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Ball State student April Krowel stands in the hallway of her home with her husband, Justin, in Indianapolis. She served in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., and then became a support personnel for military police in Iraq. Since returning to civilian life, Krowel is continuing her education at Ball State to pursue a doctorate in counseling psychology.

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After 2 fellow veterans’ suicides, April Krowel seeks to counsel others who served, arms people to effectively help returning soldiers CONSTANCE HARCOURT CHIEF REPORTER | cmharcourt@bsu.edu

It was Sept. 11, 2001, and after millions of Americans watched the attacks, April Krowel stood in line for eight hours to donate blood to the Sept.

11 victims in New York and Washington, D.C. Finally, she was at the front of the line. The nurse pricked her finger to test her blood before Krowel could make the donation. A droplet of

blood fell from her finger.

Unfortunately for Krowel, her iron count was low and she wasn’t able to give blood. Rather than walking away, she chose another path.

“I was really passionate about doing something for our country,” she said. “So, I decided to give blood a different way, and I joined the military.”

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Alumni sponsor trip FIRST HALF LEAD FALLS APART Regular season opener for football matchup ends with loss following $10,000 donated for students to see Wednesday game CRAWFORD CHIEF REPORTER | DAKOTA @DakotaCrawford_

Ball State alumnus Jason Whitlock isn’t sure if he will make the trip to DeKalb, Ill., on Wednesday to see Ball State play Northern Illinois University.

What the ESPN sportswriter is sure of, though, is Ball State alumni need to do their part to support the university — even if that support doesn’t garnish the same level of attention that he and the family of Brady Hoke generated this week.

By donating $5,000 each, the pairing helped fund a bus trip for 240 students to Wednesday’s game. The big donations received national coverage, but Whitlock said even smaller contributions are significant.

“I think it’s very important that all [alumni], regardless JASON WHITLOCK of what level — you don’t Alumnus and have to sponsor bus trips, you ESPN writer can give $50, $100 — I think all alumni have a responsibility to support our university,” Whitlock said.

The bus trip will charter students to a mid-week matchup likely to decide the Mid-American Conference’s West champion. The Huskies are 9-0 overall with a 5-0 mark in con- BRADY HOKE Former Ball State ference play.

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Wanting a tougher non-conference schedule, Ball State women’s basketball head coach Brady Sallee got that when his team opened the season on the road against Purdue University.

The team fell short on Sunday with a final score of 57-63. The Boilermakers, ranked No. 18 in the Associated Press preseason poll, were just one installment in Sallee’s upgraded non-conference schedule.

The second-year coach wants to put his team on the biggest stages possible throughout non-conference play. Sallee said the big-time atmosphere at Mackey Arena paired with the competition level of Purdue gave his young team a

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legitimate test. than just stack up against its Big Ten “I think we learned a lot about our- opponent. A 15–6 run capped by a selves, and now we’ve got something three-pointer from junior Brittany 12. SCATTERED FLURRIES 11. SNOW FLURRIES 13. SNOW SHOWERS real to build on,” he said. “We stacked Carter gave the Cardinals a 21-12 up against Purdue. That’s real.” lead at the 7:22 mark in the first.

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Improvisational comedy professionals from ComedySportz in Indianapolis will host “Body Language,” a class to inform students about the importance of body language.

Students can participate in improvisational role-playing to illustrate the practical applications of a knowledge and understanding of body language. The discussion focuses on common body language communication techniques and problem solving scenarios.

The event will be from 7-9 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom.

“Mother 4, 5, and 7even Missed, Dismissed and Avoided” will be at 7:30 p.m. in Pruis Hall and is free and open to the public. This play is about mental health issues in American society. James Wesley Williams directed and produced the play to raise awareness and inform viewers of the problems facing those with mental health illnesses, according to a press release.

He also works for Crime Victim Care of Fort Wayne and is a volunteer multicultural specialist for NAMI Fort Wayne.

PHOTO COURTESY OF “MOTHER 4, 5, AND 7EVEN MISSED, DISMISSED AND AVOIDED” A speaker for “Mother 4, 5, and 7even Missed, Dismissed and Avoided” talks at Wellfest Ohio on Sept. 20 in Columbus, Ohio. The group will visit Ball State and perform at 7:30 tonight at Pruis Hall.

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Rain, a Beatles tribute band, will perform songs that were never performed by The Beatles for a live audience, according to the press release. Ball State students tickets are free in advanced or $11 at the door, but students must bring their student ID to the box office before Tuesday to get their ticket for free. For adults, tickets range from $34-$48. Rain is at 7:30 p.m. at John R. Emens Auditorium.

Outdoor Pursuits will host a free session for students to “hone in on their balance skill,” according to a press release, with the Ball State Slackline Club at 9 p.m. in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Slacklining is an activity where participants balance on a rope or webbing anchored between two points, which is different from a tight rope in that it isn’t taunt.

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From 7-9 p.m. in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, the Asian American Student Association will host a “sumo night.” The event will inform students of the ancient Japanese sport of sumo wrestling and allow students to take part in a sumo match.

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“Who’s Your Real Customer,” will inform students ways to focus on customers rather than problems when creating and designing products and businesses. The host is Michael Goldsby, a Stoops Distinguished Professor and executive director of Ball State Entrepreneurship Center. The event will take place at 5 p.m. at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Cardinal Hall A where Goldsby will highlight some of the ideas in his recently published book, “Innovation Acceleration.” After the lecture, a reception and discussion will be in the music lounge for another discussion.

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Group raises modern slavery awareness ‘No Slave November’ informs on sex trade by wearing barcodes

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Students from the International Justice Mission will walk around campus until the end of November with barcodes on their bodies and the words “27 million” written beneath for the group’s “No Slave November.”

The monthlong event is in support of the estimated 27 million slaves that have been trafficked into debt bondage, sex trafficking and labor.

“International Justice Mission is an international organization that is doing some of the most significant work in the world with eliminating human trafficking and other forms of slavery,” Stephanie Metzger, Ball State’s IJM vice president, said.

In the United States, the state department estimates that between 17,500 and 18,500 people are trafficked annually. IJM will host several activities on campus this month targeted at raising awareness for worldwide slaves

and a few dollars to support the organization.

Metzger said awareness is the ultimate goal for the November campaign.

“You can’t cause change without awareness,” Metzger said.

“Awareness isn’t change, but it’s the first step toward change.”

The group is passing out fliers, hosting a documentary and putting together an ultimate Frisbee tournament.

“One of the biggest risk factors for being trafficked is poverty,” Metzger said. “A lot of people think that’s just happening in third world countries, but it is extremely prevalent in the United States and in Indiana. So, we could actually be making a big difference in preventing youth from getting trafficked.”

Ione Deollos, an associate professor of sociology, said a lot of trafficking from the United States surrounds large events.

“In Indianapolis for the Super Bowl, there were at least five arrests made on human trafficking,” Deollos said. “Sex trafficking tends to follow things like the Super Bowl, so police get special training before the Super Bowl to be aware of this and what to look for.”

The IJM on campus is a single

‘NO SLAVE’ EVENTS FOOD DRIVE

All month, International Justice Mission has placed and managed food drive boxes in campus dining halls for Second Harvest Food Bank.

“SEX+MONEY”

IJM will host a screening of the 2011 “Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth” documentary at 6 p.m. Nov. 19 in DeHority Complex.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE TOURNAMENT

IJM will host a tournament on Nov. 23 to raise money and raise awareness for sex slavery.

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Members of the International Justice Mission show their barcodes. The group’s “No Slave November” campaign is to raise awareness for the estimated 27 million slaves in the world.

chapter connected with hundreds of other on college campuses across the world.

Holly Van Duzer, its community service coordinator, said IJM targets the root causes of human trafficking in the United States — poverty — by donating food

to Second Harvest Food Bank.

Van Duzer also said the group’s hope is to put together a program for “kids at the [Youth Outreach Center], A Better Way and the Boys and Girls Club” to teach children about human trafficking.

Deollos said women in the U.S. are targeted for sex trafficking to other countries.

“The primary thing for people who want American women want the American white woman,” Deollos said. “Asian and Arab countries find that to be an ex-

otic group of people to have sex with. A lot of people are taking women for that purpose.”

Many women attempt to afford the experience of living in another country through nanny opportunities that are illegitimate and end up in prostitution.

In other countries, children are commonly sold into sex trafficking for their virginity and sold as a virgin many times over.

Daniel Brown, an IJM member, explained the core of the organization simply.

“Justice is at the heart of what we do,” Brown said.

10,000 may be dead after typhoon SGA BUDGET SO FAR Philippine storm affects 4 million, breaks records | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TACLOBAN, Philippines — Corpses hung from trees, were scattered on sidewalks or buried in flattened buildings — some of the 10,000 people believed killed in one Philippine city alone by ferocious Typhoon Haiyan that washed away homes and buildings with powerful winds and giant waves.

As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides. Looters raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water as the government began relief efforts and international aid operations got underway.

Even in a nation regularly beset by earthquakes, volcanoes and tropical storms, Haiyan appears to be the deadliest natural disaster on record.

Hardest hit in the Philippines was Leyte Island, where officials said there may be 10,000 dead in the provincial capital of Tacloban alone. Reports also trickled in from elsewhere on the island, as well as from neighboring islands, indicating hundreds more deaths, although it will be days before the full extent of the storm can be assessed.

“On the way to the airport, we saw many bodies along the street,” said Philippineborn Australian Mila Ward,

TYPHOON NUMBERS

300 deaths

confirmed on Samar Island in the central Philippines

10,000 people believed dead in Tacloban city on Leyte Island

2,000 people missing in Basey town

SOURCE: The Associated Press

53, who was waiting at the Tacloban airport to catch a military flight back to Manila, about 360 miles to the northwest. “They were covered with just anything — tarpaulin, roofing sheets, cardboard.”

She said she passed “well over 100” bodies.

In one part of Tacloban, a ship had been pushed ashore and sat amid damaged homes.

Haiyan inflicted serious damage to at least six of the archipelago’s more than 7,000 islands, with Leyte, neighboring Samar Island, and the northern part of Cebu appearing to bear the brunt of the storm. About 4 million people were affected by the storm, the national disaster agency said.

On Samar, Leo Dacaynos of the provincial disaster office said 300 people were confirmed dead in one town and another 2,000 were missing, with some towns yet to be reached by rescuers. He pleaded for food and water, adding that power was out and there was no cellphone signal, making communication possible only by radio.

Reports from other affected islands indicated dozens, perhaps hundreds more deaths.

Video from Eastern Samar province’s Guiuan town-

ship — the first area where the typhoon made landfall — showed a trail of devastation. Many houses were flattened and roads were strewn with debris and uprooted trees. The ABS-CBN video showed several bodies on the street, covered with blankets.

“Even me, I have no house, I have no clothes,” an unidentified woman said, crying. “I don’t know how I will restart my life, I am so confused. I don’t know what happened to us. We are appealing for help. Whoever has a good heart, I appeal to you — please help Guiuan.”

The Philippine National Red Cross said its efforts were hampered by looters, including some who attacked trucks of food and other relief supplies it was shipping to Tacloban from the southern port of Davao.

Tacloban’s two largest malls and grocery stores were looted, and police guarded a fuel depot. About 200 police officers were sent into Tacloban to restore law and order.

With other rampant looting reported, President Benigno Aquino III said he was considering declaring a state of emergency or martial law in Tacloban. A state of emergency usually includes curfews, price and food supply controls, military or police checkpoints and increased security patrols.

The massive casualties occurred even though the government had evacuated nearly 800,000 people ahead of the typhoon.

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TYPHOON HAIYAN TIMELINE NOV. 2 A low pressure are develops east of Micronesia.

NOV. 3 The Japanese Meteorological Agency and the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center classifies this as a tropical depression.

MONDAY JMA and JWTC upgrade the depression to a tropical storm and asses it the name of “Haiyan.”

TUESDAY The storm becomes a typhoon when it passes through Micronesia.

WEDNESDAY JWTC upgrades the typhoon to a super typhoon.

THURSDAY Haiyan enters the Philippines as local governments facilitate preemptive evacuations and close schools in various parts of the country. President Benigno Aquino III urged Filipinos “not to take chances.”

FRIDAY Haiyan makes landfall at 4:40 a.m. local time with likely winds of 195 mph. Many areas become out of reach as power and communication lines were destroyed. The government closes several major airports and ports. As it left the country through the evening, the storm weekend.

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RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER rmpodnar@bsu.edu

TOTAL SPENT SO FAR THIS SEMESTER: $16,286.50 TOTAL BUDGET FOR YEAR:

$111,697

PERCENT OF MONEY SPENT FOR THE YEAR: 14.6 percent

This does not account for expenses that were set aside, including wages and funds for events that have not yet occurred.

CO-SPONSORSHIP EXPENSES:

OCTOBER CO-SPONSORSHIP EXPENSES: $925.12

This includes three co-sponsorships that went through the budget and were paid: Call to Action event, Saudi National Day and a speaker for American Society for Microbiology.

The executive board set aside $13,447 to go toward co-sponsorship. Beyond that, $4,000 has been set aside specifically for the Big Four, the multicultural organizations, to use for co-sponsorship.

SGA also spends $20,000 from the Campus Activity Fund on co-sponsorships.

Organizations that wish to apply for co-sponsorship must apply at least 30 days in

advance for $1,000 or less and 60 days in advance for more money. If the application for co-sponsorship is approved, SGA does not deposit the money into the organization’s account, but organizations bring pay slips to SGA and it will reimburse the group for expenses. Due to this process in the SGA Co-Sponsorship Guidelines, money has already been allocated for cosponsorships, but it has not left SGA’s account.

TOTAL MONEY AVAILABLE FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR THE YEAR:

$37,447

TOTAL MONEY AVAILABLE FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR EACH SEMESTER: $16,723.50

This does not count the $4,000, which can only be spent by the Big Four.

AMOUNT SPENT OR ALLOCATED TO SPEND ON CO-SPONSORSHIP:

$14,310.57

AMOUNT LEFT FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER: $2,412.93 TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXECUTIVE BOARD PLATFORM POINT EXPENSES: $1,521.66

Countdown 2 Kickoff: $1,288.27 Spaghetti dinner: $99.39 Benny’s Birthday Bash: $134

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TUESDAY A “Psalms of a Questionable Nature” production unites siblings for the first time in the face of death.

Are you a Beatles fan? While the original British men can’t take the stage, “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” comes to campus.

The Muncie area has its quirks.

One group sets out to find the weirdest things that make this town stand out from the rest.

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NEW BATTLE More veterans are enrolling in higher education than ever with Post-9/11 GI Bill

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Five days after she completed military police officer training in 2007, Jessica Robinson was notified her unit would deploy to Kuwait.

She was 17 at the time. She couldn’t buy a pack of cigarettes if she wanted to, vote or enjoy a cold beer.

Robinson was in the Middle East from May 2008 until March 2009. When she arrived back in Indiana, she got her associate degree in criminal justice before enrolling at Ball State. Now, Robinson works on a master’s degree in clinical mental health.

There were points when her GI Bill benefits, which funds veterans’ college and living costs, dangerously lagged.

“I went three months without a payment at one point,” she said. “If I did not have other forms of being able to get money, I would have been homeless. The [Department of Veterans Affairs] will tell you not to count on these payments, but most students have to.”

Robinson, who graduated in spring with her bachelor’s degree, said she believes the entire system in which veterans receive their benefits, including the GI Bill, needs an overhaul. She’s not the only one.

In a time where more veterans are enrolling in higher education than ever before, the need for veteran accommodations is rising.

According to the VA, there was a 75 percent increase from 2008 of veterans using GI Bills, due to the start of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2009.

The bill reached more than $30 billion in spending in July.

In Indiana alone, six major universities house about 1,961 veterans this semester.

However, the VA is under scrutiny because of the lack of data the department is collecting on the academic progress of the veterans using the bill and whether they are obtaining degrees.

Richard Welch, a retired colonel and special forces officer, was accepted into Ph.D. Fellow in the Law and Democracy program in the Center for Constitutional Democracy at IU’s Maurer School of Law. However, he hasn’t been able to begin earning his degree because he said his Vietnam-era GI Bill hasn’t provided him with an adequate amount of educational benefits.

“They said how much better it is now, opposed to how it was for Vietnam veterans,” Welch said. “But when you test this program, it’s not much better. The public support for the soldiers is better, but the VA is still antiquated. It’s a typical bogged down bureaucracy.”

The GI Bill benefits that are leading so many veterans, like Robinson, into a new life are sure to diminish if something isn’t done to keep support of the now

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$30 billion bill. ber of [VA] employees and install the comChris Cate, advocacy group Student Vet- puter system that they have been talking erans of America director of research, said about for several years.” historically, GI Bill benefits are either reJames Brown, Indiana director of Vetduced or end a few years after the conflict. erans’ Affairs, said there are a number of In a Government Accountability Of- reasons why the GI Bill could be late getfice report in May, auditors said without ting to students. tracking the progress of these veterans in “It is a timing issue, sometimes, a fundhigher education, it’s difficult to “inform ing issue,” Brown said. “There are steps policymakers about the value veterans are to take to have paperwork in on time. So, receiving for the government’s substantial close attention is needed to detail with investment.” timely filing.”

In January, SVA partnered with the VA Other state universities have quickly and National Students Clearinghouse and recognized the need for this attention. began building a database to Margaret Baechtold, ditrack the success of student BY THE NUMBERS rector of Veteran Support veterans, which will likely be Services at IU, said about done in February.

500 students have identi”Showing that the return on enrolled at IU are veterans fied as military or veteran investment on the Post-9/11 students this Fall Semester.

GI Bill is high, in part through Baechtold said IU is creatthis project, then it may ining a system to better track crease the likelihood that VA enrolled at Indiana State the number of enrolled education benefits will re- University are veterans veterans and their graduamain strong,” Cate said. tion rates. She said several However, some Indiana universities are capturpublic universities have enrolled at Ball State are ing ways to track veterans taken things into their veterans with the growing interest own hands. of what happens after they Beck Hannaford, Ball State leave the service and enroll veterans benefits and finan- enrolled at University in higher education. cial assistant coordinator, said of Southern Indiana are While Baechthold said the university has tracked its veterans she has seen several veterveteran graduation rate since ans excel at IU, the transi2008 and reports a 58 percent tion can be tough, too. graduation rate for students enrolled at Vincennes “We have had some stuenrolled for six years. dents who have come back University are veterans “We track this rate because and have found it very chalgraduation rates are a critical lenging to adjust physically part of our mission of serving enrolled at Purdue and with the emotional isveterans,” Hannaford said. sues they’re dealing with,” University are veterans Comparatively, the univerBaechthold said. sity reports 56 percent six-year graduation Robinson said she witnessed “horrific rate for all students, putting student veter- things in Iraq,” and it was difficult to resume ans in the lead. to normal life after returning to civilian life.

Hannaford said there is simple solution “It was very hard to find people to reto combat slow GI Bill delivery: as the late to,” Robinson said. “It was easier to number of veterans using GI benefits rise, not talk to people. I was having a bad day so should the number of VA employees because I had friends that could not call serving the veterans. anymore because they had died.”

“I could solve that problem tomorrow,” For IU student Curtis Hall, a 10-year Hannaford said. “Since the GI Bill of 2009, explosive ordnance disposal squad vetthe number of vets attending school has eran, his education provided under the tripled, but the number of people process- GI Bill is a ticket to a new life. His goal ing has remained level. Increase the num- is to become a cruise line manager, pre-

500 students 320 students

449 students 233 students 180 students

279 students

GI BILL FACTS • The GI Bill pays for veterans’ living costs and education tuition.

• The Post-9/11 GI Bill is the biggest investment in veterans’ education since World War II. • According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there’s been a 75 percent increase from 2008 of veterans using GI bills, due to the start of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2009.

• More than 260,000 students are attending about 6,000 colleges and universities this fall under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

• The bill reached more than $30 billion in spending in July.

• On Nov. 8, the Post-9/11 GI Bill had reached the 1 millionth recipient mark with Steven Ferraro, a 10-year Army veteran who fought in the Iraq war.

SOURCE: defense.gov, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and newgibill.org

ferring the serenity of diving to explore coral reefs than diffusing bombs.

“I was trained and educated in a job that I now no longer want to be in,” Hall said. “But now I’m getting into tourism, I don’t want to be involved with anything that involves weapons or explosives.”

This fall, he began his three-four year journey to getting a tourism management degree at IU. “In my lower level classes, I’m surrounded by 18-year-olds,” Hall said. “No one knows who I am and what I’ve done.

I don’t wear it on my sleeve.”

Jason Thigpen, founder of the Student Veterans Advocacy Group said without the VA providing up-to-date numbers of student veterans, universities aren’t able to service the veteran population to its full extent.

For Ivy Tech Community College, which has 31 campuses in Indiana and about 5,487 veterans enrolled this semester, knowing the numbers has given it power to support vets.

Laura Vest, the statewide Ivy Tech veteran benefits coordinator, said during the government shutdown, tuition assistance for some army veterans was put on hold.

“Knowing who are students are and who is using benefits has given us the ability to help them with the unanticipated things that pop up, challenges along the way,” Vest said.

While Ivy Tech tracks veterans attending, its next step is to track how veterans are doing in degree completion. Vest said making a college vet-friendly is a “fluid, growing process.”

“We’ve identified the next challenge we need to tackle,” Vest said. “... We need to identify if there’s anything that stands out in veterans, good or bad. We need to go past the anecdotal response and we need to start pulling numbers.”

VETERAN: Student researches transition from military service to student living | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Born and raised in Lebanon, Ind., Krowel joined the military when she was 17. She was a high school senior preparing for college, but instead, she turned in her acceptance letter for “a flak jacket and combat boots.”

Krowel served in the in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., and then became a support personnel for military police in Iraq.

In September 2003, April Krowel returned from serving in Iraq, along with a few close friends she made in the military.

She struggled to return to civilian life after spending more than six months in the blistering heat of Iraq. However, for some of her friends, the transition from the battlefields to civilian life was too great to overcome. Two of them died by suicide.

“When you leave the military, you don’t lose touch necessarily, but you don’t see them as often,” Krowel said.

She paused for a couple of seconds, looked down and deeply exhaled.

“So, hearing about it was

IN SERVICE APRIL KROWEL

• Served 2001-2003 • Served in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., and then became a support personnel for military police in Iraq devastating.”

Every 65 minutes a veteran commits suicide, according to an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“One of my friends died and needed help,” she said. “And I wasn’t there.”

As the statistic became a reality, Krowel committed her education to studying psychology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and continued her studies at Ball State.

She’s pursuing her doctorate in counseling psychology with a specialization in psychology assessment.

Today, she lives with her husband, Justin, of 10 years and their three-year-old daughter, Abby, in Indianapolis.

Her husband is studying for

his master’s in rehabilitation counseling at Ball State. He was wounded in action in Iraq in 2003 and was awarded the Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, two of the most distinguished awards given in the military.

With her focus on studies and her family, she said her military years are behind her, but they’re a part of her life. Now she is serving on a different level — arming people with knowledge.

Krowel is studying the difference between student veterans and the average college student.

“Going into an atmosphere that’s not structured, where you can choose not to go to class, can be interesting and a challenge,” she said.

In her research, Krowel found that student veterans are seven times more likely to die by suicide than their civilian counterparts.

Jessica Robinson, a Ball State graduate student studying clinical mental health, was in the military for more than six years and spent a year in Iraq.

“I think the biggest difference coming home was learning how to interact with others that do

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April Krowel a Ball State student veteran, sits in her home in Indianapolis with her husband, Justin. Following the death by suicide of a fellow veteran, Krowel has devoted research into student veterans and civilians.

not understand how the military works,” she said.

But Robinson said while being a veteran can be challenging, it has helped her succeed as a student.

“I’m proud to say that the mili-

tary gave me more than a gun,” she said. “They have given me dedication and integrity to do my best all of the time.”

Krowel said she is proud to advocate for veterans, raise awareness and widen the scope of

knowledge there is on student veterans at Ball State.

“I can relate to the population that maybe non-veterans don’t have the background experience of actually acknowledging them,” she said.

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Magician Jim Munroe talks with the press prior to his show Thursday at John R. Emens Auditorium. Munroe, after his experience with leukemia, is an advocate for bone marrow donation.

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Magician Jim Munroe creates artful illusions for his life work, at some points doing stunts involving knives. But he also is clear with the audience that the magic is not real — there is always something going on behind the scenes.

However, the magician’s biggest feat wasn’t done through smoke-and-mirror inventions. It was by the help of a stranger who would end up saving his life.

Munroe was 29 when he felt a sharp pain in his leg. As a former University of Texas baseball player, he knew pain, but nothing compared to this.

“It’s like a bomb went off inside your body,” Munroe said doctors told him.

Doctors diagnosed Munroe with a rare form of leukemia and said he would die in two months if they did not act quickly.

They told him about the possibility of a bone marrow transplant. After treating Munroe with chemotherapy to destroy cancer cells, doctors would need to find a near perfect DNA match to give blood, so his body could build a new immune system.

“My entire life hinged on one person,” Munroe said.

Out of 7 million possible donors, there were 16 potential matches. A 19-year-old blonde girl with bubbly handwriting was Munroe’s perfect match. She saved his life.

After the show Thursday at John R. Emens Auditorium, students flocked to the lobby to sign up with Be The Match, an organization that matches possible bone marrow donors to people in need. Be The Match allowed students at the event to sign up for free.

Freshman nursing major Juliana Booth signed up to be a donor. Booth said she had heard of bone marrow transplants and had seen Munroe’s type of scenario on medical TV shows.

“Getting the chance to save someone’s life, that’s just an amazing opportunity,” Booth said.

Munroe said minorities have the smallest pool of bone marrow donors and encouraged African Americans and Asians to sign up.

He travels around the world performing a magic show called “The MAZE.” The show has two other members, Daniel Cullen as director and producer and Zak Mirzadeh as a magician.

For the final act, Munroe carefully drew an outline of his hand in red marker on a small block of wood. He pulled a black bag over his head. He duct taped the bag tightly around his neck, and he picked up a sharp knife.

“All the magic was fake,” Munroe said. “However, this is real.”

Munroe slowly began stabbing the knife in the spaces between his fingers. He moved his hand outside the red outline, and the crowd gasped. Finally, Munroe effortlessly guided the knife from space to space in quick motions, and the audience erupted in applause as the magic show ended.

While the first half of his show focused on entertainment, the second half focused on Munroe’s battle with cancer and his newfound Christian faith.

Munroe compared the “perfect blood” donation he received to the “perfect blood” Jesus provided to save him. Munroe called himself a former skeptic, who previously considered religion as ridiculous.

He said his lifesaving experience left him questioning, “How could there not be a God?” Before Munroe began telling his story, he gave

students the opportunity to leave the show, knowing it would be a religious presentation.

The majority of the students stayed, but a small amount chose to leave.

“He was very mature in his delivery,” said Alex Powell, a junior political science major and member of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Powell said he enjoyed Munroe’s sarcastic demeanor in his performance.

“People weren’t pressured into religion,” Booth, who is also a member of CRU, said.

Junior marketing major Dawson Bowling chose to leave in the two-minute break before Munroe began sharing his Christian beliefs.

Bowling said he is an atheist and would rather sit down and have a religious dialogue where he could ask the questions.

“What people say [about religion] is not what I would want to ask them,” Bowling said.

Munroe said their mission is to start a conversation rather than to “convert people.” He encouraged students to fill out contacts cards to receive more information on Christianity.

In the end, Munroe encouraged students to be bone marrow donors, regardless of their religious beliefs or affiliations.

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Garry Mashino looks at artwork at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. in Muncie on Thursday. That evening, Gordys featured the work of five former employees who all graduated from Ball State.

Alumni work collectively, create eclectic art gallery Muncie business hosts old workers’ gallery this month

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A multistory tower created for cats, a bunk bed overflowing with dolls and a headless sculpture was the latest collaboration of five Ball State alumni, another of their string of projects in 20 years after they graduated from Ball State.

“Chris Vorhees and Friends,” hosted Thursday at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co., displayed the art work of alumni Matt Lynch, Steve Lacy, Nathaniel Russell, George Shumar and Chris Vorhees.

The five artists work in a collaborative thread, keeping in touch throughout their years apart and always coming back together to create something new and exciting. Their first ex-

hibit was called “The Sandbox,” where they filled the room wallto-wall with real people.

“They’re all brilliant,” store co-owner Ginny Gordy, a Ball State grad in ’76, said. “It’s a lot of tongue-and-cheek art work.”

The alumni were all once co-workers at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co., a familybased Muncie business.

In this exhibit, “Chris Vorhees and Friends” featured artwork of not only print art, but also sculptures.

Among the pieces being displayed were “Flood Light” by Vorhees that was made of acrylic and LED lights that looked like a clear puddle on the floor, “Cat Condo (Beyond Feline Living)” by Lynch, “Void Flier”

by Russell, “Good Vibrations (Honkey Chapeau)” by Lacy and “Hot Weather Quilt” by Shumar.

Lynch, a professor at the University of Cincinnati, was most proud of his piece entitled “Endless Bunk for American Girl Dolls,” a multicolored framed bed made of

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Lynch’s “Cat Condo (Beyond Feline Living)” was made from plywood, acrylic, carpet and aluminum, and it was a several story, cat-friendly home that caught the eye of many spectators at the art show. “[They’re] something to be remembered,” Gordy said.

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TUESDAY James Whitford and the men’s basketball team take on Taylor University here at Worthen Arena at 7 p.m.

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The loss the Ball State women’s volleyball team suffered to the University of Toledo on Thursday wasn’t a surprise considering Toledo’s talent, but Saturday’s loss to a 2-12 conference University of Akron team was shocking.

In hindsight, neither loss will matter in the long run — as long as Ball State can get healthy again.

Wins against those teams would look nice on Ball State’s résumé for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament, but head coach Steve Shondell should be more concerned with winning the MidAmerican Conference Tournament, a title the Cardinals haven’t held since 2002.

Just a few weeks ago, Ball State was the picture of health, its offense throwing down kills left and right while the defense stumped opponents.

A rash of injuries then popped up, turning Ball State into a shell of itself recently.

Freshman outside hitter Mackenzie Kitchel is done for the season, sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling doesn’t have the same explosion she did before her ankle injury and senior outside hitter Kylee Baker left Saturday’s game and didn’t return.

There’s still one way the team can get into the NCAA tournament, win the MAC tournament. That will only happen if Fuelling and Baker can get healthy.

After the loss to Akron, Shondell said Fuelling has lost three inches from her jump. He’s right.

There’s a black-and-white difference between her play right now and what she was producing just

a month ago. When Baker left the court against Akron, the team’s defense took a hit.

Now, Shondell and the volleyball team can’t worry about not having the best record or top seed.

What’s most important is that Fuelling and Baker become better, not worse, next weekend. If that means giving them time off to rest their injuries, so be it. Those games are meaningless once the tournament starts and hopes of winning the tournament go down the drain without a healthy Fuelling or Baker.

Shondell said he hopes Baker will be back soon and can help anchor the defense, while he thinks Fuelling could be close to healthy next week and then back to 100 percent the week after that.

For Ball State to win the tournament, those need to not be just hopes and wishes, but reality.

Kitchel’s defense is irreplaceable, but sophomore Jenna Spadafora can step in and give Ball State the lost offense. A fully healthy Fuelling is a matchup nightmare for opponents and Baker is an effective all-around player.

When healthy, the Cardinals still have the most loaded, talented roster in the MAC, as was proven by beating Ohio University on the road. Injured, it’s a team that lost in four sets to Akron and struggled against Toledo this year.

No one will remember those struggles if Fuelling and Baker are healthy and lifting a MAC championship trophy above their heads.

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FRIDAY A home game against the University of Pittsburgh is on schedule for the women’s basketball team.

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LEMBO HAS RESPECT FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY’S PROGRAM

Despite Pete Lembo’s 0-2 record and 15-point deficit to the team, he still admires the work done to build the Huskies’ program. Lembo still talks frequently with Dave Doeren, former Northern Illinois University coach and current North Carolina State University coach.

LEMBO’S TAKE: “I think it’s been built the right way. They’ve had a plan that they’ve really worked at over time to create one of the most impressive non-[Bowl Championship Series] programs in the country.”

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QUARTERBACK JORDAN LYNCH SHOWS COMPARISONS

Ball State senior quarterback Keith Wenning isn’t a mobile player, with 3.6 yards per game rushing. Northern Illinois’ Jordan Lynch, however, has gotten it done on the ground. Lynch is third in the Mid-American Conference in rushing yards per game with 127.8. There is a similarity, if not in playing styles, but in personalities between the two.

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TOMMYLEE LEWIS CAN GIVE DEFENSES FITS USING HIS SPEED

Lewis is a junior wide receiver that Northern Illinois likes to get in space and let his speed expose holes in defenses. Although he’s listed at just 5-foot7 and 155 pounds, Lewis has a lot of playmaking ability. He proved so much in last season’s Orange Bowl, when he led Northern Illinois with five receptions for 61 yards against the Atlantic Coastal Conference’s Florida State University.

LEMBO’S TAKE: “He is lightning quick. He’s a Bernard Reedy-type guy — a lot of bubble screens, jet sweeps, things of that nature.”

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WENNING WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON JIMMIE WARD

“The next best thing to seeing THE BEATLES!”

Senior quarterback Keith Wenning and the high-powered Ball State offense have achieved a 9-1 record, going 6-0 in the MAC this season. In early October, Ball State defeated Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Virginia 48-27.

That is when Whitlock realized the team had serious potential and thoughts of sending students to Northern Illinois started swirling.

He sent about 10 students to the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl

last season, and Whitlock said he wanted to something special again for this game.

“I think Pete Lembo has done a marvelous job building the depth of the program,” he said. “I think if we get any kind of quarterback play next year, we’ll be good again.

“I hope it’s going to inspire a lot of [alumni] to take pride in Ball State [and] give back some money to help support the entire university, but the athletic department in particular.”

The 1990 Ball State gradu-

ate and two-year letter winner for the Ball State football team reached out to Laura Hoke to see if she and her husband, Brady, would be interested in helping fund it.

He knew the Hoke family had long been proud of its ties to Ball State. They both graduated from Ball State. He graduated in 1980, became head coach of the Ball State football team from 2003–2008 and now is the head coach of the University of Michigan team.

Less than a day later, Whitlock had a response from her

saying they’d love to help.

The pieces fell into place and with additional funding from the athletic department, the bus trip was set.

Still though, Whitlock is up in the air as to whether or not he will attend the game.

It’s quite a trip, and the ESPN coverage will make it convenient to watch from home.

He doesn’t want any part of the press box, anyway.

“I’m going to be pretty emotional,” Whitlock said. “If I sit up in the press box, I’d have to contain my emotions.”

LEMBO’S TAKE: “He and Keith Wenning are very different players, but very similar people. They’re intelligent and masters of their systems. They know what they need to do to be successful.”

The Northern Illinois senior safety has five interceptions this season — leading the team and tied for first in the MAC. He also has shown his range this season, second on the team in total tackles with 59. Wenning has just five interceptions this season, but he’ll have to watch out for Ward patrolling the secondary Wednesday night.

LEMBO’S TAKE: “He could be a MAC Defensive Player of the Year type of player. ... This guy should be one of those guys who gets that kind of consideration.

He’s that big of an impact player.

He’s a very physical safety.”

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There has always been an issue here at Ball State with students not attending sporting events, and there is not any valid reason for it. We get into all of the games for free, unlike a lot of schools around the nation. If you go up to Purdue University for a game, you will see their stands are full of students, even though they have just a 1-8 record.

A horrendous football team with an enormous level of student support. Why can’t we have that here? The excuses I have heard for people not going to the game Wednesday night are pathetic.

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2013 SEASON ATTENDANCE

Before the game against Central Michigan University, Ball State had an average of 16,656 people attend home games. Despite the game being televised and the athletic department and Ball State Dance Marathon’s Project 10k initiative, the game still saw the lowest home attendance this season.

Aug. 29 vs. Illinois State University Sept. 7 vs. Army Sept. 28 vs. University of Toledo Oct. 12 Kent State University Nov. 6 vs. Central Michigan Bob Runnebohm, University Class of 1973 SOURCE: ballstatesports.com DN GRAPHIC

Cory Chapman, a senior music education major

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The students and residents of Delaware County need to get out and support your Ball State football team. I don’t care if it is raining. The empty stands on ESPN2 were a disgrace to the university.

You have a great team!

This is rare, trust me.

You can’t tell me that a little rain should stop a 19- or 20-year-old kid. When I was 19, I slept in the rain every night in Vietnam. Your mind has to be tougher than the rain. You should laugh at it, and party like there’s no tomorrow.

nals improve to 9-1, but you couldn’t be bothered to sit there with your fellow students and enjoy a good game and take in the atmosphere of a great football game?

If it’s nice enough for the general population to be out making bad decisions on Neely Avenue or in the Village, then it’s nice enough to go support your school during a nationally televised game.

Watching the replay of our game on ESPN2 was just sad.

The stands look so empty, and the crowd can barely muster up enough noise to be heard. Is that really the way we want to support our outstanding student athletes?

Plenty of people go to tailgating on game days, but we can’t fill the stadium. This is just sad. Our students need to put down the liquor bottles and get out to the games, which again they don’t even have to pay for, so they can support our athletics programs and show the university and the country that we care here at Ball State.

It’s time to change the culture around here, but it can’t happen if people are going to be apathetic and lazy.

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SPORTS

Defensive showcase defines championship match loss Postseason run ends after offensive push finishes fruitless

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Ypsilanti, Mich. — Ball State’s postseason run, in which it reached its first Mid-American Conference Tournament championship, came to an end Sunday. The sixth seeded team fell to the fourth seeded Western Michigan University 1-0 in a defensive struggle.

Frigid conditions at Scicluna Field — No. 1 seed Eastern Michigan hosted the last two rounds of the tournament — with winds reaching 22 mph made gaining any offensive traction a struggle.

The Cardinals and Broncos combined for five shots on goal, with 2 and 3 respec-

tively, in a game played predominately in the congested middle third of the field.

With a tie at zero by halftime and no shots on goal generated in the first half, Ball State started the second half quickly and launched waves of attacks at Western Michigan.

“I felt like we were in control of the game,” Ball State head coach Craig Roberts said. “We were creating opportunities, it was just about converting them.”

The onslaught to start the second half produced some of Ball State’s best chances to score, and left Roberts and the bench in awe of how the ball didn’t find the back of the net.

Senior Maimee Morris put a one timer on goal that looked destined for the side net, but Western Michigan goalkeeper Michelle Watson, fully stretched, got a hand on the ball to turn it wide.

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Senior midfielder Maimee Morris tries to keep possession of the ball during a drive as Kent State University’s Katherine Lawrence tries to steal Oct. 4. Ball State lost 0-1 against Western Michigan in the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game Sunday.

“I did [think that shot was going in],” Morris said. “We had some real opportunities, you can’t say they were so much better than us.”

BASKETBALL: Numerous turnovers end opportunity for road upset victory | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A 17-11 rebounding advantage highlighted Ball State’s ability to control the boards in the first half. Purdue was 8-for-36 from the floor in the first half, but managed just eight offensive rebounds.

The Cardinals’ size was critical in limiting the Boilermakers scoring, but also in capitalizing on the missed shots. The reigning Big Ten champions were far from finished, though.

A 14-5 run over the next seven minutes led to the teams being tied at 26 going into the half. The Cardinals suffered 16 turnovers in the first half, a trend that would continue in the second.

“When you turn the ball over that much, you’re kind of putting yourself in a hole — especially against a good

basketball team on the road — that just proved to be too deep to dig out of,” Sallee said.

Ball State did its best to climb back into the game after trailing for most of the second half. Facing a ninepoint deficit with less than four minutes left, the Cardinals put up a final surge.

Carter, who finished the game with a team-high 19 points, sunk back-to-back three pointers to help pull Ball State within three points.

The clock, which had already dipped below one minute, began to work against Ball State at that point.

Purdue showed its experience in the final minutes as the team continued to hit critical free throws and hold Ball State at bay. The Boilermakers finished the game 17-of-17 at the free throw line.

The save procured Ball State’s only corner of the match. The corner was deflected and off the scrum, junior forward Jasmine Moses

put a ball on goal, but Watson was there to make her second and final save of the day.

In the 62nd minute, Ali Russo scored her third goal of the season — her first two came against Ball State in the regular season — falling on an off balance shot that Russo said she didn’t even know went in until she heard the crowd roar.

Ball State pushed forwards in droves trying to find the equalizer, but each time, a mistimed run or bad touch squandered the opportunity.

After the Broncos took to stalling the ball in the corner, the Cardinals mounted one last attack.

MAC All-Freshman Team Leah Mattingly found junior forward Nicole Pembleton alone in the box with 30 seconds remaining in the game.

But after Pembleton controlled the ball and tucked it away, the side official’s flag went up to signal offsides be-

fore pandemonium on the Ball State side could ensue.

“Sometimes, it goes your way [and] sometimes, it doesn’t,” Roberts said. “Today wasn’t our day.”

The loss caps Ball State’s most successful season in school history, after this year’s senior class and Roberts took over a program that won just four games in 2009.

The Cardinals won 11 games — the most since 2007 — and doubled the program’s tournament wins.

“It’s a testament to the seniors that are on the team,” Roberts said. “They have been absolute pillars of examples of what we need to be in the future. I feel like we’re right there with everybody in the conference now, and we can compete with anybody.”

Ball State’s run earned junior Victoria Jacobs, sophomore Elaina Musleh and senior Kelsey Shapiro alltournament team honors.

Purdue was led in scoring

by KK Houser, who at one point scored 15 consecutive points for the Boilermakers.

Courtney Moses, an All-Big Ten player a year ago, was held scoreless on 0-for-5 shooting.

Sallee was glad to see his team contain the Boilermakers scorers and stick to what he called an “interesting game plan” to guard key players. It’s early in the season, and at this point, it’s all about keeping things in perspective.

“At the end of the day, the first game of the year, you’re going to have some lumps and you’re going to do some things not very well,” Sallee said. “I think with the way we defended and the way we rebounded, that bodes well for what we can do with this team.”

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