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STUDENTS REACT ON TWITTER @JayCiao J C don’t let the door hit ya on the way out sbarro 4:52 p.m. Tuesday
@Joshh_Cookk Josh Cook Ball State’s getting rid of Sbarro in the Atrium! 4:29 p.m. Tuesday
@sarahdamone Sarah Damone Thank god I’m not on campus any more — they got rid of Sbarro. How dare they. 4 p.m. Tuesday
Italian eatery’s contract ended Tuesday, university to add another pizza place
@vanessaburney Vburns Yes they’re closing sbarro in the atrium that stuff was nasty 4:53 p.m. Tuesday
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emolition is underway as the Atrium says goodbye to a 13-year-old pizza shop. Ball State’s contract with Sbarro ended Tuesday, and the university is looking for a different pizza business to take its place, said Jon Lewis, director of Dining. “[Dining services] thought it was time for a change,” Lewis said. “We felt like students were asking for a change [after 13 years].” When the news was announced in a campuswide email, students tweeted about it — a few to say goodbye but many more to say “good riddance.”
1956 The Sbarro family opens an Italian grocery store in Brooklyn. The store also offered fresh, authentic Italian food, including homemade mozzarella, imported cheese and sausage. 1967 The family opens its first mall-based restaurant in Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn. This store was one of the first modern Sbarro concept. 2007 MidOceans Partners, an equity firm operating out of New York and London, buys the company. 2011 Sbarro files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it works to restructure.
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2014 The company again files for bankruptcy after closing 155 of the company’s 400 stores in North America. SOURCE: Sbarro.eu, The Associated Press
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Ball State announced Tuesday that Sbarro would close Wednesday for the university to work on construction for a new pizza establishment. The university has not decided what franchise will replace Sbarro, which has been in the Atrium for 13 years.
University gives out STUDENT TURNS TO CROWDFUNDING Incoming freshman asks 22 tickets in 1st year for help to pay tuition, doesn’t have citizenship LAUREN CHAPMAN STAFF REPORTER | lechapman@bsu.edu
Burton says low amount SMOKING BAN 17 citations of smoking citations evidence of compliance were issued in the Fall Semester 5 citations ALAN HOVORKA CHIEF REPORTER were issued in the Spring Semester | afhovorka@bsu.edu Ball State wrote 22 citations for the first academic year of its on-campus smoking ban. Gene Burton, director of public safety and University Police Department chief of police, said the low numbers show the success of the new policy. “We’ve gotten compliance without a lot of enforcement,” Burton said. “The goal was to do this without writing a lot of tickets.” The Fall Semester had 17 citations and the Spring Semester had five. Each citation is $100 — a ticket students have to pay to avoid a Bursar hold on their account, which prevents them from registering for classes or receiving their degree. The fees from collected citations work to pay for educational and promotional materials of the policy. Abe Underhill, a Dining employee who smokes, said he still has mixed feelings over the policy. “It’s not a big deal for me because I can just walk from the Student Center to an off-campus spot and smoke,” Underhill said. “For Noyer, they spend their entire break walk-
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were issued for the first academic year SOURCE: Gene Burton, director of public safety and University Police Department chief of police
ing to a place they can smoke. I just think the university didn’t take this into consideration.” This policy generated complaints not only from smokers, but also residents in the fall on or near Petty Road, west of campus. People were cutting through yards and standing in the street off campus to smoke. During the winter, Burton said he did not receive many complaints. “There weren’t much,” he said. “Just a few people calling in here or there. What I’ve heard has been mostly anecdotal.” The Daily News reported that in the winter, some students were violating the ban intentionally because of extreme cold. This resulted in a citation for one student. However, the number of warnings given during this time are unknown.
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For one incoming freshman, not even a 4.2 GPA and multiple after-school activities can make up for one major obstacle in trying to pay for college. Her citizenship status. Karla Fernandez was accepted to Ball State for this fall, but she came to the United States without legal permission. Though she has lived in Indiana since she was 3, she does not qualify for in-state tuition or certain scholarships because of legislation that passed in 2011 in Indiana. “I knew I was illegal, but I never realized all the restrictions I would have along the way,” Fernandez said. “I didn’t know I couldn’t receive scholarships. ... A few years ago, students could receive these scholarships if they had a high [grade point average].” When Fernandez realized her status meant she needed to pay out-of-state costs at Ball State — approximately $33,070 for a year of tuition, fees, room and board — she turned to social media in early April for help. She started a fundraising page on GoFundMe, which has gained statewide recognition. Her GoFundMe page has raised $14,413 for her tuition as of print. Fernandez’s situation caught the at-
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HOUSE BILL 1402 • Gov. Mitch Daniels signed this bill into law May 10, 2011. • It prohibits resident tuition for anyone who isn’t in the United States legally. SOURCE: openstates.org
tention of State Rep. Sue Errington, compelling her to donate to the GoFundMe page. Errington said changes must be made legislatively for Fernandez and students like her in Indiana. “It’s not their fault,” she said. “We’re saying to them [that] we don’t recognize them as someone who deserves the same opportunities as any other 1. CLOUDY
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Hoosier student.” Currently, Fernandez is a senior at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. There, she is the senior class president, a member of the debate team, an anchor for the school’s TV program and participates in a host of other after-school activities while maintaining her position in the top 30 of her graduating class. At Ben Davis, Fernandez is seen as a role model for her classmates, said Sandra Squire, the high school’s principal. “She’s my go-to person,” Squire said. “She’s one of the students I go to when I need a face for Ben Davis.” THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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