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VOL. 93, ISSUE 8

Countdown 2 Kickoff offers games, events for students leading up to the first snap

Linebacker Ben Ingle returns to a defense decimated by graduation of many starters

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GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OCTOBER 2, 2010

HEIGHT 6-foot-3 WEIGHT 220 pounds AGE 22

FIRST 5-TOUCHDOWN GAME FIRST 400-YARD PASSING GAME at Kent State

FIRST CAREER WIN at Central Michigan

2010

KEITH WENNING

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

2011

2012

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 FIRST CAREER START at Purdue

2012 STATS PASSING YARDS 3,095 TOUCHDOWNS PASSING 24 INTERCEPTIONS 10 YARDS RUSHING 105 TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING 3

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

FIRST 300-YARD PASSING GAME against Army

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2010 - present

YARDS PASSING 7,254 TOUCHDOWNS PASSING 57 INTERCEPTIONS 35 YARDS RUSHING 284 TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING 8

RECORDS HE MAY BREAK

ll State career yardsBALL passing - Wenning at YARDS 7,254, Nate Davis has 9,233 (1,979 Yards remain) STATE CAREER PASSING

ll State career yards passing - Wenning at 7,254, Nate Davis has 9,233 (1,979 Yards remain) ll State career yards passing - Wenning at 7,254, Nate Davis has 9,233 (1,979 Yards remain) State career touchdowns passing - Wenning at 57, Nate Davis has 74 (17 Touchdowns remain)

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Nate Davis has 9,233 (1,979 Yards remain)

2013

MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST TEAM CAPTAIN

State career touchdowns passing - Wenning at 57, Nate Davis has 74 (17 Touchdowns remain) State career touchdowns passing - Wenning at 57, Nate Davis has 74 (17 Touchdowns remain) STATE CAREER TOUCHDOWNS PASSING Ball State careerBALL interceptions - Wenning at 35, Talmadge Hill has 42 (7 remain)

2012

57 TOUCHDOWNS

Ball State career interceptions - Wenning at 35, Talmadge Hill has 42 (7 remain) Ball State career interceptions - Wenning at 35, Talmadge Hill has 42 (7 remain) tate career most 250-yard plus passing games - Wenning at 10, Nate Davis has 20 (10 remain)

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tate career most 250-yard plus passing games at 10, Nate Davis has 20 (10 remain) BALL STATE CAREER MOST-- Wenning 250-YARD PLUS tate career most 250-yard plus passing games Wenning at 10, Nate Davis has 20 (10 remain)

TEAM CAPTAIN TWO-TIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Nate Davis has 74 (17 Touchdowns remain) PASSING GAMES

10 250-YARD GAMES Nate Davis has 20 (10 remain)

2010

BALL STATE JOHN HODGEAWARD

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HE JUST HAS THAT COMPOSURE ABOUT HIM. THE KIDS PLAY OFF HIM, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. WHETHER IT’S A TOUCHDOWN IN 40 SECONDS, I THINK THEY HAVE THE BELIEF THAT

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WESTERN MICHIGAN LAST YEAR — IT WAS A BIG GAME, A CONFERENCE GAME. IN THE

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THE BALL ON POINT WHERE HE NEEDS IT. JAMILL SMITH, senior wide receiver

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HE’LL LEAD US TO IT.

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Student fees, the breakdown of cost RACHEL PODNAR chief reporter

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In addition to tuition costs, students also find a few hundred dollars worth of fees on their Bursar bill. These fees pay for various resources on campus.

The following fees apply to students taking seven or more main campus credit hours per semester, valid for the 2013-14 academic year.

Student Services Fee: $647

The largest fee on the list, the student services fee covers many student life programs. This includes the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, and the “free” tickets to all athletic events. On-campus performances at Emens and other venues are covered under this fee,

including the ones that are available free for students. Student organizations get funding from this fee, including University Programming Board and Late Nite. It also goes toward debt payment on student facilities.

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What do you think of the student services fees for athletics or debt?

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I didn’t know that buildings were one of the costs. It doesn’t surprise me, but I was not aware of it. It’s hard to see that benefit directly and I wish they were more up front about it.

fee that we should know about. I’m not aware of these fees. I plan on going to most games, maybe I’ll get $300 worth. I don’t know if that is cheaper than paying for tickets.

$647

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Johnson Vaughn, a sophomore pre-med major

Devin Cox, a freshman athletic training major

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Alana Driver, a freshman environmental management major

Technology Fee: $168

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I don’t think I’ll get $300 out of the athletic fees... If we’re all paying for everyone to go for free, maybe we should all just pay $5 and that would take it down.

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Access to Blackboard and Webmail, along with the university’s technology infrastructure, is included in this fee. Assistant vice president of information technology Jr. King said students have access to general use computer labs, provided for by the technology fee, including many department labs. These labs are equipped with software,

$168

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Recreation Fee: $87

The recreation fee allows students access to the recreation centers, including the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Ball Gym and Lewellen Pool, in addition to a number of other facilities. Students can check out

Health Fee: $76

This fee supports the operation of the Student Health Center, which is available to all students with no extra charges throughout the year. According to Health Center director Kent Bullis said, the fee pays for health Residence Hall Technology Fee: $60

which can be used free of charge. Software like Adobe CS6 and Microsoft Office can be purchased at a reduced cost and students have access to software tutorials for free at Lynda.com. This fee also pays for Unified Technology Support, which includes TechTime individual support for computer problems. equipment for free with their Ball State identification.

This does not include the cost of intramurals, Outdoor Pursuits or fitness classes.

center visits including doctor’s care, diagnosis and plan of care. Some lab tests are covered, but most are not.

Prescriptions are not covered under this fee.

This fee is only applied to students living in residence halls. Dorm residents have access to their own computer labs, equipped with Windows and Mac computers, current software, scanners and a printer

with free printing. Software availability varies by residence hall, but all are equipped with Adobe CS6 Masters Collection and Microsoft Office 2013.

Transportation Fee: $50

cover the campus shuttle program. Ball State trustee Rick Hall said this fee affects 11,000 students and an additional 500 taking less than seven credits, who pay a partial fee, as low as $20.

This fee is only applied to off-campus students who take classes on the main campus. New for the 201314 school year, the transportation fee is assessed to

Fraternity donates 112 pound of food to charity A fraternity donated about 112 pounds of food to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Muncie on Wednesday.

The donation will assist more than 18 families, said Gary Jones, warehouse manager at Second Harvest.

The idea to donate began Sunday afternoon when the Hostess Company arrived at the FIJI House and dropped off boxes of banana nut muffins as part of a promotional deal, said Dylan Pieri, a junior and corresponding secretary for FIJI. “We figured there’s so many of them and we are not going to eat all of these. So we decided to bring them to Second Harvest Food Bank,” Pieri said. “We ended bringing 16 huge boxes, which totaled 2,880 muffins.”

FIJI has worked with Second Harvest Food Bank in the past.

“We are always looking for ways to serve the community,” he said. “We thought it’d be a good idea to donate the muffins to Second Harvest so they can disperse it wherever they need it.”

The food bank has also received other forms of aid from Ball State.

“We had more than 200 students a few weeks ago volunteer here, and the number of volunteers will increase within the next few weeks,” Jones said.

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100 people line up for chick-fil-a opening The parking lot of the Chick-fil-A off McGalliard Avenue turned into a campsite Wednesday for the grand opening today.

The first 100 people in line at 6 a.m. were put into a raffle to win 52 coupons for chicken sandwich meals for the year.

The catch is that they have dn photo Emma Kate Fittes to stay on the businesses Tents cover the Chick-fil-A parking lot as people wait for the premises for 24 hours to col- grand opening of the location on McGalliard Avenue. The first 100 people to camp out for a full 24 hours were entered in a lect their prize.

Ball State alumni and Mun- raffle to win one Chick-fil-A Meal per week for a year. cie residents Renee Henmelgarn and Valerie Landis showed up at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

Since then, they have been reading books and hanging out to pass the time.

This is the third opening Hemmelgarn has attended. “[I go] mostly because it’s fun,” she said.

They said the positive energy Chick-fil-A offers makes the wait worth it.

Landis said about 10 percent of the crowd are from Muncie. Many of the other campers travel from opening to opening.

Daniel and Whitney Bennett, along with their four kids, came from Illinois for their chance at free Chick-fil-A. They arrived at 4 a.m. Since then their kids have enjoyed the games and prizes the staff has provided.

Whitney said winning the coupons would allow them to get free chicken sandwich meals for the family about once a month.

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Matt Smith performs a mock water boarding during a protest outside Bracken on Aug. 28 in an effort to bring attention to Guantanamo Bay practices. Amnesty International was soliciting signatures to pressure Sen. Joe Donnelly into signing a bill to release cleared detainees back to their native country.

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Students crowded around Bracken Library Wednesday to witness Matthew Smith, a senior political science and history major, waterboard Caleb Hoagland, senior political science major, as part of a silent protest to close Guantanamo Bay. Students For Creative Social Action and Amnesty International gathered signatures at the protest in hopes of convincing Senator Joe Donnelly to sign The National Defense Authorization Act of 2014.

Parts of this legislation could allow for easier transfers from Guantanamo for either fair trials for prisoners or shipment to other countries.

The bay has received negative attention for their treatment of prisoners, including using a method of torture known as waterboarding.

“The human rights abuse is horrible,” said Hoagland, vice president of SCSA. “You have people killing themselves and not eating. Any time you have people taking such severe action, you have to really take a look at the situation we’re putting these people in.”

During the protest, students wore orange jumpsuits and black head attire to impersonate prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Smith and another student wore army attire and led the “prisoners” to the library. The group remained mostly silent and immobile, with their hands tied behind their backs, during the entire hour protest.

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“We wanted to do a silent protest because we really wanted to represent the voicelessness of the people who are detained down in Guantanamo,” Smith said.

While people signed the petition during the hour-long event, most signatures came from witnesses to the waterboarding at the end of the event.

Smith laid down Hoagland, placed a cloth over his face and poured a jug of water on the cloth. He repeated this multiple times with brief intermissions of Hoagland coughing and spitting in between.

“I kept telling myself it’s not fatal,” Hoagland said. “I trust Matt Smith, but there was a point where some primal part of my brain said, ‘You’re going to die.’ I kept breathing and water was going in. It really tricks your brain into thinking you’re drowning.”

Freshman Kenzie Wilkey said the protest influenced her decision to sign the petition.

“It was actually really scary to watch,” Wilkey said. “It seemed really real. It grabbed everyone’s attention. Everyone was focused, serious and shocked.”

Planning for the event began in May. The idea to demonstrate waterboarding came from other protests regarding Guantanamo Bay. To Smith and others in the organization, the protest was a success.

“I’ve talked to legislators before that said as soon as they hear from three people that are involved or are interested in a piece of legislation, it’s automatically on their radar,” Smith said. “Three people is all it takes and we got a lot more than three signatures. I think this will definitely be on Joe Donnelly’s radar, and he will feel this pressure from us.”

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he Muncie Symphony Orchestra ended their 2013 summer season with “Picnic and Pops.” Roughly 350 students and locals flocked to see the show on the Minnetrista lawn, and new Conductor Douglas Droste didn’t disappoint.

Last night’s show was Droste’s first performance as the orchestra’s conductor. When asked how he thought it went, he responded with nothing but praise and pride for the MSO. The response was the same from Ball State senior Kyle Noonan.

Noonan entered the orchestra two years ago, playing the contra-bassoon. He now fills in on bassoon regularly.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to get experience in a paying orchestra,” Noonan said. “It [the orchestra] helps build a connection between Ball State and the Muncie community.”

When asked about his

favorite piece, Noonan was adamant about the Harry Potter set. The set consisted of three tracks from the fourth film, “Harry’s Theme,” “The Quidditch World Cup” and “Hedwig’s Theme.”

“Maybe it’s just because I’m young, but I do love that Harry Potter stuff,” Noonan said.

Droste felt that the “1812 Overture” was the best performance of the night.

“I’ve been a season ticket holder for almost 40 years, in the reserved section. I’ve been to every one. This was the best DN PHOTO REBEKAH FLOYD one ever,” said Ben Bennett, audience member. TOP: Conductor Douglas Droste directs the Muncie Symphony Orchestra in their final performance of the season at “We’re looking forward to Minnetrista. ABOVE: Loretta Smith and Fred Hicks attend Minnetrista’s outdoor concerts. They said they enjoyed listening seeing more of Droste.” to the Muncie Symphony Orchestra perform a Beatles’ melody and band tunes.

Band with Ball State ties returns Losing September to play show at Be Here Now promoting latest album LINDSEY RILEY STAFF REPORTER | lnriley@bsu.edu Losing September, a band with ties to Muncie and Ball State, is returning to its roots with an 8 p.m. show tonight at Be Here Now. Founding member and lead singer Bruce Fane started Losing September in 2003. He brought the makings of the band from the south side of Chicago to Ball State, where he studied music education. Lead guitarist Nick Foreman, who was studying music engineering, joined as lead guitarist in 2008.

“I was working in the basement of Bracken Library with Bruce’s girlfriend whom I went to junior high and high school with. She had been talking to me about her boyfriend’s band and said they recently lost their lead guitar player,” Foreman said. “Bruce and I bonded over our love for classical music, as well as heavy metal.”

Foreman compared the sound of Losing September to a short list of bands that included the famous heavy metal group Slipknot. He said the band performs with the hopes of empowering people to show their true potential and reach their personal dreams.

“We strive for longevity and integrity to make a living out of all this,” Foreman said.

Earlier this year, the group released their sophomore album, “Project Mayhem.” Ever since, they have toured the country performing headlining shows and recently finished about a month’sworth of performances in Florida. Foreman said the band enjoys touring and meeting people, referring to the band as “pirates of the road.”

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HEAR TRACKS BEFORE GOING TO LIVE SHOW While writing about Losing September, I listened to a ton of the band’s music. I chose a few of the standout songs and reviewed them for this week’s Lindsey’s Picks.

1. “Defiant”

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The band Losing September performs at one of their concerts. The band will perform at Be Here Now tonight starting at 8 p.m.

This song was the first one I listened to, and it is by far my favorite. Its message of believing in what you want and standing up for it has a heavy rock sound that matches it perfectly. To put it bluntly, the song sounds defiant and very ... in your face, for lack of a better phrase. The band also put together a really cool music video for this song, which you can find by searching “Losing September – Defiant” on YouTube.

2. “Liars in the Eye”

“‘Project Mayhem’ is about fighting consumerism, corporatism and corporate greed,” Foreman said. “They’re not quite political songs but empowering songs. It’s all about standing up for something you believe in and be defiant.”

Tonight, Losing September returns to Muncie for the first time in months. Foreman said the show is for all ages, and the band is expecting a good turnout.

“The show will be a fun time to hang out with our family and friends from home. It’s going to be good,” Foreman said.

After their show at Be Here Now, Losing September will continue its tour supporting “Project Mayhem.” They will be in the Midwest until November, when they head to Texas.

Foreman said the band will continue shooting and releasing more music videos by the end of the year.

Before the show, students and music fans can sample some of Losing September’s music by visiting their website, losingseptember.com. They can also watch perform ance videos on the YouTube channel.

This song has that hard rock edge instrumentally, but in terms of vocals, it is softer than some of the other songs from the band. It is a really good combination of sounds that helps to drive the song’s message of how power and lies change lives. To me, this is a song that is easy to sing along to the first time you hear it.

3. “Twitch”

The opening instrumental section of this song sounds really catchy for being much simpler than other songs, and it sets a slower pace for the vocals — that is, until the chorus. To be honest, this song captures my attention because of the instrumentation rather than the vocals. The lyrics don’t really speak to me, but the guitar riffs and the heavy drum beats make it hard not to rock out.

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As thousands of Americans marched through Washington to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech, the Ball State Black Student Association

president said the country has evolved, but there is more work to be done.

“We are actually coming together, as a nation, as a globe,” said Dairick Wade, BSA president.

Wade said he didn’t realize until Wednesday that it was the anniversary of the speech, so BSA did not have an event planned.

“It actually means a lot to me,” he said. “When I heard that it really has been 50 years since [the speech] was delivered, you have

to sit back and think about what that means.”

Marchers in Washington Wednesday began their walk behind a replica of the bus Rosa Parks was on when she refused to give up her seat to a white person, according to the Associated Press.

Afterward, President Barack Obama gave a speech on the exact location King gave his speech 50 years ago.

Wade said the fact that there is a black man as president points to how far the nation has come

in such a short time.

Obama said Tuesday in an interview that there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure all people are equal.

“When it comes to the economy, when it comes to inequality, when it comes to wealth, when it comes to the challenges that inner cities experience, [Dr. King] would say that we have not made as much progress as the civil and social progress that we’ve made,” Obama said.

Wade agrees that while great strides have been made for

African-Americans and minorities, there is always work to be done.

“We need to not forget where we have come from. As much progress as we have made, nothing is perfect,” he said.

Wade said remembering important events of the past like freedom from slavery, Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement are key to moving forward within the black community and the nation.

“We kind of become comfortable and we lose sight that we

are still fighting; we are still trying to make strides to become something better,” he said.

Wade said he has high hopes for the future, and sees the way America has changed as the beginning of a more inclusive, accepting world for the next 50 years.

“Racism still exists in the world, but it has gotten better.

[People] look past a person’s race and background,“ Wade said. “Everybody of any color can just come together and make a change.”

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| THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Church bells rang out Wednesday at the National Cathedral and at sites nationwide to answer a call from one of the most important civil rights speeches in history to “let freedom ring.”

Organizers said people at more than 300 locations in nearly every state were ringing their bells to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s Aug. 28, 1963, “I Have a Dream” speech.

At the National Cathedral in Washington, the central bell tower played “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from the carillon, along with other hymns and spirituals. The bells rang for about 15 minutes to mark the moment when the speech was delivered.

“I remember 50 years ago: the marching, the throngs of people, the speech, the energy,” said Patty Mason, 69, of Bethesda, Md., who was one of about two dozen people who gathered outside the cathedral, gazing up at the bell tower. “It was amazing, just amazing.”

Commemorations were taking place from a mountain in Georgia carved with the likenesses of Confederate leaders to the far reaches of Alaska, where participants rang cow bells and bear bells in Juneau.

Many of the commemorations were in sync with the hour when King gave his speech, 3 p.m. EDT, though some churches planned to ring their bells at 3 p.m. local time.

Fifty years ago, as King was wrapping up his speech at the Lincoln Memorial, he quoted from the patriotic song, “My Country ‘tis of Thee.” King implored his audience to “let freedom ring” from the hilltops and mountains of every state in the nation, some of which he cited by name in his speech.

“When we allow freedom to ring — when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last, free at last, great God almighty, we are free at last,” King said in closing.

One of the places cited in King’s speech was Georgia’s

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Martin Luther King III delivers remarks during the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Stone Mountain, a granite outcropping east of Atlanta that includes a 17,000-square-foot sculpture of three Confederate leaders carved into the mountainside. The Ku Klux Klan hosted rallies there during the 20th century, but now it’s a favorite hiking destination for families white and black.

On Wednesday, about 30 children and adults hiked to the summit where they sang and rang bells.

One hiker, Gail Scotton Baylor, 58, recalled watching King’s speech on a black-and-white TV from her family’s home in High Point, N.C. As a child, she remembered watching white

Obama declares Syrian government used chemical weapons in attack President says still evaluating possible military response | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT WHO DECIDES

The order for the strike would come from Obama, delivered to Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

WHO LAUNCHES WHAT

Four U.S. Navy destroyers — the USS Gravely, USS Mahan, USS Barry and USS Ramage — are in the eastern Mediterranean Sea waiting for the order to launch.

They are armed with dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have a range of about 1,000 nautical miles, and are used for deep, precise targeting. Each one is about 20 feet long and less than two feet in diameter, and carries a 1,000 pound warhead.

WHAT MIGHT THEY TARGET?

Dempsey has told Congress that lethal force would be used “to strike targets that enable the regime to conduct military operations, proliferate advanced weapons and defend itself.”

WHAT PROBABLY WOULD BE AVOIDED?

It’s doubtful the U.S. would directly target Assad. U.S. policy prohibits assassinating foreign leaders unless they have attacked America first.

It’s also unclear if Assad’s military intelligence headquarters, a symbolic target, might be attacked; it’s believed to hold hundreds of prisoners.

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Obama did not present any direct evidence to back up his assertion that the Syrian government bears responsibility for the attack. U.S. officials were searching for additional intelligence to bolster the case for a strike against Assad’s military infrastructure and rule out the possibility that a rogue element of the Syrian military could have used the weapons on its own authority.

While Obama said he is still evaluating possible military retaliation, he vowed that any American response would send a “strong signal” to Bashar Assad.

“We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out,” Obama said during an interview with “NewsHour” on PBS. “And if that’s so, then there need to be international consequences.”

New hurdles emerged that appeared to slow the formation of an international coalition that could use military force to punish Syria. Earlier Wednesday, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council failed to reach an agreement on a draft resolution from the British seeking authorization for the use of force. Russia, as expected, objected to international intervention.

Obama administration officials said they would take action against the Syrian gov-

ernment even without the backing of allies or the United Nations because diplomatic paralysis must not prevent a response to the alleged chemical weapons attack outside the Syrian capital last week.

British Prime Minister David Cameron promised British lawmakers he would not go to war until a U.N. chemical weapons team on the ground in Syria has a chance to report its findings, pushing the U.K.’s involvement in any potential strike until next week at the earliest. Cameron called an emergency meeting of Parliament on Thursday to vote on whether to endorse international action against Syria.

Even so, British Foreign Secretary William Hague suggested that U.S. military action need not be constrained

by Britain. “The United States are able to make their own decisions,” he told reporters late Wednesday, just after speaking with Secretary of State John Kerry.

More intelligence was being sought by U.S. officials.

While a lower-level Syrian military commanders’ communications discussing a chemical attack had been intercepted, they don’t specifically link the attack to an official senior enough to tie the killings to Assad himself, according to one U.S. intelligence official and two other U.S. officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the intelligence publicly.

The White House ideally wants intelligence that links the attack directly to Assad or someone in his inner circle, to rule out the possibility that a rogue element of the military acting without Assad’s authorization.

That quest for added intelligence has delayed the release of the report by the Office of the Director for National Intelligence laying out evidence against Assad.

The report was promised earlier this week by administration officials.

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“I do remember Dr. Martin Luther King saying, ‘Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I’m free at last,’ and hearing all these people yelling and screaming. And I knew, I knew this was a very important day as a little girl,” she said. “And I felt like something good was happening — that something good was going to happen for us as a people, black people. Because even as a child, I knew that something was wrong.”

David Soleil, a founder of the Sudbury School of Atlanta, brought students and parents to the hike. He read passages from King’s speech as they progressed.

“This is a place that has just had a history of racism and pain,” he said. “But we’re here. And we’re fulfilling that dream that freedom is going to ring from Stone Mountain.

Even in places that birth hate, that we can still come and birth love.”

At Lookout Mountain in Tennessee, another place King mentioned, school principal LaFrederick Thirkill of Chattanooga, Tenn., said he brought a group of fourth graders to be part of a historic moment as the nation’s progress toward full equality continues with each generation.

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Ben Ingle will admit he’s not a vocal player on the football field. He’d rather let his play do his talking.

“I want to lead by example,” Ingle said. “Whether that makes me the leader, I’d like to think so.”

Ingle and senior Kenneth Lee return to Ball State’s defense this season as the most experienced linebackers on the team with the departures of Travis Freeman, Tony Martin and Justin Cruz.

The Cardinals’ defense was put under stress in 2012 for giving up too many points and not getting stops when they were needed.

Ball State’s opponents rushed for 207.1 yards and threw for another 255.3 yards, on average per game.

Opponents also converted on third down 44 percent of the time last season.

The focus in spring and fall camp was clear for defensive coordinator Jay Bateman — don’t give up big plays.

“All we preached all offseason was limiting big plays,” Bateman said. “Every time one of those happen in practice, [the coaches] act like we’re on fire.”

The defensive makeover started in spring practices when head coach Pete Lembo announced changes in responsibilities with his defensive coaches. Bateman’s focus is with the inside linebackers, while Daryl Dixon works with the outside linebackers and nickelbacks.

Ball State also hired Shannon Morrison to be the defensive backs and pass defense coordinator.

For as poorly as the defense played last season, Ball State still managed a six-game winning streak to finish with a 9-3 record and a berth in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. “We knew we were going to have some rough stretches early,” Bateman said. “In the second half of the season, we certainly showed improvement.

We’ve showed improvement in the spring and we’ve shown it in the fall.”

Ball State’s nine wins didn’t come by simply outscoring the opponent. The defense made key stops late in games that sealed wins for the Cardinals. Most notably is Eric Patterson’s interception against South Florida’s B.J. Daniels in the final seconds of the 31-27 win. Another of Patterson’s is the defensive stop on 4thand-1 on Toledo running

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Ben Ingle talks with the press after practice on Aug. 26. Ingle will start at linebacker tonight against Illinois State.

back David Fluellen to grab a win at the Glass Bowl.

“I think our kids have come up and made stops when they need to,” Bateman said. “That’s the mark of a good football team.”

The defense understands that losing experienced players in Freeman and Martin does hurt, but with the youth in the secondary and at linebacker, it allows for more development.

A front four of Jonathan Newsome, Nate Ollie, Joel Cox and Nick Miles will anchor Ball State’s defense and put pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Still, the coaches want a better pass rush from the defense that recorded 20 sacks last season.

That’s where Ingle steps in.

“That’s a large part of the linebacker’s role,” Ingle said. “[It] is to get to the quarterback and let him know you’re there. We’ve been working on the little things and I think that’s what will make a difference this year.”

His development progressed in the sophomore’s 12 appearances last season.

With the new responsibilities of the defensive coaches, Ingle has been able to get specific instruction from one coach.

Ingle’s coaches expect him to become even more of a leader as his experience grows.

“He’s up and coming and ready to take that leadership role,” Dixon said. “Once

he starts making plays, he’ll be able to step up throughout the season.”

Ball State’s defense is eager to show it’s improved from last season in tonight’s season opener against Illinois State.

The offense returns virtually everyone that averaged 457 yards of offense per game and 33.6 points per game. If the defense improves from a season ago, a Mid-American Conference championship is realistic.

But that won’t be decided until December. The task at hand is beating Illinois State, and the defense is ready.

“The No. 1 goal is getting better,” Dixon said. “Any coach will tell you that. That’s what we’re looking to do.”

Jamill Smith is just trying to stay calm.

The senior wide receiver has played in 35 games throughout his career, but he still gets just as hyped before games, no matter the opponent.

“It’s a different mind set since it’s my last year,” Smith said. “I could be out going crazy, like fidgety.”

Looking at the schedule, Ball State will take the field against Illinois State, a team that went 9-4 in the Football Championship Subdivision. But Smith doesn’t see it that way.

“We play every game like it’s the No. 1 team in the nation, no matter who it is,” Smith said.

Senior defensive end Jonathan Newsome agreed with Smith’s comments.

“We never look past anybody – FCS, DIII, high school,” Newsome said.

Smith missed time in Spring Practice while recovering from foot surgery.

“I’ve been ready [for the season] since my foot got back,” he said.

The Redbirds have lost many of last year’s top statistical performers, including a quarterback, running back and wide receiver.

Replacing the quarterback will be Iowa State transfer Jared Barnett. vI’m pretty sure he’ll open up their offense a little bit more,” Newsome said. “They’ll probably

do some different things. I’m pretty sure there’s nothing we haven’t prepared for.”

Barnett was the quarterback for the Cyclones when they beat No. 20 Texas Tech and No. 2 Oklahoma State. At the time, Oklahoma State was 10-0, with National Title hopes.

It’s also Newsome’s final year with the team.

“You just know every day is your last,” Newsome said. “Time is going by fast. You can’t just come [to practice]. You have to come out with a purpose.”

Instead of preparing for Illinois State players that were sitting on the bench last year, Ball State has been preparing for the system they will be moving into.

In his weekly press conference, head coach Pete Lembo said Illinois State plays variations of both 4-3 and 3-4 fronts. He added that the Redbirds play a mix of zone and man coverage.

One place that the difference between the FBS and the FCS could show up is in special teams. FBS teams are allowed by the NCAA to give 22 more scholarships out to players, the top-of-the-roster players are still on scholarship, but the bottom-of-the-roster players aren’t. On most rosters, the backups are the ones running down kickoffs and trying to block extra points.

However, Ball State has its own special teams questions. The Cardinals will be starting redshirt junior Scott Secor as kicker and redshirt freshman Kyle Schmidt as punter tonight.

Despite the outcome, Smith will be on edge until kickoff.

“I’m trying to just be cool and calm,” Smith said. “I could’ve been crazy like two months ago.”

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Two hours before Ball State’s football season opener, a new tailgating alternative will kick off.

The Student Government Association will host Ball State football’s official pregame party “Countdown 2 Kickoff,” an idea that was originally part of the executive slate’s platform points during their campaign.

Malachi Randolph, SGA president, hopes to add excitement to home football games with the new event.

“At other universities, [football games] are a huge experience,” Randolph said.

“It’s kind of a game-day event where you can feel the energy all day. There’s a lot going on, people are excited, you can hear music, so we’re just trying to add to that game-day experience.”

Starting at 5 p.m. students will be able to participate in

activities such as tug-of-war, corn hole and volleyball in East Field – located directly behind the Ball State student seating section.

Ball State Athletics, University Program Board, Residence Hall Association, Black Student Association, Ball State Dining and WCRD collaborated with SGA to make the new tailgating event possible.

Students that pre-registered can use a meal swipe to purchase game-day meals provided by Ball State Dining, and WCRD will play live music throughout the event.

“This is the first time that I’ve ever been a part of something like this,” BSA president Dairick Wade said.

“This is like the first event of this type of magnitude that I’ve seen, and the biggest that I’ve ever been involved within my four years.”

The Ball State BSA will provide drinks and prizes for contests such as lifesized hamster ball races.

The group will also manage a snow cone machine and a bungee cord inflatable.

Randolph said the large number of student groups involved made putting the event together much easier,

but he’s still invested plenty of his own time.

“I’m super excited, and relieved,” Randolph said. “I’ve been working 60 to 70 hours a week trying to plan this.

There is a lot that goes into it, a lot of things you don’t think about.”

Since “Countdown 2 Kickoff ” will be hosted inside Scheumann Stadium, there were contracts to be signed, and NCAA compliance standards that had to be met.

Randolph said the SGA saw other schools in Ohio and Illinois be successful with pregame events like this one.

He also noticed a connection between those events and higher attendance at those schools’ football games.

“Student attendance at football games is one of the most important initiatives we have ... it’s critical. It’s up to us to get them to come,” said Bill Scholl, Ball State’s athletic director. “Events like this go a long way to help us reach out to the student body.”

Randolph feels “Countdown 2 Kickoff ” can become a tradition that will boost school spirit along with attendance numbers.

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Ball State volleyball head coach Steve Shondell wants more than just effort from his team. “Three wins — that’s what I’m striving for,� Shondell said. “You never really know what’s going to happen in the first matches of the season, though.�

The Cardinals will fly Thursday morning to South Florida in preparation for its season opener Friday. With a mix of healthy veterans and freshmen, along with a few transfers, the team hopes its combination of experience will be successful throughout the season.

For the opening matches of the season, Ball State is approaching the weekend by focusing less on its opponent and more on itself. Friday’s match against Austin Peay will be the first time Ball State has ever faced them, and Shondell said he doesn’t have much to go on.

Austin Peay finished the 2012 season 17-15, but bowed out of the Ohio Valley Conference Volleyball Championship in the first round.

Shondell’s lineup is expected to be senior dominated. He said he expects all five seniors to see significant playing time, with sophomore transfer Alex Fuelling playing on the left side along with sophomore Hayley Benson at middle blocker.

Although Fuelling stands out in the lineup because it will be her first appearance in a Ball State uniform, she won’t be the sole focus of the coaches this weekend. “I want to see all of them,�

Shondell said. “I’ve seen some of them for three years, so I’ve already got a pretty good idea of what I’ve got. But I’m curious to see what kind of start

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each player gets off to.�

After sitting out last season due to transfer regulations, Fuelling is getting ready to play for the first time at Ball State.

Fuelling will be expected to provide some of the offense that vanished from the left side when Lisa Scott and Kara Bates graduated.

The duo accounted for 45.7 percent of Ball State’s kills, and senior Mindy Marx is also expected to step up to help replace the lost offense.

With Friday closing in, Fuelling doesn’t want to overwhelm herself with the prospect of a new season on the horizon. “I don’t want to think about it too much because then it’ll just get in my head,� Fuelling said. “Focusing and having fun at the same time will be important for us to win.�

Coming in with just 12 career starts at Morehead State, Fuelling

will start the season with players like Marx and senior Lauren Grant, who have 59 and 31 starts.

Leadership from Marx and Grant will be crucial for Fuelling as the season begins, who said the seniors are the best leaders on the team and are always open for questions and help.

With five seniors, Fuelling won’t have to look far for leadership, as it’ll be next to her all season. Austin Peay sits on the other side, with just two seniors on its roster.

Austin Peay lost Nikki Doyle to graduation, who led the team in kills, but returns junior Jada Stotts, who finished with just 10 fewer kills then Doyle.

After opening the season against Austin Peay at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Ball State team will face Citadel and South Florida at 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.

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Manziel suspended for half of opener NCAA says no proof Manziel took money for his autographs | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Johnny Football’s season will start a little late.

Johnny Manziel was suspended for the first half of Texas A&M’s opening game against Rice on Saturday for what the school called an “inadvertent” violation of NCAA rules by signing autographs.

The penalty appears to have brought a quick end to an investigation that could have ruined the seventh-ranked Aggies’ upcoming season.

The school issued a statement Wednesday saying it declared the Heisman Trophy winner ineligible and that the NCAA agreed to reinstate Manziel after he sits out the first half against the underdog Owls.

“I am proud of the way both Coach [Kevin] Sumlin and Johnny handled this situation, with integrity and honesty,” Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp said in the statement.

“We all take the Aggie Code of Honor very seriously and there is no evidence that either the university or Johnny violated that code.”

The quarterback was being investigated by the NCAA for allegedly accepting money for signing autographs for memorabilia brokers, a violation of NCAA rules that could have led to a much longer suspension.

ESPN first reported the allegations against Manziel earlier this month.

According to the statement, Texas A&M and the NCAA “confirmed there is no evidence Manziel received money in exchange for autographs based on currently available information and statements by Manziel.”

Conditions for reinstatement include Manziel discussing his actions with teammates and A&M revising how it educates student-athletes about signing autographs.

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Ball State ends Agreement with Illinois state for 2014 game Ball State has canceled its agreement with Illinois State to play a game in Illinois in 2014.

Playing against Illinois State, an FCS team, next season would mean playing just five home games compared to seven away games.

The home-and-away series is now just one game, being played Friday at Scheumann Stadium between Ball State and Illinois State.

Agreeing to a buyout with the Redbirds, Ball State is attempting to find another opponent to play in Muncie so the home and away games will be even.

Another home game could give Ball State more homefield advantage, bring in more revenue and provide another game for Ball State fans and students to attend.

The buyout means Ball State will have to pay a $300,000 fine for canceling the contract, according to the Muncie Star Press.

Ball State’s other non-conference games in 2014 are against Iowa, Army and Colgate.

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fans, but unfortunately, some individuals’ sole motivation in seeking an autograph is for resale,” said Kevin Lennon, NCAA vice president of academic and membership affairs. “It is important that schools are cognizant and educate student athletes about situations in which there is a strong likelihood that the autograph seeker plans to resell the items.”

He likely will be replaced in the starting lineup by either junior Matt Joeckel or freshman Kenny Hill. Joeckel has thrown only 11 passes in his college career.

The news of Manziel’s suspension was the talk of Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, with many questioning the length of the suspension. Former NFL and MLB star Deion Sanders was incredulous at the brevity of Manziel’s suspension, after Dez Bryant was suspended for an entire season while at Oklahoma State after lying about having dinner with Sanders.

“Can we investigate the investigators? @DezBryant got suspended a season 4 lying about a dinner that wasnt a violation & Manziel gets a half,” Sanders tweeted soon after the ruling was made public.

The decision also had a major impact in Las Vegas, where the odds of Manziel’s chances of repeating as a Heisman winner and Texas A&M’s chances of winning the national championship shifted dramatically on Wednesday. RJ Bell, the founder of sports betting web site Pregame.com, said Manziel’s chances of winning the Heisman jumped from 12/1 to 6/1 on Wednesday, and the team’s shot at the title increased from 18/1 to 10/1.

The latest problem isn’t the first time off-the-field trouble has put Manziel’s career in jeopardy.

Manziel was arrested last summer after a bar fight near campus and charged with disorderly conduct, possession of the fake ID and failure to identify himself to police.

Manziel admitted this June that he failed to identify himself to police following the altercation. As part of a plea deal, other charges against

the 20-year-old, including disorderly conduct, were dismissed, and it looked like Manziel’s trouble was behind him before the latest problems came to light.

Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy last season, setting numerous school and Southeastern Conference records while leading Texas A&M to an 11-2 mark and a victory over No. 1 Alabama in its first season in the SEC. He followed that with a high-profile offseason of road trips to Las Vegas and the NBA Finals. His biggest misstep, however, came during the summer when he departed early from a quarterback camp for high school players run by the Manning family in Louisiana. Manziel said it was a mutual decision after he overslept and missed meetings and activities.

Former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum, who is now a special adviser to Texas A&M’s president, has watched Manziel’s career with great interest and is looking forward to seeing how he’ll follow up his incredible first season.

“This young man has been in a position that no one has ever been in,” Slocum said on Wednesday before the suspension was announced.

“He’s been a freshman and a 20-year-old winner of the Heisman Trophy, and he’s done some great things with that and he’s had a few things I’m sure he’d like to have a do-over with. And if I were advising him, I might have said, ‘That’s probably not in your best interests to do that or say that or be there,’ but in terms of the upcoming season, I’m as anxious as anybody to see what happens and see what the results are.”

Manziel was the main attraction at SEC Media Days, where he was peppered with questions but answered with the same cool and calm he often shows in the face of a pass rush.

“I don’t feel like I’ve done anything that’s catastrophic,” Manziel said at the time. “Of course, I’ve made my mistakes. It’s time to grow up.”