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A Ball State ban that eliminates smoking sections and removes tobacco from campus except in vehicles with windows up and during tailgate events
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Cigarette butts scatter the ground at the smoking area by the Studebaker East Complex. The new ban will force the students, faculty and staff who use this area to move off campus to smoke.
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FBI kills man after threat Agent suffers from non-fatal injuries after knife attack | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot to death by authorities early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. IBRAGIM Ibragim TodaTODASHEV shev, a 27-yeara 27-year-old old mixed marChechen immigrant who was tial arts fighter, gunned shot to death was down at his Orlando home during a meeting with the agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The agent was taken
to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The FBI gave no details on why they were interested in Todashev except to say that he was being questioned as part of the Boston investigation. But some of his former roommates said Todashev knew one of the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, from mixed martial arts fighting in Boston and that the FBI was asking about him. Public records show Todashev lived in Watertown, Mass., just outside Boston, last year. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, an aspiring boxer, was killed in a shootout with police days after the April 15 bombings. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, survived and is charged with carrying out the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260. Investigators have been trying to establish the scope of the plot. In addition, authorities in Massachusetts said they would
investigate whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev had any connection to an unsolved 2011 slaying in the Boston suburb of Waltham, where three men were found dead in an apartment, their throats slit and marijuana sprinkled over their bodies. One of the victims was a boxer
and a friend of Tsarnaev’s. Todashev had lived on and off with other Chechens in the Orlando suburb of Kissimmee and had moved to Orlando more recently, friends said.
tion’s attorney, said the group acknowledges the value of such a class, but argues Hedin’s class is one-sided. “This class ERIC HEDIN does not ap- BSU assistant pear to be an professor of honest inves- physics and tigation into astronomy the intersection of science and religion,” he wrote in a letter to president Jo Ann Gora. Seidel also said Ball State could face legal and credibility questions because of Hedin’s teaching. “We take matters related to
academic integrity very seriously,” university spokesperson Joan Todd said. “To that end, the university has initiated a thorough review of the course to make certain the curriculum is appropriate and the methods of instruction are academically sound.” Seidel said the foundation is also filing an objection to other classes Hedin has taught, including an introductory astronomy class. “You have a good reason to be talking about religion in a religion and science class, but there is no reason it should be coming up in your introductory level astronomy class,” he said. “Religion is not a part of astronomy.” Fifth-year senior criminology
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Ball State is reviewing one of its courses after allegations that a professor is crossing the line by expressing his religious beliefs in class. The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a formal complaint against Ball State assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy Eric Hedin’s teaching of “Boundaries of Science,” an Honors College course. Andrew Seidel, the founda-
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Tornado damage in Oklahoma may total $2 billion Storms kills 24, including 2 infants; 33,000 affected
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The FBI evidence response team enters an apartment Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., after an FBI agent shot and killed a man who was questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.
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To promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism. major Jake Owens said he was in Hedin’s astronomy 100 class in the Fall Semester of 2011 and that he wasn’t bothered when Hedin brought up religion.
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MOORE, Okla. — The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma City suburb destroyed or damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage, officials said Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister. Oklahoma Insurance Department spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early monetary damage tally is based on visual assessments of the extensive disaster zone that stretches more than 17 miles and the fact that Monday’s tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes. The financial cost of the tornado in Moore could be greater than the $2 billion in damage from the 2011 tornado that killed 161 people in Joplin, Mo., Herth said, adding that the Joplin twister left a smaller trail of destruction. For the first time Wednesday, authorities provided a clearer accounting of the destruction. Between 12,000 and 13,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and 33,000 people were affected in some way by the storm, said Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, speaking at a news conference. He also put the monetary damage estimate at TWEET US
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Residents in neighborhoods near campus and businesses in the Village generally don’t think any serious trouble will result from a higher smoking population caused by the campus tobacco ban starting this fall. Roger McConnell, associate professor of music performance, has lived in the neighborhood west of the Arts and Journalism building for 44 years, and agrees with the trustees’ decision to ban tobacco. “I think it’s a step in the right direction,” he said. “I support it.” Matt Bailey is a board member in the neighborhood association and said he’s been informed that other communities facing tobacco bans haven’t had many problems with people being pushed into neighborhoods. “I wouldn’t say there’s much of an uproar from our neighborhood at this point, but if it becomes an issue, we’ll squawk about it,” he said. He said the main concern of the neighborhood is the closing of the gate on Euclid Avenue near LaFollette Complex. Bailey said many university staff members used that gate to get to campus and will need to find a new route, but Ball State wasn’t compromising.
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between $1.5 billion to $2 billion. Emergency officials were unable to put a figure on the number of people left homeless, because many people have been taken in by relatives and only a few dozen have stayed overnight at Red Cross shelters. Six adults remain unaccounted for since the tornado, said Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood. It’s possible those people had just “walked off ” their properties or could still be found in the rubble, Ashwood said. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano visited the area Wednesday, pledging the government’s support and urging people to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to see what aid they qualify for. “We know that people are really hurting,” she said. “There’s a lot of recovery yet to do ... We will be here to stay until this recovery is complete. You have our commitment on that.”
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SPOKANE, Wash. —A 37-yearold man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week. A grand jury indictment accused Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a threatening communication to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14. The indictment did not mention ricin. However, the U.S. Postal Service said last week that two letters were intercepted — one addressed to the courthouse and the other to the downtown post office — and
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they contained ricin in a crude form that did not immediately pose a threat to workers. Buquet appeared in federal court in Spokane after the FBI said agents arrested him Wednesday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty. The short, balding Buquet wore dark-tinted glasses and was shackled in court. He gave brief yes and no answers to questions from U.S. Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno. Imbrogno ordered him held without bond until a bail hearing scheduled for next Tuesday. A public defender was appointed for Buquet. If convicted of mailing a threatening communication, he could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby declined to comment after the hearing, and little information about Buquet was immediately available.
“He brought it up a lot when he would get into the constellations and how amazing the universe was,” he said. “He didn’t bring it up, obviously, when he was going into the scientific aspects.” But Owens, who identified himself as a Christian, said Hedin did not open religion up to discussion in his class. “I hate to say it, but it was more of a preaching type of thing,” Owens said. “It wasn’t like he said it and then opened it up to say, ‘Does anybody else have an opinion on this?’ If I remember correctly, some people did say things, whether they agreed or disagreed, but he didn’t really open it up for discussion.” Seidel said the foundation just wants an investigation of the courses and for the uni-
versity to take steps to correct the issues if the allegations are found to be valid. He said the foundation has received more evidence that this case shows more preaching and less teaching as the issue has gained publicity. On ratemyprofessor.com, Hedin has received generally positive reviews with a few specifically mentioning religious bias. “Extremely nice guy and an easy class. However, the class had an extremely Christian bias and he does not believe in evolution. Many of his views do not quite jive with those of mainstream science,” one rater said. Another said Hedin was a great teacher, but he “constantly talks religion, as an atheist, I was slightly concerned my science teacher is a devout christian.”
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“He’s a regular guy, nothing wrong,” Saeed Dunkaev said. Muslin Chapkhanov, another former roommate, said Todashev knew the older Tsarnaev brother. Todashev “was living in Boston and I think he trained with him,” Chapkhanov said. Former roommate Khusen Taramov said the FBI was asking questions about a conversation Todashev had with the elder bombing suspect a month before the Boston Marathon attack. The Tsarnaev brothers have roots in the turbulent Russian regions of Dagestan and Chechnya. Investigators have
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said the brothers carried out the Boston bombing in retaliation for the U.S. wars in Muslim Iraq and Afghanistan. Two law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details of the investigation, said Todashev came at the FBI agent with a knife before he was shot. An FBI team was dispatched from Washington to review the shooting, a standard step in such cases. Todashev was arrested earlier this month on a charge of aggravated battery after getting into a fight over a parking spot with two men — a father and
WHAT HAPPENED WHO
Ibragim Todashev, a Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. WHAT
Todashev was shot to death after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife. The FBI agent was taken to the hospital but sustained no life-threatening injuries. WHERE
At Todashev’s Orlando home WHEN
Early Wednesday son — at an Orlando shopping mall. The son was hospital-
ized with a split lip and several teeth knocked out, according to a sheriff’s report. Todashev claimed self-defense. “Also by his own admission Todashev was recently a former mixed martial arts fighter,” the arresting deputy said in his report. “This skill puts his fighting ability way above that of a normal person.” Todashev was released on $3,500 bail after his May 4 arrest. His attorney, Alain Rivas, didn’t immediately respond to a call for comment Wednesday. Police tape blocked off the complex of townhouses near Universal Studios where Todashev was shot.
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Student-aimed technology earns award nomination Phil Repp nationally recognized for work with info systems
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Ball State’s vice president of information technologies has been nominated for a national technology award PHIL REPP for his focus Vice President on students. of Information Phil Repp technology who been was nominated has for a national working on technology restructuring award the way the university approaches the topic of lifelong education. His work has earned him a nomination
from the readers of The Chronicle of Higher Education to be 2013’s Technology Innovator. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Repp “pioneered a student-centered approach to information technology at Ball State.” This work focuses on creating an environment where learning transcends the classroom that connects learning to the overall human experience. “I’m asked to run a basic utility to campus, the information utility,” Repp said. “But I’m also asked to create and innovate these technologies. What I find interesting about my work is that I can daily switch from these two different worlds.” Repp said the connections allow the classroom to become more about the person figuring out the material through human interaction that will lead to persistent learning throughout
students’ lives. He said this thinking came together in the “persistent learning experience platform,” or PLEP. Repp and other professors at Ball State created PLEP to keep up with competing universities and online programs. The focus is on the changing ways students find and work with information and the blurring line between online and on-campus classes. Repp said his team looks for ways to incorporate these changes into curriculum and software. “He’s a big thinker, very creative,” said Michael Goldsby, the executive director of the Entrepreneurship Center in the Miller College of Business. The two have worked together on PLEP and other projects. Repp’s past works helped the university earn a $40 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., which funded
much of the Center for Media Design. He now oversees the $17.7 million Emerging Media Initiative that helps Ball State focus on the application of innovative technologies into the field while pushing economic growth in the 21st century workforce. “He understands the process of taking big ideas and bringing them into the real, which very few people have that skill set,” Goldsby said. “You can see Ball State provides great immersive learning opportunities and Phil has been a big part of that change.” In the future, Goldsby hopes Repp can work on off-campus learning that still embraces the immersive learning opportunities at Ball State. Currently a big obstacle in distance education that both Goldsby and Repp recognize is the disconnect that comes with distance.
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Ind. legislators to keep alcohol limit Legal amount will likely remain at 0.08 for driving | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Some key Indiana legislators don’t expect the state to adopt a federal safety board’s recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its proposal last week that drunken-driving deaths could be reduced if states lowered the current 0.08 blood-alcohol level for driving to 0.05 percent. State Sen. Tom Wyss, RFort Wayne, pushed for more than a decade for the law that lowered Indiana’s drunkendriving level from 0.10 percent to 0.08 percent in 2001. Wyss said it would be “nearly impossible” to bring the level to 0.05 percent. “It’s an effort I would not undertake again,” Wyss told the Evansville Courier & Press. House transportation committee Chairman Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, said he didn’t believe lawmakers would react favorably to an appointed federal board trying to press for changes in state laws. The NTSB recommended federal officials established “incentive grants” designed to encourage states to adopt the lower threshold. The threshold change was one of nearly 20 recommen-
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dations made by the board, which also included measures to ensure more widespread use of use of alcohol ignition interlock devices. Those require a driver to breathe into a tube, much like the breathalyzers police ask suspected drunken drivers to use. Soliday told Times of Munster that before he would push for the lower drunkendriving standard, he wants more research showing that would be the best way to reduce crash deaths. “I think before we go running off and introducing law, because somebody suggested we should be blackmailed, let’s look at the data and see what’s most effective and with what do we get the most reduction in alcoholrelated injuries,” Soliday said. “Some of that may not need a law passed.” Terri Carl, who owns Leroy’s Tavern on the west side of Evansville, said she believes less drunken driving depends on people taking responsibility for their actions. “Lowering the limit of alcohol is not going to affect the way people drink or eat,” she said. “It’s them making rational, conscious decisions about getting behind the wheel.” An 0.05 percent bloodalcohol level is about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds and two drinks for a 160-pound man. A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine or 1 ounce of 80-proof alcohol in most studies.
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ABOVE: The damaged medical center in Moore, Okla., shows the aftermath of Monday’s tornado. The massive tornado tore through the town on Monday, leaving 24 dead. BELOW: A member of Nebraska Task Force 1 looks through the remains of a home with his search dog in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. A massive tornado swept through the south Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon.
President Barack Obama plans to meet with victims and first responders, and view the destruction firsthand when he visits the area on Sunday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. The National Weather Service said the tornado was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph — the first EF5 tornado of 2013. Dan Ramsey, president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, said a damage estimate in the low billions is “not surprising.” “Certainly it’s in the hundreds of millions,” Ramsey said. “I suppose seeing
projections from similar disasters, it could stretch to a billion” or more. With no reports of anyone still missing, the Oklahoma medical examiner’s office announced that it has identified 23 of the 24 people who died in the tornado, and that 10 of those killed are children. All of the children have been identified, among them 4-month-old Case Futrell and 7-month-old Sydnee Vargyas. Both babies died from head injuries. The eight other children ranged in age from 4 years to 9 years. Of those, six were suffocated and two died from massive injuries.
SMOKING: Community doesn’t expect issues with ban Neely Avenue
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“We worked really hard on the Euclid gate issue and pretty much got stonewalled by the university and ignored,” he said. “I would say we’re a little frustrated and not really sure of the proper way to engage the university in a conversation.” Gary Burdine has been a manager at The Locker Room for two and a half years and doesn’t think the ban will affect the bar or the Village very much. “We’ve allowed smoking on our patio ever since we’ve opened, and we’ve never been smoking in the building,” he said. “I don’t think it will have too much impact on us in particular.” He said there might be a few more cigarette butts, but the Village does a good job cleaning the streets. “I don’t think it will come to the point that people won’t come to the Village just because there’s smoking outside,” he said. Bailey also felt that litter might be a problem, but easily fixed. “I love the ban— all for it,” he said. “I’m willing to tolerate some negativity to the neighborhood to do what’s right for the health of the university
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University Avenue community, so personally it doesn’t bother me.” Kay Bales, vice president of student affairs and dean of students, said the ban will hopefully be a positive change outside the university. “We hope that those who
areas that could see more smokers
choose to smoke will continue to be as respectful off campus as they have been on-campus in our designated smoking areas,” she said. McConnell said he has seen smokers walk through his neighborhood, but doesn’t
think they will cause much trouble. “It is a public street, and they’re entitled to take walks and use the sidewalks,” he said. “I would hope that they wouldn’t litter. Would I say that we should legislate against them for walking down the street? No.” Fred Curts, a Ball State graduate and staff member, has lived in the neighborhood with McConnell for 20 years, and has also seen smokers, mainly staff, walk past his house. “I haven’t seen [problems with smokers] so far, but that’s a possibility,” he said. Bales said the university has contacted neighborhoods, although Bailey said there hasn’t been much communication. “Actually, the university has responded to neighbors who brought their concerns to our attention,” she said. Communication is still a concern for Bailey. “I’m in favor of the ban, and I just hope the university responds if issues arise as a result of their own policy and maybe they’d like to roll out the red with the neighborhood a little bit,” he said.
With warm weather in Muncie, students can start using the 62-miles of Cardinal Greenway to ride bikes again. The Greenway will have bicycles available to rent for free during the summer. “It’s the best thing we have in Muncie. People come from all around the place,” said Muncie resident Gwen Kousari, who frequents the Greenway during the summer. Angie Pool, the executive director of Cardinal Greenway, said they have about 26 cruiser bikes, which are old-fashioned bikes with no gears and larger sits. They will offer bikes for both adults and children. There are also toddler bikes with training wheels. Pool said 500 to 600 people rented bicycles from the Greenway from March to October last year. – SAFARALI SAYDSHOEV
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Former gubernatorial candidate John Gregg speaks to a crowd at the Fickle Peach in Muncie in October. Gregg, who ran on the democratic ticket, is considering running again due to his large show of supporters.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg is pondering another run at the state’s top job, but has yet to make a decision. Gregg narrowly lost to Republican Gov. Mike Pence last November despite the state’s Republican tilt. But Gregg said Wednesday he hasn’t decided whether it’s worth another run. The Corydon Democrat reported Wednesday that Gregg told Democrats in Harrison County that he wanted to “keep going” following two years on the campaign trail. But Gregg said that was a lighthearted response to the local Democratic chairman’s insistence that Gregg should be governor. Still, Gregg has given every indication he’s interested in the job he almost won. He has traversed the state in the last few months speaking at local fundraisers and gauging support among Democratic activists.
PURDUE APPROVES TUITION FREEZE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The Purdue University trustees have approved a tuition freeze and lower costs for students on the main campus in West Lafayette. The trustees on Wednesday approved freezing tuition and cutting costs for meal plans and university cooperative education and internship programs for all students in West Lafayette. Tuition and fees for resident students on the West Lafayette campus will be about $10,000 each of the next two school years. The fee cuts will affect more than 10,000 students. Purdue President Mitch Daniels announced the tuition freeze plan in March. It covers only the main campus. The trustees also approved a 2 percent tuition and fee increase at Purdue’s three regional campuses for each of the next two years.
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HOME AWAY FROM HOME International students continue conversation hour during summer SAFARALI SAYDSHOEV STAFF REPORTER
In an effort to encourage international students to branch out and acclimate, International Conversation Hour has extended to the summer months. The program is designed for international students at Ball State to practice their English, learn about American culture, interact with domestic students and make friends. The group meets Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in L.A. Pittenger Student Center room 306. Pei-Yi Lin, a doctoral student and founder of the ICH, started the program back in 2008 when she was an intern at the Counseling Center. “At the beginning I tried a different format to see what works best both for international and domestic students,” Lin said. “The purpose of this program is to help
new international students to feel more comfortable in a new place.” Hadi Alyami, a graduate student from Saudi Arabia, said the only reason he came to the United States in the first place was because of the education and opportunities he could receive. “In [ICH] I made a lot of friends and shared many interesting things with them and also practiced my English. That is how I learned my English, matter of fact,” Alyami said. Abbas Jammali, a graduate student in physics from Iraq, said although he misses his family, attending the ICH helps him feel he has found his family away from home. “I encourage all students to take advantage of this program,” Jammali said. Luke Bonvillian, an international business major, attends
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the ICH on a regular basis. “We always see international students immersing themselves into our culture, but I was always curious what it feels like to be somewhere where everything is just new to you,” Bonvillian said. Participants share stories about their culture, country and why they came to Ball State. The program is a way American students can learn a lot about other countries and cultures, Lin said. “International students have a lot to offer to Ball State,” she said. Lin said she faced a lot of challenges by coming to study in the U.S. from Taiwan. “I know how difficult it can be. Language, friendship, culture, food — that is why I created [ICH] and we work to help international students to belong to our campus and count their voice,” Lin said.
BALL STATE’S TOP 10 COUNTRIES Number of students from each country. Numbers are based on survey from 2012. 1. China - 303 2. Saudi Arabia - 140 3. South Korea - 41 4. India - 20 5. Afghanistan - 13 6. Canada - 13 7. Japan -13 8. United Kingdom - 11 9. Germany - 8 10. Tajikistan - 8
Derby Dames to host first Saturday night match up Revenue from first bout to help fund local animal rescue
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If you’ve never seen “Arrested Development,” there are two issues with that. One: You’ve not seen “Arrested Development.” Two: You’ve not seen “Arrested Development”!? You should address the issue right away. It’s easy to access, with all three seasons on Netflix for your viewing pleasure. If you start now, you should be all caught up on the story in time for 13 brand new episodes dropping Sunday on Netflix. Seven years after the last episode aired, another season will be dropping. The show is about a dysfunctional family and one son, the only sane member, trying to hold them together. The hilariousness comes from the sheer insanity of the members of this family and the people they keep around them. The humor can sometimes be a little subtle, which works when the characters take themselves way too seriously. If you had any other kind of humor, it would just come off as corny and not funny. A classic example of this is the character Tobias Funke. He is the husband of one of the members of the main family and is, well, an idiot. What’s better is that he is totally unaware that he is an idiot. Most of the time he is oblivious to how weird some of the stuff he says is. You can’t watch an episode without him saying something that is poorly worded and comes out awkward for everyone — except Tobias, he sees nothing wrong with how he is. I’m only using Tobias as an example. Every person in the show has a character profile that is not only humorous, but relatable and eccentric. I think that is part of the draw of the show, the fact that there is something for everyone. The subtle humor and eccentric characters allow two people to watch the show and each pull something totally different from it. It is for all these reason that I will be gladly attending the party on Sunday. Not only is it a great time with friends, all of whom will be in blue jean cutoffs, but it is a chance for us all enjoy something that we love. We may not laugh all at the same time, but we will still enjoy a classic show and eat frozen bananas and blueberry pie.
The Cornfed Derby Dames are hosting “Go Fast and Turn Left” against the South Bend Bonnie Dooms in the first night game the Dames have hosted since being founded in 2010. And depending on the attendance figures, it could be the first Saturday bout of many. “This is kind of a test run venue. If it goes well it’s something we’ll discuss,” said Amanda Holmquist, former skater and public relations person. An average Derby Dames’ bout takes place on Sunday afternoon, with 200 to 300 people in attendance, Holmquist said, but a Saturday night at Muncie’s Gibson Skating Arena could have a 400 to 500 person turnout. As with all of their home bouts, a portion of the revenue will be donated to
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Members of The Derby Dames, “Philly Cheezeskate” and “Bonan Contention,” skate during a jam in September. The Dames will be skating again Saturday night at Gibson’s Skating Rink at 7:30 p.m.
the Animal Rescue Fund. The team has recently volunteered with the organization to build a relationship with the public. “We want to be stewards of our community,” Holmquist said. “It is just part of the game.” Many of the other roller derby teams are benefactors for charities within their
own communities, she said. The Muncie-based team has ties with Ball State, as several members are Ball State graduates. Trisha “Shrewd Bury-more” Shireman and Jessica “B-Flattened” Huffman are teammates and current Ball State students. The team’s next bout is June 16 versus the Naptown Roller Girls.
Festivals to celebrate May School of Music to play 4 free classical concerts ASHLEE HAYES STAFF REPORTER | amhayes2@bsu.edu Professors and students of the Ball State School of Music will bring old and new music together in a classical collaboration tonight during the first of four free concerts. The 67th annual Chamber Music Festival, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sursa Hall, will feature university faculty and students playing classic music. “This is an opportunity for the Muncie community and Ball State community to participate in concerts that are free and experience chamber music as opposed to solos,” said Paul Reilly, a music performance professor. “During the school year, most of the performances are solos.” After applying two years ago, Ball State’s Chamber Music Festival will also be a part
CLASSIC LINE-UP WHO: Ball State School of Music professors and select students WHAT: The 67th annual Chamber Music Festival WHERE AND WHEN: • Tonight, Sursa Hall 7:30 p.m. • May 30, Unitarian Universalist Church of Muncie 7:30 p.m. • June 2, Sursa Hall 3 p.m. • June 6, Sursa Hall 7:30 p.m. COST: Free
of National Chamber Music month. May is dedicated as National Chamber Music Month through Chamber Music America and exists to celebrate small ensemble music. The Chamber Music Festival Concert Series has been funded since 2003 through the Sue Derexa Smith Memorial Concert Fund, and is also funded by the Shafer Music Endowment Fund. The first concert has a piece that involves four harpsichords, a keyboard instrument.
“You just never see four harpsichords together,” Reilly said. “It’s a chance for the community to hear something that you just never hear.” Three of the four concerts will be hosted on Ball State’s campus in Sursa Hall, and one will be hosted at the Unitarian Universalist Church on May 30. The concerts will consist of mostly faculty, but a few students are also involved. Nigorabonu Miliyeva, a junior cello performance major, is one of the students who was invited to play. Although she is working on becoming a soloist, Miliyeva said she enjoys playing with other musicians for the festival. “I enjoy playing with other people and it gives me a good experience,” Miliyeva said. Miliyeva believes everyone can benefit from attending the concerts. “I feel like music makes people better,” she said. “Music helps people forget about their problems and they leave with something warm in their hearts.”
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7 p.m. Saturday, doors open at 6 p.m COST
Tickets are $10 at the door, free for children 10 and under with an adult
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BANDS TO PLAY AT THE CUP MONDAY Anyone visiting the Cup in the Village on Monday will get free live folk music along with their coffee. To enjoy the Memorial Day holiday, the coffee shop will host several musicians, including Josh Biner, Bryce Ernest Taylor, John Allen and the band Steve Robert with the Jazzmanian Devils. The event will start at noon. It’s not the first time some of the musicians have been to the Cup. Martin George, owner of the Cup, said several of the musicians played at an event last year. “They asked if they could do another one, and of course we will since it worked so well last year,” he said. “I’m excited for all of them to come back.” He said last year’s event was on a day when they expected to have low crowds due to other events happening, but they were pleasantly surprised. “It brought in a lot people, it was a good event,” he said. George said many people might have Memorial Day plans, but he still hopes for a surprise turnout. – SAM HOYT
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Sophomore Scott Baker pitches against Central Michigan on April 13. The Cardinals won their first game of the MAC tournament against No. 5 Miami.
AWARDS AND STATISTICS BILLY WELLMAN | All-MAC First Team • Batting .315 through 51 games • 35 runs-batted-in • Nine multi-RBI games • Seven multi-hit games • 12 doubles
SEAN GODFREY | All-MAC Second Team
• Two triples • Five home runs • 14 doubles •Leads team with .325 batting average and a .485 slugging percentage
SCOTT BAKER | MAC Pitcher of the Year
• 1.63 ERA on the season • Struck out 80 batters in 99.1 innings • Opponents’ batting average .218 • 12-1, owns the program record for wins in a single season
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3 CARDINALS EARN MAC DECORATIONS The Ball State baseball team had two players named to the 2013 AllMid-American Conference First Team. Scott Baker and Billy Wellman both earned a spot on the 15-name list. Baker, a sophomore right-hander, was named the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year in addition to his First Team honors, as he accrued an 11-1 record in the regular season. Coach Rich Maloney called the award “a huge accomplishment, for both Scotty and the program as a whole.” Baker is just the third pitcher in school history to receive the Pitcher of the Year award. In Wednesday’s MAC Championship game, he pitched eight innings and claimed a 12th win, breaking the Ball State program record for most wins in a single season. Baker owns a 1.63 ERA on the season. Wellman, a junior third baseman, is second on the Ball State roster with 35 RBIs this season. Sean Godfrey was named to the All-MAC Second Team as he hit five home runs on the season, and he led the team with a .325 batting average and a .485 slugging percentage. His batting average has been slightly higher in MAC play, as he has registered a .345 against league competition. – DAKOTA CRAWFORD
Miami takes 1-0 lead in OT thriller Heat capitalize on empty lane, Lebron hits game-winner | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim. There was no one in his way. There was no stopping him, either. James made a layup as time expired in overtime, capping a 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort as the Miami Heat found a way to outlast the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wildly back-and-forth Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. There were 18 ties and 17 lead changes, the last two of those coming in the final 2.2 seconds. “Two teams fought hard,” James said. “We were able to make one more play.” If this is how this series is going to go, then get ready for a classic between teams that absolutely wanted to face the other with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line. Paul George saved the Pacers at the end of regulation with a 32-footer with 0.7 seconds left, and then made three free throws with 2.2 ticks left in overtime to give Indiana a one-point lead. George pumped his fist gently after the third free throw, then extended his index finger skyward as the teams retreated to their benches to get ready for the final play. He just left James too much time, and the Pacers left their best shot-blocking option on the bench. Roy Hibbert wasn’t on the floor for the final play, and without a 7-foot-2 barrier to contest him, James made the winner look easy. “Two great teams just
throwing punch for punch,” Indiana coach Frank Vogel said. “Our spirit is very high, very confident. We know we can play with this basketball team.” Vogel said he left Hibbert off the floor for the final play out of concern of what defending champion Miami would do with Chris Bosh in that scenario. Afterward, he acknowledged he might have different thinking next time. “I would say we would probably have him in next time,” Vogel said. Game 2 is Friday night in Miami. Officials reviewed James’ play at the end, though it was clear he beat the clock, and the Pacers walked slowly toward their locker room, lamenting one that got away — by no fault of George’s. George was fouled by Dwyane Wade on the play where the Pacers had to think they had stolen the series opener. Referee Jason Phillips said Wade hit George, and the Pacers’ star made all three free throws for the 16th lead change of the night. The final lead change came moments later. “Welcome to the Eastern Conference finals,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Back and forth the whole way.” Wade scored 19 points, Bosh had 17 and Chris Andersen had 16 on 7-for-7 shooting for Miami. George scored 27 for the Pacers, who got 26 from David West and 19 from Hibbert. The Pacers have won only two series in NBA franchise history after dropping a Game 1. “It just felt like everything was in our favor,” George said. The final few seconds of regulation were stunning, with Ray Allen — the sixthbest free-throw shooter in NBA history — missing one that proved big, and George
A win over the No. 5 Miami RedHawks did more than just keep Ball State in the Mid-American Conference Championship winner’s bracket. It allowed them to move past a demoralizing loss suffered to the Northern Illinois Huskies last Saturday. And it allowed the Cardinals to build confidence in the fact that a regular season series defeat does not necessarily correlate to the postseason. “In that bracket that we’re situated in, every [opposing] team won the series this year,” coach Rich Maloney said. The other teams in the bracket are No. 1 Kent State and No. 8 Central Michigan. Kent State was able to score 20 runs over the span of a three-game series against Ball State. The Golden Flashes won the series 2-1. Central Michigan routed the Cardinals in the first game of its series, before going on to win two-of-three, despite playing at the Ball State Baseball Complex. Miami won the regular season series against Ball State 2-1 as well. In a matchup between the team’s premier pitchers – Brooks Fiala for Miami and Scott Baker for Ball State – the RedHawks defeated the Cardinals 1-0. After three innings against the Miami RedHawks on Wednesday, it looked as though Ball State might fall back into its regular season habits. And postseason habits too, for that matter. The Ball State baseball program had not won its opening game in the MAC Tournament since 2006. Maloney said he expected stiff competition from Miami, and he certainly got it, as Miami had a 4-3 lead after three innings. “We knew this had potential to
be a really tough game,” he said. The offense was shaky early, but not dead. More pressing were Baker’s struggles. Baker, named MAC Pitcher of the Year on Tuesday, had allowed an ERA of just 1.63 during the regular season. The RedHawks’ first four runs of the game were all earned. It was the Cardinals’ offense that would eventually allow Baker to get his pitching under control. In the fourth inning, T.J. Weir, Ryan Spaulding and Cody Campbell all singled. Sam Tidaback tripled, and finally, Wes Winkle doubled. “To our guys’ credit, the bats came alive and we put on a pretty impressive display of hitting against what I consider to be one of the best pitchers in the league,” Maloney said. The rally gave Ball State a 7-4 advantage heading into the fifth inning, one that would remain in the Cardinals’ favor through the end of the game. Ball State went on to win 13-7 in a game that was not competitive after the fourth inning. Baker would not allow any runs for the remainder of his time on the mound. “Once we got Scotty some runs, he started to settle down and pitched like he has all year,” Maloney said. He was relieved after pitching eight full innings, in which he gave up nine hits and four runs. The victory moved Baker to 12 wins on the season, setting a program record for most wins in a single-season. Ball State played in the tournament’s first game, which started at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, Ball State will take on the No. 1 Kent State Golden Flashes in a Thursday game set to begin at 4 p.m. “We’re in a good spot now, we get to sit back and watch baseball,” Maloney said after beating Miami. “Tomorrow will be a new day, and it will be a tough challenge regardless of whether it’s Central [Michigan] or Kent [State].”
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CRABTREE SUFFERS TORN ACHILLES San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon. Crabtree was operated on Wednesday, one day after suffering the injury during an organized team activity. “Michael Crabtree underwent surgery to repair his Achilles tendon that he tore yesterday,” coach Jim Harbaugh said. “Surgery was successful, and we do not anticipate it will be season-ending for Michael.” Kaepernick and Crabtree were eager to get back on the field together after falling just short in New Orleans back in February. Crabtree also had five TDs and 30 catches on third-down plays last season — both stats among the top five in the NFL. In 2011, Crabtree led the team in catches (72) and yards receiving (874), but San Francisco came up short of a Super Bowl. While he had four catches for 25 yards and a 4-yard touchdown reception in a 36-32 victory against Drew Brees and the favored Saints in the NFC divisional playoffs, it was the NFC championship game Crabtree remembers as a most disappointing day. San Francisco’s receivers had just one catch for 3 yards — yes, it was by him — and Crabtree was targeted four times in a 20-17 overtime loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Crabtree said that performance helped fuel him last year.
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The Miami Heat’s Shane Battier blocks the shot of the Indiana Pacers’ Tyler Hansbrough in the second quarter in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat won the game in overtime 103-102.
making a miracle happen. So George simply made something happen. “It took an overtime to get it done,” Spoelstra said. “Glad to get that one.” The Pacers kept landing the first punches in the extra session. George made a pair of free throws to open the OT, and Andersen tied it with a pair of his own. Hibbert scored from close range, and Wade answered with an easy one after a runout for the 16th tie of the night. George was far from done. He went past James, got into the lane, tossed up a shot after contact and started
what became a three-point play that put the Pacers up 99-96. Miami had three chances at the tie — a desperation 3-pointer by Shane Battier as the shot clock was expiring, then a 3-point try by Battier and another 3 attempt by Battier. All missed. “We wanted LeBron to shoot a jumper right there,” George said. He was just better. And after 3 hours, 18 minutes, it was over. “We’re excited about the win,” James said. “But we have to get better going into Game 2.”
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