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cheers! Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with different Irish, American traditions DANIELLE GRADY CHIEF REPORTER
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ot long before the snow melts and leaves return, the color green makes a reappearance for St. Patrick’s Day. People in the U.S. celebrate St. Patrick, who lived in the 400s, during this originally nonsecular and Roman Catholic holiday with drinking, parades and maybe a few references to the “emerald isles.” Frederick Suppe, a history professor, said this is a little different than how Irish citizens first celebrated the religious holiday. “In recent decades, as television and movies have helped Irish people become aware of Irish-American parades and enthusiastic drinking of green beer in bars, the Irish have begun to imitate some of these North American practices,” he said.
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Senior guard Brandy Woody attempts to get a basket in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship game against Akron on Friday at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Woody scored 15 points for Ball State.
Team still optimistic without MAC title
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Appearance in championship yields experience for freshmen DAKOTA CRAWFORD SPORTS EDITOR | @DakotaCrawford_
Early foul trouble and poor transition awareness kept the Ball State women’s basketball team from a Mid-American Conference Championship. That and a handful of missed shots were all that separated the team from defeating Ak- MAC TOURNAMENT ron on Saturday, head coach Brady SCHEDULE FIRST ROUND: Sallee said. The same things vs. No. 12 Kent State that handicapped 73-38 win the team over the weekend all but en- SECOND ROUND: sure a bright future. vs. No. 9 Northern Illinois Sallee has shown 61-47 win he has no problem achieving early suc- QUARTERFINALS: cess in his young ca- vs. No. 4 Buffalo reer with Ball State. 74-60 win And he certainly knows how to tran- SEMIFINALS: vs. No. 1 Bowling Green sition. Despite taking over 73-55 win a program that won just nine games in CHAMPIONSHIP: consecutive seasons, No.3 Akron he’s put together 68-79 loss back-to-back runs at the MAC Tournament. Last year Ball State advanced to the semifinal round. This season the team advanced to the championship game before falling to Akron, 68-79. Neither was a feat Sallee fully expected to accomplish so early in his time with Ball State. “We are just finishing year two,” Sallee said. “With the situation the program was in when we took over, that was probably a bit far-fetched.”
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$5 cover charge Make a reservation by calling 765747-4941 OPENING OF THE CAFFEINERY WHAT
A new gourmet coffee and teashop. There’s a chance to win some sweet $25 and $10 gift cards to ease the pain of that pricey caffeine habit. WHERE
Downtown Muncie at 401 S. Walnut Street.
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New fraternity joins growing Greek Life Pi Kappa Phi to join interfraternity council after year of recruiting KARA BERG STAFF REPORTER | knberg2@bsu.edu
Two new fraternity chapters have joined Ball State this academic year: Kappa Alpha Psi, which was reactivated, and Pi Kappa Phi. Greek Life on campus makes up 12.31 percent of all students. Kari Murphy, assistant director of Student life, said there are currently 2,022 students who take part in the university’s 34 fraternities and sororities. CONTACT US
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The newest fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, began in November 2013 when members from the national fraternity were on campus recruiting members when they approached Casey Miller, current president of the chapter on campus. “I was actually recommended to [members of Pi Kappa Phi] by a couple friends,” Miller said. “These two guys reached out to me and I liked everything they stood for — everything they talked about. And I saw that this opportunity was something I really wanted to get involved with.” To start a new chapter at Ball State and be approved into the Interfraternity council, Miller said the fraternity members have to TWEET US
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petition for associate membership and to be an associate member for at least one year. Miller said a lot of the process includes recruiting new members and building a brotherhood. Pi Kappa Phi has 36 members now, which Miller said is largely due to the national members who came to recruit and also taught him how to recruit. “It was kind of on us as the founding fathers to recruit and bring some guys in,” Miller said. “[The national members] taught us about the values of the fraternity and how to recruit based on those values. We’ve been really successful at it.” Chris Conner, coordinator of chapter development at the Pi Kappa Phi
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BY THE NUMBERS
34 chapters
make up Ball State’s Greek Life
2,022 students
are part of Ball State fraternities and sororities
1,982 students
were in Greek Life in the 20132014 academic year THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
national branch, said the fraternity looks to see if the university will be able to sustain the new chapter and if there is an advisor willing to support its startup. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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The high temperature near 40 is a bit below average, but we will see a warm up as the week continues. - Samantha Garrett, WCRD weather 5. SUNNY forecaster
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