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The cause of death is unknown for a Ball State student who died Sunday. Toby Wilt, a senior information systems and operations management major, died Sunday in an accidental death at home, said his father, Douglas Wilt. Douglas Wilt said the results are not in yet, and he’s not sure what happened to his 23-year-old son. “We are a mess,” he said. “He was my son. I loved him. He was a great kid. He was very likable — had a lot of close friends.” Toby Wilt, from Lynn, Ind., had been at Ball State for five years and planned to graduate this semester. Prior to college, he attended Randolph Southern High School. Douglas Wilt said his son was enjoying his final semester, especially with the guidance of TOBY WILT, one of his information technol- a senior who ogy professors. died over the He also said he appreciates the weekend support his son’s friends gave him at Ball State. “Just being special to him, it means a lot,” he said. The family has not made funeral plans yet, but it will be private. “He had a really big heart,” Douglas Wilt said. “He was a very special young man to a lot of people other than his family.” Kay Bales, vice president for Student Affairs, released a memorandum dated Monday to the university, alerting 21 departments of his death. “All of us at the university are deeply saddened by Toby’s passing and offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends,” Bales said in the memorandum.
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unning backs aren’t typically known for terrorizing defenses with their pass-catching abilities. But every time Jahwan Edwards sees a pass coming at him, he said he’s going to catch it. The senior running back hasn’t just been taking handoffs from multiple quarterbacks during spring practice. He’s been snaring passes and getting ready for an increased role in the passing game when August rolls around. He said improving as a pass catcher starts in his mind before traveling to his hands. “Any opportunity to get the ball in my hands more, I’m going to embrace it,” Edwards said. “It’s a confidence thing. You have to catch the football. If you believe you’re going to catch it, then you will.” See EDWARDS, page 7
Students aid food pantry with training
Immersive learning class creates volunteer guide display boards RACHEL PODNAR CHIEF REPORTER | rmpodnar@bsu.edu An immersive learning project partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank to streamline new volunteer orientation through display boards. Students from the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences capstone course designed display boards to walk Second Harvest volunteers through the orientation process. The five-person student group has spent about 25 hours in the past seven weeks to work with Second Harvest on the project. They will present their boards this morning. The project is centered around first-time volunteer orientation. Second Harvest has repeat volunteers, but many volunteers are there for their first time and need orientation, said Charlotte Cavanaugh, office manager for Second Harvest.
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Senior running back Jahwan Edwards practices with the team Friday. Edwards has been working on catching passes in practice to prepare for an increased role in August.
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Bree J. Lang of Xavier University will present “Housing Density and the LowIncome Housing Tax Credit.” The speech will begin at 3 p.m. in the Whitinger Business Building Room 151. Lang will share how, “the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit subsidy affects the density of newly constructed apartment buildings” in Los Angeles County.
The International Justice Mission will represent the 27 million trafficked slaves worldwide by standing up for 27 hours straight. The event begins at noon at the Scramble Light. The University Singers will perform from 4-5 p.m. and at 11 p.m., the group will begin the “Glow So They Know” portion of the event. Everyone is invited to join and stand. There also will be games, food and more musical performances.
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As part of Friday Night Filmworks, “Anchorman 2” will show at 9 p.m. in Pruis Hall. In “Anchorman 2,” the news team heads to the nation’s first 24-hour news channel. The movie is free for students and $1 for guests older than 16. Candy, soda, water and popcorn will be available for 50 cents.
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The Academy of Model Aeronautics will host a seminar about small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, for journalists. People will learn about different aircraft, how to legally and safely use them and can try to fly one. The seminar will be at 5:30 p.m. at the National Model Aviation Museum, located at 5151 E. Memorial Drive.
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Students can participate in an open mic night from 9-10:30 p.m. in the Atrium. Emcee Sammy Obeid will give a special presentation among other four-minute acts. To sign up to perform, go to the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Room 112 or stop by the Atrium at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free for Ball State students and $1 for guests older than 16. Free Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets and lemonade will be offered.
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CAMPUS PLANNING INVOLVES WALKWAY, UNIVERSITY GREEN Ideas for the campus master plan are coming together as it moves closer to completion at the end of August. Representatives from consulting firm SmithGroupJJR hosted one of the final campus master plan information sessions for about 30 students and a handful of staff and community members Wednesday afternoon. This plan will determine the physical appearance of Ball State as well as its functionality. Consultants outlined different uses of space in the possible future for Ball State, including parts of campus that may come down. Cooper Science Complex, LaFollette Complex, Noyer Complex, Emens Parking Garage and Carmichael Hall were all buildings the consultants outlined as potential candidates for repurposing or future demolition. A future priority is creating a walkway between Riverside Avenue and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, called the “East Mall.” Bill Ash, SmithGroupJJR’s design leader, described it as a “hinge point” for Ball State. “It has come to light just how important this area of campus could be to creating greater connectivity between north campus and old quad,” Ash said. “[This can] create a new place and importantly define this edge with the Village and community.” Students raised concerns about the fate of the iconic gum tree if the space between Riverside Avenue and the Rec Center is opened up. “I’m a gum tree proponent,” said Michael Johnson, an urban designer at SmithGroupJJR. “If you were to stand at [the] Rec building and look south, the corridor already exists and perhaps simplifying some of the transportation and making it a more pedestrian focus is something we are excited about.” Other priorities include utilizing the University Green space, reinvigorating the Quad and establishing an east academic quad. The plan is currently in the refinement phase, moving into the documentation phase. “This is our first chance to share draft recommendations,” Johnson said. – RACHEL PODNAR
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President Jo Ann Gora has made meeting with students her priority since becoming president of Ball State in 2004. In her first 100 days, she met with student leaders and reallocated funding to make more merit-based scholarships available. And now, in her last days before retiring in June, about 225 students came to thank Gora on Wednesday for her time and contributions to the university. “We think she has done a lot for us as part of the Big Four for more cultural awareness on campus,” said Alec Portinga, a member of the Asian American Student Association. “We want to thank her for that.” During her tenure at Ball State, Gora oversaw two long-range strategic planning processes, and Ball State has undertaken or finished more than $520 million worth of facilities construction and renovation. At the reception, Gora was presented with a piece of artwork by sophomore biology and printmaking major Sarah Fischer, which will hang in the Student Life Gallery. She also received a quilt made of T-shirts from the largest student organizations. “This is an opportunity for all of us to thank and honor and recognize all of the time President Gora has put into this university,” said sophomore Evan Neace, a member of Excellence in Leadership. Romelle Taday, president of the Asian American Student Association, said she was happy for the opportunity to thank Gora, and she is curious to see what she will do after retiring. “Retirement is something that people who have jobs as wonderful as mine take on with some trepidation, and I am no different,” Gora said. “I have loved the last decade at Ball State.”
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Students interact with the computer displays in the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library’s mobile exhibit. An immersive learning class allowed students to travel to Germany to see areas described in Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five.”
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The bells tolled Feb. 13 while the men and women of Dresden, Germany, and beyond stood together with hands joined. The line coiled through the streets to commemorate the city’s destruction at the hands of the American and British forces, 69 years before. Some wore white roses on their shirts as a sign of solidarity against war, racism and violence. Others sought to upstage the event and use the city’s center as a platform to condemn Allied war crimes. Among them stood several Ball State students, a long way from home at the end of a journey for the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library immersive learning project. English literature major Lacey Lord first heard about the Vonnegut project through a mass email from Ball State. After a panel interview designed to check the group’s dynamic, Rai Peterson, an associate professor of English and project leader, brought Lord onboard. “There were times during the project where I felt I knew Vonnegut better than I knew myself,” Lord said. “I was living and breathing Vonnegut for seven months.” The purpose of the project was to sift through the life of the Indianapolis native, through the things he left behind and those who knew him. Peterson had more than just academic research to draw upon. She interviewed Vonnegut in 1996 at IUPUI and grew up with his work. “I read Vonnegut’s books in college,” she said. “We couldn’t wait for the next one to come out.” Senior English literature major Andrew Neylon got involved in the project after meeting Peterson during a summer course at Ball State. “I was always interested in working with a literary legacy,” he said. “This idea of being able to work in direct relation to Vonnegut was really cool for me.” Neylon worked as the head of the project’s film team, conducting in-
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terviews with people, such as Vonnegut’s former students and standup comedian Lewis Black, a fan of the writer’s work. Other members of the team sifted through the archives of the Lilly Library at Indiana University, making photocopies of early drafts of Vonnegut’s work. They also dug up his old newspaper clips from his time at Cornell University and his report card from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. Among these artifacts were different drafts of Vonnegut’s 1969 novel “Slaughterhouse-Five.” Throughout the story, Vonnegut tells the tale of a semi-autobiographical internment as a prisoner of war during World War II and how he survived the Allied firebombing of Dresden in the basement of a meat locker. Frederick Taylor of the German newspaper Der Spiegel cited a study suggesting the death toll to be around 18,000 to 25,000 people, with earlier estimates in the range of 30,000 to 100,000. The exact figure is unclear and usually debated. The students compiled these materials into a mobile version of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Eventually, the Dresden Municipal Library invited the team to come to Germany and teach about Vonnegut’s life and writing. The group met members of the German branch of Vonnegut’s family and said they were surprised at how renowned their distant cousin was in the United States. During the trip, the group ran workshops for high school and university educators on how to teach Vonnegut’s surrealist work. While Germans may not be as familiar with Vonnegut’s writing, Neylon expressed the accessibility of it. “I know lots of people who only have a high school education who love him and lots of people who have [doctorates] who love him,” Neylon said. “He’s cool for that reason.” When not teaching others, the
group learned more about Vonnegut by visiting sites in Germany from the war. In Berlin, Neylon visited a European monument for murdered Jews during the Holocaust. Across the street from the memorial, he found another Holocaust monument to murdered gay people. For him, the experience enriched his studies in a Ball State course about the Holocaust. “I was able to leave my class for a week, but to actually go to Germany,” Neylon said. “I think that really offered some interesting insight into what I was learning in my class.” The group was in Dresden for the anniversary of the bombing. To mark the occasion, the city lined up, held hands and had a 15-minute moment of silence while church bells rang. KURT VONNEGUT, “Slaughterhouse-Five” The group split up to try and hold hands with the locals, if they were willing. Peterson found herself, hands interlocked, between a husband and a wife. “A lot of people in line are openly weeping because you’re standing in this incredibly beautiful city, thinking about how it was basically bombed off the map,” Peterson said. After the event, she thanked the family for including her in the vigil. “The man said to me, ‘All countries are guilty of crimes during war — Germany has no room to talk,’” Peterson said. “And that really was the attitude we met there: a lot of real, sincere regret of Germany’s past.”
The group visited the opera house in Dresden, Germany, for the Semperoper Festival.
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Some of the group members pose with two of the five traveling cases at the airport in Indianapolis.
schoolgirls who were boiled alive by my own countrymen, who were proud to be fighting pure evil at the time. ... And I have lit my way in a prison at night with candles from the fat of human beings, who were butchered by the brothers and fathers of those schoolgirls who were boiled.
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Andrew Neylon of the Ball State immersive learning trip to Germany talks to a museum visitor. Ball State students presented a mobile museum about Kurt Vonnegut in Dresden, Germany.
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Students pledge to end violence Operation Jungle Red paints fingernails of football team to raise awareness The football team joined the pledge to prevent violence against women by getting their nails painted red Tuesday and Wednesday. Nick Chapel, a junior wide receiver, said the team wanted to help raise awareness. In total, 603 people pledged for Operation Jungle Red. “We wanted to show we are man enough to show we’re against it,” he said. J.C. Wade, a senior strong safety, also said the football team participated to show they’re against domestic abuse. “Women are very important in all aspects and hitting women is always wrong,” he said. The third annual Operation Jungle Red was hosted by Eta Sigma Gamma, along with FIJI fraternity, the Office of Victim Services and peer health educators from the Amelia T. Wood Health Center. Set up at the Scramble Light on Tuesday and Wednesday, men could pledge to prevent violence. About 29 percent of American women have experienced rape, physical violence or stalking by someone they are intimate with, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in four American women have been the victim of physical violence. “We have said again and again that 30 percent of women have been abused in a relationship globally,” said Jagdish Khubchandani, an assistant professor of community health education and faculty adviser. “[People need to] keep it in their heart. ... We have to respect [women].” Ball State’s Operation Jungle Red isn’t alone. Western Connecticut State University, Miami University, Northeastern Illinois University and DN PHOTOS JONATHAN MIKSANEK Northern Illinois University all participate in the event as well. An activist holds a sign for Operation Jungle Red on Wednesday at the Scramble – KARA BERG Light. The group sought to bring attention to abuse against women.
A representative of Operation Jungle Red paints a student’s nail during the campaign Wednesday at the Scramble Light. In total, 603 people pledged Tuesday and Wednesday to stop violence against women.
Activists hold signs for Operation Jungle Red on Wednesday at the Scramble Light. The campaign members painted people’s nails red when they pledged to end domestic abuse. Eta Sigma Gamma joined FIJI fraternity, the Office of Victim Services and Amelia T. Wood Health Center peer health educators to host the event.
IMMERSIVE: Student project fills gap for orientation | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “Right now, we don’t really have an orientation,” Cavanaugh said. “[The new orientation] will give them a visual and they can ask questions, and it’s not like an hour- or a two-hour orientation.” The new program will guide volunteers through the different areas of programs at Second Harvest including the Tailgate Program, the Senior Program and produce sorting. Senior child development major Deidra Frazier said this is not her first immersive learning project. For Second Harvest, she said the group wanted to create an orientation that helps volunteers learn more about Second Harvest, as well as allow the agen-
cy to present itself in a clearer way to them. Through the project, Frazier said her teamwork and communication skills have grown. “I’ve gained a better sense for the agency itself and the clients they serve,” she said. “I like working with the employees at Second Harvest. They have been so helpful and grateful for the work we have put into our project.” John Nieman, director of Second Harvest’s Procurement and Volunteers, said other than teaching the volunteers basic warehouse and food safety, it will show them they are appreciated. “Volunteers will understand the impact they are making, and they will have a great pride and a desire to
return,” he said. Nieman said Second Harvest distributed 13 million pounds of food last year and a large majority of the volunteers were Ball State students. This project is just one of nine capstone projects with nine community partners. Groups work with one community partner and design a solution for some of the organization’s problems. Robin Box, an assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, said immersive learning projects like this affect both the Muncie community and Ball State students in a positive way. “Our students go out and make a positive impact in the agency, which filters through each individual that that
agency is serving,” Box said. “It gives individuals in [the] community [and in the] agency we are working with an appreciation for Ball State being in their backyard.” Nieman said Second Harvest would have had to pay a high-priced grocer consultant had it not received help from students. Another group of communication students is currently putting together volunteer orientation videos. The videos will be finalized in the future, but the display board walk-through will be implemented today. “They are providing very similar support with great ideas and true dedication,” he said. “We are getting great value from this experience.”
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You may not have much control over your mental focus these next couple weeks, but you can control your physical space. If you can’t get anything done in your bedroom and sitting in front of the TV, try working in the corner of Bracken Library. Work for an hour, then move somewhere new, taking breaks in between. It’s hard to do new work in old spaces, so keep blood moving and ideas coming by not sticking around in one spot too long.
You work better when you eat right. You work better when you sleep right. You work better with regular exercise. It’s tempting to carb up and survive on naps when there’s just so much to get done, but you’re a human being before you’re a student. Your brain needs good fuel, so don’t let the stress of productivity keep you from taking care of yourself. You’ll be happier and work better as a result.
Things are going to take twice as long if you let every Twitter mentions and a playlist of dance songs interrupt your workflow. Download browser extensions that lock you out of social media, such as StayFocusd for Chrome, and put your phone on airplane mode to foster bursts of productivity. If nothing else, turn off pinging notifications for every single time someone interacts with you.
As ambiguous and difficult as it is, you have to take the time to figure out what you actually have to do and let the other stuff drop. When it comes to crunch time, essentials are, well, essential. Write out a priority list and keep to it in your daily decisions. This might mean quitting an activity you love or missing out on an extra party or two, but if you try to do everything, you’ll do nothing well.
You’re not alone in your terrifying journey to pass classes. Take advantage of fellow classmates and semester-end study sessions. Most professors are more than willing to help you succeed. Maybe you’ve been a jerk and a slacker all semester, but it’s always worth kindly asking for extensions, extra credit or extra help. The worst a professor can do is say no.
Don’t go to bed feeling guilty that you didn’t catch up on everything you could have possibly done — you’re not going to conquer the whole world in one day. Write your to-do lists on no bigger than a 3x3 post-it note, including the absolute essentials only for your day. The confidence of crossing off everything gives you momentum for the next day.
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EDWARDS: Running back uses kickoff drills to improve hands for upcoming season | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Last season, Ball State running backs didn’t score a receiving touchdown and accumulated just 10 total receptions. Edwards had seven receptions in 2013, three less than in 2012. For the past few seasons, Ball State has avoided involving running backs as a receiver during passing plays. Some of it is attributed to the Cardinals’ recent history of successful receivers Willie Snead, Connor Ryan, Jordan Williams and Jamill Smith. But much of it is Ball State’s offensive system and that could be changing this fall. With Snead, Smith and Ryan leaving, along with tight end
Zane Fakes, Ball State head coach Pete Lembo is looking for ways to evolve his offense. “[Catching the ball] is probably the area he’s improved the most this spring,” Lembo said. “His knowledge of the system and the fact that he’s a very good receiver has allowed us to do a few more things this spring and look for some different ways to get him the ball, not just handing it off.” But with a new quarterback at the helm, Edwards could act as a safety valve to relieve pressure when the offensive line is bested. While running complex routes is an option, many of a running back’s routes require
staying within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage and being an option for the quarterback to dump the ball in an emergency. It’s something that has rarely been seen from Ball State over the past few seasons. Lembo said he hopes Edwards can become a dual threat that keeps defenses guessing. Last season, Edwards finished the season with 14 touchdowns and 1,129 yards, despite missing two games with a concussion. He’s spent increased time this spring working on coming out of the backfield to catch passes, to improve chemistry with quarterbacks and to become more comfortable as a receiver.
“I’m at wide receiver or slot, tight end or wherever they want me to be,” Edwards said. “Horactio [Banks] will be in also and we can get as many playmakers on the field as possible.” He said he doesn’t expect to line up outside of the traditional halfback position much in the fall, not wanting to take chances away from Ball State’s receiving corps. During kickoff drills, he will stand on the opposite side and catch the kicks, trying to improve his hands. Whatever it takes to ready himself when the lights turn on in the fall. “I don’t want to blow my opportunity,” Edwards said. “When the ball comes to me, I’ve just got to catch it.”
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Coach recruits for local talent Being cost effective plays into decision to stay in Midwest CAINS STAFF REPORTER | ZACH zpcains@bsu.edu The women’s tennis team is breaking away from previous years where the team sought out-of-state and foreign talent. Instead, head coach Max Norris will recruit closer to home. He will focus his recruiting efforts on players he finds in the Midwest, at least for now. “I won’t avoid or ignore good players from other areas of America or other countries,” Norris said. “A big roadblock to seeing players from farther areas is the travel aspect.” Norris said it’s more cost effective if he attends matches and tournaments in the Midwest region to scout players. When he came into the head coaching job at the beginning of the year, the team had four players outside of the Midwest — freshman Anna Rozenberg from Maryland, freshman Toni Ormond from Canada, sophomore Ayaka Terashi from Japan and senior Kristel Sanders from the Netherlands. “It’s good for our team that we have that added mix of players that aren’t from right around here,” Norris said. “But the team will have that mix still for a few years.” Viktor Maksimcuk, assistant coach, is from Serbia, which Norris said adds another global aspect to the team. “To me, international players play a big part to how strong your team is,” Maksimcuk said. “If you want to be near the top of the rankings, you need to recruit internationally.”
For Terashi, the international aspect is beneficial but also enjoyable. “I think the team could be more diverse because I have really enjoyed getting to know not just the American players, but the players from the other countries as well,” she said. “And I’d love to learn more.” However, Norris said it is safer to recruit nearby because he can easily get to know more about the players. When visiting tournaments, he can see how they play and learn about their personality. He said it gives him a better chance to see if a possible recruit will mesh well within the current roster. “It’s like, if you were a boss and you were choosing between two qualified workers,” Norris said. “Would you feel safer in choosing the one that you knew five people that could back them up? Or the person that you don’t have much ability to learn about and see if they would make a good fit?” There’s also a roadblock to recruiting foreign players, called the Test of English as
a Foreign Language. This test is given to possible foreign recruits and tests them on how well they know English. Maksimcuk said he can’t recruit a player who scores too low, or the players will have to take an English course after transferring. Terashi said it took her three years and studying almost every day to pass the test. “It was a very difficult test,” she said. “One of my friends that has grown up here took the test and even he struggled with it.” Norris said though his main recruitment efforts will be focused in the Midwest, he won’t close the door on foreign recruits. “If I do learn of a foreign player that’s competing in a upcoming, nearby tournament or that was being recruited by a school but couldn’t manage to get in there, I will definitely consider her,” Maksimcuk said. “When I came to America, I had no idea what to do or expect, but it has been a great experience that has made me want to give back and coach.”
BALL STATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYERS SINCE 2004
The Ball State women’s tennis team has players from all over the world. Head coach Max Norris decided to focus recruiting efforts on local players who are easier to contact and observe play.
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3 Annica Darud 1 Toni Ormond 2 Kristel Sanders • Hamilton, Canada • Veldhoven, Netherlands • Oxie, Sweden •2009 • 2010–present • 2013–present
5 Polina Askerko • Moscow • 2006
6 Ayaka Terashi • Machida, Japan • 2012–present
7 Georgina Thomson • Brisbane, Australia • 2007–2011
4 Hanna Oman • Pitea, Sweden • 2008
8 Haly Colderwood 9 Sophie Quist • Sydney • Sydney • 2004–2008 • 2004–2008
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