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Student sustains injuries, takes helicopter to hospital after plummeting about 60 feet during rock climbing

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Every culture has its own identity and passion. For Russians, it’s the arts.

They’re really musical [and] artistic.

KELLYE HOOK, who moved to Russia three years ago with her husband, Marc, and their three kids

There’s a police presence and military presence everywhere, but it doesn’t seem to be overwhelming for the spectators. And everyone is friendly.

There’s a little trouble speaking English sometimes, but everyone feels safe.

MALCOM KEMPT, a Canadian fan

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The Olympic rings can be found in numerous places around the Olympic Park, as well as each train station associated with the games. People posed with the rings, occasionally climbing on them for photos.

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IN RUSSIA National ensemble Hayat performs onstage at the Olympic Park. Performances were scheduled all day to entertain visitors.

Students experience Olympics with people from other countries

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A group of Ball State students covering the Olympics gathered outside a restaurant in the dimly lit, mud-covered streets of Moscow.

We began an a cappella reenactment of the Spice Girls, complete with beat boxing, during our last night in Russia. It was the first time in over a week without any deadlines to meet and the option to sleep in until 7 a.m.

Time to celebrate.

‘Quit being so American,’ our adviser instructed.

DAKOTA CRAWFORD, BSU at the Games reporter

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It’s crazy. People go nuts over these pins. If I plan it out, I can use these for food and drinks until I leave.

Some even trade them for kisses.

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The Olympic flame stands near the center of the Olympic Park, near the stage where the medal ceremonies take place. The flame traveled 39,000 miles before it reached the final cauldron in the park.

VALERIA TSYGANOVA, who collected 21 Olympic pins in her first two days

Proposed Ind. bill LATE RUN NOT ENOUGH IN CLOSE LOSS Cardinals will try would limit usage 3-1 to build on fast start of poverty relief in Snow Bird Classic IMPACT PLAYERS

Law could require certain food types, possible drug tests KAITLIN LANGE CHIEF REPORTER | kllange@bsu.edu Hoosiers in poverty attempting to get assistance could face a few extra conditions before getting state aid.

A state bill, if passed, could add stipulations to two programs that provide financial help to those in need.

House Bill 1351 would limit what types of food people can get using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as the food stamps program. The proposed bill also could require a drug test for those under the Temporary Assistance for

Needy Fami- ONLINE lies, which gives cash assistance to families with children younger than age 18.

Student opinions In Decemdiffer on SNAP ber, 908,000 bit.ly/1hqz6Np Hoosiers qualified for SNAP benefits, a higher number than the 22,708 who qualify for TANF, said Matt Lemons, deputy director of communications and media for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. Children account for most of those qualified for TANF with 18,560 participants, compared to 4,148 adults.

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For the first time this season, the Ball State men’s baseball team finished a game on the wrong end of the scoreboard.

“It was unfortunate we weren’t able to pull it out,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “The guys played hard; we just missed out on a few opportunities we had. ... To Dayton’s credit, they battled and found a way to win the game.”

Monday’s contest marked the final game in Spartanburg, S.C., for the Cardinals and was the team’s fourth game in three days.

The first two innings proved to be uneventful, as Cardinal’s senior starter Clay Manering and Dayton’s Charlie Dant allowed only one runner between them to reach base.

Ball State’s offense came alive

BRANDON ESTEP, OFFENSE • 1 hits, 1 run, 1 RBI

CLAY MANERING, PITCHING •5 .2 innings pitched, 3 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 4 walks, 4 strike outs in the top half of the third, when singles by sophomore catcher Sam Tidaback, freshman shortstop Alex Maloney and sophomore second baseman Ryan Spaulding loaded the bases for senior right fielder Sean Godfrey. Godfrey came through, ripping a double to left field to make the score 2-0 and to give Godfrey his fourth and fifth RBIs of the season.

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Senior pitcher Clay Manering pitches during a game against Northern Kentucky on April 3, 2013. Manering gave up three earned runs in the 3-4 loss against Dayton on Monday.

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3. IND. SENATE VOTES TO AMEND CONSTITUTION INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate voted Monday to amend the state constitution by banning gay marriage, but it will be 2016 at the earliest before the measure appears on a statewide ballot because of a late change that limits the scope of the ban.

By voting 32-17 in favor of the diluted measure, senators finished the Legislature’s work on an effort to add the state’s current gay marriage to the Indiana Constitution. But because an

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An Italian activist shouting “It’s OK to be gay” and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.

Four men stopped Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, and then police drove her away in a car with Olympic markings.

Luxuria later told The Associated Press she was kept in the car for about 10 minutes, then released in the countryside after the men had taken away her Olympic spectator pass. She eventually made it back to her hotel and said she was leaving Russia this morning.

“They don’t say anything,” Luxuria said.

“They just were people who had to do this, and they did it.”

Luxuria said she was detained Sunday and told her she should not wear slogans supporting gay rights. Police denied detaining her.

original plan approved in 2011 prohibited civil unions as well, lawmakers restarted on the process by voting last month to remove the civil union language from the proposed amendment.

As a result, a referendum that might have been in November now must wait at least two more years.

The Senate’s vote followed roughly an hour of debate in public and close to three hours of debate in private among the Senate’s Republicans.

4. STUDY USES SALIVA TO PREDICT DEPRESSION

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LONDON (AP) — A saliva test for teenage boys with mild symptoms of depression could help identify those who will later develop major depression, a new study says.

Researchers measured the stress hormone cortisol in teenage boys and found that ones with high levels coupled with mild depression symptoms were up to 14 times more likely to suffer clinical depression later in life than those with low or normal cortisol levels.

The test was tried on teenage boys and girls, but found to be most effective with boys.

About one in six people suffer from clinical depression at some point in their lives, and most mental health disorders start before age 24. There is currently no biological test to spot depression.

“This is the emergence of a new way of looking at mental illness,” said Joe Herbert of the University of Cambridge and one of the study authors.

2. U.N. REPORT WARNS NORTH KOREA OF CRIMES 5. RUSSIANS FIGHT BAN ON LACE UNDERWEAR GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation, ranging from systematic executions to torture, rape and mass starvation.

It is unusual for a U.N. report to directly implicate a nation’s leader. But in a letter accompanying a yearlong investigative report, the chairman of a three-member U.N. commission of

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inquiry, retired Australian judge Michael Kirby, directly warned Kim that international prosecution is needed “to render accountable all those, including possibly yourself, who may be responsible for crimes against humanity.”

“Even without being directly involved in crimes against humanity,” Kirby wrote, “a military commander may be held responsible for crimes against humanity committed by forces under the commander’s effective command and control.”

MOSCOW (AP) — A trade ban on lacy lingerie has Russian consumers and their neighbors with their knickers in a twist.

The ban will outlaw any underwear containing less than 6 percent cotton from being imported, made or sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And it has struck a chord in societies where La Perla and Victoria’s Secret are panty paradises compared to Soviet-era cotton underwear, which was often about

as flattering and shapely as drapery.

On Sunday, 30 women protesters in Kazakhstan were arrested and thrown into police vans while wearing lace underwear on their heads and shouting “Freedom to panties.”

The ban in those three countries was first outlined in 2010 by the Eurasian Economic Commission, which regulates the customs union. It won’t go into effect until July 1, but a outcry against it already is reaching a fever pitch.

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McClellan yelled to call 911 and Mahon put both hands on Carpenter’s head to stabilize his neck and prevent him from moving it.

They started talking to him, and Carpenter was conscious the entire time. He was able to answer their questions and tell them if he could feel certain parts of his body.

About five minutes away, there was a smaller incident causing EMTs to already be at the valley. Within a few minutes, EMTs were on the scene.

“As we were walking out the first patient, the radio went off again,” Karsten Delap, an EMT who helped Carpenter, said. “The person on the radio seemed very concerned. We left one person with the patient, and we headed to Dan’s incident.”

McClellan went with him into the ambulance, just to be sure of where they were going. And since there wasn’t a lot of driving paths at the valley, they had to fly him out. Ball and Mahon gathered all the gear and followed behind.

Because of storms rolling in, he had to fly to West Virginia instead of Lexington, which was a 40-minute helicopter ride. The ambulance had a 12-minute window before the helicopter had orders to leave.

McClellan said the ambulance was going as quickly as they could. They reached the top of a service road and the owner of the property, John Weber, told them they had gone the wrong way — there was an easier and smoother way out of the valley, but it was already too late.

“With some bumps and whatnot, we were finally able to get out,” McClellan said. “I was afraid we were going to get stuck.”

The ambulance reached the helicopter with less than one minute to spare. While he traveled to West Virginia, it was about a two-hour drive for his friends and a seven-hour drive for his parents, who were coming from St. Louis. Both car rides were described as quiet and tense.

When he got to the hospital, he was placed on the sixth floor — the same amount of feet he fell.

“It was really interesting to walk to the window and just kind of look at the ground and just realize how miraculous it was that I was alive,” Carpenter said. “I was just staring 60 feet down and just like, there is no way.”

He had broken five ribs on his left side, his right heel was fractured and his left lung collapsed. No concussion.

No spinal fractures.

He spent five days in the hospital doing breathing treatments for his lung and walking exercises for his heel. In those five days, his lung healed naturally and he received a cane.

“Looking back, it’s amazing to look at, because it just kind of felt like the opposite of Murphy’s Law because everything that could have gone right, went right,” Carpenter said.

But he learned more than one lesson.

“Life has just gotten more precious to me,” he said.

“Being able to wake up in my own bed. Being able to walk and move and talk just became huge blessings to me and just started recognizing how I’m not entitled to those things, but how blessed I am. So life has just been a little more precious to me.”

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On a weekend climbing trip this past fall, Dan Carpenter, a Ball State senior, fell 60 feet

enior psychology major Dan Carpenter says he doesn’t remember the fall. He remembers falling off the rock, then being on his back, but nothing in-between. And he is thankful for that.

Carpenter and his three friends, Steve Mahon, Sam McClellan and Bryan Ball, decided to take a weekend climbing trip to Red River Gorge in Stanton, Ky. Carpenter was the least experienced of the four. He had been climbing since his sophomore year of college.

That weekend was his first outdoor climb and his first time being the lead climber, in charge of attaching clips to bolts for protection up the rock. It also would be his first time cleaning routes, which is the process of repelling up the wall and taking equipment off as the climber repels down.

“I had read a lot of books on training and watched a lot of videos and talked to a lot of people and they were always talking about this mental game,” Carpenter said.

“And those first couple of leads, I realized how much of a mental game it was. Just not being afraid, staying calm and breathing easy. Just keeping a cool head.”

Carpenter had been cleaning and leading throughout the weekend, said McClellan, a senior physics education major. So, on the last climb of the day, they decided the weather was good enough to do a half-day of climbing at Muir Valley. He decided to both lead and clean Rat Stew, a route that both Ball, a freshman English and personal training major, and McClellan had climbed before.

“It was a good, strong climb all the way up,” McClellan said. “He gets up to the top, and he sets in his two auxiliary anchors, undoes the rope and starts to lower the rope down. And that’s where he went wrong.”

Instead of the standard procedure of lowering his rope to the ground, he lowered his end by a few feet.

Carpenter thought he had done everything correctly.

Unlike his other climbs, he wasn’t yelling each step down to his belayer to make sure he was right.

Carpenter descended about 10 feet, and then a wave of terror came over his body and he felt his stomach sink.

“I just felt this jolt … kind of this feeling in your stomach where you know you’re free-falling,” he said. “At that point, I knew how high up I was. And at that point, I instantly knew I was probably going to die.”

His friends didn’t see him start falling because there was canopy in their line of vision. At the bottom of the rock, they were focused on packing up equipment.

Ball said he was talking to McClellan when all of a sudden, they heard their friend screaming and saw him land on a rocky mound, flat on his back.

“I’m standing there and my first thought was, ‘I just watched somebody die,’” Ball said.

Carpenter fell 60 feet, bounced off a raised mound of rocks and landed about 5 feet over with the ropes around him.

“We just stood there,” Ball said. “And then, all of a sudden, this animal noise just starts coming from Dan’s lungs. It was just this deep groan. And it was one of the happiest noises I’ve ever heard because it meant that he was alive.”

With a background in Boy Scouts and a four-year history with climbing, Mahon immediately went into action mode.

“Freaking out is the last thing to do,” the junior industry and technology major said. “I was just like, ‘OK, what

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U.S. skier Nick Goepper talks to reporters Dec. 26 at the Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The Hoosier’s career in slopestyle skiing sparked once he started participating in small local competitions in North Carolina, West Virginia and Michigan mountains.

Ind. native becomes bronze medal winner X Games champion began skiing career on homemade rails

Growing up in Lawrenceburg, Ind., Olympic slopestyle skier Nick Goepper didn’t have the traditional opportunities to excel as skiers who grew up in places like Colorado and Utah did.

Despite many months without snow and next to no altitude, the 19-year-old was able to ski in the winter at nearby Perfect North Slopes. Training year-round was more of challenge, though.

“I built rails out of wood and PVC pipe,” he said.

Goepper was able to use water and dish soap to practice on his homemade equipment. Practicing on AstroTurf pipes and rails in his backyard during the

summer months helped him keep up with the competition and become the skier to beat.

While Indiana’s weather and terrain are not as ideal for athletes as more mountainous states are, Goepper is proud of his origins.

“That’s my favorite part about it ... just representing southeastern Indiana,” he said.

Goepper’s competition helmet also pays homage to his roots, complete with corn stickers.

He isn’t the only one representing Lawrenceburg in Sochi, either.

The rest of the Goepper family traveled to the Olympics as well, including Nick’s younger siblings, Kasey and Jason.

“I’ve never been out of the country, so it will be awesome and new,” Kasey Goepper, 17, said a few months before the trip. “I’m so excited to go.”

His younger sister, a retired gymnast, also understands some of the intense training her broth-

A group of Ball State students covering the Olympics gathered outside a restaurant in the dimly lit, mud-covered streets of Moscow.

We began an a cappella reenactment of the Spice Girls, complete with beat boxing, during our last night in Russia. It was the first time in over a week without any deadlines to meet and the option to sleep in until 7 a.m.

Time to celebrate.

“Quit being so American,” our adviser instructed. The song selection was dialed back to Smash Mouth’s “All-Star.”

We had just enjoyed a fivecourse meal complete with the patron’s choice of red or white wine. We were ready to explore the city.

Our own live music helped

pass the time, and we reached the hotel before we knew it. We stopped in, just for a moment, before heading back outside looking for somewhere to pass the time.

Following the lead of our translator, we found a café with dark, stained glass windows. But what were we to do in a city that stops selling alcohol after 11 p.m.?

A pair of Russian bartenders met our group’s translator, who had already worked his magic countless times during this trip, and soon emerged from their café with a bottle of champagne. It was nothing to get excited about, but not too shabby. I mean, better than nothing, right?

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er has been going through.

For Jason Goepper, being able to travel to Russia has been a nice change.

“There are ups and downs [to Nick Goepper competing] because sometimes you get lonely, especially when you’re so used to him being home and hanging out with you,” he said.

“I just want him to be happy and try his hardest.”

The 12-year-old said he hopes to follow in his older brother’s footsteps and continue to ski for as long as he can.

Reporters and admirers congregated at Perfect North Slopes, which was more crowded than usual and buzzing with excitement after Goepper was named to the Olympic team, but Kasey Goepper said her brother is still able to be himself.

“He’s just Nick,” she said. “I love how when he comes home to ski, he never brags about anything.”

Before heading to Sochi with his family, he competed at the

Traditional Russian borscht is served at a restaurant.

Translated, the restaurant’s name means “Once Upon a Time” in Adler, Russia.

Russian pancakes are served with sour cream at Mocco in Sochi, Russia. Russian pancakes are crêpes and can be made with honey, jam, fruit, cheese or meat.

TAKING 3RD PLACE •W on bronze medal in Sochi for slopestyle skiing •S tood on the podium with two other U.S. athletes Winter X Games and was able to defend his 2013 gold medal.

He was the first to do so since Tanner Hall won three in a row from 2002 until 2004.

At the Olympics, Nick Goepper took home the bronze medal in Sochi for slopestyle skiing. He stood on the podium with two other U.S. athletes, Joss Christensen and Gus Kenworthy, who won gold and silver.

He said he has been inspired to do well, knowing that he has a support system with him during the 2014 Olympic Games.

“I feel very blessed to have the opportunities that I do, and I try to inspire other people to do the same,” he said. “It’s been a pretty fun ride so far.”

A caramel and cinnamon pastry is served at Mocco in Sochi, Russia.

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I get to represent my country on two big fronts and in two different uniforms, both with America’s finest people. They’re both pretty dangerous, but both a lot of fun.

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SOCHI: Students at Olympics find ‘people are just people,’ despite different cultures

‘‘ ’’ ‘‘ ’’ It’s hard speaking English all day then going back to Russian after work. I’ll start conversations with my friends in English, and they will just stare at me.

GEORGE LOBOV, a translator in Sochi, Russia

I’ve been [in Sochi, Russia] for three days.

I think I can live with no Internet, but I’ve been down here all three days. I need to check Instagram and Snapchat.

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for a few minutes, they snuck back into the building. We figured we had seen the last of them until they reemerged, this time with a bottle of cognac. They said to enjoy the rest of our trip.

With that, a group of American students were hugging a pair of strangers from halfway around the world.

People are just people, despite the language barrier and culture differences.

A few times, those challenges were enough to make our group of student journalists

want to cry.

I realized the impact of being on the wrong side of the language barrier when a Russian security officer walked in my direction earlier that week, slowly raising his voice a little more with each step.

I was standing in the right area of security, minding my own business. Unfortunately, I was in the line designated for women.

Surely, the security guard just wanted to let me know that.

Due to his stature and boom-

ing Russian voice, I assumed he was about to have me arrested and then deported back to the United States.

Once communication was established, though, Russians were kind and helpful. They were curious to learn more about us and why we were traveling so far for a college class.

Inside the Olympic bubble, hundreds of volunteers and journalists came together with an open mind. The atmosphere was welcoming and secure.

Volunteers were quick to help with any problem. If they couldn’t speak English, they’d find someone that could. I once had a full conversation through Google Translate on a Russian volunteer’s iPhone.

Two Americans, who walked

through the Olympic Park wearing patriotic gear were the subject of many photos.

The Russians quickly made them celebrities, swarming every few minutes.

Among the impromptu fans was Sochi native Irina, who said she was excited to have the opportunity to see Americans and to show them how similar she is.

Before leaving, I wasn’t planning on meeting people like Irina — talks of terrorism and Black Widow suicide bombers clouded my mind.

I wasn’t looking forward to the people or the way the games would bring them together. By the end of the trip, I just wanted to sing Spice Girls with the Russian bartenders.

Olympic medals over 90 years At the Olympics, winners walk away with their heads held high and a medal draped around their necks.

But many of the medal designs aren’t something to put in a glass case for everyone to see, much less wear around everywhere.

1924 – Chamonix, France

Bonjour, welcome to the first Winter Olympic Games. Today’s event is military patrol: The fastest athletes to ski down the mountain while shooting a rifle walk away with national pride and a gold medal.

But you won’t want to wear this necklace to dinner parties. On the front, a man stands rigid in front of Mont Blanc in France, clutching skis in one hand and figure skates in the other. On the reverse side, 14 lines inform the winners of the dates and location. Not even a

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1992 – Albertville, France

France, remember the low bar you set back in 1924? Well, you have redeemed yourself. Not only is the design beautiful with contrasting colors of sliver, gold and a dark brown, but it’s made of glass. It took 35 people to complete each medal, according to Olympic.org, and that attention to detail shines through.

1994 – Lillehammer, Norway

At first glance, the medal looks sloppy, like an unfinished project. Then it looks beautiful. The rings, granite background and bronze, silver or gold outline are lovely, but the reverse side

is what stands out. On the back, simplistic renditions of the sports look like something out of a Tim Burton claymation movie.

Haunting. Creative. Sorry, France.

2006 – Turin, Italy

Bravo, Turin. You design the most simplistic medal in years, and it blows every Winter Olympic medal before it out of the frozen water. Taking the form of a donut, the medal is the definition of simplistic. The front has the Olympic logo at the bottom.

The reverse features a custom pictogram of the sport for which the medal was won. The ribbon isn’t even attached; it is tied through the hole. You deserve

one kiss on each cheek.

2010 – Vancouver, Canada

Following in the footsteps of Turin, Vancouver decided to make its medals simple. Almost too simple. They look as if they have been left on the dashboard in the sun and started to warp.

But wait, every medal is warped in a different way. The laser etching is different. Don’t judge a book by its cover, eh?

2014 – Sochi, Russia

This year’s medal breaks the trend of simplicity. With patchwork representing the different aspects of Russian culture, etchings on the rims, and a peek-aboo aspect incorporated, the medals are beautiful.

The gold medals awarded will feature something special: a piece of the meteorite that landed in Russia one year earlier. Is it too late to qualify for ski jump?

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The score remained at 2-0 through the fifth, as Manering continued his strong pitching performance and kept the Flyers from getting on the board.

He ran into trouble in the sixth, however, as three consecutive hitters reached base for Dayton. With the score 2-1 and runners on second and third for the Flyers, the coach decided it was time to go to his bullpen and brought in senior right hander Tyler Jordan.

Jordan, however, was unable to get Ball State back to the dugout with the lead, as backto-back doubles by Dayton gave the Flyers a 4-2 edge heading into the final three innings.

After being retired 1-2-3 in its half of the seventh, it looked as if the game might slip away from the Cardinals when the Flyers

loaded the bases with only one center and then advanced to out in the bottom of the inning. second on a wild pitch. Dayton’s Senior left hander Chris Lovejoy, Bryce Lahrman closed the door on a comeback afwho had just entered ter that, retiring the the game for Ball State, We look next three hitters for made sure the score a 4-3 victory. did not get out of hand forward to Dant picked up by recording backthe win for Dayton, to-back strikeouts to getting back while Manering took leave the bases loaded. home and the loss for Ball State.

The Cardinals crept The loss dropped one run closer in the [learning] eighth, when junior from some of the Cardinals to 3-1 for the year, but Rich Brandon Estep’s pinchhit home run down the the things we Maloney wasn’t discouraged. left field line made the didn’t do as “Anytime you’re score 4-3, already Estep’s second home run well and stay 3-1, that’s solid,â€? he said. “We look foron the season. positive. ward to getting back For a moment, it home and [learning] looked as if Ball State RICH MALONEY, from some of the would add another head coach things we didn’t do come from behind win to the early season rĂŠsumĂŠ as well and stay positive. We did when Godfrey led off the ninth so many things well that there’s inning with a single to right a lot to be excited about.â€?

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Runners left on base and three opposing home runs proved too big a feat for Ball State’s softball team in the final game of the Buffalo Wild Wings Spartan Invitational.

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Sophomore center fielder Briana Evans led Ball State with 3-3 from the plate, bringing in both runs for the Cardinals.

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Evans pulled through for the Cardinals with a two run single to score Ball State’s only runs of the game.

The Cardinals finished with five left on base and no errors. Sophomore pitcher Nicole Steinbach takes the loss with four earned runs.

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Singles from Evans and junior outfielder Loren Cihlar in the third inning went unanswered as the Cardinals were not able to bring them around the bases.

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Freshman catcher Shelbie Scamihorn was hit by a pitch to start the fifth inning and was replaced on base by freshman pinch runner Taylor Cooley.

Cooley advanced to second after Evans hit her second single off of a bunt. The Cardinals, however, could not turn the hits into runs as Cooley and Evans were caught in a double play to end the inning.

Upstate’s second and third home runs came in the bottom of the sixth, the first by Kendall Settlemyre increasing

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is an 8 -- Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Do without unnecessary expense.

Study and practice what you love for the next month with the Sun in Pisces.

Step carefully. Travel later. There could be some fierce competition.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9 -For the next four weeks with the Sun in Pisces, you can do well financially, if you can keep from spending it all on good causes. Stay practical.You may not have what you think. Give appreciation.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is an 8 -For the next four weeks with the Sun in Pisces, you’re gaining confidence, at the top of your game. Stay under cover.

Think fast and solve a financial problem.

Open your mind. Insecurities will pass.

Aries (March 21-April 19)Today is a 9 -- You’re entering a one-month review period, with the Sun in Pisces, in which you’re extra sensitive. Maintain objectivity, a philosophical perspective, and stay flexible. Will yourself to success (and work with partners). Consider your bedrock values.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 9 -- Favor private over public time. Peace and quiet draws you in. Get your main tasks handled so you can rest.You’ll have more fun for the next month, with the Sun in Pisces. Save up energy!

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is an 8 -Stay out of a risky investment. Focus on the numbers this month, with the Sun in Pisces. Get creative. Finish what you’ve started. The natives are restless.

Discuss a theory, and wait a few days for action.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7 -- There’s not enough money for everything you all want. Prioritize, and be fair. For about four weeks with the Sun in Pisces, you’re lucky in love. Generate creative ideas. Contemplate, meditate, and recharge your batteries.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8 -- This month with the Sun in Pisces, home has a magnetic pull. Go into hiding, especially if you can work from home.You’re especially sensitive and intuitive. Rest and recuperate. No need to spend. Invite friends over.

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Prepare for debate

Contenders for student government executive board will answer submitted questions

Junior with 3 years experience, 2 as a SGA senator

CARLI HENDERSHOT

SIDNEY STAPLES

Sophomore with 2 years in SGA Senate

Junior with 1 year in SGA Senate

PLATFORM POINTS

RAHISSA ENGLE

JES WADE

Sophomore with no SGA experience

•P artner with student organizations to hold community service events twice a semester.

•P artner with Excellence in Leadership to hold an Emerging Leaders Retreat.

•P artner with student organizations to spotlight a leader once a month.

ENVISION •H old an On-Campus Student Employee Appreciation Week.

•D isplay Ball State banners year round to beautify campus.

•B ring the NOH8 campaign to Ball State.

COMMIT • I ssue a monthly public executive report on slate progress.

•W ork with administration to reevaluate emergency preparedness.

•C reate an online SGA Vote Box for students to vote on key topics.

EMBARK • Keep the library open 24 hours during Finals Week with food and snacks available on every floor and Charlie’s Charter services offered throughout the night.

• Collaborate with the Office of Orientation to start a new tradition for incoming students: Create a Ball State “B” on the football field.

• Hold a mixer during Welcome Week for students to meet the university president.

• Create an application for incoming freshmen to receive sponsorship for summer bridge programs.

ENGAGE • Partner with Second Harvest Food Bank to start a campus food pantry.

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Tonight, the Student Government Association two slates will have the chance to prove why their slate deserves to represent the student body.

Although there are two slates, the debate will still be in Pruis Hall, where it was moved last year to meet three slates and an increased student interest.

For the first time, the full slate debate will feature a panel of students and faculty members who will ask questions in addition to the moderator.

Payne Horning, debate moderator, said the panel will serve to make the debate more like a town hall presidential debate.

“SGA has student limitations, [but] it is a tiny model of how things work in the real world,” he said. “When you are running for this kind of power, you have a town hall debate where people who are affected by your policies come up and say, ‘Why

Junior with 1 year in SGA Senate

GABRIELLE BUNN

Junior with 2 years in SGA Senate

PLATFORM POINTS SAFETY • Strive to educate students about emergency procedures to reinforce their sense of security.

• Inquire about campus-wide tests of procedures with follow-up surveys to gauge student satisfaction.

• Investigate the viability of making adjustments to campus bus routes.

• Establish an additional bus route during midterms and Finals Week.

DIVERSITY • Advocate for equal treatment of nontraditional and international students.

• Integrate international students into other residence halls aside from Shively Hall and Studebaker Hall East.

• Strengthen SGA’s partnership with the Multicultural Center.

actually shine and show peodo you deserve my vote?’”

Candidates will field ques- ple what we have,” Wade said.

The slate was created in tions from the debate coordinator, Unified Media and a leadership studies minor class when Wade, Bunn and members of the panel.

Horning said he looks for- Connor Saum, treasurer canward to the interaction be- didate, talked about running together. tween the slates “We weighed pros and questions from and cons of runnew sources. ning,” Wade said.

“Former debate “Then we went out coordinators gathered their ques- ELECTIONS ’14 and talked to our constituents and tions from multiple sources,” he said. “But this put together a platform.”

Nick Wilkey, Cardinal Conyear, we are really emphasizing more voices than ever, get- nection presidential canditing them from more sources.” date, said he feels confident Jes Wade, Empower’s presi- about his slate’s chance in dential candidate, said her the debate.

He said he doesn’t feel he slate prepared for the debate by going over possible ques- dominates the slate as the tions and examining the ex- presidential candidate.

“Out of all four of us, no one perience of Gabrielle Bunn, vice presidential candidate, is dominant,” Wilkey said. in Thursday’s vice presiden- “[We all] have a big say in what we do. We’re excited because tial debate.

“I know we can put in all we all know everything about [the] time and effort possible, our platform.”

He said they prepared with but tomorrow is where we will

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NEWS

CONNOR SAUM BEKKI KIMANI Junior with no SGA experience

Junior with no SGA experience

•D evelop a multicultural council that meets regularly.

LEADERSHIP • Implement an open door policy that promotes growth and collaboration among both students and faculty.

• Partner with Excellence in Leadership to start an Emerging Leaders Retreat.

• Introduce an scholarship for students who exemplify Frog Baby’s essence — ­ scholarship, goodwill and tradition.

TRADITION • Maintain Ball State customs.

Continue sponsoring Countdown to Kickoff, the Homecoming Village and Benny’s Birthday Bash.

• Revitalize SGA’s reputation.

• Be an executive board that is “students for students,” empowering peers by investigating student-based issues and ideas for positive change.

the slate’s debate coordinator and have talked with administrators about Empower’s platform points. He said Cardinal Connection wants to be knowledgeable about its opponent’s proposals. “[I chose the] three most qualified students on campus,” Wilkey said. “Not because they were part of organizations, but they represented themselves as qualified candidates.”

Alex Sventeckis, SGA elections chairperson, ran as part of the Fusion slate. He said there have been no campaign violations yet this year. Last year, there were violations the very first night of the election.

“It all looks good on SGA,” he said. “It’s a very solid campaign, focusing on the issues instead of the other stuff that gets in the way.”

An independent student working only a university job could qualify for SNAP because Ball State student employees can only work up to 20 hours each week.

To qualify for SNAP, a student would have to prove they aren’t dependent on their parents and make less than $1,245 per month. Using a meal plan for more than half their meals also would disqualify a student.

Those who qualify for benefits receive money can be used at places that accept SNAP, regardless of how healthy the food is.

The proposed changes to the benefits aim to restrict it to healthy food. Low-income individuals are more likely to become obese or overweight, according to the Food Research and Action Center.

Amber Haroldson, an assistant professor of human nutrition, said healthy foods are more expensive and not as abundant in low-income neighborhoods.

Haroldson said the bill is good in theory, but it probably wouldn’t fix the problem of obesity because many factors

contribute to the issue.

In addition to the state bill, a new nationwide law will cut $800 billion to the program nationwide, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Lemons said the FSSA doesn’t know how Indiana’s program will react to the national bill.

“We don’t even know if it will change the amount of benefits,” he said.

TANF

HB 1351 also would require those who qualify for TANF to do a drug screening survey. Based on the results of the survey, recipients have to take a drug test.

If someone failed the drug test, they would be either kicked off the program or have to partake in drug treatment.

State Sen. Sue Errington of District 26, which includes Delaware County, voted against the bill. She said it unfairly targets a group of people.

“There are a lot of people who get benefits from the government, but the only ones that we are testing this suspicion on are poor people,” Errington said.

“Legislators get our money from the government, but nobody is suggesting we get drug tested.”

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