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University receives 3 complaints of students trying to buy doubles by telling future roommates to move |
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his year, the Office of Housing and Residence Life is facing a new problem: students who bully others into leaving their future dorm rooms in hopes of buying a double room for themselves. The office has received three complaints so far, said Alan Hargrave, associate vice president of Student Affairs and director of Housing and Residence Life. In response to these complaints, the university sent an email warning against this type of behavior, adding that Ball State doesn’t allow students to buy out a double room until fall if there is space available.
1st 24-hour sports network born out of adversity, he says |
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For the founder of ESPN, being laid off was the fuel it took to create the first 24-hour sports network. Bill Rasmussen was fired from his job as communications manager for the New England Whalers on Memorial BIRTH OF ESPN Day weekend in 1978, Bill Rasmussen after the team failed to founded ESPN after qualify for the playoffs. being fired from the Months later, he creNew England Whalers. ated ESPN. Through his work, the sports network Rasmussen spoke has become one of Monday evening at most influential in the John R. Emens Audicountry. torium as a part of the 1978 Excellence in LeaderESPN is founded. ship Speaker Series. 1979 He packed the house ESPN’s flagship show, with his presentation, SportsCenter, airs its “Building the Worldfirst episode wide Leader: Leader1980 ship Lessons from the ESPN starts Founder of ESPN.” broadcasting 24/7. He attributed the cre1987 ation of ESPN to financSunday Night Football es, advertisement, concomes to ESPN. tent, technology and 2003 subscribers. The most ESPN HD begins difficult to acquire, he operating. said, were subscribers. 2005 This was not a probESPN acquires lem ESPN battled for Monday Night long. Today, the netFootball. SOURCE: ESPN work receives roughly $500 million dollars per month from cable subscribers, Rasmussen said. This generates a net worth for the company of about $66 billion as of November 2012, according to Bernstein Research.
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EMAIL FROM HOUSING “If we receive specific reports of individuals trying to bully potential roommates out of their assignments, then those students risk being assigned to other halls. It is our sincere hope that this kind of immature and selfish behavior is isolated and does not reoccur in the future.”
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Players mean more to coach than wins Walton learned from founder of Ball State volleyball program DAVID POLASKI ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | @DavidPolaski There’s barely an inch of open space on Joel Walton’s desk, but most of the papers are neatly organized, laid out perfectly next to each other. Pictures of his family adorn the back of the desk, while rings sit in cases in front of the pictures. Newspaper clippings are scattered with some of the latest Ball State men’s volleyball match statistics next to them. On the wall behind them hang pictures of past Ball State teams Walton has coached. Each one of them is a collection of lives he impacted on his way to 300 wins. The wins don’t mean as much to him as the faces in the pictures, he said. “I’ve been invited to weddings, and unfortunately, some funerals,” Walton said. “Reality is those will keep coming the longer I coach here.” There’s little wall space left, much of it is covered in memories of grueling practices, elating wins and heartbreaking losses. Three volleyballs sit high on the top shelf of Walton’s office. One is from his first win, a match against Mercyhurst University in 1999 when teams played to just 15 and points could only be won by the serving team. The one next to it comes from win No. 200 when teams played to sets of 30. The final CONTACT US
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Head coach Joel Walton watches from the sideline as the men’s volleyball team plays in the second set against Ohio State on Sunday at Worthen Arena. Walton received win No.300 last week against New Jersey Institute of Technology.
one sits in a glass case, win No. 250 when I’m truly blessed.” Both Walton and the game he loves have teams played to 25. 7. PERIODS OF RAIN 10. DRIZZLE 9. SCATTERED SHOWERSseasons. changed in his 16 collegiate “These volleyballs are such 6.aRAINgreat representation of how the sport has evolved,” Walton said. “To still be here after so long, See WALTON, page 3
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Snow returns today with around half an inch of accumulation possible. A warm, but wet, trend will then take over after Wednesday. - Michael Behrens, WCRD chief weather forecaster 16. SLEET
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