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LIVING

Freshman Paige Rawl sits in her dorm room in Johnson B, working on her chemistry homework.

Rawl was diagnosed with HIV when she was a child and hopes to become an HIV/AIDS researcher with her degree in molecular biology.

HIV-POSITIVE Freshman shares story of being diagnosed at age 3

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n 7th grade, Paige Rawl discovered a handwritten note on her locker door.

The note read five words, “NO AIDS AT THIS SCHOOL.” The freshman was diagnosed with HIV before her third birthday, and has been on a path to recovering her identity ever since.

“There are always conversations about the subject, but there have been no formal discussions about it,” she said.

There have been major discussions concerning smoking in Delaware County, though. After a county law to extend a smoking ban in bars and 12 feet outside public buildings was passed, many business owners decided to fight.

Rawl, an Indianapolis native, came to Ball State this year to study molecular biology to become an HIV/AIDS medical researcher.

“It’s something I want to dedicate my life to,” Rawl said. “Because it has been such a huge part of my life.”

Rawl lives in a single dorm room, in hopes of lessening her exposure to illnesses, and for the first month of school she was constantly sick until her immune system adjusted.

In the dating scene, Rawl is straightforward with every new guy she meets.

“I tell them in the beginning, so if they have a problem with it, it won’t hurt me in the long run,” Rawl said.

Rawl takes only one pill a day for HIV, though she often takes antibiotics. Even a

small cold requires immediate medical attention.

But despite having HIV — an infection 1.1 million Americans live with — Rawl said she’s like anyone else. She’s a Pi Beta Phi sorority sister and she’s a Ball State Dance Marathon Riley Relations committee member.

« HIV does not

discriminate. HIV doesn’t have a certain look — it can happen to ANYBODY. »

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GROWING UP HIV-POSITIVE

However, it hasn’t been an easy PAIGE RAWL, childhood for Rawl. Before she be- a freshman molecular came the youngest person to be certi- biology major fied as an HIV/AIDS educator through the American Red Cross at age 14, she had her own battles to fight.

In middle school, faced with an infection she was just beginning to understand, Rawl said her grades plummeted. She lost friends. She began having stress-induced seizures.

Senate will take lead on efforts to avoid looming Treasury default

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University to change procedures for undergraduate student employment Affordable Care Act reason behind some differences in policy |

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The university has emailed student employees about making changes to procedures, but an official said undergraduate students should not see a change to their pay or hours.

ROLLING TERMINATIONS

According to an email sent out

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Oct. 8, Student Employee News @ Ball State, sent to student employees, employment has moved to rolling terminations, which removes students who are no longer working from Payroll.

In the past, students who were hired would be renewed each academic year. Now, they will be terminated when their employment ceases, or when they stop working.

Student employment coordinator John Knox said using rolling terminations saves the university money because the university pays for a Kronos license for every employee on Payroll.

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“Brother“ is a strong word.

Usually only reserved for blood relatives and very close friends, it’s a term of endearment.

Jonathan Newsome and Nick Miles call each other brothers.

“It’s just good to go out to war with my brother,” Miles said. “I love him.”

The two start on both defensive end spots of Ball State’s de- JONATHAN fensive line and have since the NEWSOME a senior beginning of the 2012 season.

Newsome transferred from defensive end Ohio State at the beginning of the 2011 season, Miles’ freshman season.

They were constantly around each other in meetings and on the practice field.

“It was just natural for us to come together and become best friends,” Newsome said.

Over the summer, Miles NICK MILES stayed at Newsome’s house for a junior defensive end a few days.

The two have been able to learn different things from each other.

Miles, a junior, is a year younger than Newsome and has picked up some practice habits from the senior.

“You just get so tense, you’re not having fun sometimes,” Newsome said. “That’s one thing I’ve shown Nick. When you’re out here, it’s playtime.“ Miles played in 10 games his freshman season, registering 16 tackles, before becoming a starter in 2012. “[He grew] from a guy with potential to a great football player,” Newsome said. “That’s all because he just put the work in. He didn’t just naturally have it. He made himself have it.”

Some of the work Miles has put in is in the weight room. Miles said he has lost five pounds since the end of last season and feels like a better athlete.

a way to keep our books free of students who aren’t working,” he said. “This is a way to avoid that fee for people that are not working. It’s really helped save university money and make sure everyone has opportunity to be paid appropriately.”

Knox said he hopes the transition is seamless.

“We aren’t changing our policies as much as we are our procedures,” he said. “Students who are working shouldn’t see any difference in the way they are paid. Those things are primarily administrative.”

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THE CHANGES ROLLING TERMINATIONS

The new procedure will remove students who are no longer working from Payroll.

WHY

Saves the university money because the university pays for a Kronos license for every employee on Payroll.

MONITORING HOURS

Ball State is paying closer attention to students working 20 hours on campus, but the rules have not changed for undergraduate student employment.

WHY

To comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed.

Aides to both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, expressed revived optimism about chances for a swift agreement — by Wednesday at the latest — that could pass both houses. Their efforts toward a bipartisan resolution had seemed likely to bear fruit a day earlier before House conservative were given a last-minute chance for their version.

As hours ticked down toward Thursday’s Treasury deadline, the likeliest compromise included renewed authority for the Treasury to borrow through early February and the government to reopen at least until mid-January.

While a day of secret meetings and frenzied maneuvering unfolded in all corners of the Capitol, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., stood on the Senate floor at midafternoon and declared, “We are 33 hours away from becoming a deadbeat nation, not paying its bills to its own people and other creditors.”

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The partial shutdown continues into its third week, with dueling plans in the Senate and in the House to reopen the government and avert a U.S. debt default.

Treasury says it will run out of money to pay its bills if Congress doesn’t increase its borrowing authority by Thursday.

Here is a look at how services have been affected, and sometimes not, by Congress failing to reach an agreement averting a partial government shutdown.

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The impact of the shutdown on school districts, colleges and universities has been relatively minimal. Student loans have continued to be paid out. But school trips to national parks and museums have been canceled, and some university researchers have been unable to apply for grants or access government databases.

Vocational rehabilitation programs helping adults with disabilities could begin to feel a pinch because these agencies receive 80 percent of their funding from the federal government.

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Sheila Helton joins a demonstration outside of the Dallas office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, protesting the federal budget standoff and government shutdown. In the background are Cruz supporters.

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Federal air traffic controllers remain on the job and airport screeners continue At the Environmental Protection Agency, the shutdown means the agency can to funnel passengers through security no longer certify whether vehicles meet emissions standards, delaying some new checkpoints. Furloughs of safety inspecmodels from reaching car lots. New pesticides and industrial chemicals are also tors had put inspections of planes, pilots in limbo because the EPA has halted reviews of their health and environmental and aircraft repair stations on hold. effects. And the nation’s environmental police are no longer checking to see if polluters are complying with agreements to reduce their pollution.

New patients are generally not being accepted into clinical research at the National Institutes of Health. Current patients continue to receive care. NIH has allowed patients with life-threatening illnesses into research studies.

The array of economic reports measuring the health of the nation’s economy that have been postponed. The reports measure such things as monthly unemployment, inflation, imports and exports, and retail sales.

The FBI estimates that about 80 percent of its 35,000 employees are working and says it is prepared to meet any immediate threats. Activities are suspended for longer-term investigations. Training and support functions have been slashed.

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RECREATION All national parks closed when the shutdown began, but the Obama administration said Thursday it would allow states to use their own money to reopen some of them.

Utah was the first state to take up the offer, and all five national parks located in the state reopened Saturday. Colorado also reached agreement to reopen Rocky Mountain National Park and tourists returned Saturday to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. South Dakota, aided by several corporate donors, was paying the National Park Service to reopen Mount Rushmore, which started seeing tourists again Monday when about 3,000 people visited.

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CONSUMER SAFETY Several protection agencies have curtailed their work. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shut down most operations last week. However, resident inspectors will remain on the job and any immediate safety or security matters will be handled.

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HIV: Student learns the truth about infection | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz closes his eyes during a song Tuesday at John R. Emens Auditorium. Mraz was accompanied by Raining Jane. Both groups played a solo portion and the two played together later in the performance.

Mraz nervous on stage Artist collaborates with folk-rock band in all acoustic set

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Jason Mraz casually strolled on stage in John R. Emens Auditorium sporting a trucker hat and tucked-in collared shirt, eating a piece of bread slathered in peanut butter.

“I wanted to personally say hello to every one of you,” Mraz said.

Mraz began pointing to individuals in the crowd and saying “hello” and shook the hands of eager crowd members in the pit.

The stage was plainly decorated and glowing in blue light with four white drapes stretching from the ceiling to the floor

against a dark curtain.

“I’m incredibly nervous ... ” Mraz said. “Probably because I haven’t done a show with my shirt tucked in, ever.”

Mraz said one month ago he asked his manager to cancel the show, because he felt it was not prepared.

However, his manager said there was no way he could cancel because “tickets were already on sale in Muncie, Ind.” The crowd erupted in applause in response.

“I’m very grateful to be here in Muncie, Ind,” Mraz said.

Mraz didn’t start the show with a fancy light show or suspenseful entrance. He personally introduced his opening band Raining Jane.

“I’m about to folk-rock your face off,” Raining Jane percussionist Mona said to the crowd as she began playing.

The four-person, all-female

band preceded Mraz’s wellknown opening song, “You and I.” While the show featured Mraz solo on a few acoustic songs, the majority of the concert was collaboration between Raining Jane and Mraz.

Raining Jane gave Mraz classic “Lucky” a fresh take, by shortening notes to staccato and adding more female vocals.

“It was really cool to see him incorporate a different style of music [into his own] by playing with Raining Jane,” junior Riley Watts said.

Raining Jane and Mraz have been collaborating for six years, since Mraz asked the band members to be in his band after watching them play a college show.

The band members joked on stage, fake crying when sharing their disbelief that Mraz really intended to collaborate

with him when he first saw their show.

Since then, the five have gotten together “One weekend a year, with our minds clear, to write tunes,” Mraz said, improvising in rhythm with a bass beat.

Mraz said the group had “no agenda” until last October when they decided to join forces.

Mraz said the audience in Emens a “test audience.”

The concert marked the first real show the group had ever played together, with the exception of a small show performed at Mraz’s house.

Mraz and Raining Jane ended the show in an encore, performing radio hit “I’m Yours.”

After Ball State, Mraz will be heading out to Virginia and then to South America. His tour will take him to Brazil, Colombia and across the U.S. through December.

At age 12, Rawl said she began “listening more and putting the pieces together.”

Oblivious of the stigma of HIV, in 6th grade Rawl said she first confided in her best friend. Two weeks later, the news had spread throughout the entire school.

“I thought being HIV positive was the same as having asthma,” she said.

Rawl said she was relentlessly bullied for the next two years.

Rawl said she was relentlessly bullied for the next two years.

Rawl sought help through her school counselor, who told her to “just deny her HIV status.”

Finally, after hearing “HIV” repeated in a middle school sex education class, Rawl asked her mother if she was HIV positive.

Her mother confirmed.

Rawl learned that her father had contracted the disease with another partner while in a relationship with her mother, making both Rawl and her mother HIV positive.

She said there were numerous times her mother wanted to tell her, including after Rawl’s dad died of AIDS-related illnesses.

“She was so scared that if she told me I was going to think I was going to die or I was going to get sick,” Rawl said.

In the U.S., fewer than 100 infants were born with HIV in 2011 compared to 900 infants in 1992 according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This is because of better screening and greater access to medication.

Currently, fewer than 2 in 100 babies born to mothers infected with HIV are born HIV-positive in U.S. and Europe. Unfortunately, Rawl’s mother was not aware she had HIV until after Rawl was born.

‘LAST STRAW’

Finally the insensitivity Rawl experienced in school became too much. In 8th grade, Rawl’s soccer coach joked that opponents would be “afraid” of Rawl, so she could score the team more goals.

THE HARD FACTS In 2011, there was an estimated 49,273 diagnoses of HIV infection in the U.S. There were 10,257 of adult and adolescent females.

SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“That was the last straw,” she said.

Rawl left her middle school to be homeschooled for the rest of the year. Then she attended her first AIDS walk and made the decision she would no longer be a victim.

“I didn’t want to see other kids go through what I was going through,” she said. “And the only way to change the stigma was to share [my story].”

In December 2008, Rawl publicly voiced her story for the first time at an HIV awareness event.

“I barely knew what to say,” she said. “But I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.”

With her newfound confidence, Rawl enrolled in a small, charter school for high school.

There, she was open about being HIV positive by speaking to the entire student body.

“After that I felt like I could go to school and completely be myself,” Rawl said.

Her senior year, Rawl was voted “Most Likely to Change the World.”

“I wouldn’t feel like myself anymore if I stopped speaking,” Rawl said. “I will never stop sharing my story.”

Rawl’s was chosen as a top five contestant in Seventeen Magazine’s “Pretty Amazing” contest. Rawl was flown to New York City to tell her story and was featured on a two-page spread in this October’s issue.

“Young girls were able to hear my story,” Rawl said. “Now they will understand that HIV does not discriminate. HIV doesn’t have a certain look — it can happen to anybody.”

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Speaker talks on society’s negative male stereotypes 70 percent of teen fathers provide for family, says Kiselica

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Society may be spending too much time focusing on negative male stereotypes, a speaker on campus Tuesday said.

“My dad was the best dad a man could ask for,” said Mark Kiselica, professor of Counselor Education at the College of New Jersey. “My father is not an anomaly.”

Department of Counseling Psychology & Guidance Services invited Kiselica to speak at “A New Foundation for Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men.” He said he thinks there is a serious problem with the way masculinity is talked about, and has spent his

career studying and offering better counseling methods to deal with problems of masculinity.

Kiselica said the abundance of negative stereotypes about men and boys, such as aggression, violence and misogyny, coupled with a lack of positive male examples in psychology books and the media is negatively impacting boys and men today.

“There are many decent men in society that are not misogynistic, but you don’t read about them in psychology books,” Kiselica said. “There’s something wrong with that.”

He said according to his research, 70 percent of teen dads provide for their partner and children.

“Where’s that fact of positive masculinity in the textbooks?”

Kiselica asked.

Frank Gage, a 27-year-old Muncie resident, said he thought Kiselica’s message was important.

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MARK KISELICA

professor of counselor education at The College of New Jersey

• Interim Dean of the School of Education • Professor and former chairperson of the Department of Counselor Education at the The College of New Jersey • Has a masters degree in psychology • Author of more than 100 publications • Member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Council on Adolescent Pregnancy • Founder and coordinator of the American School Counselor Association Professional Interest Network on Teenage Parents

“I didn’t have a good father figure, and it’s affected me a lot,” Gage said. “What [Kiselica] is saying is important for people to understand.”

Much of Kiselica’s research has been focused on stressing the different types of masculinity and using that knowledge to reexamine male gender roles that often lead to negative consequences.

In his research, Kiselica has

SOURCE: counselored.pages.tcnj.edu

discovered men use humor a lot to develop intimacy among other men, and while men don’t spend as much time with their children as women do, the time that is spent is often more physical and active, leaving a strong impression on the child.

“Fathers play crucial roles in their children’s development,” he said. “To focus on only the negatives is wrong. We must focus on the positives.”

For an annual fee of $25, dog owners will soon be able to purchase a membership to Muncie’s first off-leash dog park, located a few blocks from campus.

They are not currently selling the memberships.

Muncie will open the dog park at Emerson Memorial Greenspace Park at Ashland and Pauline Avenues in about a week.

This will be the first place in Muncie where owners can take there dogs and let them off the leash.

“There has been a large outcry for a dog park,” said Phil Peckinpaugh, the directory of Muncie and Delaware County Animal Care and Services.

The park will officially open on Oct. 26, according to Peckinpaugh.

“The plan has been in motion for several years, but is now becoming a reality” Peckinpaugh said.

Included in the park will be agility equipment, pet waste stations and water fountains specifically for dogs. There are also plans to create a track around the park.

Peckinpaugh said the only requirements to getting a memberDN PHOTO ASHLEE HAYES ship are that the dogs have up-to-date vaccinations and can A new dog park will open up at Ashland and Pauline avenues later this month.

There will be an annual fee of $25 to let your dog off the leash to play in the play well with others.

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2 GIRLS ARRESTED IN BULLYING CASE

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Two Florida girls who were primarily responsible for bullying a 12-year-old girl who killed herself were arrested after one of them acknowledged the harassment online, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Police in central Florida have been investigating the death of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick, who climbed a tower at an abandoned concrete plant Sept. 9 and hurled herself to her death. Authorities said as many as 15 girls may have bullied Rebecca and the investigation was continuing.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the arrests of the girls, ages 12 and 14, were hastened when the older girl posted Saturday on Facebook, saying she bullied Rebecca but she didn’t care.

“We decided that we can’t leave her out there. Who else

is she going to torment, who else is she going to harass?”

Judd said.

The 14-year-old girl was accused of threatening to beat up Rebecca while they were sixthgraders at Crystal Lake Middle School, telling her “to drink bleach and die” and saying she should kill herself, the sheriff said. The older girl convinced the younger girl to bully Rebecca, and they both repeatedly intimidated her, called her names and once the younger girl even beat Rebecca up, police said.

Both girls were charged as juveniles with third-degree felony aggravated stalking. If convicted, it’s not clear how much time, if any at all, the girls would spend in juvenile detention because they did not have any previous criminal history, the sheriff said.

“Time may not be the best trainer here. We’ve got the change this behavior of these children,” Judd said.

The sheriff ’s office identified the two girls, but The Associated Press generally does not name juveniles charged with crimes.

Judd said the bullying

began after the 14-year-old girl started dating a boy Rebecca had been seeing. The older girl didn’t like that and “began to harass and ultimately torment Rebecca,” Judd said.

A man who answered the phone at the 14-year-old’s Lakeland home said he was her father and told The Associated Press “none of it’s true.”

“My daughter’s a good girl and I’m 100 percent sure that whatever they’re saying about my daughter is not true,” he said.

At the mobile home, a barking pit bull stood guard and no one came outside despite shouts from reporters for an interview.

Neighbor George Colom said he had never interacted personally with girl but noticed her playing roughly with other children on the street.

“Kids getting beat up, kids crying,” Colom said. “The kids hang loose unsupervised all the time.”

A telephone message left at the 12-year-old girl’s home was not immediately returned and no one answered the door to her home.

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12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick WHAT

Climbed a tower at an abandoned concrete plant and hurled herself to her death WHEN

Sept. 9 WHERE

Central Florida SINCE

Police have been investigating. As many as 15 girls may have bullied Sedwick.

SOURCE: The Associated Press

The girls were arrested Monday night and released to their parents’ custody.

Judd said the 14-year-old was “very cold, had no emotion at all upon her arrest.”

The girls remain on home detention.

The younger girl was Rebecca’s former best friend, but the sheriff said the older girl turned her and others against Rebecca, out of fear they would be bullied too.

NEWTOWN TO DEMOLISH SANDY HOOK

Contractors to sign for confidentiality, prevent exploitation | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARTFORD, Conn. — When the old Sandy Hook Elementary School is demolished, building materials will be pulverized on site and metal will be taken away and melted down in an effort to eliminate nearly every trace of the building where a gunman killed 26 people last December.

Contractors also will be required to sign confidentiality agreements and workers will guard the property’s perimeter to prevent onlookers from taking photographs or videos.

The goal is to prevent exploitation of any remnants of the building, Newtown First Selectman E. Patricia Llodra said Tuesday.

“We want to be absolutely

certain to do everything we can to protect the privacy of the families and the Sandy Hook community,” she said. “We’re going to every possible length to eliminate any possibility that any artifacts from the building would be taken from the campus and ... end up on eBay.” Demolition is set to begin next week and be finished before the Dec. 14 anniversary of the shootings. Town voters last month accepted a state grant of $49.3 million to raze the building and build a new school, which is expected to open by December 2016.

The contractors’ confidentiality agreements, which were first reported Monday by The News-Times of Danbury, forbid public discussion of the site as well as photographs or disclosure of any information about the building.

Llodra, the superintendent of schools and other town officials have been discuss-

« We’re going to every possible length to

eliminate any possibility that any artifacts from the building would be taken from the campus and ... end up on eBay. » E. PATRICIA LLODRA, Newtown first selectman ing how to handle the demolition for weeks. Llodra said they want to shield the victims’ families and the community from more trauma, and don’t want any part of the school used for personal gain.

Most of the building will be completely crushed and hauled away to an undisclosed location. Some of the demolition dust may be used in the foundation and driveway of the new school, Llodra said. The town also is requiring documentation that metal and other materials that can’t be crushed and are hauled off-site are destroyed, she said.

In addition to the demolition crew confidentiality agreements, the project management company, Consigli Construction, also may do background checks on the workers.

“It’s a very sensitive topic,” Selectman Will Rodgers told The News-Times. “We want it to be handled in a respectful way.”

Adam Lanza, 20, killed 20 first-grade children and six women inside the school before committing suicide. Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the massacre.

Sandy Hook students have been attending classes at a former school in neighboring Monroe that was renovated specially for them.

Ind. state officials remind students of Lifeline Law Attorney General, Senator encourages to call for assistance

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Indiana state Senator Jim Merritt and state Attorney General Greg Zoeller visited Ball State to remind students about Indiana’s Lifeline Law. If someone is unresponsive or in need of medical attention because of alcohol, the law gives immunity to the caller as long as the caller takes the responsibility to stay, take care of the person in need and cooperate with law enforcement officials.

The law, however, does not give immunity when illegal drugs or providing alcohol to people who are underage is involved. The law also doesn’t offer immunity to the person in possible need of medical attention.

Merritt and Zoeller are currently on a weeklong trip around the state to help educate college students about the law.

“We, as public officials, don’t always communicate so well with the public, so we’re here to do that,” Merritt said. “There will always be someone who needs to understand the law.”The idea for the bill came from Purdue

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If someone is unresponsive or in need of medical attention because of alcohol, the caller is granted immunity as long as the caller takes the responsibility to stay, take care of the person in need and cooperate with law enforcement officials.

University’s student government in 2011. They lobbied for the bill and eventually got it authored by Merritt and signed into law back in March 2012.

“It’s a good example of both students’ voices being heard and how you can’t leave leadership up to others,” Zoeller said.

Zoeller stressed the importance of students taking the imitative and educating their friends and other students about the law.

“Students don’t usually listen to public officials like me, but they do listen to their friends,” Zoeller said. “You must be leaders of your own communities.”

According to the Department of Health, more than two-dozen Indiana students have lost their lives to alcohol poisoning since 2004.

If you want anymore information of the Indiana Lifeline bill, visit indianalifeline.org.

EMPLOYMENT: Students still monitor their own hours

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To comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Ball State is paying closer attention to number of hours students work on campus, but the rules have not changed for undergraduate student employment.

According to student employment policy on hours, students may work up to 20 hours a week during Fall and Spring semesters.

Knox this policy has been in place for many years in order that student employees receive an exemption to contributing to Social Security and Medicare.

Now, Ball State is more closely monitoring the policy for compliance with the ACA. “[We are] paying closer attention to conditions we already had enforced but it is particularly important now that we pay close attention to 20-hour per week rule during course of academic year,” Knox said. “The

ACA leaves us acutely aware of our compliance.”

In Student Employer News @ Ball State, sent out Oct. 8, said monitoring hours is primarily the responsibility of the students.

“While it is up to the students to monitor their hours, we will be asking departments to coordinate with the students in order to maintain compliance,” the newsletter said.

Students are still allowed to work more than 20 hours during breaks but how much extended time may be limited so they do not accumulate too many hours over the course of the year.

Graduate students have seen the largest change, since this year they are only allowed to work nine hours in on-campus employment to avoid conflict with PAPACA’s thirty-hour rule for employer shared responsibility for health care.

In the past, graduate students have been allowed to work an additional 10 hours in on-campus employment past their graduate assistantships of 20 hours.

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« We are 33 hours

TWENTY-HOUR WORKWEEK COMPLIANCE

DEBT: Government to lose ability to borrow Thursday In New York, the stock market dropped and the Fitch rating agency warned that it was reviewing the government’s AAA credit rating for a possible downgrade, though no action was near. The firm, one of the three leading U.S. credit-ratings agencies, said that “the political brinkmanship and reduced financing flexibility could increase the risk of a U.S. default.”

According to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, unless Congress acts by Thursday, the government will lose its ability to borrow and will be required to meet its obligations relying only on cash on hand and incoming tax receipts. President Barack Obama and numerous other officials in government and finance have warned of severe economic consequences if federal obligations come due that can’t be paid.

By all accounts, though, an end seems near for the impasse that has once again exposed a government so divided that it sometimes borders on dysfunction. Though the House failed to muster sufficient support for a conservatives-only bill in the GOP-majority chamber on Tuesday, enough Republicans there seem likely to join House Democrats to approve a bipartisan version if it can be approved by the Senate and sent to them.

Politically, neither party is faring well, but polls indi-

away from becoming a deadbeat nation, not paying its bills to its own people and other creditors. » BARBARA MIKULSKI, senator (D) cate Republicans are bearing the brunt of public unhappiness as survey after survey shows their approval ratings plunging.

There was no indication Tuesday night of the terms of a possible deal under discussion by Reid and McConnell, although the contours of an agreement had already come into shape on Monday, before what amounted to a daylong detour to give Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans time to craft their solution.

As it stood previously, the bipartisan Senate talks were focused on a plan to allow the Treasury to borrow freely through Feb. 7 and reopen the government with enough funds to carry over to mid-January.

Congressional negotiators would be appointed to seek a long-term deficit reduction plan, and in the meantime federal agencies would receive increased flexibility to deal with spending cuts due to take effect on about Jan. 15.

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FORUM LETTER TO THE EDITOR

STUDENT DISAGREES WITH COLUMNIST’S VIEW OF IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL Last Tuesday, McKenzie Clift published an opinion piece in opposition to the comprehensive immigration reform bill passed by the Senate earlier this year. Clift clearly has some misconceptions about the actual provisions of the bill and what its implications are for the country. Her conclusions about what she calls the Democratic “amnesty� bill — in reality a bipartisan compromise crafted and supported by four Republican Senators, including John McCain and Marco Rubio — are largely incorrect.

Clift begins with a false claim that the proposed immigration reform would do significant damage to the US economy. In fact, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found that implementing the reform would have massive benefits for our economy, reducing our deficit by a trillion dollars over the next two decades.

Tuesday’s piece bases its economic argument on a Heritage Foundation study that has been thoroughly discredited by economists across the political spectrum. Alex Norasteh with the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute dismissed the report, criticizing its use of “a statistical method that no other economist would use to measure things like this [...] And they

predictably reached terrible results.� The main problem with the Heritage study? It skews costs upward, disregarding future growth and most economic benefits associated with legalized immigrants. Criticism of the study was so severe and universal that the principal author resigned shortly after its publication.

The other major flaw in Clift’s analysis is her portrayal of the path to citizenship as a blanket amnesty for undocumented immigrant populations. This is a dishonest assertion and does not reflect the reality of the legislation. A closer look at the bill would reveal a long and difficult path to citizenship that doesn’t come close to giving a “reward�, as Clift puts it, for people living in the United States without documentation.

Let’s consider this supposedly lenient path to citizenship: the first step of the process requires a thorough background check, back-payment of all unpaid taxes, payment of an application fee, and an additional $1,000 penalty for living in the United States without documentation. Even after this lengthy and expensive process, immigrants’ only guarantee is that they will not be deported. They will not be eligible for Medicaid, social se-

curity, the Affordable Care Act or similar government programs.

Only after holding this status for a full decade will an immigrant be eligible for a green card. During that decade, the immigrant must demonstrate consistent employment, proficiency in English, and consistent income above the poverty level. Even then, the immigrant will not be a full citizen. Another three year waiting period is imposed before he or she is even eligible to apply. In addition to these hurdles, the bill introduces countless measures, from beefed up border security to an employment everify system, to prevent future illegal immigration across the US-Mexico border.

Before we talk about legislation, it’s important that we look inside and find out the facts. The bipartisan Senate immigration reform is not perfect. But it is an important step towards a fairer, more efficient immigration system and a more dynamic US economy.

Michael J. Smith mjsmith@bsu.edu

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SPORTS

After sweeping last weekend, the women’s volleyball team travels to Kent State during a weekend road trip in Ohio.

FRIDAY With conference play winding down, the soccer team takes on Toledo in one of the last matches at home.

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Snead has four yards of cushion between himself and the cornerback when he catches Wenning’s pass. By the time the cornerback makes up for the space, Snead is in the end zone.

Wide receiver Willie Snead catches his second touchdown of the afternoon | MATT McKINNEY SPORTS EDITOR @Matt_D_McKinney

WILLIE SNEAD, junior wide receiver

Preseason ranking motivates players Polls said Cardinals expected to finish fourth in MAC West

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Kelly Hopkins looked at Jenna Spadafora and whispered.

The two sophomores on the Ball State women’s volleyball team debated what place the team was predicted to finish in the preseason polls.

The pair decided on third, after asking head coach Steve Shondell, who wasn’t sure himself.

They were wrong. In the coaches’ preseason poll, Ball State was picked to finish fourth in the MAC West and didn’t receive a first place vote.

It was a far cry from the team’s 2011 season just two years ago, when they went 23-6 during the regular season.

The teams picked to finish ahead in 2013 were the Western Michigan University, Northern Illinois University and Central Michigan University in the MAC West.

“It wasn’t good for us to be ranked that low and it’s a great motivator,” Hopkins said. “We want to go out there and show people that we’re better then they think we are. ... It gives us the opportunity to prove others wrong.”

None of those teams are ahead of Ball State right now, who sits atop the MAC West standings at 5-1 and have knocked off each of the three schools.

The preseason rankings are

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Sophomore setter Jenna Spadafora serves the ball during a game earlier in the month. The women’s volleyball team is 17-4.

School Record (MAC) Ball State 17-4 (5-1) Toledo 11-9 (4-2) Northern Illinois 11-9 (3-3) Western Michigan 10-9 (3-3) Central Michigan 8-10 (2-4) Eastern Michigan 11-10 (1-5)

usually amassed by looking at the success a team had in the previous season along with players who are leaving and which ones are returning. For Ball State, it was difficult to gauge how successful the team could be because last season’s squad was ravaged by injuries.

Not to mention the graduation of Kara Bates, an outside hitter who was named to the All-MAC First Team in 2011 and 2012.

Replacing her would be a transfer from Morehead State University, Alex Fuelling. At the time she was an unknown commodity, nobody knowing during the preseason that she would be ranked third in the MAC with 3.79 kills per set.

The combination of a poor 2012 season coupled with Bates’ loss and new transfers made coaches wary of ranking Ball State highly.

“I think it’s better to start low than being at the top right away,” Spadafora said. “It’s better to earn it.”

Up to this point, Ball State has earned the top spot.

Fuelling and another transfer, Mackenzie Kitchel, have proven their worth.

Shondell said he doesn’t put much stock into preseason rankings. He said there are too many unknowns and most of the time they offer a poor reflection of the actual standings at the end of the season.

He replicated the same sentiments that his players produced, saying that although he doesn’t agree with the ranking, he understands why there received that spot.

And it gives the team extra incentive to silence doubters.

“I love being the underdog and proving everybody wrong,” Spadafora said “I love that feeling.”

This season, Ball State is tied for eighth in the Mid-American Conference in sacks with 11.

Three have come from Newsome and one from Miles.

Newsome was named to the preseason watch lists for the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Ted Hendricks Award.

After missing the 2012 season’s first two games with a suspension, Newsome had six sacks at this point last season. “[The pass rush has] gotten a little better as the year has gone on,“ Lembo said.

“It’s been good to see us get some pressure the last couple weeks without blitzing.”

When they’re not getting pressure on the field, Newsome

and Miles spend time together watching film after practices.

“Depending on what kind of night it is,“ Newsome said. “If he has too much homework, we’ll watch it another night. But we always get film night in. We’ll play games together.”

They’ve played the top sports games, Madden, NCAA and NBA 2K. Who’s better at video games?

“He beat me at Madden, but I’m better at NBA 2K,” Miles said.

Five feet away, Newsome smiled, put his hand to his face and shook his head.

“No you aren’t,” he said while laughing.

Just like a brother would.

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“They’re different body types for sure,” Ball State head coach Pete Lembo said. “John is obviously a longer guy. Nick is a thicker guy and in our style of defense, you do like those guys to be different body types.”

Newsome admits Miles is better at certain technical aspects of playing defensive end, such as using his hands to shed blockers. However, Newsome feels he’s more athletic and can share “cheats“ to get by linemen.

“His success is my success,” Newsome said. “If he gets a sack, it’s just like me getting a sack. Same thing.“

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WINNING WAYS ARE HERE TO STAY FOR SOCCER TEAM The foliage lining the Briner Sports the rest of the Cardinals “have absoComplex has started to change, lutely no reason not to win the MAC.” meaning that fall and conference play It is that influx in confidence that are here. makes Ball State’s loss to leagueFor the first three years of coach leader Western Michigan (7-3-3, 5-0Craig Robert’s tenure at Ball State 1) a simple blemish, rather than an the change in ambience brought indicative mortal wound.

Mid-American Conference foes that A win over the Broncos would have seemed to be on a higher echelon. allowed the Cardinals to control their But now, less than a week from Se- own destiny—against five teams all nior Night for Roberts’ first freshman at or below .500 for the season — en class, the leaves epitomize the evo- route to winning the MAC regular sealution of the Cardinals over the last son title and securing the No. 1 seed four years. for the conference tournament. Now In 2010 — Roberts’ first year at the Ball State is in a five-way tie behind helm — Ball State won a Western Michigan vying for single MAC game. The next a first round home match in it won four and then five in the MAC tournament.

2012, never advancing past “We’re going to move the first round of the conferforward [from the loss to ence tournament.

Western Michigan], and This season the Cardinals learn from it,” Roberts said. have continued their climb “We’re still optimistic for to prominence touting the the season and still are not MAC’s best overall record at afraid to play anybody in 9-4-1 (4-2) — eclipsing last the MAC.” season’s win total (8) with MAIMME Each of the three previous five regular season games MORRIS, losses has served as a lesson senior midfielder still on the schedule. for the young team that saw It’s not by accident. There double-digit roster overhas been a culture overhaul in turn in the past year. Ball State is 3-0 Muncie, Ind. coming of losses and has outscored “I’m just so proud of what we’ve opponents 6-1. created here,” said senior midfieldBehind one of the top defenses nationer Maimme Morris, who hails from ally — and the best in the conference — Worcestershire, England. “I never Ball State has negated any chance for a thought I’d fall in love with Muncie, drop-off to this point in the season, and and I have.” has no plans of stopping.

Four years after being recruited to “I just can’t leave here without a team that had won two MAC games winning [a MAC Championship],” and lost its coach in 2009, Morris and Morris said.

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