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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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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
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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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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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Ellison said he is unsure of what the new development will be or if Milhaus Development will remain the developer. Ellison said these plans are preliminary until he discusses plans with developers. Marta Moody, the executive director of the county’s plan commission, said she is expecting to begin getting proposals from development companies by the end of the month. She said until the developers begin planning, she will not know what businesses will be added to the Village or a time estimate for completion. Moody said she has only communicated with Investment Property Advisors so far. Chase Sorrick of IPA said in March the company he works for is planning a multi-million dollar investment in the Village area and has worked with similar overlay standards in other communities. He said they hope to start construction by August or September. Moody and the commission
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Workers strip Red Bird, the tequila bar in the Village, of all its furnishings as it prepares to move locations. Red Bird, as well as Cleo’s Bourbon Bar, will temporarily move into the location that used to hold the Discount Den.
are focusing on putting together a Village Review Committee until more developers present plans. The panel of five experts will review and approve develop-
DILL STREET GRILL & BAR TO CLOSE FOR SUMMER, AIM TO REOPEN AUG. 10
Dill Street Bar’s penny pitchers will be available on Saturday for the last time this summer. The bar will close while the Village undergoes remodeling and will reopen on Aug. 10 at 1716 West University Ave., a new location across the street from the T.I.S. College Bookstore. Bartender Katie Heath said she’s optimistic for the move. “I think it’s a good opportunity for us to make some changes, hopefully for the better,” she said. “With the new location, the new building, it’ll be fresh, clean and brand new. I think it’s a good opportunity for us to grow as a bar and as a business, and hopefully it’ll attract a lot more people.” Dill Street will expand their hours and begin to serve a variety of food once the new location opens, with more staff to be hired. The business will keep the name, despite no longer being located on Dill Street. Heath said the penny pitchers should be kept as well. – SAM HOYT
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ment plans. “It provides a detailed review of a development that is done by people who have experience in developmentrelated fields,” Moody said.
“Almost like a peer review.” Moody said two members have been appointed by the plan commission, and one member was appointed by city council. Ball State and the mayor will each appoint one of the last two members. The plan commission appointed Deane Rundell, who specializes in landscape architecture, and Bill Morgan, a specialist in history preservation. City council appointed Andy Ellis, an expert in urban design. Part of the commission’s job will be to ensure developers follow the zoning ordinance amendment that was approved May 6. Moody said the ordinance sets guidelines for the quality of the development, including standards for expanded developments deals with setbacks, materials that can be used, parking provisions and appearance. The ordinance also approved Village overlay areas, which divide it into four separate areas, with Area 1 including the commercial and retail section.
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Defense attorney worried Ariel Castro won’t get fair trial | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — The man accused of keeping three women in captivity in his Ohio home for about a decade will plead not guilty, a member of his defense team said Wednesday. Craig Weintraub, a former prosecutor representing Ariel Castro, 52, on rape and kidnapping charges, said in an interview he was concerned his client would not be able to receive a fair trial anywhere, giving the publicity surrounding the case. The location of a trial is “always an issue when you have a case that has such fantastic notoriety,” Weintraub said. Castro, a former school bus driver, was arrested May 6 shortly after one of the women, Amanda Berry, kicked out part of a locked door of his Cleveland house and yelled to neighMCT PHOTO bors to help her and call police. Hector Lugo points to a house police searched during an investigation in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 7. Three women who vanished Police quickly arrived and separately about a decade ago were rescued from the home. found Berry in the street holding a baby and then raced decide at some point whether despondent in his bare-bones hadn’t been mentioned in disthrough the to ask to have cell — but Weintraub thinks cussions with Castro. house, freeing any trial moved people believe he’s got it too The girl was born ChristKIDNAPPING Gina DeJesus out of Cleve- good under the circumstances. mas Day 2006, delivered by WHO and Michelle land, Wein“His day consists of remaining Knight in a kiddie pool so the Ariel Castro, man accused of Knight. The traub said. 24 hours a day in a room ... that cleanup would be easy, police keeping three Cleveland women women were “Then that contains a metal bed, a very said. Knight told police she in captivity. admitted to a begs the questhin mattress that is covered in was ordered by Castro under WHAT hospital but tion: ‘Well, plastic. It has a metal sink and threat of death to deliver the Castro will plead not guilty, his have been rewhere can he what appears to be some sort of baby live. attorney Craig Weintraub said. leased and have Defense is concerned Castro get a fair trial a mirror,” Weintraub said. Weintraub said the deremained in sewon’t receive a fair trial due to based on the He declined to comment on a fense hadn’t researched isclusion appealpublicity. circumstanc- jail suicide watch for Castro or sues raised last week when ing for privacy. WHEN es?’ This is jail guard reports that Castro prosecutor Tim McGinty said The three Wednesday such a sensa- has been sitting in his cell na- Castro could face aggravated disappeared tionalistic type ked. Weintraub said he would murder charges, and a posbetween 2002 case which has have been alerted if going na- sible death sentence, related and 2004, received inter- ked reflected a medical issue. to allegations that he impregwhen they were national coverage.” Castro has made it clear that nated Knight and forced her to in their teens or early 20s, auCastro has been jailed on $8 he loves his 6-year-old daughter miscarry at least five times by thorities said. million bond. born to Berry, Weintraub said. starving her and punching her Castro’s defense team must Weintraub said Castro is He said the issue of custody in the stomach repeatedly.
Jolie reacts to hereditary cancer risk
Actress starts with mastectomy, may have ovaries removed | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Angelina Jolie’s mother had breast cancer and died of ovarian cancer, and her maternal grandmother also had ovarian cancer — strong evidence of an inherited, genetic risk that led the actress to have both of her healthy breasts removed
to try to avoid the same fate, her doctor said Wednesday. Jolie, 37, revealed on Tuesday that she carries a defective BRCA1 gene that puts her at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. She had mastectomies in February followed by reconstruction with implants in April, Dr. Kristi Funk said in an interview with The Associated Press. Funk treated Jolie at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills and detailed her care on the center’s website. She would not disclose when Jolie learned she
carried the faulty gene, which gives a woman up to an 87 percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and up to a 54 percent chance of ovarian cancer. “This family history would certainly meet any insurance carrier’s criteria to cover genetic testing,” Funk wrote. It is unclear whether Jolie will have her ovaries removed, although she wrote in her op-ed piece in the New York Times that she “started with the breasts” because they posed the highest cancer risk.
Removing the ovaries is often advised for women with such gene mutations, said Dr. Charis Eng, a medical geneticist and cancer specialist at the Cleveland Clinic who had no role in Jolie’s care. “We usually say ‘try to have your kids’” and then have your ovaries removed by age 40, Eng said. It’s not possible to remove every speck of breast tissue, but removing the breasts and ovaries leaves little behind that could develop cancer, so it dramatically lowers a woman’s risks, she explained.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan bring star power | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” opened on a soggy French Riviera. Amid heavy rain, dancing flappers flocked down the Cannes red carpet Wednesday night, bringing a touch of the Jazz Age to the Croisette. “Gatsby” stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire helped give the festival’s opening day a strong dose of star power. At the opening ceremony, DiCaprio, joined by his “Gatsby” co-star, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, declared the 66th Cannes officially begun. Over the next 12 days, dozens of the world’s most artistically ambitious films will premiere on Cannes’ global stage. But Wednesday was a day for blockbusters — both the big-budget “Gatsby” and Hollywood’s most accomplished director of spectacle: Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is serving as jury president at this year’s Cannes. His presence here is a rarity (he’s had films at Cannes before, including “E.T.” and “Sugarland Express,” but never had a movie in competition), and he was received like a visiting head of state, a king of cinema. The “Lincoln” director received a standing ovation at the opening ceremony and was serenaded with a performance of “Miss Celie’s Blues” from his 1985 film, “The Color Purple.” He heads the jury that will decide the prestigious Palme d’Or, given to one of the 20 competing films, with entries ranging from the Coen brothers (“Llewyn Davis”), Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) and Steven Soderbergh (“Behind the Candelabra”). This year’s jury is an intimidating, starry bunch, including Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee and Christoph Waltz. “Everyone sits in judgment of us,” Spielberg said. “So it’s our turn.” Luhrmann’s 3-D adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
novel, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is this year’s festival opener, a choice that surprised many since the film opened last week in North America. Cannes typically takes precedence over release schedules, but “Gatsby” sails to the Croisette after a robust weekend haul of $51.1 million. After Luhrmann noted in a news conference that the film had pushed Fitzgerald’s novel to the top of the bestseller list (selling more copies in a week than in the author’s lifetime), DiCaprio added with a grin: “And a little film adaptation is doing quite well at the box office.” But while “Gatsby” is getting a victory lap on the Cannes’ red carpet, it comes to the festival with the sting of mixed reviews. Many film critics have taken issue with the movie’s stylistic flourishes. “I knew that would come,” said Luhrmann, noting Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel was also initially received poorly. “I just care that people are going out and seeing it. I really am so moved by that.” “Gatsby” plays out of competition at the festival, but Spielberg should have his hands full with a slate lacking any obvious favorite. Internationallyrespected filmmakers like Roman Polanski (“Venus in Fur”), Asghar Farhadi (“The Past) and Jim Jarmusch (“Only Lovers Left Alive”) are to premiere their films in competition. Every year, the Cannes jury president is psychoanalyzed to help predict the Palme d’Or winner. This year is no different, with onlookers guessing that Spielberg will either gravitate toward the kind of warm-hearted films he’s best known for, or seek to deliberately contradict that assumption with a more audacious choice. The international jury also includes Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, Japanese director Naomi Kawase, French actor Daniel Auteuil and Bollywood star Vidya Balan. “I’m going to have to look at the Sidney Lumet film ‘12 Angry Men,’ again as a tutorial to prepare myself for the final day of deliberation,” Spielberg said with a smile.
THOUSANDS MOURN 1,127 DEAD IN BANGLADESH COLLAPSE Soldiers honor, pray for victims at site of factory wreckage | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure’s collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. The Islamic prayer service took place a day after the army ended a nearly threeweek, painstaking search for bodies among the rubble and turned control of the site over to the civilian government for cleanup. Recovery workers got a shocking boost Friday when they pulled a 19-year-old seamstress alive from the wreckage. But most of their work entailed removing corpses that were so badly decomposed from the heat they could only be identified
if their cellphones or work IDs were found with them. The last body was found Sunday night. Soldiers in camouflage, police and firefighters in uniform stood solemnly in neat rows near relatives of the dead. Many of the rescue workers had pained expressions on their faces. Tears rolled down the cheeks of one soldier. The mourners raised their cupped hands in prayer and asked for the salvation of those who lost their lives when the Rana Plaza building came crashing down on April 24. They also appealed for divine blessings for the injured still in the hospital. Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardy, the military commander who had been supervising the site, thanked all those involved in the work. He said the army has prepared a list of 1,000 survivors that it would give to the government with the recommendation they be provided jobs on a priority basis. The tragedy came months after a fire at another Bangla-
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Wal-Mart Stores, which is the second-largest producer of clothing in Bangladesh, and Gap. Gap, which had been close to signing the agreement last year, said Monday that the pact is “within reach,” but the company is concerned about the possible legal liability involved. Worker rights groups have set a Wednesday deadline for companies to accept the agreement, saying they will increase pressure on brands that do not. “This agreement is exactly what is needed to finally bring an end to the epidemic of fire and building disasters that have taken so many lives in the garment industry in Bangladesh,” said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium, one of the organizations pushing for the agreement. Bangladesh has about 5,000 garment factories and 3.6 million garment workers. It is the third-biggest exporter of clothes in the world, after China and Italy. Working conditions in the $20 billion industry are grim, a result of government corruption,
desperation for jobs, and industry indifference. Minimum wages for garment workers are among the lowest in the world at $38 a month. On Monday, Bangladesh’s Cabinet approved an amendment lifting restrictions on forming unions in most industries, government spokesman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said. The old 2006 law required workers to obtain permission before they could unionize. The day before, the government set up a new minimum wage board that will issue recommendations to the Cabinet for pay raises for garment workers. Government officials also have promised improvements in safety in an industry where at least 1,800 people have been killed in factory fires or building collapses since 2005. Bangladesh’s government has in recent years cracked down on unions attempting to organize garment workers. In 2010 the government launched an Industrial Police force to crush street protests by thousands of workers demanding better pay and working conditions.
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“They don’t care if it’s even or not. You could fall short one year and make it back up another year,” McPherson said. An appeal process will also be available if a student feels there is a legitimate reason they fell below the requirements. McPherson said legislators heard about the growing cost of college, and this is their response. Ball State’s four-year graduation rate is 36 percent, slightly below Indiana’s four-year graduation rate of 37.8 percent. Junior psychology major Christina O’Neill said one problem the bill could face is students who change their majors. “I think it’s a good start, but a big problem is that students change their minds,” she said. “They take classes that they end up not needing for their major.” O’Neill changed her major from mathematics to psychology, and she said the bill might pressure students to stay with a major they don’t want in order to keep money. The O’Bannon scholarship has a fallback—if a student falls below the 30, 60 and 90 credit hour marks, they can receive a smaller portion of the scholarship if they are still above 24, 48 and 72 hours. McPherson said he and other representatives strongly supported the fallback. “It was an agreement by all of the public and private schools that we needed a fallback and not to just let people drop out of the program completely,” he said. The intent of the bill is to keep students focused on graduating in four years, but McPherson said doing so might not be the best for all students. “It’s a personal opinion that
Ivy Tech Community College of Muncie is evaluating its emergency response process after the campus was evacuated April 25 due to bomb and shooting threats. Authorities are continuing an investigation, and the campus is cooperating but does not have any details, said Amanda Holmquist, marketing and communications coordinator. “Any time there is an incident or emergency it allows you to look at how you handled the situation,” Holmquist said. “We were pleased with how we handled it internally.”
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President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the case surrounding the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of political groups after meeting with U.S. Treasury officials on Wednesday in the East Room of the White House In Washington, D.C.
who oversaw the division that dealt with tax-exempt organizations. An inspector general’s report does not indicate that Miller knew conservative groups were being targeted until after the practice ended. But documents show that Miller repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were being targeted, even after he had been briefed on the matter. The IRS said Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea party groups were inappropriately singled out for extra, sometimes burdensome scrutiny. At least twice after the briefing, Miller wrote letters to members of Congress to explain the process of reviewing applications for tax-exempt status without revealing that tea party groups had been targeted. On July 25, 2012, Miller testified before the House
Ways and Means oversight subcommittee but again was not forthcoming on the issue — despite being asked about it. Miller was scheduled to testify Friday at a Ways and Means hearing. It was not immediately clear whether he would still testify. Holder announced Tuesday that the Justice department had opened a criminal investigation, joining three committees in Congress that are looking into the matter. “I can assure you and the American people that we will take a dispassionate view of this,” Holder told the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing Wednesday. “This will not be about parties, this will not be about ideological persuasions. Anybody who has broken the law will be held accountable.” But, Holder said, it will take time to determine if there was criminal wrongdoing. Legal experts, however, said
it could be difficult to prove that IRS officials or employees knowingly violated the civil rights of conservative groups. If there is a violation, the experts said, investigators can sometimes prove more easily that officials made false statements or obstructed justice in some other way. “I think it’s doubtful that any of these knuckleheads who engaged in the conduct that gave rise to this controversy knowingly believed that they were violating the law,” said David H. Laufman, a former Justice Department lawyer. “But that remains to be seen. That’s what investigations are for.” “It’s more likely than not that,” he said, “the conduct at issue here may constitute violations of IRS rules or standards or protocols or procedures but may fall short of what is necessary to constitute a criminal offense.”
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| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had asked for and accepted Steven T. Miller’s resignation. Obama made no public criticism of Miller but spoke of inexcusable “misconduct” by IRS employees and said new leadership at the agency was critical. “Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it,” Obama said in a televised statement from the White House. “I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the IRS, given the power that it has and the reach that it has into all of our lives.” Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the IRS, Attorney General Eric Holder said earlier Wednesday. Other potential crimes include making false statements to authorities and violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in some partisan political activities, Holder said. Miller, a 25-year IRS veteran, took over the agency in November, when the five-year term of Commissioner Douglas Shulman ended. In an email to employees, Miller said, “This has been an incredibly difficult time for the IRS given the events of the past few days, and there is a strong and immediate need to restore public trust in the nation’s tax agency. I believe the Service will benefit from having a new acting commissioner in place during this challenging period.” At the time when tea party groups were targeted, Miller was a deputy commissioner
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I’m not sure if four-year graduation rate can be the expectation of all students,” he said. “I tend to say, ‘If a student can earn a degree in five years, they’re a whole lot better off and prepared for life than if they don’t have a degree at all.’” Junior accounting major Jeff Colver said the bill might be beneficial. “I don’t think it’s going to make the biggest change in the world, because people are going to come in and do what they want essentially,” he said. “The people that really do care and look into how they’re paying for school, they’re going to look into it and say, ‘I want to get this done, I want to figure this out.’” McPherson said students who intend to graduate in four years need to come in prepared and have an idea of what they want to accomplish. Ball State has already begun using degree maps that outline what classes students need to take to move through college quickly, but the bill will spread them to other colleges and add a stipulation. Universities will be required to provide a class for free if a student needs to take it but can’t due to scheduling conflicts or class sizes. O’Neill said being a transfer student makes it difficult to register for classes sometimes. “I’m a transfer student. I’ve had problems getting into classes because I don’t get to register as soon as some people do,” she said. “I think it’s a great idea, because sometimes they don’t even offer enough classes.” The bill changed the scholarship wording from “semester” to “academic year,” making scholarships available during fall and spring semester as well as summer classes. “They’re trying to give stu-
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Degree Maps will outline what classes students need to take to graduate in four years. If a course isn’t offered or conflicts with another class, the university has to offer it to the student for free. WHAT’S NEXT
Students will receive a boosted scholarship if they have 39, 78 or 117 credits by their sophomore, junior or senior year. In order to keep any scholarship bonus earned from high school honors classes, students must maintain a 3.0 GPA. dents more flexibility so the awards aren’t tied only to fall and spring,” McPherson said. “A student who chooses to use an award in the summer can do so.” The bill also changes the formula determining how much money will be offered. Before it was determined by expected parent contribution, but in the future it will be by expected family contribution, which covers parent and individual contributions. High school honors classes have added a scholarship bonus to all four years of college for some students, but they will now need to maintain a 3.0 GPA to keep the bonus. O’Neill said the intent is good, but it might have bad effects in some cases. “I think it’s a good idea, but then again I have a lot of friends who are just on the border,” she said. “It makes me worry.” A bonus incentive will encourage students to take heavier course loads. A student who completes 39, 78 or 117 by the end of their freshman, sopho-
more or junior year will receive a bonus to their scholarships. Colver said because he works, this incentive would be difficult for him, but some students could make the cut. “I think some will [take advantage of the accelerated incentive], but I don’t think many will,” he said. The changes may seem like a big jump, but McPherson said the degree maps and scholarship formula are two of the only changes to affect current students. The majority of the changes will be brought in with the freshmen of 2014. “Most of the students that are here will continue under the current program they’re on,” he said. He said current students should still follow the bill. “Students should be aware of this bill because it will absolutely have a financial impact,” he said. “For students to maintain and maximize their award from the state of Indiana, they need to make sure they understand the completion requirements that have been placed in this bill. “Students need to understand that their rate of completion is going to affect the financial aspects of their state award.”
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Ball State is receiving additional state funding for the first time in the last two biennium, but it’s still in a dire funding situation. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education originally proposed an $11.4 million cut for Ball State to the legislature in December, but thanks to an overall increase in higher education funding by the state, that number dwindled to less than $750,000 lost in state appropriations. The university ended up 2.8 percent better than the last budget cycle after one of its capital requests, entrepreneurial university, was granted $6.7 million in funding. As President Jo Ann Gora has fought for Ball State’s educational strategy in the state, she has met resistance. She has fought the performance-based formula, which she has said favors large and growing campuses, and advocated for increasing the university’s selectivity. She has stuck by the same strategy
despite watching the state drain money from Ball State due to the university’s poor performance in ICHE’s metrics. One of the university’s biggest strategic goals has been increasing immersive learning, which continues to grow across campus. Some may think Ball State’s additional funding is a result of the state’s faith in where Gora is taking the university, but it’s just not the case — yet. The state gave the university more funding, but it’s mainly because of the renewed funding for higher education as a whole. Indiana increased operating appropriations of public institutions a total of 3.8 percent in the next biennium. The state is edging closer to recognizing Ball State’s educational commitment, but it won’t show the support the university needs until its performance-based formulas start rewarding institutions for their quality educational initiatives.
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Even in Gora’s presentation to the Senate Appropriations Committee in March, Sen. Brent Waltz questioned the university’s educational goals and its possible financial implications. “Is Ball State going down the right road from a financial perspective, not from the educational perspective, but from a financial perspective?� he said. “Are we doing the right thing by the taxpayers of the state or are some of these projects better left toward maybe some of the higher end private universities and colleges that Indiana and surrounding states would have?� That sounds far from a seal of approval from the Indiana statehouse. I agree with the strategies Ball State has taken to improve academically. I have embraced them and enjoyed the opportunities it has given me. But the statehouse isn’t quite on board with Ball State’s strategies
like many of us are and it shows in the funding. Even when it’s more, it’s still far less growth than institutions like Purdue, Indiana and Ivy Tech. “You always want to think that however our state chooses to fund higher education, [it does] it in a way that makes the most sense,� Bernie Hannon, associate vice president of business affairs and assistant treasurer, said. “I think a lot of us feel like we really ought to have a system that rewards quality and rewards improving institutions that want to get better, not just bigger.� The university needs more than what it has been getting. That’s why Gora has made her case time after time with state legislators. And it’s why Ball State is still going to fight for performance-based measures that factor in institutions improving the quality of the education, not just the quantity of degrees completed. Josh Shaffer is an art major and draws “Strange Gods� for the Daily News. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper. Write to Josh at jashaffer@bsu.edu.
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TODAY The baseball team will host NIU in the first of a three-game series. First pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.
The men’s golf team competes in the first day of NCAA Regionals at Washington State University.
FRIDAY Baseball takes on Northern Illinois in series’ second game, first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.
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Sophomore Scott Baker pitches against Central Michigan on April 13. Ball State will host a series against Northern Illinois this weekend.
The Ball State baseball team will compete for the Mid-American Conference West’s No. 1 spot this week. A three-game series beginning on Thursday will set the stage for two of the league’s biggest surprises. The 2013 MAC baseball preseason poll, voted on by the conference’s 12 head coaches, tabbed Ball State to finish fifth of six teams in the MAC West. The only team that fell below Ball State in the preseason poll was the team that currently leads the division: Northern Illinois. The Huskies lead Ball State by two games heading into the regular season’s final series. Coach Rich Maloney said his team’s first priority is to get one win in the series, as to clinch a spot in postseason play. From there, the sky is the limit. “Right now we’re one win away from the playoffs, and on top of that we’re actually going into a weekend that if someway, somehow we’re able to put together a great weekend, we could win the west division,” he said. If Ball State sweeps Northern Illinois, they will stand alone as division champions. The Cardinals have won seven of their last nine games to climb up in the league’s standings. Now a team that was not favored coming into the season, or even at the season’s half-
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SCOTT BAKER TAKES WEEKLY HONORS, PREPARES FOR DUEL
way point, is a contender at the end of the year. “We’ve put ourselves into good posiScott Baker was named the tion going into the series,” Maloney said. Mid-American Conference West A big part of the team’s success has Division Pitcher of the Week on been sophomore pitcher Scott Baker. Wednesday. He has posted a 10-1 record in the In a complete game versus Toledo circle for Ball State this season. last week, the sophomore right-handBaker now owns a 1.69 ERA on the er threw a three-hit shutout. He struck year with 78 strikeouts in 90.1 inout one hitter and walked two on nings. The sophomore will continue the day. to play an important roll as the team Though the Rockets entered the prepares for Northern Illinois. game with a MAC best “We’re going to give .290 batting average, it everything we’ve INDIVIDUAL STATS got and see if Baker SCOTT BAKER, Baker held the team to can help pitch a great SOPHOMORE PITCHER a .100 average in the game,” Maloney said. game. • Ranks sixth “He’s had a phenomThe award was Baker’s in the nation enal year, but we’ve fifth of the season. Coach in pitching got our work cut out Rich Maloney said Baker victories with for us.” has been a huge part of 10 The Huskies will • Tied for 17th the team’s success, and bring their own nationally in games started with 13 will be especially impordominant pitcher • 30th in the nation with four tant in the team’s series into the all-imporcomplete games versus Northern Illinois tant series. Eli An- • 31st in the country with a 1.69 this week. derson is 9-3 on ERA Baker will compete the season, with a in a pitcher’s duel with perfect 8-0 mark in Huskie pitcher Eli Anderson. AnMAC play. His ERA in league play is derson comes into the series with .91, as he’s allowed just 11 runs in his a 9-3 record on the season, and an eight games. 8-0 mark in MAC play. A pair of teams that failed to make “He’s gotten several Pitcher of the 2012 MAC Tournament field now the Weeks,” Maloney said of Baker. find themselves competing for a 2013 “I’m sure the other boy has too. It’s division title that few thought either was capable of taking. going to be a great battle, and it’s “It’s going to be a great battle between going be a great opportunity for two teams that haven’t had a lot of sucanybody who comes out to see two cess in the recent past,” Maloney said. of the best pitchers in the league The teams will play at 3 p.m. today in a great matchup.” and Friday, with the series finale to be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday. – DAKOTA CRAWFORD
Miami wins, advances to Eastern Conference Finals Heat rally behind clutch Dwyane Wade, home crowd to defeat Bulls in Game 5 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS wneeded him at his best, Dwyane Wade retreated to the Miami Heat locker room after the third quarter for some quick treatment on his aching right knee. When he came back, he was good as new. And now he can rest until the Eastern Conference finals. LeBron James scored 23 points, Wade added 18 and had a brilliant 45-second sequence that proved crucial, and the Heat clawed back from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat the Chicago Bulls 94-91 on Wednesday night and close out their second-round series in five games. The Heat outscored Chicago 25-14 in the fourth quarter to escape and advance. “I knew the fourth quarter was going to be tough so I wanted to re-tape my knee,” said Wade, who has been battling bone bruises on his knee for several weeks. “I knew I was going to come back into a grind. Our trainers did a great job of getting it taped it enough so I could come out and play.” Wade had a blocked shot, defensive rebound, offensive rebound and put back slam — all in a late 45-second span — to help cap a wild night of wild comebacks. The Heat blew an early 18-point lead, then pulled off a late rally to finish off the depleted Bulls, who still had two chances on their last possession to force overtime.
pair of free throws after being fouled on a 3-point try to cut Chicago’s lead to 81-79. Norris Cole had a pair of bas“Dwyane is uncanny,” Heat kets, the second being a leftcoach Erik Spoelstra said. handed driving dunk, to put Mi“When the competition is at ami on top, and the Heat found its highest, and its fiercest, he a way to close it out from there, even though it wasn’t easy, by finds a way.” Carlos Boozer finished with any measure. Robinson’s 3-pointer with 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls, who were with- 1:43 left got the Bulls to 94out Derrick Rose for the 99th 91. No one scored again, even straight game, as well as Kirk though there were plenty of chances both ways. Hinrich (calf) When it was fiand Luol Deng nally over, the Heat (illness). RobI had a good lingered on the inson scored 21 points, But- couple of minutes, I court in celebration. Wade held on ler had 19, and knew they’ve seen to the game ball Richard Hamilton 15 for a lot of LeBron and as he shook a few fans’ hands, and the Bulls, who Norris. I knew they he, James and Bosh dropped the fiexchanged some nal four games weren’t prepared high-fives — the of the series. for me to attack last three Miami A team that played without which is what I was players to leave the floor. the 2011 NBA able to do. “I had a good MVP in Rose, couple of minutes,” and dealt with DWAYNE WADE, Miami Wade said. “I knew a slew of other shooting guard they’ve seen a lot of issues along the LeBron and Norris. way, was within a couple shots from forcing the I knew they weren’t prepared reigning champions to fly back for me to attack which is what to Chicago for a Game 6 on Fri- I was able to do.” The Heat will almost surely day night. “We’ve got warriors here,” be big favorites against either Boozer said. “If we’re healthy Indiana or New York, though next season, we’re going to be it’s certain either opponent would enter a series against Mipretty good.” Shane Battier opened the ami with plenty of confidence. fourth quarter with a 3-pointer The Knicks went 3-1 against to get Miami within five. An- the Heat this season, outscorother 3-pointer from Battier ing them by 11.5 points per — over Boozer, his fellow Duke game and winning both of their alum — came not long after- games at Miami convincingly. ward, and he connected on a The Pacers went 2-1 against
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GOLF: Team sets goal for tournament, eyes top-5 finish at NCAA Regionals | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 After the five completed their practice round, Fleck said the team seemed confident on the course. That will go a long way, as a majority of the 14 teams in the regional have no experience on the course. Ball State has played against two of the teams in the field (St. Mary’s (Calif.) and Memphis), but the new faces will be on the team’s mind. Unanimous No. 1 California heads the talented Regional, and is not only the favorite to
take first in the regional, but also win the National Championship. All season the Cardinals’ motto has been to “stay relevant,” but now that might be changing, and the sights are a little higher. Ball State has to finish in the top five to advance to the next round. “There are a lot of talented teams in [the Regional], and it is going to take five solid scores, but there’s no reason we can’t compete [and] be near the top at the end,” Fleck said.
THE INDIVIDUALS
1. Ryan Williams, Sacramento State, 2. Tyler Raber, UC Davis 3. Mason Casper, Utah Valley 4. Taeksoo Kim, Boise State 5. Jordan Weir, Sacramento State.
THE FORMAT THURSDAY — SATURDAY
18 holes each day
Ball State tees off at 12:15 p.m. in Thursday’s first round. Live scoring is available at golfstat.com.
the Heat, winning twice in Indianapolis and losing their lone game in Miami. To put that in some more perspective, the Heat went 2-5 against the Knicks and Pacers, and is now 72-12 against all other NBA clubs this season. “It only gets more difficult and more challenging,” Spoelstra said. “That’s what competitors want.” Then again, given how Miami has played over the last 3½ months, the notion of the Heat losing to anybody four times might seem downright impossible. The Heat lost at Indiana on Feb. 1. They won at Toronto two days later, the first victory in what became a run of 27 straight wins — and the start of a stretch that has seen Miami go 45-3 in its last 48 games. More than half the league —“They’re a great team. A great team,” Thibodeau said. “They’re not going to beat themselves. You have to beat them. No one would have thought the ending would be so exciting after the way this one started. “We grinded it out,” Boozer said. “We had chances. We just fell a little bit short.” And Miami moved on, now halfway home in its quest for a second straight title.
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Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade gets inside for two during the second quarter in Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs against the Chicago Bulls. The game took place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla., on Wednesday.