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A freshman who died in an apartment off campus Saturday, will be remembered for his bear hug, which friends say made any person feel like they were doing something right.
Muncie Police and the University Police Department have not yet released the cause of death. Alexander Trout, a hall director, sent an email later that day to residents on the sixth floor of Studebaker West Complex to say Elija Swager had died. University spokesperson Tony Proudfoot confirmed that Swager was found dead Saturday. Amanda Lovell, a freshman zoology major, said Swager was the kind of person who never hesitated to take time out of his day to listen to people’s problems.
Lovell first met Swager in their small middle school in Angola, Ind. But the fondest memories she has of him are from high school. “I always remember, if I was having a rough day, [Swager] would walk by my locker and say, ‘Hey, Elija Swager keep your chin up,’” she a freshman who said. died Saturday Lovell said Swager was always gentle, though people may not have known from his large athletic frame he had from
playing football, rugby and wrestling. “He always had a hug for everyone,” she said. “Even if he just met you, he would take a bullet for you. He was everyone’s best friend.” Lauren Honer, a freshman political science major at Michigan State University, will never forget the fun she had with Swager.
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Former Muncie standout returns
Masked, positive superheros take over Ball State campus promoting favorite day of week
« We all kind of look for a difference to make in this life, and this is my small piece of doing that right now. »
n 1978, a masked man with a whipped cream pie in hand and two accomplices by his side stood behind a building at Fordham University in New York. He stepped out onto the sidewalk populated by students hurrying to their next class. Michael O’Hara scanned the churning crowd for his target. He was carrying out an order to “pie” an unsuspecting student. The request was made in response to an advertisement O’Hara and his suitemates placed in the school newspaper, offering to hurl a pie at anyone the respondent wished. Of course, the victim couldn’t be a professor or administrator. See FRIDAY, page 3
HAPPY FRIDAY GUY, a Ball State student
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Basketball has always been a form of therapy for Jeremiah Davis III. Growing up, he and his family played on whatever Muncie basketball court they could find. “I played basketball every day,” he said. “Basketball was a way for me to express myself. Basketball was like a painkiller for me.” He used the sport as a painkiller long before he won a sectional title at Muncie Central High School, and long before he played at Cincinnati. Now, as Davis III deals with the loss of his childhood home, basketball continues to be his comfort zone. Last November a fire ravaged the house he lived in since third grade. “It was devastating,” Davis III said.
Sad Monday Person roams the campus Feb. 17. Sad Monday Person tries to make Mondays seem better because he loves them.
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ith every superhero comes a supervillain. Batman has the Joker. Superman has Lex Luthor. SpiderMan has the Green Goblin. So, who goes with Happy Friday Guy? Of course, Sad Monday Person. Sad Monday Person has been roaming the sidewalks of Ball State’s campus as Happy Friday Guy’s nemesis since the Fall 2013 semester. Students can see him running around Mondays dressed in a green morph suit, a black cape, a helmet and a shirt with the emblem “SMP” across the chest.
LOSING A HOME
Davis III woke up to a text from his father Nov. 4, asking him to call. He found out an electrical fire started in the attic and damaged most of his family’s house, more than 100 miles away. “I was just worried about my family,” Davis III said. Unable to do anything to directly help, he called them two or three times per day to get updates and find out what was going on with the house.
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Happy Friday Guy poses for a photo Friday in the Arts and Journalism Building. Happy Friday Guy skates around campus while spreading Friday joy.
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Ball State not worried by IU data breach
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that 146,000 IU students’ information was accessible to the public last week. The university said there was no evidence that anyone had seen the student data while it was public. This security breach occurred just weeks after a similar incident at the University of Maryland. Tobiah Coffman, Ball State director of information security services, said mistakes can happen, but he is confident with Ball State’s security. “We definitely take protecting data very seriously,” Coffman said. TWEET US
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Despite Sad Monday Person’s name, his purpose is to bring happiness to Ball State students on the most depressing day of the week. There has been two other Monday celebrities in Ball State’s history. One was Monday Menace Man. Unlike Sad Monday Person, he went around campus and tried to spread the sadness of Monday. His reign only lasted a short period and he had to hang up the cape when a few students threw punches his way. Sad Monday Person came to be when he decided to end all of this sadness. “I want people to be happy on Monday, but no one wants to be happy with me,” he said. He said that is why he chose the name Sad Mon-
day Person — he is sad because no one will be happy with him. Sad Monday Person has loved Mondays since his youth. He said his favorite part is the feeling at the end of the day, knowing there is so much more to learn in the week. Being relatively new to campus, the sophomore said he is still trying to build his reputation with Ball State students. He said while Friday gets all the good attention, Monday is stuck with a bad reputation. But, the two have found a way to stay cordial. If students want to contact Sad Monday Person, he can be found on Facebook. There, he posts encouraging words to bring happiness on Mondays. He even posts where he can be seen next. He hasn’t decided if he plans to reveal himself. But, if he does, it is far in the future.
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Sad Monday Person talks to a student on Feb. 17 as he walks around campus. Sad Monday Person’s goal is to make people enjoy Mondays.
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“Nearly everyone was surprised, of course, but no one got angry with us,” said O’Hara, now the associate dean of the College of Fine Arts at Ball State. Twenty-six years later, O’Hara said his antics as a freshman in college are now just stories with which he entertains students, but he enjoys seeing Happy Friday Guy around campus continue the spirit of pranking. Both O’Hara and the campus celebrity wore costumes modeled after superheroes and concealed their identity from the public. Whether the parallels are coincidence or purposeful, both personas spread the joy.
O’Hara recalled an instance when the two crossed paths at the Scramble Light. Happy Friday Guy greeted him and thanked him for his class. “I said, ‘It’s too bad there were 200 people in that class or I’d know who you are,’” O’Hara said. “He laughed, shouted, ‘Happy Friday’ and took off across the intersection.” The first Happy Friday Guy, also called Scooter Bob, never referred to O’Hara’s superhero years as being an inspiration. In a 2007 interview with Ball State alumnus Aaron Scheibelhut, Scooter Bob said he first took his electric scooter to the campus sidewalks to shower students with well-wishes in response to a dare from a friend. The positive response and feeling that accompanied his weekly rides transformed the joke into a ritual. “We all kind of look for a difference to make in this life and this is my small piece of doing that right
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now,” he said in the interview. When Scooter Bob left Ball State behind, he gave the university a successor. By 2010, the second Happy Friday Guy had mysteriously disappeared and the enthusiastic shouts of “Happy Friday” had ceased. One student felt the loss more acutely than most. His older sibling, a Ball State student as well, had told him of Happy Friday Guy. “I began asking questions about where Happy Friday Guy II took off to, when I was in my first year here at BSU,” the student said. “And despite all my questions, and to anyone I could ask, no one seemed to know where he went.” His questions prompted a friend to suggest he take on the responsibility himself. Much like the first Happy Friday Guy, he accepted the challenge. Near the end of Spring 2010, Happy Friday Guy III glided into the Atrium for the first time, wearing the signature outfit and
riding a scooter. He made a few significant changes to the uniform: the most important being the addition of a clingy blue morph suit. “I wanted Happy Friday Guy to become something on his own, an entity that was embraced by the campus, not as a person, but as an idea,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if he’s short, black, tall, white, ugly, handsome or cool. He’s Happy Friday Guy.” As Happy Friday Guy III’s time in college begins to draw to a close, he started a search for the next Happy Friday Guy. He said his run has been a rewarding one. “Happy Friday Guy started as something silly, something fun, something out of the ordinary,” he said. “I think that’s exactly what every student needs at the end of the week. A smile. A reminder that, despite whatever happened to you during the week, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel known as the weekend.”
Happy Friday Guy poses for a photo in the Art and Journalism Building on Feb. 28. Happy Friday Guy spreads the joy of Fridays to students on campus.
Top moments, celebrities of Oscars
BILL MURRAY REMEMBERS HAROLD RAMIS
Bill Murray used his Oscar presenter’s role to offer a tribute to the late comedy visionary Harold Ramis. Murray, who was presenting an award for best cinematography with Amy Adams, said after the nominees’ names were read, “Oh, we forgot one, Harold Ramis for ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’” Ramis, the writer, director and actor who was the comic mind behind those movies, died last week. Murray appeared in each of the films.
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“Thank your to the Academy for this incredible recognition. It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is due to so much pain in someone else’s.” — Best supporting actress winner Lupita Nyong’o, referring to Patsy, the tortured slave she played in “12 Years a Slave.”
GARY BUSEY ON HOLLYWOOD, LETO’S OSCAR SPEECH
The Night of 100 Stars Oscar viewing dinner party at the Beverly Hills Hotel had at least one Hollywood old-timer waxing philosophical about his craft.
SOME OSCAR LOVE FOR DARLENE LOVE
One of Oscar night’s best-received musical performances was wholly unexpected. Darlene Love belted out that “I sing because I’m happy” when appearing onstage with the winners of the best documentary feature, “20 Feet From Stardom.” Love, best known for her work with producer Phil Spector in the 1960s, was one of the featured artists in the film about some of the music industry’s best backup singers. From the audience, Pharrell Williams smiled as she finished her song. Bill Murray pumped his fist and rose, and other spectators joined him in a standing ovation. When it was time for U2 to perform their Oscar-nominated song, “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to
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Even Ed Begley Jr. will adBest supporting actor winner mit, sometimes it’s not easy Jared Leto was a hit backstage being green. with reporters, esCertainly that’s true ONLINE pecially after he when it comes to get- To see the full shared his moment ting to the Oscars. — and his award — story go to The 64-year-old actor ballstatedaily. with everyone. and environmental- com “The first person ist decided to forgo a to give their Oscar chauffeured limo this year and away for an orgy in the presstake mass transit. room,” a smiling Leto said as he Begley, who serves on the passed the trophy around to evboard of governors that over- eryone who wanted to have a sees the Oscars, tweeted a pho- moment with it. to of himself and his daughter “Who’s your favorite Oscar Hayden dressed up in front of a winner tonight?” he asked. Metro station. When Leto invited reportThe Los Angeles County Met- ers to take selfies, he was ropolitan Transportation Au- cautioned by an Academy thority always closes the sub- representative that no phoway station directly beneath tography was allowed in that the Dolby Theatre during the particular room. Oscars, so the actor and his “If you want to get media, daughter had to walk from the let the media do what they nearest open station to the big do,” he replied, drawing show. He acknowledged his cheers and applause.
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“Hollywood is a table with a makeup mirror, some makeup and a script, and some apple juice. That’s what you have when you make a movie,” said Gary Busey, who was nominated for a best actor Oscar in 1978 for “The Buddy Holly Story.” “All this glamour stuff is superficial, it’s arrogant, and it gives people a chance to be a star when they know they aren’t. The thing is, everyone is a star,” he continued in an emotional ramble. And that, Busey said, was what he loved about Oscar winner Jared Leto’s acceptance speech. When Leto addressed people in Ukraine and Venezuela and acknowledged the struggles they are going through, Busey said, it brought some real-world, nonglamour to Hollywood’s signature event.
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Calm on the court Love for basketball, family helps player move on after loss of childhood home
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| CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “I didn’t get to see it but it was always on my mind, so it was hard to balance that,” Davis III said. A lot of what Davis III lost wasn’t of monetary value, but sentimental. “[I lost] trophies, jerseys, a lot of old stuff,” Davis III said. “That stuff can be replaced. I’m just glad all my family was OK. That’s the most important part.” Davis III said he could have passed the lost basketball memorabilia to his children. The physical items are gone, but he still holds fond memories of a high school career in Muncie. Davis III played at Muncie Central from his freshman to junior year, winning a sectional title in the process. He then transferred to Huntington Prep before the start of his senior season in order to compete at a higher level. The move would help make the transition to college basketball easier. After high school, Davis III decided to play basketball at Cincinnati despite having offers from more than 10 other Division I schools, including Xavier, Oklahoma State and Indiana. His freshman year at Cincinnati, he played in 27 games, averaging 2.5 points per game, numbers comparable to the four other freshmen on the 2012-13 team. Last season, Davis III played 43 total minutes in four games due to a wrist injury. Cincinnati has
applied for a medical redshirt that will waive the year from Davis III’s eligibility. Two years into what could’ve been a promising career at Cincinnati, Davis III made the decision to return home after the fire. “[I came home] to be with my family,” Davis III said. “That was the main force. I’m very blessed to be here.”
ON THE COURT
It’s still unclear when Davis III will lace up for a Ball State game. Ball State is appealing to the NCAA for an exception on the mandatory one-year period in which transfer athletes have to sit out. If successful, Davis III will be able to start the 2014-15 season. “I feel like he has a great case,” Ball State head coach James Whitford said. “I’ve seen a lot of [appeals] that I’ve felt like haven’t had a leg to stand on and haven’t made it. To me, his is 100 percent legit.” Whenever he does end up playing for Ball State, he looks to have a major impact on the team. Davis III is a 6-foot-3 guard with the ability to play at either the point guard or the 2-guard spot. There is some concern for Davis III’s ability to become a dependable outside shooter for Ball State. He shot 12-of-31 in his freshman campaign with Cincinnati. “He’s a good shooter,” Whitford said. “We want him to become more consistent in that area. He
put up good numbers at Cincinnati. [Cincinnati’s] coaches felt like that was one of the best things he did.” Davis III’s play draws rave reviews from his teammates, too. “He’s been working on his shot,” senior guard Jesse Berry said. “It’s been looking pretty good. His midrange game is awesome already, but he’s starting to knock down the 3-ball. That’s going to look pretty for us. Everybody is looking forward to Jeremiah.”
MOVING ON
Despite everything that has happened over the past year, including leaving the school after winning the sectional title, Davis III still finds his way back to the gym at Muncie Central where he learned to play, this time to watch. “When I’m at the games, people will come and talk to me,” Davis III said. “They’re glad to see my face again.” However, some local Muncie Central fans, like Tom Williams, aren’t as excited to have him back yet. “He went to Cincinnati and thought he was going to make a big splash,” Williams said. “He found out he’s a legend in his own mind. He didn’t make it down there. I don’t know if he’ll make it at Ball State.” Currently, Davis III is living in a rental home. He and his family are looking to have the house repaired in the next year. But for right now, Davis III is focus-
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Jeremiah Davis’ childhood home caught fire on Nov. 4, 2013. They are repairing the home and plan to move back in within the next year.
ing on taking care of his family. “[My family is] glad to have me back,” Davis III said. “I see my mom every day. That puts a smile on her face.” The transition has been smooth lately for Davis III. “I’m just happy to be back with my family and get an opportunity to play basketball and make a difference here,” he said. Since he’s unable to currently play, Davis III goes as hard as he
can in practice every day. He uses basketball to help him deal with his current problems – just like when he was younger. Whether in Cincinnati or Muncie, in a rental home or childhood home, a basketball is the same size. The rim is still 10 feet above the ground, no matter what is happening outside the gym. And Davis III will be taking it in everyday, until the rest works itself out.
Small schools provide uncommon challenges Focus on intensity leads to victories against D-II teams
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When Ball State took on Mount Olive and Barton over the weekend, it was nothing like facing Ohio State or IPFW. The men’s volleyball team swept both of its weekend opponents. The only competitive sets were the ones where Ball State played its second and third stringers. But when the team knows it’s facing a D-II team it can easily beat, getting energized isn’t always easy. “We always try to play with the same level of intensity every night,” Ball State outside attacker Matt Sutherland said. “Sometimes it’s easier to do that against certain opponents.” Ball State beat Barton 25-14, 25-19 and 26-24. The start of the match had a laid-back feel, and Ball State looked as if it wasn’t giving full effort. There are no comparisons to the high intensity matches Ball State head coach Joel Walton’s team has played this season. “Sometimes you’ll see a let-
down where we’ll play down to our opponent,” he said. “I was pleased because I didn’t see much of that tonight with so many of our players active.” Against Barton, Walton was hoping to see his younger players serve well because it had been a practice focus. When he put them into the match and they started serving errors, he said he was slightly disappointed. He uses these matches as barometers to see how young players are progressing. Ball State finished with 14 service errors against Barton. Facing its second Conference Carolina opponent in two nights, Ball State played with increased energy against Mount Olive. Walton played most of his starters through the second set, the exception being when he pulled setter Graham McIlvaine for backup Hiago Garchet. Ball State played faster and looked more focused. Its 25-9 second set win against Mount Olive was the largest margin of victory Ball State has had all season. The difference in talent allowed backups to get playing time and to show Walton what they could do in a game rather than practice. He said he liked what those
players showed, while one moment stuck out. Early in the third set, Mount Olive’s Garrett Dimm was having success serving to the back right corner of Ball State’s defense. After an ace, Walton instructed his team to shift toward that corner for an easier pass receive. Dimm immediately served another ace, no Ball State players made a play for the ball. A visibly frustrated Walton called timeout. “They had a server back behind the line that was putting pressure on Jack Lesure,” Walton said. “Jack and the passers didn’t respond well.” Despite the setback, Ball State’s youth played well. Freshman outside attacker Alex Pia finished the match against Saint Olive with four kills on four attempts. He recorded three more Friday night and hit .667 for the weekend. Ball State recorded 26.5 blocks over the weekend, fueled by Sutherland who had six blocking assists Saturday night. Despite playing less experienced opponents, Ball State did its best to not overlook them. “We really didn’t want to play down to their level,” SutherDN PHOTO BREANNA DAUGHERTY land said. Senior outside attacker Matt Sutherlandhits the ball over the net in the match The team didn’t have much against Mount Olive on Saturday at Worthen Arena. The men’s volleyball team is trouble avoiding that. 10-5 in their season.
WEEKEND SCOREBOARD
TEAM (RECORD) MEN’S BASKETBALL (5-22) Saturday vs. Central Michigan 74-71 (W)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (12-15) Saturday
against Western Michigan 79-73 (W)
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (10-5) Friday vs. Barton 3 - 0 (W)
Saturday
vs. Mt. Olive 3 - 0 (W)
BASEBALL (9-3) Friday
against Rider 4-1 (W)
Saturday
against Liberty 0-13 (L)
Sunday
against Rider 5-4 (W) against Liberty 4-3 (W)
SOFTBALL (11-2) Saturday
against Detroit 9 - 6 (W)
Sunday
against Arizona State 3-0 (W)
MEN’S TENNIS (5-4) Saturday
vs. Illinois State 3 - 4 (L) vs. Men’s tennis 7 - 0 (W)
WOMEN’S TENNIS (8-4) Saturday against New Mexico 1 - 6 (L)
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Saturday
MAC Championships: Ball State finished 8 with 334 points
GYMNASTICS (3-8) Saturday against Illinois-Chicago 193.950 - 194.100 (L)
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SWAGER: ‘If anyone deserves to be an angel, it’s him’ | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 She said the night before the last day of high school, Swager and his friends set up a tent and had a sleep over in the school’s parking lot. “He was just there under the willow tree,� Honer said. “He had brought a bunch of beer right there in the parking lot. He was just the kind of person that wasn’t afraid to do anything.� Honer also remembers Swager for being a leader, especially to her younger brother, who played on the high school football team with Swager. She said school wouldn’t have been the same without Swager. “He was important to us a lot,� she said. After high school, Lovell said Swager did what most freshman do — spent a lot of time partying with friends and let his first semester grades fall. But that was about to change. She said Swager came to her after the beginning of Spring
semester to tell her he was going to begin focusing on grades again. “He said, ‘my parents are counting on me, I can’t let them down,’� Lovell said. “He just told me about how he was going to turn everything around.� Proudfoot said in situations like this, Ball State works with families to ease the situation in whatever way is best for them. He said the university’s counseling service is available for students who are affected by Swager’s death. Lovell said Swager was the person she turned to when something was going wrong. She said dealing with this tragedy is going to be difficult, but she will be okay. Lovell just wants to make sure everyone knows what a great man Swager was. “I want people to know that he is the most caring person you could ever meet,� she PHOTO PROVIDED BY AMANDA LOVELL said. “If anyone deserves to Elija Swager was a freshman at Ball State after moving to Muncie from Angola. be an angel, it’s him.� The cause of his death is currently unknown.
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Snow, cold means big tips for local delivery drivers Incliment weather may mean long wait but not bad service |
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As the winter advisory loomed over Muncie on Sunday, some delivery drivers reluctantly welcomed it. Zach Fowler, a delivery driver for Greek’s Pizzeria, said the snow means people sometimes tip more generously. “The people who are going to stiff you in the crap weather are the same ones who are going to stiff you regardless,” Fowler said. “The people who tend to tip are the ones who give generously in bad weather. They’ll say, ‘Sorry you have to come out in this weather,’ and then give you a little bit more money.” To him, a person’s propensity to tip is less about the weather and more about what type of person they are. “I usually get my tips from families or adults, but with college students it’s 50-50,” he said. “It’s a toss up really, whether or not I get tips from them. It’s
nothing personal, but they are either broke or don’t have the life experience of having this type of job.” In Jimmy John’s driver Scott Dinius’ experiences, people who have worked with food tend to tip better. “[They] know it sucks and will typically tip more, and there are those who just don’t,” he said. People who stiff deliveries at Jimmy John’s have gone so far as to call in to complain to management, Dinius said. And for Dinius he had a run in with a belligerent customer after his order was lost. “The other night we had this call-in because his order was 45 minutes late,” he said. “I showed up and he was pissed. I told him, ‘Look I’m sorry, dude, but I just deliver. We have people back at the store who make everything.’” In retrospect, the big tips aren’t the ones you tend to remember, said Aikaterini Makridakis, a senior acting major and Jimmy John’s driver. To her, the negative experiences tend to stand out, because people sometimes go out of their way to be mean. “You’ll go out in the snow and you’ll be absolutely covered
head to toe in it; and they’ll go out of their way to write the ‘$00.00’ and sign right next to it,” she said. The impact on deliveries from weather overall is negative for drivers, Fowler said. “Some people have issues of getting stuck and sliding,” Fowler said. “I don’t because I have an all-wheel drive vehicle. I’ll stop and help get them out because I’m out and about.” The weather also creates a strain on business, Fowler said. “A lot of people call-in more deliveries in the weather we were suppose to get and that causes things to get congested,” he said. “The weather is already forcing us to drive slower, and then an increase in orders just makes everything slower.” In one instance, the inclement weather made him pay on a delivery. “I was leaving a delivery at Windermere and this guy came flying through an intersection and we t-boned,” he said. “Now I’m paying for the damages to his car.” While winter brings a slew of problems for delivery drivers, “it’s nothing you can’t stand,” Fowler said.
ana University’s from occurring, Coffman said. A recent change to prevent security breaches involves using student identification numbers instead of using social security numbers as was formerly done. While data breaches may be getting more common, Coffman said the large number of breaches reported by the media could be a result of more awareness and not necessarily more breaches. More laws are being passed
that require companies and universities alike, to inform customers of any potential breach. If Ball State had a data breach, it would be the university’s responsibility to notify students and help limit the impact. Ball State would also offer credit-monitoring services in that instance. Coffman said students can email the security office with any questions regarding security or identity theft.
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Fiona, Naomi and Evangeline O’Neill sing “Listen to my Heart” during the opening of Act 1 of the “Women of Ireland” performance at John R. Emens Auditorium Saturday night. The O’Neill Sisters are a second generation singing group from County Kerry, Ireland. The show featured multiple dancers and violinists.
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