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2nd half scoring by seniors seals win
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Josh Yeager, an Indianapolis resident, lugs debris from one pile to the next as volunteers attempt to sort and gather the remains of a house that was on East Ricketts Street on Monday in Kokomo, Ind. Phyllis Rawlins owns the house that her husband built as their first home about eight years ago. She mentioned to volunteers that all she is worried about finding is her wedding ring. About three dozen people were injured in storms in the city Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
AFTER THE STORM
2-11 early deficit brings Majok into game after initial benching EVAN BARNUM-STEGGERDA CHIEF REPORTER | @Slice_of_Evan This men’s basketball team will go as far as the seniors carry it, head coach James Whitford has said. After the second half performance against Southeast Missouri, that could be further than most expected. Seniors Jesse Berry, Majok Majok and Chris Bond combined for 32 of Ball State’s 47 second half points and helped cap an 87-83 win. SENIORS IMPACT “We won this game because of [the se- IN SECOND HALF niors], no question,” CHRIS BOND, Whitford said. “We’ve A SENIOR FORWARD got a long road ahead • 12 points of us ... but I’m tell- • 2 boards ing you, we’re getting better, and if we stay JESSE BERRY, on this path, we’re A SENIOR GUARD going to be a team • 13 points nobody wants to play MAJOK MAJOK, in February.” After a slow start, A SENIOR FORWARD which he likened to • 7 points the dismal perfor- • 7 boards mance against Mar- • 1 assist ian University in the exhibition game, Ball State quickly found itself down 2-11, shooting just 1-of-9 from the field and committing four turnovers. The Cardinals looked flat early without all-conference big man Majok in the starting lineup after missing a class this week. Majok and Berry were held scoreless until just six minutes were left in the first half. Whitford went to his bench for the spark, specifically his youth. The lineup of four freshmen: Zavier Turner, Mark Alstork, Quinten Payne and Franko House and sophomore Bo Calhoun ignited a 12-2 run midway through the half and regrouped the Cardinals. “Just calming down was it,” said Turner, who hit two three-pointers and found Alstork for a dunk in the run. “Once we calmed down, everything took care of itself with us just playing our game.” Ball State held onto the lead until late in the second half, finding success against a variety of match-up zones and man-to-man defenses employed by Southeast Missouri.
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TRUSTEES LOOK OVER FIRMS IN SEARCH FOR NEXT PRESIDENT
The Board of Trustees met Friday to begin looking over nine search firms before selecting one to use to find a successor for President Jo Ann Gora, who announced her retirement for the end of June. Firms had until Nov. 11 to respond to the university’s request, which went out Nov. 1. The board is expecting to choose a firm by Dec. 13 and begin the closed search for a new university president. Trustees hope to select a candidate by July 1. A closed search will mean the identities of potential candidates will not be released. Hollis Hughes, president of the Board of Trustees, said during a press conference Oct. 28 that the board is not looking for short-term leadership. He said they are hoping to find a candidate without needing an interim president. The hiring process to select Gora in 2004 also was private. That was the first time the board did not introduce the applicants to anyone on campus, but used a search firm and committee to select the president. “Just about every one of the finalists were sitting chancellors or presidents,” Gora said during the same press conference. “So that leads to a closed search. ... “In the end, you want the best candidate pool possible, and a closed search is ultimately the best way to get that. In the end, it is the Board of Trustees who select the president, so their opinion is what matters.” Hughes said they will discuss the situation more during the December meeting.
A car settles in the foundation of the house that was on East Ricketts Street in Kokomo, Ind. The car had pinned a woman underneath it until rescue workers were able to free her, following the storm Sunday. The woman was released from the hospital with bruises, according to volunteers on the scene. Phyllis Rawlins, 59, owns the house that the storm destroyed. Before the storm hit, her daughter-in-law and four friends took shelter in the basement, said Loren Sitzes, a family friend.
Volunteers clean up Kokomo, Ind., damage following 2 tornadoes
Volunteers and residents continue to shovel debris and gather anything salvageable from one of several destroyed homes near Home Avenue in Kokomo, Ind. Volunteers on scene were using face masks and eye protection to avoid injury from the particles of insulation being shoveled from the wreckage. Kokomo resident Loren Sitzes said most of the volunteers came from the A construction payloader assists with cleanup as dozens of volunteers continue to pile the debris. The two-story house on the property was left in pieces with just the roof remaining intact. Water flooded where the kitchen once church that the home’s owner, Phyllis Rawlins, attends. About was until it was shut off in the late afternoon. Volunteers will continue to clean up the property this week. 30 volunteers helped clean up the property Monday.
Evidence refutes claims of tornado myth 3 tornadoes hit Muncie over span of 15 years, proving fable untrue KAITLIN LANGE AND SAM HOYT | news@bsudailynews.com Muncie’s supposed lack of tornadoes has been attributed to Indian roots and luck, but some experts explain Delaware County is no exception to twisters. Cailin Murray, an associate professor of anthropology, said she heard the myth that Chief Munsee blessed
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the area to keep severe weather away when she first came to Muncie. “I was very concerned about tornados coming from the Pacific Northwest,” she said. “And so when I got here I would ask people, ‘Do tornadoes ever hit Muncie?’ They would say, ‘Well, you work with Native Americans and you should know this, that there’s this old myth about Chief Munsee.’” Murray said what’s truly funny about the myth is how widespread it is. “People have this story all over the Midwest, that [tornadoes] will hit everywhere else, but they will never
hit our town because of some sort of ancient Indian belief,” she said. Muncie may not be as safe as the fables suggest, though. Almost 20 tornadoes have been reported in Delaware County since 1950, including three in Muncie in the last 15 years — in 2002, 2003 and 2010. A Facebook page, “I survived the BSU Tornado 2010,” gathered more than 2,000 likes after a storm in October 2010 with the description, “Bad Weather Redefined.” Another myth about tornadoes in Muncie is that the White River diverts severe weather be-
ROLE OF MYTHS
•M yths can help comfort people, such as the safety connotation of the Muncie tornado myth • Myths can convey valuable information in an interesting way • Myths kept old ideas alive before written communication became popular SOURCE: Chris Shea, a professor of classics
cause of its path, but this has been busted, too. “A small bend in a river isn’t significant compared to the scale of a tornado,” David Call, an assistant professor of geography, said.
From a very young age, Sherita Campbell began tapping into her intuition
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