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Gora talks retirement, future Relentless job pace makes presidency ‘exhausting,’ she says EMMA KATE FITTES NEWS EDITOR | news@bsudailynews.com When President Jo Ann Gora took a large drink of water following her presentation to the Board of Trustees on Friday night, the board president knew a long speech was coming.

Gora then walked to Hollis Hughes and handed him her letter of resignation.

“I was shocked,” he said.

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Retiring at the end of June 2014 is the right time for her, she said, regardless of the fact that her contract lasts through the 201617 academic year.

“It is the relentless pace of these kind of jobs that makes

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them exhausting, really,” Gora said. “And so at some point you say, ‘Okay, I need some space in my life.’ I feel that I need more space in my life right now.”

She said she hasn’t given much thought beyond the next eight months, but she and her husband, Roy Budd, own a home in Williamsburg, Va., about three miles from their grandchildren.

“It would be REPLACING A nice to actually PRESIDENT live in the house,” Check out a Gora said. “So, Daily News we will probably editorial on Gora’s take up residence successor having big shoes to fill. in Virginia.”

Hughes said + PAGE 6 this is a good time professionally for Gora to leave as “everything is in wonderful shape.”

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Alex Fuelling follows in her mother’s footsteps, plays outside hitter at Ball State after transferring

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ART OF ANIME SEE PAGE 3

ANATOMY OF A PLAY With the score close, Smith hit Snead on a reverse pass that surprised the defense, set up a future touchdown SEE PAGE 5

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Sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling dives for a ball during a game this season. Fuelling wears the No. 2 jersey, just like her mother did, for Ball State.

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Leesa Fuelling plays during her time at Ball State. She played under Steve Shondell before college n his Munciana Volleyball Club.

aybe it’s in the genes.

Ball State women’s volleyball outside hitter Alex Fuelling has carried her team’s offense this season, just one attack attempt shy of 700 and leads the team in kills with 285.

For her, it isn’t just practice that’s brought her to where she is today. She’s had some biological help, as well.

Her mother, Leesa Fuelling, played for Ball State in the mid-80s as an outside attacker.

It isn’t the only similarity the two share.

“We’ve very competitive and don’t like to lose, but we really enjoy the game,” Leesa Fuelling said. “The game has changed since I played; it’s much faster and quicker.”

Alex Fuelling was born into a line of volleyball talent. Not only did her mother play, but her aunt, Leeanne Gleim played four years at the University of Southern Indiana, and her grandmother coached at Adams Central High School.

With volleyball surrounding her life, Alex Fuelling said it wasn’t hard for her to immediately become interested in the sport.

“My mother [and] everyone in my family had a big influence me when it came to volleyball,” she said.

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Planetarium construction funding adds about $800k Project must get reapproved by state due to budget change SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu The Board of Trustees approved Saturday a roughly $800,000 increase in funding for construction on the new planetarium.

Based on construction bids from Oct. 10 and revisions to the project, the cost of the Charles W. Brown Planetarium will be $5.4 million, as opposed to the $4.6 million that was projected in July 2012.

The increase will still be funded by private donations to the Ball State University Foundation, according to the board materials released from Saturday’s meeting.

The increase comes primarily from an underestimate of construction costs. Architects originally estimated around $2.3 million for construction, but the Randy Howard, treasurer and vice president of business affairs, said it has been raised to $2.9 million.

Howard said one can never know the exact reason for these types of increases, but probably the biggest factor is the complexity of the project.

“We don’t build too many planetariums,” he said. “Planetariums have a pretty unique dome on top that involved integrating the building of the normal building, the installation of the dome that’s manufactured by a different party and projection.”

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CLOSE LOSSES PLAY LARGE ROLE IN SEEDING FOR MAC TOURNAMENT

Fifth spot is highest team can achieve this season EVAN BARNUM-STEGGERDA CHIEF REPORTER | @Slice_of_Evan

With just one conference game left the in the season, the shuffling atop the Mid-American Conference has started to shake out tournament seeds.

In a league full of parity, Ball State (10-5-3, 5-3-2 MAC) jockeyed with five other teams for a top-four finish

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and the first round home game that accompanies it for its first 10 MAC matches. A match with Miami University (9-6-3, 6-1-3 MAC) stands between Ball State and postseason play.

Despite entering conference play with the best overall record and leading the conference in a number of statistical categories the entire season, the best Ball State can finish is No. 5, which makes its match Thursday the last match the Briner Sports Complex will host in 2013. Ball State is 5-1-2 at home this season.

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“It is disappointing not to be able to have the advantage of playing on our own turf and not having the Ball State fans supporting us,” head coach Craig Roberts said. “But the girls are mature and professional. Playing the road isn’t really a big deal for them — they’ve been doing it all year.”

The Cardinals have gone 1-2-2 in the MAC after starting 4-1, but Roberts still maintains the same confidence the team has strutted all season.

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Freshmen defender Leah Mattingly heads a ball during the game against Kent State University on Oct. 4. The end of the regular season Thursday brings the Cardinals into MAC tournament time, where the team will look for its first tournament victory since 2007.

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CHEMICAL WEAPONS INSPECTORS IN SYRIA MISS EARLY DEADLINE

3. U.S. STRIKE KILLS 2 AL-SHABAB MEMBERS MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A United States military strike hit a vehicle carrying senior members of an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia on Monday, killing at least two people. A militant and a government intelligence official said the two dead included the group’s top explosives expert.

A senior U.S. military official said there was a U.S. counterterrorism strike against a terrorist target in Somalia on Monday, but the official

BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile have missed an early deadline in a brutally tight schedule after security concerns prevented them from visiting two sites linked to Damascus’ chemical program.

Experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were to have checked all 23 of Syria’s declared chemical sites by Sunday, but the organization said Monday that inspectors have visited only 21 because of security issues. While there are no consequences for missing the deadline, the group’s failure to meet it underscores the ambitious timeline, as well as the risks its inspectors face in carrying out their mission in the middle of Syria’s civil war.

The OPCW did not say who was responsible for the security problems, but the organizations’ director-general has said in the past that temporary cease-fires may have to be negotiated between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad to reach some sites. The chemical weapons watchdog said it has not given up hope of gaining access to the two locations.

would give no further details. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to discuss the strike publicly.

An al-Shabab member who gave his name as Abu Mohamed said one of those killed was al-Shabab’s top explosives expert, known as Anta. He said a drone fired at the car in Somalia’s Middle Juba region. It was not clear how Mohamed would know it was a drone strike, except that he said no attack helicopters were seen.

4. IRAN PLEDGES ‘NEW APPROACHES’ WITH U.N.

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2. EUROPE MULLS SANCTIONS AGAINST U.S. BERLIN (AP) — The United States could lose access to an important law enforcement tool used to track terrorist money flows, German officials said Monday, as Europe weighs a response to allegations that the Americans spied on their closest European allies.

Spain became the latest U.S. ally to demand answers after a Spanish newspaper reported that the National Security Agency monitored more than 60 million

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phone calls in that country during one month alone. The report Monday in the daily El Mundo came on the heels of allegations of massive NSA spying in France and Germany, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s own cellphone.

With European leaders unhappy with the U.S. response, officials have been casting about for a way to pressure Washington to provide details of surveillance and assurances that the practice will be curbed.

VIENNA (AP) — A senior Iranian negotiator was upbeat Monday about the chances of progress in the latest round of talks about a proposed U.N. investigation of his country’s nuclear program, promising “new approaches” meant to end nearly two years of deadlock.

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke to reporters after meeting with Yukiya Amano, the head

of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency, and shortly before IAEA and Iranian officials sat down to negotiate again about the terms of the IAEA investigation.

Nearly two years of Iran-IAEA meetings have made little progress on terms of an agency investigation into suspicions that Tehran may have worked secretly on nuclear arms. Iran has no such weapons and denies working on them.

5. SAUDI WOMEN DRIVE CARS IN PROTEST RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia claimed they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police in their push for easing restrictions on women in the kingdom.

The campaign’s message is that driving should be a woman’s choice.

The struggle is rooted in the kingdom’s hard-line interpretation of Islam known as Wahhabism, with critics warning that women driving could unravel the very fabric of Saudi society.

Though no laws ban women from driving in Saudi Arabia, authorities do not issue them licenses. Women who drove Saturday had driver’s licenses from abroad, activists said.

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Anime sparks imagination, bonds Art by senior animation major J.P. Van Dam is only part of what is done at the Japanese Animation Society. The club watches anime episodes Sunday nights in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center and sometimes hosts film screenings.

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Ball State’s Japanese Animation Society has powered up TVs and video players for 21 years to get together and enjoy anime.

When senior Mathew Kalkhoff came to Ball State as a freshman, he wanted to get involved with a club and chose to purse his interest in anime. “[Anime is] a part of Japanese culture that I fell in love with back in high school when I first started studying the language,” Kalkhoff said.

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CHECK IT OUT CLUB MEMBERS RECOMMENDED SHOWS FOR THOSE CURIOUS ABOUT ANIME:

• “Cowboy Bebop” • “Dragon Ball Z” • “Pokémon” • “Naruto” • “Sailor Moon” • “Yu Yu Hakusho”

major is now president of the Japanese Animation Society.

At the beginning of each year, the group’s 25-30 members vote on which series they will watch.

Titles are suggested under categories like action, horror, drama, comedy and classic. Officers then narrow down the list and the members select the shows.

Each week, the club meets to watch one or two episodes of

the series until they complete it. Most seasons of anime run about 12 episodes long.

Members said anime is more story and character driven than American cartoons, which are more episodic and lack a linear or overarching plot. This is part of the appeal for some.

“The story is a big part,” Robby Welsh, club public relations chair, said. “It’s kind of like ‘The Walking Dead’ or ‘Breaking Bad,’ how there’s a story and you just get attached to the characters, and you’re really invested.”

While anime may have a distinct style from American cartoons, senior animation major J.P. Van Dam said there’s more to it than “stereotypical big eyes” anime. Art styles vary by decade, artist and genre.

For example, shonen, like “One Piece,” “Naruto” and “Bleach,” are

LIVING WITH TARANTULAS Fuzzy arachnids make ‘fascinating,’ companion critters | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Tarantulas are the heaviest, hairiest, scariest spiders on the planet.

They have fangs, claws and barbs. They can regrow body parts and be as big as dinner plates, and the females eat the males after mating. But there are many people who call these creepy critters a pet or a passion and insist their beauty is worth the risk of a bite.

“They are fascinating to watch,” said Dee Reynolds, a 36-year-old nurse who has more than 50 tarantulas at her Los Angeles home. “They have [eight] beautiful slender legs; you look at how they are put together and how they dig and burrow.”

Reynolds doesn’t consider her tarantulas pets in the traditional sense, but she said a lot of people do and will name them, talk to them and show them off.

Plus, in terms of being pets, they have lots of benefits, she said.

“They don’t need daily walks, they don’t have to be fed special diets, they don’t claw furniture or bark and you don’t have to find somebody to take care of them when you go on vacation,” Reynolds said.

But, unlike Fido or Whiskers, you can’t cuddle with them, dress them for Halloween or play catch. They can cost hundreds of dollars, but they can also live for 30 years.

Ken Macneil, 38, known as “Ken the Bug Guy,” has about 7,000 tarantulas at his exotic pet shop in Tucson, Ariz., which he claims is one of the largest in the country. He sells everything from scorpions and cockroaches to ferrets, lizards and snakes, but nothing is as popular as the tarantula and not just around Halloween.

His biggest tarantula is a mature male Goliath bird-eater that measures 10 inches long from front leg to back leg. The most expensive one Macneil has ever sold went for $900.

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An animal handler for the Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo holds a tarantula during the third annual jungle love tour Feb. 11, 1999. Dee Reynolds has a plethora of tarantulas and speaks of the merits of owning them.

Macneil said his customers include museums, scientists and teachers and up to an estimated 20,000 pet owners and hobby enthusiasts.

A metallic blue tarantula is one of the most sought after, with females selling for about $400 this year. They were $700 last year, he said, because there was a shortage.

“But so many were bred that the price dropped to $400,” he said. “Babies were $200 last year, and this year, they are $100.”

The tarantula starts life as a sling — short for spiderling — so they can be as small as a fingernail and grow as large as a dinner plate. It eats mostly live crickets, cockroaches and some mice. The spider turns prey into stew by pumping in venom through its fangs.

When you hold a tarantula, some feel like velvet, some like pipe cleaners and some have really bristly hairs, Reynolds said.

But there’s no handling her 8-inch bird-eater.

“My girl happens to be wild,” she said. “You can look, but don’t touch. She has a nasty attitude.”

Many tarantulas are docile, however. Macneil has a 9-inch spider named Tess who is “extremely docile and loves you to hold her.

They don’t like to be petted.

Their barbs or hair would come out and make you itch,” he said.

All tarantulas can bite, but

most owners said it’s no worse than a bee sting, unless you are allergic. If you are, it can be fatal, Reynolds said. Although there is no documented case of a fatal bite, some of the spiders have more potent venom than others, and there is no anti-venom, so you treat the symptoms and hope for the best, she said.

Reynolds has never been bitten, but Macneil said he’s been bitten five or six times. He said it hurts for a few minutes, then goes numb.

So why do people keep and study tarantulas? For expert Stan Schultz, it’s about the exotic.

The 70-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, said he got interested in the critters when he was young because normal pets became boring.

Schultz has spent more than 45 years keeping, catching, importing, breeding, selling, writing and lecturing about tarantulas. His book, “The Tarantula Keeper’s Guide,” is in its third edition and headed to its fourth.

At one time, Schultz had 1,300 tarantulas — all with names.

When asked to describe the most interesting thing about the spider, Schultz said recognizing the “basic aspects of learning and, dare I say it, intelligence in tarantulas. But, before you get your hopes up, they’re still closer to a cabbage than the family dog in smarts.”

targeted at young men and look different from seinen, which is targeted at older audiences.

The availability of shows for diverse age groups is another difference that enthusiasts enjoy. Welsh said most American cartoons are comedy or targeted at children, while anime includes drama, horror and mature content that appeals to a variety of audiences.

Van Dam said he was influenced by both anime and western animation, citing Disney’s “Ratatouille” as an inspiration.

“Drawing anime style right off the bat is very frowned upon because they want you to learn classical anatomy and actually be able to draw what you see,” he said. “If you know the rules of what a proper line drawing and representation of your figure is supposed to look like,

you can break that and make it as cartoony as you want.”

Many anime series are adaptations from Japanese comic books called manga. The club maintains donated libraries of both manga comics and anime.

Anyone who has paid the $5 membership fee has access to these libraries.

In addition to the weekly Sunday showings, the club hosts special movie nights, monthly themes and sometimes hosts showings in Pruis Hall.

To commemorate the death of anime director Satoshi Kon, the club hosted of viewing of his film “Tokyo Godfathers.”

The club also hosts a video game tournament every year, competing in games like “Mario Kart,” “Super Smash Brothers” and “Pokémon.”

While the primary function of

the group is to select and watch cartoons, Kalkhoff has found himself celebrating something besides anime.

“This is my last year,” he said.

“When it’s over, it’s going to be hard to part ways with the club. Sure, we watch anime, but you meet friends. A lot of my friends I’ve met through club.

It’s a community. I’m going to miss that since I’m not going to be there.”

No matter if it’s a couple episodes on a Sunday night in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center or a feature length film in Pruis Hall, the club will watch it as a community.

“When it’s a funny moment [in a show], you just enjoy it together,” Kalkhoff said. “Some jokes sound better when you’re with a group. ... [It] sounds funnier for some reason.”

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“That’s all Rich,” Lembo said. “We felt good about it during the week. That was a drive where we got a couple explosive plays. We felt like we had them on their heels a little bit. I think it was more we didn’t want to go home and leave it in the bag.”

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Coaches, players impress fans at basketball Fan Jam Men’s team shows ‘new energy,’ plays short scrimmage DAKOTA CRAWFORD CHIEF REPORTER | @DakotaCrawford_ Layout was not the only new aspect of the Fan Jam 2013 in Worthen Arena. In previous years, fans were able to remain on the court and interact with the men’s and women’s basketball teams as they shot around.

This year, fans sat in the stands as the men’s basketball team held a three-point shootout and a short scrimmage.

Brad Altobella, a Muncie resident, said there was a new energy about the team.

“We try to come out to games when we can, and this year, it seems like there is a new energy,” he said. “We’ve got some guys coming back as well as some young talent, so I think it’s going to be a good season.”

First year men’s basketball head coach James Whitford took midcourt to address fans and talk about his team. The team will be one that plays hard in every game, he said.

If his team proves to be as

hard working and dedicated as he said, then fans might have something cheer for in the future.

Jauwan Scaife, who graduated last season as Ball State’s alltime leader in three-pointers, said he hopes that fans will latch on to Whitford this season.

“Hopefully, we’ll win some games,” he said. “And we’re getting involved with the community, so hopefully, that will bring the fans in.”

Scaife works as an assistant in the team’s video department. He sits in on coaching meetings often, as he tries to learn the craft he said he hopes to make a career out of in the future.

Austin Omohundro, a freshman, said he plans to come out to most of the game this season. His dad was a basketball referee, so he said he was glad to get out and watch the familiar sport. “[The three-point contest] was cool,” Omohundro said.

“And it was cool to see the guys come out here and work together on the court.”

Scaife said he can’t compare this Fan Jam directly to those in recent seasons because of the change in seating arrangement, but he said he enjoyed

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Members of the basketball teams sign autographs at the Fan Jam on Monday evening. Both the men’s and women’s teams interacted with the fans as part of the community outreach event. Players autographed posters and the men’s basketball had a short scrimmage.

the new view of the audience.

“It looks a lot better in here with them in the stands,” he said.

Willie Snead, junior wide receiver on the football team, at-

tended Fan Jam for the first time.

About 10 of his teammates were in attendance, as well. Snead said it’s good to come out and support fellow

FUELLING: Experience allows mother to offer advice

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And just like her mother, Alex Fuelling didn’t originally start out at Ball State. She transferred from Morehead State University, while her mother transferred from Kansas State University.

Despite Leesa Fuelling’s history at Ball State, it wasn’t even an option for Alex Fuelling at first.

When she was going through the recruiting process, Ball State’s head coach was Dave Boos. Ball State didn’t even show any interest in her.

Immediately after Alex Fuelling committed to Morehead State, Steve Shondell took the Ball State head coach position. However, she said she was happy with her choice to attend Morehead State.

“Ball State was always right in the backyard for me, so I really wanted something further away,” she said.

After her freshman year, Alex Fuelling transferred to Ball State. She’s not the only Fuelling to received tutelage from Shondell, the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee.

Leesa Fuelling learned under

Shondell when she played for the Munciana Volleyball Club, an organization for ages 12-18 that Shondell created.

Although Shondell said he doesn’t remember a lot about Leesa Fuelling’s time at Munciana, he thinks coaching both of them has been a little different.

“There’s a special feeling about coaching a mother and a daughter,” he said. “There’s a connection there that doesn’t always happen with other players.”

Shondell would know, as he’s coached numerous generations of family members because of the 34 years he spent at Burris Laboratory School.

Alex Fuelling even shares another special bond with her mom that she wears on the front and back of her jersey every time she steps on the court.

The bright red two, embroidered on both sides of her jersey, is the same number her mother wore nearly 20 years ago.

As Leesa Fuelling watches her daughter methodically roam the court at Worthen Arena, wearing the same jersey she did in her past, she can’t help but think of her former playing days and

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Leesa Fuelling lines up with her team during her time playing volleyball for Ball State in the mid-80s. Fuelling, far right, was also a participant in head coach Steve Shondell’s Munciana Volleyball Club.

analyze her performance.

“I’m not just critiquing her internally, it happens verbally sometimes, too,” she said. “I can tell sometimes when she’s struggling and try to help her by telling her a few key things to watch out for.”

With her former experience, Leesa Fuelling can’t help but try to help her daughter, even when she doesn’t necessarily want to hear it — a sentiment that she said she’s picked up on over time.

“There are times when I don’t

want to listen to what she has to say.” Alex Fuelling said. “But she actually knows what she’s talking about and is always willing to help me. ... I can rely on her because she’s been in the same situations as me.”

Even with the knowledge she offers her daughter, there isn’t any doubt in Leesa Fuelling about who the better player is.

“Oh, it’s definitely Alex,” she said, laughing.

Something only a mother could say.

athletes and friends on the basketball teams.

He recognized the new energy, too.

“It’s exciting,” Snead said. “I’m

expecting big things, they’ve got a new coach, and I know he’s bringing big things to the table, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do this year.”

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and have all been a loss by one goal — one even went to double overtime.

The MAC standings are based on a point system, three points for a win and one point for a draw.

If the season ended today, Ball State would travel to Miami for its first round game looking for its first MAC championship since 2007, and Western Michigan University would host the semifinals and finals.

SOCCER: Playoffs require road game for Cardinals

“At this point in the season, you have everything on the table, fine tuning,” he said.

“Some individuals might not be scoring as much as they were earlier, but [with us] competing how we have in those losses makes me think we are where we need to be.

We just have to capitalize.”

All three of Ball State’s conference losses have been to teams in contention for the top four of the conference

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE STANDINGS CURRENT POSITIONS SCHOOL

RECORD (MAC)

POINTS

1. Western Michigan University 2. Eastern Michigan University 3. Miami University 4. Central Michigan University 5. Kent State University 6. Ball State 7. Northern Illinois University 8. Ohio University

9-4-4 (7-1-2) 10-6-2 (7-2-1) 9-6-3 (6-1-3) 7-10-1 (7-2-1) 11-7-0 (6-4-0) 10-5-3 (5-3-2) 6-9-3 (4-4-2) 7-6-5 (3-4-3)

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GORA: Board of Trustees will choose next president privately PLANETARIUM: One company of five will receive bid | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

The Education Redefined 2.0 strategic plan is set through 2017, the second phase of the geothermal project is underway, a campus-wide physical master plan is in the works and Gora expects the university’s 10-year accreditation report from the Higher Learning Commission to be positive. “As my husband likes to say, ‘it’s better to leave one year early than one day late,’� Gora said. “Hopefully, I am leaving early and not late.�

A NEW LEADER

Hughes said they are not looking for short-term leadership and are hoping to find a candidate without needing an interim president. He said he hopes to have a candidate

by Fall Semester 2014.

The process for rehiring is still in its beginning phases. He said they are looking for a searching firm to begin gathering potential applicants.

Hughes said the process will most likely be private, as it was when Gora was hired in 2004.

That was the first time the board did not introduce the applicants to anyone on campus, but used a search firm and committee to select the president. “Just about every one of the finalists were sitting chancellors or presidents,� Gora said. “So that leads to a closed search. ... “In the end, you want the best candidate pool possible, and a

closed search is ultimately the best way to get that. In the end, it is the Board of Trustees who select the president, so their opinion is what matters.�

Hughes said they will discuss the situation more during the December meeting.

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COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Gora said when she first arrived at Ball State in 2004, the relationship between the university and community was strained. “I remember people saying ‘Oh, there is town and gown issues. There isn’t a good relationship,’� she said. “And I saw a lot of individual acts by individual people and I thought, ‘Well, that’s interesting.’�

She said she made it her goal to speed up, emphasize and build that relationship, partially through collaboration with immersive learning. “I am incredibly proud on our emphasis on immersive learning and the distinctiveness of a Ball State education,� Gora said. “I think this will carry the university forward.�

She said she hopes redefining education is her legacy that continues to be carried out at Ball State. “It’s really hard to celebrate when you are saying goodbye to someone ... who has provided such outstanding leadership,� Hughes said. “I am pleased to have been a part of the original search team who had the foresight to bring this treasure to Ball State.�

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Ball State President Jo Ann Gora talks to the media Monday about her resignation in June 2014. Within the next eight months, a private search will most likely find Gora’s replacement.

THEN AND NOW Here’s a comparison of some of President Jo Ann Gora’s impact on the university ASPECTS

2004

2013

UNDERGRADUATE TUITION

$4,930 in state $13,348 out of state

$8,498 in state $23,462 out of state

TOTAL ENROLLMENT

18,043

21,053

GRADUATION RATE

34.1 percent

36 percent

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

304

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STATE FUNDING

$124,874,000

$117,973,175

He said the architects might have underestimated the risk factor of the project given the complexities. “Sometimes, they come in low, sometimes, they come in high,� he said. “This obviously was, from a percentage basis, a little higher.�

Howard said some of the other reasons for the increase might be the small construction site, the accelerated schedule and asking to do construction in winter.

The board materials said the equipment for the planetarium, including the projector, the dome and seating, have already been obtained or are being made.

Howard also was voted to seek approval from state agencies, obtain the financing needed for the increased cost and award contracts for the project.

State agencies already approved the planetarium, but the increase in the budget will need it to be approved again. Howard said he expects this to happen in November.

Howard also will award the contract to one of the five companies that have submitted bids to complete the project. The lowestbidding company was at $2.9 million, but Howard said the contract could go to another company based on differing alternates. He said the university asked for a base design bid, but also ideas such as different types of doors or masonry. The university will select the lowest overall investment.

Joan Todd, executive director of public relations, did not return phone calls by the time of publication.

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NOT JUST ANYONE CAN REPLACE GORA At the end of Jo Ann Gora’s 10 years as president of Ball State, she will leave behind a focus on immersive learning, more than $520 million worth of construction and renovations and a renewed interest in athletics.

But mostly, Gora will leave behind big shoes to fill.

The goal for the 2008 Ball State Bold campaign was $200 million by 2011.

During a recession, she helped the university exceed that goal by more than $10 million.

She has refused to allow legislators to dictate what is best for the university, instead telling them what the university needs and using immersive learning projects as methods of giving back to and benefiting the community and state.

She has fought against the performance-based funding formulas that reward STEM-focused and growing schools and routinely hurt Ball State’s state appropriations.

Ball State’s tuition rose 2 percent this year, the lowest increase since 1976, largely due to legislators granting

almost $6.6 million because of the school’s immersive learning efforts.

Often, when alumni share their stories of Ball State, they talk about the crazy times and copious amounts of alcohol they had as students. During Gora’s time as president, the school’s party image has changed drastically. This year’s freshman class had the highest high school GPA and SAT scores in the university’s history.

Students often comment that Gora seems aloof or disconnected from the student body. One person on Twitter said, “Hopefully the next president puts the financial struggles of students into consideration.”

Yet, when Gora first became president, she gave 25 students scholarships in lieu of a formal inauguration.

She has consistently worked with state legislators to keep tuition costs low.

As for her distance from the students, it is difficult to find a major event that Gora has not attended. From last year’s Beef ‘O’ Brady Bowl to Ball State Day at the Indiana State Fair to the line outside John R. Emens

Auditorium waiting for tickets to see Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman, Gora has been present.

Winfrey came to Ball State because of a lecture series with Letterman, and it is under Gora’s presidency that Ball State’s relationship with the alumnus has grown.

She is a major reason Letterman has a building named after him on campus, according to Daily News reports from 2007.

“The president always gets a lot of credit,” Gora said Monday. “One person doesn’t accomplish it all alone.”

We agree.

But Gora truly did raise Ball State’s standards.

Environmentally, academically and athletically, she has had her hand in cultivating the university.

We are not saying Gora is perfect. We are not saying no one is capable of replacing her.

However, we are saying that not just anyone can replace her.

The committee that selects a new president needs to do so thoughtfully and

carefully. The committee needs to listen to each part of the Ball State community.

But mostly, the next president needs to have drive and momentum to get what’s necessary done.

Like Gora does.

President Jo Ann Gora’s decision to retire calls for a replacement with gumption

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