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Slates to campaign on last day Off-campus voting issues arise, candidates talk with students |
CHRIS STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER castephens@bsu.edu
Student Government Association executive board slate candidates are spending their final days until the election ends campaigning and dealing with offcampus voting problems. Kevin Thurman, SGA elections board chair, said students wishing to vote off campus were unable to do so until approximately 2:15 p.m. Monday due to a per- Vote online at: mission error within the program. “I want to clarify that no slate in any way helped to remedy the situation,” Thurman said, following tweets by Cardinal United, who took credit for ad- or visit bit.ly/OUATYL dressing the problem with Of- Vote until 6:45 p.m. fice of Student Life first. “It was brought to my attention by several members of each slate, and I feel it is unethical and misleading for any one slate to take credit.” Thurman said more issues with voting off campus were reported late Monday evening, and those problems would be addressed the next morning with Unified Technology Services. Cassy Swanson, Spark campaign manager, said she believes the technical issue presented a problem and may have swayed people not to vote because they did not know they had to be on the Ball State secure connection and may have thought they just could not vote. With elections only open for two days, it is important for each slate to push students to vote but also inform them of the importance of SGA, Swanson said. She said Spark was focused on social media to get the word out, and she believes Spark had strong branding but needed to make sure voters knew what their platform stood for. “Students may know the parties’ names but don’t know they can vote or what exactly student government is,” Swanson said. Kayleigh Mohler, Fusion campaign manager, said her slate had visited several dining halls, including the Atrium and L.A. Pittenger Student Center, and talked with several students who were unaware of the elections. Fusion worked to encourage students to familiarize themselves with SGA and the slates.
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AVERAGE DAVE Student wins $5,000 from CollegeHumor for being standard
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JOSEPH KNOOP STAFF REPORTER
Ball State student has received $5,000 toward his education for something that most scholarships try to avoid – averageness. “The Average Student Scholarship Contest” was created by the popular website CollegeHumor.com, and the scholarship was awarded to sophomore acting major David Cole, who is part of the type the website staff believes usually get passed up for scholarships. To enter, students were asked to submit an essay no longer than 1,000 words, explaining why they deserved the award of “most average student.” Additional material, such as photos and video, was acceptable for submission. The contest focused on three primary characteristics, including “academic average, humor and originality.”
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DAVID TIMOTHY COLE What makes him average?
REBELLIOUS, LONG HAIR
2.083 GPA
GREEN EYES
barely over the standards for academic probation
PATCHY BEARD
20 years old
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5 foot 8 inches
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HE ALSO: • Spends more time complaining about homework than doing it • Joins clubs and receives information about them but never goes to meetings • Performs stupid dares for little or no reward
170 pounds
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID COLE
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Students learn how to prevent suicide through 3-step training People share stories of when training would’ve helped
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MALONEY ACHIEVES MILESTONE VICTORY
EMMA KATE FITTES CHIEF REPORTER emfittes@bsu.edu
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Ball State has 51 first-rounders under Maloney’s coaching DAVID POLASKI STAFF REPORTER | @DavidPolaski
Since losing her father to suicide when she was 10 years old, the executive director of the Alive Campaign is working to make him proud by putting on events like the Question, Persuade and Refer suicide prevention training hosted Monday, which started the Self-Injury and Suicide Awareness week. Junior social work major CarTHE FIGHT men Diaz also OF HER LIFE lost her uncle Features editor when she was 16 reflects on her past battle with and her friend in depression high school to suicide. + PAGE 3 “I never in a million years pictured my life to be like this, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world,” Diaz said. “I would trade it all to have my dad
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday night, Lipscomb hit a sharp ground ball to shortstop, where it was fielded and fired to first, giving Ball State their third win of the season. For Ball State coach Rich Maloney, it was much more than just another digit in the win column. Saturday’s win was No. 600 in Maloney’s coaching career. He spent 1996-2002 coaching Ball State before leaving to spend 10 seasons with Michigan. Now returning to the university where he got his start, Maloney was glad the landmark win occurred here. “If I wasn’t at Ball State, I never would have had my 10 years at Michigan,” Maloney said. “To do something like that is because of the help from a lot of people.” He amassed four MAC West titles
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Students at the Question, Persuade and Refer suicide prevention seminar in the Teachers College lecture room 102 respond to a question about how comfortable they are discussing suicide with someone who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts. Students were able to ask questions throughout the night about how to help someone.
back, but I would not trade any of these experiences, friendships that I made... it’s irreplaceable.” Diaz said this is the third time she has seen Denise Bike, a therapist at the counseling center, present the QPR program, and she has “morphed it around” to help reach everyone in the audience.
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3-7 p.m. informational table and Hand Tree at Student Center Tally WEDNESDAY
6:30-9 p.m. “Light Up the Night” Candlelight Vigil in Pruis Hall THURSDAY
All day: Live Chat. 6-9 p.m. Safe Talk training in Student Center Cardinal Hall A FRIDAY
Wear blue and orange to raise self-injury and suicide awareness.
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INDIVIDUAL STATS RICH MALONEY, COACH • 259-148-1 • 4 MAC West titles • 2 MAC Regular Season titles • 1998 and 2001 MAC Coach of the Year • 51 players drafted, 5 first round and coached 51 draft picks, including five first-round selections. Maloney said although he enjoyed his years at Michigan and learned a lot, it means more to him that he reached the milestone while wearing the Ball State uniform. “To be back here at Ball State for it, man does it feel special. Really, really special,” Maloney said. Maloney stressed that the key to achieving consistent victory is in keeping the game simple. Instead of focusing on the opponent, players need to focus on themselves and executing the fundamentals.
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