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HEAT, SPURS SET FOR GAME 4 Tony Parker still unsure of status for tonight’s pivotal game against the Miami Heat
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‘LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF - FOR MILES.’ Ball State Gymnast recounts witnessing Oklahoma tornadoes DAKOTA CRAWFORD SPORTS EDITOR | @DakotaCrawford_
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rooklyn Schumacher only had three minutes to collect her favorite jewelry, a raincoat and her laptop before finding safety in her neighbor’s storm shelter. All the time in the world couldn’t have prepared the junior Ball State gymnast for the 20 minutes she spent in the shelter, wondering what would be left above. “The tornado itself was so loud you couldn’t even hear the hail,” Schumacher said. “You couldn’t hear anything else; it was like a train riding right over it.” She said it wasn’t the sound of debris, or sheets of rain falling on the shelter’s roof that caused the most discomfort. It was the tornado’s roar as it took residence above Moore, Okla., a city of 56,000 people.
| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to and disappointment in the Boy Scouts of America’s new policy allowing gay Scouts. The resolution was voted on by members RESOLUTION at the denomination’s The Southern Baptist annual meeting in Convention’s position on sexuality is: Houston. It also calls on the Boy Scouts to “We affirm God’s plan remove executive and for marriage and sexual board leaders who intimacy – one man, tried to allow gays and one woman, for life. as both members Homosexuality is not a and leaders without ‘valid alternative lifestyle.’ The Bible condemns it consulting the many as sin. It is not, however, religious groups that unforgivable sin. The sponsor Scout troops. same redemption While the resolu- available to all sinners is tion does not recom- available to homosexuals. mend that Southern They, too, may become Baptists drop ties new creations in Christ.” with the Scouts, it Source: sbc.net expresses support for those churches and families that decide to do so. It also encourages churches and families who choose to remain with the Scouts to work toward reversing the new membership policy. Because all Southern Baptist churches are independent, the denomination cannot force a church to drop ties with the Scouts. However, churches occasionally are kicked out of the convention for practices considered incompatible with Southern Baptist beliefs. The resolution takes a softer tone than the denomination has many times in the past.
“I’ve never had to go into the shelter and fully expect that everything would be completely gone when we came back out,” she said. The view through a vent in the shelter’s door kept Schumacher hopeful as she waited anxiously alongside her family. A garage door was the only part of her home she could still see from inside the shelter. It never went away. The sight of her garage door, still attached to a standing home was certainly welcome, but the reprieve was short-lived as she climbed out of the shelter to find that mother nature had left its mark.
“I haven’t been exposed to as much damage, at all,” she said. “Driving, or walking down the street, it’s just kind of like a bomb went off — for miles. I’ve never seen anything like it, it’s astronomical — the damage. You can’t really believe that it’s nature that took it all out.” Just two blocks from Schumacher’s home, the EF5 tornado touched down. With winds over 200 miles per hour, the storm caused in excess of $2 billion of damage and killed 24 people as it tore through 17 miles of Oklahoma countryside.
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Asst. provost for diversity to retire PAGEANT FEATURES Original developer STUDENTS, ALUMNA of cultural program reflects on career
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After 41 years Charles Payne, the assistant provost for diversity, director of office of institutional diversity and professor of secondary education, is soon to be retired, but the multicultural program he helped develop will continue at Ball State. The multicultural program was designed to prepare teachers from multicultural secondary schools. “I was particularly hired to develop this program, because back in 1970s BSU was one of the first institutions that offered a minor in multicultural education for secondary teachers in the U.S.,”
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Charles Payne, assistant provost for diversity, is retiring after 41 years of working at Ball State. Payne came to live in Muncie in 1972 and can recall what life was like in the city and on campus back then.
he said. “It’s unique, and students who major in history, math or any other subjects can get a minor in multicultural education.” Payne recently celebrated his achievements at his
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retirement reception Thursday in the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center. During his time at the university, Payne also served as the diversity coordinator for the Teachers College.
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“When BSU had around 16,000 students, there were 800 or 900 African Americans, a few Hispanics and a few Asians,” he said. “The majority of professors and staff were white. In the department that I started, I was the only African American.” Payne said he experienced some discrimination at first. “Even though I was hired, there still was a misunderstanding between people on campus,” he said. “Some people were questioning of my teaching, of my job and my knowledge. Some of them would stay outside of the door and listen to what I would say and asked students how I was. Students told me all about this.” Early in his career as an educator he taught chemistry in segregated schools, but he always wanted to help shift this thinking.
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Miss Indiana title qualifier for Miss America Pageant
THE PAGEANT •C ourtney Jurick, a 2012 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in public relations
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Hometown: Valparaiso Title: Miss South Central Indiana Talent: Vocal performance Platform: March of Dimes
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Competing against more than 30 women across the state, three participants with Ball State ties will have the chance to take home the title of Miss Indiana and have a shot at the Miss America crown. Courtney Jurick, Gabrielle Bunn and Megan Thwaites will participate in the Miss Indiana Pageant beginning Wednesday at the Zionsville High School Performing Arts Center. The four-day competition includes a mixture of public and private events, ending with the Miss Indiana finals on June 22 at 7 p.m. Jurick graduated from Ball TWEET US
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•G abrielle Bunn, a junior marketing major
Hometown: Kokomo Title: Miss White River Talent: Jazz dance Platform: Breast cancer awareness
• Megan Thwaites, a junior public relations and journalism major Hometown: Garrett Title: Miss Ball State University Talent: Jazz dance Platform: Relay for life
State in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and currently works as an administrative assistant for the March of Dimes.
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