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Starting in Fall 2016, the university will open the College of Health. The proposal passed Wednesday at the University Board of Trustees meeting. Mitchell Whaley, chairman of the implementation task force of the College of Health, said establishing the college will help Ball State’s health programs stand out. “We felt as though the creation and co-locating our health-related academic programs would actually make a more cohesive unit within the university that would help us attract faculty and students,” Whaley said. “That has been a problem in some of our health-related academic departments in the past; … they were embedded in a college that didn’t necessarily look, on paper, as a health college.”
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hen coffee and pop stopped doing the trick to wake Sandy Potter* up for class in the morning, she turned to a stronger remedy. The sophomore finance major started taking dietary supplement pills, and they soon became a part of her daily morning routine. “I didn’t know what was in the pills, but I knew—or I thought I knew—there couldn’t be any risks because I didn’t even need a doctor’s prescription,” she said. Recreational drug abuse is rising among college-aged students — from over and under the prescription counter — according to recently released data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). See STUDY, page 5
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‘MAD WORLD’ EXPLORES CARROLL’S LIFE Festival chooses original musical for opening weekend
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After months of workshopping, the winning musical of Ball State’s first Discovery New Musical Theatre Festival will be brought to life by the staff and students of the Department of Theatre and Dance. “Mad World,” the opening production for this semester’s mainstage se-
ries, delves into the life of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” The Discovery New Music Festival received more than 100 entries from across the United States in 2014, and “Mad World” was chosen as the best choice to receive a full production, according to a Ball State press release. Students and staff members involved with the production met with the musical’s Californian writers, Christian Guerrero, Chandler Patton and Steven Schmidt to figure
out the most effective way to tell the story. The workshops started in May of this year, and involved hours of discussion about the musical. Ultimately, the writers had the final say, but Eva Patton, the director of the musical and an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, said they were very generous and receptive toward the students’ and staff’s feedback. In the musical, Carroll is an archdeacon at Christ’s Church and a logic and mathematics professor at Oxford. He is a shy man in his 30s who finds himself straddling two worlds.
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“Mad World” is the opening production for this semester’s mainstage series by the staff and students of the Department of Theatre and Dance. The show opens at 7:30 p.m. today at the University Theatre.
The Ball State football team will face a stiff test on the road against Northwestern, as it will battle with the No. 10 defense in the country in Evanston, Ill. Through three games, NorthNORTHWESTERN western has allowed just 16 DEFENSIVE STATS points and is POINTS PER GAME ALLOWED allowing 235 5.3 yards per game YARDS PER GAME ALLOWED during a 3-0 235 start. The Wildcats held StanPASSING YARDS PER GAME ALLOWED ford to six points 124.3 and Duke to 10 RUSHING YARDS PER GAME points last week. ALLOWED Ball State’s of110.7 fense will look to get off to a fast start and put some points on the board. Freshman running back James Gilbert said he thinks the team is approaching Northwestern’s defense the right way. “I feel like we got a good game plan this week,” Gilbert said. “We [are] still going to run the ball and do what we do, we’ve been doing good so far, so why stop now?” THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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We’ve all been thinking it: “When is Johnny Depp going to make a good movie again?” Well, for those of you who have put your eggs in the “Black Mass” basket, prepare for your dreams to be shattered. While the film is perfectly fine, it lacks the groundbreaking and sometimes controversial pizzazz that we’ve all come to expect from the great Mr. Depp. “Black Mass” tells the true story of Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger, an infamous Boston crime boss in the 1970s through the 1990s, focusing on the many alliances he made in his years of lawlessness. Because the film is less about the plot and more about the man, it puts a lot of pressure on Depp to be convincing. Unfortunately, there comes a point when casting big names is not always the right choice, especially in the case of this film. The main problem with “Black Mass” is its utterly manufactured feel. For one thing, you can put ten tons of prosthetics on Johnny Depp and it won’t change a thing. He’s still Johnny Depp, and we all know it.
To get away from the cast for a moment, there are some redeeming qualities to be found in the movie, starting with the cinematography. Most gangster films opt for a simplistic, run-of-the-mill film style, because, after all, it’s about the story, not the aesthetic. However, “Black Mass” works around this Hollywood rule and through the establishing shots presents an unusual amount of creativity in both framing and color. Another saving grace in the film is its careful balance between criminal and human behavior. It’s easy to portray Bulger as a monster, but it’s far more interesting to see his soft side. Details like Bulger’s card shark of a mother and the parental advice he gives to his son are what save this movie from being completely forgettable. The term “black mass” refers to the blasphemous worship of Satan—but I think we can all agree that the movie Black Mass refers to the blasphemous worship of Johnny Depp.
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“Black Mass” tells the true story of Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston. Bulger became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
The biggest mistake this film made was the casting. It can be seen that Depp was cast for bringing fame to the film, not for fitting the part. I’m not saying Depp didn’t give a brilliant performance—he always does—but he kept me detached from the movie because I couldn’t stop trying to figure out what they did to his face to make him look like that. Furthermore, it doesn’t matter how seamless his portrayal was with Benedict Cumberbatch playing
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Linebacker Sean Wiggins leads the Ball State football team with 23 tackles so far this season. Wiggins had two picks in the second half of the game against Eastern Michigan Sept. 19.
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After two subpar showings against Virginia Military Institute and Texas A&M, the Ball State defense improved significantly in its week three win. The Cardinals shut out Eastern Michigan in the second half of last weekend’s game. It was the first time this happened since Oct. 25, 2014, when the Ball State defense blanked Akron in the second half of a 35-21 victory. Despite up-and-down play from the defense this year, linebacker Sean Wiggins has been the catalyst of the Cardinals’ group. “Over the summer, in training camp, the coaches really had us working hard on getting to the ball,” Wiggins said. “We’re just going hard. We’re competing hard and going after the ball.” Wiggins’ ball-hawking nature has given him the Ball State lead with 23 tackles. He also has the team’s only two interceptions. Last season, Wiggins
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The Cardinals’ offense was sparked by the addition of freshman quarterback Riley Neal to the offense. Neal entered the game last week against Eastern Michigan, leading Ball State to 28 unanswered points in a 28-17 victory. The 6-foot-5-inch signal caller finished 24-28 for 194 yards and a touchdown. He added 93 yards and another touchdown on the ground. But Northwestern has been stingy against the pass, only allowing 124.3 yards per game so far. Add running back Darian Green to the mix, and Ball State’s offense has been a nice balance in a 2-1 start. The Cardinals are averaging 33 points per game. “I know they’re a good,
was a rotational player for the Cardinals. He moved around from the linebacker position and helped out in the secondary as well. Even with only two starts, Wiggins was eighth on the team in tackles (48), second among linebackers, behind Ben Ingle. The 6-foot-3-inches, 228-pound junior attests his early season success to the offseason, and head coach Pete Lembo said working hard with weights has made him a more well-rounded athlete. “He’s embraced the weight room, I think that’s helped him,” Lembo said. “He’s bending a little bit better, he’s covering a little bit more ground and he’s a little bit more experienced. That’s a good combination.” Wiggins’ instincts have also improved from the linebacker position. His two picks in the second half versus Eastern Michigan stopped any chance of an Eagle comeback, leading to a 28-17 Cardinal victory. “Basically just being in the right place at the right time,” Wiggins said of his picks. It was all in the coaching by defensive coordinator Kevin Kelly, as well as Wiggins following the route to some big defensive plays. “I didn’t run the wheel
disciplined team, but my mindset is: just don’t beat yourself,” Green said. “I believe in our offensive coordinators and coaches ... they are contributing, giving us a great plan to go in there with giving us a chance to win.” In the first few games, it seemed like the Cardinals would have to outscore teams to win. But against Eastern Michigan, the defense pitched a shutout in the second half. It will look to continue its improvement against a Northwestern offense that has been average, ranking 88th in the country to this point. Through the air, quarterback Clayton Thorson averages 109 yards per game, a 50.8 completion percentage and has one touchdown to two interceptions. The strong suit on the offensive side of the ball appears to come from the ground game, where
INDIVIDUAL STATS SEAN WIGGINS, JUNIOR LINEBACKER • Games played - 3 • Total tackles 23 • Tackles for loss - 1 • Sacks - 1 • Interceptions - 2 • Pass breakups - 1 [route], when I was supposed to,” Wiggins said. “Coach [Kelly] got on me for it, and then I ran the wheel the next three times.” As a leader for the Ball State defense, Wiggins said they can’t let big plays get to them. The team will have its hands full on the road against No.17 Northwestern this week. The Wildcats are averaging over 250 yards per game on the ground this season. The defense will look to keep improving as it seeks an upset in Evanston, Ill. Saturday. “Don’t let the big plays get to you, because every team is good,” Wiggins said. “Every team has a good athlete, that’s why everybody is D-1. So when somebody makes a big play, all you gotta do is just let it go and get them the next time.”
the Wildcats are averaging 257 yards per game. Justin Jackson leads the attack, but Warren Long, Solomon Vault and Thorson also contribute. Despite a tough, grindit-out approach, Northwestern has shown it can put up points, defeating Eastern Illinois 41-0 in its second win of the season. With Ball State’s fastpaced offense, it appears the teams are on opposite ends of the spectrum. If the Cardinals get off to a good start and force some turnovers on defense, they will look to win what may be a low-scoring game with one of the nation’s top teams. “I don’t think you’ll exploit anything,” head coach Pete Lembo said. “You have to execute at a very high level and you have to fight for every yard that you get.” The teams will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday at Northwestern.
More than $1 million will be spent on renovations to the First Merchants Ballpark Complex by the time they are complete. This will be the complex’s first update in 40 years. The complex is home to both Ball State’s baseball team and its softball team. Ball Diamond began renovations in late May last year to update its grandstands. The renovation was set in multiple stages, and athletic director Mark Sandy said it is nearing the end of the final stage in the project. “The stage we’re doing now, which is dugouts for softball and the press box and seating for baseball, that’s what we’re calling stage three,” he said. “That came from the fundraising, the Cardinal Commitment that was just finished— and that portion is a little bit more than a million dollars.” Renovations to the complex are just a small portion of the $20.6 million fundraising effort which will benefit nine of the athletic organizations on campus. Although the renovations may cost a pretty penny, Sandy said, those pennies will not be coming from ticket sales at the complex, at least for now. “For this coming season, everyone’s admitted free and seating is first-come, first-
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Ball State will spend more than $1 million on renovations for the First Merchants Ballpark Complex. The Ball Diamond started renovations in late May to update the grandstands.
serve,” Sandy said. “We might have a space reserved for professional scouts, getting them a proper place so they can use the radar guns and all that.” Sandy also sees plans for the chair-back seating being used for season tickets or reserved seating down the road. Behind home plate, 60 stadium-style seats were installed. Sandy said more may be added in the future, saying “we can expand as needed.” Much like Ball Diamond, the softball diamond has also been improved as they replicate the changes happening on the baseball diamond. “Their [softball’s] part of phase three is new dugouts, like baseball received last summer,” Sandy said. “So they have brand new dugouts and they have a new field as well. Then the next phase for them will be the press box and seating. It’s sort of like the one is mirroring the other, so eventually the two facilities will be very, very similar.” Future plans also include an indoor practice facility that can be used in the winter.
The updated facilities look to serve as a recruitment tool as well. “When you have indoor hitting and a practice area as a northern school in baseball, it just changes what people think about your program and which student-athletes you can attract,” Sandy said. The softball team used its new dugouts last weekend in its fall opener against Huntington University. The baseball team will debut its grandstands on Oct. 2 when it takes on the Ontario Blue Jays. As both teams begin playing in the spring, Sandy said he thinks more fans than usual will attend because of the renovations. “I don’t think there’s any question that a new facility not only helps with recruiting, but it brings more fans out to see what it’s like,” he added. “With the other amenities, the new restrooms, new concessions and things like that, it’ll definitely draw more people to the game and create more excitement.”
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tevie Hahn isn’t always himself. Sometimes, he’s Ray Toffer, the deadpan host of “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie,” a YouTube series on Hahn’s channel that sarcastically highlights sights in Muncie. Hahn posts other videos, but “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” is his most popular segment. The videos have received 29,531 views since he posted the first one in 2013. Before he started, he actually disliked when people made fun of Muncie. Eventually, he thought, “You know what? I’ll do it myself.” Hahn, a Muncie local and Ball State alumnus, decided to mock his hometown by mimicking “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” a show from the ‘80s and ‘90s that showcased celebrity havens. For his first video in the “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” series, Hahn made a list of locations in Muncie he wanted to highlight. He then drove around and filmed himself talking about each place. In each scene, he’d assume the persona of Toffer, who narrates the videos with a monotone
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voice and always appears in a red and white baseball T-shirt, glasses and a tan hat. The idea for the character came easily to Hahn. “There was no inspiration at all,” he said “It’s too stupid to have inspiration.” Hahn posted his first video on June 6, 2013. The next morning he woke up to 150 emails and saw it had been shared all over Facebook. “I almost didn’t upload it because I thought it was really stupid, and I didn’t think anyone would think it was funny,” Hahn said. He was wrong. Hahn received requests from viewers to make more “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” videos, leaving comments like “Keep them coming!” and “Do a special on potholes.” Hahn originally intended his viewership to not include Muncie residents so “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” brought him more fame than he was anticipating. He said he can’t go to Target without some of the employees saying, “Are you the guy from the Muncie video?” Ball State students have seen the videos, too.
“I felt like it was exaggerated, but hilariously accurate at the same time,” said Chris Keaton, a senior Spanish and telecommunications major. Hahn takes a few days to film each video, then edits the segments together to create a final product of around two and half minutes. Hahn has worked in theaters since high school so he’s used to performing in front of people. He still sometimes feels uncomfortable about creating his videos alone. He tries to get each shot in one take so he has less of a chance of being seen talking into a camera by himself. Hahn came up with three additional “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” video ideas after his first one. He uploaded the latest on July 13, 2015. He hopes to create more in the future, but needs to feel the urge to do so. “It can be really not funny,” Hahn said. “Especially when you’re just watching raw clips.” More “Beautiful Luxurious Muncie” videos may be in the works soon. Hahn hopes to cover the topics of Muncie history and Muncie nightlife and have a ball while doing it.
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A local dubstep DJ and producer who has been creating music since high school will celebrate the release of his first album with a show Saturday at Be Here Now . Colin Ledbetter, also known by his artist name Phlank, is a junior computer science major who began his music career with a Google search on how to produce music. The title of his new album, “Substratium,” refers to the pocket of life sustained below the atmospheric layer. One idea Phlank wanted to symbolize through the music is symbiosis: the fact that everyone on Earth is working together, even unknowingly, in order to survive. The album’s sound is written in a style of music referred to as minimal. He uses as few instruments as possible to create something that is “greater than the sum of its parts.” This simplicity, Phlank said, leads each listener to interpret the music differently than the way someone
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Colin Ledbetter, a junior computer science major, is releasing his first album with a show on Saturday at Be Here Now. Ledbetter started making dubstep music by doing a Google search on how to produce music.
else would. His goal for the album was to have a full, balanced sound that lends to the idea of everything working together. If there was one thing for a listener to take away from the album, it would be to “remember where you’ve been,” Phlank said. “The point of living is to be living and to experience it.” This idea inspired Phlank throughout the album-making process. “The challenge is finding new ways of doing and finding things that made you happy at one point,” he said. “It goes back to the idea, ‘Do
you want to go back or do you want to stay here?’” Phlank used a sound bite from the movie “Gravity,” sampling a scene in which Sandra Bullock’s character is trapped in space, to represent this idea. Phlank’s belief in symbiosis also shows in the help he received from others who are “in the scene.” Several of the DJs with whom he performs on the online dubstep forum ClouwdNine were involved in the making of the album. One of Phlank’s songs, “Into the Fray,” was remixed by Kyle Reese, known online
as Resykle. “Every element [in Phlank’s music] has a time and a place,” Reese said. “Nothing is superfluous or random, but all the elements work together to create a unique rhythm.” Phlank will have 100 physical copies for sale at the show and at phlank. bandcamp.com. A percentage of profits will go to ClouwdNine, and the rest toward the Electronic Dance Music Club, of which he is president. Indianapolis artists Willie Grimez and Indigo Child will also perform at the show.
“He is as immersed within the rigid societal and religious structures of Victorian England as a man at that time could possibly be,” said senior musical theatre student John Banes, who plays Carroll in this production. “As his creative work is, to this day, some of the most infamous of the English-speaking world, he is also deeply immersed in his own imagination.” To give outlet to his creativity, Carroll entertains the children of his friend and employer, Henry Liddell. The show presents three different worlds to its audience: 1928 London, 1860 England, and “a place of imagination and memory,” Patton said. The show flashes backward and forward between these three worlds in order to tell the story as “a moving collage of memories,” the script writers said. Patton has worked to remain true to that message. Eventually, these worlds “collide harshly for all the characters in the show,” Banes said. “Causing them to exist in a juxtaposed hybrid ... one Mad World.” The duality that Carroll faces parallels the struggle many people may face in their own lives. People “may exist in two worlds at the same time,” Patton said. “Mad World” addresses how they balance that.
“I hope that [“Mad World”] will allow audience members to examine and come to some understanding of the duality in their own lives, the different worlds we sometimes live in and what it means to be more accepting and forgiving of ourselves as we try to navigate that paradox,” Patton said. The time spent working on “Mad World” has provided student actors with a valuable experience, Patton said. “This really benefits the students because it allows them the rare opportunity to create a character for the first time and to be a real part of the collaborative process,” Patton said. “This gives the students a real sense of participating in the collaborative process that theatre is.” Banes has embraced the opportunity. “The challenge of navigating acting in a new work is my favorite challenge because there are no precedents,” Banes said. “For each role, it is just the collaboration of actor and team within the given world of the script. It’s fascinating to me.” Many who come to this show will be familiar with the literary works on which it is based, and Banes noted that the “vibrantly real” characters in this musical bring “new life to the actual human beings surrounding the creation of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ books. The scandal, the mystery, the heartbreak and the joy are all explored in ‘Mad World.’”
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Weidner Center gives program exposure Residential Property Management major gets updated space
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Now that Residential Property Management students have a new central location, they can take more pride in their program. Ball State’s is the only RPM program in Indiana, and only consists of about 50 students. Kolby Smethers, who is a senior in RPM, said the location of the center on the first floor of the newly renovated Applied Technology Building will draw more attention to what the program does. He said having an updated space will help RPM students be proud of their course of study. “With that extra promotion, it will be easier for students to talk about the program with students outside of the program, which will, in turn, result in more success in the program,” Smethers said. “The new center will also help students take pride in their major.” The center is named after Dean Weidner, who donat-
ed $1 million toward its construction and the advancement of the program into national status. Weidner is the owner of Weidner Apartment Homes, one of the largest residential companies in the nation, with complexes all over North America. The center’s purpose is to create visibility of the RPM program and industry. Some of the features of the Weidner Center include two rooms for one-on-one interviews, a resource desk and a lobby with video monitors. Erin Donovan, program director of RPM, said the video monitors will show information about the program, job openings related to the major, events and advisory board company highlights. Blake Mitchell, a senior in the department, said most students aren’t aware that the RPM program exists, and the new center should attract people to enroll in it. “The new Weidner Center will provide a professional atmosphere for students to interview with future employers,” Mitchell said. “This will give the RPM Program better exposure to Ball State and hopefully the growth of the major ...
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The Weidner Center for Residential Property Management will be located on the first floor of the Applied Technology Building on campus. The center is named after Dean Weidner, owner of Weidner Apartment Homes, one of the largest residential companies in the nation.
Hopefully this new center will change the recognition of the program, and help get the word out.” Donovan said RPM is aim-
ing to spread word about the program so more students can take advantage of it while they have the chance. “Our biggest problem is that
University considers selling rights to broadcast TV signals Sale of spectrum could generate millions of dollars KARA BERG NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com
A former Federal Communications Commission attorney said, for now, the university’s plan to potentially sell all or part of its rights to broadcast TV signals is probably the right decision, but is still a loss for the telecommunications department. Barry Umansky, who is now a Ball State telecommunications professor, has dealt with those TV signals, or spectrum, for a long time, he said. Ball State is the owner of PBS-member station WIPB television and on Wednesday, the Board of Trustees authorized President Paul W. Ferguson to look into participating in a FCC auction to sell the spectrum, which could potentially earn the university millions of dollars. Because spectrum is highly valuable, “thirsty” wireless carriers, like AT&T and Sprint, continue to want more of it, Umansky said. “There would probably be some significant money on the table,” he said. However, he said any loss of opportunity to convey Ball State’s programming is still a loss. The spectrum would be
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Prescription ADHD medications like Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse are increasingly used by college students who haven’t been diagnosed with ADHD, but dietary supplements, like Potter used, are gaining popularity among students as well. NIDA reported 66 percent of college students use a dietary supplement at least once a week. Use of prescription stimulants is also on the rise, as 14.1 percent of college students admit to taking Adderall and Ritalin regularly without medical supervision, nearly doubling the percentages from 2008. After three months on dietary supplements, Potter wanted to try something stronger. “I guess I didn’t know what I was doing, but I started adding straight caffeine pills
taken from the WIPB-TV station, which is a Public Broadcasting Service affiliate, licensed to Ball State. According to bsu.edu, it serves 664,000 households in a 22-county region. WIPB-TV is hosted in the Ball Communication Building. Umansky said regardless of the money, local, overthe-air broadcasting is still valuable. “I personally have been a major fan of broadcast localism,” Umansky said. “I recognize the value of local service, and I always support the notion of local program content over local program stations.” This is the third spectrum auction in 10 years in the United States, and the last one Congress has authorized, so this could be the university’s last chance to cash in, said Philip Repp, interim dean of the College of Architecture and Planning. “This is a one-time shot,” Umansky said. The notion of the broadcast spectrum option has been on the table for an entire decade, and it’s an “extraordinary complex,” Umansky said. The process involves a reverse auction and a forward auction. In the reverse auction, the university could give up its spectrum rights in exchange for a part of the proceeds from the forward auction, when the rights will be resold. When broadcasters
to what I took every day,” Potter said. “The kick I got was so much bigger, and I figured because there was caffeine in so many other things, it really couldn’t be that dangerous.” However, over-consumption of caffeine or abuse of prescription drugs can have serious negative health effects in both the short and long-term, said Stephen King, a representative from the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Overuse can be as basic as headaches and escalate to issues such as heart palpitations and even, in very extreme cases, death,” King said. For Potter, the caffeine consumption progressed further into more serious and intense doses. Within two months, the pills lost their kick, and she moved on to taking Adderall, which is illegal when not prescribed by a doctor. “Adderall definitely
participate in the auction, they can either relinquish the higher frequency channel for a lower frequency one, share their channel with another broadcaster or completely relinquish their channel and go off the air, according to fcc.gov. Ball State has to commit to the auction by October, and both auctions will take place in 2016. “[The] reverse [auction] will work with a series of bids that may or may not come back to you during that process,” Repp said. “When they come back, there are decisions to be made — do you stay in and find out more, or say, ‘No, this isn’t going to happen’?” The university can pull out at any time, Repp said. “The FCC understood that, and they realized stations have a commitment to their broadcasting,” Repp said. “So if you want to find out if there’s something there to look at, you can do that or pull out anytime you want. That’s what interests us — that there’s no penalty to participate.” In the past, Repp said bid prices were “all over the map,” so it’s difficult to estimate how much Ball State could make. To find out what any of the university’s stations would be worth, Ball State has to participate in the auction. The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees approved their partic-
seemed safe after doing so well with the pills I had been taking before,” she said. “When I started getting really bad headaches and migraines, though, I had to stop. It wasn’t worth it, and I started to get afraid of what could happen if I got into trouble.” The FDA recommends when a patient is prescribed a drug for a medical condition, such as ADHD, they take the drug as directed and under a doctor’s supervision. “Medicines can cause serious side effects if not used correctly,” King said. “Incorrect use of medications, or use for non-medical reasons, can lead to abuse, addiction and serious side effects. Physician supervision and appropriate use is critical for all prescription drugs.” The developers of Neurofuse, one of the many dietary supplement pills available, said their product contains a safe amount of all ingredients, despite a disclaimer
HOW BALL STATE COULD MAKE MONEY IN A SPECTRUM AUCTION Part 1: Initial target setting WIPB Ball State (the broadcaster) establishes what spectrum (certain range of broadcast frequencies) they are willing to sell and at what price. Part 2: Reverse auction Companies bid to establish the price they are willing to pay for flexible use licenses in this spectrum. Part 3: Forward auction
$ The forward auction closes if the “final stage rule” is met: ■ The average price per MHz must meet or exceed a benchmark ■ Proceeds of the forward auction must be sufficient to meet mandatory expenses Part 4: Profit Ball State earns money from the sale of the licenses in their spectrum at the agreed price. SOURCE: fcc.gov
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ipation in the FCC auction Sept. 18. Jacqui Schlabach contributed to this story. on the bottom of the bottle that warns for users to assess their tolerance before increasing any dosages. Although developers said it boosts energy using a combination of legal minerals and chemicals, the supplement — which can cost upwards of $80 for one 30pill bottle — lacks support from the FDA. Because it is classified under the dietary supplement classification, Neurofuse is able to avoid FDA regulations and other precautionary entities. Dietary supplement manufacturers must still register their facilities with the FDA, but they are not required to get federal approval before producing or selling dietary supplements, like Neurofuse. Sandy Walsh, a press officer for the FDA said although Neurofuse reports that it does contain certain natural ingredients, products like this should be consumed with caution. “If the dietary supple-
students are not aware of our program before coming to Ball State and often find us in their sophomore and junior year,” Donovan said. “We
hope that the center gives the program exposure so students can learn about the opportunities available in the industry early on.”
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ACADEMIC UNITS JOINING COLLEGE
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Whaley, who is also dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology, said he is confident the remaining work can be completed in time. The new college’s vision is to provide health care across the lifespan, with programs for children through adulthood to old age. Its goal is to enhance the understanding of health and well-being for all ages through inter-professional development and environments. Whaley said the College of Health will focus on collaboration, with students in different disciplines and programs all working together. The future College of Health building will have a multi-purpose clinic for all academic programs to share. “[The clinic] would be shared by all the academic programs, and in that particular space, students and faculty from the different disciplines will have on-campus opportunities … to practice together,” Whaley said. “That’s something that their professions are asking us to better prepare them to do once they get into the marketplace.” Two programs will be joining the College of Health, along with the five departments that are slated to make up the school. Counseling psychology has agreed to move from Teacher’s College, and nutrition and dietetics will move from the Department of Family and Consumer Science.
ment contains a new ingredient, that ingredient will be reviewed by FDA — not approved — prior to marketing, but only for safety, not effectiveness,” Walsh said. The FDA did not review Neurofuse in any capacity, Walsh said. ADHD stimulants, like Adderall, are Schedule II substances, and are on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) list right next to cocaine, meth and morphine. Those caught using or selling the drug illegally can get up to five years in prison and $20,000 in fines, according to DEA regulations. Peter Smith, a graduate student, said he isn’t concerned about any legal risks from using Adderall. For him, easy accessibility to the so-called “study drugs” makes consumption less daunting. “I’ve used [prescription stimulants] for awhile, and I still use them quite frequently,” he said. “They help
• Department of Health Science • Department of Social Work • Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology • School of Nursing The College of Health will have a couple hundred faculty and anywhere from 3,500 to 4,000 students once it is fully populated. That is consistent with the current size of the College of Applied Science and Technology. The construction of a future College of Health building was approved at a University Board of Trustees meeting this past summer. President Paul W. Ferguson said he was pleased the new college already has an established plan for a building, which was unusual. “The better news, of course, is that we have a building to populate, and that’s usually very rare,” Ferguson said. “Usually in my experience it’s just the opposite.” Ferguson said the establishment of the College of Health was a good example of how vision and implementation can come together. He said the college fits with his vision for Ball State. “It really is that student-centered, community-engaged and 21st century public research university profile. That’s our first major initiative that really integrates all of it,” Ferguson said. “I think Ball State will be different when this is fully integrated.”
me be more enthusiastic and stay motivated while doing homework or studying, and even though they come with side effects, I wouldn’t necessarily classify them as negative.” Dietary supplements lacked the desired kick for Smith, so he chose to use Adderall, even though it made it hard to sleep and decreased his appetite. He takes the pills about three times per week during the school year, he said. “There aren’t solid studies, to my knowledge, that can confirm there are correlations between the use of dietary supplements and later misuse of prescription stimulants, but it should warrant caution for anyone considering putting something new in their body,” Walsh said. “A safe bet for any product—don’t assume that even if it may not help you, it can’t hurt you, especially if those products seem unclear or if they aren’t prescribed to you at all.”
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Ball State refreshes branding image University hosts listening session about color, font
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Ball State is adjusting its brand to a more modern and consistent style, and asked for input from members of the university through a series of three branding sessions. The Division of Strategic Communications held its third and final brand refresh listening session Thursday. The discussion revolved around the new proposed brand elements for Ball State, which include color and font changes as well the elimination of the tagline
“Education Redefined.” Julie Hopwood, interim vice president for strategic communications, said her division heard complaints about the university’s previous brand being too sterile. She said she wanted the new brand to attract people to the university. “We want to provide that brand refresh, that structure for you, as soon as possible,” Hopwood said. “We want individuals to see our publications and say, ‘That’s where I want to be.’” The three meetings, which were held over the course of two weeks, focused mainly on color and font changes, but Hopwood said conversation on the brand will continue. The university website will be undergoing changes for the next three years.
Joan Todd, associate vice president of strategic communications and chief communications officer, said the decision to discontinue the use of “Education Redefined” was an effort to keep Ball State from being boxed in. “The general consensus is that taglines are a little bit confining,” Todd said. “We feel that the primary things about being entrepreneurial learners, student-centered, a model 21st-century public research university and community-engaged are big enough to encompass the primary goals of the university while allowing for diversity.” The changes to the fonts and colors are minor, with an emphasis on modernization. The brand will stick with the primary cardinal red and white col-
ors and secondary black and gray, but these are just the basics, said Mary Barr, Ball State’s chief creative officer. “Many brands kind of tweak with their color from time to time, adjusting to the marketplace and the medium,” Barr said. “Brand is our image out in the marketplace, and it’s important to protect it and make sure we’ve got a great brand out there.” Hopwood said the new templates will be publicly available, so the university community can work with the new brand guidelines. Students and faculty can use the logo and free photos to create different media for their academic needs, while still maintaining their creativity. Todd said the brand redesign is for all members of
fessors and feels involved in the school, even as a non-traditional college student. “I feel that what sets Ball State’s distance education programs apart is that you aren’t just an online student, you are a student like all the rest at Ball State,” Kline said. Ball State’s online and distance education program continues to grow in popularity with a 14.9 percent increase in enrollment since last year, according to a university press release. Nearly 10,000 students are enrolled in one or more online courses, with half of those students fully online. Marilyn Buck, associate provost and dean of university college, said the popu-
larity of the online education program is due to marketing efforts. In addition to newspaper and radio advertisements, she said the university has plans to erect a billboard which will help inform people what Ball State can do for online and distance education. Buck said another important factor in keeping online enrollment up is maintaining the quality of the courses and faculty. This fall, online majors in criminology and criminal justice were added to the program. Buck said there are plans for future majors, but the process to develop the programs needs approval from the state. “You have to have good
people that understand what it takes to do a great job in terms of building a program,” Buck said. Kline said he has many opportunities to be engaged with the university, and these have contributed to his success. Kline is a part of the Online Student Ambassador Program, which helps online students seek advice or encouragement and assists them with new online programs. He said the resources that are available to online students, such as the Writing Center and the library, are easily accessible. “Ball State’s online programs allow a person like me, a working adult with
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The final brand refresh session to create a more modern and consistent brand was held Thursday. The discussion focused on the new proposed brand elements for Ball State.
campus. Several telecommunications students are currently creating commercials for Ball State, which will air throughout the Midwest in January. “We’ve been working re-
ally hard on this,” Todd said. “There is a universal need for more collaboration with us and our desire to partner with everyone on campus and serve everyone as much as we can.”
work and family commitments, to still seek a degree to better yourself and your career,” he said. “The opportunities for advancement are limitless with the ease of online classes.” Buck said another feature that sets Ball State apart is the review process the online courses go through. Classes are peer-reviewed by Quality Matters, an organization that strives to promote and improve the quality of online education and student learning, according to its website. Buck said Ball State is one of the few universities in the country to have the Quality Matters certification. Wendy Gumbel, a graduate student studying business
administration, said the online and distance education program offers a number of online engagement tools, such as webinars and live casts of on-campus events. She said she is able to participate in discussions and be as involved in a class as an on-campus student would be, which is one of the things that drew her to Ball State. “The fact that Ball State works so hard to include online and distance students in campus life puts them above and beyond other programs,” Gumbel said. “The online students are as much a part of the classroom discussions as in-class students, not just an afterthought.”
Distance education program increases in popularity Online enrollment grows to nearly 10,000 students
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Some students believe Ball State’s online and distance education program helps them feel included, even if they don’t live anywhere near campus. Chad Kline, a sophomore business administration major, is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree online. Kline said he has had a positive experience with the online program and the pro-
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1013 W. Marsh St.: $350/bedroom plus utilities. Large 5 bedroom, 2 full baths, laundry room, great layout.
1004 W. Ashland Ave.: $350 per bedroom plus utilities. Great 5 bedroom house, 2 full baths, front & back porch.
917 W. North St.: $350/bedroom plus utilities.Large 4 bedroom, 2 full baths, new carpet/paint, great front porch.
AffinityPropertiesLLC.com 834 W. North St.: $350/bedroom plus utilities. 4 large bedrooms, 2 full baths, mud room for bike storage.
1017 W. North St.: $350/bedroom plus utilities. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large back yard, large kitchen.
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