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Art’s Pizza boxes line a wall at the “Weird & Wonderful” exhibit at Minnetrista. Art’s Pizza has been in business in Anderson, Ind., since 1956.

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A Another exhibit art piece showcases a little piece of culture that helps make East Central Indiana famous in the “Weird & Wonderful” Minnetrista exhibit. Minnetrista asked the community to decide which strange places to include in the exhibit through an online survey

The “Weird & Wonderful” exhibit at Minnetrista displays the Chocolate Moose. The business opened in 1898 and offered a barber shop, drug store and soda shop.

t a local paint shop, two high school boys tossed a baseball when a bad throw or catch later, it was smothered in paint. The two let the paint dry overnight, which sparked an idea in Michael Carmichael’s mind.

He now owns the world’s largest ball of paint at his home in Alexandria, Ind. Though he donated his original ball to a children’s home after the 1,000th coat of paint, Carmichael started to paint a new ball with his three-yearold son in 1977. In 2004, the Guinness World Records named that one the world’s largest ball of paint with about 17,994 layers. The paint ball was 9-foot-1 in circumference.

“We were just goofing off,” his wife, Glenda, said. “But it ended up being really popular.”

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Jerseys, buttons and a signed basketball from the New Castle High School Trojans are displayed at Minnetrista’s exhibit. The Trojans’ 9,325-seat gym is the largest high school basketball gym in the world.

Local organizations turn volunteers, students away Service requirements cause increased help at end of semester

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Some local organizations are turning away student volunteers due to a flood of interest near the end of the year and semester.

“There have just been a ton of Ball State students,” said Charlotte Cavanaugh, ex-

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ecutive director for Second Harvest Food Bank. “Organizations only have so many things that volunteers can do, and when you get a flood of them all at once, you run out.”

Cavanaugh said more than 100 volunteers worked Saturday, so many in fact that she had to “break out the cleaning stuff ” so volunteers could have something to do.

She asked some groups that called Saturday to try to find another day to work.

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cility,” she said. “[But] we did have to tell other groups that called that we were full.”

Muncie Animal Rescue Fund founder Terri Panszi said the organization had to turn away 17 volunteers last week.

The surge in interest isn’t necessarily positive for volunteer organizations, she said, because although they may have too many volunteers now, it means a shortage of volunteers throughout the year.

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FINISHING STRONG IS VITAL FOR CONFERENCE MATCHUP Ranked opponent had wins against team last 2 years

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Twice in the last two seasons, Ball State held a fourth quarter lead against Northern Illinois University.

Each time, the Huskies rallied in the fourth quarter to win.

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day that will decide the MidAmerican Conference West Division title, finishing off games will be ever more important for Ball State.

“Whether it was a turnover or not stopping the ball or whatever, we’ve got to be ready in the fourth quarter,” senior quarterback Keith Wenning said. “We just have to finish games and do what we’ve done throughout the game.”

Ball State has hung with the two-time defending MAC champions the last two seasons with real chances at winning.

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Though the Cardinals haven’t beat the Huskies since 2008, the team has fared better during head coach Pete Lembo’s tenure than the two years prior.

In 2011, a roughing the passer penalty negated a Sean Baker’s pick-six on Chandler Harnish. The touchdown and PAT would have given Ball State a 10-point lead with less than seven minutes to play.

Instead, Northern Illinois tied the game on a 23-yard field goal from Mathew Sims.

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3. DEAL STRUCK ON IRANIAN U.N. INSPECTIONS DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)— Iran agreed Monday to offer more information and expanded access to U.N. nuclear inspectors — including more openings at a planned reactor and uranium site — even as America’s top diplomat said Iranian envoys had backed away from a wider deal seeking to ease Western concerns that Tehran could one day develop atomic weapons.

The flurry of announcements and comments showed both the complexi-

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) — Typhoonravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge relief effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

Police guarded stores to prevent people from hauling off food, water and such non-essentials as TVs and treadmills, but there was often no one to carry away the dead — not even those seen along the main road from the airport to Tacloban, the worst-hit city along the country’s remote eastern seaboard.

Two officials said Sunday that Friday’s typhoon may have killed 10,000 or more people, but with the slow pace of recovery, the official death toll remained well below that. The Philippine military confirmed 942 dead, but shattered communications, transportation links and local governments suggest the final toll is days away. Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said “we pray” that the death toll is less than 10,000.

ties and urgency in trying to move ahead on an accord between Iran and world powers after talks in Geneva failed to produce a deal that could curb Iran’s uranium enrichment in exchange for a rollback in U.S.-led economic sanctions.

With negotiators set to resume next week, Iranian officials promoted the pact reached with the U.N. nuclear chief Yukiya Amano as a “roadmap” for greater cooperation and transparency, which could move the talks ahead.

4. FOX REPORTER TRIES TO PROTECT SOURCES ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court will decide whether state law protects a Fox News reporter from revealing confidential sources from a story about James Holmes, who’s accused of killing 12 people in a suburban Denver movie theater last year.

Holmes’ lawyers want Jana Winters, who works at New York-based Fox News, brought to a Colorado courtroom to name two law officers who told her Holmes had mailed a notebook depicting violence to a psychia-

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trist. They argue the sources violated a gag order, may have later lied under oath about that and won’t be credible as trial witnesses.

Holmes’ attorneys argue that New York journalists, as a group, are not immune from being subpoenaed to testify.

The Court of Appeals will hear arguments Tuesday. Ruling is expected in December.

Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His murder trial is scheduled for February.

2. SYRIA-BASED GROUPS SAY TALK IS ‘LAST CHANCE’ 5. OHIO CONVICTED KILLER MAY DONATE ORGANS BEIRUT (AP) — An international peace conference proposed by the U.S. and Russia may be the last chance to negotiate an end to Syria’s civil war, a coalition of Syria-based opposition groups said Monday.

The call came as Syrian government forces consolidated control over yet another northern town, part of a steadily advancing offensive that has reversed rebel gains in recent weeks.

In Damascus, Syria’s state news agency said a mortar shell hit a school bus

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Monday in the Bab Sharqi neighborhood, killing four children and the bus driver. It said four children and two teachers were wounded.

“This is the only available framework and might be the last chance to resolve the crisis in Syria,” the Coalition of Forces for Peaceful Change said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, Syria’s main Westernbacked opposition group in exile, the Syrian National Coalition, said it too supported the Geneva talks and intended to attend them later this year.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A convicted child killer scheduled for execution this week requested Monday that his organs be donated to help his ailing mother and sister.

Death row inmate Ronald Phillips would also be willing to donate organs to other individuals if it’s not possible to help his relatives, his attorney said in a letter to the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

“Ron is making this generous request without any conditions or

expectations,” according to the letter obtained by The Associated Press.

“He is nonetheless willing to do whatever is necessary to enable as many people as possible to benefit from his death,” the letter continued.

Phillips’ request is not a delay tactic, public defender Lisa Lagos said Monday.

Phillips was sentenced to die for the rape and death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in Akron in 1993.

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The cover band in “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles” will perform at 7:30 tonight at John R. Emens Auditorium for a one-night only performance where the cover band will play classics by the Beatles. For students, tickets are free in advance and $11 at the door.

Beatles tribute band to play classics, frontman speaks about portraying Lennon LINDSEY RILEY STAFF REPORTER

It started with singing along to vinyl and ended with performing in front of live crowds.

Steve Landes is a second generation Beatles fan. He grew up hearing the music his parents loved — songs such as “She Loves You” and “Ticket To Ride.”

The vinyl records inspired him to become a musician. Now, Landes portrays the legendary John Lennon in “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles.”

Tonight for a performance at John R. Emens Auditorium, the group will perform a wide range of the Beatles’ discography during the concert experience, including the hits “Hard Day’s Night,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Let It Be” and “Come Together.”

“Our show takes you through the Beatles’ career in two-and-ahalf hours,” Landes said. “The fo-

cus is the music. We don’t physically tell the story or dialogue per say. We use the Beatles’ music to tell their story. We recreate these iconic moments in their career, such as the Shea Stadium concert and ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ and use them to show what the Beatles were all about and how they came to write, perform and share their music.”

Musicians who have performed with the group have mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the actual Beatles.

Landes received a phone call about joining after the John Lennon persona at the time died. He met with the group and hit it off with them personally and musically. He has been with them since 1998.

“When I heard about ‘Rain,’ I knew that they were the top Beatles band out there,” he said. “If

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you could get into ‘Rain,’ you’ve hit the top of the top or the big time as far as Beatles tribute bands go.”

During his time in the band, Landes has had the opportunity to meet people who were associated in some way with the Beatles, including Yoko Ono, promoter Sid Bernstein and the official fan club secretary, Freda Kelly.

“The one thing that I have taken away from all of the people I have met who knew the Beatles is that John Lennon was a down to earth guy and was very honest,” Landes said. “That means a lot to me.”

With each passing year, Landes grows a deeper passion for the iconic group and the message of peace and love the band shared in music. He said audience members will walk away from this

show feeling good and positive.

“I think the show can give people a renewed respect for how the Beatles made their music,” he said. “I think it can give you a different aspect of what it took for John and the Beatles to put this music together. Hopefully, seeing what we do makes you appreciate The Beatles that much better.”

Nicole Winters, a junior exercise science major, said she is very excited about the show as she is a Beatles fan and thinks this is the best way to celebrate her birthday.

“I’m most excited to see how ‘Rain’ compares to the real Beatles,” she said. “Obviously, I never got the chance to see the Beatles, so I think it will be interesting to see such a popular portrayal of them. I look forward to spending quality time with my roommate

MUNCIE MAYOR SAYS COUNTRY SHOULD FOCUS ON TAKING CARE OF VETERANS City honored former service members with free dinner PAYNE HORNING IDESK REPORTER | phorning@wcrd.net

It’s time Muncie takes the state of veteran affairs into consideration, said Muncie’s mayor on Veterans Day. “There’s a lot of things we do very well in this country,” Dennis Tyler said. “But something I don’t think we do very well is take care of our veterans.”

At the annual Muncie program, Tyler shared several statistics regarding the declining state of retired veter-

ans. Tyler said one-third of veterans in the United States are in homeless shelters and more than 40 percent use food stamps.

The “Shoulder to Shoulder Salute to Veterans” provided a free dinner to veterans from all service backgrounds, including the Vietnam, Korean, Iraq, Afghanistan wars and WWII. A program afterward included music from the Muncie Central High School band and America’s Hometown Band as well as speeches from local politicians and military personnel.

Chief Warrant Officer Joe Orick, a retired member of the U.S. Marine Corps, delivered one of the keynote presentations. He said veterans

are under fire today from political leaders who are threatening their benefits.

“Let’s not forget that during the government shutdown, the government did not pay death benefits to those veterans who had fallen in battle in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Orick said. “This money is used by the veteran’s family to travel and to retrieve the body of their loved one and bring him home and bury him on American soil. But no politician had his benefits frozen or his pay stopped.”

The state of veteran care in the U.S. isn’t perfect, but it has improved, said Jerry Griffis, a service officer for the Delaware County Veterans Affairs. Griffis works

with approximately 9,000 veterans in the Muncie area.

Having served in Vietnam, Griffis said homecomings for today’s men and women are superior and that veterans have never been held in higher regard than today.

“I came back as a Vietnam vet to Muncie in 1968, and they could care less that you had been in Vietnam,” he said. “The Korean vets were the same way. Vietnam was an unpopular war. Veterans don’t pick the wars or where they are going, politicians do.”

Veterans also were honored at a Vietnam Veterans Celebration on Memorial Street and at the Beech Grove Cemetery.

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The Boys & Girls Club of Muncie has prepared for this problem by switching to an online volunteer schedule.

There are only so many spots each day, and executive director Micah Maxwell said, “when they’re full, they are full.”

He said students that schedule hours on a consistent basis at the beginning of the semester are more likely to complete their volunteer hours, have a more rewarding experience and continue to volunteer after their required hours are finished.

Maxwell said students should treat volunteering like a class, attending at a set

time every week. Students should schedule a time to work two hours each week at one or two organizations.

“If you do that, you will have no problem fulfilling your requirements [for class or Greek Life],” he said.

Panszi said she prefers students that come to volunteer at ARF through Ball State’s Student Volunteer Services because they know how to stick to a schedule and volunteer for the experience, not the hours.

“SVS kids are wonderful,” she said. “They understand what it truly means to be a volunteer.”

Some organizations find that students don’t fully un-

derstand the requirements when looking to cram in a few volunteer hours.

Panszi said students that show up to volunteer are often unaware of the type of work they will do. She said she has had students say, “I’m not doing that” when she asked them to clean an animal’s cage or litter box.

“It’s a bigger process than popping in and saying, ‘Hello, I’m here to play with the puppies,’” she said. “To them, [volunteering] helps get credit hours. To us, it is what we do every day.”

She said quality volunteers are important.

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For students: Free in advance, $11 at the door For subscribers: $25-$39 For youth: $16-$26 For adults: $34-$48 on my birthday listening to arguably the best music of all time.”

Tonight, “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles” will be at Emens for a one-night only performance. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are free for students in advance or $11 at the door. For more information, contact the box office.

ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN RECEIVES 50 RESPONSES IN ABOUT A MONTH

In nearly a month, Ball State’s academic master plan website has seen 50 posts, about one-sixth of the responses the campus master plan received. The university released a website Oct. 17 to gather student input, about a month after the campus master plan website debuted. The campus master plan has had 297 ideas posted on its website.

The academic master plan is a part of the three plans, said Bernie Hannon, associate vice president of business affairs and assistant treasurer. He said the university is creating the plans to make future goals and to help Ball State respond to questions from the Higher Learning Commission regarding Ball State’s 10year accreditation.

The plans are a strategic, an academic and a campus master plan. The campus master plan has recently completed the input stage, and now, a consulting firm is evaluating it.

The academic master plan website, academicplan.bsu.edu, looks at topics relevant to creating a long-range plan to guide the university for the next 20-30 years. According to the website, the plan will plot the future of Ball State’s academic offerings.

The website is advertised through table tents in dining halls and the Ball State home page has a link to it. Some students said they are unfamiliar with the program and that they think the website could be better advertised.

“I do not go on the main page as often as I go on Blackboard,” Kylie Mennel, a freshman radiography major, said.

She also said the website could reach more students by email and advertisement on Blackboard.

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DANCE MARATHON AT PURDUE RAISES MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN DONATIONS WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Organizers of the Purdue University Dance Marathon are celebrating breaking the $1 million fundraising mark for the weekend’s event.

Organizers said more than 2,000 Purdue students brought in just more than $1 million in donations for the Saturday and Sunday fundraiser for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

That’s nearly double what the event collected last year.

Dance marathon president Stephanie Nitschmann was in tears as she told the Journal & Courier that she was overwhelmed by the result and grateful to the students who took part.

During the marathon, students participated in a line dance, listened to Riley hospital families talk about their experiences and watched a talent show featuring Riley patients. The Purdue event has grown from raising $1,500 when it was first held in 2005.

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TODAY Ball State’s Cave Studio Series premieres “Psalms of a Questionable Nature” at 7:30 p.m.

A Beatles tribute band brings classic songs to Emens with performances that showcase the band’s career.

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LEFT Visitors of the “Weird & Wonderful” exhibit at Minnetrista can look at pieces of art through a magnifying glass. RIGHT Coca-Cola glasses are on display at the exhibit, which celebrates East Central Indiana and will run until March 30.

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Visitors have come from 33 countries and all 50 states to visit it. Visitors get to add to the legacy by adding a layer of paint to the ball, which now has more than 23,000 layers and weighs more than 3,000 pounds.

Muncie’s Minnetrista is celebrating its 25-year anniversary by honoring 25 weird and wonderful reasons to love East Central Indiana.

Minnetrista asked the community to decide which strange places to include in the exhibit through an online survey, and the world’s largest ball of paint was one of 25 things chosen.

“There’s so many great things [in East Central Indiana], it was an honor to be chosen,” Carmichael’s wife said.

Although the actual ball is not on display, the smaller version with 1,000 coats of paint and pieces of the largest paint ball are featured.

Allison Schroer, Minnestrista’s visitor experience manager, said

the exhibit is different than anything Minnetrista has previously done because it does not have one specific theme.

“We wanted to focus on the legacy of our community,” Schroer said.

She said the creators of the exhibit collaborated individually with each place to create a representation.

A “Garfield” wall in the exhibit is macaroni-and-cheese orange and displays 35 shelves of memorabilia.

Fairmount, Ind., is home to Jim Davis, “Garfield” creator, and Paws Inc., the “Garfield” studio.

The exhibit displays the addresses of the Delaware County Garfield Trail and the Grant County Garfield Trail. Both trails have “Garfield”themed statues, including a statue at the Ball State Alumni Center called “The Graduate.”

Another exhibit at Minnetrista includes a display with an authentic red booth and mosaic light surrounded by red brick walls for Pizza King. Two brothers in Lafayette, Ind., created

the pizzeria in the 1950s. Following a business dispute, one brother moved and opened the Muncie chain.

Schroer said the goal of the project is to encourage people to not only come to the exhibit, but to take pride in their community. She said the exhibit challenges the myth that people have to leave Indiana to discover something weird and wonderful.

Bill Pitts was very proud to have his business, The Lemon Drop, chosen for the exhibit. Pitts said his little, yellow-brick restaurant operates under the motto “Quality never goes out of style.”

“When people get tight with money, they will still pay for quality, which is why we’re still in business,” he said.

The Lemon Drop is the oldest restaurant in Anderson, Ind. For 52 years, locals have known the restaurant for its ’50s diner atmosphere, complete with burgers, malts and shakes.

However, it is also known for the outspoken phrases in a red block

lettered displayed outside the restaurant. This week, the sign reads a cheerful, “Go get ‘em Colts,” but sometimes, Pitts stirs up commotion with his words.

When restaurants began creating non-smoking sections, he had his on thoughts on the topic.

“A no smoking section in a restaurant is like a no peeing section in a pool” the sign read.

Pitts said he chooses topics that are newsworthy and controversial, but he tries to steer clear of religion and politics.

In creating his section of the exhibit, he wanted his current and past employees to be featured.

“My employees are really important to me,” Pitts said. “I’m nothing without them.”

Minnetrista created a community passport that encourages people to visit all 25 places featured. The exhibit is open until March 30 and will have monthly visitors by those featured in the exhibit.

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$5 for non-members Free for members, kids 3 and younger

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LEFT An authentic Pizza King booth is displayed at the “Weird & Wonderful” exhibit at Minnetrista. More than 50 years ago, two brothers established the business in Lafayette, Ind., and then one moved to Muncie to establish the eventual nationwide food chain.

RIGHT Visitors at Minnetrista can look at samples from the House of Glass, a glass blowing business in Elwood, Ind.

Comedic actors tackle serious roles in emotional play Unpublished tragedy in Cave Studio Series premieres tonight

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Through family secrets and mystery, “Psalms of a Questionable Nature” explores the relationship between two sisters who are complete strangers as they connect over tragedy.

Half-sisters Greta and Moo, played by sophomore acting major Mary Taylor and sophomore musical theatre major Lauren Fivek, have never met before, and their only connec-

tion is through their recently deceased parents.

Estranged and in her mid40s, Greta is attempting to prepare her childhood home for sale while keeping herself emotionally detached, but 19-year-old Moo has another goal in mind — she hopes to build a relationship with her sister.

Moo is rebellious and hides behind a veil of quick wit and humor to avoid stressful situations and to protect herself.

She acts like she is 6 in what Greta perceives as an attempt to gain attention, but Fivek said this is how Moo actually feels since she received little care from her parents.

“She has a rough exterior but a soft interior like a twinkie,”

Fivek said. “She wants to be loved, but she is afraid of getting close to people.”

Taylor and Fivek consider themselves to be humorous performers, and the deep and emotional nature of the play has been a new experience for them.

“Since we’re both comedic actresses, everyone thinks it’s going to be a riot, but it’s deep stuff,” Fivek said.

In addition to emotional conflicts, Moo works through confusing feelings over a secret she is holding over the death of her parents.

Greta has inner turmoil of her own, revolving around a recent life-shattering occurrence with her own daughter.

As she struggles to reassem-

ble her life, Moo helps her to “break down barriers enough to understand that forgiveness and moving forward are possible, just not in the way she thinks,” Taylor said.

Unlike most scripts students perform, this one has not been officially published. The author Marisa Wegrzyn is a friend of Karen Kessler, an associate professor of theatre and the mentor for the Cave Studio Series. This draft is from 2005 and has been performed two times on record.

Megan Holder, a junior theatre directing major, is the director for this production. She said this experience has been a way of stepping out of her comfort zone, since she usually works with scripts that

tell stories out of sequence, and this one does not.

“This play is really about relationships,” Holder said.

“Sometimes in theatre, we lose sight of them, and we are getting back to the roots.”

One aspect of this production especially interesting to Holder was the use of unconventional props. These kinds of items included a vial of small pox and a Bible that was cut to hold a hidden flask, the latter of which she expressed to be her “favorite prop ever.”

“When I was cutting it up, my Catholic roommate was very confused,” she said. “I have this obsession with keeping books perfect, so I really had to force myself to cut

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Holder said she hopes the show’s themes of making meaningful connections with strangers will help them to “think about who they are passing on the street and what they’re going through, and that sometimes, a smile is all they need.”

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TODAY The Ball State men’s basketball team starts its home regular season slate at 7 p.m. against Taylor University.

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WEDNESDAY The football team will play for the MAC West title at Northern Illinois University at 8 p.m.

THURSDAY Fresh off a loss to Purdue University, Ball State women’s basketball will play at home at 7 p.m.

Team underestimated Akron in upset loss MAC Tournament two matches away, neither at Worthen POLASKI ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | DAVID @DavidPolaski Losing two consecutive matches isn’t usually something to be concerned about.

It’s just unfamiliar territory for the Ball State women’s volleyball team, considering the standards the players set since the MidAmerican Conference portion of the schedule began. “We need to refocus,� sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling said. “Don’t dwell on the past, but learn from it and push forward into the MAC Tournament.�

Ball State was 10-2 in MAC play going into its home match against the University of Toledo. After dropping the match, the team headed on the road to take on the University of Akron in a game where Ball State was the favorite over an Akron team that was just 1-12 at the time.

Akron disposed of Ball State in four sets, at times looking domi-

nant over the visiting team.

Cardinals’ head coach Steve Shondell gave credit to the Zips for the defensive effort, saying the team played better than its record indicated. “They didn’t look like a team that had just won their first match of the season, that’s for sure,� Shondell said. “They looked like a contender, and we didn’t have the offensive firepower to overcome them.�

That offensive firepower has been lacking in the previous two matches. After hitting a combined .293 against Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University, Ball State hit .218 against Toledo and Akron.

Hayley Benson has been a bright spot during the previous two matches. The sophomore middle blocker amassed 26 kills and was tied for the second most on the team against Akron.

She said the team’s poor showing Saturday may have been related to the previous match. “Thursday, we got really down on ourselves, and we underestimated Akron a little bit,� Benson

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Finding the right mind set will have to happen quickly for Ball State, as the regular season ends Saturday against Western Michigan University. Less than a week after that, the MAC Tournament begins and at that point, it’s single elimination.

Shondell said he hopes Fuelling will be healthier this weekend than she was in the previous two matches, in which he said she was “around 80 percent.�

The boost would give Ball State’s struggling offense the kick-start it needs as the regular season comes to a close and possible momentum to carry into the tournament.

But even with the expectation that Fuelling will improve, Shondell expressed concern after the loss to Akron. “We’re trying to get through this adversity the best we can, but our left side hitters are injured and that’s where you win in the college game,� he said. “We’re fighting hard, but I wish I knew what to do.�

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Film study leads to Garrett’s big season Cornerback is short of interceptions goal with 2 regular season games remaining MATT McKINNEY SPORTS EDITOR interceptions. | @Matt_D_McKinney Interceptions aren’t always In a year when many seniors suffer from senioritis, where laziness takes over and slacking becomes common, Jeff Garrett has done the opposite.

The cornerback entered the 2013 season with 33 games played and one interception.

He has five in the last 10 games, which is tied for first in the MidAmerican Conference.

“I watch a lot more film than I usually do,” he said.

“Anytime I’m free from class or before practice, I’ll come in and watch film.

“I’ll watch the players and receivers. I’ll study the offense and ask coaches what their tendencies are.”

Garrett said watching film helps him get into the positions to make plays.

This season, he’s been in the right position a lot of times, leading his team in

proof of a cornerback’s success, though. If a player gets thrown at on every play, odds are he’ll have a lot of interceptions.

“I think he’s been lucky a little bit,” Ball State defensive coordinator Jay Bateman said.

“The one against Kent State got tipped up to him. The pick against Army was a good play.

The pick last week was a great play. ... A lot of his [interceptions] have been him making plays on the ball.”

Garrett had interceptions against Army, the University of Virginia, Kent State University, the University of Akron and Central Michigan University.

He said his attitude hasn’t changed for the season, and Bateman agreed.

“He has a great demeanor for a corner,“ Bateman said. “You’re going to get beat sometimes. He just goes back in the next play.”

Garrett said he’s been focused more on the details of his craft this season.

Head coach Pete Lembo credited the fact that Garrett has been in the same system for multiple seasons.

“Last year was sort of an upand-down year for him,” he said. “I really like the way he’s approached his senior year. ...

He’s become very dedicated, and it’s paid off.“ Bateman said when Garrett arrived at Ball State, he had multiple players in the secondary who were upperclassmen. He let those players “have their turn.”

“When Jeff first got here, it was very obvious he had a lot of ability,” Bateman said. “He’s worked harder this year, he’s a little more focused.”

Garrett came into the 2013 season with the goal of six interceptions.

So far, he’s one short of his goal.

Against Northern Illinois University on Wednesday, he has another chance to hit that total.

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two games against Northern Illinois. The Cardinals scored a combined 61 points against the Huskies in those two meetings, but seven points came in the fourth quarter. The Huskies have scored 27 fourth quarter points in that same stretch.

But the offense has developed into even more of a threat this season with the growth of Wenning and the emergence of Williams as a viable receiving option behind junior Willie Snead.

“We have a lot of guys back that have matured and seen a lot of football,” Wenning said. “They’ve been in a lot of tough situations. When it comes down to making a play, they’re able to do it.”

Wednesday night’s winner will represent the West Division in the MAC Championship game in Detroit on Dec. 6. A trip to the conference title game will be the first for Ball State since 2008.

With the division title at stake, the focus has been not letting the team get caught up in what’s on the line.

Rich Skrosky, offensive coordinator, said not getting distracted is the hardest thing in sports to do.

“It’s hard for the greatest athletes in the world to do,” Skrosky said. “But that’s the great thing about sports, you get put in those situations that no one else can experience.”

Northern Illinois will put its 22-conference game win streak on the line Wednesday night at Huskie Stadium, including four straight wins over Ball State. But the Cardinals are ready to snap the Huskies’ streak and win the MAC West.

“We’re ready to beat them,” Wenning said. “We weren’t happy about not finishing. It’s about time for us to put a whole game in and come out on top.”

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Senior cornerback Jeff Garrett plays during the game against Army earlier this season. Garrett has gained five interceptions so far this season, making him tied for the best in the Mid-American Conference.

FOOTBALL: Conference title up for grabs

On the next series, the Huskies manufactured a two-minute drive to set up Sims with a 34yard field goal to win 41-38.

In 2012, Ball State clung to a 23-21 lead entering the fourth quarter before quarterback Jordan Lynch threw a 54-yard touchdown pass and ran for a 71-yard touchdown in less than two minutes. Northern Illinois went onto win 35-23.

But those fourth quarter leads is what’s giving Ball State confidence against Northern Illinois in the road.

“We had a lot of turnovers, and we were still up,” sophomore wide receiver Jordan Williams said. “It’s an emphasis on how we gave them the game. We look at the film now, and we’re like, ‘Wow, we played a terrible game.’”

Ball State’s offense stalled in the fourth quarter the last

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