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Attending college in economy, many people look for potentially more lucrative career choices STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER | CHRISTOPHER castephens@bsu.edu Courtney Netzer knew throughout high school she wanted to go into young elementary education. She even planned to attend Ball State as an education major; however, one adverse effect of the career path kept her from pursuing it. “I don’t want to be poor,” she said. Netzer, a freshman, is one of many students who decided that more factors play into choosing a major above just what they would
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love doing. According to a study by National Center for Education Statistics, 80 percent of college students change their major at least once before they graduate. Netzer said she began to have second thoughts about her chosen major, based on not only her possible salary but also on the prospect of gaining a job after graduation. It convinced her to work toward getting a degree from the Miller College of Business. “On [high school] graduation day, I even had a teacher come up to me and tell me not to go into education,” she said. Regardless of major, the goal for the vast majority of college students is to find a career in whatever their field of study is as soon as possible after graduation. But some students, especially with recent economic uncertainties, have to answer an incredibly important question: Do
you want to love your job or love your salary? Joseph Goodwin, assistant director of the Career Center, said he recently talked with a Ball State graduate, whom he could not name, that began her career with a degree in social work. She was unhappy with her salary and was considering going back to school to become a chemist. Deciding money is more important than the job is fine, Goodwin told the client, but she needed to remember why she chose social work in the first place. “For some students the money is more important than the job,” he said. Rajib Sanyal, dean of the Miller College of Business, said the job market is competitive today and college students in general have lower levels of employment than before, which means students should be flexible in the posi-
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tions they are willing to accept, but not to the extent to do something they won’t enjoy. “A student should study a major for which [they] have a passion for,” he said. “It is always a good idea to ask — what will I do when I graduate?” Sanyal said while a major shows an employer that a recent grad has knowledge in a particular discipline, what is really going to give an applicant the edge and help garner a higher paying position is soft skills.
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SPRING SNOWSTORM Following more than 6 inches of snow, campus closed until 10 a.m. Monday due to current, continuing weather conditions
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Students successfully open a car that had been locked by ice during the snowfall Sunday evening.
Ball State football opens its 2013 spring practice today, though looking at Scheumann Stadium one might say it’s winter rather than spring. But the snow won’t stop the team and coaching staff from getting prepared for the upcoming season. Until the Spring Game on April 20, the team will get its first look at who will be placed on the depth chart and hopefully answer some questions from the offseason. Coach Pete Lembo and his team will have work to get done over the course of the next month. The team will have 14 practices leading up to the Spring Game.
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Stephanie Metzger tumbles over sophomore Kat Winton after falling off a makeshift sled. DN PHOTO BOBBY ELLIS
McKinley Avenue and the main section of campus remains blanketed in a continuing snow following large snowfall of roughly six inches Sunday night and Monday morning.
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Sophomore Kat Winton sleds down a hill outside of Woodworth using a food tray. The snowstorm caused Ball State to close for two hours.
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MAN ARRESTED FOR POSING AS EXCISE OFFICER AT EVENT
A Muncie man approached an undercover excise officer at Muncie Gras on Saturday and asked for identification, which resulted in his arrest. Joseph Louis Garcia, 24, of Muncie, was arrested on a preliminary charge of impersonating a police officer, a Class D Felony, according to a press release by Cpl. Travis Thickstun, public information officer for Indiana State Excise Police. The incident took place in front of The Columbia Theatre, formerly known as Center Stage’s Backstage Bar, on Walnut Street shortly after midnight when Garcia approached the plain clothes officer and demanded to see his identification. The officer showed Garcia his police badge and revealed he was an actual excise officer. Garcia was arrested and taken to the Delaware County Jail. “Impersonating a police officer is an intolerable offense for which we will have zero tolerance,” Superintendent Matt Strittmatter said in the press release. “Such behavior is not only dangerous to the perpetrator, but can put other citizens at risk.” Two other people were also arrested on a total of six charges, including false statement of age, minor in a tavern, illegal consumption of alcohol, two for possession of false ID and false government-issued ID at Muncie Gras.
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uncie received more than six inches of snow over Sunday and Monday. As a result, Ball State’s campus was closed until 10 a.m. on Monday morning. Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications Tony Proudfoot said two determining factors in whether campus should close are if the grounds are passable between buildings and if the university has power. “The snow was still coming down pretty hard at the time that we made the decision to close, and the crews just needed a little bit more time to get the campus cleared before classes began,” Proudfoot said. The decision to close campus due to inclement weather is up to Vice
President of Business Affairs and Treasurer Randy Howard, Proudfoot said. Howard makes the decision after consulting President Jo Ann Gora and speaking with the crews responsible for clearing campus. They make the decision between 4 and 5 a.m., basing it off current weather conditions and if the snow is expected to continue falling throughout the day, Proudfoot said. Regardless of whether campus is closed or not, Proudfoot said it is ultimately the students’ responsibility to decide if they can make it safely to class. “Everyone is expected and encouraged to put their safety first,” Proudfoot said. “We have found that faculty are very accommodating, and in cases when they aren’t, there is an appeal process.”
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Wahls teaches meaning of family Speaker addresses same sex marriage to BSU community KATE FITTES CHIEF REPORTER | EMMA emfittes@bsu.edu With the Supreme Court hearing arguments in the next two days on Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, Ball State students joined the national conversation when an author and activist discussed his experience growing up with two moms and the meaning of family. Zach Wahls, who has made appearances on shows such as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “The Late Show with David Letterman,” spoke in Pruis Hall, two years after the three minute video of his testimony before the Iowa House Judiciary went viral. Then he was speaking against a proposed amendment that would define marriage in Iowa as between one man and one woman. The Senate did not pass the amendment, House Joint Resolution Six. Now he is speaking up on a national level, with Ball State being one school on a larger tour he’s doing this spring. “The Supreme Court starts hearing oral arguments about same-sex marriage tomorrow, and so there’s been this ground swell of public push across the country to get folks to have this national conversation,” Wahls said. “I am very lucky and very privileged to be a part of the conversation.”
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Zach Wahls discusses the meaning of marriage and the battle that his two mothers have had to overcome as a lesbian couple in front of a packed audience Monday in Pruis Hall. Wahls confronted the issue by asking why our society insists on using the term “gay marriage” when homosexuals do not define themselves as such. “They don’t drive gay cars or live in gay houses,” he said.
Wahls said although he never considered a future in public speaking, he had to take the opportunity that was presented to him after the video gained popularity. “I remember when I was a little kid, I wished so badly that there was the voice for people like me in the public conversation,” Wahls said. “I knew that if little me had known that big me had a chance to do that, and I turned away from it, little
Snow in spring cancels flights, closes schools
People talk of need for seasonal, warm temperatures in US |THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAMBURG, Pa. — Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers were just a rumor Monday as the East Coast endured another blast of winter. A wide-ranging storm that buried parts of the Midwest weakened as it moved east but still managed to carpet lawns and fields in a fresh layer of white. Many schools opened late or closed early, and hundreds of flights were canceled. The cold temperatures and miserable mixture of snow and rain had people longing for more agreeable weather. “I’m ready for flip flops,” said Jessica Cunitz, 24 of Westchester County, N.Y., who stopped at a gas station along Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania to fill her overheating car with antifreeze. “It’s supposed to be spring.” In Maryland, Michael Pugh donned a wool coat, knit cap, waterproof pants and heavy boots to trudge more than a mile through four inches of wet snow to his bank in downtown Hagerstown, 70 miles west of Baltimore. He pronounced the weather “dreadful.” By this time of year, “I was hoping it’d be sunny and the weather breaking,” said Pugh, a warehouse worker who turned 38 Monday. “Every day I think I can pack up the winter coat, and break out the spring clothes, and I can’t.” Earlier, the storm walloped the Midwest, dumping a record
17 inches in Springfield, Ill., and a foot or more elsewhere in the state. Travel remained treacherous Monday afternoon, with Interstate 55 and 57 still covered in snow and ice, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Numerous vehicles were reported to be off roads, according to Illinois state police. In downtown Springfield, coffee-shop manager Mike Zengilani said food-delivery trucks were hours late. But he didn’t think about closing. “Everyone else closes, so it’s good for us to be open,” Zengilani said. “It’s Monday, it’s definitely slower, but we all made the effort to come in.” The system was little more than a nuisance by the time it reached the East Coast. Air travel saw the biggest impact, with nearly 600 flights canceled as of Monday afternoon, according to the FlightAware tracking service. Hardest-hit airports included those in New York, Philadelphia and Washington. In Hamburg, Pa. — which has seen three here-and-gone snowfalls in little more than a week — carpet installer Seth Hanna drank coffee and surveyed the slush from a covered front porch. “We got these warm days a few weeks ago, and everybody got their hopes up. March is supposed to be out like a lamb but it’s not doing it,” said Hanna, 30. “I love the snow, but I’m ready for some warm spring weather.” Robert Fink, 25, of Magnolia, N.J. said the worst part about yet another snow storm was having to shovel. Fink said he longed for Florida, where he used to live.
me would have been so angry. Frankly, there are still days when I wake up and I’m like, ‘Holy cow, has this all actually happened?’ and then I look at my phone.” Wahls said the one thing he hopes students take out of his presentation is to recognize that gay people are in fact people and that students can make a difference. “Sometimes we get caught up in some of the labels and
we lose sight of what’s really important... and that’s family, that’s love and that’s recognition,” Wahls said. “I think by really articulating what my own experience growing up with same-sex parents was like, especially from the point of view as a straight dude, I think that helps give people a better frame of reference about what it’s like to be a gay person or to have gay parents.” Wahls said with smartphones
“In fact, our business program requires students to take almost half their credits outside the business school, in liberal arts courses,” he said. Liberal arts courses are where a student is going to develop skills like critical thinking and social savvy, he said. Some students may think a degree in business or technology is the easiest way to guarantee a high paying job, but
Sanyal said a business employs more than just accountants, human resource managers and sales people. “They also employ people with training and education in every imaginable discipline, depending on the organization,” he said. Trying to be happy with your career and your salary can lead to innovative solutions, as sophomore social studies education major Scott Faylor illustrated. “Knowing what my future
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“I think it’s very consistent with Ball State’s policies because we do have... a large amount of multicultural organizations that are dedicated toward LGBT equality,” Roman said. “They are making us feel safe here at Ball State University. Many other colleges in Indiana are not that beacon of light.” Member from Muncie Outreach, a drop in center that provides a “safe haven” for LGBTQ youth in Delaware county, were also at the event. “A lot of what he says does affect my youth,” Laura Janney, the director of Muncie Outreach, said. “I have high school kids in here... The suicide rate is very high among LGBTQ. And its bullying, its political bullying, it’s religious bullying. It’s very sad, so it’s great to hear someone speak out about it.”
Mayor talks importance of Ball State in Muncie Tyler says groups volunteer 100k hours in city every year ARIC CHOKEY STAFF REPORTER | aachokey@bsu.edu
Mayor of Muncie Dennis Tyler spoke Thursday to Ball State students and Muncie residents about civic engagement, and he said community involvement says a lot about that community. The methods that Muncie’s volunteer network implements can hint at what the Muncie community is about. Tyler said the Ball State community has put in around 100,000 hours of volunteer hours per year into the Muncie community, a number that John Fallon, associate vice president of economic development and community engagement at Ball State, said wouldn’t surprise him. The time put into those projects is tracked by the professors and organizers involved. Even with all of those hours put into those different initiatives around the city, there is still a question of whether that is the most efficient way to go about change. Fallon said it is not uncommon for class projects or departmental activities to go directly to a community organization and offer help. The help to these projects spreads across sporadic, informal and independent agreements, illustrating a vast, but thinly-spread, network of manpower — a distribution method that parallels the city’s redevelopment efforts. “The city has two plans,” Fallon said. “I think that we would do well by concentrating our efforts more effectively on those
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Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler talks to students Thursday in the Arts and Journalism building. Tyler came to discuss the Muncie community, community involvement and what Ball State is doing to help
two plans. Both of those plans have been formalized and involve lots of people and have taken months to put together.” The plans that Fallon referred to were the Vision 2016 plan, created by the Muncie Economic Development Alliance, and the Muncie Action Plan, a plan developed by ACP Vision+Planning. Both plans include policies to attract and retain businesses as well as refresh the image of Muncie and Delaware County. “There are no communication links that all of these things that are going on can roll up to, so it’s difficult to gather the information on the sum of all of these and then communicate it,” Fallon said. “So that’s one thing that we could certainly do better.” Independent initiatives and
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and laptops students now have more power in their backpacks than NASA did when they sent a man to the moon. “That should scare you,” Wahls said. “I’ve been able to witness the affect that what amounts to basically story telling can have.” Reverend Mary Moore, a minister at the Unitarian Universalist church, said she has been following Wahls’ career since seeing the testimony video and has always wanted to hear him speak in person. “I think he really spoke truth in a powerful way,” Moore said. “The next two days are going to be very important for the Supreme Court, and I think it was an excellent timing. I was pleased that he had a connection so much with the Ball State students.” Mitch Isaacs, associate director of Student Life, said the night was everything he had hoped for. “The turn out was terrific,” Isaacs said. “On a day when we had a two hour delay [for snow] to have over 400 people in the audience, what a testament to how people feel about this topic and how interested they were to come and hear him speak.” Isaacs said the Excellence in Leadership program will continue to try and bring important topics to Ball State. “We don’t shy away from controversy,” he said. “We want students to be engaged.” Natalie Roman, a sophomore telecommunications major, said she was happy to see this issue being brought up at Ball State.
« A student should study a major for which [they] have a passion for. It is always a good idea to ask — what will I do when I graduate?» RAJIB SANYAL, dean of the Miller College of Business salary is likely to be has made me think about alternatives, not change my major, like coaching sports or maybe even pick up a second job,” he said. “When you are in college pay-
ing those bills, [it] is always something to consider,” Faylor said. “But what’s more important, wages or doing something you love? Even if it takes sacrifice, I want to do something I love.”
their isolation from each other is matched by the Ball State student body’s disenfranchisement from the Muncie community. Alienation of different parts of the city in the minds of students creates a prejudice that further disenfranchises the two communities. A Muncie local and a student told Caleb Livesay, a junior psychology major, that the southern portion of Muncie was “extremely bad.” Yet Samantha Blankenship, junior photojournalism major and resident of the south side, said otherwise. “Most people who say the south side is bad have either never been around that part of town and it’s just hearsay, or they just happened to find one of those few neighborhoods,”
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Blankenship said. Fallon is also involved in the Building Better Communities Fellows immersive learning projects that partner with local businesses and community leaders to develop solutions to real-world issues. “We’ve done training programs for companies and nonprofit organizations and immersive learning programs,” he said. But the informal initiatives number is in the hundreds, he added. Still, the rumors, whether untrue or not, can be a big hindrance to the city’s progression, Tyler said. “The stereotyping that I heard about the south side just wasn’t true,” Tyler said. “That’s the type of stereotyping that we don’t need. I don’t think that does our community any good.”
STUDENTS DECORATE DOORS WITH RED
Students have marked professors and faculty doors in the Arts and Journalism Building for a campaign for Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana. The doors are covered in red paper and include a flier for this week’s donation drive. About 15 professors volunteered to have their doors decorated following an email that senior public relations major Mallory Sturgeon sent about a week ago. “We just thought it was a clever way to decorate,” she said. “It’s a good way to get [people’s] attention.” This week, students will promote Donation Day in the Arts and Journalism Building and Student Recreation and Wellness Center by handing out fliers that contain four tips to prevent cancer. People can donate to Little Red Door on Thursday for Donation Day. People who donate money will be entered to win a variety of raffle prizes, including hygiene supplies and a gift card. – DEVAN FILCHAK
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The newest American Volleyball Coaches Association top-15 poll has a fresh face. At 14-5, Ball State was ranked No. 15 for its first national ranking in over two years. Wins over No. 16 IPFW and then-No. 8 Ohio State this past weekend propelled Ball State to its national recognition. Junior setter Graham McIlvaine was adamant after the win against Ohio State that the Cardinals deserved their first ranking since Feb. 11, 2011. “We absolutely deserve to be ranked,” McIlvaine said. The 2013 season has been a roller coaster for Ball State. The team opened up its campaign on a tear, starting 8-0, and standing as the only undefeated
team in Division I-II volleyball. But once the Cardinals enter the heart of their Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association schedule, the first loss came, then another. The skid lasted for five games, spanning over a month. All of a sudden the Cardinals were 8-5 and 3-5 in the MIVA, placing them in mediocrity. Then in effort to generate more offense, senior outside hitter Jamion Hartley was inserted into the lineup. “With this group we have more options offensively, and I think we’re more potent,” coach Joel Walton said. Since the lineup change the Cardinals have hit .318, while they were only hitting .224 before it. The offensive explosion has led to yet another string of wins for the Cardinals, with the mark at six straight now. “We’re starting to see this group get confidence, and the leadership, experience and confidence of the guys are letting us outwork or out-physical
teams at times,” Walton said. “Everybody on the team has a role, and right now everyone is fulfilling it.” Within those six victories, two have come against nationally ranked teams (thenNo. 10 Penn State and thenNo.8 Ohio State). Ball State has not had two wins against ranked opponents since 2010. The team’s success has been illuminated by individual accolades. Hartley was awarded MIVA Offensive Player of the Week and senior middle hitter Matt Leske was awarded MIVA Defensive Player of the Week for the second time during this streak. Despite the midseason accomplishments Ball State players are still unsatisfied. “This team can absolutely make a Final Four run,” McIlvaine said. “The confidence level is unbelievable.” Walton is stressing that the MIVA tournament, let alone the Final Four, is still a long way away. “The danger in this is that we think we’re there,” Walton
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Junior Matt Leske waits for a serve during the match against Ohio State on Friday. Ball State’s win over Ohio State helped it earn a ranked position in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
said. “We’ve got work to do.” Ball State still has six matches left, including two against the other two ranked MIVA teams.
No. 9 Lewis and No. 14 LoyolaChicago will come to Worthen Arena for the final two regular season matches of the year. But
right now all Ball State players are thinking is “bring them on.” “We know if we play hard we’re going to win,” Hartley said.
Big Ten shining in NCAA Tournament
Final Four may have 4 conference teams after Friday’s games | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Big Ten has a nation-high four teams still in the NCAA tournament, bolstering its seasonlong boast that its conference is the best in college basketball. The Big Ten has combined to win 10 games so far, its best showing through the round of 32 — ever. And, it could get even better. An All-Big Ten Final Four is possible because top-seeded Indiana, second-seeded Ohio State, third-seeded Michigan State and fourth-seeded Michigan will compete this week in different regions. “The fact that there are four teams advancing shows that this conference prepares you for any type of team or game,” Hoosiers coach Tom Crean wrote in a text message Monday morning while preparing to play fourth-seeded Syracuse in the East Regional semifinals. “You develop possession by possession appreciation.” Indiana played grind-it-out, low-scoring games during the Big Ten — going 0-3 when held to fewer than 60 points — and
had to rally late in some other games to win. The experiences paid off when the Hoosiers, who won the Big Ten regular season title, needed to close with a 10-0 run to beat ninthseeded Temple 58-52 and get to the regional semifinals for the second straight year. Being in closely contested games also seemed to help the Big Ten tournament champion Buckeyes, who advanced to a school-record fourth consecutive round of 16 by making enough stops and shots to outlast 10thseeded Iowa State 78-75. “Playing 21 straight Big Ten games with the caliber of players, teams and coaches that we have in the conference does prepare you for anything,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “You face so many different styles from how teams defend ball screens to how they run their offenses. “I’m happy as heck for the conference, but we’re just trying to figure out how to get past Arizona.” Ohio State will face the sixthseeded Wildcats in the West Regional semifinals. Michigan State will be matched up with second-seeded Duke in the Midwest, a highly anticipated game featuring coaches who have combined to appear in 25 regional semi-
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BALL STATE SITS IN 4TH AFTER 2ND ROUND CUT SHORT
Coach says Monday was worst coaching conditions of career
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Darkness suspended play in the Memphis Intercollegiate in Cordova, Tenn. midway through the tournament on Monday, putting Ball State in fourth in the competition. The team currently owns a score of 34-over par, placing behind Austin Peay, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisville. Ball State coach Mike Fleck stated that the long day was mentally and physically taxing. Individually, Ball State finished the day with McCormick Clouser leading the team with a first-round score of 74. Clouser was followed by first-round scores of his teammates Joe Gasser (+75), Alex Stinson (+79), Tyler Merkel (+81) and Tony
RESULTS AFTER 2 ROUNDS TYLER MERKEL
Round 1: +9 Round 2: -1 Through Round 2: 15 JOE GASSER
Round 1: +3 Round 2: +2 Through Round 2: 15 ALEX STINSON
Round 1: +7 Round 2: +6 Through Round 2:14 TONY LAZZARA
Round 1: +19 Round 2: +10 Through Round 2: 13 McCORMICK CLOUSER
Round 1: +2 Round 2: +6 Through Round 2: 13 Lazzara (+91). Fleck foresees today’s final round as a tough day for his players. He said Monday’s conditions were the worst he has coached in his career.
BIG TEN UPCOMING GAMES NO. 3 MICHIGAN STATE VS. NO. 2 DUKE
NO. 1 INDIANA VS. NO. 4 SYRACUSE
NO. 2 OHIO STATE VS. NO. 6 ARIZONA
NO. 4 MICHIGAN VS. NO. 1 KANSAS
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Iowa State forward Georges Niang reacts after Ohio State guard Aaron Craft hit the game-winning shot late in the second half of a third-round game in the NCAA Tournament at Sunday. The Big Ten four teams in the Sweet Sixteen.
finals since 1998. Michigan, which has won two NCAA tournament games for the first time since 1994, will
have to get past top-seeded Kansas in the South. The Big Ten had seven teams start the NCAA tournament
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Bateman now also controls the inside linebackers, while Daryl Dixon has responsibilities for the outside linebackers and nickel backs. Ball State moved to a base nickel defense because of the styles of offenses the team sees in MidAmerican Conference play. The depth chart currently lists Julian Boyd and Ben Ingle as the starters at linebacker.
last week and only fifth-seeded Wisconsin failed to advance, losing by 11 points to 12thseeded Mississippi. Minnesota routed UCLA by 20 — though that didn’t help Tubby Smith keep his job because he was fired Monday, a day after losing by 14 to Florida. Illinois beat Colorado before losing a competitive game with second-seeded Miami. The Golden Gophers and Fighting Illini helped to help the conference win 10 games, a total that trails the Big East’s record of 11 wins through the round of 32 in 2009 and 2012, according to STATS. The Big Ten had won nine games four times up to this point of the NCAA tournament, including last season, when it also sent four teams to the regional semifinals. Spartans coach Tom Izzo started saying the conference was the best in the country before the season opened and he felt even stronger about his opinion throughout the nonconference schedule when his team had one
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of the league’s marquee wins by beating Kansas. Even though the Big Ten has one more team than the Big East still in the NCAA tournament — and twice as many as the ACC and Pac-12 — Izzo insisted he doesn’t feel as if his point has been proven. “To some, it won’t be validated unless the Big Ten wins a championship,” Izzo said. “Perception becomes a little bit of reality and the more games you win, the farther you go. I think we earned our keep, again, over the 18 grueling games and that Big Ten Tournament. “Now this is frosting on the cake. “ Michigan State and Michigan won their first two games relatively easily, putting the rivals in the same round of 16 for the first time. Izzo, who has said it is “illegal” to like the Wolverines, acknowledged he is pulling for the maize and blue and the rest of the Big Ten during the NCAA tournament.
FOOTBALL: BSU adjusts defensive coaching staff OFFENSIVE LINE
What was the most experienced group of Ball State’s football team in 2012 could be one of the least experienced in 2013. The Cardinals lose several pieces from their offensive line, including Austin Holtz, Kitt O’Brien, Dan Manick and Cameron Lowry who anchored the offensive line that allowed only 14 sacks on quarterback Keith Wenning. The offensive line won’t be completely new as Matthew Page, Jalen Schlachter, Jacob Richard and Jordan Hansel all saw playing time last season. But losing pieces from the most experienced in the offensive line in the country from last season will be a problem that Lembo and offensive line coach Nick Tabacca hope to resolve in the coming weeks.
LINEBACKERS
Ball State lost two key pieces on its defense from last season in co-captain Travis Freeman and Tony Martin. The team also lost another linebacker in Justin Cruz who saw a healthy amount of playing time in his career. With the trio gone, Ball State will lack experienced linebackers for 2013. In the offseason, Lembo and defensive coordinator Jay Bateman made changes to the structure of the defense.
SPECIALISTS
It’s not often that the kicking specialists could become a focus in spring practices, but for Ball State that could be the case. The team lost both decorated punter Scott Kovanda and place kicker Steven Schott to graduation after the 2012 season. The newest player with the responsibility to uphold Ball State’s “Punter U” reputation will be Kyle Schmidt, a freshman from Chesterton, Ind. As for the place kicker, Scott Secor returns in 2013. His primary responsibility a year ago was strictly kickoffs, but because of his power he will be responsible for kicking field goals this season. Long snapper Garrett Mack also returns in 2013, which will help Ball State with stability for the special teams.
WIDE RECEIVER
The one area where Lembo and offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky have to be ecstatic
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Ball State wide receivers Jamill Smith and Willie Snead celebrate after a Ball State touchdown against Indiana on Sept. 15, 2012. Snead finished 19th in the country in receiving yards and will be returning to the Cardinals for the 2013 season.
about is the wide receiver position. Not only does Ball State return its 1,000-yard receiver in Willie Snead, but Connor Ryan, Jamill Smith and KeVonn Mabon also return to an offense that averaged 457.2 yards of offense per game last season. And the wide receiver position could only get better, should players make impressions on Lembo during the spring practice. Sophomore
Chris Shillings and freshman Jordan Williams saw playing time last season, and should continue to get more involvement in the offense for 2013. Redshirt freshman Efe ScottEmuakpor will also be competing for playing time this spring, and with his 6-foot, 3-inch frame, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him fit into the offense somewhere for the upcoming season.
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THURSDAY Check out what musical is coming to the stage at University Theatre.
‘Vagina’ play promotes women’s unity Monologues share experiences about rape, love, sex, birth
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When Samantha Ellison directed “The Vagina Monologues� as a freshman, she never thought the performance would be the last time she saw her mom. After passing from a sudden heart attack, Ellison knew she had to continue directing Ball State’s version of the off-Broadway hit. Now the senior women and gender studies major is overseeing the show for the third time. Presented by Feminists for Action, “The Vagina Monologues� has stayed dear to Ellison’s heart
not only in memory of her mom but to make a difference. “Through the connection with my mom and the support of my friends, ‘The Vagina Monologues’ makes me feel like I’m making a difference,� Ellison said. “I want to make women appreciate themselves, gain more confidence and to think more positively.� Written by Eve Ensler in 1996, “The Vagina Monologues� represents varying women with different experiences including rape, love, sex, birth and masturbation. Each story acknowledges the hardships and advantages of being a female. The performance promotes women empowerment and love for their vaginas and bodies. Allowing women from all backgrounds and experiences to tell their stories, Ellison believes
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$5. Tickets will not be sold at the door but instead may be bought in the Student Center room 116, the Multicultural Center or from cast members. this vagina-invigorating play will impact its audience. “‘The Vagina Monologues’ allows women to talk openly about their sexuality, being raped or molested and gaining their collective power within themselves and with other women as one, powerful unit,� Ellison said. “It’s so neat to see women come
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together through pain and suffering by sharing their stories.� Freshman psychology major Madison Turner, who performs the monologue “Because He Liked to Look at It,� summarized the play as a chance for women to stand up against violence and negativity toward women. “‘The Vagina Monologues’ helps women come together and celebrate,� Turner said. “It also supports women who have been through domestic violence.� All proceeds from the show go to A Better Way in Muncie, which provides shelter and services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Turner decided to participate in the show not only because of Women’s Week but also because she wants to promote women’s rights.
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Aly Austin performs in front of the VDAY projected images during a run of “The Vagina Monologues� Sunday in Pruis Hall. The performance works to bring women’s issues regarding sex and society into the spotlight.
“I support women equality,� Turner said. “I wanted to give back in a way that I feel passionate about.� The play isn’t just for women. Turner encourages men to open their minds and learn
something new. “I think it is good for every man to come see this play and get inside our heads,� Turner said with a smile. “Step outside your comfort zone because you never know what you will learn.�
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LIVING THE HOOP LIFE
Junior’s hula hooping love shifts from part-time hobby to paid professional gigs |
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Jessica McIntosh stripped down to a black leotard with an itsy-bitsy sheer skirt. She jumped up and down a few times to get her blood pumping. It was 30 degrees outside that day as the junior public relations major prepared to hula hoop in front of the Bell Tower. She grabbed 12 multicolored hula hoops, holding them around her waist. As she looked down at the ground, she began vigorously swinging her hips. The colors quickly meshed as they slid up and down. Before she can even remember, McIntosh started hula hooping in front of the television in her parent’s living room. Her brother would yell at her to stop because she was interrupting his leisure time. “My parents have always encouraged me to hula hoop,” McIntosh said. “For fun, I would entertain [them] by putting on little shows.” McIntosh described herself as a “closet
hula hooper” when she first came to Ball State. Due to the little available space in her dorm room, McIntosh resorted to other areas within her residence hall to practice her talent. She used Studebaker West’s gym and study room for practice. “Once I started to hoop around my dorm, people started to notice,” she said. “So I decided to do something with it.” An avid YouTube and Facebook user, McIntosh uploaded videos of herself hula hooping for her family and friends to enjoy. After checking her Twitter feed one day, McIntosh noticed a need for hula hoop girls at Neely Fest. This is where she landed her first paid gig as a hula hooper. Shortly after Neely Fest, McIntosh scored a few other hip-swinging performances at bars, such as D Luxe and Be Here Now, and the Homecoming talent show where she won first place in the Freelance category. Although McIntosh has done a few professional gigs, she believes it is a great stress reliever and workout. “Hula hooping is everything to me. I just love it,” McIntosh said. “There are workout videos on the Internet, and it has been proven that one can burn 300 to 600 calories.” For those who think all hula hoops are the same, McIntosh clarified that they’re
DOCUMENTARY HAS GOAL TO DECREASE ‘WORLDSUCK’ Honors student to premier thesis on Nerdfighters EMILY MAAG STAFF REPORTER | ermaag@bsu.edu After a year’s worth of work, Hannah Lindgren gets to do her part in the effort to decrease Worldsuck, a term coined by the VlogBrothers as the amount of suck in the world. Lindgren’s documentary about Nerdfighter culture, “A Film to Decrease Worldsuck,” premieres tonight. Nerdfighter is a term for superfans of the VlogBrothers duo: author John Green and his brother, musician and web series creator Hank Green. The documentary is not the story of the brothers, but rather the people inspired by them. “I think it’s a good balance between telling people what Nerdfighteria is, while also being something that Nerdfighters enjoy,” Lindgren said. The senior film and TV studies
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LB 125 RUNTIME
42 minutes with a Q&A following COST
At least one nonperishable food item SECOND VIEWING
There will be a second showing in Indianapolis in May.
major created the film for her honors thesis. The idea came to be last March after running into John Green at an Indianapolis movie theater. She originally planned to write a paper about the VlogBrothers, but that soon changed. “The idea of doing a film on them grew from a spark to a smolder to a full-blown fire that I couldn’t put out, and I just had to do it,” she said.
Lindgren got permission from the brothers to do the film, but they could not sit for interviews for it. This led to the idea about focusing her project on Nerdfighters instead. She formed a team and traveled to VidCon last summer, distributing information and gathering interviews. “I think the most rewarding thing is that so many people got on board,” Lindgren said. “I’m happy with the final product because so many people were involved, and so many people supported it.” Lindgren had a team of liaisons that helped her collect stories of Nerdfighters. They asked questions that, when pieced together, would tell the story of “Nerdfighteria,” she said. It progresses from VidCon coverage, to the history of Nerdfighteria, to the personal connections people have to Nerdfighteria.
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not. Wal-Mart may sell a variety of colors and sizes, but there are different categories, weights and designs of hula hoops. Depending on these characteristics, the large, circular rings can become pretty costly. McIntosh has 25 hoops that range from $30 small hoops to her $150 LED hula hoop. For her next buy, she plans on getting a fiber-optic hoop which can range between $300 to $500. Whether McIntosh is exercising or performing, she has to put some thought into which hula hoop to use. When entertaining, McIntosh uses a smaller, lighter hula hoop so her muscles don’t get tired after hours of performing. When she’s not studying or working, McIntosh tries to hula hoop at least four hours a week. When learning a new skill, like a hand or leg movement, McIntosh doesn’t stop until she has aced it. Although she may be a little biased toward this hobby, McIntosh encourages everyone to try it. “Seriously, try to frown when you hula hoop,” she said. “It’s impossible.” McIntosh’s next performance will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 26 at the East Side Bash between Noyer and Studebaker West.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Junior public relations major Jessica McIntosh shows off her skills with her LED hula hoop. McIntosh practices around campus in areas such as the Worthen Arena concourse. McIntosh shows off a trick in front of the Bell Tower March 19. McIntosh’s next performance will be April 26 at the East Side Bash. McIntosh swivels 12 hula hoops around her waist March 19 in front of the Bell Tower. McIntosh won first place in the freestyle category at the homecoming talent show and continues getting gigs in places like D Luxe and Neely Fest. DN PHOTOS EMMA FLYNN
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5 to 9 p.m. April 26 WHERE
Between Noyer and Studebaker West
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