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2 colleges see stabbings, Ball State defends email, IU sends several messages CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com

Both Ball State and IU experienced similar student safety incidents, but the universities reacted in very different ways.

Late Saturday night, a Ball State student was stabbed in the Worthen Arena parking lot in an attempted robbery, according to an

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email the university sent that informed students of the incident. But the email did not ask people to take any additional actions.

Police have still not found the suspect.

Nearly two hours after the Ball State email, two IU students confronted another student and slashed him across the back, according to the Associated Press. A number of emergency alerts told IU students to “seek shelter behind locked doors.”

Floyd Luellen, a freshman pre-nursing major, said he thinks Ball State downplayed the seriousness of the stabbing.

“Until you hear accounts of what happened, you don’t think it was a big deal

« I’m kind of floored by that kind of response. That is what I would do with a 6-year-old. »

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ALAN HARGRAVE, associate vice president for student affairs, after learning students would like to receive safety suggestions in campus security alerts [based on the email],” he said. “At IU, they told everyone when they caught the [suspects]. Here, [students] don’t even know if he is still out there.”

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A look at her legacy President Jo Ann Gora announces plans to retire in June 2014

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Ball State President Jo Ann Gora announced plans Saturday to retire summer 2014. Gora became the first woman to serve as a president of a public university in Indiana when she became the 14th president of Ball State in May 2004.

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Jo Ann Gora’s first days as Ball State president in 2004 weren’t without challenges.

The search committee that hired Gora faced complaints from faculty and students GORA’S DEFINING about the methods of MOMENTS the search, including Take a look at the decision not to refaculty reactions lease any names of the and a history of finalists during the propast presidents cess — a first for the + PAGE 4 university.

Jayson Manship, Student Government Association president at the time, criticized student representation on the search committee in a statement during the search.

“Students have always been underrepresented when it comes to governance-related issues,” he said in a 2004 statement. “Apparently, the students have once again been overlooked.”

Faculty members also were agitated about their relationship with the Board of Trustees.

“The university is in turmoil; students and faculty are upset about the presidential search,” Joseph Losco, Department of Political Science chairperson, said to the Daily News in 2004. “President [Blaine] Brownell was a good go between. His departure came at a very inopportune time and relations with the board have deteriorated. We think with relations the way they are, it’s ir-

responsible to give full accreditation.”

The university also was involved in a multimillion dollar lawsuit after a University Police Department officer shot and killed student Michael McKinney while responding to a burglary call.

The McKinney family had filed against Ball State.

Marilyn Buck, associate provost and dean of University College, said to the Daily News in 2004 that the lawsuit did not affect the university’s search for a president.

Since then, Gora has battled declining state funding and promoting immersive learning as a viable learning strategy during her 10-year run.

PRESIDENT JO ANN GORA’S BALL STATE CAREER Jo Ann Gora became president of Ball State in 2004. Since that time, she has led several projects that have changed the face of Ball State’s campus.

May 2004 Becomes president of Ball State 2007 Starts the development of the university’s Education Redefined strategic plan May 2009 Receives the Mira Trailbrazer Award from TechPoint for her contributions to Indiana’s technology innovation

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Breaks ground on the largest geothermal energy system in the United States

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President Gora is retiring?! About time! #BallState #changsiscoming

The progress Ball State made from just a decade to now is Gora’s legacy. And it’s a pretty strong one. Never understood all the hate.

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Gora’s leaving so does that mean my tuition will go down?

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2012 Launches new strategic plan, Education Redefined 2.0

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Ball state will never be the same when Gora leaves...those are huge shoes to fill

JoGo is retiring. Now maybe Ball State will invest a president who isn’t rude

So President Jo Ann Gora is retiring apparently.

Maybe some of that 985000 salary can go back to the students haha

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WIDE RECEIVER HAS 12 CATCHES IN MAC WIN Lembo says Williams had strong practices leading to career game |

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Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Williams has had multiple breakout games this season.

From the season opener against Illinois State University, where he caught six passes for 64 yards and scored a touchdown, to a road game against the University of Virginia, where he caught a then season-high nine passes, Williams has proven himself to be a viable threat opposite 2012 All-MidAmerican Conference junior wide receiver Willie Snead.

That was no different Saturday in Ball State’s 42-24 win over the University of Akron.

“He’s matured quite a bit since last year,” head coach Pete Lembo said. “We saw it starting to come in the spring. We saw it a little bit during preseason.”

Williams caught a season-high 12 passes for 124 yards during the game. He also scored two touchdowns in the game.

The first came just before the half as Williams maneuvered his way inside on a slant route. Senior quarterback Keith Wenning hit him right in the chest at the 3-yard line. An Akron cornerback tackled Williams after he caught the pass, but Williams stretched himself over the goal line.

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Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Williams leaps over senior wide receiver Jamill Smith during the game against the University of Akron on Saturday. Williams scored the second most receiving yards in his career with 124.

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Ball State’s Basketball Fan Jam is free and opens at 5:30 p.m. People can get posters autographed by the men’s and women’s basketball team. The teams will arrive at 6 p.m., and the event ends an hour later. The men’s basketball team will have a 20-minute scrimmage game. Cheerleaders and Code Red Dance Team will perform. Samples of products from Ball State’s local businesses also will be available on the area floor.

On Apple Cider Day, people can tour Minnetrista’s apple orchard and its operations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

People can learn how apple cider is made and buy a $5 adventure bag. Members at the event can “borrow” for free, according to the press release.

SUSAN A. O’NEILL

Susan A. O’Neill, from Simon Fraser University in Canada, will host a one-hour lecture webinar where students, staff and faculty can ask questions of speakers. The program titled “Transformative music engagement: making music learning matter” is at noon in the Hargreaves Music Building Room 200.

‘THE BUTLER: A WITNESS TO HISTORY’

Wil Haygood, author of “The Butler: A Witness to History,” will be available for interviews in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Cardinal Hall from 3:304 p.m. As part of the Excellence in Leadership Speaker Series, Haygood will discuss the book and its movie adaptation, which stars Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker and Cuba Gooding Jr., at 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall.

‘BLOOD BROTHER’

Freshman Connections and Invisible Children will screen “Blood Brother,” the winner of 2013 Sundance Documentary Award, at 7:30 p.m. at Pruis Hall.

This documentary tells the story of Rocky Anna dedicating himself to restart his life over in India.

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NEWS

Cyber security month raises awareness Information security hosts Late Nite event to share safety tips

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month is mobilizing information technology experts across the country, but cyber safety is ultimately the responsibility of anybody who touches a keyboard.

Deb Howell, assistant director of Ball State information security operations, said students and others need to avoid phishing scams and other common hacking efforts and not depend on others to protect them.

“Someone always assumes that someone else is taking

care of it,” she said.

Hacking victims have included Twitter and some of the country’s other best-known social network companies, as well as units of government including the state courts office in Washington state last fall.

In that Washington court case, as many as a million driver’s license numbers and 160,000 Social Security numbers were exposed, according to The Associated Press.

“Our country will, for example, at some point, face a major cyber event that will have a serious effect on our lives, our economy and the everyday functioning of our society,” Janet Napolitano, former secretary of Homeland Security, said in August.

National Cyber Security Awareness Month is intended to alert computer users to

the threat of online attacks and provide advice on how to avoid them.

At Ball State, the university reached out to students at Late Nite on Saturday. A booth set up by Howell’s department with the help of the Student Government Association offered games to test students’ knowledge of Internet safety.

Some students have already found out about hacking the hard way.

Zander Franklin, a freshman architecture major, said his email account was hacked and used to send phishing attempts directed at his friends and family. He changed his password, which stopped the attacks.

There may be a bright side to the massive assault on computer security, Howell said.

Students who wish to work in information technology

at IU, said she was happy about IU’s response.

“They more than made sure we were aware,” she said. “I was getting calls all through the night. I got three or four calls that kept waking me up.”

Moser said the university “hit the panic button pretty fast” by sending out several emergency messages and is glad the university told students how to stay safe while keeping them informed.

Indiana University police declined to comment on its choice to give students actions to take.

At Ball State, however, some students were complaining about a lack of information.

Ball State students received one email at about 1:30 a.m. that was meant to “call for no specific action and simply raise awareness,” the email said.

Paige Belanger, a sophomore dietetics major, said even though students should be intelligent enough to take precaution, the university should explain to students the best

action to take. “[The university should] just say ‘stay inside’ or something,” she said.

Ashley Carter, a sophomore business major said because the event occurred on a weekend when students are likely to be out drinking, the university needed to be more active.

“The least they could do is notify students of safety habits,” she said.

When Hargrave learned students would like to receive more safety suggestions, he said students should be smart enough to take basic safety precautions.

“I’m kind of floored by that kind of response,” he said.

“That is what I would do with a 6-year-old.”

He said the university provides basic safety information at the beginning of each academic semester, and he directed those who would like to review the information to check the university’s public safety website.

Carter said the situation was

BY THE NUMBERS

250,000

• Take personal responsibility for security and use good security users’ information was practices. compromised in a Twitter hack • Pause and consider the risk before earlier this year I connect to the Internet.

• Lock my computer whenever I leave my work area.

Social Security numbers were • Treat my mobile device like the exposed when the courts office powerful computer it is and in Washington was hacked protect it.

• Use strong passwords and create will find plenty of oppora separate one for each account. tunities to help companies • Never share my password with anyone. strengthen networks against • Follow my organization’s policy attacks, Howell said.

160,000

In the meantime, she said online users should limit personal information they share on social networks and guard their passwords, credit cards and other key information carefully.

“I think people are becoming more aware, but we still continue to see the phishing

STABBINGS: Students ask for more information, details | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He also said the university should give students hourly updates until the suspect is apprehended.

Alan Hargrave, associate vice president for student affairs, said updates should be used for emergency information as needed. He said some students want information simply because they are curious.

“We will send updates as we feel they are necessary,” he said. “Curiosity is probably not the best use of the emergency messaging.”

Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said it is impossible to compare instances on the same campus, let alone another.

He also said police may have additional information, which is not public, that helps to determine the level of response necessary to keep students safe.

Bailey Moser, a sophomore journalism and theater major

CYBER SECURITY PLEDGE

similar to one that happened last year in which students were “encouraged to stay in a safe place” after a student reported they saw a man carrying a gun.

“Last year, they told us what to do,” she said. “They should have locked down [for this event], too.”

The university has two types of notices it sends out: public safety notices and safety alerts. Hargrave said the university chose to send a safety notice because the incident was just a robbery.

“It wasn’t some kind of mass mayhem that every single person needed to take cover,” he said. “If there was a gunman where everyone needed to do something, [the university would have acted differently].”

Hargrave said he stands behind the university’s reaction and that it would be impossible to satisfy every student’s concerns.

“Whatever we do, people are going to be critical of it,” he said.

scams,” she said.

Howell said the scams often result in people giving out their Ball State username and password, forgetting the university’s advice that it will never ask for that information.

“I don’t know how to get

and promptly report all security incidents or concerns to my organization’s security office or contact.

• Safeguard sensitive data from any inappropriate disclosure.

• Not post personal, sensitive or nonpublic information on social media.

• Not participate in any cyber bullying activities.

• Raise awareness of good security practices among my family, friends, colleagues and community.

SOURCE: Office of Information Security Services

students — or even faculty and staff — to understand that you can’t give out your Ball State username and password,” Howell said. “We still continue to see those issues, and that’s the big one I wish I could stop.”

BEAT CHALLENGE TRIES TO SAVE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS The Energy Challenge is following up on Ball State’s commitment to move toward carbon neutrality by saving the university an estimated “tens of thousands of dollars.”

Students can get involved with the challenge by turning off lights and unplugging appliances when they are not in use.

The Ball State Energy Action Team hosts the Energy Challenge and the competition lasts until Nov. 11.

Students and staff in the residence halls and academic buildings who lower the energy used the previous month by the biggest margin win the challenge. This means buildings that were created in the 1960s, like LaFollette Complex, have the same chance of winning as do the energy-efficient Park and Kinghorn halls.

“We actually do see a significant reduction of energy usage over the course of the month,” Lee Jerstad, BEAT president, said. “Ball State saves a lot of energy.”

Week one percentages, according to BEAT, show that Wagoner Hall, where Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities students live, is winning by a reduction of 34 percent. Coming in second and third are Johnson B Complex with 18 percent and Studebaker Hall East by 11 percent.

Jerstad said this year’s prize will enter students living in the residence hall that wins into a drawing for an Outdoor Pursuits trip with a friend. The academic building winner will enter all staff into a drawing to win a fitness pass from the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

The BEAT team hopes the challenge will encourage students to continue energy saving habits after the competition, Jerstad said.

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NEWS

REDEFINING BALL STATE

Plans to hire president unclear Board of Trustees has not announced candidate process SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu The process for finding a new university president is still unknown.

The Board of Trustees has not announced its plans for hiring a president following the announcement of Jo Ann Gora’s retirement in June 2014.

Hollis Hughes, board president, said he expects they will hire someone by July, according to a press

release Saturday.

Kip Shawger, Faculty Council chairperson, said he hasn’t been contacted about faculty involvement in the search.

He said his best guess for the next step would be the trustees writing out a job description and then finding a combination of faculty, students, trustees or administrators to form the search committee.

The university used a private search when it was hiring in 2004. The decision to not even announce the finalists for the job, only to provide a candidate for the trustees to approve, was a departure from how the university conducted

searches in the past.

Joe Bennett, Purdue’s vice president of university relations in 2004, said the private search allows confidentiality, which will attract better candidates.

“When you’re searching for the president of a major university, people are very high profile people,” Bennett said in 2004 to the Daily News. “Your best candidates are not going to want it known that they are considering the position.”

Joseph Losco, political science chairperson, criticized the search in 2004.

He said the university didn’t keep faculty fully informed

during the process, and he doesn’t hold much hope for this process.

“I expect them to keep the faculty in the dark once again,” Losco said. “It’s just the way this particular board operates.”

Losco was displeased by the process, but he said he liked the product. In 2004, he said Gora would probably have been chosen by an open process, as well.

“I think she’s an excellent choice,” he said in 2004 to the Daily News. “She comes very highly recommended by her faculty.”

Prior to being president at Ball State, Gora was the

chancellor at the University at Massachusetts in Boston for three years.

She was praised by some of the UMB faculty and criticized by others. Some of her appointment choices were unpopular with the university.

The search in 2004 took five month, according to the Daily News in 2004, and involved trustees, faculty and students as well as Baker, Parker and Associates, a firm dedicated to finding executives.

Hughes and Chloe Anagnos, Student Government Association president, did not return phone messages to comment.

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EDUCATION REDEFINED STRATEGIC PLAN

In 2007, Gora launched the strategic plan Education Redefined. It lasted until 2012 and focused on immersive learning.

The initiative became the “hallmark” of a Ball State education.

During that time period, about 16,400 students from all seven colleges in the university partnered with community members for immersive learning projects.

EDUCATION REDEFINED 2.0: ADVANCING INDIANA

The Board of Trustees passed the second part of Education Redefined in December 2012.

The plan, which will last until 2017, focuses on making the university an asset and resource for the state, partially through immersive learning.

CARDINAL COMMITMENT: DEVELOPING CHAMPIONS

Gora announced the Cardinal Commitment: Developing Champions capital campaign in April 2013.

By the end of 2014, the university estimates the campaign will raise $20 million for upgrading and renovating

Immersive learning defines Jo Ann Gora’s 10 years as Ball State president, some faculty said.

“Out of all the presidents I have worked under [for the past 45 years], Jo Ann Gora has been the best one,” said Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry.

Trimmer has followed immersive learning’s growth on campus.

Before the term “immersive learning” made it into the strategic plan in 2007, Trimmer and the Virginia Ball Center hosted “creative inquiries,” which functioned similarly to immersive classes.

Now, immersive learning is considered the hallmark of a Ball State education. Between 2007 and 2012, about 16,400 students participated in projects pairing students with

BEVERLY PITTS 2004 Pitts became interim president for four months in 2004 after Blaine Brownell resigned. Pitts later became president of the University of Indianapolis.

BLAINE BROWNELL 2000-2004 During Brownell’s term, Ball State received the largest single grant in school history from Lilly Endowment Inc. Following his resignation, he became CEO of u21pedagogica.

JOHN WORTHEN 1984-2000 Worthen was unanimously voted by the Board of Trustees to be the university’s 11th president.

After serving 16 years, he retired in 2000.

JERRY ANDERSON 1979-1981 Anderson served as university president for 18 months. One of his goals included a university-wide planning process which Ball State implemented before he resigned.

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Ball State President Jo Ann Gora waves to the crowd during the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 12. Gora announced in an email she will retire in June 2014.

athletic facilities.

A new basketball and volleyball practice facility will be built next to Worthen Arena with a practice court, basketball locker rooms and expanded volleyball locker rooms.

The university will renovate the baseball and softball diamonds, install a new football team complex and a new golf practice facility will finalize the main objectives of the project.

GEOTHERMAL PROJECT

In May 2009, the university started a two-phase geothermal project.

Phase one was completed in March 2012 and Ball State was able to shut down two coal-fired boilers.

The second phase was put on pause when funding ran out after 1,800 boreholes were drilled on the south

side of campus.

When complete, the system will provide heating and cooling to more than 45 buildings on campus.

The university estimates the system will save the university $2 million each year and reduce Ball State’s carbon footprint in half. It is the largest geothermal district energy system in the United States.

In May, the state approved $30 million to finish the project. According to the university, phase two will be completed in 2015.

FUNDING ISSUES

After releasing the new strategic plan, Education Redefined 2.0, Gora received some criticism since Ball State continued losing state funding for six years.

The state used a performance-based funding for-

mula, which focuses on ontime graduation and rewards graduates in STEM fields.

The strategic plan continued to focus on immersive learning rather than STEM degrees. One goal was for each undergraduate department to offer at least one immersive learning opportunity each year.

“I think this is the right strategy for the university,” Gora said to the Daily News in February. “It is our hope that once we are able to speak with members of the legislature, that there will be recognition that a formula that is basically ‘one size fits all’ is not a formula that can work for every institution. This is not the best way to support higher education in Indiana.”

Gora said she would continue to push “quality” education over “quantity.”

ACADEMIC FREEDOM CONTROVERSY

Gora spoke out against the teaching of intelligent design in science courses, following the controversy involving astronomy assistant professor Eric Hedin’s Honors 296 course.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter complaining that Hedin was teaching intelligent design in the class.

“The question is not one of academic freedom, but one of academic integrity,” she said.

“Said simply, to allow intelligent design to be presented to science students as a valid scientific theory would violate the academic integrity of the course, as it would fail to accurately represent the consensus of science scholars.”

The university reviewed the course and is implementing annual reviews for each honors course.

Gora’s lasting legacy is immersive learning

Since program start, 16,400 students have participated RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu

JO ANN GORA 2004-2014 Ball State President Jo Ann Gora will retire at the end of June 2014.

She is the first women to serve as a president of a public university in Indiana.

ROBERT BELL 1981-1984 Bell became the first Ball State graduate in history to be the university’s president. He retired after a three year term.

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Following Education Redefined, the university set a $200 million fundraising goal.

It exceeded the goal by more than $10 million.

The money went toward funding campus improvements, such as scholarships, the creation of new immersive learning opportunities and campus renovations.

Afterward in March 2011 at the Indiana Statehouse, the university introduced 55 Bold Celebration Scholars.

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community members, according to the Ball State website.

Trimmer said Gora made the faculty feel included and like they were part of a more significant university.

“Traditionally, presidents worked with legislators and didn’t engage in the internal workings of institution,” he said. “Jo Ann was powerfully engaged with academic vision [creating the institution’s] mission.”

In the past 10 years, he said he has seen a great number of improvements and changes to the university from the physical campus to the quality of undergraduates admitted to athletics.

Kay Bales, vice president of student affairs, said she will remember Gora by immersive learning and the physical improvements to campus.

Bales has worked at Ball State since 1989, and Gora hired her to be one of her vice presidents.

She said the opportunities Ball State students have because of immersive learning are not available to students at other universities.

“I’ve had the opportunity to

work with students on projects that were so beneficial for students and made a difference to not only the education of students, but also with helping a business or a community move forward,” Bales said. “That is a real impact.”

Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler said Gora’s work with Building Better Communities helped bridge the gap between the Muncie and Ball State communities.

Tyler worked with Gora for six years as a member of the Indiana General Assembly and for two years as mayor.

He said he hopes her successor will place the same emphasis on the connection between Ball State and Muncie.

“I would like to see somebody who can continue to move the university setting closer to the Muncie community,” Tyler said. “They create a better quality of life and quality of place, and that was one of the things I know that Jo Ann was very passionate about. It was something that she asked for the Board of Trustees and the university to be supportive of.”

FACULTY REACTIONS TO RETIREMENT

« I think she has been an incredible leader,

particularly as the first woman appointed at the university. Coming into that role as a woman leading has been remarkable — it’s been a wonderful experience to be a part of.

»

SALI FALLING, vice president and general council

« I don’t know of any previous president who kept the kind of schedule she kept.

From breakfast with faculty to dinners with donors to working all day, it just exhausts me just thinking about it. » JOE TRIMMER, director of Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry

« Immersive learning has become one of our

defining features. [It] gives our students and faculty the opportunity to make a real impact on our community locally and around the world.

»

JOHN JACOBSON, dean of Teachers College

RICHARD BURKHARDT 1978-1979 Burkhardt served as Ball State’s acting president for a full year. After his resignation, he returned to teaching and researching within the history department.

JOHN PRUIS 1968-1978 Pruis served as university president for 10 years.

During his term, Bracken Library, the College of Architecture and Planning and the Cooper Science Complex were constructed.

JOHN EMENS 1945-1968 Emens became president at age 44. He worked to increase the university’s enrollment numbers until he retired.

WINFRED WAGONER 1943-1945 Wagoner was appointed as acting president for six months until his contract was extended for two years. He continued to manage all of the college’s business affairs after his retirement in 1945.

LEMUEL PITTENGER 1927-1942 Pittenger became president in 1927 and resigned in December 1942 because of an illness. Ten years later, he was elected to the Indiana State Senate.

BENJAMIN BURRIS 1924-1927 Burris became president in 1924 and died in 1927, ending his term. His goals included accreditation and a laboratory school to train teachers.

LINNAEUS HINES 1921-1924 Hines served as president of Indiana State Normal School and the Eastern Division for three years.

Before his resignation, the institution’s name was changed to Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School.

WILLIAM PARSONS 1918-1921 Parsons served as the first president of the Eastern Division of Indiana State Normal School in 1918. He lived in Terre Haute, Ind., during his term and retired after three years.

SOURCE: bsu.edu DN GRAPHIC AMY CAVENAILE

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WEDNESDAY Women’s basketball begins its season with an exhibition game against Oakland City University.

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THURSDAY The Ball State soccer team will end the regular season against Miami University at 3 p.m.

FRIDAY Coming off a 1-1 weekend, the women’s volleyball team will play Central Michigan University at 7 p.m.

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Bethany Han, a sophomore midfielder, defends against a University of Vermont player Sept. 28 at Briner Sports Complex. Ball State lost to IU on the road Sunday with a score of 6-1.

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Senior defender Michelle Blok, right, passes the ball to junior defender Cailey Starck against the University of Toledo on Oct. 18 at the Briner Sports Complex. Ball State lost to Central Michigan University 1-0 in double overtime Sunday.

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In a crucial matchup for conference tournament seeding Central Michigan University topped Ball State 1-0 in double overtime.

In a game that head coach Craig Roberts called an “even battle all the way through,” one mistake three minutes into the second overtime gave Central Michigan’s Nicole Samuel a chip shot from six yards out and cost Ball State the game.

Ball State’s first overtime loss in six tries drops it to 10-5-3 and 5-3-2 in MidAmerican Conference play and mathematically eliminated the Cardinals’ chances to host a

first round MAC tournament game after jockeying the last few weeks with five other teams for the four spots.

“When you make mistakes at this level, you pay for them,” Roberts said. “I felt like we were right there with [Central Michigan] the whole time, it just fell for them.”

Central Michigan’s attack, predicated on controlling and driving through the middle, generated 17 shots to Ball State’s eight — the third most shots Ball State has allowed and tied for the least it has taken in conference play — with six shots coming in overtime to Ball State’s one.

Though Roberts said he thought the box score’s shots might be skewed because he felt the actual scoring chances were even, the minus-9 shot differential was the largest in conference play for Ball State.

Part of the Cardinals’ lack

of offense that gave Grace Labrecque her sixth shutout of the season — second most in the conference — came from its defense. Against Central Michigan, junior Cailey Starck was the only defender to take a shot. In its 10 wins this season, Ball State has average 3.7 shots from defenders.

Just 30 seconds before Samuel tucked in the game winner, Starck put her one header just wide of the net, epitomizing the back-and-forth nature of the match for Roberts.

“We’re not walking away from this one saying, ‘We hope we don’t see them again,’” he said. “I think this just shows that we are on par with the best teams in the conference.”

Ball State is 1-2 against teams that are slotted to host a first round game and will play the other, Miami University (9-6-3, 6-1-3 MAC), on Thursday in the last game of the regular season.

2013 SEASON STATS

Ball State Opposition 25 Goals 14 301 Shot attempts 233 1.39 Goals per game .78 .083 Shot percentage .060 24 Assists 11 138 Shots on goal 102 .458 SOG percentage .438

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The Ball State field hockey team traveled to Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday to face IU in the final non-conference match of its season.

The Hoosiers beat the Cardinals 6-1 to improve to 9-8 overall with a 1-4 Big Ten record. Ball State sophomore Bethany Han scored the team’s goal in a game that came directly after a home win against Ohio University on Saturday.

“Today, we did not play smart,” head coach Beth Maddox said.

“We decided to play as individuals, and it did not go well.”

Indiana was led by Karen Lorite as she struck first in the eighth minute on for a goal off a penalty corner. The Cardinals would answer almost a minute later when Han scored her second goal this season. Sydney Supica would find the back of the net at the 11:25 mark for the Hoosiers and Lorite would score her second goal about 16 minutes later. Audra Heilman, Mariella Grote and Supica later scored the Hoosiers’ second half points.

The Cardinals are still on the bubble for the fourth and final playoff seed for the Mid-American Conference Championship.

The Cardinals are 6-11 overall, 1-3 MAC. Ball State needs to win Sunday against Missouri State University to keep its postseason hopes alive. The team also needs a little help from Ohio University — if Ohio loses and Ball State wins in Missouri, the Cardinals will be in the tournament.

“Luckily, we have a week to prepare for Missouri State,” Maddox said.

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The Ball State men’s tennis team competed in the Texas Invitational this weekend at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas.

In A32, senior Austin Smith beat Air Force’s Jack McCullers in singles competition, 6-2, 6-0.

The University of Texas’s Adrien Berkowicz defeated Ball State junior Ray Leonard 6-2, 6-4.

Freshmen Andrew Stutz and Patrick Downs also competed in singles competition. Stutz defeated both University of Texas at San Antonio’s Fabian Brand and University of Texas at Arlington’s Sebastian Erimicioiu. Texas Tech University’s Andre Napolitano defeated Downs, but in Downs’ other competition, he beat Dillon Eizember of Tyler Junior College.

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WEDNESDAY If you’ve put off choosing your Halloween costume, try out one of these pop culture costume ideas.

THURSDAY ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ shadow cast at Ball State has a midnight Halloween showing.

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Frankenstein’s monster’s days of being the Jolly Green Giant with screws in his neck are out the door, at least for the tastes of those who put together this year’s performance at Strother Theatre.

Sophomore Nick Murhling, who plays the Creature hounded by angry villagers, portrayed a sympathetic, contorted character dressed in patched rags in the Ball State production of “Frankenstein” that premiered for its first weekend with soldout shows.

The creature is brought to life on stage through grave robbing of limbs. After Dr. Victor Frankenstein digs up the five bodies, the stage is filled with echoing groans from the ensemble as he disassembles the corpses.

The music halts and the room is silent. The Creature takes his first breath, and the lights fade to black.

The Ball State theatre department wrote its own adaptation of “Frankenstein” based on Mary Shelley’s book.

“Seven weeks ago, the show didn’t exist,” Murhling said.

He said assistant professor Drew Vidal, director and adapter, was open to input in creating the show. Vidal allowed Murhling to add lines from the book in rehearsals, then the two would discuss his choices.

Vidal referred to the show as the students’ and faculty’s “creature” in the playbill.

In Act 1, few words are spoken. The story is told through letters from the ambitious CapThe Creature, played by sophomore Nick Murhling, is surrounded by people yelling “monster” at him during the final dress rehearsal of “Frankenstein” on Wednesday at Strother Theatre.

Actors used movement to create props and scenery in a way that the audience can understand without many spoken words.

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tain Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. Walton and his crew find Frankenstein traveling by dogsled, cold and near death. As Frankenstein begins to recover, he tells Walton the story of his life.

Murhling said because the show is a recalling of Frankenstein’s memories, the details don’t always have to be clear.

“When you think about your life, there are some things that are crystal clear and some things don’t have as much detail,” he said. “For that reason, we had the luxury of glossing over tiny details.”

Murhling said the vague details of show allow the audience to meet the actors halfway.

“The audience has to fill in the pieces,” he said.

Actors used movement to create props and scenery. Through actions and sound, actors mimicked the tide of water as it pushes a woman under and she started to drown. Although the word “water” is never spoken, the audience understood.

“It leaves a lot open for interpretation,” Zach Whelchel, a sophomore pre-business major, said. “But it gets the main point across.”

In one scene, the lights dimmed and the faint sound of a thunderstorm could be heard.

Sailors, bundled in layers of jackets, furry gloves and knitted scarves swayed with the current and shivered to keep warm.

They ducked below ropes and tugged on sails in unison.

However, there was no ship on stage.

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$10 for students and $12 for the general public Twelve ensemble characters dressed in black moved the story along through their facial expressions and body movement.

When the ensemble did speak, they talked over each other, overlapping quotes and conversations in multiple languages like English, Latin and German.

Music also guided the audience, playing quick, light and airy tunes in the school scene and smooth, dark and foreboding tunes in death scenes. Because there is little dialogue, the audience needs to rely more on the music and the ensemble’s singing to interpret emotion.

“The music is like another character on stage,” Murhling said.

The audience sits on the left and the right of the stage, directly facing each other. The actors, who are not on an elevated stage, are very close to audience members — at times, less than a foot away.

“I made a lot of eye contact with the actors,” said Sarah Kniesly, a sophomore physical education and health major in the audience. “It’s a different experience being so close to them.”

A sold-out crowd celebrated country music when Hunter Hayes brought his CMT Let’s Be Crazy Tour to the Ball State campus.

Fans of all ages at John R. Emens Auditorium showed their excitement for the 22-year-old popular artist throughout the night with screaming, posters and shouts of love, which Hayes replied to by saying, “I love you more.”

Hayes is known for his musical accomplishments in his short career, including the fact that he wrote or co-wrote and performed every instrument on each song of his first studio album.

At Emens, in addition to singing, he performed guitar or piano on every song.

“Music is the one thing God gave us that will never let us down,” Hayes said.

Country duo Striking Matches opened for Hayes on Thursday night. The two performed an acoustic set of songs that included “Blame It On Me,” “Hangin’ On A Lie” and “Tell Me So.” It was announced that the band would open for Hayes in place of Ashley Monroe, the official opening act for the tour.

People Magazine announced Friday that Monroe married that evening in Tennessee.

During the set, Striking Matches performed a song that was featured on ABC’s hit drama “Nashville.” Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis wrote the song “When The Right One Comes Along,” which was performed by characters Scarlett and Gunnar during the first season’s midseason finale.

“They sang it at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville for the first time during the show, and that was where we sang it for the first time, too,” Zimmermann said. “That was the only song people knew from us for a while.”

After a brief intermission between sets, Hayes came on stage to deafening screams and loud applause. He started his performance with his first hit single “Storm Warning.”

During the show, Hayes continuously encouraged fans to be loud.

“The name of this tour [is] Let’s Be Crazy, so I mean it when I say ‘get crazy,’” he said.

“Sing, dance, have the time of your life. This is the one place tonight that you can be crazy, and no one will judge you.”

Hayes performed every song from the encore edition of his self-titled album, which included his No. 1 Hot Country Songs single, “Wanted.”

Abby Jackson, a freshman telecommunications major, attended the event. She said she wasn’t a diehard fan before the show, but she’s an even bigger fan after going.

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Recently, Hayes collaborated with Jason Mraz to create a video for his song “Everybody’s Got Somebody Me.” He performed it Thursday evening and dedicated it to his “fellow awkwardly single people.”

A sneak peek of the music video, which was released Saturday, played on the jumbo screen during the song.

The audience also saw a special performance of “Where We Left Off,” the song that Hayes wrote for the movie “Act Of Valor.” He dedicated it to the service men and women that have made sacrifices for the United States.

“As a singer-songwriter, it’s the biggest honor to have someone ask you to write a song for their movie,” he said.

“There is no way of fully comprehending the sacrifice [service men and women] make every day.”

Hayes closed the night with his single “I Want Crazy.” He continuously thanked fans for coming to the show and hanging out with him, his band and Striking Matches.

“I don’t think you know how much I appreciate you showing up here tonight,” Hayes said to the audience.

The CMT Let’s Be Crazy Tour will continue traveling throughout the country until December. For more information and tour dates, visit HunterHayes.com.

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EMERGENCY EMAIL RESPONSE ISN’T ENOUGH

When a student is stabbed during an armed robbery on campus, sending just an email doesn’t cut it.

Emergency notifications have been an ongoing issue with students at Ball State. University administrators and students seem to feel differently about the method of releasing information.

Typically, in emergency situations, a notification is sent through email, and for students who sign up for the alert, as a text message. We doubt that many students were checking their emails at 1 a.m. Sunday when Joan Todd, executive director of public relations, sent a notification.

The emails are generally sent by a clearly marked Public Safety Notices account.

The same early morning, IU had a similar situation. A man slashed

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a student in the back with a knife during a dispute around 3:30 a.m. at Tulip Tree Apartments near campus.

IU did more than just send an email. It put campus on a shutdown until the dispute was resolved around 7:30 a.m. Students were called to be informed that police were investigating. Many students had at least some peace of mind.

Some Ball State students who saw the email from Todd just shrugged off the dangerous situation, just as the university seemed to do.

Tony Proudfoot, associate vice president for marketing and communications, said you can’t compare a situation at one university to another. Though the situations were different, the responses also were too dissimilar for our comfort.

Some university officials, such

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as the associate vice president of student affairs, have said students should know how to take basic safety precautions themselves. “I’m kind of floored by that kind of response,� Alan Hargrave said about students who have said they would like more safety advice in these situations. “That is what I would do with a 6-year-old.�

We aren’t saying that the university is responding to the incidents inappropriately — based on the current way students receive emergency notifications, we don’t even know what steps of response are.

What we are saying is that assuming students will benefit from the minimum amount of information that doesn’t even reach all students

is absurd. Some IU students complained about the emergency phone calls last night being too much, but at least they knew what was going during the situation. They were more aware than Ball State students.

Gene Burton, director of public safety, said after an incident of a reported gunman on campus in March that the University Police Department reviews how officers handle emergency situations to see if certain areas need to be worked on. After each questionable incident, Todd said the emergency alert system works just fine.

Todd and other university administrators need to think the same way about emergency notifications as other universities do. We are afraid to see what happens if they don’t.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8 -- You’re in charge and ready to take action. Pour on the steam and advance more than expected. Some caution is advised since Mercury is retrograde, but don’t let that mess up your plans.

Get a friend’s help with any breakdowns.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9 -You’ll find it easier to balance romance with career. Start by working on projects you love. Involve a partner to take it farther, and dramatically increase the fun level. Keep practicing and trying new things. Just go play.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7 -- You’re full of brilliant ideas, which are extremely practical now. Talk it over with your partner for exponential gains. Listen carefully, and don’t make assumptions. When in doubt, ask. Bring your ingenuity home.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9 -You’re on top of the world for the rest of the day. Come down from cloud nine, eventually, and start making some serious money.You have everything you need, just add discipline. Enjoy the process.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9 -- Hit the road, Jack, and discover an adventure along the way, the kind to tell your grandchildren about. Romance figures in the picture, too. Keep your expenses low, and your head held high.

Pack light.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9 -Give yourself the room to grow, even if that means letting go of things you’ve been hanging on to for no particular reason. Out with the old, and in with new income and possibilities. Renovate the way you provide great service.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is an 8 -Avoid distractions and get into detailed work. Now it’s easier to concentrate.

Don’t wander off too far from home, as you have some chores first. Share sweet words with someone interesting later.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7 -You’re especially sensitive now. It may look like an uphill kind of day. There’s still beauty to be found along the trail.

And just think about the fun you’ll have running down after you reach the crest.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8 -- You’re being challenged, giving you an opportunity to show your worth. Be tough.You may even surprise yourself.

You’ll have time to play, too. Opposites attract even more so now. Find a way to share resources with a partner.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8 -- Monday is for romance (at least today is). Fall in love all over again.You can do more with less.You know what you really want, so follow your passion.

If you fail, get back on the horse. Keep it fun.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 9 -- What you learn now will stay with you for a long time. Focus on the piece of the job you love. Make some honest money while you’re at it.You’re especially good, more than you give yourself credit for.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8 -- Surround yourself with common goals and support each other in your dreams. Together you can figure out new ways to make money. Keep your friends close, and stay out of the way of enemies. Use your intuition.

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SPORTS

WILLIAMS: Sophomore had 0 receptions freshman year, 56 in 2013 season

DN PHOTOS JONATHAN MIKSANEK

LEFT Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Williams makes a push down field against the University of Akron on Oct. 26 at InCision Stadium. Williams had the most receiving yards for the game against Akron with 124 yards. RIGHT Junior running back Jahwan Edwards’ run attempt is halted by the University of Akron defense Saturday. Ball State moves to 8-1 and 5-0 in Mid-American Conference play.

| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While Snead is 5-foot-11 and 193 pounds, Williams is 6-foot-2 and 216 pounds.

Snead’s calling card is precise route running and making difficult catches, while Williams uses his size and athleticism to outmuscle and outfight defenders for the football.

Williams caught the second touchdown pass against Akron on a bubble screen Saturday. Lined up on the left, he caught the pass from Wenning with senior tight end Zane Fakes, junior running back Jahwan Edwards and a pair of linemen blocking in front of him.

With blocking help ahead, Williams ran the 20 yards untouched into the end zone.

Williams has been a consistent force on the outside for Ball State. He hasn’t had fewer than four passes in any game this season. His receiving yards total has dipped

below 60 yards once this season.

“Throughout the season, he’s been pretty steady for us,” Lembo said.

While he didn’t reach his career-high in receiving yards — 159 yards at Virginia — Williams did have the second most receiving yards in his career.

While it may be difficult to pinpoint Williams’ breakout game, it isn’t difficult to find that 2013 is his breakout season.

As a freshman, Williams didn’t catch any passes, but he did have one rush for four yards.

Lembo attributed Williams’ game to his practice habits.

“That goes back to practicing,” he said. “Jordan had a really good week of practice. We had a really good week of practice as a team.

Guys are understanding that the better they prepare, the better chance they have on Saturday.“

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS MAC WEST

School Ball State Northern Illinois University University of Toledo Central Michigan University Western Michigan University Eastern Michigan University

MAC EAST

School University at Buffalo Ohio University Bowling Green State University University of Mass.

Amherst University of Akron Kent State University Miami University

Record (MAC) 5-0 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-4 0-4

Record (MAC) 4-0 3-1 3-1 1-3 1-4 1-4 0-4

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