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After one year, what has changed?
Summer credits to cost $270
Scholl’s first year full of hirings, firings, culture change in Ball State’s athletic department
BILL SCHOLL’S PAST YEAR
Fees make classes on campus more expensive than online
Here are some of the memorable events and accomplishments that have transpired throughout Scholl’s first 12 months.
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ARIC CHOKEY STAFF REPORTER aachokey@bsu.edu
April 16, 2012 Hired as director of intercollegiate athletics of Ball State. Previously, Scholl had spent 23 years in Notre Dame’s athletic department.
For the same price as taking classes in Fall and Spring Semesters, students can now take advantage of summer classes to stay on track for graduation. Since Fall Semester 2012, both summer and academic-year undergraduate tuition have cost the same amount. The first of two summer semesters will start during the second week of May. Part-time schedules cost $270 per credit hour for in-state tuition, which is up from last summer’s $257 per-credit pricetag. There is also an adIN-STATE TUITION ditional technology fee of $58. 0-11 CREDIT HOURS Nancy Prater, the $270 per credit hour director of market12-18 CREDIT HOURS ing and commu$3,512 flat rate nications for on19+ CREDIT HOURS line and distance $3,512 flat rate + $270 for education, said it each credit over 18 is cheaper to take courses online over the summer, because there are none of the recreation and student fees that come with oncampus courses. She said online courses and summer classes in general also can free up time for students. “There are lots of core curriculum courses, including tiers one and two, so if you want to get some of those complete [students take summer courses,]” Prater said. “Sometimes people want a little extra time to focus on a class that might be a little more difficult for them.”
April 30, 2012 Officially began working as Ball State athletic director. May 11, 2012 Hired women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee. Sallee’s team went 17-15 overall and advanced to Sweet Sixteen of WNIT, despite playing much of the season with seven active players. May 21, 2012 Hired women’s swimming and diving coach Kristy Castillo. Castillo had Mid-American Conference experience at Akron before coming to Ball State. June 21, 2012 Hired baseball coach Rich Maloney. Maloney spent the previous 10 seasons at Michigan as head coach. Aug. 29, 2012 Student rewards program announced. Some of the awards for students included pizza coupons, a free spray tan and lunch with football coach Pete Lembo. DN FILE PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
Bill Scholl takes questions from various media organizations at the end of the press confrence to introduce new men’s basketball coach James Whitford on April 10. Scholl’s hiring was announced on April 16, 2012.
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MATT MCKINNEY ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR @Matt_D_McKinney
B
ill Scholl is surprised at how often he gets recognized while walking down McKinley Avenue. After all, he’s not Pete Lembo, nor the newly hired James Whitford or even Rich Maloney. He’s just the athletic director. But in one year as Ball State’s athletic director, Scholl hasn’t just added coaches or assistants; he’s changed the culture of the entire athletic department. It’s early, but all four of Scholl’s head coaching hires have brought success to their respective programs. He was part of the group to help bring new athletic facilities to Ball
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RESTORED FROG BABY TO BE REINSTALLED NEXT WEEK
For those graduating or those who cherish her iconic face, Frog Baby will be making her long awaited return to Ball State next week. The statue has been getting a much-needed makeover after it was vandalized with gold paint in December, along with nine other locations throughout campus. Hannah Leath and Hannah Mellott were later charged with criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor, and Frog Baby was sent to Venus Bronze Works in Detroit to begin a tedious restoration process. The news of the friendly face returning to campus is welcomed, senior geology major Fred Taylor said. “That’s one of the first things I saw when I came here at 25,” Taylor said. “It’s kind of one of the good statements about me leaving, especially me leaving at the age of 30.” Taylor, like many graduating seniors, alumni and students, sees Ball State’s identity in Frog Baby and thinks saying goodbye is part of the graduation tradition. “It’s been there ever since I got here,” he said. “I kind of do want to get my picture taken next to it before I leave.” Director of Engineering and Construction Operations Jim Lowe was notified by Giorgio Gikas, owner of Venus Bronze Works, that the statue was a day away from completion. Lowe said the statue would be back on campus grounds by Friday night. “We hope to have it installed Monday or Tuesday,” Lowe said. “[It will] definitely [be] installed midweek so it’s flowing again just in time for graduation.” Students on campus for Finals Week can see the statue’s grand return on Monday when it’s brought back to the Frog Baby pond. “If you walk by there Monday, you will see them reinstalling Frog Baby,” Lowe said. – CHRIS JONES
State. Attendance has increased, partly due to the student rewards program that began in 2012. “One thing that really sticks out about Bill is his ability to quickly change the culture that was in our department,” first-year women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee said. “With the last regime and as things were transitioning from one AD to the next, there were a lot of people who had been beaten down a little bit. The culture around the department was kind of ho-hum. There wasn’t a ton of excitement when walking up and down the halls. That was the first thing I noticed from when I first came in the door to where we are now.”
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Jan. 31, 2013 Hired deputy athletic director Brian Hardin. Hardin had been the director of media relations at Notre Dame for the last seven years. March 14, 2013 Fired basketball coach Billy Taylor after a 15-15 season, including an 8-8 MAC record. Taylor’s team lost in their first game of the MAC Tournament. April 10, 2013 Hired basketball coach James Whitford. Whitford was an associate coach at Arizona and an assistant coach at Xavier and Miami (OH). April 20, 2013 Scholl announced the plans to build new athletic facilities for Ball State sports. The fundraising goal is $20 million.
Students to sleep in boxes for homeless Residence hall event takes canned goods for local food bank
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CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS CHIEF REPORTER castephens@bsu.edu
DeHority Complex lawn will become a village of box homes Friday night, housing students to raise awareness for the homeless community in Muncie. Box City is giving students three hours to build and decorate makeshift cardboard shelters in which they’ll spend the night. “Muncie has a large homeless population and [students] need to remember that, because we are so disconnected from the Muncie community some of the time,” said Brittany Krowiarz, the public relations director for the event. Attendees will bring canned food
items, which will later be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank, in exchange for “Box Bucks” used to purchase boxes, premade columns, plastic sheeting and duct tape. Krowiarz said weather has played a sizeable role in attendance of the event in the past few years, and she expects the same this year. “The last few years the weather hasn’t been great,” she said. “But even though you have the option to go home, most people in Muncie who are homeless have to stay out in the rain.” Although some may resist the idea of sleeping in a box for a night, it doesn’t mean you can’t participate. “It rained last year, only 20 or so people stayed outside, but we had a lot of people still come and donate items even though they didn’t stay,” Krowiarz said. “ We still filled up a truck to take to Second Harvest.”
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DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
Students construct the walls of their box house as part of Box City on April 20, 2012 in front of DeHority Complex. Box City challenges students to spend one night in a cardboard box to bring awareness to the issue of homelessness.
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