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BSU FAIR PROJECT SUCCESS Students recount summer experience; T.rex, amusement ride, points learned
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Four members of the athletic department help raise money for the ASL association.
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MANN Sophomore quarterback Ozzie Mann will be starting in season opener
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President Paul Ferguson speaks to students during Freshman Convocation on Sunday. Ferguson spoke to the crowd about taking pride in this class, his first class at Ball State Univeristy.
Ferguson welcomes his first freshmen
New president shares feelings of university, Class of 2018
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For President Paul Ferguson, the class of 2018 is special. Ferguson welcomed the freshmen to campus Sunday afternoon during his first freshman convocation, describing them as “his class.” “I’m their president and they are my class,” Ferguson said. “It’s a special class for me as a new president, but also as we celebrate the 100th year anniversary [of Ball State in 2018].” Ferguson recently became Ball State’s 15th president after Jo Ann Gora retired. During the convocation, Ferguson I’m their president and the president of the Student Govern- and they are my ment Association, Nick Wilkey, both class. It’s a special spoke to students to class for me as a inspire them for the new president, but school year. “You’ve come to also as we celebrate Ball State from many different the 100th year backgrounds and anniversary [of Ball many different perspectives,” Fergu- State in 2018]. son said. “In addition to encouraging PAUL FERGUSON, president you to succeed and graduate on time with minimal student debt, you’re coming to Ball State to find something. We want you to find that and we want to help you get there as quickly as possible.”
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Ball State Quarterback Ozzie Mann throws a pass during a spring game. Mann was named the starter for the Cardinals season opener against Colgate.
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oments after the 2013-14 Ball State football season ended, a competition for starting quarterback began. Ball State quarterback Ozzie Mann was named the starter for the team’s season opener against Colgate on Aug. 30. Head coach Pete Lembo praised Mann’s consistancy, decisiveness, accuracy and poise during pressure situations in practice. “What we hope with the quarterback position, as with all positions, that it’s obvious who the lead guy is,” Lembo said. “Ozzie slowly but surely, over the last several days, has shown that he’s ready to be that guy.” Through the last eight to 10 practices, Lembo said Mann has steadily improved to the point
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where he was standing out among the rest of Ball State’s quarterbacks, including junior Kyle Kamman, redshirt freshman Jack Milas and true freshman David Morrison. When spring practice began and snow was falling on the quarterbacks clad in blue, Lembo emphasized that each quarterback would be given a fair shot and the competition would likely continue into the fall. Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Joey Lynch worked intensely with all four prospects and said he liked the progression he saw. “You have to be driven and find a way to take that next step and become a difference maker,” Lynch said after the first fall practice. “It all starts with drive and then transitions into your mind.” See MANN, page 3
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PROMENADE OPENS ON TIME, CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING Residents move into new Village apartments despite construction CHOKEY NEWS EDITOR | ARIC news@bsudailynews.com
Vehicles full of furniture and houseware filled the Village Promenade parking garage as residents of the apartment complex moved in Saturday. The moving did not come without complications. “When we got here, we didn’t realize our keys weren’t working to our apartment and so were about 75 other units. So they had to reprogram our key,” said Paris Buslon,
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senior journalism major. “We didn’t even get ours fixed until about late afternoon [Sunday].” Despite the issue with keys, Buslon said the Promenade staff were helpful and flexible after some perseverance on her part. “They were kind of strict at first, but even someone who works here said, ‘you know, if you just kind of fight them a bit they’ll let you do whatever,’” she said. Bulson lived in an apartment on Ashland Ave. before moving into the Promenade. She said the new facility was much nicer than her previous residence. Bulson said she noticed a few minor issues after she moved in. “We’ve already had issues with some
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of the appliances, like leaking with the PROMENADE REVIEW dishwasher,” she said. Tenants were told construction on VILLAGE PROMENADE: the living space had just finished at 5 266 apartment units 22,000 square feet of retail space a.m. on move-in day, Bulson said. More than a year has passed since Cost $60 million (including parking the Promenade was announced in garage) 5. SUNNY 4. MOSTLY SUNNY 1. CLOUDY 2. MOSTLY CLOUDY 3. PARTLY CLOUDY May of last year, but construction TIMELINE: is still going on after residents have May 2013- Project announced moved in. October 2013- Permits filed and Bulson said her roommate had construction begins stumbled onto the construction August 16, 2014- Move-in date 7. PERIODS OF RAIN 10. DRIZZLE 9. SCATTERED SHOWERS 6. RAIN off on by accident after getting the wrong floor. Still, Bulson said she prefers the Prom“She said she could have walked enade over her last living situation. right through it and no one would “This place is so much better,” she have know,” she said. “There’s no said. “I’m still getting used to it, but I restriction, I guess, to not walk like it a lot so far.” 12. SCATTERED FLURRIES 11. SNOW FLURRIES 13. SNOW SHOWERS through the construction zone, and she easily did.” See PROMENADE, page 5
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Residents of the Village Promenademove in on Sunday. The new, state-of-the-art complex resides in the block, which used to hold the University Square shopping complex.
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Thunderstorms are in the forecast for the next several days. It will be warm TODAY and humid with high temps in the 80s. Mostly sunny -Ashley Baldwin, a WCRD and High: 85 Low: 68 Newslink weather forecaster 20. THUNDERSTORMS 21. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
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