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30 alarms
have caused residence halls to evacuate this academic year
14 alarms
FALSE ALARMS
Residence halls evacuated 30 times, 14 drills, leads some students to consider staying in room
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KAITLIN LANGE CHIEF REPORTER kllange@bsu.edu
ire alarms have caused students to evacuate residence halls 30 times since the beginning of the 201314 academic year. None of them were a result of a fire that needed to be extinguished. In two weeks, Kinghorn Hall had three false ONLINE fire alarms this semester. About 14 of the 30 alarms were fire drills, which assistant director of housing and residence life Jeff Shoup said are required by law. The university holds a drill in each Students talk false alarms residence hall once per semester. bit.ly/1lf6BDO “Most students have grown up having fire drills from the time they were in kindergarten or first grade,” Shoup said. “To do that in a residence hall may not have been a natural kind of thought process, but for me it is a natural progression throughout your life.” Allison Bennett, a freshman exercise science major, said she thinks the drills and false alarms are too numerous. “I think that since they have them in every room, any time someone burns something or leaves on a straightener they go off without them needing to,” Bennett said.
0 alarms
were the result of fires needing to be extinguished
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Students work weekly to stop marriage bill 35 attend last event to offer information for Indiana residents DANIELLE GRADY CHIEF REPORTER | dagrady@bsu.edu Despite jobs, large course loads and making rent, a few Ball State students are devoting as many as 10 hours a week calling strangers to oppose HJR-3. At 5 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday, as well as during several impromptu sessions in the week, Sam Itkin calls Indiana residents. The sophomore creative writing major urges them to contact state representatives in their area to oppose the HJR-3 amendment. Armed with laptops and smart phones Itkin and 34 others prepared for a last ditch effort to make an impact on Indiana legislators, before today’s deciding vote. They hope to stop the amendment, which could strip away benefits for same sex couples, from continuing past Indiana’s House of Representatives and onto a statewide referendum
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AJ Owens, a junior social work major, motions that he is successful in transferring a citizen to leave a voicemail to their district representative about preventing HJR-3 while Sam Itkin, a sophomore creative writing major, calls another citizen. Volunteers called households for over two hours.
this November. So far, the amendment has passed through the Indiana House Elections and Apportionment committee in a 9-to-3 vote Wednesday. Itkin first heard of Freedom Indiana, a statewide organization in opposition of HJR-3, when a CONTACT US
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student approached him with a clipboard, asking if he supported rights for gays and lesbians. “I showed up [to the phone bank] for the first time, loved it and have been coming back ever since,” he said.
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Freshmen get extra sets, capitalize on game time First .600 hitting game excites outside attacker DAVID POLASKI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | @DavidPolaski Facing off against McKendree men’s volleyball team, which played its first match Friday, Ball State started clearing its bench in the second set. The men’s volleyball team, used to seeing its veterans get the majority of attacks, may not have been expecting players like Mike Scannell, Alex Pia and Connor Gross to see action. Playing in the third and fourth sets of his career, Scannell stood out from the rest of the freshmen. “It’s the first game I hit over .600, so I’m pretty excited right now,” Scannell said after his team knocked off McKendree. “I think both teams still have a lot of work to do, but I’m happy with how I played.” There’s little reason for him to be unhappy. Scannell finished1. CLOUDY with sev- 2. MOSTLY CLOUDY en kills on nine attempts, good for a .667 hitting percentage. He was tied with Larry Wrather for second most kills, trailing only Marcin Niemczewski who played all three sets. 7. PERIODS OF RAIN 6. RAIN
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10. DRIZZLE SHOWERS Freshman outside attacker9. SCATTERED Mike Scannell knocks the ball over the net from the corner against McKendree Friday at Worthen Arena. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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