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Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz will perform Oct. 15 at John R. Emens Auditorium. The concert was announced during the freshman convocation Sunday.

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7 P.M. ON OCT. 15

Excise police returns to patrolling campus, helping UPD during move-in weekend

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ndiana State Excise Police resumed their rounds this past weekend, leaving some students running to avoid arrest.

“What we would like to see

BY THE NUMBERS cut down is the number of foot 46 arrests pursuits we had,” Brandon Thomas, 59 charges an excise officer, said.

Excise’s goal for move-in 3 jailed weekend was to aid University Police Department with the influx of students and activities that followed.

“It helps the community by providing for more enforcement of the law and having a greater police presence and response in the community,” said Gene Burton, director of public safety at Ball State.

Forty-six people were arrested on 59 charges and three were brought to jail Thursday through Saturday, according to a press release by excise.

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MRAZ LAST PERFORMED AT BALL STATE IN 2003 STUDENTS REACT ON TWITTER

Colleen Kinninger @cmkinninger

Wait, so now Jason Mraz is coming to Ball State????? I’M CRYING THIS YEAR IS SO PERFECT Aug. 19

Nicole Conflenti @nicoleconflenti Jason Mraz is coming to Ball State & my life is complete.

Aug. 19

Taylor Aynes @tayay15

Jason Mraz is coming to Ball State in October. We’re moving up in the world, ladies and gents.

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QUAD TALK

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO JASON MRAZ COMING TO BALL STATE?

« [I’m] not

particularly excited; I’m not too familiar with his music.

I wasn’t surprised. I heard [there are] decent concerts once in a while, so I was expecting it.

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BRIAN LYNCH, a freshman computer science major

« I really

didn’t expect something this big to come on campus. It was shocking when I heard about it and I’m excited.

He’s one of my favorite singers, he’s really diverse.

»

LATAYSIA WILSON, a freshman journalism major

« I think

Shot at free tuition puts one freshman in BSU spotlight Burden wins $11,084 at Welcome Week athletics intro event ANNA ORTIZ FEATURES EDITOR | features@bsudailynews.com

[the concert will] be big depending on how much it costs. I would totally go if it wasn’t that much.

»

MARIE BOEDEKER, a senior photography major

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ARTS SWAP & SHOP

Cornerstone Center for the Arts hosts its first Swap & Shop event Wednesday and Thursday SEE PAGE 3

FOOTBALL

Wenning, Snead form connection

Duo has chance to rewrite Ball State record books during last season together SEE PAGE 6 MUNCIE, INDIANA

HAPPY SYLLABUS DAY PART TWO! ENJOY HAVING LESS WORK WHILE IT LASTS.

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Freshman Markus Burden won free tuition for a semester by making a halfcourt shot at Welcome Week’s introduction to university athletics. Burden is the first student to win free tuition from the shot.

Markus Burden, randomly picked from the crowd of freshmen, stepped up to the half court line Thursday during Welcome Week’s introduction to university athletics.

This was his shot at scoring free tuition, a chance he would get once in a lifetime.

He lined up his first shot right down the center and threw the basketball and missed. On the second shot, he was doubting he would make it at all.

Burden said he thought, “I’ve got to hit this shot for my mom. You can do this, you’ve done this before.”

He said he felt confident in his basketball skills, but he felt the pressure of being watched by 3,700 people.

After his third miss, the basketball flitted through the hoop, and Worthen Arena erupted in applause. Burden won $11,084 worth of free tuition.

“People ask what was going through my head in that moment, but I didn’t have any thoughts,” Burden said. “It was all sights. When that ball hit the net, it was the sight of joy.”

Burden, of Frankfort, Ill., is a freshman sales and marketing major. That same day before he went to Worthen Arena, Burden talked about the half-court shot

for free tuition during a meet- ONLINE ing at his residence hall.

“I said if I got the chance to shoot, I would hit it in three shots,” For a video of Burden said. the winning While the uni- basket, go to versity has of- bsudaily.com fered the halfcourt shot for free tuition before, this is the first time a student has actually won it.

“I didn’t know that at first, but now that I realize it, it’s a good accomplishment,” Burden said.

“Now I know I will be in history at Ball State University.”

See BURDEN, page 3

Faculty to focus on immersive learning University president focuses on students solving ‘real problems’ SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu Immersive learning is a leading issue Ball State President Jo Ann Gora has stressed during the beginning of the semester in two university convocations.

Her remarks during the faculty and freshman convocations reinforced the university’s strong support of “opportunities to work on real problems.”

“The work we do here at Ball State is important and noble — and at times, challenging — but it continues,” Gora said. “In fact, it builds upon that initial act of beneficence.

I pledge to continue doing what-

ever I can to make it easier for you to have a lasting impact on our students and to celebrate your accomplishments.”

Gora also upJO ANN GORA dated staff on university the promises she president made at the previous year’s faculty convocation.

Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, said Gora’s made good on her promises by making immersive learning more attractive to professors.

“Sometimes, faculty members weren’t willing to take a detour from their normal research or classes,” he said. “The reason they were scared was because of the promotion and tenure process.”

Trimmer said it was arranged last year so teachers still receive the benefits of their normal teaching when working in immersive learning.

“That should put some faculty at ease and encourage them to be [more] risk takers,” he said.

Matt Bailey, a project manager at Ball State’s Building Better Communities, said one of the problems that immersive learning faces is awareness among the students. He said Gora’s stress on the programs, especially during the freshman convocation, will help increase awareness of the programs.

“I think a greater understanding and use of the resources here will help with any problems whether they be internal or community,” Bailey said.

PROMISES MADE Some of the promises Gora discussed the university’s progress: STAFF SALARIES

Gora pledged to lower the 10 percent salary gap between Ball State and other MAC colleges by 5 percent by 2017. The Board of Trustees approved a 3 percent increase in the salary pool for faculty and 2.5 percent for staff and service employees. Raises will take effect as soon at Oct. 1.

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In response to faculty wanting more resources for traveling, Gora announced the president’s travel fund. The $100,000 is set aside for faculty to travel to conferences and other professional development opportunities.

Read more promises on page 4.

See GORA, page 4

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3. AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY 32 DEAD IN CLASHES KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Battles between the Taliban and an Afghan security company left 32 people dead over the weekend, officials said Monday, as the country marked its 94th independence day from Britain with a small military parade and folk festivals in the capital.

Abdul Rahman Zhawandai, a spokesman for the provincial governor of western Farah province, said 11 members of the Afghan Public Protection Force and 21 insurgents were killed Sunday in a two separate gun battles. Officials of-

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prison officials with the backing of a federal health care receiver are seeking court permission to force-feed inmates who have been participating in a hunger strike that is entering its seventh week.

Officials say they are concerned about the health of nearly 70 inmates who have refused all prison-issued meals since the strike began July 8.

Prison policy is to let inmates die if they have a legally binding do-not-resuscitate request. But corrections officials and the federal authority who oversees prison medical care filed a motion Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco asking for authority to feed inmates near death.

That authority, if granted, would cover some who asked not to be revived.

Officials could not say how many inmates, if any, are currently near death.

4. EGYPT OFFICIALS: MUBARAK MAY BE FREED SOON CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian judiciary officials say former President Hosni Mubarak could be freed from custody this week.

They say a court on Monday ordered his release in a corruption case that alleged he and his two sons embezzled funds for presidential palaces.

Mubarak has been ordered released in two other court cases against him — the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him and another in case,

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2. SYRIANS FLEE TO IRAQ; FEAR CRISIS IS IMMINENT BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds swarmed across a bridge into neighboring Iraq’s northern self-ruled Kurdish region over the past few days in one of the biggest waves of refugees since the rebellion against President Bashar Assad began, U.N. officials said Monday.

The sudden exodus of around 30,000 Syrians amid the summer heat has created desperate conditions and left aid agencies and the regional government struggling to accommodate them, illustrating the huge strain the 2.5-year-old Syrian conflict has put on neighboring countries.

The mostly Kurdish men, women and children who made the trek join some 1.9 million Syrians who already have found refuge abroad from Syria’s relentless carnage.

“This is an unprecedented influx of refugees, and the main concern is that so

ten announce high insurgent death tolls in clashes that cannot be independently confirmed.

He said the Taliban attacked a convoy being guarded by the APPF, a state-run company that provides security for private companies and international organizations, in Farah’s Gulistan district. At the same time the Taliban attacked an APPF base in a neighboring district.

Zhawanda added that 17 APPF officers were wounded in the attacks. He had no further details.

many of them are stuck out in the open at the border or in emergency reception areas with limited, if any, access to basic services,” said Alan Paul, emergency team leader for the Britain-based charity Save the Children.

“The refugee response in Iraq is already thinly stretched, and close to half of the refugees are children who have experienced things no child should,” he said, adding that thousands of refugees were stranded at the border, waiting to be registered.

The U.N. said the reason for this flow, which began five days ago and continued unabated Monday, is unclear. But Kurdish areas in northeastern Syria have been engulfed by fighting in recent months between Kurdish militias and Islamic extremist rebel factions with links to al-Qaida.

Dozens have been killed.

on illegal earnings.

Mubarak is on retrial for the protesters’ killing but cannot be held in custody anymore because of a two-year limit pending a final verdict.

He is also facing trial for alleged acceptance of presents from state newspapers but has already repaid their value.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.

5. PROSECUTOR REQUESTS MANNING GET 60 YEARS FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — American soldier Bradley Manning should spend 60 years in prison because he betrayed the U.S. by giving classified material to WikiLeaks, a prosecutor said Monday.

Manning’s defense attorney didn’t recommend a specific punishment, but suggested any prison term shouldn’t exceed 25 years because the classification of some of the documents Manning leaked expires in 25 years.

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The 25-year-old Manning leaked more than 700,000 documents, including Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department diplomatic cables, while working in early 2010 as an intelligence analyst in Iraq. He also leaked video of a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed at least nine people, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver.

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ONLINE Darrell Wible, former professor emeritus is remembered by Letterman, alumnus after recent death.

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WEDNESDAY Take a sneak peak at the Second City AllStars, who will bring free comedic act to Emens.

Swap & Sale gives chance to buy, trade or donate Cornerstone to raise funds for artistic education programs ANNA ORTIZ FEATURES EDITOR | features@bsudailynews.com Glue sticks and light bulbs are considered currency at Cornerstone Center for the Arts’ first Swap & Sale this week.

The sale is a combination of a rummage sale and a surplus swap where people can buy or trade for anything from decorations to office equipment.

The Swap & Sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in the Colonnade Room, which is on the first floor of the center at 520 E. Main St. Brett Ellison, director of rentals and events at Cornerstone, said there are at least

100 items up for grabs. Cornerstone will lay out decorations, office furniture, computer monitors, keyboards and other items, all for sale or for swap. Decorations include China dishware, centerpiece items once used in banquets and even some antique chandeliers.

“It’s definitely a mixture of vintage and newer items,” said Carly Acree, Cornerstone education and marketing coordinator. “There are antique finds and more modern things.”

Cornerstone Center for the Arts is a nonprofit organization that offers artistic classes and hosts community events and performances.

Acree said unused items were building up in the center after 15 years of operation, so they decided to trade unused items for needed ones. She said donating class supplies makes a huge difference for the 1,200 to 1,500 individuals taking classes at Cornerstone.

“It improves the quality of the class and students get more out of it,” Acree said.

“With more supplies, we can offer more classes.”

When it comes to swapping, the main idea is item for item.

However, things like the size and the value of the items are taken into consideration.

Cornerstone’s wish list ranges from craft and office supplies to tools and the full list can be seen on the center’s site. Cash and card are accepted for items as well, and each donation helps support the center’s educational programs. Ellison said art supplies are most needed, as they are the hardest things for the nonprofit to buy.

Acree said students can find items to fill their new houses, apartments and dorm rooms versus going to a chain store for decorating needs, and at the same time, they can help the community.

“You never know what unique finds you will come across,” Ellison said.

Whether it is a long-term health issue for a lot of people “is still up in the air,” said Neil Klepeis, a Stanford University researcher whose work is cited by advocates of outdoor bans.

Ronald Bayer, a Columbia University professor, put it in even starker terms.

“The evidence of a risk to people in open-air settings is flimsy,” he said.

There’s been little study of the potential dangers of whiffing secondhand smoke while in the open air. But that hasn’t stopped outdoor bans from taking off in the last five years.

“Secondhand smoke is harmful; it’s particularly harmful to children,” said Councilwoman Mary Cheh of the District of Columbia, one of more than 90 U.S. municipalities or counties considering an outdoor smoking law.

Federal health officials say secondhand smoke is dangerous outdoors. Studies

have established that even a brief exposure indoors to cigarette smoke can cause blood to become sticky and more prone to clotting. How long that lasts after just one dose isn’t clear, officials say.

The best-known studies so far have measured only up to about a day afterward.

Repeated exposures are more dangerous, and can worsen your cholesterol, increase the odds of plaque building in arteries, and raise the risk of chest pain, weakness, or heart attack.

Health officials say there’s no reason to think that can’t happen from breathing in smoke outdoors.

“There’s no risk-free level of secondhand smoke,” said Brian King, an expert on secondhand smoke with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

However, it’s hard to pin down the health effects of outdoor smoke. There have

been some studies — fewer than a dozen — that tried to measure how much secondhand smoke can be found outdoors. One study detected significant fumes as far as 44 feet away from a smoker.

“If you can smell it, it’s obviously there,” said James Repace, a scientist-consultant who’s done outdoor studies.

Two small studies tested about two dozen nonsmokers at a smoky outdoor dining area in Athens, Ga. The saliva tests detected significant jumps in cotinine, a substance produced when the body metabolizes nicotine.

Repace thinks those with severe asthma and staff at outdoor cafes where smoking is allowed are in danger.

Still, cigarette smoke outdoors can be a nuisance to some, like loud music.

“People don’t have to be dropping dead for you to regulate something,” Repace said.

IF YOU GO WHAT

Swap & Sale WHERE

Colonnade Room at the Corner Stone Center of the Arts WHEN

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday

CORNERSTONE’S WISH LIST:

• Glue sticks • Canvases • Craft supplies • Cleaning supplies • Decorative artwork • Children’s books • Office furniture

TO FIND A COMPLETE LISTING, GO TO CORNERSTONEARTS.ORG/NEWS/ SWAP_SALE

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NEW FLOOR, NINE MENU ITEMS AMONG FEATURES AT RECENTLY REOPENED DILL The Dill Street Bar & Grill reopened Friday with a new dance floor and restaurant, according to its website and Twitter account.

The new nine-item menu includes fries, corn dogs, pizza rolls and jalapeno cheese balls. They will continue penny pitcher Fridays along with other drink specials.

The club is open from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday in the former CBX location.

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Secondhand smoke studies inspire possible bans in outdoor areas

Outside restrictions for smokers could go beyond campus | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — First it was bars, restaurants and office buildings. Now the front lines of the “No Smoking” battle have moved outdoors.

College campuses, city parks, public beaches and other outdoor venues across the country are putting up signs telling smokers they can’t light up. Outdoor smoking bans have nearly doubled in the last five years, with the tally now at nearly 2,600 and more are in the works.

But some experts question the main rationale for the bans, saying there’s not good medical evidence that cigarette smoke outdoors can harm the health of children and other passers-by.

Price of going to college increases College Board study finds student living costs trumps tuition | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.

The price of housing and food trumps tuition costs for students who attend two- and fouryear public universities in their home states, according to a College Board survey. Even with the lower interest rates on student loans that President Barack Obama signed into law, students are eyeing bills that are growing on just about every line.

Here’s a look at typical college students’ budgets last year and how they’re changing:

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

The public two-year schools charged in-state students an average $3,131 last year, up almost 6 percent from the previous year. While the tuition hike was larger than at other types of schools, students at community colleges saw the smallest increase in room and board costs — a 1 percent increase to $7,419. Total charges for students to attend an in-state public two-year school: $10,550.

Tuition and fees at community colleges are up 24 percent beyond overall inflation over the past five years, according to the College Board.

PUBLIC FOUR-YEAR SCHOOLS

Tuition for students attending public four-year schools in their state was an average $8,655 last year, a 5 percent jump from the previous year.

They paid more than that — $9,205 — for housing and food. These schools, like other four-year schools, posted a 4 percent jump in housing costs.

Add in books and supplies, transportation and other costs and the total reaches $17,860 to attend an in-state public school, such as a student from Tallahassee attending Florida State University. When grants and scholarships are included, the average student pays $12,110 at such schools.

For students who choose to attend state schools outside their home state, the costs increase to $30,911. They pay the same $9,205 price tag for room and board, but the tuition rates are more expensive. The typical student who crossed state lines to attend a public college in 2012 paid $21,706 in tuition and fees after grants and scholarships — a 4 percent jump from the previous year.

Over the past five years, the tuition sticker price at public four-year colleges is up 27 percent beyond overall inflation.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

On the surface, private fouryear schools are the most costly colleges, with the average student’s sticker price coming in at $39,518 for all expenses. Tuition and fees were $29,056 last

BY THE NUMBERS

24 percent

amount community college tuition has increased more than inflation over the last five years, three percent less than public four-year school year while room and board ran to $10,462. After grants and scholarships, the average student paid $23,840 to attend schools such as Yale or Stanford.

$13,051

of additional tuition from instate tuition to out-of-state tuition

$1,257

more for room and board at private four-year school The tuition at private schools was up 13 percent beyond overall inflation over the past five years adjusted for inflation.

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The Dill Street Bar & Grill is open for business in the former CBX location. The club is open from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

BURDEN: Student faces national media attention | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

BY THE NUMBERS

Only a day of classes in, Burden said he has been interviewed almost 30 times.

The video of him sinking the shot and his story has been on “Good Morning America,” WGN, FOX Sports, CBS and several other news stations and newspapers.

Burden’s dad, Marvin Burden, said he is very proud but gave words of wisdom to his son.

“I spoke with him about the attention he is getting because of this, and I told him to enjoy it,” Marvin Burden said. “But as the school year starts, he’s got to focus on what’s important.”

The first thing Markus Burden did was call his mom, who didn’t believe him at first until a friend sent her a picture of him on the court.

“Now we have more breath-

4 shots

Markus Burden took to win

1 semester

of free tuition, equal to

$11,084

for out-of-state tuition ing room, financially,” he said.

Back at home, Burden wasn’t a basketball all-star in high school, but he enjoyed it as a hobby with friends. He has been getting a lot of reactions from family members and friends about the now famous shot.

“The wisest thing a friend has said to me is, ‘Now you have done this, you have to keep going hard. Not only in your school life, but you’ve got to hit those books,’” he said.

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University president offers to take freshmen to lunch Keynote speaker, university alumnus shares memories SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora and others shared their advice and experiences at the opening convocation Sunday.

Matt King, a freshman telecommunications major, said president Jo Ann Gora and the rest of the faculty made him feel welcome.

“Despite being in an auditorium with all these people, we didn’t feel like a number, and that was a big thing when I was looking at the university,” he said.

King also said he intends to take Gora up on her offer to buy students lunch, though he doesn’t know where yet.

Zachary Perlinski, the keynote speaker at the convocation, relived one of his first Ball State moments, but from the other side of the lectern.

“One of my first memories was sitting at this convoca-

tion,” the 2011 Ball State graduate said. “I remember President Gora saying, ‘I want to know my freshmen, so reach out and let’s have lunch.’ Well, when the presidents says that, you act on it.”

Just like King intends to, Perlinski took Gora up on her offer. After lunch, Gora offered to introduce Perlinski to alumnus and “Late Show” host David Letterman when he visited campus.

Perlinski said immersive learning was critical to his professional success. He did two immersive programs as a student, creating documentaries on Negro Leagues baseball and sexual assault awareness.

He stressed the importance of immersive opportunities and getting involved on campus. Perlinski worked at Connections Live on campus, eventually moving up to a producer for the show.

“My role with Connections Live was the definition of immersive learning,” he said.

“When you think of immersive learning, think of a 9-to-5 job, critical deadlines and realworld partners. It’s the best representation of what life is

like post-Ball State.”

Currently, Perlinski works as an associate producer for Harpo Studios’ “Super Soul Sunday.”

Gora also pushed the importance of immersive programs.

“We want to give you an opportunity to work on real problems in real towns and businesses and come up with real solutions,” she said. “That’s immersive learning.”

Between Perlinski, Gora and others highlighting campus involvement, King said he was convinced to break new ground.

“There’s no media design or computer graphics clubs, so [King and I] want to start a club for that as well,” Nathan Stoltz, a freshman art major, said.

Overall, Perlinski said many of his experiences at Ball State helped him on his career path, including his failures.

Perlinski applied for a resident assistant position, but didn’t get it his first try. He persisted and got the job the next year.

The persistence came in hand years later when applying for a job with Harpo. When he was unsure of getting the job, he fought harder.

PERLINSKI’S INTERN DUTIES: WHILE INTERNING AT “THE LATE SHOW” WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, PERLINSKI HAD A VARIETY OF DUTIES, INCLUDING

• Running scripts •T yping up the famous “Top 10” lists • Assisting during tapings •B ringing out the notecards at Dave+Oprah last year •O rdering the writing floor dinner every night

“My experiences at Ball State gave me the courage to speak up and stand my ground when I needed to,” he said.

One piece of advice he gave focused on the mindset that freshmen should have.

“I was able to take advantage of these opportunities because I began with the end in mind, and I didn’t get delayed in getting started,” Perlinski said.

“Now that I’m on my own, I realize just how critical that is.”

Student loans rates could increase ‘Historic low’ interest tied to 10-year note, economic changes

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Student loan rates may not have doubled this year, but they could increase as a result of President Barack Obama tying interest rates for government loans to the 10-year Treasury note.

A rising rate on the Treasury note will mean higher rates for students in the future, however rates are locked in for the life of the loan on the day they are taken out.

Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, said while the measure did bring down the interest rate in the short term, only time will tell where it will go.

“Interest rates are at a historic low; they only have one way to go,” he said, “I think it’s very possible the rates

could go way up.”

Nearly two weeks ago, Obama signed legislation that locked interest rates for government subsidized and unsubsidized loans at 3.86 percent for undergraduates and government unsubsidized loans at 5.41 percent for graduate students.

This saved students roughly $3,000 over the life of the loan over what they could have been if the rates had remained doubled as they were in early July, Hicks said.

The measure also set a cap on future undergraduate loan rates at 8.25 percent and 9.5 percent for graduate students.

Tyler Wilson, a freshman predental major, said he appreciates the lower rates.

“They should have just set it [stagnant] though,” Wilson said.

Although rising rates may frighten some who depend on federal loans to make college a possibility, Hicks said they may not need to panic too much.

“It seems like a very urgent matter for students but I’m not sure how much it really is,” he said.

Hicks said no matter how you look at it, investing in college — even if the rates skyrocket in the future — they are still cheaper than a credit card loan and with an annual salary difference of nearly a million dollars over a lifetime for college graduates make the investment more than worth it.

Hicks did say however, that when interest rates do begin to rise, nonessential purchases are always the first to go.

“You have got to ask yourself, ‘What are students consuming with a student loan?’” he said.

Computer equipment, Internet, food and clothing are all items that may be the first to be downsized or outright cut from a budget if and when loan rates rise.

Brooke Sturgell, a junior visual communication major, said she has followed the student loan issue ever since she received an email warning of the impending rate doubling in early July.

She said she worked at a factory during the summer to work to pay off some of her college debt and became furious when

10-YEAR “T” WHAT IT IS

The 10-year Treasury note is issued by the U.S. government and allows a person to buy a note that they then keep for 10 years.

SELLING THE NOTES

They are sold at a discounted rate that is then reimbursed at the maturation of the loan.

The loans also pays out interest every six months.

TIED TO THE RATES

The rate tends to rise when businesses are opening as there is an increased need for safe investments and falls when economies slow, which happened during the most recent recession. she found out all of her work could have been made “null” if Congress and the president had failed to act.

“I signed a petition and posted it to Twitter,” Sturgell said. “I can ask people about it and they don’t even know, but I care because I know that I have to pay the bill.”

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PROMISES MADE

He said awareness is already rising among the community from word of mouth, with communities contacting the university for help on projects.

“A few years ago, you’d have to go beat the bushes to find projects that were academically suitable to the students and meaningful to the partner,” Bailey said.

Overall, he said immersive learning has made Ball State more attractive to teachers as well as students.

Trimmer said immersive learning is important for students, even more important than transcripts.

“You do need the regular courses,” he said. “You need conventional classes to learn basic skills, but what immersive learning does is gives you an opportunity to apply those skills in a real-world setting.

You become a much more at-

IMMERSIVE LEARNING

An expanded website, a restructured budget and other methods were used to mitigate problems in implementing immersive learning opportunities.

COMMUNICATION

To better communicate with staff, the university gave a workplace survey and opened up 12 forums to discuss the results with Gora. tractive and employable candidate for the job.”

Some of the other topics Gora discussed during her faculty convocation included how the university has been working to lower the faculty salary gap, the introduction of the travel fund and increased communication between staff and the administration, such as surveys and personal talks.

These were all updates on promises Gora made in her last faculty convocation.

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day for resisting arrest and yelling obscenities toward The numbers are slightly officers after being denied higher than they were dur- entrance, because of his level ing Friday and Saturday of of intoxication, into D-Luxe last year’s move-in weekend. Bar and Lounge.

Other charges issued over In August 2012, Thomas said the weekend inofficers arrested 34 cluded battery on people on 57 chargWe don’t a police officer, es but did not jail possession of fake anyone. This year measure IDs, false stateon Friday and Saturment of age and day, 42 people were success by consumption of an arrested. our arrests. alcoholic beverage Still, racking up by a minor. arrests is not the Our success There will be no goal of the Intenis seeing less changes to the exsified College Encise program this forcement program, arrests. We year, and the Cops Thomas said. in Shops initiative, “We don’t mea- want to keep which places excise sure success by our Ball State behind the counter arrests,” he said. of liquor stores and “Our success is see- students bars, will continue ing less arrests. We safe. this year. No shifts want to keep Ball were assigned over State students safe.” BRANDON move-in week.

One way police THOMAS, Thomas said the said they try to keep an Indiana State help to people safe is by Police Excise officer efforts almost double the stopping offenders around campus, some of who amount of UPD officers on patrol. are not Ball State students.

“Our focus is to keep cam“Not all of the people arrested were Ball State students,” pus safe,” he said. “My daughThomas said. “Ball State is ter goes to Ball State, and I centrally located and some have no problem at all with people go over just to cause her being there because I think it’s a good campus and trouble.”

Austin Bratton, 27, of a good school, so it’s kind of Muncie was arrested Satur- a personal thing for me, too.”

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OBAMA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR WALL STREET REFORM Critics of president’s Dodd-Frank law say moving too slowly | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Three years after President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules, execution of the law is behind schedule with scores of regulations yet to be written, let alone enforced. Meeting privately with the nation’s top financial regulators on Monday, Obama prodded them to act more swiftly.

The president’s push comes as the five-year anniversary of the nation’s financial nearmeltdown approaches. The law when passed in 2010 was considered a milestone in Obama’s presidency, a robust response to the crisis, which led to a massive government bailout to stabilize the financial markets.

But the slow pace of implementation has prompted administration concern that banks could still pose potentially calamitous risks to the economy and to taxpayers.

Obama hoped to convey “the sense of urgency that he feels,” spokesman Josh Earnest said before the president convened the meeting with the eight independent regulators in the White House Roosevelt Room.

Lehman Brothers collapsed into bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, and the administration has wanted to use that dubious milestone to look back on the lessons of the crisis and progress so far to prevent a re-

currence. In a statement at the conclusion of the meeting, the White House said Obama commended the regulators for their work “but stressed the need to expeditiously finish implementing the critical remaining portions of Wall Street reform to ensure we are able to prevent the type of financial harm that led to the Great Recession from ever happening again.”

Not everyone feels that way about the law, known as DoddFrank after its Democratic sponsors, Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Christopher Dodd.

Republican House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, an early opponent of Dodd-Frank, dismissed Obama’s meeting with the regulators, saying, “Much like Obamacare, Dodd-Frank is an incomprehensively complex piece of legislation that is harmful to our floundering economy and in dire need of repeal.”

Three years after passage, many other Republican lawmakers also see the law as more negative than positive.

The law set up a council of regulators to be on the lookout for risks across the finance system. It also created an independent consumer financial protection bureau within the Federal Reserve to write and enforce new regulations covering lending and credit. And it placed shadow financial markets that previously escaped the oversight of regulators under new scrutiny, giving the government new powers to break up companies that regulators believe threaten the economy.

DODD FRANK LAW THE LAW

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President Barack Obama is in the process of working with federal regulators to try to prevent another economic collapse like the one that took place in 2008.

But because of the complexity of the industry, the law gave regulators extended time to write the new rules that would enforce its provisions.

So far, regulators have missed 60 percent of the rule-making deadlines, according to an analysis by the law firm of Davis Polk, which has been tracking progress on the bill. Even so, the rules are so complicated, that the ones already written have filled about 13,800 pages of regulations, compared to the 848 pages it took to write the law itself.

“I would have to give it a mediocre grade at this point,” said Sheila Bair, the former chair of the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corp. “Most of the rules have not been finalized.

A lot of them haven’t even been proposed yet. When some of the rules have been proposed, they ‘re highly complicated, they’re riddled with exceptions, they’re watered down.”

Dennis Kelleher, president Better Markets Inc., a bank watchdog group, said Obama needs to hold monthly meetings with regulators and fight for more money for the financial regulators to do their job.

“Only that level of consistent presidential leadership and involvement will turn the tide against Wall Street’s relentless attacks, which is what has killed, weakened and delayed so much of finan-

cial reform,” Kelleher said.

A key goal of the legislation was to prevent a rebuilding of a financial system that would permit banks to become so huge and intertwined that they would be “too big to fail.”

But the nation’s top banks today are bigger than they were in 2008. A key proposal in the law would restrict banks from trading for their own profit, a practice known as proprietary trading. That rule, named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, has yet to take effect and the current proposal has been weakened from what the law initially envisioned.

Annette Nazareth, a former Securities and Exchange commissioner now a partner

• Regulators have missed 60 percent of rule-making deadlines • Implementation is slow • Critics have called it “incomprehensively complex” • One goal was to prevent banks from growing to be too big, but today the nation’s top banks are larger than in 2008.

at Davis Polk, said that when it comes to the Volcker rule, the law requires that various regulators write a single rule that applies to all the regulated financial entities. “So to some extent it’s not surprising that it has taken longer when they have had to reach consensus on some very tough issues,” she said.

Overall, she added, “we are in a better position than we were before the financial crisis.” She said banks have stronger capital positions, regulators are more aggressive and failing banks can be dismantled in ways they couldn’t before. “We have the building blocks for a better, more stable financial system.”

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interview. This gives the show an opportunity to During the past few decades, this small town in break out in French TV, as well as gain internaFrance has seen loved ones die from tragedies — tional attention as it was aired in the U.K., Belgium stabbings and partial devouring from a cannibal and Sweden. The British TV producer Paul Abbott as well as a group of children dying in a bus crash. is even working on an English adaptation.

While the show is not spooky in terms of monAfter spending years of attempted closure, some sters popping out and attacking, the atmosphere families are shocked to find out they don’t need to deal with the deaths, but rather, the suddenly is extremely eerie. An original soundtrack by Mogwai, a Scottish band, coupled reanimated dead. However, these with the lighting and composition zombies don’t have an appetite for “LES REVENANTS� of the shots can send chills down flesh, instead they seem normal and Premiered: Nov. 12, 2012 your spin. appear as they had looked before (France), June 9 (U.K.) Mogwai created most of the their death years or weeks ago.

Channel: Canal+ (France), score after speaking briefly with Channel 4 (U.K.) the director and reading the REVIEW Episodes: 8 English translations of the first One thing that this show, an adRating: HHHHH two episodes — something that aptation of 2004’s “Les Revenants� helped create the atmosphere film, does extremely well is focus on the zombies as individuals. They aren’t a mass while filming, Benjo said to the Den of Geek. The of stumbling dead. The story takes us through a songs are extremely haunting and hypnotizing; handful of the reanimated and explores how their the album is something I cannot get enough of and loved ones react to them, as well as the other phe- is one of the best soundtracks for a TV show.

To add to the heebie-jeebies, the 10-year-old nomenon occurring in the town. “I was interested in imagining what normal peo- Swann Nambotin plays the returned “Victor,â€? who ple would do faced with a sudden burst of miracle was drawn to nurse Julie, played by CĂŠline Salin their lives,â€? director Fabrice Gobert said in a lette. Nambotin’s presence starts out as creepy Den of Geek interview. “Some of them believe it, and silent, but relatively benign. Still, he just might some don’t want to believe it, some think it’s not be more dangerous than Julie thinks, as her exgirlfriend, Laure (Alix Poisson), repeatedly states. going to last. ... Everyone reacts differently.â€?

It’s hard to disagree with Laure. There’s someSo, “Les Revenants� isn’t just fantasy but also part crime, thriller and drama. In terms of French fan- thing about freaky, undead children who jump tasy, there is “no tradition, status: non-existent,� from windows to prove points.

The show also poses many more questions than said producer Caroline Benjo in the Den of Geek

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it answers in the first season, but I have faith that a deus ex machina device won’t be utilized.

While non-French speakers will have to use subtitles to watch the show, it is worth it to watch this spin on zombies. “The story in itself is universal enough to work quite well in other cultures and languages,� Benjo said in the Den of Geek interview. “On the contrary, audiences can be curious to see what French culture brings to it. I tested its international appeal with my British, American and Canadian friends, and their reaction has been tremendous, so I have strong hope it will be well-received.�

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THURSDAY The Ball State field hockey team will play an exhibition match against Iowa at home at 3 p.m.

Cardinals’ dynamic duo

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K. Wenning

W. Snead

PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S COMPLETIONS TO SNEAD: 19.8 PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S YARDS TO SNEAD: 25 PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S TOUCHDOWNS TO SNEAD: 25.5

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Ball State’s biggest receiving threat continues development in third year

J. Smith

PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S COMPLETIONS TO SMITH: 18.4 PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S YARDS TO SMITH: 19.2 PERCENTAGE OF WENNING’S TOUCHDOWNS TO SMITH: 20.9

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INDIVIDUAL STATS WILLIE SNEAD, JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVER • 24 games played • 117 receptions • 1,475 yards • 11 touchdowns

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Junior wide receiver Willie Snead and senior quarterback Keith Wenning celebrate a touchdown during a regular season game in 2012.

Snead and Wenning have played off one another’s strengths in the two seasons they have worked together.

Willie Snead didn’t surprise himself with the numbers he put up last season.

In fact, he intends on putting up better numbers this season.

The Ball State junior wide receiver recorded 1,148 receiving yards as a sophomore and was consistently in the top 20 among receivers in the country. His 89 receptions tied for 16th best in the nation with Toledo’s Bernard Reedy.

“I knew if I worked hard, I could do anything I put my mind to,” Snead said. “I pressure myself to do well. I’m all the way up here [from Florida], and if I’m going to be up, here I might as well put everything I’ve got into it.”

Snead’s prolific season came as a product of a 3,000 passing yard season from senior quarterback Keith Wenning. The tandem connected for nine of Wenning’s 24 touchdowns.

The duo has developed since they began playing together during Snead’s freshman season in 2011.

“Every time we want to go

throw together, we’re making each other better,” Wenning said. “He understands how to run routes; I know where to put the ball. That chemistry is vital.”

Snead isn’t a big target for Wenning. At only 5-feet11-inches, he’s the third smallest receiver for the Cardinals.

He makes up for his height with hands, but also his quarterback knowledge from his high school career.

Snead played quarterback at Muskegon Heights High School in 2010.

“When Keith and I meet, we talk from a quarterback standpoint,” Snead said. “We ask what would the quarterback do, which helps us move at a quicker pace.”

Offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky has used Snead in a number of offensive packages to make him a versatile weapon for the Cardinals. Wenning has been able to find Snead on deep routes down the middle of the field as well as on underneath screen routes.

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The versatility makes Snead one of the more dangerous wide receivers in the Mid-American Conference. With Wenning throwing to him, the two could be one of the best quarterbackwide receiver combinations in the conference.

“There’s a couple from other teams that are pretty good,” Wenning said. “But I definitely think we’re one of the top and have been one of the top for the past couple of years.”

It’ll be difficult for Wenning and Snead to duplicate the same numbers in 2013 with MAC defenses taking notice at Snead’s abilities.

Snead’s goal for his junior season is to eclipse the 1,200-yard mark, which would put him at least 355 yards short of Dante Ridgeway’s Ball State record for career receiving yards of 3,030 with his senior season remaining.

“We just have to be consistent,” Wenning said. “We have the mindset that we aren’t satisfied and we have to keep working.”

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Shondell expects impact from youth FORMER BSU LINEMAN Kitchel, Box to have crucial role for team in upcoming season

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Most college freshmen only have to worry about getting to class on time and making a few friends.

For an incoming studentathlete, the jump is more intimidating.

College players are faster, smarter, more agile and stronger than high school players. There is usually an adjustment period when the player tries to catch up to the faster speed of the game.

It’s a necessary evil that Ball State volleyball coach Steve Shondell has gotten used to. The players are expected to pick up the game at different speeds, with some ready for the season and a few possibly becoming redshirted.

“Practices are more intense, the pace is quicker and mostly, the speed of the game is so much faster,” Shondell said. “[It’s also about] getting comfortable and confident with how hard the ball is hit, really the speed of the game is increased.”

Freshman transfer Mackenzie Kitchel has impressed Shondell in the early season practices. She’s shown improved ball control and quickness when receiving serves, but her offense has made her stand out.

Ball State will need new offensive outputs to be competitive, and Kitchel has shown signs that she could

KARA BATES (GRADUATION)

Outside hitter • 417 kills • 156 errors • .223 attack percentage

LISA SCOTT (GRADUATION)

Middle blocker • 296 kills • 79 errors • .340 attack percentage

TAYLOR RICHARDSON (TRANSFER)

Defensive specialist • 1 kill • 0 errors • 176 digs

UPCOMING FRESHMEN MACKENZIE KITCHEL (GREENWOOD, IND./TRANSFER FROM CINCINNATI)

Outside hitter

NIKKI BOX (YORKTOWN, IND.)

Outside hitter, defense specialist

become a key contributor. “[Kitchel’s] strength will be her offense,” Shondell said.

“She’s an excellent attacker, a good blocker and hits a lot of shots. ... She’s improving in all facets of her game

right now.”

She is expected to start on the bench and work her way into the game to provide left side offense, relieving Alex Fuelling and Kylee Baker.

Ball State will play four matches in 24 hours in Iowa, where fresh legs will be crucial in keeping Fuelling and Baker from hitting exhaustion.

“We’ve got high expectations for Kitchel, she’s a really fine athlete,” Shondell said. “In the one week of practice here, she’s made huge strides.”

Shondell said he has high hopes for freshman Nikki Box, too. A high school AllAmerican, Box will provide relief to Kati Vasalakis and Catie Fredrich as defensive specialist.

Box has an advantage because she was coached by Shondell when he was still at Burris High School, so she knows his coaching style and the expectations he sets for players.

Previous experience with a coach can help the transition for players because there can be less of a learning curve.

“She’s a really experienced player who led Yorktown to a state championship,” Shondell said. “She’ll bring more depth to the team that we really need.”

Both Box and Kitchel are expected to get playing time throughout the season, but redshirts could be possible for Lauren Gross and Sabrina Mangapora.

Despite the roles Box and Kitchel will play this season, Shondell said he would prefer if they didn’t have any playing time at all.

Coaches often want up-

perclassmen to carry the load when possible, and allow freshmen to learn through experience on smaller stages before taking on larger roles.

When injuries impact a team and freshmen are forced to step up, the results can be mixed, as the team can be dominated by more veteran savvy squads.

“I hope they don’t have to make much of an impact; we’ve got 11 players returning,” Shondell said. “If we have to rely too much on them, it means we’ll be in trouble.”

CUT BY DETROIT LIONS The Detroit Lions have reportedly released former Ball State standout offensive lineman Austin Holtz, according to mlive.com’s Justin Rogers.

Holtz played in 44 games in his career for Ball State, starting 32.

He was the left tackle for running back Jahwan Edwards’ 1,410 yards rushing in 2012.

His play earned him All-Mid-American Conference First Team honors last season.

In late April, Holtz was signed as an undrafted free agent.

In the Lions’ first preseason game, he participated in 11 snaps, but didn’t play a single snap in the second game against the Browns, according to Pro Football Focus.

The former Cardinal was cut to make room for tackle Kevin Haslam.

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