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DN THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 2014

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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR SEARCH

Committee to make hire Hardin, other members to confidentially pick candidates by January ANTHONY LOMBARDI SPORTS EDITOR | @DN_Sports

A 12-person committee has been chosen to select the next Ball State athletic director. Until then, Brian Hardin will serve as the interim athletic director.

BRIAN HARDIN

Hardin is on the committee, which is set to select three to five possible candidates that will interview with Ball State president Paul Ferguson. Ferguson will make the final decision. He said they are planning to hire someone in the next three months, latest in January. The search will remain confidential. Former athletic director Bill Scholl said he thought a confidential search would be beneficial. “I do believe it’s the right thing

Hardin currently serves as Deputy Athletics Director. He was recently named the interim athletic director. to do,” Scholl said. “Doing a confidential search will help with the candidate pool.” Ball State’s athletic director runs the nearly $22 million budget and is a position connected with the uni-

versity’s strategic plan, Ferguson said. He said he is looking for someone who is a very effective manager and has an understanding of “the athletics enterprise,” including how to increase fan attendance. As a member of the committee, Hardin is not a candidate for the permanent athletic director position. Hardin said he is excited to work with the 11 other members of the selection committee.

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he Atrium and Scramble Light were full of thanks for donors for Thank a Donor Days on Tuesday and Wednesday. The THAD Days organization has students and faculty members write letters to one of the many donors who donated $23 million to the university last year. The

Redshirt freshman Jack Milas known for keeping teammates laughing with goofy attitude SEE PAGE 3

Medical school test sees extension Changes may require additional classes for pre-med students TAYLOR WEDDLE STAFF REPORTER | tcweddle@bsu.edu Pre-med students now have to take additional courses before they can test into medical school due to a change in the Medical College Admissions Test this year. The exam will include a new MCAT CHANGES section covering MCAT 2014 social and behav144 questions ioral sciences, re3 hours and 20 minutes quiring students MCAT 2015 to take addition261 questions al psychology, 6 hours and 15 minutes sociology, bioAdded social and behavioral chemistry and sciences section potentially staOTHER SECTIONS: tistics courses. Biological and Biochemical The AssociaFoundations of Living Systems Chemical and Physical tion of American Foundations of Living Systems Medical Colleges Critical Analysis and Reasoning will use this section to decide how well the student can interpret information to patients and colleagues, according to its website. “If you’re a biology or chemistry major, it doesn’t add any additional credits since most of them cross over with pre-med,” said Clare Chatot, a Ball State biology professor. Chatot said she is also working on adding statistics as a requirement.

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organization was hoping to have over 500 letters to send around Thanksgiving to donors. Ball State President Paul Ferguson was one of many to sign a large poster to thank donors. Head football coach Pete Lembo and football players showed up to thank donors on Wednesday. For more photos, go to ballstatedaily.com

Organizations line up earlier for Air Jam Location change a factor in increased attendance, event chairperson says

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Students from Greek Life, residence halls and independent organizations camped out earlier than last year to get a chance to perform at this year’s Air Jam. “In terms of the camping out, yeah, it was a lot more intense this year,” said Michael Nunley, a Sigma Nu member and junior Spanish education major. Sigma Nu joined in the wait at John R. Emens Auditorium 24 hours before the doors opened and an hour earlier than last year – and there were a lot more people than expected, said Nunley. Last year, campus organizations had

to turn in their entry forms at the Alumni Center, which may have contributed to the larger turnout. “I think groups camped out earlier than in previous years because of the location change,” said Michelle Shubert, Air Jam chair. “This meant it was much easier for students to take shifts and camp out together, so they probably didn’t mind starting earlier than previous years.” The line did not pose any problems for the box office. “As of now, we don’t plan to limit how early groups can camp out. However, if we do allow students to turn in forms at Emens Auditorium, that may change, because if there is an event, we don’t want students camping out to disrupt any performances,” said Shubert. Emens has a capacity of 3,309 people and tickets sold out Tuesday, a week after they went on sale.

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Air Jam will return to Ball State at 9 p.m. this evening at John R. Emens Auditorium. The lip synching competition is one of the highlights of Homecoming and is already sold out.

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Scattered and isolated showers will be in the forecast for today and Friday. Expect clearing to occur overnight Friday with partly sunny skies for the Homecoming parade and football game. -- Mitchell Pettit, WCRD Weather Forecaster

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High: 56 Low: 47 6. RAIN

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