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IUPUI was under “high alert” for about four hours on Tuesday after police received reports of a man with a gun on campus before giving the all clear just before 5 p.m. IUPUI police Capt. Bill Abston said no suspect was found matching the descriptions reported by a female student, and there was no threat after a campus search. The IUPUI student told police that she saw a man in a brown trench coat with a shotgun or “long gun” in the trunk of his car at about 12:30 p.m. “She walked up to the car, saw a musical instrument case,” Abston said. “She’s a musician so she was kind of curious and she kept looking. It was a case for a shot gun or ‘long gun.’ So that’s what she saw. The person never pulled it out of the car.” Police also received a report at IUPUI’s School of Nursing and a 911 emergency call that reported somebody with a rifle at the corner of North Blackford Street and Indiana Avenue. Abston said he doesn’t believe the reports were related. The campus wasn’t placed under an official lockdown and students weren’t prohibited from entering or leaving campus, Abston said. A lockdown would have been challenging because of the number of buildings on campus.
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IUPUI TWITTER UPDATES Alert: Man with what may be a gun seen near Barnhill & Vermont. Campus remains on lock down. We will continue to update as possible. 1:22 PM - 19 Mar 13
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Campus remains on full alert. If on campus, continue to shelter in place. Do not leave buildings or walk in open areas. 1:22 PM - 19 Mar 13 Police continue to search campus for suspicious individual. #IUPUI remains on full alert. We will update as situation develops. 2:03 PM - 19 Mar 13 Campus remains on full alert. Reports of campus or some buildings being “cleared” are not accurate. Please continue to shelter in place. 3:07 PM - 19 Mar 13 This is the real, official, trusted “all clear” message! All clear. Now returning campus to normal operations. 5:06 PM - 19 Mar 13
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Defiant teen gets life sentences in Ohio high school shooting T.J. Lane smiled in court, raised middle finger, showed lack of remorse | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARDON, Ohio — Wearing a T-shirt with “killer” scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting to death three students in an Ohio high school cafeteria. T.J. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn’t know why he did it. Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he
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suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. Lane was defiant during the sentencing, smiling and smirking throughout, including while four relatives of victims spoke. After he came in, he calmly unbuttoned his blue dress shirt to reveal the T-shirt reading “killer,” which the prosecutor noted was similar to one he wore during the shooting. At one point, he swiveled around in his chair toward the gallery where his own family members and those of the slain teenagers were sitting and spoke suddenly, surprising even his lawyer. “The hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory,” he said, then cursed at and raised his middle finger toward the victims’ relatives. A student who was wounded in the rampage dismissed the outburst. “He said it like a scared little boy and couldn’t talk slow enough that anyone could understand him,” said
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QUICK FACTS T.J. Lane, 18, was sentenced to three life sentences Tuesday for killing three students in 2012 at a school shooting in Chardon, Ohio. Daniel Parmertor, Russell King Jr. and Demetrius Hewling were shot and killed by Lane on Feb. 27, 2012. Nate Mueller, who was nicked in the ear in the shooting. Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, called Lane “a pathetic excuse for a human being” and wished upon him “an extremely, slow torturous death.” She said she has nightmares and her family has been physically sick over the crimes. “From now on, he will only be a killer,” she said, as Lane’s smile widened. “I want him to feel my anger toward him.” Prosecutors say Lane took a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to the
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he walk across the stage at commencement is the most important walk on most college students’ minds. However, some are more fixated with another special walk: a walk down the aisle. A 2011 PEW Research Center study reported the average age to get married is up to 26 for women and 28 for men. Despite this, some students still feel the pressure to get engaged while in college. Eighteen percent of undergraduates are already married, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. RELGIOUS TIES
Ball State sociology professor Richard Petts said in an email that those with religious backgrounds, particularly strong conservative or evangelical Christian backgrounds, are more likely to get married at a younger age. The Catholic Church is central to Alea Bowling and Branden Stanley’s relationship. They met through a homeschooled production of “The Hobbit” 10 years ago and became friends. When their relationship turned romantic in January 2010, Bowling fell in love with the traditional Latin Catholic ceremony Stanley was raised in. Their wedding will be a traditional Latin Mass as opposed to the normal Catholic wedding ceremony, which Bowling said she thinks adds to the dynamic they have. The couple holds strong traditional values, which influenced their decision to get married young. “Getting married was always the intention of dating,” Bowling, a junior art major, said. “When we started dating, knew our purpose was to find someone to marry.”
Stanley said they looked at their dating as more of a seeking process than a way just to have fun. The idea of marriage was always there, but they did not seriously discuss it until last summer. In college, not all have the mindset of dating with marriage on the brain. Marriage at a young age wasn’t in senior elementary education Lyndsey Kellett’s plan until her relationship with God developed. “If God hadn’t pursued me and saved me, I would not be getting married right now. I would probably think it was inhibiting to be married,” said Kellett, who didn’t become a Christian until she was 16. “It’s hard for me to even wrap my mind around what planning a wedding would be like in college because I don’t think that I would consider getting married so young. I would want to pursue a career, or I would want the freedom to date around, things like that,” she continued, explaining her thinking before she became religious.
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LAWYER ASKS THREATS TOWARD GIRL TO STOP Steubenville rape victim bullied through social media after sentencing | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday as he demanded an end to such postings. Two girls, 15 and 16, were accused of posting the tweets Sunday following the conviction and sentencing of two boys for raping the 16-year-old West Virginia girl after an alcohol-fueled party. The older girl was charged with aggravated menacing for a tweet that threatened homicide and said “you ripped my family apart,” according to the attorney general’s office. The girl is a cousin of defendant Ma’Lik Richmond, attorney general spokesman Dan Tierney said Tuesday.
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A Twitter message from the younger girl threatened the accuser with bodily harm, leading to a menacing charge, DeWine’s office said. One of the messages was later reposted on Facebook. Such threats have to end, DeWine said Tuesday. “People have the right to express their point of view, and they have the right to be stupid, and they have the right to be wrong, but they don’t have the right under Ohio law to threaten to kill someone,” he said. This is not the first time the girl and her family have been threatened through social media, DeWine said. “What’s sad particularly to me is that the victim has had to go through the rape, the aftermath of the rape, the trial, and she continues to be victimized on the social media,” DeWine said. The girl, who had been drinking heavily, has no memory of the attack. One of the ways she learned that something had happened to her was by viewing parts of a 12-minute
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Whistle-blower to offer advice Weston Smith of Healthsouth Corp. will discuss ethical decisions with students
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A former chief financial officer for a Fortune 500 company will offer ethics advice to aspiring business students on campus today. Weston Smith, formerly of Healthsouth Corp., will speak at 3:00 p.m. today in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, allowing students to get a firsthand look inside the world of corporate fraud, and to learn ways to
find the most ethical solution to questions that may arise. Smith saw the company grow from one location to over 2,000. “Underneath the glimmering corporate office, the fleet of corporate jets and consistent earnings reports, laid a multiyear multi-billion dollar financial statement fraud,” he said on his website. Smith eventually exposed this financial fraud by “finally doing the right thing.” Mark Myring, chair of the accounting department, said
Smith’s experience with real world ethical quandaries gives him the applicable knowledge of when and where to define the line. “Weston Smith is an important speaker for our students because he has the ability to discuss the real world pressures placed on people to make unethical decisions,” Myring said. “Ethical decision making is an important component of virtually every course in the business curriculum.” Smith’s lectures also include leadership principals and ethics, and how to instill them in others, which is something non-business students can use as well.
“Whether students are in business or not, my goal is to stress principles of honesty and long term direction and discipline,” Smith said on his website. Smith said he doesn’t see his story as necessarily about accounting or business fraud, at least not entirely. According to his website, he does speak about the ways in which business students or accounting students can find financial red flags, so they can then stop fraudulent activities when they enter the business world. Myring said Ball State students, no matter the major,
Restoring Liberty American landmark will open to public months after Superstorm Sandy
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Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, N.Y. has been closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island. It is expected to reopen in July. MCT PHOTO
NEW YORK — The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. “Hurricane Sandy inflicted major damage on facilities that support the Statue of Liberty,” Salazar said. “Based on the tremendous progress we have made, Lady Liberty will be open to the public in time for the July 4th celebration.” The statue itself was spared in the late October storm, but its surrounding island was badly damaged. Railings broke, paving stones were torn up and buildings were flooded. The storm also destroyed boilers, sewage pumps and electrical systems on the island. As much as three-fourths of Liberty Island’s 12 acres was flooded, officials estimated, with water reaching as high as 8 feet. An exact opening date wasn’t set. Before the statue can reopen, a security screening process for visitors must be worked out with the New York Police Department. Salazar said an announcement was expected in the next week or so. About 3.7 million people visited the statue in 2011, making it the 19th most visited national park. Schumer emphasized how important it was to the New York economy to have the statue open. “Being open for the summer tourism season isn’t just important symbolically, it’s a boon to the city’s economy and businesses, as the statue attracts millions of tourists from all over the world to our shores,” he said. Sandy came one day after the Statue of Liberty’s 126th birthday and the reopening of the crown, which had been closed for a year for a $30 million upgrade to fire alarms, sprinkler systems and exit routes. The storm also inflicted major damage on nearby Ellis Island. More than 1 million historical artifacts and documents were moved because of the impossibility of maintaining the climate-controlled environment necessary to preserve them.
OHIO: Grand jury will meet in April to consider charges YouTube video filmed the night of the attack in which students made crude jokes about her. The two girls were charged Tuesday with intimidation of a victim, telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing. They were being held in the Jefferson County juvenile detention center without bond, as is customary with juveniles, said Jefferson County assistant prosecutor Sam Pate. They would face up to seven years in prison if convicted as adults, but it’s likely they would be treated as juveniles. That means they could be detained up until their 21st
birthdays, if convicted. The rape case brought international attention to the small city of 18,000 and led to allegations of a cover-up to protect the Steubenville High School football team. Richmond and Trent Mays were charged with penetrating the West Virginia girl with their fingers, first in the back seat of a moving car after a mostly underage drinking party on Aug. 11, and then in the basement of a house. Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison for the rapes. Mays was ordered to serve an additional year for
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under a lockdown but she was able to leave through an unprotected door. “There were people around the doors telling you that you couldn’t get out, but the specific building I was in, there’s a doorway that leads out to a parking garage across the street,” Mullner “There’s doors right there that were still open, unsecure, and people just walked out those doors.” Mullner said she received alerts quickly but she still didn’t feel safe. “One, there [were] no teachers or police officers near,” she said. “I saw maybe one or two in the building and the
photographing the underage girl naked. They can be held until they turn 21. Special Judge Thomas Lipps recommended the boys be assigned to Lighthouse Youth Center-Paint Creek in Chillicothe, which he said has a strong program for treating juvenile sex offenders. The privately operated center is “staff-secure,” according to the Department of Youth Services, meaning it’s an open campus where staff members rely on their relationship with residents to prevent escapes. Staff and children live together at the facility, which
has shown success in keeping teens treated there from committing new crimes, said Renee Hagan, juvenile justice division director for Lighthouse Youth Services. “We form good relationships with kids so they want to buy what we’re selling,” Hagan said Tuesday. A grand jury will meet in April to consider charges against anyone who failed to speak up after the attack last August. That group could include other teens, parents, school officials and coaches for the high school’s beloved football team, which has won nine state championships.
WHO IS WESTON SMITH? • Former finance chief for HealthSouth Corp. • Exposed the company’s accounting fraud by going to the FBI in 2003 • Was sentenced to 27 months in prison and forced to pay $1.5 million in “forfeited assets.” • His attorneys criticized the sentencing claiming the issues would have not been brought to light if Smith hadn’t spoken up SOURCE: http://usat.ly/10f9yri
will have to make ethical decisions at some point in their career. “While the nature of these situations may differ based on the type of career you choose, it is important to know how to recognize ethical dilemmas, de-
velop alternative solutions to the situation and choose which is the most appropriate course of action,” he said.
Permanent tax break part of Pence plan to preserve funds
Pence has stretched his campaign for the tax cut from last year’s run for governor through this year’s session, his first in the governor’s office. But he has had little success, so far, winning support from Republican leaders in the Indiana General Assembly. Local leaders have emerged as the staunchest opponents of the tax cut, saying the money would be better spent on much-needed road repairs. The state is facing a local road funding gap of more than $200 million per year. House lawmakers rewrote Pence’s budget last month to exclude the tax cut and spend $250 million more annually on local roads. “I know what the position of the association is on our tax cut proposal, but I wanted to make the case that I see permanent income tax relief as a part of a larger strategy for economic development,” Pence said after the speech, when asked about the lone person to applaud his tax cut. The trade group representing Indiana’s municipalities has not taken a formal position against the tax cut.
LOCAL LEADERS OPPOSE TAX CUTS PROPOSED BY GOV. | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s local leaders showed little enthusiasm Tuesday for Gov. Mike Pence’s tax cut during their annual Statehouse rally, holding back applause as the governor spoke while they sought more money for roads. Members of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns applauded Pence’s Statehouse speech when he talked about economic development and technology training. But when he turned to the tax cut, only one person clapped. “That’s why I’m advocating we lower the income tax, across the board by 10 percent, for every Hoosier in the city and on the farm, on a permanent basis,” Pence said to almost complete silence. He followed by saying. “I know we might have some disagreement on this from some in this organization, apparently not all.”
KILLER: Families of victims express disgust at Lane | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the school and fired 10 shots at a group of students in the cafeteria. Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, both 16, and Russell King Jr., 17, were killed. Lane was at Chardon waiting for a bus to the alternative school he attended, for students who haven’t done well in traditional settings. Six days before the rampage, Lane had sent a text message to his sister, who attended Chardon High school, and mentioned a school shooting, Geauga County Prosecutor James Flaiz disclosed after the sentencing. He gave no details about what the message said. “The way the text message was phrased to his sister, I’m not sure she would have taken
it as anything. I think only when you look at it in retrospect does it really have the impact that it does now,” Flaiz said. Lane’s sister, Sadie, was in the cafeteria the day of the shooting, and said outside the snow-swept courthouse that the brother she saw in court wasn’t the one she remembers. She asked for prayers for her family. “It may be hard for some to understand, but I love my brother and hope that whatever the sentencing in life takes him in the future, that he can touch others’ lives in a positive way from the point of view that only he can give,” she said. Flaiz said he has a theory about the motive but wouldn’t discuss it until he has a chance to meet with the families of victims and answer their questions.
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The couple holds strong traditional values, which influenced their decision to get married young. “Getting married was always the intention of dating,” Bowling, a junior art major, said. “When we started dating, knew our purpose was to find someone to marry.” Stanley said they looked at their dating as more of a seeking process than a way just to have fun. The idea of marriage was always there, but they did not seriously discuss it until last summer. In college, not all have the mindset of dating with marriage on the brain. Marriage at a young age wasn’t in senior elementary education Lyndsey Kellett’s plan until her relationship with God developed. “If God hadn’t pursued me and saved me, I would not be getting married right now. I would probably think it was inhibiting to be married,” said Kellett, who didn’t become a Christian until she was 16. “It’s hard for me to even wrap my mind around what planning a wedding would be like in college because I don’t think that I would consider getting married so young. I would want to pursue a career, or I would want the freedom to date around, things like that,” she continued, explaining her thinking before she became religious. Although Kellett’s relationship with her fiancé Nathan Newburn, a junior finance major, is “grounded in knowing and following Jesus,” she still did not anticipate getting married so young, recalling when she told someone in Navigators, a campus Christian group, during her freshman year that she would never do that and that it was ridiculous. However, she is confident in her decision after they prayed and received confirmation from God that this is what they’re supposed to do.
ate, said. “For me, it was a lot of being able to adjust to all of that While faith may be one reason on my own versus trying to adto get married young, financial just to that plus being married on benefits and woes could swing a top of that.” couple either way. They agreed that taking the Bloomberg Businessweek rebit of time after graduation has ported that the top 1 percent of helped them get settled finanstudent borrowers owe more cially to properly prepare for than $150,000 in loans, and this the future. number is on the rise. However, couples that are NOT WHEN, BUT HOW already married are eligible Although time may seem of the for different scholarships and essence, the couples agreed age grants. Maror an unspoken ried couples can social timeline look into Fedshould not dicWhen you have eral Pell Grants, tate when a couFederal Supple- your whole life to be ple gets engaged. mental Educa“When you have married to someone, your tional Opportuwhole life nity Grants and I just feel like that’s to be married to Federal TEACH I just a huge commitment someone, Grants from the feel like that’s a g o v e r n m e n t . and a huge decision, huge commitMore grants and ment and a huge s c h o l a r s h i p s you really need to decision,” Braun may be available take the time to said. “You really on a university need to take the make sure you’re basis. time to make Although there making the right sure you’re makare financial aid ing the right deoptions available, decision. cision. When you the pressure for make that comfinancial stability ALYSSA BRAUN, alumna mitment, you’re can be intimidatcommitted for ing. It was a faclife. Why rush tor in Ball State that decision? alumni Alyssa Braun and Dan Why rush into that?” Kreitl waiting until after they Kreitl warned against how both graduated to get engaged. much people grow after gradua“When you’re in college, tion as students venture out into you’re still very dependent on the career field. your parents,” said Kreitl, who “We have both changed graduated last December with so much from when we first his master’s degree in business started dating, that now, who administration. “I feel like, at I’m marrying, her today, is toleast me, psychologically, when tally different than a year afyou’re getting married, that’s a ter we had been dating,” Kreitl definite separation from your said. “Maybe we’ll change more parents financially.” again in the next five years, but This new sense of absolute fi- I would say a lot of changes nancial responsibility is just one happen, I think between your of many transitions. There is also junior year of college and your pressure to find somewhere to one or two years after college.” live as well as a career. Bowling and Stanley are get“Once you graduate, you have ting married a week and a day a lot of big decisions and big after Spring Commencement things that come after gradu- in 2014, but they don’t feel like ation. Finding a job, living on they’re rushing things. However, your own, dealing with the real they recognize that their situaworld, you know, with the bills tion isn’t for most people, and and stuff,” Braun, a 2009 gradu- that not everyone has known
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6) REEVALUATE YOUR SPENDING
1) CLEAN UP YOUR COMPUTER
Remove the miscellaneous files from your desktop and put them in organized folders where they belong. Delete any unnecessary files (you don’t need your papers from high school). Transfer important documents (portfolios, resumes etc.) to a portable hard drive. 2) CLEAN UP YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE.
It’s time to take a look back at the Spring Break pictures of you drinking from a beer bong. Employers don’t want to see that. Remember that hazy weekend from freshman year? Your Facebook photo album does. Delete pictures that are questionable. If you love them that much, print them off and hang them on your bulletin board. 3) FRESHEN UP YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY
Oldies are goodies, but sometimes you need something new in the mix. Websites like TuneGlue and Music-Map can help you find artists similar to those you already like. If you want brand new artists, check out TheSixtyOne or OurStage. 4) CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSET
Get rid of anything that you haven’t worn in a year. If it has unfixable holes, trash it. Still in good condition but just not your size of style? Trade with friends or donate it. 5) TUNE UP YOUR CAR
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each other for 10 years. For the most part, they have received support, but there has been some concern. “You can’t please everyone,” Bowling said, saying it’s either “aren’t you rushing?” or “are you ever going to get married?” Although they do get asked if they feel they are too young, it doesn’t seem to faze them. “We’re not setting out to do something reckless,” Stanley said. Many who oppose marriage in college site the statistics that people who marry young are more likely to get divorced. But Petts said these studies are focused on couples even younger, between the ages of 18 and 23, and often on those who do not attend college. One study by a sociologist at the University of Texas even suggests that “the greatest indicated likelihood of being in an intact marriage of the highest quality is among those who married at ages 22-25” and that while those who married later than that may have a good survival rate, but may suffer in quality. Bowling said she is glad they are going to have a long engagement because it’s teaching her to really think about the future. “It doesn’t really matter what age you get engaged, to a certain extent,” Stanley said. “It more matters what your outlook is on it, and how you go about it.” Even with this in mind, she understands the anxiety regarding finding someone while at college. “When else are you going to be in this environment that is filled with people your own age? You have the freedom to be around people that share your interests, and there’s this openness in the university setting to begin new relationships, most people are looking for new relationships,” Kellett said. “I think there would be something really intimidating about entering a career field and not having that kind of assurance of a human companion. I can see both signs of that coin.”
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Create a budget. Allocate a certain amount for bills, other necessities and of course, fun stuff. Free apps such as Mint.com can help you. If you’re strapped on cash, look for ways you can cut down. Instead of splurging for Starbucks everyday, make coffee at home. 7) REARRANGE YOUR FURNITURE
New layout, new perspective. Also, incorporating some feng shui techniques into your room can help you de-stress. • Eliminate clutter. • Embrace natural light by opening the blinds. • Bring nature indoors with a potted plant. • Hang mirrors. They reflect light and energy and create the feel of a larger space. But don’t face it toward your bed; that creates negative chi flow. • Let energy from the outside world in by facing your bed in the direction of the doorway, but not placing it directly in line with it. 8) GET ORGANIZED FOR CLASSES
That jumble of papers sitting on your desk or in your backpack representing every class (including some from last semester) isn’t doing you any good. Throw away the ones you don’t need, and organize the rest into separate folders for each class. 9) WIPE OUT THOSE BAD HABITS
It’s never too late to revisit those forgotten New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s biting your nails, playing too many video games, smoking or eating too much fast food, take another go at quitting. 10) FRESHEN YOUR FRIENDSHIPS
Busy schedules may have pulled you away from people you used to be close to, but it’s never too late to reconnect. Grab a cup of coffee and catch up. As for those toxic friends that
On March 20, 1913, a 9-year-old girl named Catherine Winters was abducted in New Castle, Ind. Never seen again, she became one of the most talked about missing girls in America at the time. In 2007, as a way to relax after her daughter was born, Colleen Steffen began researching the Winters story. Soon the Ball State journalism instructor’s hobby turned into an obsession, and Steffen was spending hours in libraries going through archives of newspapers. “There was a point about three years in, when I didn’t find a single article for five months,” Steffen said. “Laundry was piling up, my house was a mess and I was spending my time in a dark library. I kept asking myself why.” After five years of research, Steffen finally began writing, a process that took six months. The four off-white walls of Art and Journalism Building room 382 provided sanctuary as she typed. Now, Steffen is playing the waiting game. With a literary agent trying to get her book published, Steffen is patiently waiting for her lifelong dream to be fulfilled. “It’s a neat experience, and whether I’m on the bestsellers list or standing in line at Kinko’s, I’m glad I did it,” Steffen said. “Maybe I will get to try it again someday.”
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Q: HOW DID YOU CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT YOU WOULD END UP SPENDING SIX YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WORKING ON?
A: You know it when you see it. It’s like getting married, like when your person shows up, you recognize the person. If you have a doubt in your head like ‘Is this the person?’ then it is not the person. It is the same with subjects, you just know it when you see COLLEEN STEFFEN and if you are not sure when you are looking, then you haven’t found it yet. As far as time goes, it’s a mistake I made that I felt like I needed giant chunks of time and I felt like if I didn’t have an entire day to write I wouldn’t write at all. So I felt like I need my life to be cleared away to do this writing. That’s not it at all, you chink away at it little by little and you start small. It’s how Catherine Winters started. I started a few hours a week and it progressed from there. Wait until you feel moved on a subject, but otherwise just get started.
Q: HOW DID YOU STAY DEDICATED TO CATHERINE WINTERS FOR SO LONG?
A: I don’t know. You just keep doing, I don’t think there is a secret. I think it helps when you are so into your subject that you just want to keep doing it. It doesn’t mean that it is a ball of fun everyday. Part of you just wants to do it because you are obsessed with getting to an answer or getting to the end of a chapter or making something good, and then the other part is the fun. I’m like a dog with a bone sometimes: I don’t like to put things down. Some days I made myself come in against my will. Other days I couldn’t wait to come in and finish this cool part I was on, so I did different tactics for different days.
Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE TO OVERCOMING WRITER’S BLOCK, OTHER THAN STARTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK?
A: I changed it up. I think that always helps if you are stuck; to change something. You can change your routine, the time of day or where you write. Sometimes something logistical will get you out of it. For me it was a self-esteem crisis. I had built it up a lot in my head. When you want to do something for so long and then you get the opportunity to do it you think, ‘holy crap, am I able to do this?’ I had told a bunch of people that I could, I signed a contract with this lady saying I would, but could I really do it? I had never done it before. I think writers psych themselves out a lot. The more you can block other people’s opinions, other people’s work out of your head, the better you’ll be. Sometimes you just need to simmer, I wasted a whole month because I needed to simmer.
Q: WHAT IS SOME ADVICE YOU WOULD GIVE STUDENTS TODAY WHO ARE PURSUING A CAREER IN WRITING?
A: You guys are growing up in the coolest time because you have so many more opportunities to just write and put it out there for people to see. Whether that’s the three people who read your blog or Twitter or whatever, it’s such a neat opportunity to practice and hone in your voice, build an audience and to see what works and what doesn’t work. I would say literally write for everything. Don’t be so concerned about who’s going to pay me or if it’s going to be important. Kids will skip little opportunities because they have their eyes on the big ones. The big ones are awesome but don’t overlook the immediate ones. You get a lot out of those. With the Internet the things you write go into the garbage bin tomorrow. No one is going to remember it tomorrow. Don’t be scared to take risks or suck at something. Embrace the youth, see what happens.
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Colo. one of few victories for gun control supporters State governor will sign landmark bills to require checks | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — After a no-holdsbarred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one victory outside the ideologically friendly confines of the Northeast. It is a big one: Colorado’s moderate Democratic governor Wednesday will sign landmark bills to require universal background checks and limit magazine capacity in this bellwether swing state. But the White House’s package is running into trouble in Congress and, even in liberal Washington
state, gun control couldn’t get out of the statehouse. Gun control advocates are hoping for more victories to add to Colorado, but the clock is ticking as state legislatures start to wrap up business. Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, acknowledged in an interview Tuesday that his side has only won in a couple of states so far. He said that was because gun rights groups have strong presences at most statehouses. “You don’t turn that around in three months,� he said, adding that he is trying to reassure lawmakers they can pass gun restrictions without trampling on the Second Amendment. “But we will turn it around, and Colorado is exhibit A.� After 20 children and six adults were killed in the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook
Elementary School, President Barack Obama called for more gun control measures, and gun control activists across the country pushed to expand laws regulating firearms, hoping to capitalize on the national revulsion to the attack in Newtown, Conn. But it remains unclear whether the centerpiece of Obama’s federal package — universal background checks on anyone who buys guns — will pass the Democrat-controlled Senate, let alone the Republicancontrolled House. Though a bipartisan deal on background checks still could emerge in the Senate, Democrats there on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from their gun legislation, a sign it was destined to fail. Earlier this month, Washington state’s Democrat-con-
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trolled House failed to advance a universal background check bill there. Democrats are struggling to advance background check bills in Minnesota and Oregon, too. A bill to require background checks at gun shows died in the Democratcontrolled New Mexico legislature this month. Richard Feldman of the Independent Firearms Owners Association said he’s not surprised that politicians are balking, despite polls showing overwhelming support for tougher gun restrictions like universal background checks or limits on the capacity of magazines. “The people say, ‘Oh yeah, ban it -- my ox isn’t getting gored,’� Feldman said. “But the people who are affected or feel affected — those are the ones you have to worry about. They will vote for you or against you
based on this.� Colorado will be the test case of that political theory. An estimated one-third of households in this state have a firearm but the state has trended sharply Democratic in recent years, powered by coastal transplants, moderate suburban women voters and a growing Hispanic population. Democrats won back the statehouse in November. They approved universal background checks and a bill preventing gun magazines from holding more than 15 bullets over strenuous Republican opposition. About 1,000 protesters swarmed the state capitol at the peak of the debate, which featured testimony by gun control advocate Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who was shot by a mentally ill gunman in
2011. Vice President Joe Biden called Colorado Democrats and urged them to approve the package, saying it would have potent symbolism in a western swing state. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a moderate who once questioned whether increased gun control would have stopped July’s Aurora movie theater massacre, infuriated Republicans when he said he would sign the legislation. Republicans have consistently accused Democrats of being driven by gun control advocate and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other coastal liberals. “He’s more interested in appeasing Bloomberg and East Coast Democrats than he is Colorado,� Republican State Sen. Greg Brophy said of Hickenlooper, whom he may challenge in next year’s election.
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The Spring Equinox today symbolizes new beginnings. Launch your great endeavor especially around May 25; an eclipse shines attention on your work. Communication is key until summer, when home and family take your focus. Monitor finances, especially debt, insurance and savings. Release personal limitations. You can have it all.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 -- Go for perfection, with the help of friends or family.You’re inspired and are inspiring. Private conversations help. Research provides illumination. Get the facts to the right person.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is an 8 -Consider an option that seems beyond your reach. Work for money without worrying about it. Balance work with social time. Everyone wants your attention; schedule for ease.Your efforts go farther, and playtime’s extra nice. Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8 -- Trust yourself and your intuition, and get the work done. The timing couldn’t be better. Make wise use of your turbo boost, then recharge before revving back up. Get this party started.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 -- You can make do with what you have. Cleaning your space leads to new discoveries (or rediscoveries), and to major improvements.Your team’s coming to the rescue. Avoid gossip at work. Music is a wise investment now. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 -- Express your affection, and listen for other’s love. Hold yourself to high standards, but be flexible. Some things aren’t as imagined. Be careful around sharp objects. A blissful moment is possible.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is an 8 -- Seek inspiration this month. Delve into the mystery. Talk it over, and secrets get revealed. Launch a new venture. Negotiations could hit rough waters with unstable conditions. Listen more than you talk, and follow through. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7 -- This month is about family. Set financial priorities to support this. An expert can help. Something you try doesn’t work, so devise a backup plan. This might take several tries. Set it up for success.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 9 -Focus on completing old projects over the next few weeks. Invest in your own success and in new alliances. Narrowing down to what you love makes it easy to stick to a budget. Make money.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8 -- Get deeply into a research project. Indulge your curiosity, and make a discovery. Put off procrastination. Discuss all ideas and work out the practical details in a plan for action.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7 -- Make great plans for the future and get moving. There’s plenty of work for the next month, and the pace could get intense. Play the ace you’ve been holding. Delegate when you can. Use your team.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8 -- You’re especially focused and keen this month, and your studies, research and writing thrive. Keep your eyes on the prize. Listen carefully. Secrets are revealed. Unexpected costs are likely now. The old way can still work.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7 -- Continue to resolve issues creatively. Ask a female friend for advice.You have better luck for the next two days, every little bit counts. A financial shortfall is temporary.Your understanding continues to increase all week.
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THURSDAY Men’s volleyball travels to Fort Wayne, Ind. to take on in-state rival IPFW in a key MIVA match.
FRIDAY Women’s basketball plays in its first postseason since 2008 in the WNIT against Minnesota.
SATURDAY Baseball begins Mid-American Conference play with a three-game home series against Akron.
MARCH BOREDOM NCAA TOURNAMENT
MAT MIKESELL SPORTS EDITOR Ball State missed out on the tournament | @MatMikesell again, but here’s the relation to those in
MIDWEST REGION #1 LOUISVILLE
#16 NORTH CAROLINA A&T
Ball State women’s volleyball fell 3-0 to Louisville in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.
On Dec. 31, 2010, men’s basketball defeated a visiting North Carolina A&T team 80-68.
#8 COLORADO STATE
#9 MISSOURI
#5 OKLAHOMA STATE
#12 OREGON
Biology technical assistant Susan Calvin earned a BS in Microbiology from Colorado State in 1980.
Missouri head athletic trainer Rex Sharp is a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of Ball State.
Assistant professor of accounting Li Sun received his doctorate degree from Oklahoma State.
Before coming to Ball State, former quarterback Kelly Page had originally committed to play for Oregon.
#4 SAINT LOUIS
#13 NEW MEXICO STATE
Former Saint Louis coach Rick Majerus, who died in December, coached at Ball State from 1987-89.
Assistant athletic trainer Sindra Schueler received her master’s degree from New Mexico State in 2012.
#6 MEMPHIS
#11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
Memphis assistant football coach Charlie Coe had a brief coaching stint at Ball State in 1982.
Ball State football is scheduled to play a home game against Middle Tennessee State in 2015.
#3 MICHIGAN STATE
#14 VALPARAISO
Women’s tennis coach Christine Bader played her collegiate tennis at Michigan State.
Men’s basketball suffered a 69-52 road loss to Valparaiso on Dec. 28, 2010.
#10 CINCINNATI
#7 CREIGHTON
Associate head coach for Cincinnati’s men’s basketball Larry Davis had a coaching stint at Ball State in 1993-94.
Creighton’s women’s volleyball team swept Ball State on Sept. 7, 2012.
#15 ALBANY
#2 DUKE
Football coach Pete Lembo received his master’s degree from Albany in 1994.
Professor of political science Sally Jo Vasicko received her Ph.D. from Duke.
SOUTH REGION # 1 KANSAS
#16 WESTERN KENTUCKY
Softball suffered an 8-7 loss to Kansas on March 9.
In 2011, Ball State and Western Kentucky were the only two bowl eligible teams to not play in a bowl game.
#8 NORTH CAROLINA
#9 VILLANOVA
Former Ball State athletic director Bubba Cunningham holds the same position at North Carolina.
Assistant professor of philosophy Kevin Harrelson earned his undergraduate degree from Villanova in 1998.
#5 VCU
#12 AKRON
Assistant professor of theatre Jonathan Becker received his master’s of fine arts from VCU.
Men’s basketball suffered a 71-64 road loss to conference opponent Akron on Jan. 16.
#4 MICHIGAN
#13 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Michigan football coach Brady Hoke coached at Ball State from 2003-08, leading the team to two bowl games.
Department Head of Journalism and Communications Mary Arnold was once a journalism professor at Ball State.
#6 UCLA
#11 MINNESOTA
Ball State men’s volleyball suffered a 3-1 loss to UCLA on Jan. 14, 2011.
Women’s basketball has been selected to play against Minnesota in the 2013 WNIT.
#3 FLORIDA
#14 NORTHWESTERN STATE
Ball State outside linebackers coach Daryl Dixon was a team captain for Florida’s football team.
Former women’s volleyball coach Hugh Hernesman is the co-head coach of the Northwestern State volleyball team.
#7 SAN DIEGO STATE
#10 OKLAHOMA
San Diego State associate athletic director Bob Moosbrugger was a graduate assistant at Ball State from 1994-96.
On Oct. 1, 2011, Ball State football lost 62-6 to then-No. 1 Oklahoma.
#2 GEORGETOWN
#15 FLORIDA GULF COAST
Former men’s basketball coach Ronny Thompson is the brother of Georgetown coach John Thompson III.
Florida Gulf Coast associate professor of education Lynn Wilder earned her doctoral degree from Ball State in 1999.
WEST REGION #16 SOUTHERN
#1 GONZAGA
Ball State and Southern’s athletic departments are both clients of Advanced-Online for its online store.
Gonzaga director of counseling education Steven Koffman received his doctoral degree from Ball State in 1998.
#9 WICHITA STATE
#8 PITTSBURGH
Wichita State assistant athletic trainer Becca Fitzgerald received her master’s degree from Ball State in 2012.
Women’s volleyball swept Pittsburgh 3-0 at Worthen Arena on Sept. 14, 2012.
#12 OLE MISS
#5 WISCONSIN
Women’s golf coach Katherine Mowat was an assistant coach at Ole Miss from 2001-04.
Men’s volleyball player Jamion Hartley was once recruited to play basketball at Wisconsin.
#13 BOISE STATE
#4 KANSAS STATE
Men’s tennis lost 5-1 to Boise State in the Spring Break Classic on March 23, 2012.
Former football coach Stan Parrish had 2-30-1 record as coach at Kansas State from 1986-88.
#6 ARIZONA
#11 BELMONT
#3 NEW MEXICO
#14 HARVARD
#7 NOTRE DAME
#10 IOWA STATE
Belmont assistant professor of music business Timothy Tappan received his bachelor’s degree from Ball State.
Men’s basketball opened its 2011-12 season with a road 73-63 loss to Arizona.
Ball State baseball posted a 10-2 win over Harvard on March 10.
Women’s volleyball coach Jeff Nelson played on the 1995 Ball State volleyball team that reached the Final Four.
Ball State provost and vice president Terry King was once a professor at Iowa State.
Athletic director Bill Scholl worked at Notre Dame from 1989-2012 before coming to Ball State.
#15 IONA
#2 OHIO STATE
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Taylor Cox bunts a ball in the game against Central Michigan on April 22, 2012. Cox was awarded Player of the Week in the MidAmerican Conference West Division on Tuesday.
Ball State sweeps weekly conference awards again Steinbach, Cox win player of week after successful weekend LEAH FISHBURN STAFF REPORTER | @meleahcue After defeating No. 24 North Carolina and suffering a 8-7 loss in the battle against Wisconsin, Ball State softball picked up its share of weekly awards by the Mid-American Conference West Division. A strong seventh inning performance in the circle by freshman Nicole Steinbach against the Tar Heels brought the victory for the Cardinals as she struck out the first batter, forced an easily fielded grounder to shortstop and then caught a line drive to close the game. The freshman pitcher was
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awarded pitcher of the week for the second time this season after back-to-back solid performances in the circle. Despite a loss to Wisconsin, Steinbach finished the opening game of the tournament holding the Badgers to three runs and striking out a batter in two innings. She brought her season record to 5-7 after defeating North Carolina as she allowed just six hits and a run go, with three strikeouts in seven innings of work. Sophomore second baseman Taylor Cox was awarded player of the week for the first time in her career. Cox helped lead the Cardinals to a 1-1 record in the weekend part of the Louisville Class as lead-off batter. Her strong performance at
the plate against Wisconsin carried into game two as she led the team in a rally. She finished the weekend with 5-for-9 at the plates in the two games combined with three singles, three runs scored and an RBI. The team has a total of 45 RBIs on the season as the MAC leader in doubles. Ball State has earned a MAC West Division award in each week of competition this season as four players have claimed player of the week and three total pitcher-of-theweek titles. After a canceled game against Butler on Tuesday, the team will be back in action Friday, taking on Marist and Colorado State in the first day of the Colorado State Spring Tournament in Fort Collins, Colo.
HOME GAME CANCELED DUE TO POOR FIELD CONDITIONS Ball State will wait until Friday against Akron to play again DAVID POLASKI STAFF REPORTER | @meleahcue
Ball State’s 3 p.m. game against Butler today is canceled due to poor field conditions. It’s the fourth time in just more than two weeks that the Cardinals have been unable to play. Ball State had to have its entire series against Morehead State shifted because of poor weather during the beginning of March. Ball State pitcher Chris Marangon said because he doesn’t let the canceled games affect him psychologically. “As much as I want to play
just so that we can get another we have to be ready to go,” pitchwin for the team, it’s OK in the er Scott Baker said. “Those games grand scheme of things because against Morehead State showed it’s another day that we won’t let we can fine tune ourselves be affectAKRON SERIES ourselves,” Maraned by having games Muncie, Indiana gon said. “We can canceled.” GAME ONE get out there and Without the game 3 p.m. Friday practice and keep against Butler, the GAME TWO working.” team will be look1 p.m. Saturday So far this seaing forward to its GAME THREE son, those missed conference-opening 1 p.m. Sunday games haven’t series against Akhurt Ball State. ron this weekend. After having its series against Akron struggled last season, Morehead State postponed on going 17-38 overall and just March 1 to 3, it was resched- 10-17 in Mid-American Conuled for the following Monday ference play. and Tuesday. “We really need to make sure The Cardinals won both games, we’re ready for MAC play,” Maoutscoring Morehead State 16-3. rangon said. “We’re disappointed “Coach has taught us that no that we can’t play, but this might matter what day we come out, be a blessing in disguise.”
Ball State cross country competed at the Meet of Champions hosted by Iona in 2002.
Ohio State baseball coach Greg Beals coached at Ball State for eight seasons, going 243-202 in that time.
EAST REGION #1 INDIANA
Men’s basketball lost to then-No. 1 Indiana 101-53 on Nov. 25 at Assembly Hall.
#8 N.C. STATE
N.C. State tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner was an assistant coach at Ball State from 2003-10.
#5 UNLV
UNLV professor Tony Lucas received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Ball State in 1986.
#4 SYRACAUSE
Ball State’s basketball and football playby-play commentator graduated from Syracuse in 2009.
#16 LIU BROOKLYN
Softball defeated LIU Brooklyn 8-1 in the Citrus Classic on March 5, 2012.
#9 TEMPLE
From 2007-12, Temple was a member of the Mid-American Conference for football and beat Ball State 42-0 on Oct. 8, 2011. Cari DuBois, the longest tenured gymnastics coach in California history, graduated from Ball State. Women’s golf competed in the Western Michigan Invitational on March 9 with a field that included of Montana.
#3 MARQUETTE
#14 DAVIDSON
#7 ILLINOIS
Professor of human development Brent McBride received his bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Ball State.
#2 MIAMI
Executive director of alumni programs Julie Stroh once had the same position at Miami before being hired in 2012.
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#13 MONTANA
#11 BUCKNELL
Women’s tennis lost on the road to Marquette 5-2 on Feb. 17.
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#12 CALIFORNIA
#6 BUTLER
Each season Ball State and Butler’s men’s basketball teams play, the most recent a 67-53 win for Butler.
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Ball State field hockey suffered a 4-2 loss to Bucknell on Oct. 29, 2009.
In men’s golf’s win in the Firestone Invitational in 2012, Ball State beat a field that included Davidson.
#10 COLORADO - Director of the
Human Performance Laboratory Scott Trappe received his master’s degree from Colorado in 1991.
#15 PACIFIC
Women’s volleyball pulled off an upset of then-No. 8 Pacific on Sept. 9, 1995.
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