DN TUESDAY, JAN. 15, 2013
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BSU STUDENT DIES IN FLOODING Roommate, friend talk on Blake Taylor’s personality, experiences with him A.J. BRAMMER AND SARA NAHRWOLD | news@bsudailynews.com
A Ball State student who was driving back to Muncie late Sunday night died in Grant County after his car was pushed off the road by high waters into a flooded field. Blake A. Taylor, 19, of Kokomo, lost control of his car along State Road 26,
near Fairmount, Ind. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am was upside down and submerged in water along the rural highway. Two deputies and other emergency responders arrived on the scene. The two deputies, as well as a Fairmount police officer, waded into the water, approximately four to five feet deep, and attempted to get the victim out of the car by breaking a window. When this failed, the deputies used tow straps tied to their vehicles to pull the car from the water and were able to free the victim.
CPR was performed on the scene and Taylor was transported to Marion General Hospital. Taylor was pronounced dead at the hospital. The sheriff’s office believes that Taylor was driving east on I-26 when he drove through standing flood waters. The car then slid across the westbound lane when it rolled over into a ditch. The passenger compartment began fill- BLAKE TAYLOR, ing with water. Deputies believe Taylor 19, of Kokomo, was submerged for 10 to 12 minutes. The died in a crash remains under investigation. flooding
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See TAYLOR, page 3 Fairmount, Ind.
HIDDEN HOLSTERS Bill could make conceal, carry of firearms legal on campus DEVAN FILCHAK NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com
DN PHOTO COREY OHLENKAMP
Doris Shaw works to keep the display towers for cardinal cupcakes & coneys on April 15, 2012, at the Taste of Muncie. The store’s new hours are 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Cupcake shop now open late Owner says she isn’t worried of opening of Insomnia Cookies EMMA KATE FITTES CHIEF REPORTER | emfittes@bsu.edu Large crowds in the Village during early morning hours on weekends has caused cardinal cupcakes & coneys to change their store hours. The Village location is now open from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. “We decided to go late night because it seems that was the need that the students were asking for since they tend to come down more to the Village at night to go to the bars and to meet up with their friends for dinner,” owner Melissa Bucur said. “The community seems to be more around during the day to grab something to take to the office, or to take something for home or to pick something up for a party.” Along with new hours, Bucur has introduced a new toppings bar with 15 different options for coneys and baked potatoes at the Village location last week. The store on McGalliard remains dessert only. Kaycie Hill, a senior elementary education major, agrees that the unusual hours fit well into college life.
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all State does not allow any firearms or weapons on campus, but Wesley Jones, a junior sociology major, hasn’t always remembered that rule. More than once before, the student who served two Army combat deployments in Iraq said he has forgotten a firearm was attached to his hip, from force of habit, before he went to class. “I was more afraid of getting expelled than the gun accidently [becoming visible] to a bunch of people,” said Jones, who owns a .40 caliber Glock pistol and a .45 Taurus 1911 pistol. “I’d be in like a cold sweat in a classroom because I had my firearm with me. As soon as I could, I would go back and put it in my car.” MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE WITH Under a new Ind. Senate Bill, students AT GUN CONTROL could have the opportunity to exercise Kelly Dickey writes about death of a what Jones, and many others, call their former classmate + PAGE 3 Second Amendment rights. See GUNS, page 3
STUDENTS REACT ON TWITTER Jordan Nickels @JDramaNickels
Tarrant @stephtyrant @dn_campus I would assume there are plenty of those on campus. the focus should be on mental sanity and stability, not guns. 14 Jan. 13
@dn_campus No, the people who need them won’t get them and the idiots that don’t need guns will have them, endangering everyone on campus 14 Jan. 13
Haley Muench @Haley_Bop_134
BrandtleySpicer @BrandtleySpicer
@dn_campus no. There’s no reason to have a gun on campus during classes. If concealed weapons were allowed if feel less safe than without 14 Jan. 13
@dn_campus Gun-free zones are obvious failures. Allow the sane to carry to defend against the insane. 14 Jan. 13 DN PHOTO ILLUSTRATION COREY OHLENKAMP
See CUPCAKES, page 3
Pence takes office as Indiana governor Supporters, protesters join at Statehouse for former congressman’s inauguration |
CHRIS STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER castephens@bsu.edu
DN PHOTO BOBBY ELLIS
Gov. Mike Pence shakes Brent Dickson’s hand after being sworn into office by the chief justice. Gov. Pence’s inauguration took place Monday near the Indiana Statehouse.
People Magazine gives Spierer parents opportunity for more national attention SEE PAGE 3
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Bond shows athleticism, physicality in MAC loss Despite lack of size, Ball State forward is one of conference’s best defenders, rebounders SEE PAGE 4
See PENCE, page 5
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MUNCIE, INDIANA
DON’T BOTHER WASHING YOUR HAIR. IT’S NATIONAL HAT DAY.
Former Congressman Mike Pence called for Hoosiers to work together in order to improve and invest in Indiana at his inauguration as governor on Monday. “We have good government, but make no mistake about it our state is poised for greatness. The core of that greatness remains our people,” said Pence in his inaugural address. “Indiana is the heart of the heartland because Hoosiers are the best people in the world.” The Pence inauguration was hosted on the west steps of the Indiana Statehouse as a crowd of several hundred shivered in 20-degree temperatures. Another small business owner, Joe Hadley, owner of Hadley
Family Dentistry, emphasized the impact Gov. Pence will have on small business practices in Indiana. “I want [Pence] to be kind to small business. I’m tired of all the incentives going to big business,” Hadley said. “We are under new leadership that will expound on [Former Gov. Mitch Daniels’] policies, Pence will springboard into the new administration.” Hadley looked at his young son and smiled when he talked about the future he hopes Pence will help build for Indiana and also his growing family. “I want my kids to have hope when they grow and open up their own businesses,” Hadley said. “Pence is going to create policies that will give them that hope.”
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