive and compelling soror-

ity experience to our students,” Ginotti said. Currently, the concept under consideration is townhome-style houses. There would be space for each chapter to house 28 residents to live in four single rooms and 12 double rooms. The houses would also include a shared restroom, a large chapter room, a small parlor, guest bathroom, kitchen, library and storage space, according to the survey. Lindsay Crum, a senior and member of Pi Beta Phi, said she wished she could have experienced sorority housing. Although she can foresee some arguments, she thinks it would be a good experience for new members.

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Ball State’s sororities may be getting houses in the future, as the university is looking into building townhome-style houses for the 10 National Panhellenic Council chapters on campus. While Riverside is full of fraternity houses, sororities lack any sort of housing other than a few small, university-owned houses. According to a survey sent out to sorority mem-

“It would be a good place for new members to go and hang out with sisters, unlike the suite where it’s a hit or miss if people are there,” Crum said. Crum also said having houses would encourage more girls to go greek and improve each chapter’s morale and attendance overall. “Look at the different chapters, such as those at different schools — I feel as if their morale is up and they have better attendance to things because chapter is held there,” she said. “Living in the house could bring you closer to other girls you may have thought you might not reach out to.”

Although Crum was excited about the prospect of houses for future members, Melissa Kahler, a senior and member of Alpha Phi, said she personally didn’t wish for them during her time at Ball State. “I’ve lived with girls in my sorority for three years [without houses],” Kahler said. “Most girls live with girls in our sorority, so it’s like we have a bunch of mini houses. It’s actually a lot of fun like that.” Kahler also said she’s heard about the prospect of houses since before she attended Ball State, and wasn’t sure how serious the university is about making houses happen. The first step is to review

and analyze the feedback of the survey, Ginotti said. Communication with the sororities’ leadership is important to determine if there is sufficient support to make the project happen. There is currently no concrete timeline for the project. “If it appears that we do have strong interest, we will engage the students and other campus stakeholders in further conversation and planning,” Ginotti said. “We want to ensure that the voices of many stakeholders and partners will be reflected in the planning and creation of these facilities, and that process will continue to evolve.”

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John Gregg, former Indiana House Speaker, will be running against Gov. Mike Pence on May 3 as the Democratic governor nominee. In Indiana, no elected Republican governor has failed to win a second term, but Pence’s approval rating has dropped significantly since he took office in 2012. photos make sure the second sentence tells why are rerunning the photo.

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Travis Harvey, owner of Village Green Records, has brought attention to recent vandalism occuring in the Village. The picnic table outside the front of the store was overturned and broken.

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Harvey said it’s also common to find trash thrown on his lawn or yard signs stolen. He thinks the culprit is mainly intoxicated students and an overall lack of respect for other people. Kyle Raines, a four-year manager at The Cup, has also witnessed vandalism

Raines said the majority of vandalism occurs between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., when people start to leave bars and walk back home. “It’s not necessarily the monetary value. It’s just [that] people put a lot of work into making something look nice for everybody to enjoy, and it only takes a couple people to ruin that,” Raines said. On Wednesday morning,

Steven Reid was cleaning a trail of ketchup off of Village business windows, including Let’s Spoon Frozen Yogurt. Reid is an employee of Jani-King, a commercial sanitation service. He has been cleaning messes in the Village for about a year. The vandalism is disappointing, he said. “Sometimes I get kind of pissed. I’m thinking, ‘Man,

these are the dumbest kids ever.’ But then again, I get paid to do [clean it up], so I don’t mind,” Reid said. Despite the thievery and destruction, Raines said The Cup will not be leaving its Village location anytime soon. A GoFundMe page was started to raise money for Village Green Records. The $500 goal will be used to buy a new table for the lawn.

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of his Village business. “Nothing major, no [broken] windows or nothing like that,” Raines said. “I had a couple tables stolen, chairs stolen, flowers broken. ... Anything that’s not bolted down, people will take these days.” Raines also said when the weather starts to warm up, vandalism becomes more frequent, as people are outside more.

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leads the trio of Republican presidential candidates, despite his low voter approval rating. A March Gallup Poll found that more people — 70 percent of women and 58 percent of men — view Trump unfavorably than any other presidential candidate. Trump has also polled lower than Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in every Real Clear Politics poll since campaigning started in July. Currently, they are separated by 8.5 percentage points. Republican leaders are trying to push Trump out of the race, which Winston pointed out rarely, if ever, happens during a presidential primary season. The risk for Pence is if

$3.8 million for the 2016 election compared to Pence’s $10.4 million, according to records on Follow the Money, the National Institute on Money in State Politics’ nonpartisan information service. This year, Gregg has outraised Pence, according to The Associated Press. What time Gregg isn’t spending out on the campaign trail is probably spent on the phone, Winston said. “It takes a lot of money to run,” he said. “If you don’t [spend money on ads], then people say they haven’t heard of you, they haven’t heard much about their campaign, haven’t seen anything about it. So it’s a double-edged sword, but then if you raise too much, people criticize you for raising money from people who have the ability to give.” Winston also said Gregg will probably hit the ground running in June after the Democratic National Convention. While Gregg has a good shot at being competitive, Howey pointed out he can’t win just based on Pence’s reputation. “I don’t think he can win the election by saying, ‘He’s Mike Pence and I’m not,’” Howey said. “He’s got to show Hoosier voters why he would be a better governor, and right now, he hasn’t done that.”

For some leftists, he might be the lesser of two evils. While Gregg and Winston think Gregg has a good chance of winning, Howey is more skeptical. “John Gregg is going to have to run pretty much an almost perfect campaign, and he’s got to hope to take advantage of any mistakes in the Pence campaign,” Howey said. Asked to comment, the governor’s campaign initially scheduled an interview with Pence but later declined to make him available by press time. Although Gregg and Pence don’t have to worry about competing against anyone for Indiana’s May 3 primary, the outcome of

Trump is chosen as the presidential nominee, it could turn off Republican voters all the way down the ballot. Howey mentioned two other times when the presidential nominee ended up being unpopular within the party: The election of 1964 with Republican Barry Goldwater and 1972 with Democrat George McGovern. “We’ve seen two instances in history … where the presidential nominee became so toxic that they really pulled down the rest of the ticket,” Howey said. “I think the Republicans have a huge problem here, and Gov. Pence will have a hard time defeating that.” Still, Gregg hasn’t done much campaigning, focusing on his own political beliefs and values. He has counted on Pence to make polarizing decisions, and then responded with critiques using press releases. While this isn’t a problem now, Howey said it could be if Gregg doesn’t start campaigning more soon. His focus thus far has been on raising money. Howey said during the last campaign cycle, many people thought Gregg lost the race because he hadn’t raised enough. Last election cycle, he raised approximately $6.5 million, less than half of what Pence raised. So far, he’s raised around

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The survey followed the passing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act last spring, which critics argued would allow businesses to discriminate against LGBT people. Pence’s decision to sign the bill was met with backlash across the country from major corporate players. Angie’s List canceled a $40 million expansion of the company’s headquarters in Indiana and people called for the NCAA to move the Final Four from Indiana. The effects were felt at Ball State when the National Forensics Association temporarily decided to pull its week-long speech and debate competition from the university, which ended up bringing over 1,000 students and an estimated $1-2 million to Muncie. The state agreed to pay $365,000 to Porter Novelli, a public relations firm, in an attempt to improve its image, but for unknown reasons, its contract ended prematurely. Although the RFRA decision received the most attention, Pence has made a handful of other controversial decisions, including attempts to remove Democrat Glenda Ritz from her position as chairman of the Indiana State Board of Education last year. He also recently signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country that places additional requirements on women. Under the new law, a woman can’t seek an abortion solely because of sex, disability or race. Pro-abortion rights advocates and even some anti-abortion rights advocates criticized the bill as being unfair. Gregg said in an interview this month that his opponent’s actions have given him an advantage. “The last time I ran, I was running against the legacy of Gov. Mitch Daniels,” Gregg said. “This time, I’m running against Mike Pence and his record, and it is a record that he cannot defend or get re-elected on.” A recent WTHR/Howey Politics Indiana Poll showed a four percentage point gap between Gregg and Pence in favor of Pence. In 2012, Pence won the election by only 3 percent, a gap Gregg is confident he can close.

This was following Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ term, who The Washington Post reported was the third most popular governor in 2012. Daniels’ success could have helped propel Pence to the Statehouse. Gregg is hoping to get those moderate voters he said voted for Daniels in 2008. He said his approach will be different than Pence, because he won’t focus on social issues. “I felt like we were very down a road of dealing with social issues, and by social issues I mean dealing with who is sleeping with who, trying to restrict women’s rights and dealing with these issues that don’t employ people,” Gregg said. “It doesn’t help us attract and keep millennials. It doesn’t help us grow our economy.” In the past, Gregg has been known as a more socially conservative Democrat, calling himself a “gun-totin,’ Bible-quotin’ Southern Indiana Democrat.” He opposed the recent restrictions on abortion; however, he pointed out that he’s “personally pro-life.” Pence and Gregg have similar backgrounds: both from Southern Indiana, both lawyers, both former talk show hosts and both to the right of their party on the political spectrum.

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FCS wouldn’t be in the position to benefit from those new projects if it had actually seen that 42 percent decrease in headcount, Hji-Avgoustis said. As it turns out, the reported data was wrong. A Daily News investigation into departmental headcount discovered problems in how some departments were represented in the Ball State college Fact Books — the place where the university publishes official data about itself. The investigation revealed the two departments with the worst declining headcounts were wrong or misrepresented. The investigation also found that collecting data, like headcount, isn’t always clean cut. The other department impacted by incorrect data was information systems and operations management (ISOM). The data indicated it had the largest headcount decrease campus-wide between 2010-11 and 2011-12 at 59 percent. ISOM’s actual headcount change for that time period was a 29 percent increase, which means it had the seventh-largest increase in headcount. FCS sits at No. 17. Although Ball State’s office of institutional effectiveness promptly addressed the errors in ISOM and FCS’ data, however many other mistakes in the 2010-11 or 201112 data is unclear — and as is when they might be discovered and fixed. Bill Knight, assistant provost of institutional effectiveness, said his office will not conduct a review of reported 2010-11 and 2011-12 data due to understaffing and the time crunch that comes with the end of the year. “We are [at] the limit of what else we can do in the next few weeks,” Knight said. Headcount data is one of many important metrics the university tracks. It exists for several purposes, one being general information for the Ball State community, Knight said. Headcounts help college deans and the provost assess how well a department performs, what money and resources they receive from Ball State and if a department can add new faculty. More specifically, headcounts are used in departmental reviews by Ball State and for accreditation purposes. All Ball State academic departments must carry out a unit review every five years, Knight said. This review helps determine how a department is performing. Some of its components include a self-study that considers a variety of factors like headcount, faculty credentials and research, reviews by people outside Ball State, and other things. “Headcount is certainly an important measure of program viability, as is credit hour production, but ... these are just pieces of the puzzle,” Knight said. What’s more, headcount and other numbers are reported to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, the United States Department of Education and the Higher Learning Commission, the university’s accrediting agency. These agencies make decisions ranging from if the university’s degrees are accredited to how much money will be given to colleges. The information reported at this level can identify specific majors, but not departments, Knight said. “Our reporting of information matters because we want the university to be planning and making decisions based upon evidence rather than conjecture or hearsay,” Knight said. However, looking solely at Fact Book data doesn’t provide important context as to what’s going on at the local level for these departments. The Daily News reached out to about 10 departments across campus, seeking context and comment from departments that have seen

the largest increases and decreases in total headcount. Five departments returned the Daily News’ request for comment — ISOM, FCS, special education, elementary education and computer science. Not all of them have issues with the data reported by the university. The departments other than ISOM and FCS said their numbers may vary slightly, but they said headcount trends were fairly represented. ISOM and FCS’ numbers were either reported incorrectly or misrepresented by the Fact Book data for different reasons.

WHERE ISOM’S ISSUE CAME FROM

ISOM, like FCS, has made strides in growing its department and opportunities these past few years. The department recently benefited from university and state approval for its new business analytics major and the transformation of its operations management major into logistics and supply chain management. It’s expanding and revamping its degree offerings. Another side to the department’s growth is employment after graduation. Jensen Zhao, the ISOM department chair, said student employment has been 100 percent within three months after graduation in past years. This spring, the department has 24 students in the senior capstone class that are graduating, Zhao said. Twenty of them have jobs lined up and only four are still looking for jobs, which means about 83 percent of them all had jobs prior to graduation. This reason and others made it confusing as to why the department had seen such a large decrease, according to Fact Book data. “[The Fact Book data] is definitely inaccurate. I am 100 percent confident because in the last four years [as] department chair I witnessed the growth of our majors,” Zhao told the Daily News when it began its investigation. It turns out, the data was misrepresentative, but still correct. In 2010-11, the Fact Book indicated ISOM had 264 students and had dropped to 109 students in 2014-15. The steep decline in students from Fall 2010 to Fall 2012 is in the Fact Book because those years included students pursuing associate degrees. Ball State began eliminating most of its associate degree offerings in 2010-11. If associate degree students are excluded from the Fact Book data, enrollment increased in the ISOM department. Both sets of numbers are accurate. The issue is how the data is looked at. “I feel strongly that it would be inappropriate to highlight that big decrease because the university, not the ISOM department, made the decision to greatly scale back associate degrees,” Knight said. “This was not the department’s doing and not a reflection that the department did anything wrong or its programs suddenly became unpopular.”

WHERE FCS’ CAME FROM

ISSUE

Unlike ISOM, family and consumer sciences’ error stems from a mistake made when compiling the department’s Fact Book. While the grand total headcount by enrollment status — which covers undergraduate and graduate students — was wrong, the sum of each of the subtotals by gender, race and in-state and out-of-state were correct. Knight said he wasn’t sure what went wrong when the numbers were calculated. “It is not clear to us what the problem with the query was, but the good news is that the 2011-12 numbers in the 2015-16 edition of the CAST Fact Book (which I am reviewing now and we should have posted next week) are correct, so the problem was only for the numbers shown in the 2014-15 Fact Book,” Knight said in an email. Knight’s office was able to locate an independent data source to verify the correct

numbers for 2010-11 and 2011-12 as 874 and 937, respectively. This correction indicates that FCS has grown over the past the five years — headcount is up by about 7 percent. Even so, headcount isn’t everything. Departments often use other types of data, such as credit hours, to look at their performance and growth, rather than rely solely on the headcount of students in their department. Taking just something like headcount at face value won’t provide the whole picture, Hji-Avgoustis said. “I don’t know about other departments. I can only tell you about FCS. If the numbers are incorrect for us, most likely they will be incorrect or maybe not as accurate as they should be [for others],” he said. “In our case, if you don’t look at the online [credit hours], you will see the incorrect picture.”

RELIABILITY OF REPORTED DATA

Some discrepancies in the Fact Book are expected, given the 46-plus departments recorded, Knight said. Each department may have its own goals and ideas about how to handle its programs, but that’s not what usually causes problems. “In my experience, differences in numbers are less about differences in goals and operations than they are about timing and definitions,” Knight said. “If we find ourselves in a situation where different offices have different numbers for what is supposed to be the same thing, we talk about timing and definitions.” It’s those differences in how departments define measurements and when they pull that information that make looking at headcount and other metrics difficult. Ball State records its Fact Book data after the first week of the semester, which doesn’t account for any changes made during the semester. The numbers are fluid. “In a large, complex university such as Ball State, there are changes every day [with] students dropping or adding classes, changing their majors and changing their addresses,” Knight said. “If someone runs a report from Banner on any of these things on any day after the census date, the numbers are going to change.” Knight acknowledged problems in the data happen. But, he said, they’re typically resolved quickly. “Our office is always happy to share details on who we are counting in any of our reports so that we can understand where our underlying assumptions or definitions may be different than that of another office,” Knight said. “When we get to that level of detail, differences are resolved quickly.” Knight’s office determined the issues with ISOM and FCS’ data in a matter of days, issuing a corrected Fact Book for College of Applied Sciences and Technology. While the office of institutional effectiveness did rectify these errors quickly, some people have concerns about the culture of transparency in university data, which doesn’t necessarily reflect on Knight and his office, Paul Ranieri, an associate professor of English, said. Ranieri, a former chair for the English department, said data collection at a comprehensive university is hard. He’s sympathetic to the work Knight does. However, he does wish there was more communication between departments and the university when collecting data. He said the data oftentimes is opaque and difficult to decipher. However, the department chairs the Daily News spoke to all expressed satisfaction with the accessibility and reliability of Knight’s office. “Whenever I’ve needed to get the numbers, I [called] Bill Knight’s office for some assistance, and they’ve always been very helpful and I’ve always gotten what I needed,” Pat Clark, chair of elementary education said. “I haven’t had any trouble with them.”

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The Ball State defense lines up before a play in the Wildcats’ 24-19 win over the Cardinals last season. Every MAC team played at least one Power Five school in 2015, and the league as a whole finished 4-18 in those games.

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competing and aspiring to win our conference and compete nationally. … There’s much more power in the fact that you’re competing at the highest level in Division I. » MARK SANDY, athletic director

While Ball State was the favorite entering the game, a single 42-24 loss dropped the Cardinals down 10 spots in the NCAA rankings and landed them a spot in the GMAC Bowl, where they lost to Tulsa by 32 points. It is hard for mid-major schools to compare themselves with these Power Five goliaths, but reaching national prominence remains their goal. “Most of what we enjoy about Division I athletics is that we’re playing at the highest level,” Ball State athletic director Mark Sandy said. “We’re competing and aspiring to win our conference and compete nationally. … There’s much more power in the fact that you’re competing at the highest level in Division I.” But playing in the highest division may not be in the best interest of all mid-major schools. Earlier this week, faculty and students at MAC member Eastern Michigan put together a financial sustainability report explaining why the program should no longer compete at the Division I level of college football. The report was quickly shut down by Eastern Michigan’s interim president and MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who both said the program has no plans to go anywhere. Sandy did not comment on the issues brought up in the report but knows that as a conference, the MAC remains in a good place. “I don’t think you’re going to see a widespread move from being in the Mid-American Conference,” Sandy said. “The review of athletics revenues and expenditures is something that is going to continue.” With schools like Eastern Michigan struggling to compete at the FBS level, other mid-major schools like Ball State are posed with a question: Is it worth it to move down in order to be more competitive at another level? This issue has come to light as other football programs across the country have faced a similar decision. The University of Idaho announced Wednesday it will drop out of the FBS in order to compete in the Football Championship Division, a lower subdivision of D-I athletics. This was a decision made after it received word in March that its conference, the Sun Belt, will drop from 12 to 10 teams beginning in 2018. New Mexico State was the other team left out of the Sun Belt’s 10-team plan, but it has not made a decision on whether it will compete as an independent at the FBS level or drop down to the FCS. “I think it hurts your image if you move down, but I think it’s the right decision in some instances because of location,” Sandy said. “Schools that are out in the southwest and in the west don’t have very many choices because those are the teams they can play.” The University of Massachusetts, which has played in the MAC since 2012, recently became an independent school. UMass Faculty Senate met to discuss the end of FBS football at the school. Daniel Malone, football beat reporter for MassLive. com, said the idea to drop

FBS football was defeated by a non-binding vote count of 26 to 14 at the Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday. Lower-tier FBS schools could potentially be more competitive in the Football Championship Subdivision, but there are reasons why teams like Ball State and even Eastern Michigan decide to stay put. The benefits — national recognition, school pride and financing — outweigh the idea of being able to win a few more games at a lower level. David Ridpath is an associate professor at Ohio University and has molded his career around issues in intercollegiate athletics. He said there’s a question that not enough programs are considering. “Let’s be honest here, what are they really getting from playing [FBS]? I would argue they’re not really getting a whole lot,” Ridpath said. “Why should you be in a system where you can’t compete for a championship?” Based on the previous Bowl Championship Series setup, Power Five schools automatically qualify into the top bowls — making it extremely difficult for mid-major schools to even make it into these games. Even with the current College Football Playoff, it is still unlikely a mid-major can make it into the top four. No mid-major school has ever won a national championship game. In Eastern Michigan’s report, faculty member Howard Bunsis explained how Eastern Michigan is “fighting a losing battle that cannot be won” in terms of football. His colleague, Robert Carpenter, is the chair of the Faculty Senate Budget and Resources Committee and one of the members who put together the report. “Schools in the MAC are sort of sandwiched in the middle. They have the aspiration to be one of the top-tier programs, but [they] don’t have the support for it,” Carpenter said. “They’re just caught in the middle there trying to decide what the identity is of the conference.”

A PRICE TO PAY

An average college student may not understand the differences between college football subdivisions, but they’re affected by it. Power Five schools have started a trend of getting television networks catered to their conferences — like the Big Ten Network and SEC Network — which has built revenues at their institutions and made it even harder for mid-major schools to keep up. “The only way [conference revenue] is going to get closer over the next 10-20 years is if the revenue is decreased from the [Power Five] side,” Sandy said. “It’s not going to get increased drastically from [the mid-major] side.” Historically, many athletic departments require subsidies, or money from other sources, to remain in the green. Mid-major schools have used a variety of tactics to try to balance their budgets. A majority of their cash flow comes from student service fees. According to the 2015-16 tuition and fees term sheet, Ball State students who take more than 7 credit hours in a semester pay $647 for these fees per semester and $1,294 in a year. The student service

fee fund made up more than $13 million — over half — of the Ball State athletic budget last year. Cutting down these service fees was the main goal for Eastern Michigan treasurer Howard Bunsis, who has seen cuts in the school’s academics, not athletics. “Students are struggling so much financially today, … we need to do everything we can to try and better these students,” Bunsis said. “Diverting costs to athletic programs that are not going to succeed financially doesn’t make sense. You can still have all the great things that athletics brings to an individual and the institution, just at a much lower cost.” Eastern Michigan’s athletic budget has been at least 80 percent subsidized each of the past 10 years. According to USA Today, some Division I athletic programs had as much as 90 percent of their athletic budgets subsidized last season. It’s numbers like these that are concerning for Ridpath, who has seen these numbers grow over time. “It will get to a point where schools like Ball State or Ohio will absolutely not be able to support it,” Ridpath said. “It’s going to collapse on itself. The system cannot sustain it. I would rather be proactive and do something. … Unfortunately, I don’t think that is going to happen.” Only 12 athletic programs — all Power Five schools — from the FBS and FCS combined didn’t subsidize their programs in the 2014-15 season, according to USA Today. Ball State subsidized more than 75 percent of its athletic budget in 2015. In addition to the student service fee, one of the biggest payouts for mid-major schools each year is labeled in the budget as “Guarantees.” Around $1.9 million of Ball State’s 2015-16 Auxiliary Fund Budget for Intercollegiate Athletics came from guarantee games, a process where Power Five schools pay smaller schools to play them. When a Power Five school pays a mid-major to come to their house and play, they’re supposed to win. But on occasion, these games won’t go the way the bigger schools want, and mid-majors can walk away with victory and a cash payout.

PRIDE OF DIVISION I

Last season, each of the Mid-American Conference’s 13 members played at least one Power Five institution. Bowling Green and Toledo earned two wins apiece, but the league as a whole went 4-18, losing by an average of 12 points. MAC teams have had success in regular seasons’ past, but so far it hasn’t translated to the postseason. In 2013, Northern Illinois became the first MAC school to receive a BCS bid. The Huskies were ranked No. 15 nationally with a 12-0 record going into the game. Northern Illinois lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl 31-10. Sandy admitted that even now it would be “very hard” for a mid-major school to win one of college football’s most coveted bowl games, although Boise State has won multiple BCS bowl games while in a mid-major conference. “I think it’s going to be very hard, because the space between [the Power Five and mid-majors] has gotten larger because of the money,”

GUARANTEE GAME MONEY *The amount of money Ball State has and will get from playing these schools

$1,200,000 Texas A&M

$1,100,000

Notre Dame

$950,000

North Carolina State

$925,000

Michigan

$900,000

Illinois

$700,000

Indiana

Sandy said. “I think it’s possible to be at Boise State and to get out there and do that, but it’s very difficult. So I don’t see it happening very often.” Only a handful of teams outside of the Power Five and Notre Dame, an FBS independent, have made it to a BCS bowl. Even fewer have won one. In the past two seasons, Ball State has shown it can keep it close against bigger opponents like Iowa and Northwestern. But Ball State also took a 56-23 loss at Texas A&M last season, a game that the Aggies led 49-3 at halftime. And that wasn’t even the biggest blowout a MAC school faced in 2015. Akron lost to Oklahoma 413, Kent State lost to Illinois 52-3, and the biggest loss of the season came when Wisconsin shut out Miami 58-0. Blowout losses like these are the reason why Ridpath, who spent a number of years at FCS affiliate Weber State, thinks some schools should consider moving down. “It’s very competitive, but it’s also very exciting,” Ridpath said. “What was great about when I worked for Weber State was that it was in a division where it could also compete for a national championship.” Weber State is a member of the Big Sky, the same conference Idaho will re-join since it chose to drop to a lower subdivision. While Weber State only went 6-5 last season, it beat a top-25 opponent and came within 1 point of Eastern Washington, which was ranked No. 2 in the country at the time. Weber State also stood its ground with both Ball State and Eastern Michigan in home attendance numbers, averaging 6,500 throughout the year. In 2015, Eastern Michigan and Ball State had the lowest home attendance numbers in all of the FBS. They were the only two schools to average under 10,000 fans per game, Ball State with 8,000 per game and Eastern Michigan at 5,000. These low attendance numbers were not always the case for Ball State. During its 2008 campaign, Ball State had four of its highest-attended home games ever at Scheumann Stadium, which included more than 11,000 students and nearly 24,000 fans at the season finale. Attendance as a whole at the FCS level increased from last season. Ridpath believes it brings in a more passionate fan base because they don’t try to compete with super power teams like those in the Power Five.

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your lane and realize who you are, rather than saying that [FBS] football is so incredibly important to the image of the university. I would argue that most students don’t care. » DAVID RIDPATH, associate professor at Ohio University

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Ball State softball is currently in last place in the Mid-American Conference West Division. The team plays its last home games at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. today and at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Team set for last home series of 2016 season PHOTO PROVIDED BY TESSA HURSH

Ball State players go for a tackle in a 17-13 road loss to the Hawkeyes on Sept. 6, 2014. The game against Iowa was a “guarantee game,” which funded about $1.9 million of Ball State’s athletic budget in 2015-16.

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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 “That’s exciting. Stay in your lane and realize who you are, rather than saying that [FBS] football is so incredibly important to the image of the university,” Ridpath said. “I would argue that most students don’t care.” While Sandy said a lot of programs aspire to move up to the FBS level, a former Ball State football coach has a different idea. Pete Lembo is now an assistant coach at Maryland. Prior to his jobs with the Cardinals and Terrapins, he spent 10 years as an FCS head coach at Lehigh and Elon. He said there are a lot of FCS programs that are happy where they are. “The most important thing is giving yourself a chance to be successful consistently,” Lembo said. “There are some institutions that are very happy [in the FCS]. And I feel like what they’re doing, they’re doing very well.”

NATIONAL RECOGNITION

There are several reasons why Ball State and other mid-major schools won’t be leaving the FBS anytime soon, some of the largest reasons include television exposure and bowl game appearances. Of the 128 FBS schools, 80

earned a bid to a bowl last season. These nationally televised games provide additional revenue for participating schools and conferences. “For that one game, you get more publicity than you would in the FCS playoffs, unless you’re in the national championship game,” Sandy said. In the 2014 GoDaddy Bowl, Ball State’s game against Arkansas State was aired on ESPN and was the team’s highest attendance of that season with over 36,000 fans. On Election Night in 2012, Ball State took on MAC rival Toledo, which was No. 23 in the nation. More than 2 million viewers tuned in that night to watch the Cardinals. The score was tied at 27 when Ball State got possession of the ball at its own 14-yard line. An 11-play, 86-yard drive was capped off by a 15-yard touchdown run by Jahwan Edwards, leading Ball State to a 34-27 victory. “That was a three-hour commercial for Ball State,” Lembo said. “For the next 48 hours, Ball State was on ESPN’s ticker for having knocked off a nationally ranked team.” “That’s just not going to happen if you’re in the FCS. … The size, resources, support and exposure that comes along with it is even

greater in the FBS.” The MAC may not have its own television network, but it does have a recent network deal with ESPN that will extend until the end of the 2026-27 athletic seasons. National recognition that comes with Division I football plays into recruiting students as well as student-athletes. While athletics are not the reason many students come to Ball State, Sandy said it certainly helps. “It’s one of the reasons. People choose a school that is well known for athletics because it helps the [school’s] reputation,” he said. Unlike the problems Idaho and New Mexico deal with by being away from the rest of their conference, Ball State is in a central location in the MAC. The benefits of playing in the MAC and staying an FBS school outweigh the negatives for most schools, keeping Ball State, who doesn’t have to deal with proximity issues with the rest of the MAC, and others at the highest level of college football. “The geographic proximity that [MAC schools] have to each other helps keep the travel costs more modest,” Lembo said. “Of course, the exposure on ESPN has been very beneficial as well. … [Ball State’s] name is very visible.”

Cardinals will honor 5 seniors against Western Michigan

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Saturday afternoon will be the last time Ball State’s five softball seniors step on the field in Muncie. For Emily Dabkowski and Sammi Cowger, it will be an emotional few days. “It’s the last time to have close family watch me,” Dabkowski said. “It’s sad and exciting; it’s the last time to play with this team on the field.” “It’s all four of your years running through your head, looking back on everything,” Cowger said. “There’s a lot of pressure to do well on senior night, but it’s fun to step out there one last time with your other seniors.” Ball State softball currently sits last in the Mid-American Conference West Division, 1.5 games behind fifth-place Toledo (15-31, 6-11 MAC). Only the top four teams in each division qualify for the MAC Tournament, so Cowger said the Cardinals will need a strong push to finish off the season. “From a senior class standpoint, we have high standards and want to leave a mark on this team. We want to go out on top,” Cowger said. “We need a pretty good

Ball State works to avoid arm injuries for pitchers Coaches utilize running program, watch pitch counts

COLIN GRYLLS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR sports@bsudailynews.com

*Editor’s note: After being interviewed for the article, Zach Plesac was pulled after throwing 40 pitches in two innings against Bowling Green State University on Saturday. After the game, head coach Rich Maloney said Plesac “wasn’t feeling right” and they didn’t want to take any chances with injuries. At practice Wednesday, Maloney didn’t disclose an injury, but said Plesac is “on the D.L.” for now. Pitch counts have become synonymous with arm injures in recent years, but today’s crop of collegiate pitchers are the first to come through a youth system with built-in limits. Zach Plesac, a junior right-handed pitcher for Ball State, said he was 11 when Little League International first implemented maximum pitch counts and mandatory rest between outings in 2008. “It was right at that point where they started restricting the pitch counts and making sure people are on the right pitching limits,” he said. “I think it was a good thing, ... starting that effort at that young age because

it prevents them from being overused when their body feels great. … When you’re that young, you’re always feeling great.” Ball State pitching coach Chris Fetter, however, said pitch counts do not guarantee a clean bill of health. “You have to take anything that people say about pitch counts with a grain of salt,” he said. There’s no magic number of pitches that will keep a player safe, he said. At Ball State, pitchers are generally limited to 85 or 90 pitches early in the season, gradually increasing their pitch counts throughout the season. Fetter, who played minor league baseball in the San Diego Padres system and was an assistant pitching coach with the San Antonio Missions (AA) in 2013, said the Cardinals’ maximum pitch count is 120, but pitchers rarely reach that total. “Once you get past 120, that’s when you start to redline it a bit, [but] we just play it by the guys,” he said. “There are some innings and some pitches that are just more stressful than others. So say if a guy has thrown a couple of 30-pitch innings, his threshold isn’t 120. We have to monitor him because he’s been under some stress.” Still, Fetter said staying healthy is more than just limiting the number of pitches. “Everything kind of factors

in,” he said. “There’s an ease of operation when you’re on the mound. The guys that can repeat, the guys that have stamina, the guys that have the strength, ... they ultimately do it a little more easily and, in turn, don’t get hurt as readily as the others do.” Plesac said effective pitching is the first part of staying healthy. Simply put, better pitches mean shorter innings. He also said proper form is important because using the entire body limits stress on certain body parts, like the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the elbow. “I think mechanics play a huge role,” Plesac said. “You know, making sure your body is connecting at the right time to make sure you put the least amount of stress on your arm as you can. When your body’s disconnected or you’re throwing out of position, it just puts more pressure on your arm.” Tired pitchers can often revert to bad habits that increase the risk of injury. Plesac said that’s why the Cardinals emphasize a strong running program. “When you’re in shape, that keeps your body strong enough to make sure you’re in the right position when you’re going down the mound, especially late in the game,” he said. “When you start getting tired or you’re not strong enough, you start not being consistent with

your body. … Next thing you know, you’re stressing your shoulder too much.” Ball State pitchers also throw every day, though not necessarily on the mound. Fetter is a proponent of throwing long-toss to build arm strength. Younger pitchers, he said, sometimes have difficulty adjusting to the daily program at Ball State. In the summer, they usually pitch in weekend tournaments then avoid throwing until the next weekend’s tournament. “Their idea of rest and recuperation is to just not throw,” he said. “No, that’s not really helping yourself. You’re just setting yourself back. It’s kind of like if you were to lift only once a week — every time you lift you’re gonna be sore, as opposed to the guys that lift three to four times a week. You get rid of that soreness and get adjusted to it.” Though several studies, including some by Dr. James Andrews, a surgeon famous for working with professional athletes, support pitch counts as a way to limit injuries, Fetter said it is still dependent on the individual pitchers, their conditioning and their mechanics. “There’s no exact science, but we just try and do the best that we can given the information that we have to protect our guys,” Fetter said. “We don’t want any injuries on our hands.”

run here at the end the season so we have a chance to.” Finishing strong is not a necessity only to qualify for the MAC Tournament, but also to be successful once you get there. “One team gets hot and stays hot all weekend,” Cowger said. “We have to qualify for it and take the momentum from the season with one final push.” Last year, when the Cardinals won the tournament, they won their last seven out of ten to finish off the MAC season and went undefeated on their way to the MAC Championship. This season, they’ve won only two of their last ten games. Ball State finishes off its home schedule with three games this weekend against Western Michigan (18-23, 9-7 MAC) who is second in the MAC West. Toledo, the team above Ball State, will also play three at home but against the top-ranked team in the MAC: Northern Illinois (32-13, 12-5 MAC). The Cardinals will finish off their MAC regular season next weekend with a trip to Toledo for a threegame series that could have a major impact on the final standings. This weekend’s games begin today with a doubleheader. The games start at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with game three on Saturday at a time to be determined.

DN FILE PHOTO GRACE RAMEY

The Ball State baseball team is leading the Mid-American Conference with a .295 team batting average. The Cardinals’ choices for walk-up songs help get players in the right mindset before they go up to bat.

HOW DID THESE PLAYERS CHOOSE A WALK-UP SONG? | COLIN GRYLLS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR sports@bsudailynews.com

Baseball is a game of routine, repetition and rhythm — and at home games, that rhythm often comes in the form of walk-up songs. The Cardinals lead the Mid-American Conference with their .295 team batting average, and the players’ walk-up songs help them get in the right mindset for their at-bat. Here are some of the songs Ball State players chose: Junior right fielder Alex Call: “Careless Whisper” by George Michael “Well, I played saxophone in high school and most of my life,” Call said. “It’s an instrument that I love and think it makes great music. It kinda gets me in a chill mood, in a relaxed mood.” Junior first baseman Caleb Stayton: “Where I Belong” by Building 429 “I’m obviously a big guy of faith. Keeping in mind what really matters when

I’m walking up to the plate keeps things in perspective and helps keep me focused,” Stayton said. Junior third baseman Sean Kennedy: “Good Vibrations” by Marky-Mark and the Funky Bunch “I like kind of the oldschool, good vibe song,” Kennedy said. “I know it sounds cliché because I chose the song ‘Good Vibrations,’ but I just like being relaxed in the box and having a good time.” Junior center fielder Matt Eppers: “People Mover” by The One and Only PPL MVR “It gets me in the right mental state to go to battle,” Eppers said. Junior catcher Jarett Rindfleisch: “Buy Me a Boat” by Chris Janson “I picked it because I’m a country fan and it’s a newer song,” Rindfleisch said. Junior shortstop Alex Maloney: “Don’t Waste my Time” by Krept & Konan “I like it because it’s from the movie ‘Creed’ and it gets me pumped up,” Maloney said.

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10 things students will miss about Ball State this summer |

MICHELLE KAUFMAN COMMUNITY/BUSINESS REPORTER mekaufman@bsu.edu

As the semester draws to a close, Ball State students reflect on what they’ll miss while away from campus this summer. 1. “I am going to miss the feeling of being at a place that feels more like home than anywhere else.” – Ashleigh Kramer, a senior speech pathology major Ball State students spend the majority of their time on campus, so much so that it begins to feel like home. Thankfully for Kramer, she doesn’t have to say goodbye for good quite yet. She will be returning in the fall for her final semester. 2. “I will probably miss having my friends so close to me. I really enjoyed seeing them so often during the week, and now in the summer we are all going to go off and do our own thing.” – Ashley Mullen, a freshman telecommunications major

It’s easy to get accustomed to seeing your friends every day, and being away from them over the summer months will take some adjustment. 3. “[I’m going to miss] seeing my friends and especially [my girlfriend] Sara.” – Brian Pierson, a sophomore computer science and applied math major Long-distance relationships can be tricky, but being able to text and Skype or FaceTime makes things easier. 4. “[I’ll miss] Dance Marathon and my friends.” – Mallory Grantz, a sophomore secondary English education major Ball State’s annual Dance Marathon is one of the campus’s biggest events, but students involved with BSUDM will get a chance to begin planning and raising money for Dance Marathon in no time. 5. “I think what I’m going to miss most about Ball State is going to Two Cats Café. ... And I’m going to

miss Frog Baby and being able to sit by her and read a book, and the people, the environment and the smiles.” – Daishawn Smith, a junior social work major The Village and Ball State’s community is a space where many students relax and feel welcomed. 6. “I’m gonna miss my drawing class because I love art. I love my figure drawing class.” – Sylvia Marbach, a freshman visual communications major Though many students will be happy to be free of classes and homework, some classes are just so good you wish they’d last forever. 7. “I’m gonna miss all the free food, stuff and events Ball State just gives us with our tuition money.” – Willie Mahlan, a junior telecommunications major Free food and T-shirts aren’t things you find quite as often in many other places. 8. “I will miss being around my brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa and sending

off the seniors who graduated.” – Jacob Struble, a sophomore entrepreneurship and finance major Greek Life provides a family-like community for many students, and it’s never easy to watch a close friend graduate, no matter how happy you are for them. 9. “I’m going to miss my friends and the creative environment I get to work in.” – Sarah Carman, a junior theatre design and technology major When you enjoy what you do, and who you do it with, it can be hard to take a break. 10. “I’m going to miss my friends that I won’t get to see every day while I’m at home, and the amount of freedom I get while at school.” – Hannah Hall, a junior elementary education major Being on your own has some benefits, like being able to stay out late and watch Netflix for hours on end, something parents at home might not approve of.

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Illuminate Festival to showcase local artists’ work Event to feature art, music, comedy at Be Here Now ALLISON NUSBAUM | GENERAL REPORTER anusbaum@bsu.edu

Featuring EDM, hip-hop, Comedy Underground and a pop-up art gallery, the third annual Illuminate Arts Festival will return to Be Here Now to celebrate local artists on Saturday. The festival, which began in 2014, was a product of Andrew August’s devotion to the local artistic community, he said. August founded the Electronic Dance Music Collective (EDMC), an association of producers and songwriters, when he found out many had not played their original works for an audience before.

“I found out that all of these EDMC DJs were also writing their own music, and I was like, ‘hold the phone,’” August said. August decided to create a festival to showcase local EDM talent in collaboration with Whitney Lewis of Be Here Now. The second Illuminate Arts Festival in 2015 was the most attended event ever at the venue. This year, the Illuminate Arts Festival has expanded to include a greater diversity of Muncie talent, including hip-hop, a multimedia art show and stand-up comedy. But the goal remains “to shine the biggest spotlight on local art,” said August, who will be performing as “Mephysto” at 8 p.m. And unlike in years past, not all of this art will be musical. The Pop-Up Art Gallery will be open from

12-6 p.m. and will feature multimedia art from sixteen artists from the Glue and Scissors Society, a local artist collection. Lavonte Pugh, from the Glue and Scissors Society, said the group has used trial and error to put up an art gallery in the midst of a festival, where it will be best for audiences and artists. “We don’t want to dissuade artists from submitting if they are worried about their work being destroyed, so we use our experience from past shows to place things in places where rowdy attendants won’t likely be,” he said. The gallery will feature the group’s popular chess boards, which can be played blindfolded against the artist. Music performances will take place on three stages throughout Be Here Now.

dia, after her uncle told her about the opportunity. “My uncle is a pastor and told me stories about orphans being dropped off at his church,” Aby said. “He told me about businesses he knew that could use my help. I could apply the skills I’ve learned from Ball State there.” Aby has always been a big advocate for philanthropy. She wanted to start the project because she knew she would be working in industry for a long time and is just as passionate about service, she said. Her goal is to raise $5,000 for 19 orphans. The money will go toward whatever is

most needed but can help for the longest amount of time. “The kids have to choose between new clothes or new shoes, a backpack or books,” Aby said. “My personal goal is to send kids to college, but that’s a long way off.” Currently, Aby is working on a team with two other students on a campaign named Go Mysore. The goal is to help all the orphans at the Lord’s Home Orphanage in Mysore and improve their lives, according to its website. Aby plans to keep donors involved through weekly newsletters. Donors can also see how their money

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The third annual Illuminate Arts Festival will be returning to Be Here Now with EDM, hip-hop, Comedy Underground and a pop-up art gallery on Saturday. The festival started in 2014, but their second festival in 2015 was the most attended event at Be Here Now.

Twelve EDM DJs will be performing on BHN’s back porch stage and main stage. Five hip-hop artists will be on the front porch. The Comedy Underground will be on the main

stage from 6-8 p.m. and will feature six comedians. There will be “30,000 watts of sonic thunder,” which will feature LED and fire performances. Local artist Amelia Rule

will also be doing ink portraits during the event. August hopes the festival encourages people to “not be bored in Muncie, but instead make it the city you want it to be.”

is being spent through the website and social media. “This isn’t one of those programs where you donate once and never see what happens to your money,” Aby said. “I want there to be a lot of interaction.” Jacob Logeman, a junior telecommunications major, is one of the team members. Logeman met Aby while working on the campaign team for Atlas, the SGA slate Aby was a part of. He and Aby became friends through all of the time he spent with the slate working on videos. Logeman also has experience with fundraising

through his involvement in Dance Marathon. Aby thought he would be a great candidate to help her with creating promotional content for Go Mysore, he said. “We started with a video that summarized what our mission was,” Logeman said. “Then we promoted that through our website and social media. I’ve learned multiple methods of fundraising, and I’ve been able to bring that knowledge to the table and help [Aby] reach her fundraising goal.” Marissa Olson is the third team member. A senior public relations major, Olson met Aby through a mutual

friend. Aby approached her about five months ago, asking her to join the project. “I was really drawn to the idea,” Olson said. “It really spoke to me. I like helping people, being a part of something bigger than myself.” Olson helps Logeman with graphics. The three of them all have different skills and work together, she said. This isn’t her first time working on fundraising — she’s also involved with Dance Marathon. “I’ve never been helping fundraise for an orphanage firsthand before,” Olson said. “It’s a really great opportunity; I’m really excited to be a part of it.”

STUDENTS HELP FUNDRAISE MONEY FOR ORPHANAGE Richu Aby plans to raise $5,000 for 19 orphans ALEXANDRA SMITH | GENERAL REPORTER ajsmith9@bsu.edu

It’s not uncommon for college students to be involved in volunteer work. For one Ball State student, this means raising money for an Indian orphanage — and even going overseas to work there. Richu Aby, a senior international business major, has been raising money for an orphanage in Mysore, In-

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