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Road crews deal with weather instead of patching up streets ALAN HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER | afhovorka@bsu.edu Potholes ravage state and local roads every year, but the limited number of road crews in Muncie has made the issue harder to deal with than normal. Donnie Wright, supervisor for the department of street DAMAGE AND and public works, COMPENSATION said the workers who DAMAGE usually fix potholes are instead clearing • The most common damage to cars that snow and ice. Larry Brannon, owner “As soon as we get a of Meineke Car Care break from the madin Muncie, sees from ness of plowing snow, potholes is tire and rim we’ll be back to fixing damage and knocking potholes,” he said. a vehicle’s steering column out of its center Wright said the alignment. department has reTORT CLAIMS ceived a lot of calls about potholes and • If a vehicle is damaged they have been fixbecause of a pothole or another cause linked ing them as quickly to the city or state, as possible. the owner may file a The crews were notice of tort claim able to patch up sevwithin 180 to 270 days, eral holes along Mundepending if it is local or cie main roads such state claim, to receive compensation for as Madison Street damages incurred. and McGalliard Road this week before the • The city is not required to take action in snowstorm set in. response to the notice, “We got a few dehowever. Proof of repair cent days where must be provided, we could patch and such as a receipt or filled as much as we document that shows could,” Wright said. vehicle damage and repairs. “We tried to take care of some of the issues SOURCE: in.gov, cityofMuncie.com around the city, but obviously, not all of the main roads.” The city hasn’t experienced pavement failures similar to Interstate 69 outbound post 228, where an entire lane was closed due to potholes. “We have had some pavement failure, we have had potholes,” said Harry Maginity, Indiana Department of Transportation media relations director. “I would say they aren’t as bad as they have been.” Maginity, who works for the district that includes Muncie, said while potholes remain a large issue for the state, it wasn’t the polar vortex that caused more across Indiana roads. “What’s really jacking those holes open is the teeter-totter between freezing and unfreezing,” he said. “When it went down into the arctic temperatures, [the roads] stayed frozen.” People tend to think the roads take more damage from the extreme weather, but the area around 32 degrees is the most harmful, Maginity said.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITS FINALIZED High school seniors signed letters of intent Wednesday, making their enrollment at Ball State official for fall SEE PAGE 4 MUNCIE, INDIANA
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Three months after tornadoes ripped through the Midwest, bringing extensive damage to communities in Illinois and Indiana, rock bands are continuing to come to the rescue. REO Speedwagon will do a onenight only performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday at John R. Emens Auditorium. Ticket sales will go toward communities affected by the disasters in November. “We’re doing anything we can to help,” Neal Doughty, the band’s keyboardist and founding member, said. “Of course, it’s too big of a thing for any one rock concert with Styx, but we are mak-
ing sure no one runs out of food right now and helping with the immediate problems.” Weeks after the tornadoes struck in November, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Larry the Cable Guy and Survivor put on a concert event in Bloomington, Ill., called Rock To The Rescue. They raised more than $400,000 and donated it to Illinois charities supporting victims of the tornadoes. Gary Manier, the mayor of Washington, Ill., said the EF4 tornado destroyed or damaged almost 1,200 homes. “REO Speedwagon came to tour our city before performing at the Rock to the Rescue show in Bloomington, and they prom-
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$28-$58 ised that they would do more [to help],” Mainer said in a press release. “Now, within two months, they are coming back and will be raising more funds for our recovery efforts.”
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Winter camp helps coach find player Familiarity played role in recruiting process, nabbed starting libero
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Ball State men’s volleyball head coach Joel Walton ran his finger down the left side of a freshly printed roster, looking for players who didn’t have the luxury of playing for a high school team. There were just three out of 19. One of them is David Ryan Vander Meer, who was homeschooled and therefore couldn’t include playing for a high school team on his resume to impress Walton. The junior libero, who prefers being called Doc, found other methods.
“Doc started coming out to camps when he was pretty young, so we gained familiarity with him pretty quickly,” Walton said. “He was always really physical, just never that tall.” Vander Meer began attending Walton’s winter volleyball camps when he was 13. He went on to attend the same camp for several years, gaining continuity with Walton and the coaches there. Even with their young age, Walton was watching and waiting to see which players stood out and could be recruited in the future. In order to get more exposure, Vander Meer played volleyball for Carpe Diem Volleyball Club, his father’s club team and coached by his mother. It was necessary for him to improve his ability and showcase his talent.
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BECOMING PITCH PERFECT Note to Self practices choreography Jan. 22 for its showcase in the Hargreaves Music Building. The 18-member, volunteer ensemble had 12 full rehearsals and a sectional each week to prepare for the showcase and International Collegiate A Cappella Quarterfinal on Saturday in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Jordan Woodall instructs members of Note to Self on the choreography for a part of the performance. Rehearsals can vary in length and time, some going very late into the evening.
Drew Collins laughs at a joke during a music rehearsal for Note to Self on Jan. 24 in the Hargreaves Music Building. The group spends individual time to work on the music and the choreography during separate rehearsals.
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No instruments, no synthesizers or tangle of wires from musical equipment clutter the room. For the allmale a cappella group Note to Self, it’s just 18 voices coming together to create a harmony that is fueled with the chemistry they have offstage. A cappella pieces are musical arrangements of popular songs that are performed by voices only. The biggest spotlight on this style of music came from the 2012 blockbuster “Pitch Perfect” and the return of NBC’s “Sing Off,” which surged in popularity because of competitors Pentatonix. Alumnus David Bloomberg started the first student-run a cappella group in 2011, but the group was unable to
take hold and fell apart. Then Note to Self tried again with the current coordinator John Steele and the organization began to grow. The group almost doubled, going from 10 members to 18 members, and its last concert in Pruis Hall sold out. “Note to Self is special to us, that fills a role that no other ensemble fills right now,” Steele said. “It’s become a really big sensation.” The group sings a variety of Top 40, contemporary and older music from popular groups like Styx and Boyz II Men. “[At first], no one really knew what the group’s real purpose was,” Steele said. “We just wanted to sing together; we didn’t even have a name to begin with.” Lacking direction, the original members kept pushing to reform the loose group of singers into a more formal group. Soon enough, they had a few members selected for leadership roles from executive board members to choreographers to music directors. Currently, only a handful of
members are music majors and the rest are enthusiasts. Evening rehearsals in the Hargreaves Music Building, which can last until 1 a.m., can be heard up and down the halls with members chatting, laughing and singing prior to the start of practice. And many members gather before practices to sing for fun. “I’d say for 80 percent of the group, their life is integrated with Note to Self,” Steele said. “They are the people that we want to go out with, it’s like a family.” Jared Rich, a freshman Spanish major, auditioned for the group after seeing the fall concert. “The passion for mu- ONLINE sic I had no longer had an outlet for me at college, and it was an amazing opportunity For the full story that came my go online to way,” he said. bit.ly/1kf6BlV
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KJ Ross-Wilcox works with Walter Edwards as they read off sheet music during a sing off, which is a way for the group to decide on solos during the performance. The group listens to every member wanting to try out and then votes who should take it for a performance.
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David Morrison QB Darian Green RB Jordan Hogue WR Corey Lacanaria WR Devin Reece WR Jalen Wyatt WR Garrett Johnson TE Malik King OL Alex Joss OL Bruce Heggie DT Kevin Willis DT Jeremiah Jackson LB Damon Singleton LB Jacob White LB Roy Denson CB Matt Johnson CB Jake McPhatter CB Quinten Turner CB Dedrick Cromartie S Winfred Ward S
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SCOUT.COM RATING 3 stars 2 stars 3 stars 2 stars 2 stars 2 stars 2 stars 3 stars 3 stars 2 stars 3 stars 2 stars 3 stars 2 stars 3 stars 2 stars 2 stars 3 stars 2 stars 2 stars
DAVID MORRISON QB
Morrison is a 6-foot-1, 180-pound pocket passer from Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, Ind. He is an early enrollee to Ball State, graduating from high school in December.
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King is a 6-foot-3, 285-pound offensive guard, according to Scout.com. King allowed one sack in his high school career in Muskegon High School in Muskegon, Mich.
BRUCE HEGGIE DT
Heggie is a 6-foot-5, 275-pound defensive tackle. Heggie played for Notre Dame from 2010-13 before signing grant-in-aid papers to spend his final year of eligbility at Ball State in the 2014 season. He was redshirted in 2010.
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Willis was an all-state defensive tackle as a junior and a senior. The 6-foot-2, 295-pound defensive tackle was named to The Indianapolis Star Super Team his senior year.
QUINTEN TURNER CB
Turner will be the fifth player from Georgia playing for Ball State in 2014, joining fellow members of the secondary, Aaron Taylor, Martez Hester and Darius Conaway. Linebacker Julian Boyd is also from Georgia. Turner missed his senior season with an injury. COMPLIED BY MATT McKINNEY
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The Ball State men’s basketball team traveled to New York and lost against Buffalo on Wednesday evening. The Cardinals could not reproduce the results from its Jan. 23 matchup against the Bulls, falling to 4-16 after a 48-69 loss. Senior forward Chris Bond paced the Cardinals with 15 points, but his team could not pull off its first road win. AllMAC senior center Majok Majok finished with 8 points and 11 rebounds as he had the task of guarding Javon McCrea for the
final time. Freshman guard Zavier Turner finished with 11 points on 4-10 shooting as he wore a spare away jersey for the second time. His original No. 1 jersey was misplaced before the start of the Jan. 29 game at Akron. Ball State head coach James Whitford called McCrea a special player before the game, and McCrea finished with game highs as he finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds. The Cardinals played freshman forward Franko House for a team-high 34 minutes Wednesday as he finished with 6 points and grabbed three rebounds. House has been prone to fouls since conference play started, but he committed just one against the Bulls. Ball State allowed Buffalo to get to the free-throw line 35
times as the Cardinals committed 22 fouls. The Cardinals got to the foul line 12 times and made half of the attempts. The shots didn’t fall for the Cardinals as the team finished 19-54 from the field. The team also finished 4-20 from threepoint distance. Whitford said it is easier for Buffalo’s defense to pressure Ball State at home, a common theme throughout the season. Ball State sits at 0-11 in games away from Worthen Arena. The Cardinals offense has suffered on the road as the players have seen intense defensive pressure, especially on the young starting frontcourt of Turner and freshman Mark Alstork, the latter being held to one point against Buffalo. Ball State returns home to prepare for an upcom-
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BALL STATE BUFFALO Field-goal 35.2 41.3 percentage Three-point 20 29.4 percentage Free-throw 50 74.3 percentage 17 11 Turnovers 33 37 Rebounds ing three-game home stand against Toledo, Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green. Saturday, the Cardinals will take on the Rockets, which leads the MAC West at 19-3 and 7-2 in conference play.
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Junior libero David Ryan Vander Meer bumps the ball in the match against McKendree on Jan. 24 at Worthen Arena. Vander Meer has a total of 45 digs so far this season.
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The Ball State women’s tennis team started the season strong, owning a 5-1 record, including wins over Valparaiso, Michigan State and Cleveland State. The team showed few signs of problems with the transition of new head coach Max Norris this year. “I’ve really been impressed by the girls’ level of play, their consistency and the way that they have been able to adapt to my coaching style,” Norris said. “It feels less a transition than it does feel as a new season, and we take it as that.” Many of the players have had impressive matches and moments already this year, including junior Courtney Wild’s comeback win against Michigan State and sophomore Courtney Earnest winning her match at Kentucky, a school Norris said told Earnest she wasn’t good enough to defeat. However, Norris could not name a single player who has not impressed him this season. “They’ve all impressed at some point during the season,” he said. The team will host Cincinnati on Feb. 15, and Norris is making sure to continue to chal-
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Freshman Courtney Earnest hits the ball back to her opponent during her singles match against Valparaiso on Jan. 17 at the YMCA. Earnest is 14-5 in her matches.
lenge his players until then. “I always make a point to challenge the girls at practice,” he said. “And with the tryout of this new playing style ending this week, I have to prepare the girls for possibly having to play longer.” The team played in a sixgame pro-set in doubles matches and a two-set match with a third-set tiebreaker in
singles matches. It will now return to an eight-game pro-set in doubles and a regular threeset match in singles. Mid-American Conference competition is still a few weeks away, and Norris is making sure the team doesn’t treat the non-conference matches as unimportant games. “If you treat any match as more important than other
matches, you will make more mistakes and get more emotional,” he said. “That is something I am trying to have the girls avoid. ... We may not be the most talented team or have the best record toward the end of the season, but we will do what we can to make sure we competed and controlled what we could control.”
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He said he didn’t market himself much to other coaches, preferring to listen to Walton’s pitches for Ball State as the recruiting process began. With scouts in the stands watching, he was never nervous about having coaches critique his performance. “I love volleyball, and my goal is to go out there and play my heart out and have fun,” Vander Meer said. Vander Meer’s physicality and willingness to throw his body anywhere on the court impressed Walton. He also liked that Vander Meer was willing to contribute wherever it was necessary, whether it be playing middle attacker, outside attacker or libero. At a volleyball camp, lines formed for players who wanted to play outside attacker, right side attacker and middle attacker. The line for middle attacker was the shortest. “I thought to myself, ‘Hey, the middle line is the shortest and I really want to play. I guess I’ll just jump in there,’” Vander Meer said. But how could a player who, when fully grown is 5-foot-9, play middle attacker? “I have a 39-inch vertical,” Vander Meer said, as a grin crept onto his face. “I think that says enough.” As Walton watched the young player, he saw a talent he liked and began recruiting. “The whole process is kind of like a guy and a girl asking each other out,” he said. “We say, ‘I really like you, do you like us?’ And it keeps going
until we ask them to join our team.” Then comes the emails, written letters and phone calls. Walton told Vander Meer that although he wasn’t sure if he’d be an outside attacker or libero, he saw a lot of skill and wanted him at Ball State. There are recruiting regulations Walton had to abide by, set up by the NCAA to create a fair advantage among colleges and protect prospective student-athletes. Walton was not allowed to call Vander Meer more than once a week, while Vander Meer could call Walton as many times as he wanted. They’d talk about his potential major, the program and where Vander Meer fit in. Sometimes, the topic would become less professional and more conversational, catching up on what’s new with each other and how the other person has been. “I was just really comfortable with the coaching staff and coach Walton,” Vander Meer said. “I knew this was where I wanted to go.” The volleyball program offered him some financial assistance on top of the academic scholarship he received, helping to seal the deal. Despite knowing he wanted to go to Ball State for a long time, he didn’t sign his national letter of intent until the last second. “Signing it was a big decision to say the least,” Vander Meer said. “I just really wanted to make sure this was what was right for me.” Three years into college, he said he wouldn’t change that decision.
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The advanced notice of Tuesday night’s snow gave the university and the hospital enough time to plan ahead and prevent a shutdown of services. Tony Proudfoot, a university spokesperson, said the university was monitoring the weather last night and eventually decided to delay classes until noon Wednesday. “We knew we wouldn’t be able to get campus cleared until around 10 or 11,” Proudfoot said. “We just determined the ground crews needed a little more time to get things cleared so people could get around campus safely.” Kevin Kenyon, assistant vice president of facilities, said crews wouldn’t be able to get walkways and roads cleared away fast enough with students coming in to campus. “A lot of snow came down all at one time,” Kenyon said. “It was just too close to our normal opening. We have a fixed amount of manpower and a fixed amount of equipment.” The University Police Department was not involved in the decision to extend Wednesday’s delay, but does have the ability to make suggestions for delays or closings, if the conditions mean people are in danger, Police Chief Gene Burton said. During Wednesday’s snow, university police responded to stranded motorists. “The more bad weather there is, the more people in need of assistance, so there has been more [incidents
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A car narrowly misses a two-inch deep pothole Tuesday on Wheeling and Neely avenues. Donnie Wright, supervisor for the city’s department of street and public works, said the workers who usually fix potholes are instead clearing snow and ice.
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Freshman special education major Sierra Emilson crosses McKinley Avenue after class Wednesday.
with stranded motorists] this winter,” Burton said. While the university made the decision to extend the delay an extra hour, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital was able to make accommodations for the snow. Neil Gifford, manager of public relations and marketing at the hospital, said staff and ambulance crews were able to prepare for potential problems and delays. “Usually, in cases like this, we have employees with fourwheel drive who volunteer to bring in doctors, nurses and other staff,” Gifford said. Advanced preparations
played an important role in keeping campus travel safe, and an arrival of salt also helped the university prepare for the weather heading into Wednesday night. Facilities received approximately 25 tons of salt Wednesday and Kenyon said they expect it to last through the weekend. He said the university can go through as much as 150 and 170 tons of salt per year. “Right now we’re just focused on getting the snow removed,” Kenyon said. “Once we go through a freeze and frost cycle, it’s going to play a bigger role.”
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A SMOOTHER DAY The snow Tuesday and Wednesday didn’t have as negative an effect on campus as the previous storm this winter, partially because: • The university was closely monitoring the weather as it developed • Classes were canceled until noon Wednesday, allowing snow removal crews room and space to clear campus • The university received 25 tons of salt Wednesday after a recent shortage
Ball State releases results for campus master plan Campus walkability among top priorities of guiding principles RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu
Walkability, sustainability and preservation will be guiding principles for Ball State’s future. After feedback from open forum sessions and hundreds of online suggestions, the steering committee released the master plan’s guiding principles. The plan is now in the third of five stages, which is idea generation, said Gregory Graham, director of facilities planning. The principles were based on open feedback sessions and masterplan.bsu.edu, which generated hundreds of feedback comments. Now, the committee is seeking feedback on these principles via the website. Participants can vote on which guiding principle they find most important. Currently, the top three priorities are walkability of campus, physical connection with the community and preserving and enhancing architecture. The top priority, walkability,
a hot mixture of asphalt that is used in the road construcA pothole forms when mois- tion. Access to this mixture is ture seeps into cracks into the limited during the winter bepavement and freezes, caus- cause the mixture plants close. ing an expansion in the pave- The winter does not call for a ment. When the high demand in this ice unfreezes, product, Maginity more water will said. Because fill into the crack However, he said and follow the we’re doing more the roads will be same process as and more of better this year bebefore. This concause of preventive tinues until one this preventive measures taken by crack intersects maintenance, the state. with another, “INDOT focuses breaking the hopefully, we’re on preventive meapavement into such as chip doing a better job sures, pieces that will seals,” he said. “Bebe kicked up by a of sealing those cause we’re doing vehicle. more and more roads. Fixing potholes of this preventive during the winmaintenance, hopeHARRY MAGINITY, ter on state and Indiana Department of fully, we’re doing a local roads typi- Transportation media better job of sealing cally involves a relations director those roads.” temporary fix A chip seal inusing a cold mixvolves pouring liqture of asphalt. uid asphalt along a road, placThe asphalt works well dur- ing small limestone chips in ing the winter because it is the asphalt and applying a thin more malleable, but traffic layer of asphalt, called a fog can kick it up, causing a sin- seal, over the road. Maginity gle hole to be patched several said it’s the most cost-effective times over the course of the method, but also messy. season. “If people drive fast, [they] Longer-lasting repairs usu- kick up tar and rocks that can ally occur in the spring with break windows,” he said.
includes the scale of buildings, accessibility, safety and alternate transportation. One online comment suggested Ball State “build up” in the future instead of “building out.” “Ball State has succeeded at being a strong suburban campus,” George K. wrote. “But now that the campus appears to be ‘growing up’ the new direction should be more urban. This idea would help students access more things with less walking and also make the campus look [prettier].” The plan also emphasizes sustainability. Graham said this is a long-term goal of Ball State, which may cost more in the short-term, but will save money. Consulting firm SmithGroupJJR is putting the plan together. Consultants will be on campus at the end of the month to present specific ideas to students and faculty and get feedback. The plan, which comes at a $500,000 cost to the university, will be presented to the Board of Trustees in its final form in April 2014. Graham said once the plan is approved, some items will be implemented. Other items will not be addressed until five or
GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Preserve and reinvigorate the Quad. 2. Use architecture and landscapes to attract students and faculty. 3. Design spaces that foster interdisciplinary cooperation. 4. Prioritize sustainability, especially carbon neutrality and water balance goals. 5. Promote a pedestrian-oriented campus with appropriately scaled buildings, accessibility, safety and alternative transportation. 6. Memorable and attractive campus space. 7. Improve relationship with community through shared resources. 8. Best use of land resources. 9. Maintain flexibility for the future. 10. Consider initial costs, life cycle SOURCE: Randy Howard, vice president of business affairs
10 years down the road. “[We’re] looking at what should we do, [what] we want to be doing as an institution in the foreseeable future, midterm future or even near future,” he said. “These principles are the things [the university] ought to be keeping in back of mind for every decision [we] make for campus physical master plan.”
SGA BEGINS DISCUSSION OF GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS Gender-neutral bathrooms could be part of all future buildings or remodeling on campus if a Student Government Association resolution passes. “Transgender and other non-conforming students are often victims of discrimination, discomfort and violence when using a gender-specific restroom,” the resolution reads. Carli Hendershot, resolution author and SGA senator, said she wanted bathrooms to be added during remodeling as well. But a building’s construction should not be solely for the purpose of adding the bathrooms. “It’s hard to take a building that already exists and add or change a restroom to gender-neutral,” she said. Hendershot said Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities, said the proposal is possible for future buildings. She said Noyer Complex, LaFollette Complex and the Atrium have open gender-neutral bath-
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rooms while Studebaker West Complex has some that are locked. The resolution is intended to help non genderconforming students, caretakers and nursing mothers. “Currently, there are not many [gender-neutral bathrooms] on campus,” Hendershot said. “This creates a pretty difficult time for mothers to nurse their children in privacy and for caretakers with a patient of another sex. They feel like they would be more comfortable in a gender-neutral restroom.” The resolution will be brought to the SGA Senate again Wednesday for a second reading. Other universities have made headway in gender-neutral bathrooms, including New York University and Ohio University, according to a University of Massachusetts Amherst study. Philadelphia also required that all new or renovated city buildings include gender-neutral restrooms. – STAFF REPORTS
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“Bring It On: The Musical” will start at 7:30 tonight at John R. Emens Auditorium. The musical is inspired by the movie “Bring It On.”
Cheer rivalry takes the stage ‘Bring It On: The Musical’ brings movie franchise to life LINDSEY RILEY STAFF REPORTER
The chants, rivalries and stunts of cheer drama will come to campus for a one-night performance of “Bring It On: The Musical.” The musical will start at 7:30 tonight at John R. Emens Auditorium. Hollywood gave the world a new look at cheerleading with the release of “Bring It On” in 2000. The blockbuster hit, which starred Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union, told a story of friendship and competition and inspired various spin-offs and a musical. The teenage comedy was remade into a Broadway musical in 2011. While the characters in the movies don’t appear in the musical, there is a similar story line and theme. Ball State cheerleader Tara Spitzer-Long said the original “Bring It On” movie inspired her when she was young to keep on cheerleading. “I grew up doing sports my entire life, and I live for the adrenaline rush of competition,” said Spitzer-Long, a senior physical therapy and exercise science major. “The peak of the movie is the big competition at the end and shows how
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much time, dedication and hard work it took them to get there. That kind of stuff is what motivates me because I love a challenge. I can easily see where this movie can be the ‘fuel to your fire’ to participate in cheerleading.” To Spitzer-Long, “Bring It On” continued stereotypes about cheerleading: female cheerleaders are blonde and ditsy, while the male cheerleaders are gay. “That is not the case at all,” she said. “The movie is a fun, crazy, silly look into cheerleading. Real-life cheerleading is all that but also something that requires a lot of hard work than what most people realize.” While the movie may not be an accurate portrayal of the cheerleaders, Spitzer-Long said “Bring It On” gives viewers a truthful description of the passion and high-energy involved with cheering. “In the movie, they are training for competing in Nationals, and our squad just got back from competing in Orlando at Disneyworld [in January],” she said. “The intense practicing, long
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hours, tumbling, stunting, being drained after hard practices, getting injured — that part of cheerleading is very real. It takes a lot of hard work and a strong team to be able to compete and do well. I think that was shown in the movie very well.” Spitzer-Long said she will attend the event and is excited to see how gymnastics and cheer stunts are incorporated into the musical. Erin Armstrong, a performer in the musical, hopes the audience learns that “love and friendship are two keys to success and happiness.” “This show is such a great example of how good things can be lost quickly if you put selfish needs before respecting and loving the people around you,” Armstrong said. “Competition can bring out the worst in people, and everyone lives in a world of competition.” “Bring It On: The Musical” will be at Emens for a one-night only performance. Tickets are free in advance for students with an ID or $11 at the door. For tickets and more information, please contact the Emens box office at 765-285-1539.
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REO: Rock group gets together to do charity show | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The band is continuing its Rock To The Rescue tour with a performance at Emens. The money raised from the concert Friday will go to Midwest Food Bank, Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, Tazwood Community Services, Toys for Tots and the Washington Community Bank in care of the city of Washington Tornado Relief Fund. Since the release of its debut album in 1971, REO Speedwagon has produced multiple chart-topping classic rock singles, including “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On The Run.” The band formed in 1967 when Doughty and former drummer Alan Gratzer were students at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.
« The audience might be surprised at how many songs they actually know when they come to our show. We keep the energy level high and still have a lot of fun on stage. We’re going to sound like the record, only better. » NEAL DOUGHTY, REO Speedwagon’s keyboardist and founding member “I started in electrical engineering and that’s how I met Gratzer,” Doughty said. “I liked school, but we started getting so busy with the band that we just didn’t have time for class anymore. After a few semesters of that, [the school] told us to either have a rock band or a college degree.” There have been a few times since that Doughty thought he should have stayed in school, but said REO Speedwagon continued getting better with each album release. The band got its first No. 1
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single in 1980 with “Keep On Loving You,” which the band continues to perform at shows today. “The audience might be surprised at how many songs they actually know when they come to our show,” Doughty said. “We keep the energy level high and still have a lot of fun on stage. We’re going to sound like the record, only better.” Kristi Chambers, Emens marketing assistant, said the auditorium strives to provide entertainment for all demographics and considers bringing per-
formances the Muncie community and Ball State campus will enjoy. “REO Speedwagon is an event that has a wide range of audiences and was in our budget to be able to offer this concert to Ball State and the surrounding community,” she said. “We are very excited for the wonderful performance REO has in store for us.” Tickets are still available and cost $28-$58, depending on seat location. To purchase tickets and find more information, contact the box office at 765-2851539. For those not able to make Friday’s show, REO Speedwagon will tour this summer with Chicago. The tour will stop Aug. 10 at the Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, Ind. For more information about this event or to purchase tickets, visit LiveNation.com.
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Plasma donations offer option for cash Fraternity brothers give to local BioLife to pay pledge dues KAITLIN LANGE CHIEF REPORTER | kllange@bsu.edu When one fraternity pledge realized he didn’t have the money to pay some unexpected dues, he decided to draw from another source — his blood. Quinn Reuter, a sophomore construction major, went with two of his fraternity members to BioLife, where people can donate plasma for $20 during the first visit and $30 the second time each week. Donating typically lasts an hour. “We were running out of options,” Reuter said. “We were trying to pawn our stuff off. We were trying to do anything to get money, so that’s what it ended up being: plasma donation.” Gerry Hertzler, BioLife regional marketing representative, said this pay can change throughout the year due to special bonuses. Plasma is the part of the blood that helps circulate red and white blood cells and platelets throughout the body. The body can easily replenish these fluids, according to the BioLife press kit. BioLife collects almost 3 mil-
lion liters of plasma each year. Hertzler said the plasma is used only for medical purposes, such as helping those with hemophilia and immune system deficiencies, as well as severe burn victims. Donors can give as often as twice per week with one day in between, according to the BioLife press kit. This differs than the number of times someone can donate both plasma and platelets, which the Red Cross limits to once every 28 days. The Red Cross does not pay donors. BioLife has 60 locations throughout the U.S. The average age group of donors is 20-35 and 15 to 60 percent of all donors are students, Hertzler said, depending on the location of the facility. “It benefits people and helps college students get an extra dollar here and there,” Reuter said. Due to this payment, Hertzler said BioLife helps more than the recipients of the plasma. “The donors not only contribute the source of these life-saving therapeutics, but also contribute to the commercial vitality of their immediate neighborhoods,” he said. “Our research shows the fees donors receive for their commitment to the BioLife program are used to support church, civic and
charitable organizations and activities.” The plasma is collected through a process known as plasmapheresis. Blood is collected through a needle in the donor’s vein and is then put through a device that separates the plasma from the remainder of the blood. This blood is then returned to the body. “[The process] sketched me out a little bit,” Reuter said. “They are taking it out and putting it back in you. That’s just not natural.” Hertzler said giving plasma is a low-risk procedure. A person must pass a medical exam and answer questions about medical history before they can give blood for the first time. Donors get their vital signs checked and answer medical history questions every other visit as well. A donor must give plasma a second time before the initial donation can be used, to protect both the donor and recipients of blood. The second wave of tests and procedures verifies the health of the donor and their donation. BioLife also uses sterile equipment. After each donation, disposable equipment is thrown away, Hertzler said. In addition, they check the donor’s levels of plasma proteins and the blood volume taken up
BY THE NUMBERS
$3 million
liters of plasma collected last year
$20
earned for the first donation
$30
earned for the second donation
60
BioLife locations by red blood cells. Even with the precautions, Reuter said they struggled to find his vein, getting “stabbed by doctors 10 times” as they attempted to find it. “I hate needles,” he said. “The fact that I didn’t pass out when they were stabbing me is beyond me.” Still, he plans to go back again.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY RACHAEL HEFFNER
Senior creative writing major Rachael Heffner shows the bruises on her arm after donating plasma Jan. 7. Two weeks ago, she developed hematoma after donating at BioLife, where an employee had accidentally nicked her vein. Hematoma occurs when there is a collection of blood outside of a blood vessel and causes the skin to swell as well as causes bruises.
CVS PHARMACY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO END TOBACCO SALES CVS, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain, is kicking the habit of selling tobacco products as it continues to shift its focus toward being more of a health care provider. The company said Wednesday that it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide. The move will help grow its business with doctors, hospitals and others to improve customers’ health. The move is the latest evidence of a big push in the drugstore industry that has been taking place over several years. Major drugstore chains have been adding in-store clinics and expanding their health care offerings. Their pharmacists deliver flu shots and other immunizations, and their clinics now manage chronic illnesses like high blood
pressure and diabetes and treat relatively minor problems like sinus infections. Among other things, they’re preparing for increased health care demand. That’s in part due to an aging U.S. population that will need more care in future years. It’s also the result of the millions of people expected to gain health insurance under the health care overhaul. CVS Caremark Corp., which has 7,600 stores, said it will lose about $2 billion in annual revenue by phasing out tobacco, but the move will not affect its 2014 earnings forecast. CVS notches about $1.5 billion annually in tobacco sales, but expects a bigger hit because smokers often buy other products when they visit stores.
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