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Friendly competition to bring Thanksgiving Boy Scouts and Muncie fire fighters teamed up to give around 325 meals to homeless veterans, local citizens
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PERFORMANCE Ball State drops 12 spots in national safe sex ranking, information, health services key to successful program SAM HOYT CHIEF REPORTER | sthoyt@bsu.edu
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Running back Horactio Banks breaks away from the Kent State defensive line on Oct. 12. Banks has been declared out for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury, forcing the offense to adapt.
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all State’s ranking for sexual health resources and awareness has fallen 12 spots from last year, and 26 spots from 2011. The rankings are sponsored by Trojan condoms and are based on how effective university health centers are at providing services and information about sex to campuses. Out of 140 campuses, Ball State was ranked 42nd. In 2012, it was 30th, and 16th in 2011. Diana Jones, a women’s health nurse practitioner, said she can’t think of what may have caused the rankings to change. “I don’t think I’ve changed at all in how I do my teaching with students, and I’m the only provider here in the Women’s Center,” she said. The use of the internet to inform students of university resources and safe sex practices has allowed several schools to rise through the rankings, according to the study. See RANKINGS, page 3
Edwards, Williamson to lead rushing attack after recent injury DAKOTA CRAWFORD CHIEF REPORTER | @DakotaCrawford_ The one-two punch that has bruised opposing defenses has taken quite a beating itself throughout the 2013 season. Junior running back Jawhan Edwards missed time early in the season after he suffered a concussion. Filling in for him over a two-game stretch was the quick, change-of-pace back sophomore Horactio Banks who tallied 192 yards on 28 carries. When Banks missed a game to mourn the death of his childhood friend, Edwards carried the ball 18 times for 90 yards. The running backs have stepped up to fill in for one another throughout the season. Prior to the team’s most recent game at Northern Illinois, Banks suffered what will be a season-ending knee injury. Offensive coordinator Rich Skrosky knows the offense will be OK without Banks, but it’d be at its best with him. “It’s obviously a valuable part of the offense,” Skrosky said. “Jahwan is a big back, and he can carry the ball. He had 28 or 29 last week against [Northern Illinois] so we don’t worry about [the number of carries]. What we do miss is that great compliment.” The duo has averaged 147 combined yards in games which they both played. In games without one of the two featured backs, Ball State has averaged 151 yards on the ground as a team.
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for universities TIMBERLAKE, Lockdowns unrealistic « It makes more sense to think of us like a city. In Campuses too large SWIFT WIN BIG for formal closures, many cases there can be a threat contained to a specific part of the city that does not affect other go on high alert instead areas, which can continue to operate. » DURING AMA’S |
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LOS ANGELES — Taylor Swift’s fans have done it again, voting her the American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time. Swift won Sunday night’s top honor, giving her a leading four trophies as fans celebrated the women of pop music. Swift didn’t perform, but she was a constant presence on stage and the camera alighted on her as she danced to stars like Kendrick Lamar and Luke Bryan. Her win came after Katy Perry dazzled with her show-opening performance, Lady Gaga found another inventive way to grab attention, Rihanna starred with her mother and Miley Cyrus closed performances with the assistance of a giant lip-syncing CGI kitty on her song “Wrecking Ball.”
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While many students may remember lockdown drills at schools before Ball State, a full lockdown isn’t feasible on a college campus, officials from multiple universities said. Instead, going on “high alert” following a report of a gun on campus is the most realistic option for universities. Jack Dowling, president and principal consultant at JD Security Consultants, LLC, said there are generally two different approaches to respond to a potential gunman or active shooter: a lockdown or shelter in place. “A lockdown is usually used for a threat inside a building,” Dowling said. “Let’s say there’s a threat in a classroom building
there would have a lockdown in that building, like academic offices, they would be told to lock themselves down. If the threat is outside, if there is someone on the loose or in a parking lot, they’ll tell everyone to stay inside the building they’re in.” Lockdowns are more effective for a few buildings as opposed to an entire campus, while a shelter in place is good for buildings that are not involved, keeping everyone safe and inside, Dowling said. Dowling said that the method used depends on a lot of factors for each building. These two approaches are used in different capacities by almost every school in the country, including Virginia Tech, IUPUI and Ball State, who have recently used these procedures for possible or actual reports of a gunman on campus.
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State Police and Homeland Security, spent three hours searching the Student Recreation and Wellness Center following the reports of someone shouting “gun” in the Health and Physical Activity Building. No suspect was found, but students were locked in the facility and evacuated in police-escorted groups. During the search for the suspect, residence halls were secured. Tony Proudfoot, a university spokesperson, said in a press conference Friday that the university doesn’t use the term “lockdown,” since Ball State includes more than 100 buildings. “It is a misconception to think of us like a school,” Proudfoot said via email. “It makes more sense to 6. RAIN
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think of us like a city. In many cases there can be a threat contained to a specific part of the city that does not affect other areas, which can continue to operate.” Proudfoot noted that Ball State’s population and more than 700 acres of land make the school about the size of New Castle or Seymour, Ind. By Dowling’s definitions, Ball State implemented both security approaches. The rec center and Health and Physical Activity Building were placed on lockdown, while the surrounding buildings were on what is colloquially called a “soft lockdown” 5. SUNNY 4. MOSTLY SUNNY or “partial lockdown.” THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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The Delaware County United Way campaign to give gifts donated by persons to help fund Big Brothers Big Sisters officially ends. According to the press release, the campaign has helped make Josh a success story. “Josh entered a United Way of Delaware County funded program when he was 8 years old. For most of his childhood, he lived with his grandmother because his mother wasn’t able to provide him with a stable home and his father was never involved in his life,” the press release says. Josh had to move in with his mother following his grandmother’s death. They spent the rest of his childhood moving to different places. His brother stayed by his side through all of it and gave him the chance to be a kid. “Josh’s big brother kept him motivated in his schoolwork and Josh repaid him by being the first in his family to graduate from high school,” the press release says. “Josh recently joined the Air Force, after much thought and many discussions about it with his big brother. When he graduated from basic [training] in Texas, his big brother and his big brother’s wife were there to support him.” To find out how to give to the United Way campaign visit bsu.edu/unitedway.
The Muncie Symphony Orchestra will present an Outreach String Quartet in a show called Music on the Move: Music and Colors at 4:30 p.m. at the MaringHunt Library located at 2005 S. High St. The interactive music presentation will last 25 minutes and is targeted to audiences in kindergarten through sixth grade. WHEN
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At 11 a.m., Cardinal Greenways will host a noncompetitive Turkey WHEN 11 a.m. Trot 2.5 mile run/walk north and south from WHERE the Wysor Street Depot. Cardinal Greenways Every participant is asked COST to bring one or more non- $12 per person or perishable food items to $17 per family check-in and must pay a $12 per person or $17 per family fee. Register at calendar.visitmuncie.org.
The community concert series, Friends of the Orchestra, kicks off its third season at 3 p.m. in the Westminster Village. The WHEN concert will feature the return of 3 p.m. soprano Mavis Hsieh and tenor WHERE Westminister Thomas Schwartz performing a Village Music Kaleidoscope program. Hsieh and Schwartz performed in Muncie last year as a part of Friends of the Orchestra Series program A Blast from the Past. This event is free and open to the public.
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The Ball State football team will play its final game of its 2013 regular season this Friday against Miami. The team will try to get its 10th win of the season for just the second time in history. Ball State will have had a 17-day layoff from its previous game, a 48-27 loss at Northern Illinois. It is also senior night for Ball State, and the last home game for seniors Keith Wenning, Jamill Smith, Jordan Hansel, Zane Fakes, Jonathan Newsome and Jeff Garrett, among others.
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Mick Foley, WWE Hall of Fame Wrestler, New York Times Best-selling Author and stand up comedian, will perform from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Laughter House Five at Valhalla. His performance in Muncie is part of his Mick Foley’s Tales from Wrestling Past Tour. Tickets are available for $20 at realmickfoley.com/event/muncie.
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Muncie Boy Scouts and the Muncie Fire Department host Thanksgiving Throwdown on Nov. 23 at the United Methodist Church on High Street. The event’s purpose was to give a Thanksgiving meal to people in need. The two organizations managed to feed around 325 people.
Thanksgiving Throwdown offers meals to homeless Two local groups compete, volunteer in friendly food fight JURANOVICH STAFF REPORTER | TYLER tjjuranovich@bsu.edu Muncie Boy Scouts and the Muncie Fire Department joined forces Saturday evening in friendly competition to provide Thanksgiving dinner for those in need. The groups hosted Thanksgiving Throwdown at the United Methodist Church on High Street to benefit residents of Muncie’s homeless shelters. A full dinner with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, bread and dessert was served for free. Matt Gossage, a local Boy Scouts leader, said the boys and fire department joined forces so they could feed more people. The turnout was about 325 people, and they expect the number to grow next year. Gossage said the event helps the scouts learn what the right thing to do is, but there is a deeper lesson as well. “Here’s my hope: if I let all
these kids experience this, when they get older, maybe they’ll do the same thing,” he said. “That seems to clearly be the case, because they’re always excited to do it. I don’t have to tell anybody to come.” Hoping that his scouts will grow up to be leaders reflects part of Gossage’s own life. He began scouting at 8 years old, and has been involved on and off over the last 40 years. “When I was a kid, we didn’t do it nearly at this level, but I just have so many assets that maybe my scoutmaster didn’t have,” he said. Some of the assets are connections in the community. Meijer donated a $100 gift card to the scouts to buy food, and Tim Underhill, a telecommunications instructor, is one of the assistant scoutmasters. Underhill is connected to several media outlets and has helped raise awareness of the activities. Gossage said the rise in awareness will hopefully lead to more donations next year. After seeing some of the guests in light clothing Saturday night, he hopes the donations can be used to start handing out coats. This is the fifth year the scouts
have done either a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, but this is the first time the scouts and the fire department have teamed up and the first time they fed a large group. Ed Bell, Muncie fire chief, said the fire department was more than happy to cook food. “We had a great time putting all the food together,” Bell said. “It feels great to give back to the community.” Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler was in attendance and served as one of the judges for the “Best Tasting Turkey” contest, a competition between the scouts and the fire department. The Boy Scouts beat the fire department in a unanimous vote. “Don’t sell those scouts short,” Tyler said. “They are good cooks.” But what Tyler said he loved the most was two organizations in the community coming together to help out. “It’s always humbling to see our community come together,” he said. “It says a lot about our community when we see them help each other.” It was the sense of giving back and helping out people that drove Gossage to participate in the event.
“I do this because everybody should,” he said. “I want them to know that someone [cares] about them.” Although the scouts planned to recognize homeless veterans, not many attended. Those who did come to the event just joined the crowd instead. “Apparently there were other groups that were doing dinners, so they all ended up being spread out,” Gossage said. Regardless, he said he was happy he could help them, even if all he could do was provide a Thanksgiving dinner. “Many of these guys have [post-traumatic stress disorder] and can’t be a part of society,” he said. “And so if we can give them happiness for an hour or so, I am happy.” Gossage also wanted the event to be a learning experience for his troop. “I want my scouts to learn about the gift of giving so they feel the need to do the same in the future,” he said. Although nothing is certain, Gossage said the scouts may have a Christmas dinner at the YWCA as well. Sam Hoyt contributed to this story.
LOCKDOWN: Mass communication key in emergency
| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Dowling said there isn’t a “one size fits all” for what a university should do to respond to a potential gunman; however, Ball State followed the guidelines that have been established in the past by other events. “Each situation is different,” Dowling said. “There are these general guidelines that people want to do. There isn’t a one size fits all. It’s too fluid a situation to give an exact or specific instruction, but there are approaches to help guide [the administration] in these situations.” He said spreading information is one of the most important aspects of dealing with a tragedy. “Ever since the Virginia Tech incident in 2007, [colleges and universities] have tried to improve the mass communication process,” Dowling said.
VIRGINIA TECH
Mark Owczarski, Virginia Tech assistant vice president of university relations, said he agrees that a traditional lockdown isn’t feasible on a college campus because many of them include roads and multiple buildings. “To suggest that you can lockdown a college campus would suggest an erroneous sense of safety,” Owczarski said. In 2007, a gunman on the Virginia Tech campus, Seung-Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others before dying by suicide. Police arrived within three minutes of receiving an emergency call and took about five minutes to enter the barricaded building, according to the Associated Press. The university informed students of what was going on two hours after the first shooting through an email. Since then, Owczarski said they have reviewed their shutdown policy, but largely haven’t changed it. “We don’t really have a way to lock down our campus,” he said.
10 THINGS STUDENTS CAN DO FOR SAFETY • Review safety protocols at bsu. edu/prepared. • Sign up for emergency text messaging at bsu.edu/ emergencytext • Follow Ball State alerts on Twitter @ballstate_alert • Avoid sharing photos and videos on social media from inside a secured perimeter. Assailants can track such information and use it to gain an advantage over safety personnel. Also avoid spreading unverified rumors. The official source for vetted and reliable information is bsu.edu. • Follow the directions of safety personnel on the site of an emergency situation.
• I n the event of an emergency on campus, call your family to let them know you are safe. • Do not walk alone at night. Travel in groups. Avoid distractions like listening to music on headphones. • Use Charlie’s Charter, which provides free transportation on a first come, first serve basis on university owned or controlled property. The service is available 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday during the fall and spring semesters. • Be cautious about meet ups to sell or trade goods with strangers that you meet online. • Report suspicious activity to UPD at 765-285-1111. SOURCE: Tony Proudfoot, a university spokesperson
“There just isn’t a logical way to lock down the entire campus. When you think of a traditional lockdown, it applies to elementary, middle and high schools where you lock the front door and that’s about it.” Virginia Tech has more than 130 buildings and about 30,000 students. Virginia Tech’s approach breaks potential danger into two categories of student action. Either a student takes shelter and stays out of the way of potential danger or they secure themselves by locking themselves in a room until police or university officials give the all clear. This is similar to Ball State’s response to the Nov. 15 situation. Owczarski said the safety of students is primarily in the student’s control in potentially dangerous situations. “In an event where there is the potential danger of a gunman, the first step is to be aware there is danger,” Owczarski said. “Signing up for a messaging system, being aware of a situation — those are things you can do to protect yourself.” Proudfoot echoed Owczarski’s
suggestion at a press conference following the announcement of an “all clear,” providing a list of ways students can take charge of their own safety, including reviewing safety protocols at bsu.edu/prepared, signing up for emergency text messaging at bsu.edu/emergencytext, and avoiding spreading rumors and unverified information in emergency situations.
IUPUI
In March, IUPUI’s campus was under “high alert” for about four hours following reports of a man with a gun on campus, according to the AP. No suspect or threat was found, and the campus was not put on official lockdown. During the high alert, students were not stopped from entering or leaving campus. More than 100 police officers from university, local, state and federal departments were involved in the search, said Bill Abston, IU Police Indianapolis captain. The police never ordered any buildings to lock down, but some university staff took it upon themselves to secure
them instead. “We can’t lock our campus down,” Abston said. “Due to the geographic nature with as many buildings as we have, with the major four-lane roads going through our campus, we can lock some buildings down. But the campus lockdown, we didn’t do.” IUPUI’s campus includes 66 buildings and more than 30,000 students. Abston said they are still reviewing safety procedures and are thinking of switching to a system similar to Virginia Tech. He said one of the largest challenges is communicating with students. “A lot of the time, people want us to give them absolute answers, and we just can’t do that,” Abston said. “We want to try and give you options and educate you on your options. Know your environment.” Moving forward, Abston and the IU Police in Indianapolis will rely more on frequent social media posts. Getting information out is nearly as important as securing a campus, Dowling said.
MOVING FORWARD
Ball State’s new Twitter alert account, @ballstate_alert, posted its first alert in relation to the possible armed assailant incident at 4:40 p.m. Nov. 15, about 10 minutes after police first arrived at the rec center. Proudfoot said during the incident, the university tweeted and sent email and text notifications every five to eight minutes at the beginning of the situation. The account then slowed down to update every 10-15 minutes while police continued the search. The now 3-week-old Twitter account jumped from fewer than 10 followers to more than 4,900. “Establishing a Twitter account takes moments,” Proudfoot said on Nov. 15. “The challenge is establishing the staffing and protocols for how it is going to be used.” Emma Kate Fittes contributed to this story.
Traditional classrooms with forward facing rows and a central focus might not be the best for students anymore, according to one study partly conducted at Ball state. When students are in a classroom atmosphere where they can easily form groups and have access to technology, they are more likely to care about what they are learning, according to a new study by Steelcase Education Solutions. Classrooms designed for lectures and memorization are not as helpful today as they were in the past. “We’ve observed that inflexible layouts and furniture with limited mobility hamper interaction among students, instructors and content; in fact the environment can be a barrier as much as a facilitator,” the study says. “The majority of classrooms in use today were built for traditional, ‘stand-and-deliver, sit-and listen’ [teaching] in a passive learning setting.” Professor of educational psychology Jerrell Cassady said there could be a correlation between the classroom engagement and student engagement, but the level of student engagement also depends on the professor. “Logically, someone who is more willing to modify their [classroom] arrangement is often more innovative an instructor,” Cassady said. “But the other idea is that you can have more sensibility of how you engage with one another, if you have more flexibility working in a classroom.” He said traditional rows don’t allow for cooperative learning, but when students are allowed to move their seats and break into groups it allows for “creative engagement.” The study showed that when a university redesigned a lecture hall for their chemistry
program by introducing round tables, a projector and tablets, coupled with new chairs that allowed students to more easily form groups, there was a 5 percent change in retention and grades rose between 3 to 4 percent. Since there wasn’t a front stage where the instructor would stand in a typical lecture hall, the instructor was free to move around and immerse themself in the learning. Cassady said while there are some innovative classrooms at Ball State, there are also some that are more traditional. In the Teachers College, they are testing different innovative classroom arrangements. “Most of the classrooms in the Teachers College, in general, have movable chairs. That makes it easier as opposed to like a large lecture format,” Cassady said. “But the fact that you also have wireless technology in every classroom in every building increases the chance that students can be engaged with learning, that you can have iclickers in a classroom that can engage the students with the content.” Sophomore pre-interior design major Haylee Moscato said since she works in interior design studios, the layout of the classroom definitely affects her work. “Studios are more hands-on and they allow me to get up and talk to other students,” Moscato said. “I’m a visualist, being able to walk around and see what others are doing helps me.” Sophomore music composition major Ben Mossler said he hasn’t seen classrooms that foster his learning at Ball State. He said most of the rooms he works in are designed for study, and he has not had a class in a group study room. Even though the study points toward a more interactive classroom leading to a jump in grades, Cassady said ultimately it’s the instructor that makes the class engaging, not the classroom. “If you have a very engaging instructor in a very boring classroom, what matters is if they have flexibility within that classroom,” he said.
TYPES OF CLASSROOM LAYOUTS
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM This layout reinforces the idea of students working independently. It is intended for lecturing students. Research suggests students are less collaborative in this layout. Instructor in front of class
Chairs attached to desks SOURCE: Steelcase Education Solutions
ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOM Studies show that grades increase when students interact more with their professors. This layout lends itself easily to group work and allows the professor to move freely throughout the classroom. Instructor moves around
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CONDOMS: Sexual health geared towards women | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Even schools with minimal resources are keeping students informed [on the internet,]” said Bert Sperling, president of Sperling’s BestPlaces, who worked on the study. “This has greatly influenced the study year over year, and we’re excited to see how this trend evolves as schools and students get savvier about their sexual health and campus resources.” Jones said the university does several things to promote safe sex. Health educators provide free condoms to students, and the Amelia T. Wood Health Center provides other contraceptives, checkups and testing for sexuallytransmitted diseases. The Counseling Center teams with the health center to put on Sexual Awareness Week, which is also factored into Trojan’s rankings. Guest speakers and university officials host programs and speak about sex. Jones said turnout is usually
TROJAN’S GRADING CATEGORIES TROJAN LOOKS AT 11 AREAS IN UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTERS INCLUDING:
• Quality of sexual health information and resources on website • Contraceptive availability — free or at cost • Condom availability — free or at cost • STI testing on-site (On/off campus, cost) • Sexual assault programs, resources or services • Overall website usability and quality SOURCE: trojancondoms.com
fairly high. Jones said sexual health tends to be more geared toward women instead of both sexes. “There’s a disparity there for sure, but I don’t know what the answer is in taking care of it,” she said. “Men should be just as proactive in sexual health as women. It feels like sexual health is the female problem, but it is a male problem too.”
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WEDNESDAY Off a close loss to Butler, the men’s basketball team travels to Utah to take on the Utes at 10 p.m.
FRIDAY The football team will play its final home game against Miami at 1 p.m. in a Black Out.
The Ball State women’s basketball team will play in Las Vegas in the South Point Shootout against Auburn.
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Team suffers 4-set defeat in first-round to Western Michigan DAVID POLASKI ASST. SPORTS EDITOR | @DavidPolaski Strategies that Ball State women’s volleyball head coach Steve Shondell preached all season seemed to vanish at the Mid-American Conference Tournament. During the 31-game regular season, his team relied on accurate passing, a lights-out defense and swarming energy to vault them to a 24-7 record. It may have been injuries,
Western Michigan’s game plan or the grind of playing 116 sets throughout the regular season that played a factor in Ball State’s first-round loss. Whichever it was, there was something missing from Ball State on Friday night. “We could have had more intensity tonight,” sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling said. “After that first game, their bench was cheering, even if they didn’t score, they were still talking. ... We could have used some more energy on our side.” Western Michigan’s players and fans were audibly excited. After each Western Michigan point in the last three sets,
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the Western Michigan faithful exploded in cheers. With the third set tied at 17, the Broncos blocked two straight attacks back on the ground on Ball State’s side. Both times, nearly every Broncos player leapt up and screamed, further pumping the crowd and encouraging the team. Even after Ball State won points, the team was quiet. Compared to previous matches when players were calling out things to their teammates nonstop, Ball State had less communication than usual. The communication struggles may have had a direct relation to how they passed the ball. Shondell has referred to “Ball
State style volleyball” as a program that prides itself on being able to pass the ball on point and allow senior setter Jacqui Seidel to be in the best possible position to set the ball. Not much of that happened in the postseason loss. “Passing is our forte, and all night, we were passing the ball short,” Shondell said. “I don’t really know how to explain it; it’s just something that happens.” Throughout the night, Western Michigan’s serves fell in front of Ball State defenders, forcing the defense to move up. Because of the sudden shift when coming toward the ball, players often weren’t able to get enough lift underneath
the ball to provide Seidel a quality opportunity. The passed balls wound up around her midsection and head when they needed to be high enough for them fall down, so she could place her hands underneath and properly set the ball. When bumps were high enough, they often were off target, forcing Seidel to chase. The lack of cohesion led to what Shondell said was one of their biggest downfalls, a lack of defensive aggression. “We needed to make more defensive plays,” he said. “Western Michigan made them and we didn’t, they were just flying to the ball all night.”
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TEAM COMPARISON Western Michigan Ball State 59 61 Kills 20 24 Errors .247 .218 Attack % 78 66 Digs 56 57 Assists Ball State seemed a step slow on defense, and Western Michigan found open holes as the sets wore on. Eventually, the hole Ball State had dug itself into was too great to overcome.
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Junior Neal Fennig swims in the 500-yard freestyle during the 10th annual Doug Coers Invitational Friday at Lewellen Aquatic Center. The Ball State men’s swimming and diving team finished second in the invitational with a score of 568.5. Both the men’s and women’s teams participated in the meet.
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Freshman Katie Horn races the butterfly during the second heat of the 400-yard medley relay race during the Doug Coers Invitational on Friday.
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HUSKIES OVERTAKE BULLDOGS IN BCS Ball State’s bowl destination hinges on Northern Illinois | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Northern Illinois moved ahead of Fresno State in the BCS standings and up to No. 14 as the Huskies and Bulldogs jockey to be the last BCS buster. NIU jumped two spots Sunday and Fresno State slipped one to 16th. The top three teams in the BCS standings were unchanged: Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State — the remaining undefeated teams in BCS automatic qualifying conferences. The other major college unbeatens, Northern Illinois and Fresno State, are fighting for one automatic bid. They have to finish in the top 12 of
the last BCS standings, which comes out Dec. 8, or finish in the top 16 while ranking ahead of an AQ-conference champion. Central Florida is in position to win the American Athletic Conference auto-bid, but is 19th in the latest standings. Northern Illinois reached the BCS last season by being ranked ahead of the champion of the Big East. The Huskies then lost to Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois overtook Derek Carr and Fresno State this week on the strength of better computer ratings. NIU is seventh in the computer ratings, while coming in 17th in the Harris poll and 20th in the USA Today coaches’ poll. Fresno State is 13th in each poll, but 17th in the computers. Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCS for CBS.com, said he was
surprised Northern Illinois made such a big move after winning at Mid-American Conference rival Toledo last week. Fresno State stayed unbeaten with a win against Mountain West Conference foe New Mexico. Neither team has played a strong schedule, Palm said. “What baffles me is we have such a disparity in the computers between two teams that we’re splitting hairs over,” he said. “That’s a head scratcher.” Palm said NIU’s lead could be temporary as Fresno State plays tougher opponents the rest of the way. NIU plays at home against Western Michigan (1-10) on Tuesday and then faces either Buffalo or Bowling Green in the MAC championship game. Fresno State plays at San Jose State (5-5) on Friday and then either Utah State or Boise State in the Mountain West championship.
The Bowl Championship Series is done after this season. The four-team College Football Playoff replaces it next year. The Crimson Tide and Seminoles are still on course to meet in the final BCS championship game if they can stay unbeaten. Ohio State is on deck if either of the top two slip up. The Buckeyes were in danger of being passed by Baylor, but Oklahoma State took care of that by blasting the Bears 49-17 on Saturday night. Auburn (fourth) and Missouri (fifth) are behind the Buckeyes and could make an interesting case for being in title game if they can win out and become SEC champions with just one loss. Ohio State is third in each poll, followed by Clemson. Auburn is fifth and Missouri is sixth. The Buckeyes are also third in the computer ratings.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Indianapolis Colts propelled Bruce Arians into coaching prominence. On Sunday, as head coach in Arizona, his Cardinals embarrassed his former team. Carson Palmer threw two touchdown passes to Larry Fitzgerald, Karlos Dansby returned an interception 22 yards for a score and the Cardinals won their fourth in a row with a 40-11 rout of the Colts. “We expect to dominate like this all the time,” Dansby said. “We just finally put it together as a unit. We’re starting to believe in each other and trust one another and we’re making plays all around.” Arians became interim head coach of the Colts last season when Chuck Pagano was stricken with leukemia. Indianapolis went 9-3 under Arians, earning him coach of the year honors and a head coaching job in the desert. Now the 61-year-old coach is doing the same kind of job with the Cardinals (7-4). “The emotions of this game were gone way before kickoff,” Arians said. “I saw a lot of friends, a lot of dear guys on that team. But once the whistle blows, it’s just you and your brother in the backyard.” And Arizona was the big brother in this one. “I think this was a respect game,” Palmer said. “I don’t think we’re well-respected throughout the league and that’s not anybody’s fault but our own. “But I think we’re better than people think and when you beat a good team, and a team that’s beat good teams, it ups your respect among your peers and throughout the league.” Fitzgerald caught five passes for 52 yards, becoming the youngest player in NFL history to reach 11,000 yards receiving. Arizona’s Michael Floyd had his second straight 100yard receiving day with seven catches for 104 yards for the Cardinals (7-4). Andrew Luck threw for 163 yards, but had only 84 through three quarters as the Colts (7-4) fell behind 34-3. It’s a familiar pattern. In their past four games, the Colts have been outscored in the first half 93-12. “There is blood in the water right now,” Pagano said. “Until you get it fixed they are going to keep coming at us. It is the same thing week in and week out on both sides of the ball and on special teams. ... They are going to keep coming at you until we put out the fire. “ The Colts still have a solid lead in the AFC South.
TEAM COMPARISON Colts 15 239 4.3 159 4.1 80 15 23:11
Cardinals First downs 27 Total yards 410 Yards per play 5.8 Passing 290 Yards per pass 7.6 Rushing 120 Rushing Attempts 30 Possession 36:49 SOURCE: espn.com
“I don’t know if I can big picture it right now coming off the field after we getting our butts beat like that. It is hard to,” Luck said. “I guess we are sitting at 7-4, but I don’t know what that means either.” Jay Feely kicked four field goals in Arizona’s highestscoring game in three years, including a 21-yarder in the final minutes with the outcome long decided. Palmer, coming off a 419yard passing performance against Jacksonville, completed 26 of 37 for 314 yards and, for the second week in a row, threw no interceptions. The Colts’ touchdown came on Luck’s 17-yard pass to Coby Fleener with 10:26 to play. Palmer threw touchdown passes to Fitzgerald of 4 and 26 yards, then Dansby — who had been kidded by his teammates for dropping a few potential interceptions this season — picked off Luck’s pass and returned it for a touchdown as the Cardinals blew open a 27-3 halftime lead. Arizona took the opening kickoff and went 80 yards in 10 plays, Palmer hitting Fitzgerald with a 4-yard fade pass for the touchdown. The Cardinals had no third downs on the drive. Arizona had a chance to lengthen the lead but the drive stalled at the Colts 10, then Sergio Brown blocked Feely’s 28-yard field goal attempt. It ended a string of 17 consecutive field goals for the Arizona kicker. Adam Vinatieri kicked a 27-yard field goal to cut it to 7-3 with 1:15 left in the first quarter. But Arizona’s offense got it rolling again. Palmer connected with Floyd for 29 yards to the Indianapolis 26. On the next play, Palmer, hit as he threw, lofted a pass to the end zone, where Fitzgerald beat two defenders to make the catch for the score to make it 14-3 with 13:29 left in the half. Moments later, Luck, under pressure from Darnell Dockett, threw toward Fleener. But Dansby stepped in front of the tight end, intercepted and returned it 22 yards for the touchdown to put Arizona up 24-3 with 7:55 left in the second quarter. It was Dansby’s first touchdown since his 17-yard fumble return in overtime ended the Cardinals’ 51-45 wild-card playoff victory over Green Bay on Jan. 10, 2010.
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FOOTBALL: Freshman running back Williamson is “mentally ready,� says Edwards | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Having both backs on the field together hasn’t been a necessity this season. That’s due largely to the presence of first-year running back Teddy Williamson. The true freshman out of Missouri graduated high school a semester early. The extra time on campus shows in his maturity on the field, Skrosky said. He’s carried the ball just 46 times this season. Though small in number, his carries have had a big impact. When Edwards was out against Army, Williamson rushed for 58 yards on 13 carries. Two weeks later against Eastern Michigan he carried the ball 10 times for 28 yards. The spotlights were on in Ball State’s most recent game against Northern Illinois, just a few days after Banks suffered the knee injury. “The running game right now, it’s just consistent,� Edwards said. “They’re asking to get three or four yards a carry,
ÂŤ T he running game right now, it’s just consistent. They’re asking to get three or four yards a carry, and that’s not too much to ask at this point. Âť JAHWAN EDWARDS, a junior running back and that’s not too much to ask at this point.â€? Ball State gained 170 yards on the ground against Northern Illinois in what Skrosky said might have been the team’s most “efficientâ€? rushing game all season. Edwards said the team may lack explosiveness without Banks, but the ground-and-pound will be firing on cylinders. Though Williamson ran the ball just once in that 27-48 loss, Skrosky said it was important to see him step up on a big stage. It’s likely that Williamson will receive more time on the field in Ball State’s final two games. Having an entire season to prepare the jump to secondstring running back, and becoming the leading rusher’s right-hand man, will pay off for the hard-working freshman.
“Teddy’s got a good work ethic,� Edwards said. “He wants to learn and he asks a lot of questions. He may not be physically ready, but I know he is mentally ready. He’s just got to run hard and do what he does well — not trying to run like me or Horactio.� While the team may be lacking its one-two punch with Banks sidelined, Williamson is going to do his best to make sure the running game still packs a punch. And Edwards is ready to take on an even bigger role as the team’s workhorse — he said there is no pressure at all on his shoulders. “I don’t really call it pressure,� Edwards said. “Because pressure is something you aren’t ready for. I’m ready to get the ball as many times as I need to carry it.�
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This year’s American Music Awards were pretty standard until Justin Timberlake went on stage and gave his best imitation of Rihanna’s mom. The “20/20” singer did his best Barbados accent saying how proud Rihanna’s mom is of “‘da icon she is.” From there, Miley Cyrus sang in front of a giant cat head in space and R. Kelly and Lady Gaga played telephone. Pitbull, the show’s host, did say this was “the night anything could happen,” and he did not disappoint. With out-there antics such as Lady Gaga riding in on a human horse, this year’s AMA’s will make headlines for days. Katy Perry opened up the 41st American Music Awards with her latest single “Unconditionally” dressed as a Geisha, and she smashed it. The “Prism” singer went in a different direction from her slow motion, glamorous music video and donned a Japanese-inspired outfit. Florida Georgia Line and Nelly performed their single and the biggest country hit of all time, “Cruise,” but they stole the show when the country duo took on the Nelly’s hit “Ride Wit Me.” Other performances included One Direction, Ariana Grande, Pitbull and Ke$ha. But the biggest showstopper of the night had to be Miley Cyrus. She had millions of eyes glued to the TV with her cat-inspired rendition of “Wrecking Ball.” What looked like a 90s web browser, a picture of a cat was the focus of the performance. At one point the cat even cried diamonds. This is likely to become a talked about show that might just top her infamous Video Music Award performance. Taylor Swift closed the night by winning the biggest honor of the night, Artist of the Year. “I’m really out of breath with that ‘Wrecking Ball’ thing,” she said as she walked on stage. Some may boo the fact Taylor Swift won the biggest award of the night, but her latest album “Red” sold 1.21 million in its first week, making it the biggest sales week since 2002. This year’s big winner was “20/20” singer Justin Timberlake, taking home three AMA’s and each acceptance speech was funnier than the last. He jokingly told the audience to “shut up” after he won Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist. Luke Bryan was all smiles as he sang his hit “That’s My Kind Of Night.” Bryan looked flashy wearing a sparkly suit as he took home Favorite Male Country Artist. He also thanked his wife for letting him “shake it” while on the road. This year’s AMAs were pretty spot on with the deserving winners. Performances did not disappoint, and no cats were harmed during the making of the show.
TAYLOR SWIFT • ARTIST OF THE YEAR • FAVORITE COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST • FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM “RED” BY TAYLOR SWIFT
THE NIGHT’S BIGGEST WINNERS RIHANNA
• FAVORITE SOUL/R&B FEMALE ARTIST • ICON AWARD, MCT PHOTOS
MACKLEMORE • FAVORITE RAP/ HIP-HOP ALBUM: “THE HEIST” BY MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE • FAVORITE MALE POP/ROCK ARTIST • FAVORITE SOUL/R&B MALE ARTIST
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TaylorSwift arrives at the 2013 American Music Awards on Sunday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. Swift took away the Artist of the Year award. MCT PHOTO
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AWARDS: Variety of artists add to night of antics, acoustic performances | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I’m really out of breath,” Swift said after taking the stage in a sequined mini-dress. “I was really going hard with the ‘Wrecking Ball’ thing.” Justin Timberlake was next with three wins. One Direction and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won two awards and Rihanna was given the AMA’s first Icon Award to go with her win as favorite soul/R&B female artist. Rihanna and her mother took center stage midway through the show when Monica Fenty presented her pop star daughter with the first Icon Award at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Fenty told Rihanna how proud she was of her daughter’s success, saying, “I know the journey in your career has not always been an easy one.” “Just about 20 years ago is when I really started making
your life a living hell with my annoying little husky man voice, you would call it,” Rihanna said. “And I mean just disrupting the entire neighborhood. Westbury Road, Barbados, they could tell you that’s the truth. I annoyed every one of my neighbors.” She performed “Diamonds” with an orchestra and took favorite soul/R&B female artist. Timberlake won soul/R&B album, soul/R&B male artist and pop/rock male artist. One Direction was at times drowned out by screams during an understated performance of “Story of My Life.” The decibel level was that way from the moment the British boy band arrived on the carpet, all smiles and dapper suits. Harry Styles stopped to take a picture with three fans. Timberlake strapped on an acoustic guitar and played
a soulfully raucous version of “Drink You Away.” Macklemore crowd surfed on “Can’t Hold Us.” Lady Gaga and R. Kelly put on an elaborate production for their song “Do What U Want,” staging a presidential affair. Kelly played the president and Gaga a Marilyn Monroelike mistress. Kelly gazed upward as Gaga table-danced on his desk, then stormed off the stage as an actor playing a reporter chased him asking about the affair. And Cyrus shut things down with a performance that wasn’t quite as over the top as her previous appearances this year but is likely to be talked about just as much. The camera stayed on Cyrus and the lip-syncing tabby throughout, and the cat ended the song by winking and sticking out its tongue — Cyrus’ signature move.