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Teppanyaki Grill & Buffet reopened Monday after the Delaware County Health Department reinspected the establishment. The restaurant closed Friday evening after the Health Department found 17 critical violations. “It was a combination of issues with one of their refrigeration units, some plumbing, non-functioning hand-washing sinks and some confusion over safe food handling practices that all was collectively going into an ‘imminent health hazard’ situation,” said Joshua Williams, administrator of the Delaware County Health Department. When it was re-inspected at 10:30 a.m. Monday, all of the critical violations were corrected and the restaurant was given the OK to open, Williams said. Rich Lang, manager of Teppanyaki, said the restaurant is open and will continue with regular hours. “We got everything resolved. We don’t want to talk about it,” Lang said. “We are doing good.” Williams said follow-up inspections will take place in one week, as well as in another 30 days to ensure a few non-critical violations are addressed. Teppanyaki will also face some fees associated with the closing and reopening of the business and inservice training. “Any time we get to a point of requesting closure and working with them through that, it’s rare.” Williams said, “I would say it is a non-typical situation.” The Health Department sees about one or two closures each year, but they are not always “a result of their direct negligence,” Williams said. The health department has not yet provided the Daily News a copy of the inspection report.
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all State coach Billy Taylor hesitated in Monday’s press conference before trying to answer which of his junior forwards is the bigger threat on the glass. Majok Majok, the Mid-American Conference’s leading rebounder at 10.1 rpg, or Matt Kamieniecki, the Cardinals’ high-energy big who averages a whopping 12.8 boards per 40 minutes.
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“They are very different in their rebounding styles,” Taylor said. “Majok uses more power and Kammy is more speed to get around you and pursue the ball.” Taylor wouldn’t say who was better, but luckily for him, Ball State’s opponents are the ones who must decide which interior player to block out. In Saturday’s 82-62 win at Miami, Majok and Kamieniecki combined for 15 of Ball State’s 37 rebounds in a game the Cardinals dominated on
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the glass. They finished with a +20 rebounding margin. “There were definitely times during the Miami game when there were rebounds that Majok usually gets where Kammy came in and took them,” Taylor said. “Majok’s rebounding numbers have actually been down since Kammy has been back [healthy]. It’s just nice to have guys that can really fly in there and come up with the ball.”
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M. Majok 12.6 53.1 58.4 10.1 11
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INDIANAPOLIS — The last state in the nation to bar retail alcohol sales on Sundays is making a push to lift the restriction, but strong opposition from liquor stores could leave Indiana’s effort as flat as an open bottle of champagne. Two bills introduced early in this legislative session aim to broaden a state law that currently restricts Sunday alcohol sales to restaurants, bars, breweries and wineries. Indiana’s ban on retail alcohol sales dates back to Prohibition. The sponsor of
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Some liquor store owners have argued that changing the law could take away a large amount of their business, and that more consumers might buy alcohol from grocery stores out of convenience sake. Boots of Crawfordsville, who authored the Senate bill, said it’s time for Indiana to adopt a free-enterprise mind-set.
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ALCOHOL: Business owners oppose Ind. law change | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He also said the bill could be a money maker, bringing in $10 million annually if it passes. “The state of Indiana has said it’s OK to consume alcohol on Sunday but they’ve picked who the winners are and who the losers are,” he said. “I think that it’s time we become more competitive. Competition is not a bad thing. The liquor stores don’t want to compete.” Liquor store owners say competition isn’t their only concern. They contend their stores are more heavily regulated than big-box retailers and argue that the package liquor industry helps keep alcohol out of the hands of minors. “All of our clerks are licensed and trained,” Sinder said. “If we go, then the state becomes less safe.” Rep. Sean Eberhart, RShelbyville, who authored the House bill, argues that Indiana’s current law might be less responsible because it allows for Sunday carryout sales at restaurants. “How silly is that that we allow somebody to drink and drive home but we don’t allow somebody responsible to buy that alcohol on Sunday to take it home and enjoy it?” he asked. Indiana has loosened its alcohol laws to promote tourism and economic development, Boots said. In 2010, lawmakers approved a bill that allows microbreweries to sell beer for carryout on Sundays. But the effort to lift the Sunday sales ban has failed in recent years. Grocery stores hope 2013
is different, as Sundays are typically the second-biggest shopping day of the week. John Elliott, a spokesman for grocery chain Kroger, said the ban is “a customer service problem.” “Every single Sunday, we’ve got customers who are disappointed that they cannot purchase this product. This is particularly a challenge in communities that have a heavy concentration of factory or shift workers,” he said. “There are households that can only shop on Sunday.” Ray Cox, president of liquor store chain Elite Beverages, said Sunday retail alcohol sales are probably “not a big deal either way” to most consumers. Jerry Owens, 44, of Indianapolis, said it’s an inconvenience to not be able to buy alcohol on Sundays, but that people are familiar with the law and have to work around it. “I don’t see anything wrong with [the bills],” he said. “I’d buy beer on Sunday.” Eberhart is hopeful that the legislation will get enough support to make it out of committee. No date has been set for either bill. “I think public opinion has changed over the years and we’re a society now that we want convenience and speed,” he said. Eberhart noted that liquor stores wouldn’t be required to open on Sundays, but said he thinks the decision should be left to the stores, not the state. “I don’t think it’s the government’s position to tell you when you can and can’t sell your product,” he said.
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SGA: Officials anticipate increase in running slates | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Thurman said he expects four to seven slates to run, but more than 11 election packets have been picked up. “This is going to be the most interesting election in the past decade,” he said. Along with increased interest in SGA, Zach Hartley, debate coordinator, said he plans to make the debates more interesting. “The goal is to get rid of the fluff,” Hartley said. “This is not a feel-good election; this is a campaign. Get ready for debates to be more intense than in the past.” Alyssa France, a junior political science major and SGA senator-at-large, said she knows several of the rules have changed, which is why she attended Tuesday’s event. “I think this is a great place for people who are running to ask questions within an open forum,” France said. France said each year those in charge of the rules interpret them differently, something that concerned freshman political science major Jason Pickell. “I’m a senator and I wanted to be sure I understood what the elections are all about,” Pickell said. “I could have asked someone else, but I thought it would be better to learn it here for myself.” The event was open to all students, though freshman political science major Daqavise Winston said he thinks
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BSU frisbee team competes in Alabama Members desire more recognition after tournament EMMA KATE FITTES CHIEF REPORTER | emfittes@bsu.edu
Ball State’s Ultimate Frisbee team competed in its first tournament over the weekend in Alabama. Club president Robert Stasi, a senior computer technology major, said the Wizards placed 17 out of 20 teams. He said it could be because four starters missed the tournament in order to attend tryouts for the new professional Indianapolis AlleyCats team. Junior political science major Jakob Ogle is a first-year B team member who was chosen as one of the 14 team members to compete in the A team tournament. “We beat all of the teams that we should have beat over the weekend,” Ogle said. “We really haven’t gotten into that level of competition yet, we are still kicking off the rust for the most part from the winter. We definitely learned where our strengths and weaknesses are.” The Wizards played many different national teams, including University of Alabama, Central Florida, Old Miss and Indiana University, Ogle said. “It was a lot higher competition, B team you have lower expectations,” Ogle said. “When you go out there and you are on the A team, you are playing against better teams, they don’t make mistakes… and we made more mistakes than they did and that ended up costing us the game a couple of times.” Ogle said becoming a university-funded organization would help the team become better. “I think it would give us more recognition and put us in the mindset that we are for real,” Ogle said. “Let’s not waste our time and money and let’s not waste the school’s time and money. We want to go into the tournaments expecting to win.” Stasi said the team is not trying to become a university-funded organization because they have a great deal
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Club president Robert Stasi catches a frisbee during a practice Tuesday. The Wizards competed in its first match over the weekend in Alabama.
worked out with Ball State Recreation Services. He said the team gets first priority to practice in the recreation facilities, while university sponsored clubs don’t get to use those spaces. The team is also paid by Ball State Recreation to do football, basketball and gymnastics clean up. There is a $75 cost for members, which buys them a set of jerseys. Ogle didn’t base his decision to
join the team on whether or not it was university-funded. “I decided to come out, not only to keep in shape, but also to build a camaraderie,” Ogle said. “That’s the one thing that we have on our team, I would say more than anything. You’ve got to do your job so the guy next to you can make a play.” Stasi said the team is always open to new members. Currently, the club has 20 to 25 guys on the roster.
“We try to bring everybody up when they make a mistake, we try to give them recognition when they do something great,” Ogle said. The club practices Sunday and Thursday nights on the turf field from 9 to 11 p.m., and Tuesday nights in the Field Sports Building from 10 p.m. to midnight. Next for the Wizards is a tournament March 16 and 17 outside of Nashville, Tenn.
tured for the past few years and is meant to give students exposure to other countries. Rinker Center graduate assistant Leslie Erlenbaugh said the sessions are meant to be casual and informational, and the presenters speak about their country’s culture, language and history. “Some professors bring their classes and we have nice sized crowds,” Erlenbaugh said. “The culture exchange is set up to be a nice, casual chance for people to share their culture from their home country and for students and faculty to come and ask questions.” Students present on a volunteer basis.
Fahad Aseery, a doctorate student in special education, will present on Saudi Arabia. He has given cultural presentations on the country in the past. For this session, instead of presenting on the basic facts of Saudi Arabia, he wants to use the presentation to give the Saudi Arabian perspective on social issues which may not be understood here. “When the media talks about Saudi Arabia, it is misrepresented,” Aseery said. “For example, women do not drive and they always think it is a negative thing. When you grow up with different language and different culture, you tend to think differently.
I am going to share different perspectives on issues.” The Tally will feature a meal from the featured country at chef Jason Reynold’s station to connect with the cultural program. This week the dish is Kapsa, a seasoned chicken. Erlenbaugh said the weekly culture exchange is an opportunity to interact with those from different backgrounds and possibly gain interest in studying abroad. “It’s a really great chance to learn more about your fellow students at Ball State,” she said. “We have so many countries represented here and people may not know a lot about them.”
ing into Idaho, Oregon and other states that don’t want people getting stoned for fun. It’s not just about generating goodwill with fellow governors. Inslee is trying to persuade U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder not to sue to block Washington from licensing pot growers, processors and sellers. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law. “I am going to be personally committed to have a well regulated, well disciplined, well tracked, well inventorycontrolled, well law-enforcement-coordinated approach,” Inslee said. Keeping a lid on the weed is just one of the numerous challenges Washington state authorities and their counterparts in Colorado — where voters
also legalized pot use — will face in the coming months. The potential of regulatory schemes to keep pot from being diverted isn’t clear. Colorado already has intensive rules aimed at keeping its medical marijuana market in line, including the digital tracking of cannabis, bar codes on every plant, surveillance video and manifests of all legal pot shipments. But law enforcement officials say marijuana from Colorado’s dispensaries often makes its way to the black market, and even the head of the Colorado agency charged with tracking the medical pot industry suggests no one should copy its measures. The agency has been beset by money woes and had to cut many of its investigators. Even if
the agency had all the money it wanted, the state’s medical pot rules are “a model of regulatory overreach,” too cumbersome and expensive to enforce. Last fall, voters made Washington and Colorado the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed growers, processors and retail stores where adults over 21 can walk in and buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis. Both states are working to develop rules for the emerging pot industry. The Obama administration could sue to block the legal markets from operating, on the grounds that actively regulating an illegal substance conflicts with federal drug law.
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Students have the chance to take a trip around the world and explore a new culture without using a passport every Wednesday. The Rinker Center for International Programs hosts a weekly culture exchange program and the first for this semester will focus on Saudi Arabia today in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. The program has been fea-
WASH. VOWS TO KEEP WEED IN STATE Legalization forces law enforcement to develop guidelines | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — So far, no one is suggesting checkpoints or fences to keep Washington state’s legal pot within its borders. But Gov. Jay Inslee insists there are ways to prevent the bulk smuggling of the state’s newest cash crop into the black market, including digitally tracking weed to ensure that it goes from where it is grown to the stores where it is sold. With sales set to begin later this year, he hopes to be a good neighbor and keep vanloads of premium, legal bud from cruis-
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MAYOR TO CONDUCT MARRIAGE PROTEST BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The mayor of Bloomington plans to conduct a wedding ceremony for more than a dozen gay and lesbian couples this week to protest a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Indiana. The ceremony Thursday in Bloomington coincides with a local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival. The Indianapolis Star reports Mayor Mark Kruzan announced his plans in a news release. Local clergy and city officials are expected to attend. Legislators approved a constitutional ban in 2011, but it must be approved again and pass a referendum before taking effect. Two ban bills were introduced in the Indiana House last week, but their future is unclear. Critics say a constitutional amendment is unnecessary because same-sex marriage is already illegal under current Indiana law.
Kerry to replace Rodham Clinton at State Department Longtime senator will become next secretary of state | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton. The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator — Kerry — voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate floor. The roll call came just hours after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the man who has led the panel for the past four years. No date has been set for Kerry’s swearing-in, though a welcoming ceremony is planned at the State Department on Monday. Obama tapped Kerry, 69, the son of a diplomat, decorated Vietnam veteran and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, to succeed Clinton, who is stepping down after four years. The Massachusetts Democrat, who had pined for the job but was passed over in 2009. “Sen. Kerry will need no introduction to the world’s political and military leaders and will begin Day One fully conversant not only with the intricacies of U.S. foreign policy, but able to act on a multitude of international stages,” said Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who will succeed Kerry as committee chairman. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the panel’s top Republican, called Kerry “a realist” who will deal with unrest in Egypt, civil war in Syria,
Sen. John Kerry testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday in Washington, D.C., for his nomination to be secretary of state.
the threat of al-Qaida-linked groups in Africa and Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Kerry, a forceful proponent of climate change legislation, also will have a say in whether the United States moves ahead on the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, a divisive issue that has roiled environmentalists. Obama had nominated Kerry after Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, removed her name from consideration following criticism from Republicans over her initial comments about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Voting against Kerry were three Republicans — Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas. Absent from the vote were Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and John Hoeven, R-N.D. “Sen. Kerry has a long his-
tory of liberal positions that are not consistent with a majority of Texans,” Cornyn said in a statement. The senator is up for re-election next year and could face a tea party challenge. Kerry’s smooth path to the nation’s top diplomatic job stands in stark contrast to the harsher treatment for Obama’s other national security nominees — Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary and John Brennan to be CIA director. Hagel, the former two-term Republican senator from Nebraska, faces strong opposition from some of his onetime GOP colleagues who question his support for reductions in the nuclear arsenal and cuts in defense spending. Lawmakers also have questioned whether he is sufficiently supportive of Israel. Democrats have rallied for
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done soon.” Mindful of previous immigrations efforts that have failed, he warned that the debate would be difficult and vowed to send his own legislation to Capitol Hill if lawmakers don’t act quickly. “The question now is simple,” Obama said during a campaign-style event in Las Vegas, one week after being sworn in for a second term in the White House. “Do we have the resolve as a people, as a
country, as a government to finally put this issue behind us? I believe that we do.” Shortly after Obama finished speaking, cracks emerged between the White House and the group of eight senators, which put out their proposals one day ahead of the president. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, one of four Republicans in the group, criticized Obama for not making a citizenship pathway contingent on tighter border security.
“This provision is key to ensuring that border security is achieved, and is also necessary to ensure that a reform package can actually move through Congress,” Flake said in a statement. House Speaker John Boehner also responded coolly, with spokesman Brendan Buck saying the Ohio Republican hoped the president would be “careful not to drag the debate to the left and ultimately disrupt the difficult work that is ahead in the House and Senate.” Despite possible obstacles to come, the broad agreement between the White House and bipartisan lawmakers in the Senate represents a drastic shift in Washington’s willingness to tackle immigration, an issue that has languished for years. Much of that shift is politically motivated, due to the growing influence of Hispanics in presidential and other elections and their overwhelming support for Obama in November. A consensus around the question of citizenship could help lawmakers clear one major hurdle that has blocked previous immigration efforts. Many Republicans have opposed allowing illegal immigrants to become citizens, saying that would be an unfair reward for people who have broken the law.
block the ban temporarily or to allow a lawsuit challenging it to proceed. “In spite of what plaintiffs argue, nudity in and of itself is not inherently expressive,” Chen wrote in an 18-page opinion. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 7-4 last month to prohibit residents and visitors over age 5 from exposing their genitals on public streets, in parks or plazas or while using public transit. The measure was introduced in response to a group of nudists that regularly gathers in the city’s predominantly gay Castro District. The threat of seeing outlawed a right that
many people associate with free-spirited San Francisco prompted public protests and disrobing at supervisors meetings. The activists who challenged the measure in court also had argued that the ordinance was unfair because it grants exceptions for public nudity at permitted public events such as the city’s gay pride parade and the annual Bay-to-Breakers foot race. Chen also rejected that argument. “The plaintiffs took an unlikely position in their case that if they couldn’t be naked everywhere, no one could be naked anywhere,” City At-
torney Dennis Herrera said. “We believed their legal challenge to be baseless, and we’re grateful that the court agreed.” Christina DiEdoardo, a lawyer for nudity advocates who sued to overturn the ban, said her clients were considering whether to appeal. DiEdoardo noted that the judge indicated he would be open to considering a revised lawsuit if advocates could cite examples of their civil rights being trampled, which could be easier to do once the ban is enforced. “We can still come back once the ordinance takes effect,” she said.
| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Declaring “now is the time” to fix the nation’s broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He hailed a bipartisan Senate group on a similar track but left unresolved key details that could derail the complex and emotional effort. Potential Senate roadblocks center on how to structure the avenue to citizenship and on whether legislation would cover same-sex couples — and that’s all before a Senate measure could be debated, approved and sent to the Republican-controlled House where opposition is sure to be stronger. Obama, who carried Nevada in the November election with heavy Hispanic support, praised the Senate push, saying Congress is showing “a genuine desire to get this
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SAN FRANCISCO NUDITY BAN UPHELD Measure prohibits residents over age 5 from public exposure | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge cleared the way Tuesday for the city of San Francisco to ban most displays of public nudity, ruling that an ordinance set to take effect on Feb. 1 does not violate the free speech rights of residents and visitors who like going out in the buff. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen refused to
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Hagel, and he has the announced support of at least a dozen members in advance of his confirmation hearing on Thursday. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi will support Hagel, a spokesman said Tuesday, making him the first Republican to signal he will vote for the nomination. Six Republicans have said they would vote against him. Brennan faces questions from
the GOP about White House leaks of classified information and from Democrats about the administration’s use of drones. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., threatened to block the nomination of both men until he gets more answers from the Obama administration about the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
Judge OKs $4B BP oil settlement Court rules company must pay victims billions in damages | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department’s criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties. What the plea deal approved by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance doesn’t resolve, though, is the federal government’s civil claims against BP. The company could pay billions more for environmental damage from its 2010 spill. Vance noted that the company already has racked up more than $24 billion in spill-related expenses and has estimated it will pay a total of $42 billion to fully resolve its liability. The judge said the $4 billion criminal settlement is “just punishment” for BP, even though the company could have paid far more without going broke. In accepting the deal, Vance also cited the risk that a trial could result in a much lower fine for BP, one potentially capped by law at $8.2 million. The criminal settlement calls for BP to pay nearly $1.3 billion in fines. The largest previous corporate criminal penalty assessed by the Justice Department was a $1.2 billion fine against drug maker Pfizer in 2009. The plea deal also includes payments of nearly $2.4 billion to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and $350 million to the National Academy of Sci-
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BP OIL SPILL • Left birds’ feathers coated in oil,
affecting their ability to regulate body temperatures. • Covered sea turtles in oil. • The oil could have been ingested by different mammals in the vicinity causing ulcers and internal bleeding.
ences. The two groups will administer the money to fund Gulf restoration and oil spill prevention projects. The $4 billion in total penalties are 160 times greater than the $25 million fine that Exxon paid for the 1989 Valdez spill in Alaska, Vance noted. Before she ruled, the judge heard an apology from a BP executive and emotional testimony from relatives of the 11 workers who died when BP’s blown-out Macondo well triggered an explosion on the rig and started the spill. Keith Jones, whose 28-year-old son, Gordon, died in the rig explosion, said $4 billion isn’t adequate punishment. “It is petty cash to BP,” he told Vance. “Their stock went up after this plea deal was announced.” Billy Anderson, whose 35-yearold son, Jason, of Midfield, Texas, died in the blast, recalled the trauma of watching the disaster play out on television. “These men suffered a horrendous death,” he said. “They were basically cremated alive and not at their choice.” BP agreed in November to plead guilty to charges involving the workers’ deaths and for lying to Congress about the size of the spill from its broken well, which spewed more than 200 million gallons of oil.
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FOX’S ‘THE FOLLOWING’ GETS OFF TO STRONG START WITH FIRST 2 EPISODES CW disappointed with ‘Sex and the City’ prequel debut | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Thanks to a fictional serial killer and Kevin Bacon, there’s a sense of relief over at Fox. The network had a disappointing fall, the new “American Idol� team hasn’t stopped the series’ slow fade and its highly anticipated new drama, “The Following,� got caught up
in the discussion over violence in the media that followed the Connecticut school shooting. Early returns on “The Following,� which stars Bacon chasing a charismatic killer, have been encouraging. The series debuted last week with 10.4 million viewers and among Fox’s target audience of 18-to49-year-old viewers, it was the most-watched drama all week. The second episode on Monday dropped only slightly, to 10 million viewers, the Nielsen ratings company said. It was up over the debut for young viewers, including a 13 percent in-
crease among people ages 18 to 34, generally a very encouraging sign for a new TV series. The attention-getting debut of “Carrie Diaries� on the CW network was a disappointment, however. The series is a “prequel� to HBO’s old “Sex and the City� series, featuring the Carrie Bradshaw character in high school. Its debut audience of 1.27 million people was fewer than the CW series “Emily Owens, MD,� which is not being renewed. CBS’ “60 Minutes,� which led with Steve Kroft’s dual interview with President Barack
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MAN CROSSES TIGHTROPE OVER ROAD SARASOTA, Fla. — Famed daredevil Nik Wallenda glided 500 feet across a wire suspended 200 feet above the ground on Tuesday, wowing several thousand people below in his hometown of Sarasota. Without a tether or safety net, Wallenda was the lone figure against a blue sky, aided only by a balancing pole. He made the death-defying stunt look easy, but the performance was anything but simple: it took dozens of circus workers to pull and release the thick black cables that controlled Wallenda’s wire as he walked. The morning was windier than expected, and at one point near the end, Wallenda dipped down to one knee on the wire, which led to loud gasps among the crowd. “I have to get into a zone where I kind of forget about everything else and just focus on what I’m doing,� he said shortly before he stepped on the wire. “Fear is a choice but danger is real, and that’s very, very true for my line of work.� Wallenda, 34, wore a gold cross around his neck and prayed with his wife, children and parents prior to the walk. “It’s my job, it’s my career, it’s my passion, it’s what I love to do,� he said.
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SATURDAY Men’s volleyball returns to Worthen Arena as it plays host to nonconference opponent Lindenwood.
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Freshman Denasiha Christian performs her floor routine during a meet against Central Michigan. Christian has impressed head coach Nadalie Walsh so far this season.
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Freshman Denasiha Christian’s success has been a long time coming. “I started when I was 3,” Christian said of her gymnastics career. Christian’s grandmother was the first person to scout her talents. After noticing several acrobatic displays around the house, she decided to put her in a gym. Once Christian got her foot in the door, she never looked back. The freshman gymnast is playing a major part in the recent accomplishments of Ball State’s gymnastics program. Prior to coming to Ball State, the Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics was Christian’s home gym. It was through this gym that she won the vault and allaround at the 2010 Virginia State Meet. Ball State has given Christian a chance to grow both as a gymnast and a person. “I feel like being here has changed me, like in a good way,” she said. Things had become redundant at her club gym. She felt as though she had reached her ceiling. Now, with the introduction of new challenges and opportunities, the competitive spirit in Christian has been renewed. “I have more motivation now,” Christian said. “We can go to MAC, and actually win.” That attitude has been present among both players and coaches this year. From the outside looking in, expectations were low coming
into the season. In the 2013 MAC Gymnastics Preseason Coach’s Poll, Ball State was projected to finish sixth out of the seven conference teams. The Cardinals are currently 2-0 in the MAC. With two conference wins, they have matched their total from last year. Perhaps their sweetest victory, a win over the No. 16 ranked Central Michigan Chippewas, resulted in the highest team score since the 2011 season. In the 2011-12 season, Central Michigan was on top of the conference with a 6-0 MAC record. Of the 24 players on the current roster, 10 of them are underclassmen. Christian has shined on a young and talented roster. The Virginia native has taken advantage of every opportunity put in front of her. In her first collegiate meet at Florida, Christian was Ball State’s top performer on the vault with a score of 9.8 out of 10. She also placed fifth overall on the floor after posting a 9.725. One of the largest venues in the country had no effect on the firsttime competitor. That meet against No. 3 ranked Florida brought in a crowd of roughly 4,000 spectators. The attendance at Ball State meets averages approximately 600. After the strong performance at Florida, head coach Nadalie Walsh moved Christian into the beam rotation. The result was more of the same from Christian. She finished with at least one firstplace finish in each of the next three meets. Perhaps most impressively, she did it in three different events. In Iowa, she tied for first place on the beam. She fol-
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• Position: AllAround • Year: Freshman • Hometown: Roanoke City, Va. • High School: Patrick Henry • Club: Roanoke Academy of Gymnastics • Major: Advertising lowed that up with a firstplace finish on the vault against Central Michigan. Most recently, against Northern Illinois, Christian again tied for first place, this time on the floor. Walsh described Christian as a “really good athlete and a great competitor.” “She has the ability to take all the bouncy-power that she has, and control it,” Walsh said. Walsh believes that Christian will continue to improve as the season goes on. Christian agrees with Walsh’s sentiment. When asked if she could continue to improve throughout the rest of the season, Christian lit up. “I see [progress] every week,” she said. Christian’s next opportunity for improvement will come Friday when the Cardinals host Penn and Centenary College in the team’s first tri-meet of the season.
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs. The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables, Fla., near Rodriguez’s offseason home. The new public relations firm for the New York Yankees third baseman issued a statement denying the allegations. The newspaper said it obtained records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, 2012 AllStar game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon and 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz of Texas. Cabrera left San Francisco after the season to sign with Toronto, while Oakland re-signed Colon. Other baseball players the newspaper said appeared in the records include Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez, who finished third in last year’s NL Cy Young Award voting, and San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal. Biogenesis, which the New Times said was run by Anthony Bosch, was located in a beige, nondescript office park. The former clinic is no longer listed as a business in its directory. “There was a flier put out by the building management a couple weeks ago. It was put on all the doors and windows of all the offices,” said Brad Nickel, who works in a group
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Yankees Alex Rodriguez takes fielding practice before the start of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees at Comerica Park in Detroit on Oct. 16, 2012
cruise planning company on the floor above where the clinic was located. “It just said this guy’s not really a doctor, he doesn’t belong here, he’s no longer allowed here, call the police or the building management if you see him.” David Sierra, who works in his aunt’s real estate office in the same building, kept a picture of the flier on his iPhone. He recognized the doctor in the picture from passing him in the hallway. Sierra said while he never recognized any of the clients at the clinic, “there were always really nice cars in front — I’m not talking just Mercedes. Range Rovers, Bentleys.” Rodriguez appears 16 times in the documents it received, the paper said, either as “Alex Rodriguez,” ‘’Alex Rod” or the nickname “Cacique,” a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief. Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03. Cabrera, Colon and Grandal were suspended for 50 games each last year by MLB following tests for elevated testosterone. Responding to the testosterone use, MLB and the players’ union said Jan. 10 they were authorizing the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory outside Montreal to store each major leaguer’s baseline testosterone/epites-
tosterone (T/E) ratio in order to detect abnormalities. “We are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances,” MLB said in a statement. “Only law enforcement officials have the capacity to reach those outside the game who are involved in the distribution of illegal performanceenhancing drugs. ... We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information.” Rodriguez is sidelined for at least the first half of the season after hip surgery Jan. 16. A 50-game suspension would cost him $7.65 million of his $28 million salary. Rodriguez spent years denying he used PEDs before Sports Illustrated reported in February 2009 that he tested positive for two steroids in MLB’s anonymous survey while with the Texas Rangers in 2003. Two days later, he admitted in an ESPN interview that he used PEDs over a three-year period. He has denied using PEDs after 2003. If the new allegations were true, the Yankees would face high hurdles to get out of the final five years and $114 million of Rodriguez’s record $275 million, 10-year contract.
“When you add in Chris Bond, who can get those long, out-of-area rebounds, it makes us very formidable on the glass,” Taylor said. Ball State will need to control the backboards to prevent Toledo’s lethal backcourt from getting out in transition. Guard’s Rian Pearson (18.2 points per game) and Julius Brown (13.4) are first and ninth, respectively, in the MAC in scoring this season. “Toledo is probably one of the top offensive teams in the league,” Taylor said. “We’re going to have to find ways to get stops on these guys and not allow them to feel com-
fortable and in rhythm.” After losing four straight MAC games, Ball State found some rhythm against Miami on Saturday. Four players scored in double-figures and the 20-point winning margin was Ball State’s largest since the team’s season-opening victory over Grambling State, 78-51. “It was nice to see us back on track,” Taylor said. “We’re right back in the thick of things. It keeps our guys really engaged and energized because we’re right there. We still have ground to make up, but we certainly don’t think it’s insurmountable at this point.”
BASKETBALL: BSU will rely on rebounding | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Keeping the MAC West Division Player of the Week, and the only one who can seemingly outrebound him, Kamieniecki, off the glass is arguably the biggest problem Toledo (7-10, 3-3 MAC) faces when the team plays Ball State (810, 2-4 MAC) on Wednesday. The Cardinals are topfour in the league in both rebounding offense and rebounding defense largely because of the duo inside, but Taylor said support from another frontcourt player makes his team even more dangerous.
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