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Workers help with the move of Cleo’s Bourbon Bar and Red Bird in the Village to their new locations while renovations are being made to University Square. The move will only last a year, when both move back into their original locations.
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Cleo’s Burbon Bar and Redbird Tequila & Taco Bar move for Village redevelopment EMMA KATE FITTES NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com
tion will become available for Ellison to introduce a new business to the Village, he said. “We are going to open a whole new concept of a bar and a restaurant there,” Ellison said. “We’ve toyed with a couple of things that does not exist in the Village and that’s kind of where we are already talking about it.”
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He said both businesses will remain at the new location for about a year until after redevelopment is completed. Ellison said he hopes to then move back to where they were. The University Square block will have more retail and 220 apartments above the businesses after the redevelopment, Ellison said. He said there will be a larger space for Cleo’s and Redbird. The former Discount Den loca-
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wo bars are relocating in support of the upcoming redevelopment in the Village. Owner Chris Ellison said Cleo’s Bourbon Bar and Redbird Tequila & Taco Bar will be closed until midJune as they move from their current location in University Square to the former Discount Den location, one block away at 1801 W. University Ave. “Our goal was to help see this new development come through,” Ellison said. “It needs to happen. That whole block needs to be done.” Redbird closed Monday and Cleo’s closed Wednesday. Ellison said the greatest benefit of the temporary location is having outdoor seating and more seating and bar space inside.
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Generally, postseason play is thought to be different from regular season play. The mantra “Win or go home” is supposed to resonate with players and elevate their game in superior venues. The men’s golf team will travel more than 2,000 miles farther than they have all season. Washington State’s campus is home to the No. 1 team in the country. The first postseason appearance in 22 years for Ball State men’s golf is teeming with nuances that make its NCAA Regional fit that mold. Coach Mike Fleck, who was a player on Ball State’s last tournament team, wants to focus on the similarities and make the biggest event of the year just another match. “The guys say that the course is kind of like some of the others they have played, and with the competition we’ve played this year, the guys aren’t intimidated
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Legislation affects 21st Century, Frank O’Bannon scholarships SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu A new piece of legislation will aim to keep SCHOLARSHIPS Indiana’s university Many of the details are students on track for still in the process of being worked out, but graduation. The bill’s several com- here are some of main ponents will mainly af- points the bill will change. fect the freshman class of WHAT 2014, but John McPher- In order to receive the full son, director of scholar- amount of scholarship ships and financial aid, money, students will need said some of its effect to have 30 credits by their sophomore year, 60 will be felt next year. Recipients of the 21st by their junior and 90 by Century Scholars and their senior. Frank O’Bannon scholar- WHAT’S NEXT ships will need to com- An accelerated schedule plete 30 credit hours by will be available. Students the start of their sopho- will receive a boosted more year to receive scholarship if they have the full amount of their 39, 78 or 117 credits by scholarships. The same their sophomore, junior or senior year. applies for junior and senior year, with 60 and 90 credit hours respectively. Pherson was among the Ball State officials present during the drafting process. University officials across the state helped legislators work on the bill. “The overall goal of this legislation is to encourage students to graduate in four years,” McPherson said. He said the credit hour requirements added to the 21st Century Scholars and Frank O’Bannon scholarships are perhaps the most important part of the bill. More than $180 million was awarded through the Frank O’Bannon scholarship, and more than $50 million through 21st Century Scholars during 2011-12.
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at all,” Fleck said. The par-72, 7,308-yard Palouse Ridge course plays long, Fleck said, forcing him to shuffle his lineup from the one used in the Mid-American Conference Championship. The top three spots for Ball State will remain unchanged with First Team All-MAC junior Tyler Merkel, and Second Team All-MAC seniors Joe Gasser and Alex Stinson. The decorated trio led the Cardinals through the season and to an at-large bid in the NCAA field of 81 teams. The other two spots have been up-for-grabs. Because of the importance of yardage off the tee for this course, senior Tony Lazzara and
State bill pushes on time grad rate
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BSU set to participate at Regionals Cardinals compete in tournament for first time in 22 years
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James Blackwell takes his shot at the Delaware Country Club during the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational on Oct. 16, 2012. The men’s golf team will play in the NCAA Regional this week in Pullman, Wash.
sophomore transfer McCormick Clouser will fill those roles, bumping senior Brodie Williams out of the rotation. “[Brodie] has given us some good rounds this year, but Clouser is just longer off the tee,”
Fleck said. Merkel is the only player on the roster with regional experience, as he competed as an individual last season.
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5 BALL STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS LOSE APPEAL FOR SPONSORSHIP, MAY CLOSE
MUNCIE — Ball State on Wednesday closed the books on a decision to pull sponsorship of five academically struggling charter schools. Ball State President Jo Ann Gora approved a review panel’s unanimous decision to reject the five schools’ appeals. The loss of Ball State’s charters could lead to the closure of some of the schools. Appeal panel leader Melissa Rubrecht said the committee’s members used their “deep educational experience and expertise” to review each of the appeals after hearing testimony from the schools and Ball State’s Office of Charter Schools. “They clearly understood the importance of their decisions and made every good-faith effort to make recommendations in the best interest of the students, communities and Ball State,” said Rubrecht, Ball State’s director of employee relations. The Imagine Indiana Life Sciences Academy-East in Indianapolis, Richmond’s Christmon STEMM Leadership Academy, Gary’s LEAD College Preparatory Charter School and two Fort Wayne charter schools — the Imagine Schools on Broadway and the Imagine MASTer Academy — lost their appeals and their charters. Two other schools — Gary’s Charter School of the Dunes and Fort Wayne’s Timothy L. Johnson Academy — also had their charters revoked. They had filed appeals but later withdrew them. Charter schools are alternative public schools that have had more freedom in setting curriculum. State law was changed last year to hold charters to the same academic standards as public schools. Ball State sponsors 42 charter schools in Indiana. State lawmakers authorized Ball State a decade ago to sponsor charter schools in Indiana and the university approved the first one in 2002. Last year, state lawmakers approved allowing a second office, the Indiana Charter School Board, to authorize charter schools in the state.
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