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Students, locals to celebrate in downtown streets at 12th annual Muncie Gras fest

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Junior Adam James is splashed with water as he crosses the finish line winning the 20 lap race. The sixth annual McKinley Mile will be going on this Saturday starting at noon.

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owntown Muncie is normally quiet, but empty streets will soon be overrun with drag queens, belly dancers and mechanical bull riders at this year’s 12th annual Muncie Gras celebration. From 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday, the 21-and-over mix of college students and locals can listen to the twelve bands perform, participate in games such as human bowling, indulge in fair foods and enjoy the main attraction of the event — the booze.

“It’s pretty much the same great party we’ve always thrown,” said Cheryl Crowder, Downtown Development event director.

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Cyclists to race on McKinley Street fair, live music, free food to be featured at annual event RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu Campus draws students and community members with live music, free food, a street fair and the annual main event — the McKinley Mile bike race this Saturday.

The McKinley Mile is a philanthropic event hosted by Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity along with the Office of Student Life. It features a 24mile Cardinal Relay and the mile-long Benny Dash. The relay teams consist of students and community members. All proceeds benefit the Youth Opportunity Center.

Evan Heintz, event chairman for Lambda Chi, said they have branched out with the event in recent years to bring in more interest.

“We’re trying to reach more to the community,” he said. “We want to get student body there, supporting fellow students. We want it to be a good event for everyone.”

He said the street fair is one of those initiatives. It will include inflatables, free food, music and games.

Last year, the McKinley Mile raised $1,857 for Cardinal Greenway.

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MAYOR TYLER TO DISCUSS Former Ball State players run 40-yard CITY PROGRAMS dashes, shuttles for NFL scouts in tryout Students to hear official’s view DN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION JONATHAN MIKSANEK

Holtz runs sub-6.00 40-yard dash time despite pulling hammy MAT MIKESELL SPORTS EDITOR | @MatMikesell

Eight former Ball State football players participated in the school’s Pro Day Wednesday, hoping to making an impression on NFL scouts.

Scott Kovanda, Travis Freeman, Justin Cruz, Austin Holtz, Kitt O’Brien, Brandon Newman, Steven Schott and Dwayne Donigan went through a number of drills that included weight-lifting and the 40-yard sprint. Each of the players had different ways of preparing for Wednesday’s Pro Day, but all of them are wanting the same result — a spot on an NFL roster.

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Senior nose tackle Brandon Newman runs off the field after intercepting a tipped pass.

Newman was one of several players who worked out in front of NFL scouts during Ball State’s Pro Day on Wednesday.

But there was also a change of plans for the group, as the weather forced the workout to be moved from Scheumann Stadium to the indoor turf field.

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Holtz had been preparing at Dynamic Athletic Performance in Michigan, working on speed and strength drills. After the workout, he felt his preparation leading up

to Pro Day had paid off.

“The [40-yard sprint] was quick,” Holtz said. “The shuttle felt smooth, which is always important.”

NFL scouts aren’t necessarily worried about the times linemen run in the 40-yard sprint, the focus is on the speed in the first 10 yards.

Each player was allowed to run the 40-yard sprint twice, but Newman only ran once because he pulled his hamstring on the first run. Even with the injury, he posted 5.40 time. He said had he not pulled his hamstring, he would have expected a time near 5.00.

“I’ve definitely timed before around 5-flat,” Newman said.

“It’s always dangerous to run the 40. The time that really matters for the linemen is the first 10 yards.”

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Ball State students will get to hear about community involvement straight from the mouth of Muncie’s Mayor Dennis Tyler at a discussion today hosted by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies.

“I feel like when I come to Ball State, I’m in a Ball State bubble,” said Tacianna Oliver, graduate assistant at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. Oliver helped orDENNIS TYLER ganize the event.

Oliver said the horizons of the (D-Muncie,) ‘bubble’ be stretched through Mayor of community involvement.

Muncie “We always look forward to having Ball State students participate in any way they like, and we’ve been very fortunate to have a lot of them wanting to donate their time,” Tyler said.

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Woman to perform one-person show Performance based on experience with homeless protester |

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On a trip to Memphis, Tenn., a former Ball State professor first accidentally met a homeless woman who has dedicated 20 years of her life to protesting the National Civil Rights Museum, which was built next to the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.

“The moment when I discovered this woman, for me, is the moment that my life changed as an artist because in that moment I decided that I wanted more insight into why this woman has decided to spend half of her life protesting,” said Dwandra Lampkin, an associate professor of theatre at Western Michigan University. “I became fascinated with her conviction, her willingness to protest something that probably will never change.”

Three years later on March 28, Lampkin will perform, for the first time, her one-woman show “The Conviction of Lady Lorraine” based on her experience trying to convince the homeless woman to tell her story.

Registration for the event, which is sponsored by the multicultural club, ends today.

Before Lampkin’s performance

at 7 p.m. on March 28, there will be a dinner by university catering starting at 6 p.m. along with student performances.

“Sometimes it’s hard to go eat and then go to a show,” said Patricia Lovett, director of the Multicultural Center.

“Why not eat and then have the show come to you?”

Lovett said they chose to have the performance during Women’s History Month because it is the story of a woman’s conviction and because Lampkin wrote the script and performs herself.

“I hope that students learn what the term ‘to be convicted’ really means,” Lovett said. “Not to be convicted of a crime, but conviction as a sense of having a strong belief.”

Lampkin said she is excited to bring the show back to the school that gave her the grants that made the show possible.

She received $6,000 from Ball State’s ASPIRE Internal Grant for the research and development of my one person show. She also received $2,000 from the Indiana Arts Commission to attend the National Black Theatre Festival, to research one person shows and to submit her show into the new works category of the festival.

Lampkin said she is looking forward to getting feedback from the audience so she knows what parts of the show need to continue to be tweaked.

A JOURNEY OF CONVICTION Lampkin’s one-woman show is the by-product of her experience from a chance meeting in Memphis to inspiration on conviction.

Jan. 2011 Lampkin began applying for Ball State’s ASPIRE Internal Grant and the Indiana Arts Commission grant.

March 28, 2013 “The Conviction of Lady Lorraine” will have its first performance at 7 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center.

April 2011 Around the time when Lampkin officially received the grants.

2011

July 2011 She began the writing process.

2012

Dec. 2010 Lampkin met the homeless woman protesting June 2011 in Memphis, Lampkin went back to Tenn.

Memphis to continue doing research and convince the woman to let her tell her story.

2013

Oct. 2011 The first workshop was held where another actress performed the show and Lampkin made edits to the rough draft script.

Discussion clears up topic; students have chance for questions WEBSTER STAFF REPORTER | MORGAN mwebster@bsu.edu Students asked questions and expressed the way they felt about the difference between sex and gender at a discussion on Wednesday.

People gathered inside of the center to listen and discuss their opinions about the two topics.

The discussion was put on

by Perspective, an organization that holds meetings to talk about different topics that they deem important.

Students were able to ask questions to Jennifer Erickson, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology. Erickson focused on the concept of gender, explaining that gender is a social construction and is relational.

Erickson shared her knowl-

“I am hoping students can come away with is asking themselves, ‘What do I believe in and how hard am I willing to fight for it, to stand for it and to make it happen?’” Lampkin said. “I wanted to ask the question, ‘How long are you willing to wait for something?’ I look

today and some people easily get irritated having to wait in line at the grocery store for 10 minutes.”

In the next year Lampkin said she hopes to continue to tweak the show and then either start to tour or have it produced at a regional theater.

THE DEFINITIONS OF SEX AND GENDER SEX

male and female biological differences; chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external sex organs.

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masculine and feminine characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine or feminine.

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trum of sex and gender, and by raising awareness it will make everyone feel happier and healthier,” she said.

During the discussion, Erickson talked about the different attitudes toward women and men and how they are portrayed by the society.

Latonya Looney, a junior telecommunications major, said she knew the difference between gender and sex — gender is what society identifies

you as or what you identify yourself as.

“It was good to know that others felt the same way that I did,” she said. “There were a lot of head nods when certain people were saying things in agreement.”

While students could come and ask question at the meeting, they found out that they are not the only ones who may feel a certain way about gender and sex.

“It’s important so other students know that if they have a certain mind set on something that they are not the only ones that feel that way and Perspectives in general can help bring students together who are struggling with something,” Looney said.

Barnes said the experience was beneficial.

“I think people got to know themselves better, students from different backgrounds were able to come together and this discussion allowed everyone to learn something new,” Barnes said.

MAYOR: Tyler talks Muncie growth, expanding programs | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Hopefully they’ll continue to.”

Outside of campus exists a niche for Ball State students in the Muncie community, Tyler said.

“One of the things I’ve found over the years is that many times, many of these younger children don’t have the parental and adult mentoring at home,” he said. “They really look up to Ball State students and others in the community, and that’s a great area where Ball State could be a tremendous asset to us.”

The demand for assets in the form of volunteers will blossom and grow as the summer approaches, Tyler said. The City of Muncie will be expanding its Parks and Recreation Department as well as its art and culture program.

“We’ve got 14 or 15 additional partners this year that will be partnering with us for our summer and fall programs,” Tyler said.

Those programs include a

class that will teach kids to play instruments, a judo program and mentoring programs specifically for younger boys and girls, among others. Today’s discussion will go into better detail of the different programs.

The programs and the new campaign “The Original Muncie” are just a few fronts of change that the city is pushing.

Today’s discussion serves to highlight these initiatives, said Oliver.

“It seems like there have been some strides lately in making Muncie more of a community and more of a nice place and making downtown look nice,” Oliver said. “We just want to emphasize the positive things that are going on and what can happen in Muncie.”

Looking nice and being nice are two different things, but Oliver said these two concepts go together.

“I think having town and gown come together and collaborate would make for a more peaceful community,” Oliver said.

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Professor shares difference between gender, sex terms edge about how masculinity and femininity are constructed because of gender and sex.

She explained the difference between the topics and talked about the misconceptions between the two.

Erickson said one misconception of sex and gender is people think both topics are the same.

“Because you have certain sex organs, that means that is the gender you have,” she said. “It has been proven many times that is not true.”

Ramaro Barnes, a senior psychology major, said the topic fit into his field and allowed him to learn new things to support his facts.

“I got the chance to hear a anthropologist point of view, which is different from a psychological point of view ,but there a similar opinions and facts which I enjoyed hearing,” he said.

Erickson said that not all students feel the same way about sex and gender.

“Students fall on the spec-

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Garrett Wheiler races down McKinley Avenue Apr. 30, 2012. Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and the Office of Student Life host the 24-mile relay race to help raise money for Youth Opportunity Center.

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Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler discusses a number of topics as part of his “Five Minutes with the Mayor” talks Tuesday Jan 9. Tyler will be visiting campus tomorrow to speak to speak to students in AJ 175 at 3.

The creation of peace within the community through its growth is a concept that parallels the initiatives by the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, but that growth must be matched by a population that is willing to help and contribute, according to Tyler.

“It’s always important for the community to buy into the different initiatives that you’re trying to bring forward to improve the quality of life of your community,” Tyler said.

The discussion will be hosted at 2 p.m. in room 175 of the Art and Journalism Building.

Jennifer Pierce, office of student life program coordinator, said 31 teams participated last year, which was a large jump from 19 teams in 2011.

She said she hopes the event’s increasing success will continue this year.

“It’s grown exponentially.

We’ve grown in our co-sponsorship in terms of who is helping,” Pierce said. “It’s a fun time, a lot of people come to support their friends.”

For Lambda Chi, the McKinley Mile has special meaning in their history. The event is based on the Lambda Chi Alpha Ball

State Bike-A-Thon, which started in 1951. In the past six years, it has been brought back with a new name and co-sponsorship.

“We have a lot of rich history with it,” Heintz said. “It’s an opportunity for us to try it again with a new spin on it. It’s something [Lambda Chi] wanted to take on and something we felt was important to continue and expound upon.”

In the future, Heintz said Lamda Chi would like to host this as their own event.

“We hope to take it on in the future [and] be self-sufficient,” he said. “That is a goal for ourselves hopefully in following years.”

RACE DAY EVENTS 11 A.M.

University Green open to spectators. Registration for all teams in Benny Dash 11:30 A.M.

McKinley, Neeley, New York, and Riverside avenues close 12 P.M.

Benny Dash race begins 12:30 P.M.

Greek Week Chariot Race begins

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Prepare for Muncie Gras 2013

New additions this year are a zipline and a Budweiser build-a-bar featuring four TVs where attendees can view the NCAA finals.

Last year’s event boasted a record turnout of around 9,000 people.

Despite the colder temperatures this year, organizers are expecting a turnout of around 5,000 to 7,000 people. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.

The Muncie Downtown Development Partnership coordinates the event, organizing community partners and making collective financial decisions, such as setting drink prices. The Grove, a student-oriented

housing development, is this year’s sponsor.

Muncie Gras has come a long way since the event was first hosted in 2001. Organizers did not expect the event to become Muncie’s most anticipated party. Sixteen bars moved for one night only to the then empty downtown. The event was not gated off, the February date made for colder weather and toilets ran short.

Crowder, who has organized every Muncie Gras, described it as “wonderful madness.”

Since the event is centered around drinking, it’s fitting that many bars are hosting the main attractions:

HEOROT

COLUMBIA THEATER

SILO

FOLLY MOON

HIT UP THE VILLAGE

TAKE A SHOT

ONE NIGHT ONLY

In Columbia Theater, Cleo’s bartenders will serve whiskey/ bourbon shots, and Red BirdTequila and Taco Bar will sell margarita buckets and tequila shots.

GET A LITTLE WET

Five-round wet T-shirt contest features $100 grand prize JAM WITH THE BANDS

The Bashville Boys at 8:30 p.m.

Webcam Teenz at 9:30 p.m.

The Cocaine Wolves at10:30 p.m.

DJ Dimitry at midnight

The Outdoor Captain/ Hurricane Bar, the Patron Bar and the Fireball Whiskey Bar feature specialty shots and The Captain Morgan Original Hurricane SNAP A PIC

Take a picture with the Fireball Whiskey Girls and a 30-foot inflatable Captain Morgan pirate SING A TUNE

Karaoke at 7 p.m.

DJ Cool Hand Lex at 10 p.m.

Doc’s Music Hall returns for the evening featuring: •Doc’s Jazz Kitchen at 7 p.m.

•Apathy Wizards at 8 p.m.

•Fossil Generation at 9 p.m.

•Tonal Caravan at 11 p.m.

•Blue Sky Carnival Band at midnight

BEER ME

Private beer tasting with samples from six breweries. Tickets are $10. All proceeds go to Action for Animals.

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The Valhalla room opens at 9 p.m.

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Psych-rock band to perform at VGR Thee Open Sex to stop by Village venue during national tour

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Thee Open Sex, Wine Teeth WHERE

Village Green Records

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A tape by the name of “Open Sex On Every Street Corner” started it all.

The 2009 cassette release was only the beginning for Thee Open Sex. From there, John Dawson’s band, known as Thee Open Sex, has gone on to evolve from a loosely collaborative group of musicians to a nationally touring psych rock titan.

Having recently played South

by Southwest (SXSW), the band will be stopping by Muncie’s Village Green Records at 8 p.m. Friday en route to a few more weeks of touring the U.S. that will include dates on the East Coast as well as in the Midwest.

A singer who goes by the name of Miss Mess fronts the band, leading a choir of raw distorted instrumentation with her hazed out cries.

“The vocals are the most important aspect of what we are doing right now,” Dawson said.

The band’s first full-length, self-titled record was released in January by Magnetic South, a label Dawson started with Seth Mahern (Apache Dropout drummer) and Aaron “Daring Ear” Deere in 2008. The collaborative nature of Thee Open Sex’s initial work goes hand-inhand with the overall mentality of the label.

“We wanted to have an environment where we could collaborate with lots of different people,” Dawson said. “That idea was really the framework for the evolution of Open Sex.” Dawson said the band’s initial incarnation consisted of “mostly long-formed, openstructured music that incorporated improvised vocals at times.” He pinpoints a cover

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show, where the band played tunes by Iggy Pop, The Velvet Underground and Rocket from the Tombs, which truly prompted the band to grasp the sound they mastered on their self-titled 2013 release; as Dawson puts it, “the connection between minimalism in experimental music and heavy rock that came to be the main emphasis of our self-titled LP.” Travis Harvey, owner of Village Green Records, is a fan of the band’s most recent release, prompting him to invite Thee Open Sex to stop by his shop.

“Thee Open Sex is an essential band native to Indiana, offering a sound that demands your attention with dense fuzzed-out psychedelic rock,” he said. “The heavy grooves demand body shaking and movement.”

When it comes to the band’s sound on their most recent release, Thee Open Sex took a “laid-back approach” in the studio, simply setting up and playing the songs as if they were being performed in a live setting.

“We made a lot of effort to do some things that could startle people a little bit, especially when bringing certain parts in and out of the mix,” he said.

Although the band is from Bloomington, they do have some local ties. According to Dawson, Miss Mess grew up in Muncie. In addition, Dawson’s old band, The Lou Reeds, played some “fun shows” in the area, allowing him to develop friendships with some musicians and artists that he still has today.

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Album art from Thee Open Sex’s self titled album. Thee Open Sex will make a stop at Village Green Records for during their album release tour Friday evening.

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Muncie’s Wine Teeth will also be joining Thee Open Sex, playing their own style of fuzzed out rock ‘n’ roll.

Bassist Derek Hurt, a senior creative writing major, has been involved with the band since it’s initial stages. He specifically remembers conversations with Wine Teeth lead singer Ryan Rader last summer, when the band’s drummer situation was still up in the air.

“I was talking to Ryan about the recordings and he was still in the need of a drummer,” Hurt said. “I pointed over to Dave [McDermand] and said, ‘That guy plays drums.’”

Since then, the band has also added Ben Latimer as a second guitarist, allowing the band to “click” even more, “much like a blacksmith forges an axe,” said Hurt.

With all the new additions, Wine Teeth has discovered a “fuller and richer tone.” And with every new addition has come a set of new ideas “on how to make a song work.”

“It’s moved away from your average garage band into something the whole galaxy can dig,” Hurt said.

“Overall, the band has not changed how we wanted to sound as much as we’ve figured out how to make that sound happen.”

Wine Teeth recently finished recording a four-song EP through Ball State. Hurt said, “it still needs mixing and polishing and put into the oven at 350 degrees for a bit” before it is released.

When it comes to his favorite memory with the band, a specific waffle making affair in the hallway outside their Sursa studio comes to mind.

“The first day we started recording was at 10 or 11 in the morning, so Ben brought his waffle maker,” Hurt said. “Problem was that we can’t have food in the studio because of all the expensive gizmos and such, so we were making waffles in the hallway in Sursa. When people walked by, I’m sure it was a very comical thing.”

I’ll admit it. I became an RA for the money. Let’s face it — almost all of us do. Free room and board plus a $1,300 stipend sounds awesome, right? Not really. Don’t get me wrong.

It’s a lot, but it’s not nearly enough for the crap I deal with every day.

Dear Diary, It was around 2 o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon when she came down to the front desk asking to be checked out of her room.

The first time I met her was during the first week of school at our floor meeting. Call me psychic, call me Taylor Swift, but I knew she was trouble when she walked in. Of course, I was right.

After only 12 weeks of school, she’d managed to collect seven alcohol documentations — seven.

Tuesday was a day of riddance. As she walked up the stairs with me to check out, I could only imagine what was going through her head. She was on the verge of being kicked out of the university, so she decided to bow out before getting her official “Although we’d really love your money, your behavior sucks and you can’t go here anymore” letter.

She led me to her room and opened the door. I started looking around, checking for all the usual signs of a proper room checkout, and then I saw it — a fifth of Smirnoff.

I gave her a look. “Why is this in your room? You know this can’t be here,” I said after spotting the alcohol in her wardrobe.

“Oh, well it’s not mine; it’s my roommate’s,” she said.

Right. It’s your roommate’s? You seriously expect me to believe that your roommate keeps her vodka in your wardrobe?

“Okay, well regardless of who it belongs to, you’re gonna have to dump it out,” I told her.

I walked her to the nearest sink and watched as she poured the alcohol down the drain. How symbolic. At that moment, she was pouring more than booze down the drain.

You’d think I’d be less surprised that one of my worst residents went out with a bang ... or clink. I guess seven documentations just weren’t enough for her. Better to make it an even eight.

She was an idiot. I don’t suppose I’ll miss her.

Love, A baffled RA

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One of the postcards sent in as part of the PostSecret blog, which encourages individuals to mail in anonymous postcards about themselves.

PostSecret’s founder Frank Warren will visit Ball State to.

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CREATOR OF ANONYMOUS SECRET ART PROJECT TO SPEAK AT EMENS

Sometimes the best secrets are the ones that aren’t best kept.

PostSecret, an ongoing community mail art project, has allowed people to anonymously admit their secrets about everything from sexual misconduct and drug use to heartbreak and embarrassing personal habits. Creator Frank Warren began the project by leaving blank postcards in public places, with instructions for people to send them back with a secret that no one knew.

Since its creation in January of 2004, the project has resulted in five published books, a website, museum exhibits and a slew of college appearances by Warren. His next stop will be at John R. Emens Auditorium at 7 p.m., where Warren will share some of his own secrets about the art project that turned into a full-time job. Tickets are free and open to the public at the Emens box office.

More than 500,000 secrets have been submitted since the project’s beginning. Warren claims that he may have gained such a following because PostSecret is healing for those that send secrets in and inspirational for those who read them.

-MICHELLE JOHNSON

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“The only way to keep my marriage and my sanity is to miscarry.”

“I think my son is gay but he’s afraid to tell me.

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“I work at a sex shop, people think I am a hot sex freak ... really I am more lonely than ever ...”

“It makes me so sad as a student to hear adults say college was the best time of their life when I can’t wait to graduate and start mine.”

Restraining order made against Knight days before shooting | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed him during a police standoff.

A police officer carried the child out of a house in Fort Wayne about 4:30 p.m., and police announced soon after that the suspect, 45-year-old Kenneth Knight, was dead.

| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Exactly eight months after dozens of people were shot in a Colorado movie theater, the state’s Democratic governor on Wednesday signed new restrictions on firearms in the state.

It is a big change for Democrats who have traditionally shied away from taking on gun control in a western state where owning a gun is as common as owning a car in some rural areas.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed new limits on ammunition magazines and a landmark expansion of background checks on Wednesday in his office, surrounded by legislative sponsors and their guests. The signings mark a significant moment in Colorado, a state with a libertarian tradition of self-reliance.

Over the last month, Colorado has been viewed as a test for how far states are willing to go on new restrictions after the horror of shootings at a Connecticut elementary school and in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., a suburb of Denver. There, on July 20, a gunman dressed in body armor and carrying an arsenal of firearms killed 12 people and wounded dozens of others during a midnight showing

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of a “Dark Knight” Batman film.

Then in December, a massacre at a Connecticut school left 28 dead and revived gun control as a top issue. President Barack Obama proposed several gun safety measures a month later in response.

Despite the president’s backing, a push for a federal assault weapons ban has faltered in Washington, where the National Rifle Association gun lobby has powerful allies, especially in the Republican party. Senate Democrats decided that the ban won’t be part of the gun control bill because it didn’t have enough support to pass.

Many Democrats think a national ban on large-capacity magazines has a better chance of getting more support. Other measures under consideration in the Senate would expand required federal background checks for firearms buyers, increase federal penalties for illegal gun trafficking and increase money for school safety.

The states, meanwhile, are free to impose their own restrictions that can be stricter than anything Congress might pass.

Even before Obama presented his proposals, New York quickly passed the nation’s toughest gun laws, strengthening its assault weapons ban and adding new restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns.

California lawmakers have

LOADED FIREARM FOUND IN CEILING OF SCHOOL TRACED TO TEACHER’S WIFE

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — A former central Indiana teacher faces a gun-related charge after police said they traced a loaded gun that fell from a classroom ceiling to his former wife.

Fifty-two-year-old Christopher Johnson of Frankfort turned himself in Tuesday at the Howard County Criminal Justice Center and was later released on bond. He faces a felony charge of possessing a firearm on school property and a misdemeanor criminal recklessness charge.

The Associated Press couldn’t reach Johnson for comment Wednesday because his number was unlisted.

The Kokomo Tribune reports the gun was found in a Kokomo Area Career Center classroom that Johnson used before he left the school last May. Police say he told investigators it would be logical for him to hide the gun to keep it away from students.

stops were among the witnesses, a school official said.

A backpack lay at the feet of the victim, whose body was covered by a sheet.

Knight fled after the shooting into the surrounding neighborhood. Several hours later, police said a standoff had ensued and the child was being held hostage. A few hours later, Police Chief Rusty York told reporters Knight was dead, killed by a single shot from a sniper.

Darnell Glaspie, who has lived in a nearby house for about four months, said he watched from his window as the standoff reached its climax.

“They’re going in right now.

They were all in the front yard, I heard a big boom and then I saw a bunch of them run up there in the house. I just saw about eight of them go up there in the house,” Glaspie told The Associated Press by telephone.

Citilink General Manager Kenneth Housden said police will be reviewing video and audio equipment from the bus for their investigation.

Housden said the incident, though tragic, was an isolated one and people should continue to feel safe on Citilink buses.

“We do take safety and security very seriously and respond very quickly to any incident,” he said.

not temporary improvement.”

The Fed will continue buying $85 billion a month in bonds indefinitely to keep long-term borrowing costs down. Bernanke said the Fed might vary the size of its monthly purchases depending on whether or how much the job market improves. The unemployment rate has fallen to a four-year low of 7.7 percent, among many signs of a healthier economy.

Investors seemed pleased with the Fed’s decision to maintain its low-interest rate policies indefinitely for now.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up about 56 points, having risen slightly after the Fed’s statement was released.

The Fed’s statement took note of the global stresses that have been intensified by the turmoil in Cyprus, which is trying to stave off financial ruin. No longer does the Fed statement say, as it did in January, that “strains in

global financial markets have eased somewhat.”

Bernanke was asked at his news conference whether the flare-up in Cyprus signals that the U.S. financial system might be more vulnerable than bank “stress tests” have shown. He sought to downplay the dangers posed by the tiny Mediterranean nation. Bernanke said that “at this point,” he sees no major risks to the U.S. financial system or economy.

The Fed noted in its statement that the U.S. job market has improved, consumer spending and business investment have increased and the housing market has strengthened. But its latest economic forecasts show that the Fed still doesn’t expect unemployment to reach 6.5 percent until 2015.

The Fed also cautioned that government spending cuts and tax increases could slow the economy. It predicts that growth won’t exceed 2.8 percent this year, slightly

lower than its December forecast of 3 percent.

A total of 13 Fed officials still think the first rate increase won’t occur until 2015, the same number that thought so in December. One Fed official thinks the first boost in the short-term lending rate won’t occur until 2016.

The statement was approved on an 11-1 vote. Esther George, president of the Kansas City regional Fed bank, dissented for a second straight meeting.

She reiterated her concerns that the Fed’s aggressive stimulus could heighten the risk of inflation and financial instability — a concern shared by other critics.

Some economists say they fear the Fed has pumped so much money into the financial system that it could eventually ignite inflation, fuel speculative asset bubbles or destabilize markets once the Fed has to start raising rates or unloading its record $3 trillion investment portfolio.

Officials say stimulus necessary Federal Reserve says unemployment rate goal is 6.5 percent | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve isn’t yet convinced that the U.S. economy’s growth can accelerate without the Fed’s drive to keep borrowing costs at record lows. It wants to see sustained improvement.

That was the message Fed officials sent Wednesday, when they reinforced their plan to keep short-term interest rates at record lows at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent.

An unemployment rate of 6.5 percent is a threshold, not a “trigger,” for a possible rate increase, Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a news conference.

“We are seeing improvement,” he said. “One thing we would need is to see this is

Colo. governor signs bill with new gun restrictions Limits now include background checks, purchase of firearms

Police said from the outset that they did not believe the shooting was random, but the relationship, if any, between Knight, the woman and the child was not immediately clear.

Police spokeswoman Raquel Foster said a protective order had been filed against Knight in the past few days, but she did not say who had requested the order.

Police said Knight and the woman, 49-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier Hardy, had both been riding a city bus when Knight pulled her off and shot her about 25 feet away in front of several people. The shooting took place about 8 a.m. along a busy street.

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QUICK FACTS: GUNS WHAT STATES HAVE LAWS OR REGULATIONS:

• New York: Assault weapons banned, along with new restrictions on ammunition and the sale of guns.

• California: Lawmakers have vowed to pass a package of gun control measures that is even tougher than New York’s.

• Connecticut: Universal background checks is moving through state legislature.

• Colorado: Gun sales and transfers between private parties and purchases conducted online will be subject to background checks.

Ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds will be banned and subject to criminal penalties. Both bills take effect July 1. vowed to pass a package of gun control measures that is even tougher than New York’s.

And in Connecticut, a law that would require universal background checks is moving through the state legislature.

In Colorado, gun violence was again in the news Wednesday, as police searched for a gunman who shot and killed the state’s prisons director when he answered the front door of his home. Colorado Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements was appointed by Hickenlooper in 2011.

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After a controversial call decided the first match, men’s volleyball will take on Ohio State again at home at 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY The Ball State baseball team will play its first home game of the season as it takes on Akron at 3 p.m.

Now is best chance at being ranked for Cards Ball State to play revenge match against IPFW, Ohio State after losses earlier in year

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A team losing votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s poll after winning two matches without dropping a set is an uncommon incident. But this is exactly what happened to Ball State’s men’s volleyball team after two clean sweeps of Belmont Abbey and King College.

Ball State’s next opponent, IPFW, took its spot on the bubble of cracking the top-15.

Even head coach Joel Walton replaced his team with IPFW at the No. 15 spot.

“IPFW’s win over No. 15 George Mason coupled with its win over No. 10 Penn State last week gave them a nice couple of weeks,” Walton said. “We need a couple more wins like the one we had over Penn State before we receive more respect from coaches across the country.”

If Ball State extends its fourgame winning streak to six this weekend against No. 16 IPFW and No. 8 Ohio State, the Cardinals will be on the edge of their seats Monday waiting for the new poll and possibly the first ranking since 2011.

Wins over conference foes IPFW and No. 8 Ohio State would not just benefit Ball State at a national level, but more of more immediate importance would move them up in their conference standings.

Realistically, Ball State can

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Junior Kevin Owens gets the assist from Graham McIlvaine during the match against Penn State March 10, 2013. The Cardinals will play Friday evening in Worthen Arena against the Mastodons.

schemes to put two or three guys in front of Ohio State’s attackers, especially freshman Andrew Lutz, who is 17th in the nation in kills per set with 3.62, would be key.

“This time around I think it’s

more of us trying to prove ourselves around the nation, and in the conference,” Walton said.

“We’ve got a group of players that are playing with a great deal of confidence and momentum, and I want to see that continue.”

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CURRENT POSITION

Butler Assistant Coach WHY HE WOULD

Named one of top Mid-Major assistants by CollegeInsider.com WHY HE WOULDN’T

MATTHEW GRAVES

Played at Butler and has spent over 10 years as Butler assistant coach after coaching in Indianapolis high schools CURRENT POSITION

Western Illinois Head Coach WHY HE WOULD

Ball State experience for one season, MidAmerican Conference experience as head coach at Northern Illinois for two seasons WHY HE WOULDN’T

JIM MOLINARI

Played at Butler and has spent over 10 years as Butler assistant coach after coaching in Indianapolis high schools CURRENT POSITION

Michigan State Assistant Coach WHY HE WOULD

Spent entire coaching career in Indiana, Was head coach at IPFW from 2005-11 WHY HE WOULDN’T

DANE FIFE

Head coaching options at bigger schools will probably open up within three years

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TODD LICKLITER

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University of Indianapolis Head Coach Took team from 9-18 in year one to three straight D-II NCAA appearances at UINDY WHY HE WOULDN’T

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finish anywhere from third to seventh in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association conference.

“We are working towards trying to get the best possible seed in the conference tournament,” Walton said.

Five weeks ago, Ball State played IPFW and Ohio State in back to back matches, dropping both in unsatisfactory fashion.

“I know our guys are disappointed how they played against IPFW, and were not happy with the result at Ohio State,” Walton said.

In their first match, Ball State was unable to answer IPFW’s energy and consequently dropped the match 3-1.

In their match Thursday up I-69 at peaking IPFW, Ball State is hoping more service pressure in addition to its new lineup will confound IPFW’s outside hitters junior Eddie Rivera and freshman Andy Sellan.

Ball State led in all four sets at Ohio State, but dropped the match after a controversial yellow card 3-1.

Walton said that blocking

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Ball State junior music media production major Keenan Pfotenhauer and his friend Ball State 2010 alumnus Zach Brubaker have followed Ball State’s volleyball team for years which has given a special relationship with the team, and now they want to give something back. “[Going to volleyball games] was one of the first things that got me out of my dorm room my freshman year,” Pfotenhauer said. “I was pretty much a recluse my first semester until I got out, and started going to their matches.

“Other than monetary donations, what more can you give other than your support?”

Pfotenhauer and Brubaker actually met at a match in Worthen years ago.

The two have deployed an all-out assault vigorously trying to get bodies in the stands Friday night, with the ultimate goal of breaking Worthen’s men’s volleyball attendance

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562

average attendance this season

735

highest attendance this season, recorded at Lindenwood match

record of 3,729 set Jan. 17, 2009 against No. 4 Stanford.

“I would be happy with 2,000 fans, or any increase [in attendance],” Brubaker said. “But why not shoot for the record?”

Muncie has a rich volleyball tradition, imploring the nickname of ‘college volleyball capital’ and is home to national high school volleyball powerhouse Muncie Burris, which touts four national championships and 21 state championships.

“Muncie is a little volleyball oasis in the Midwest,” Pfotenhauer said. “Before Worthen, they used to pack the old Irving Gym every night.”

Through the years the community and students’ support has dwindled. This season, Ball State averages an attendance mark of 562 with a high of 735 Feb. 2 against Lindenwood.

The team only had 542 fans at its only match against a ranked opponent in No. 10 Penn State on March 10.

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After a strong weekend on the road in Louisville and two players earning titles from the Mid-American Conference West Division, Ball State (1310) travels to Fort Collins, Colo. for the Colorado State Spring Tournament.

This is the last road tournament before the team begins their conference schedule.

Marist, Colorado State and Columbia are among the competition in the five-game weekend.

Strong offensive play has been the backbone of the Cardinals’ success for a majority of the season.

Sophomore second baseman Taylor Cox was named MAC Division West Player of the Week after continuous strong play at the plate throughout the Louisville Classic, going 8-12 overall with seven singles. “We have some people that are really getting confident especially at the plate,� coach Craig Nicholson said.

He is working his team on being offensively prepared and

having aggressive at bats.

Staying patient and taking advantage of pitching errors are aspects of the game he plans for his team to focus on this weekend.

Marist is 6-9 on the season as they prepare to face Ball State Friday morning in the first game of the tournament. “They are very good offensively,� Nicholson said of the Red Foxes. “I think there are some things we can take advantage with pitching and defense.�

The Red Foxes have a teamcombined slugging average of .383 compared to .498 by the Cardinals and 25 total doubles

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Colorado State will be the second game for Ball State on Friday. They are 13-14 on the season after five road tournaments. “They are a solid team,� Nicholson said.

The second day of the tournament will continue with Ball State facing Columbia on Friday morning. “We just want to continue to get better in some areas that we have struggled a little bit with early on.� Nicholson said. “Continue to grow as a team and keep playing well.�

Newman has had conversations with scouts prior to Wednesday, and said the most feedback he’s had is to get above 315 pounds. Most of what he’s been told has to do with numbers — height, weight and measurements — but he said he’s still going out to show the scouts what he’s capable of doing. “I kinda just told myself I wouldn’t be able to live with myself the rest of my life if I didn’t give this a shot,� Newman said. “So I’m hoping for the best, but prepare for the worst. With that mindset I’m

not actually upset with anything I recorded here.�

Since the workout was held indoors with a low ceiling, Kovanda and Schott weren’t able to do any kicking drills.

Kovanda has recently worked out at the NFL combine and Michigan’s Pro Day last week.

From now until the NFL Draft on April 25, each former Ball State player will continue to work out individually to get their bodies in shape. When the draft arrives, each one of them will be waiting for their phone to ring with news that they will be able to compete for a spot on an NFL roster.

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SPORTS

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YOUR GUIDE TO WEEKEND SPORTING EVENTS

FRIDAY Softball Colorado State Spring Tournament vs. Marist 11 a.m.

Fort Collins, Colo. vs. Colorado State 3:30 p.m.

Fort Collins, Colo.

Baseball vs. Akron 3 p.m.

Muncie, Ind. Men’s Volleyball vs. Ohio State 7:30 p.m.

Muncie, Ind. Women’s Basketball WNIT First Round @ Minnesota 8 p.m.

Minneapolis, Minn.

SATURDAY Softball Colorado State Spring Tournament vs. Columbia 11 a.m.

Fort Collins, Colo. vs. Marist 1:15 p.m.

Fort Collins, Colo.

Men’s Tennis @ Illinois State 1 p.m.

Normal, Ill. Women’s Tennis @ Miami 1 p.m.

Oxford, Ohio Baseball vs. Akron 1 p.m.

Muncie, Ind. Track Polar Bear Open Marion Outdoor TBA Marion, Ind.

SUNDAY Softball Colorado State Spring Tournament vs. Colorado 1:15 p.m.

Fort Collins, Colo.

Baker off to hot start in 2013

Sophomore has five wins in first year as starter this season POLASKI STAFF REPORTER | DAVID @DavidPolaski Coming into the 2013 season, Ball State was hoping that its pitcher, Scott Baker, could take another step forward this season.

Baker didn’t just take a step forward. He turned it into a leap.

Coming off a 2012 season where his ERA was 6.15 and he struggled with putting two good outings together back to back, he’s become a beacon of consistency for the Cardinals this season.

Baker has sprinted out of the gates, earning a spotless 5-0 record.

“We’re all ecstatic for him, the other day as soon as I saw him I just went up and gave him a big hug,” pitcher Chris Marangon said. “Not a lot of guys start off 5-0.”

He’s one of just 13 players in Division I baseball to do so this season.

Last season, there wasn’t a single Ball State pitcher who won five games. Baker has amassed those wins in exactly one month.

He’s made the transition from bullpen to starter look easy. Sometimes a difficult process, Baker says he believes the biggest reason for his success is being able to get into a rhythm before and during a game.

Relief pitchers usually don’t

know if they’re going to pitch until a few minutes before they enter the game. Starters have several days in advance to prepare for taking the mound.

In this process, Baker has lowered his ERA to 1.74. He says the magnitude of what he’s accomplishing hasn’t sunk in yet, mainly because he’s focused on helping the team win and less on individual accomplishments.

“I just need to keep it going throughout the season, and keep my rhythm going,” Baker said.

For Baker, getting better means continuing to develop his arsenal of pitches. Coach Rich Maloney has been impressed all season with his variety of speeds and spins, throwing four different types of pitches to keep opponents off guard.

It’s one of the reasons Baker has piled up 34 strikeouts in just 31 innings.

When backed into a jam with runners in scoring position, Baker often strikes out the next batter or two, and it’s becoming a common occurrence.

What pitch does he fall back on when he needs a third strike?

“My slider has been helping me out a lot, it’s been working really well,” Baker said.

“My curveball has worked well too, but my slider is probably my go-to pitch in big situations.”

Baker has used those pitches to establish himself as a solid, reliable starter in Maloney’s pitching rotation.

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“If you had told me in the fall that Scott [Baker] was for sure going to be a starter, I don’t think coach Linklater and I would have said yes,” Maloney said. “He developed well and worked so hard, and it’s produced an outstanding result. He’s earned his time here.”

With the prospect of going 6-0 looming this weekend against Akron, Baker says that he can’t help but think about the possiDN FILE PHOTO COREY OHLENKAMP bilities of continuing to extend Sophomore right-handed pitcher Scott Baker throws a pitch against Indiana Tech last season. The Cardinals will play the Zips Friday at 3 p.m. his winning streak.

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